Congressional Committees Shape All Bills in Congress
James Marlow explains how Republican control of committees gives the majority power to set bills' fate. Committees pigeonhole or advance measures, holding hearings and voting before sending them to the full House or Senate for a vote. They also decide annual government funding levels, which the full chambers generally approve.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
House
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Credit Men To Hear National Executive In Amarillo
Members of the Tri-State Association of Credit Men plan to welcome Henry H. Heimann, national executive, with headquarters in New York. He will address a luncheon in the Blue Mirrored Room at the Amarillo Hotel next Monday, with tickets priced at 1 each.
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Tri-State Association of Credit Men
Henry H. Heimann
New York
Heimann
Amarillo Hotel
L. McGovern
Tri-State Association
el Paso
Amarillo
Lubbock
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Las Cruces
N. M
R. M. Green
Donald Smith
Grady Camp
Ernest H. Coonrod
Mac W. West
K. S. Grebewald
F. A. Lowe
R. E. Lewis
Bruce Cathy
Majors Return From Dallas Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Majors of 412 East Fifteenth have returned from Dallas after visiting Mrs Majors' parents Mr and Mrs Ross Gordon.
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Dallas
Mike Majors
East Fifteenth
Majors
Ross Gordon
Burglaries Hit Amarillo With About $500 Loss
Police report three Amarillo burglaries this year totaling nearly 500 dollars in cash and goods. Donal Dycus lost about 280 dollars worth of shotguns and cases from Room 214 at the Tyler Hotel. The Amarillo Public Library's Municipal Auditorium site saw 5 dollars and 34 cents stolen. Wood-Webb Lumber Co. on West Seventh saw 15 dollars 21 cents taken plus a diamond ring valued at 150 dollars.
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Amarillo
Donal Dycus
Tyler Hotel
Tyler
Ex Bank Robber Turns Evangelist After Prison
Ex bank robber Jinx Harris, now an aviator evangelist for Piper Aircraft, preaches between flights to show salvation after a seven year Piru bank robbery sentence. He has traveled 21,000 miles since his release and carries clippings of his past as he travels the country.
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Lock Haven
U.P
Jinx Harris
San Quentin
Harris
Piper Aircraft Co
Piru
Cal
Allen B. Swafford Dies at 88 in Amarillo
Allen B. Swafford retired Santa Fe employee died at 12 45 AM in Northwest Texas Hospital. He lived at 704 Johnson and had resided in Amarillo 28 years. Survived by two sons J H and J A Swafford both of Amarillo a daughter Mrs Bill McAlister McLean three brothers John Pete Swafford Childress Ed Swafford Pampa and a sister Mrs Richard Fowler Waco. Funeral scheduled 2 PM Friday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr A D Foreman Jr officiating. Pallbearers named and Llano Cemetery to receive the burial.
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Allen B. Swafford
Santa Fe
Northwest Texas Hospital
Johnson
Swafford
J. H
J. A. Swafford
Amarillo
Bill McAlister
McLean
John
Pete Swafford
Childress
Ed Swafford
Pampa
Richard Fowler
Waco
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
A. D. Foreman, Jr
First Baptist Church
Charlie Dunlap
J. B. Brewton
Jim Roe
Emmett Goff
Coen Sullivan
S. H. Dugger
Llano Cemetery
Great Lakes steamers gain radar to navigate fog
A number of steamers on the Great Lakes are now equipped with radar, enabling safer passage under foggy or low visibility conditions that would have forced anchorage in prewar days.
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Great Lakes
Eating Peas With Knife Made Easy Long Ago
Douglass Lyons of Hotel Allerton discovered a 19th century pea knife in the hotel's silver inventory. European trained staff identified it as a British pea knife once used by English gentry. Lyons demonstrated the utensil, saying it works as peas roll up the knife like bowling balls.
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Cleveland
Douglass Lyons
Lyons
Allerton
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