Hopes Dwindle For VA Hospital Expansion
Ample veterans groups resist proposed 500 bed expansion as 24 new hospitals are canceled. VA chairmen and local leaders debate the impact while national figures trim plans to reduce costs and maintain hospital care for service members.
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Lew Pields
Jim Willson
Floydada
George Berry
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Henry Teubel
Congress
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Carl Gray, Jr
Veterans Administrator
Legion
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Johnson Presides At Senate Session on Filibuster Bill
Lyndon B. Johnson, the junior senator from Texas, presided over the Senate for an hour in the Capitol in McKeller's absence. Debate on the anti-filibuster bill continued as Johnson held the gavel during the session.
City Building Code Revision Board to Meet Next Week
The city building code revision board chaired by Ed Musick will convene next week to study proposed revisions. Jim Stevens, building inspector, says changes approved by the appeals board are not yet in the code. Also notes transport of five thousand bars of Belgian chocolate to Hythe, England.
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Jim Stevens
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Sell
Rite Furniture
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Ren
Amarillo ISD tax collection pace shows slight lag in 1948
George M. Waddill reports Amarillo Independent School District has collected 57.52 percent of the 1948 general tax roll by Dec 31, with total 1948 receipts at 940,922.49 from a 1,635,946.53 roll. Auto tax and personal property renderings push overall figures. delinquency dates and split-payment options affect final tallies.
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Amarillo Independent
George M. Waddill
Waddill
Radios Stolen at Finklea Electric
Burglars broke into the Finklea Electric Company at 512 West Fifth last night, gaining entry by breaking a window and unlocking the door. Three radios valued at a total of 375 were taken, discovered about 5:55 by a radio patrol car. The owner is Lewis Pinklea of Pinklea Electric.
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Finklea Electric Company
West Fifth
Lewis Pinklea
Pinklea Electric Company
Four New High School Courses Announced for Amarillo
Amarillo High School will add four courses next semester including a forensics class for debaters and public speakers and an economics course. Principal R B Norman said two vacancies exist for mercantile education staff and emphasized adjusting emphasis over adding many new subjects. The second semester starts after final exams with aiming to keep the schedule near normal. A Marine Corps League Detachment meeting is set for 7 30 tonight in Legion Hall with Marines invited.
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City Tax Office
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Gonengice Ames
Norman
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Amarillo
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Bob Dowell
Belgian cost of living climbs to 395.2 index in November
Belgium reports prewar index set at 100 and shows a November figure of 395.2. The rise signals living costs near four times prewar levels. In other news W. B. Smith sold his share of the Davis Bumper to Bumper Service Station to Carl and Toots Pittman and Floyd Derrick.
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Belgium
W. B. Smith
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Toots Pittman
Floyd Derrick
Tax Man Puts Bite On Giveaway Winner
SPARROWS POINT Md Jan 11 Internal Revenue Department confronted radio quiz winner John P Oaks 63 a railroad executive after he won 30500 in prizes. Oaks said tax collectors would wait until he knows his prizes and their value. An IRS agent noted taxes due will be based on retail value regardless of keeping or selling prizes about 10000.
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Internal Revenue ‘Department
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Oaks
Internal Revenue
British Arresting Malayan Squatters Begin Roundup
British troops move to cordon two squatter areas near Kajang 200 miles northwest of Singapore. Authorities enforce emergency powers aimed at curbing terrorists with many squatters to be repatriated to China.
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Kajang
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China
Civil Service Exams Listed for Engineering and Science Posts
The Civil Service Commission announced examinations for highway engineer and bridge examiner with the Public Roads Administration, cartographic survey aid with the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and bacteriologist with the Food and Drug Administration. Salary ranges vary by position, from about 2 hundred to over 7 thousand dollars yearly. Applicants need relevant degrees or equivalent experience and may obtain forms from H M Timmons, Civil Service Secretary, Room 21, Post Office Building.
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Civil Service
Marian Martin pattern ad offers wear-everywhere skirt suit
The notice promotes pattern 9307 for a back-interest skirt and matching outfits in waist sizes 24 to 32 inches. It explains yardage for size 28, the pattern’s easy fitting, and shows a complete sew chart. Send 25 cents to The Amarillo Daily News for order details and consider the Martin Martin Winter Pattern Book for more styles and a free shoulder pad pattern with a 15 cent add-on.
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Amarrillo Daily News
West 18Th St
New York
N.Y
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