Lions Club Leads Native Stone Camp Building Project
Amarillo Lions Club sponsors a six room native stone building for Amarillo Boy Scout Camp Don Harrington. Location is 14 miles south of Amarillo on land donated by Don Harrington at Happy Glen crossing. Construction aimed to start in July with an estimated cost of 20 to 25 thousand dollars.
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Amarillo
Don D. Harrington
Lion’s Club Committee
Leo Southern
G. Stockton
L. E. Smith
Henry Jenkins
Dub Thomson
Grady Wilson
Roy Cloninger
Lions Clubs
Panhandle
Dumas
Dalhart
Sunray
Happy
Claude
Byron Ellis
All Buffalo Schools Close as Strike Continues
The Buffalo board of education closed all public schools for the strike duration and appealed to the state education commissioner for aid. Mayor Dowd said intervention is needed as the dispute over higher teacher salaries affects 2,968 teachers and about 71,000 students while parochial enrollment remains unaffected.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Board of Education
State Commissioner of Education
Bernard J. Dowd
Francis Spaulding
Too Many Twins In Huntington Basketball Cast
Basketball referees in Huntington face confusion as three Clark twin pairs play for the team. The players are Robert and Ross aged 24, Don and Dale 22, and Jim and Joe 21, with sixteen year old twin sisters as the No. 1 supporters. Oil from cherry pits has gained commercial value.
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Huntington
Ind. U.P
Clark Twins
Robert
Ross
Don
Dale
Jim
Joe
Hagy Petition Reaches 906 Signers as Mayor Race Grows
Lawrence Hagy’s petition for mayor reaches 906 signatures after 397 new names filed earlier today. The count marks the largest petition in the city commission race, surpassing all rivals and the candidate’s own initial tally.
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Lawrence Hagy
Mr. Hagy
City Commission
Supersonic speed and sound lore in a playful essay
A humorous meditation on faster than sound travel. imagining colored sound and shadows, anecdotes of near supersonic flights, and a whimsical future where arrival precedes departure. The piece ends with questions about the word chimera and the term supersonic.
Laws Run Afoul of Law in Donora Pa
Police raided the Cat's Paw canteen and charged Miss Cheerful Law and her father Percy Law with selling liquor illegally and maintaining a gambling establishment. They were held for court on $1,000 bond each. Before buying check the want ads.
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Donora
Miss Cheerful Law
Percy Law
Alcoholics Anonymous to Mark Amarillo Anniversary
Amarillo AA marks its first anniversary with an open house on Saturday at Cathedral Hall. Al Badger of Dallas, a prominent AA figure, will speak at 8 pm about the program and the 12 steps. A reception and barbecue precede the event for local supporters and out of town visitors who helped buy the clubhouse at 2024 Washington. The group started March 27, 1946, now lists 106 active local members plus about 50 from nearby towns. A clinic for alcoholism treatment will open next week in the Washington Street building, supervised by a graduate nurse.
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Amarillo
Alcoholics Anonymous
al Badger
Dallas
Texas
Badger
Lubbock
Midland
Austin
Cathedral Hall
Amarillo Group
Washington
Washington Street
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Product Note
Calvert Distillers Corp announces Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey made at 86.8 proof with 65 percent grain neutral spirits. New York City product labeled for distribution from 141 East 25th Street, New York.
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Seagram
Seagram Distillers Corporation
Chrysler Building
New York
East 25Th Street
New York City
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
Susvive Freak Accident in Chester Car Spin
A car driven by Noble Hunter slid in Chester Pennsylvania and spun into a seven foot iron picket fence causing the vehicle to hang upright. Hunter and two passengers were uninjured in the UP wire service report.
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Chester
Noble Hunter
Hunter
SSS Tonic Promises Strength From Blood Health
Health ad urging readers to check blood strength and signs of anemia promotes SSS Tonic as a remedy. It claims to build red blood, improve appetite energy sleep and digestion, and promises better overall vitality with regular use, noting millions of bottles sold and availability at drug stores.
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SSS
Y Hobby Class To Start Tonight At YMCA
The YMCA offers a 12 week hobby program starting tonight at 7 30 in the Municipal Auditorium north wing. General secretary Paul Fowler announces leather work textile printing and stenciling courses with about 20 enrollees and open late enrollment. The $7 50 fee covers the course and members supply their own materials.
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YMCA
Municipal Auditorium
Paul Fowler
Margaret Payne
Marshall Subpoena Held in Abeyance
Representative Bradley of Michigan suspended a House Merchant Marine subcommittee subpoena to Secretary Marshall to appear and provide records on wartime ship transfers to Russia. Undersecretary Dean Acheson reportedly promised to present state department Russia correspondence on lend lease ships. Bradley regretted Weichel had issued the subpoena.
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Washington
Bradley
Michigan Republican
Marshall
House Merchant Marine
Weichel
Ohio Republican
United States
Russia
Dean Acheson
Michigan
State Department
A Bell for Lewes Not Like Adano's
Lewes Delaware residents face a nuisance as a bell buoy installed at the Roosevelt inlet after a ten year dredge rings constantly. An old mariner called it a source of jitters for the town and suggested giving it away to anyone who can use it or wants it unused.
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Lewes
Del
Adano
Roosevelt Inlet
Signposts Carry Drawings for Illiterate Frontier Natives
On the northwest frontier of India signposts display drawings to guide local people who cannot read. The visual cues aid navigation and indicate routes, landmarks, and cautions in an area with limited literacy.
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Northwest Frontier
India
Tomorrow Is Food Store Opening Day at Whiteway No. 7
Tomorrow morning Whiteway Food Store No. 7 opens in a new 50 by 70 foot building at 2800 North East Eighth. Clarence Young, who began delivering groceries by bicycle a decade ago, will manage the Amarillo store. He has worked in every department except the meat department. The new store’s meat...
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Whiteway Food Store No. 7
North East Eighth
Clarence Young
Amarillo
Young
Store leadership reshuffle at Whiteway Food Stores
Department will be headed by Oscar Ogle. Store manager of No. 7 is the son of Loren Young, owner and founder of the seven Whiteway Food Stores here.
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Oscar Ogle
No. 7
Loren Young
Whiteway Pood
Pickets Continue At Amos Cafe In Daylong Protest
Cooks Waiters and Bartenders Local posts a protest at 441 Taylor in front of Amos Cafe. Business Manager Bob Houtchens says owner A L Parks pays below union scale and makes staff work longer hours. One waitress has been removed from union membership. owner declines comment.
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Amos Cafe
Taylor
Bob Houtchens
A. L. Parks
Houtchens
Students Win Strike On 10 Cent Coffee
Alfred University students rallied against price hikes in town with a boycott. When two of three eateries doubled coffee to ten cents, students shifted to a five cent cafe, and after two weeks the five cent price remained as the standard in Alfred New York.
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Alfred
N. Y
U.P
Alfred University
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