Amarillo airman Home after 43 Korea missions
Capt John D. McClung, veteran B 29 pilot with 43 missions, returns to Amarillo en route to Tucson to reorganize the 303rd Bomb Wing. He recalls gunshy jets against MIGs, notes two enemy tactics, and describes his Sarasota Queen aircraft. He and his wife and three children visited Amarillo before continuing home.
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John D. McClung
Korea
McClung
Amarillo
Tucson
Ariz
Dumas High School
1559
Parr
United States
Sarasota
Fla
Okinawa
Jodie Anne
John
Curtis
SMU Alumni Dinner at Silver Grill Amarillo
Alumni of Southern Methodist University plan a 7 PM dinner at the Silver Grill 704 Tyler, followed by a film of the SMU Notre Dame football game. Dr Mugh Sticksel, president of the Amarillo SMU exes, invites alumni stationed at Amarillo Air Force Base.
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Southern Methodist University
Silver Grill
Tyler
Smu-Notre Dame
Mugh Sticksel
Amarillo
SMU Exes
Amarillo Air Force Base
City Weighs New Yield the Right of Way Signs
Amarillo set to become Texas first city to authorize Yield the right of way signs at key intersections. The ordinance, effective Dec. 30, allows motorists to cross without stopping if slowed to 10 mph with no oncoming traffic. Signs to begin at Harrison and 12th 13th 14th Aves.
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Amarillo
Texas
N. V. Moss
Harrison
12Th
13Th
14Th Avenue
Harold Miller
Water Department
West Eighth
Lamar
Austin
Monroe
41St
42Nd Avenues
Moss
Two Borden Employees to Be Honored in Amarillo Dinner
Two veteran Borden Company workers in Amarillo Charles Young general manager of the Amarillo plant and Jesse Hunsaker ice cream salesman will receive 25 year pins and certificates at a 730 PM dinner at the Amarillo Club. They join four others already wearing pins Jack Reynolds John Maggard Bob Randall and Elmer Vick. Twenty one attendees including wives will be present W S McAndrews ice cream department manager will present the awards.
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Borden Company
Amarillo Club
Charles Young
Amarillo
Jesse Hunsaker
Jack Reynolds
John Maggard
Bob Randall
Elmer Vick
W. S. McAndrews
Sergeant Wanted By N Y Officers
Sheriff Paul Gaither said New York authorities reported Sgt Samuel Jenkins of Amarillo Air Force Base is wanted in New York under a 30 year armed robbery parole. Federal officials may file for fraudulent enlistment. Jenkins resisted deputies and damaged a cell before being turned over to military authorities.
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Paul Gaither
New York State
Samuel Jenkins
Amarillo Air Force Base
Gaither
Jenkins
Elmira
Two Sentenced In Car Breakin
Two Latin American men pleaded guilty in county court to misdemeanor theft and received 20 day jail terms each. Edward G. Chavez and Gilbert Samora were sentenced while Abel Samora and Bobby Samora were dismissed for lack of evidence. The theft totaled about $35 in clothing from L. T. Cate’s car in Amarillo parked near a North Fillmore cafe Saturday night.
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Edward G. Chavez
Gilbert Samora
Abel Samora
Bobby Samora
L. T. Cate
Amarillo
North Fillmore
Davis Returns From State Meet
Clifford Davis city personnel director returned from Austin where he attended a Texas Municipal Retirement System trustees meeting. He said 80 Texas cities are in the plan and 8,800 municipal employees in the state are members of the system.
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Clifford Davis
Austin
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Davis
Texas
Guilty pleas set terms in local district court
Guilty pleas Tuesday brought two-year prison terms for Nick Martinez of Mineola for forging a $68 check and Milton T. West charged with burglary in a Forest Hill Laundry break in. Kenneth Warren of Fort Worth was to plead guilty for burglary in a July 7 Judge Bean Liquor Store breakin at 605 Georgia.
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47Th District
Nick Martinez
Mineola
Milton T. West
Forest Hill
Kenneth Warren
Fort Worth
Judge Bean
Georgia
Canadian River Dam Plans Pinpointed For January Meeting
The Canadian River Water Users Association and Bureau of Reclamation discuss a future dam project at 2 PM in Amarillo. They will review a University of Texas survey on city water needs through 2000 and begin forming a permanent, city-based contract framework under state law for the $85 million project. Participating cities include Amarillo, Pampa, Borger, Lubbock, Brownfield, and others.
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Amarillo
The
Canadian River Water Users Association
Bureau of Reclamation
School of Business Research
University of Texas
Harry P. Burleigh
Austin
Business Research School
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Brownfield
Littlefield
Levelland
Dimmitt
Tahoka
O'Donnell
Lamesa
Plainview
Local officials named in regional committee list
Mayor Clarence Whiteside of Lubbock Mayor C A Huff of Pampa Mayor Gene Klein of Amarillo and City Manager A A Meredith of Borger are included in a regional committee roster.
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Mittee
Clarence Whiteside
Lubbock
C. A. Huff
Pampa
Gene Klein
Amarillo
A. A. Meredith
Borger
First Ferris Wheel Erected in Chicago in 1893
The ferris wheel was built for the 1893 world fair in Chicago. Invented by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. The landmark device defined early amusement engineering and became a symbol of the fair’s innovation.
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Chicago (Sf
Chicago
G. W. G. Ferris
Business Hub Guatemala Center of Central America
Guatemala City is highlighted as the principal business center of Central America in this brief description. It underscores the city’s role as the region’s main commercial hub and entry point for trade and investment.
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Business Hub
Guatemala
Central America
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