Taxicab Meter Debate Looms Over Amarillo Rates
City officials weigh enforcing a 1947 ordinance requiring taxi meters as two firms Push for meters. They seek a flat $150 per cab annual fee, with meters replacing current zone fares amid new annexed areas. Safe Way and City Cab Control account for half the cabs. Yellow Taxi is a major rival. Waiting time, per-mile, and passenger charges outlined. franchise tax of 2 percent discussed.
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City Commission
N. V. Moss
Lefty Fowler
City Transportation
Safe Way
Cit
Turner
Aty
Commission
Amarillo
Yellow
Red Simpson
Punchy Blackwell
Arlie Mays
Hamp Benton
New City
Linits
Moss
Twenty-fourth Avenue
North Twelfth
Philadelphia Street
Lamar Street
Zone 2
Amarillo Army Field Fate To Be Decided
City officials expect a Civil Aeronautics Administration representative to visit Amarillo Thursday to review the disputed Amarillo Army Air Field. Airport engineer CAA Burr from Big Spring will accompany the official as the long stalled property disposition moves forward amid red tape.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Amarillo
Cc. L. Burr
CAA
Big Spring
N. V. Moss
War Assets Administration
WAA
Mr. Moss
Burr
Classification Talk At Amarillo Zonta Club Luncheon
The Amarillo Zonta Club held a luncheon at the Herring Hotel with Thelma Buckley giving the first in a series of get acquainted talks on Manufacturing Ladies Sports Clothes. Betty Berry modeled a Buckley creation and members planned a Christmas dinner drive with canned foods for needy families on December 22 at 7 p.m.
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Amarillo Zonta Club
Herring Hotel
Evelyn Jean McCarty
Thelma Buckley
Betty Berry
Buckley
Audry Fowler
Margarite Benson
Jimmie Prince
Grace Baugham
Loren Watts
Faye Carter
Lillian McGovern
Blanche Pumphrey
Irma H. Griggs
Gasoline limits drive 1893 hansom cab to polling place
In West Bromwich voters ride to the polls in a horse drawn hansom cab due to fuel restrictions in England. The item appears in the News-Globe Want Ads Get Results.
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England
West Bromwich
News-Globe
No Action Likely in Bar Suits in Amarillo
Four Amarillo bars face injunction suits alleging promised gaming and a general reputation as gambling venues. Assistant District Attorney Branch T. Archer Jr. said action is not expected until after the new year. The suits seek closing orders against the establishments.
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Branch T. Archer, Jr
Amarillo
Four bars named in suits over bonds and hearings
The Rex Bar Mint Bar Crown Bar and Sportsmen's Bar and Drill face suits over posted bonds of 5000 dollars each. Hearing dates are not set. Separately Hong Kong shipped 8389 pounds of linen embroideries to America in a recent month.
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Rex
Mint
Crown
Hong Kong
America
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Thrifty Pound
Texas
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Levine'’S Dept. Store
Amarillo, Texas
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