Tourists Win Park Prizes in Palo Duro Treasure Hunt
Tourists dominated Palo Duro State Park treasure hunt with last two Sundays yielding prizes. Jenkins Morris of Route 4 Lubbock receives a 375 diamond ring from Albert Meyer for finding coin No 785, prize notices sent by mail, no attendance needed. Attendance surpassed 84 000. upcoming prizes include a Hereford farm, a Caseys Susie Q mare, Rogers silverware, and a Chevrolet sedan in the weeks ahead.
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Amarillo
Labor Day
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Hartman's Jewelry
Plains Chevrolet Company
Sandie Band Tryouts Set at Amarillo High
Amarillo High School invites all new students and sophomore transfers to try out for the Sandie Band. Tryouts occur Wednesday and Thursday mornings in the band room from 9 to 12. Clyde Rowe, director, announced rehearsals start Monday August 28 with times to be announced.
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Amarillo High School
Clyde Rowe
Death ruled suicide in Texas man’s death
A verdict of death by own action was returned in the death of Jos Dryden, 55, found shot through the mouth at his home in Uvalde. He was discovered lying across his bed with a .22 caliber rifle barrel in his mouth.
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U.P
Jos Dryden
Dryden
Public School Budget Hearing Tonight At 7 30
The 1950 51 public school budget totaling 2 844 590 for public schools and 340 000 for Amarillo Junior College will be discussed at a 7 30 pm hearing in the School Administration Building 508 Johnson Street. The plan includes salary hikes for teachers and administrators and hiring more staff to expand the system. The tax rate rises 2 cents to 1 47 per 100 valuation to fund bond construction. Protests may be voiced during the item by item discussion.
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Amarillo Junior College
George M. Waddill
War Equipment To Indochina Arrives In Second Shipment
SAIGON Indochina Aug 21 The American freighter Steel Vendor arrived with the second shipment of combat equipment to be delivered under the U.S. military assistance program. Officials said regular deliveries will then be made to French and Indochinese forces fighting the Vietminh Communist movement.
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Indochina
Steel Vendor
Truman Returns From Shangri La Camp Visit
President Truman returned from a restful weekend at Shangri La in the Catoc tin Mountains of Maryland. Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret accompanied him on the outing to the camp.
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Washington
President Truman
Shangri-La
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Set Workshop For Teachers In Amarillo Sept 25
District IX leaders of the Texas State Teachers Association will hold a workshop in Amarillo on September 25 to train local presidents and committee chairs. National Education Association and state association representatives will lead sessions, with principals and superintendents from Amarillo and surrounding towns attending. A breakfast meeting at the Capitol Hotel will finalize the day’s program led by Dr. Ruth Lowes and M W Graves.
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Memphis
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Canyon
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Accident victim in fair condition after city collision
W. Ballew, 52, of 2711 Garfield, remained in fair condition this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. He suffered possible chest injuries in yesterday morning’s crash at Sixth and Polk when a taxi driven by Dean E. Wallace and a pickup operated by L N Golden collided.
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Garfield
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Buchanan
L N. Golden
San Pedro
Cal
River Road School Registration Set
River Road School near Amarillo announces pupil registration for September 1 with classes starting September 5. Principal J. W. Bragg states the school bus will run Friday morning for grades one through eight.
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Africa Is Not the Only Lion Country in the World
A brief note asserts that Africa is not the sole home of lions, indicating a few still remain in India alongside other regions.
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India
Nominations for Queen of Labor Day Parade
Ten labor union auxiliaries nominate candidates for Labor Day Queen to ride the leading float in the Amarillo parade on September 4. Three impartial judges will select the queen Sunday afternoon at Carpenters Hall 212 West Seventh. The parade forms at 11 with a picnic finale at Ellwood Park and two speakers planned.
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Officers Ordered to Report for Final Physicals in Amarillo
About a dozen Amarillo and Panhandle officers in inactive Army and Air Force reserves are being ordered to report to the Amarillo recruiting station for final physical examinations before potential induction. If ordered to active duty they may receive 21 days to settle private affairs. Names and units of those called include Captains Carlton McClure Wadlington and others from infantry engineers field artillery armored cavalry and adjutant general corps with assignments in Dumas Amarillo Levelland Memphis Quitaque Pampa Borger Abernathy Wheeler and related locales.
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Proposal to Extend Precinct 31 Boundary
Commissioner John W. Morris at the county commissioners court session proposed extending Precinct 31 south to St Francis Avenue. If adopted, voters would cast ballots at River Road School instead of Masten Ranch, and a portion of Precinct 30 would shift as a result.
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St. Francis Avenue
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County Commissioners Court
River Road School
Masterson Ranch
Court to rule on line shift recommendation
Pleasant Valley School cited by County Clerk Loren Jones. Action on the recommendation to shift the line will be taken up at the next session of the court.
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Pleasant Valley
Loren Jones
Irrigation Water Shortages Hit Peru Coast Valleys
Shortages of irrigation water have struck the crops across Peru's three coastal valleys, threatening yields and sparking concern among farmers and regional officials about future harvest prospects and water management.
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