Amarillo City Government Under Low Tax Burden
Corpus Christi reporter Herbert Foster compares Amarillo to Corpus Christi noting Amarilloans pay $1.19 in city taxes per $2 paid there, with a tax lid of 1.30 and 50 cents for a water fund. The city faces water shortages, debt around five million, and sewer and park expenses, while city management operates with limited public scrutiny.
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Fostor
Herbert Foster
Corpus Christi Times
Amarillo
South Texas
Foster
Hub Foster
Mayden
Panhandle
Southwest
Joe Jenkins
Mantle and Brick Company
Ross Rogers
Austin P. Hancock
Corpus Christi
Hancock
Amarillo Plans Large Bond Requests For City Projects
City official Hancock outlines bond proposals totaling about 5.2 million dollars for a municipal garage four fire stations waterworks upgrades and a new city hall with a potential three million for a coliseum auditorium and other buildings. He compares Amarillo to Corpus Christi on streets population and waste disposal noting dry plains soil eases paving and that Amarillo dumps trash with no incineration while Corpus Christi faces higher costs and bigger payroll.
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Amarillo
Hancock
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
South Texas
Plains
Side Glances on Amarillo Streets and Police
Galbraith notes streets like motorized mazes and scarce police action. Parking meters fail and John Gunther calls Amarillo the widest of Texas towns. Citizens tolerate gambling, while big operators profit from liquor and other legal businesses with little risk.
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John Gunther
Amarillo
Texas
Better Mouse Trap Lures Kills Them
CHICAGO UP The Ratchford brothers of Dayton Ohio produce the Electrocuter a trap that lures and electrocutes mice when plugged into an outlet. The electrical shock kills instantly and the trap ejects the dead rodent due to a strong muscular reaction.
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Chicago
H. L
R. G. Ratchford
Dayton
Protecting Trees and Shrubs in Amarillo Drought
Amarillo yards can shield trees and shrubs from dry weather with slow, deep watering every 10 to 14 days. A soil mulch around trunks helps retain moisture and cools soil up to twenty degrees, using hay, weeds, or cured materials as ground cover per Texas A&M Extension horticulturist J F Rosborough.
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Amarillo
J. F. Rosborough
Texas A. & M. College Extension Service
Waco Man Faces Overparking Tickets in Court
A Waco man received 28 overparking tickets and pleaded not guilty to all. The court is taking cases one by one. a hung jury on the first, a $50 fine on the second, with an appeal filed to county court.
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Waco
Wacoan
Death by Own Action Less Likely In Wedlock
Chicago report cites Alfred L. Lotka showing marriage reduces self harm risk. Single men 66 percent higher than married men. widowers 198 percent and divorced 292 percent higher. For women career girls 38 percent higher. widows 63 percent and divorcees 261 percent. Postwar periods show immediate rise after V E and V J days.
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Chicago
U.P
Alfred L. Lotka
Metropolitan Life
Lotka
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Colia Johnson's Family To Attend Georgia Douith and John Hazel Wedding
Mrs Colia Johnson and her daughters June and Billie Jean of 3103 South Taylor will attend the wedding of Colia Johnsons sister Georgia Douith to John D Hazel in Lubbock Saturday evening.
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Colia Johnson
June
Billie Jean
South Taylor
Visiting Daughter and Relatives in Hazleton
Mrs. Will Wyrick of Hazleton visits her daughter Mrs. Pred Baird at 315 East Twenty second and her sister Mrs. J R Hilbun at 323 East Twenty third in Hazleton.
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Will Wyrick
Hazleton
Pred Baird
East Twenty-second
J. R. Hilbun
East Twenty-third
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