Drouth disrupts Southwest with hope for rain
The Texon weather page reports a statewide drought with the Panhandle as the only green area. Officials warn of moving cattle from parched pastures near Port Worth Austin and Houston as a dry spell lingers, possibly easing this week with a forecast of more rain. It also notes farmer anxieties over surpluses and government spending to stabilize prices.
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Mr Tack Urges Panhandle Voters on Saturday Ballot
Mr Tack asks Amarillo residents to vote this Saturday urging turnout for the political era. He stresses duty and a wholesome community plan while noting importance of cleanliness and relaxation in daily life.
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Jim Parr
Amarillo
School Set-Up And Political Talk In Amarillo
Teachers prepare for the new school year with conferences at Amarillo High and elementary sites while the public school enrollment and start dates are announced. A political column cites Coke Stevenson and Jay Taylor, plus local notes on doves, pepper prices, and farm issues in Texas.
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Tack
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Financing of Budget Now Biggest Problem
City finances hover as budget shortfall grows with a 100 million dollar valuation. City Manager N V Moss says new revenue or depleted reserves may be needed to cover proposed spending. The plan funds raises for most workers and nine new firefighters amid office relocation and remodeling. Public inspection of the budget will begin next week.
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Former City Auditor Visits from Los Angeles to Amarillo
Ace Estes, ex city auditor of Amarillo, returns with his family for a brief visit the first since 1945. They came from Miami where Estes's wife visited her father, pioneer grocer C C Carr. Gene Paul Estes, 16, is a trap drummer and pianist in the Hollywood Youth Symphony and has appeared on civic club programs here. Alan, 2, is the younger son.
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Markets and Stock Averages Across Industries and Grains
A mixed markets briefing lists stock averages across sectors including Industrials Railroads Utilities and miscellaneous issues with notable names. It includes a grain table from Chicago and Kansas City livestock quotes with cattle, calves, and hogs, plus Fort Worth transportation notes and testimony on a Hiss Chambers probe.
Fire damages Stinnett lumberyard office in early morning blaze
Firemen from Borger and Phillips fought the Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company blaze at Stinnett for over an hour. The interior office was damaged but the fire did not reach the lumber storage in the rear. The Foxworth-Galbraith yard sits on Stinnett's main street.
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Amarillo Building Permits Near Million Dollar Mark
Amarillo issued a 946 703 dollar building permit for a new Amarillo College building. This brings monthly totals within 44 000 of one million as of August 1. Building inspector Jim Stevens expects August to be a top month, with the million dollar milestone previously reached in March May and July.
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Kasenkinahe University Tragedy Report
A Soviet purge in Leningrad causes the killing of a man deemed an enemy of the state despite no military or political affiliation. Witnesses report a grieving mother saying her life is destroyed, while a nurse tends her as the event unfolds.
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Soviet Vice-Consul Chepurnykh says he is leaving for good
Soviet Vice-Consul Zot I. Chepurnykh departed the Russian consulate in New York after 3 PM and told reporters he was leaving for good. He cited LaGuardia Airport as his destination, and waved goodbye as he entered the station wagon with three others.
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Death of Mrs. Cater Ends Hansford County Pioneer Era
Mrs. Cater aged sv years died in Morse after a long illness. Surviving are five sons Bert Cator Glenwood Springs Colp Marshall Cator Sunray Peter Cator and John Cator Morse and George Cator Nara Visa NM. a daughter Mrs Annie Clifton. Funeral final rites planned at Piper Baptist Church with burial in Hansford County area. Born Feb 1 1868 in Weuban see County Kansas she came to the Panhandle with her husband Bert Cator in 1900 and helped establish a pioneer ranching family. Her husband served as Hansford County sheriff before dying in 1921.
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City Health Department Forms New Venereal Disease Unit
Jim Harrison, 24, named head of Amarillo Health Department venereal disease control unit. The unit covers the Panhandle. Harrison trained in Austin, studied at West Texas State College Catón, Memphis HS, Army service three years, discharged January 1946. Duties include tracing cases, ensuring treatment until cure, with indigent patients treated by the state and others referred to private doctors.
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Firemen respond to three small blazes Tuesday
Three fire alarms were answered Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. At 3:55 PM a fence burned at 313 Mississippi. At 2:30 PM a car fire at 106 Buchanan prompted the response. At 10:58 AM grease on a stove ignited a cafe fire at 2008 West Sixth.
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