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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1951
Page
5
H Black, 78, a barber with six decades in the trade, laments being charged $1 for haircuts at a nearby shop while he continues to ask customers only 50 cents.
Palo Duro Park near Amarillo set attendance records in 1950 with 110,050 visitors and a car count of 29,061. Concessionaire John McCarty highlighted the rise from 1948 and 1949 figures and noted Christmas Tree Canyon as a holiday feature. India supplied manganese ore to major nations.
The Knaughty Knights entertained at Old Tascosa in the Herring Hotel. Buddy Waples opened the show with the group delivering nonstop music and comedy. George Rice led as violinist and comic vocal talent, with Leroy Smith on bass and Blonde Charee on percussion. Arnold Stanley on tenor sax and Waples on piano provided strong accompaniment. The act, fresh from Chicago's Glass Hat, drew a lively Amarillo crowd and kept the downstairs room filled with dancing and smiles.
The city commission authorized condemnation suits against six East Tenth Avenue property owners to acquire 5 feet of additional right of way on each side for widening from Grant Street to T-Anchor Boulevard. The project, funded with state highway work, includes curb and gutter by the city. Jan. 15 is set as the deadline for obtaining the necessary property rights.
Roosevelt Lynn 815 North Adams charged with assault with intent to murder after shooting Lee Johnson 1000 North Hughes. Bond set at 2000 by Justice C. W. Carder. Johnson, shot twice with a .32-20 pistol, in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital. Officer say Lynn acted after Johnson molested a woman guest at Lynn home.
Mrs. Mable Dodson 70 long time Amarillo resident and Cottage Grocery operator died last night at 11 15 at her home 1206 West Sixteenth Sister Mrs. Mary Fulkerson Paxico Missouri was visiting. Born August 15 1880 in Ogden Utah she lived a friendly active life in the West Sixteenth Avenue area. Survived by brothers Jesse Benson Paxico Missouri and George Benson Orlando California. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Donald K. Walker executive secretary of Yale University is due in Amarillo to meet five AHS students interested in Eastern universities. He will visit the AHS Counselors Office on Thursday. This year five Amarillo boys attend Yale: Gene Gately Harris Kimbrough James Garner Jim Anthony and George Bob Vick.
The city accounting department prepairs the first uniform allowance payment for fire and police department members. totaling over $5,000. The $10 monthly per man allowance is paid quarterly after the department chief certifies adequate uniform clothing. The budget providing the allowance took effect October 1.
Examinations for the first semester will be held at Amarillo High School on January 17 18 and 19 announced yesterday by Principal R B Norman. The schedule includes two tests daily one in the morning and one in the afternoon for the three days. Students will keep to study hall periods until all exams are completed.
Amarillo Police Chief Sid Harper reported a strong year with property recovered valued at 273 40984 dollars, 63 7 percent of 431 04308 reported stolen. The department handled 68 robberies totaling 397585, 444 burglaries, 28374475 thefts totaling 1598488, and 264 car thefts totaling 314200.
In Sunflower Mississippi shopkeepers follow a bell curfew each night due to scarce clocks. A local storekeeper rings a bell to signal closing time and guides the town to shut down for the evening.
In Memphis Tennessee a dog escaped capture when it climbed a fence teetered on top and leaped into the adjacent yard. The dog catcher halted the chase as the animal vanished from view.
The text presents a chiropractic stance. It states chiropractic is not a universal cure-all but effective when a defect in organic energization from spinal misalignment exists. It notes most cases involve resistance to ordinary healing and outlines an examiner’s aim to exclude cases beyond help.
A man presented with severe lower back pains radiating to the left leg and pins and needles. He had nine days in hospital with seven days of leg traction and 29 days of lost work. A spinal analysis and X rays showed misaligned vertebra causing nerve interference. Corrective adjustments realigned the vertebra and relieved the interference enabling recovery. He lost eight days of work and was dismissed with complete recovery.
A four year old patient presented with nervousness neck and shoulder pain and nightly stomach discomfort. Spinal analysis revealed a misaligned neck vertebra causing nerve interference. Chiropractic adjustments realigned the vertebra and relieved symptoms enabling normal health, work, appetite, and sleep.
Lignite makes up roughly one third of the country’s solid fuel supply, highlighting its role in energy resources and domestic fuel security amid ongoing resource assessments and mining activity.
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