Firemen and police push state civil service bid for Amarillo
Amarillo firemen and policemen launch a campaign to adopt a state civil service system for policemen and firemen with a public vote set for December 16. They argue seniority protections and a civil service commission, while noting no city expense, and defend the measure as improving discipline and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Civil Service
Bill Thompson
Harlingen
Civil Service Commission
Texas
Texas Born Dancer with Ballet Russe at Municipal Auditorium
A Texas born dancer in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo appears at Municipal Auditorium Friday at 8 30. Yvonne Chouteau born in Fort Worth but raised in Muskogee Oklahoma trained at Vilzak Schollar and School of American Ballet and joined the corps in 1943. She has played roles in In Beau Danube Snow Maiden Raymonda and Coppelia.
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Municipal Auditorium
Oklahoma
Yvonne Chouteau
Fort Worth
Muskogee
Okla
Vilzak-Schollar
Ballet
School of American Ballet
Yvonne
Corps de Ballet
Ballet Russe booked in Amarillo by Panhandle Concert Bureau
Amars Panhandle Concert Bureau at 109 East Ninth offers Ballet Russe tickets from 9 to 5 daily with prices including tax at 3.60 3.00 2.40 1.80 and 1.20 for students. Carlsbad NM reports a tavern owner receiving a letter seeking written denial of an alleged incident.
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Ballet Russe
Amarillo
Panhandle
East Ninth
Play Closes Here Tonight
Final Amarillo performance of Arms and the Man by the Barter Players in the Senior High School Auditorium at 8:15 tonight. Margaret Draper and Alexander Ivo star. Broadway and USC veterans. Proceeds support Boy Scout Camp Don Harrington fund. pre show and intermission music by Amarillo High School orchestra. Tickets at Tolazien Music Store 819 Polk. Balcony 1.20. downstairs 2.40.
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Amarillo
George Bernard Shaw
Margaret Draper
Alexander Ivo
USC
Spon- News-Globe
Amarillo Lions Club
Don Harrington
Amarillo High School Orchestra
Tolazien Music Store
Polk
Bell Brand Bell Ranch Saga From Conchas to Cemented West
The Bell Ranch story traces the Texan cattle expansion from New Mexico across the West, its land grants from Pablo Montoya and Cabeza de Baca, and the rise of managers like O Donel and Mitchell. It chronicles the transformation of vast ranges into settled beef production, the shift from open range to irrigation, and the ranch’s eventual decline while preserving the landscape and legacy of the Bell Brand.
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Texas
New Mexico
Castile
Pablo Montoya
Conchas
Mexico
Don Pablo
Canadian River
Tucumcari Mountain
J. Wilson Waddingham
Baca
Montoya
United States Cattle Raising Company
New York
Fort Bascom
Bell Ranch Company
Liberty
Waddingham
New Haven
New England
Charles M. O'Donel
Durham
O'Donel
Albert Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Bell
la Cinta
San Lorenzo
San Hilario
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Mozartiana
Jean Pierre Chouteau
St. Louis
Alexander Hamilton
Coquette
Raef Bros., Butane & Appliances
St. Francis and Umbarger
Tex
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
The
Amarillo Credit Association
Famarillo
Carlsbad
Peole
News-Globe
Pro- Luray Investment CO
Australia
la &Sons.inc
Frontier
J Evetts
Haley
H D Bugbee
Southwest
Southwestern
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Amarillo, Texas
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