City debates 1.25 million street bond plan
Fourteen absentee ballots have been cast in the city bond election, with voting ending Friday at 5 pm and the main election set for Tuesday. The plan includes an East Tenth underpass and widening, a West Eighth overpass, East and West Eighth connections to Line Avenue, North East and North West Eighth widening, Third Avenue, South Fillmore, Thirty-Sixth Avenue routes of the Canyon Highway, and resurfacing about 200 blocks.
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East Tenth
West Eighth
Line Avenue
North East Eighth
North West Eighth
Third Avenue
South Fillmore
Thirty-Sixth Avenue
Loyal Demos Win Court Decision
In Austin the Texas Supreme Court dissolved a district court injunction barring two liberal faction Democrats from the state executive committee. The injunction had barred Jack Carter and Mrs. J. W. Douglas of Fort Worth while Neville Penrose and Mrs. Bennett L. Smith challenged the seating amid a contested 1948 Democratic convention dispute. The decision centers on party authority to admit or bar members and the right of a convention to seat delegates.
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Carter
Mrs. Douglas
Tarrant County
Court of Civil Appeals
Mrs. Smith
Amarillo Woman Guilty in Theft Case at Montgomery Ward
Jury in Potter County Court found Pauline Jones a Amarillo resident guilty of misdemeanor theft for stealing an electric iron from Montgomery Ward on December 12, 1949. The court imposed a $50 fine and 30 days in county jail. defense was by McEachern and Ochsner, with County Attorney John Peterson prosecuting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Pauline Jones
Amarillo
Montgomery Ward and Company
McEachern and
Diana Johnson Makes Light of Jail During Mugging Photos
Diana Heaney Johnson, 18, wife of Ewald Johnson, was moved from a courthouse cell to the city jail to be photographed and fingerprinted after being charged in the Tex Thornton murder case. Witnesses viewed her but did not identify her. grand jury deliberations continued. Diana described Potter County jail as warmer than others and spoke of talking with Ewald through courthouse windows.
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Norton Spryde
Diana Heaney Johnson
Ewald Johnson
Diana
Tex Thornton
Torrance Popejoy
San Jon
Roy
Adrian
Jimmy Briggs
Fred Fairleigh
Park Plaza
Fairleighs
Enid
Okla
Thornton
Asst. Dist. Atty
Branch Archer
Ewald
Justice of the Peace Court
Evald
W. W
Woody” Riner
Washington
Potter County
Riner
Don Sipes
Sipes
Amarillo
Layyer
Paul Gaither
Michigan
Johnson
Munising
City Civil Service Explains Roles to 74 City Workers
City Manager N V Moss and members of Amarillo Civil Service Commission answered questions from 74 administrative employees at Municipal Auditorium. Clifford Davis noted the commission merely suggests regulations to the city council which enacts them. Moss said the ordinance approved December 16 1947 follows state law to avoid confusion. Bill Sutton reviewed regulations and retirement plan while S T Burtis discussed city ordinance. Sutton led a Q and A session and another meeting is planned for water and sewer workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. V. Moss
Civil Service Commission
Municipal Auditorium
Clifford Davis
Moss
Amarillo
Bill Sutton
S. T. Burtis
City Commission
Sutton
Davis
Coal find on Mount Davy could signal big field
Government drillers struck an 11 foot seam of high grade coal on Mount Davy in the Paparoa Mountains above Rewanui New Zealand at 1900 feet. The 11 foot interval suggests a large field may lie along the slopes, a major potential discovery reported from Wellington.
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Mount Davy
New Zealand
Wellington
Davy
Paparoa
Rewanui
Plea Entered On Forgery Charge In 47th District Court
L. G. Culbertson of White Deer pleaded guilty to worthless check charges before a jury in 47th District Court and received a two year suspended sentence. The $130 check to Cobb and Reddock clothing store dated December 29, 1949 was the basis of the charge, with J. L. Bagwell appointed as attorney.
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L. G. Culbertson
White Deer
47Th District
Culbertson
Cobb and Reddock
J. L. Bagwell
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LOYAL
DEMOS
San Antonio
Potter
Home Builders Elect
Chicago
U.2
Thomas P. Coogan
Miami
Fla
National Association of Home Builders
W. P. Atkinson
Oklahoma City
International Morse Products
Cleveland
Globe
City Civil Service
adoguntRy
MeYsy
Country Club
The
Pony Express
Old St. Joe
J. K. Goetz Brewing CO
St. Joseph, Mo
Kansas City, Me
Bubray
Sas
Peerless Cleaners
Gunn Brothers
Geo. Nichols
Nichols Paint & Wallpaper Co., Inc
Globe-News
Howard Nursery
Washington St
Dresden
China
Nichols
Sanders
Edgers
Public Service Company
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