Dragnet Time Shrinks With Radio Equipped Amarillo Police
Amarillo police use two way radio to cuff criminals in minutes. The system links patrol cars, sheriff offices, Texas Rangers and Highway Patrol across the Panhandle and beyond. A famous arrest near Thompson Park showed moving blockade trapping four fugitives. KDQH shortwave radio and KTXA assist traffic to Austin and Roswell.
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United States
Panahadle
Panhandle
Amarillo
Sheriff's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas Rangers
Highway Patrol
Thompson Park
Texas Penitentiary
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dalhart
Canadian River Bridge
Dumas
KDQH
Federal Communications Bureau
Roswell
N. M
Austin
KTXA
Department of Public Safety
Lubbock
Abilene
Brownwood
Sweetwater
Wichita Falls
Berger
Pampa
Clovis
Japanese cabinet adjourns after banning rightist groups
Tokyo January 9 The cabinet of Premier Kijuro Shidehara adjourned its regular session with little uso. progress came as it approved an imperial ordinance banning rightist societies.
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Tokyo
Kijuro Shidehara
Double Reward Fish Tale From Pisgah Pond
John Royce hooks a two fish story from Pisgah Pond. A 13 inch pickerel clamped by its tail held a 1 inch hitchhiker. Six fellow fishermen vouched for the tale.
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Hinsdale, N. H
John Royce
Pisgah Pond
GI Bill Expands Benefits for Recruits Through Oct 6
Truman signs revised GI Bill expanding education and loan provisions. Eligible World War II veterans may start college within four years of discharge with three years service. Monthly college allowances rise to 65 dollars for single veterans and 90 dollars for those with dependents. Home and farm loan terms extend up to 25 and 40 years respectively with four percent interest.
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Truman
Scout Council to Hear Philmont Manager at Ladies Night Dinner
Huffman, manager of Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in Cimarron New Mexico, will be main speaker at a ladies night dinner 7 p.m. Thursday January 17 in Cathedral Hall Amarillo part of Llano Estacado Council annual meeting. Scouts and their ladies to attend. program includes music stunts and service awards as officers and committees gather to report on 1945 activities.
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Minor Huffman
Philmont
Cimarron
N. M
Cathedral Hall
Washington
Llano Estacado Council
Boy Scouts of America
Huffman
Dallas
Amarillo
Navy Fire Controlman Returns Home on Leave
Joe W. Gates in the Pacific theater for 34 months of Navy service is home on leave at 615 North Buchanan. He is to be discharged in New Orleans on February 2. Reverend Gates, his father, pastors the Buchanan Street Methodist Church.
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Joe W. Gates
Phil H. Gates
North Buchanan
Navy
New Orleans
Gates
Buchanan Street
Sailor Returns Home After War Service
A sailor, who served in the Marshalls Philippines and Okinawa, returned to San Francisco on December 5. He faced delays in getting a train home and only recently arrived in Amarillo Priday.
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San Francisco
Amarillo
Coast Guard Revises Enlistment Rules
Coast Guard announces revised enlistment rules from Dallas procurement station permitting grammar school graduates to enlist and allowing two year terms. New training fields open, with area men using education opportunities in service schools. Amarillo men seek details at Dallas Coast Guard Recruiting Office in the post office.
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Coast Guard
Dallas
Coast
Alaska
Amarillo
Amarillo High Adds Journalism and Radio Courses
Amarillo High School announces curriculum changes for the spring term starting January 21. Journalism 31 debuts for high sophomores and juniors with work on the Sandstorm newspaper. New radio and interpretation, office practice, and a half unit New Testament course are added taught by Miss Dorinda Bond, Miss Velma Shows, Mrs. N. N. Whitworth, and R. G. Boger respectively.
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Amarillo High
Dorinda Bond
Velma Shows
N. N. Whitworth
R. G. Boger
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Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Atkinson Drug Store
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Mr.or
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H. A. Close
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Amarilo
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