Panhandle Trailways Plans New Amarillo Bus Center
Panhandle Trailways head A F Heket announces approval of a quarter million dollar bus center in Amarillo. H F Stearns of Dallas approves plans after inspection. terminal will sit at the southwest corner of Seventh Street and will allow direct loading from the waiting room into buses. Construction by Panhandle and Continental Trailways to begin by soon. Walter Wirtz awarded contract. The design features a two story limestone ledge stone buff brick glass building with a modern bus parking oriented interior.
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A. F. Heket
Panhandle Trailways Division
Continental Bus System
Amarillo
America
H. F. Stearns
Dallas
Consage Er Papeasotae
Angus System
Seventh
Tyler
Heket
Panhandle Industry of
Southwest
Made
Continental Trailways
Walter Wirtz
Commis
Seventh Avenue
Bob Hucker
Three killed in two rear end crashes near Amarillo
Two separate late night wrecks left three dead and one injured as drivers rammed the backs of heavy trucks on US 287 and Canyon Highway south of Amarillo. Victims include J A Austermann 64 Upland Nebraska and his wife Ora, 56, plus Ama rillo area worker Atilino Leaurio 34.
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Here
J. A. Austermann
Upland
Neb
Ora Austermann
Atilino Leaurio
Amarillo
Canyon Highway
B. B. Parsons
K. E. Rowley
Leaurio
General Motors
William Hice Anderson
Plainview
John
Canadian River
Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Lewis Schallenberg
McCool Junction
Ivy
Car Dives Claim Two Lives Near Tucumcari
Miss Elizabeth Jean Stevens 28 of Ann Arbor Michigan was killed when her car rolled down a 30 mile west of Tucumcari on Highway 66 known as Dead Man’s Curve. Her brother Everett Stevens 33 suffered cuts and bruises as the vehicle departed the road while returning from the West Coast. State patrol attributed the crash to failing to negotiate the curve.
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Tucumcari
Elizabeth Jean Stevens
Ann Arbor Mich
Everett Stevens
Here
Highway 66
Burks Stricken By Heart Attack
Perry C. Burks city tax assessor collector fell ill yesterday afternoon while driving home from his office at 1611 Van Buren and remains in critical condition. He reached his home but could not be moved to a hospital. his wife and physician request no phone calls to the residence.
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Perry C. Burks
van Buren
New Chevrolet Awaited as City Nursery Seeks Aid
Jan 22 Babies Need Room at Amarillo Day Nursery crowd into space. Nursery seeks building fund for expansion. Elks Lodge led with a $200 gift. Other donors urged to mail checks to the Nursery Building Fund at 401 Van Suren or to Mary Miles Batson at 1522 Rusk.
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Amarillo Day Nursery
Elks In
Amarillo
van Suren
Mary Miles Batson
Rusk
Woman Falls to Death in Dallas Hotel Fire Escape
A young blonde woman registered as Mrs Earl Mansfield of Bay City Wisconsin fell from a fourth floor fire escape at a downtown Dallas hotel. Justice of the Peace Pierce McBride ruled death by her own action in a coroner verdict. AVERT TRUCK STRIKE CHICAGO, averted when union drivers accepted a 25 cent hourly wage rise for 14,000 workers in Chicago.
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Dallas
Earl Mansfield
Bay City
Wis
Justice of the Peace
Pierce McBride
Chicago
U.P
St Joseph Real Estate Board Names New President Earley Bird
The St Joseph Real Estate Board announces Earley Bird as its new president, with a note about an upcoming Chevrolet model reveal in January.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
St. Joseph
Board of Trade Petition Spurs Post Office Burnout
A Manitoba community sought a new post office from the Canadian government after a board of trade meeting. Hours later the old post office burned, and residents now believe a new facility will be approved.
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Oak River
Man
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Roof Collapse at Albert Bernson Building in Canadian
Snow and ice weighed down the Albert Bernson sheet-iron building and caused its roof to collapse during the night. The 35 by 100 foot structure housed trucks and equipment for the Petty Geophysical Company. one truck was badly damaged and other losses are not yet known. Attend Russells Famous Tactless ale. Jan. 17 to 22. 611 Taylor.
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Albert Bernson
Petty Geophysical Company
Russells
Taylor
White wife rejected by Bamangwato elders in Bechuanaland
Capetown January 13 In a race aware move the Bamangwato elders ruled that Seretse Khama must renounce his blonde English wife Ruth Williams or lose his claim to the throne. Seretse, 27, has informed Ruth he will decide after leaving for London to finish his law studies.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Seretse Khama
Die Burger
Apetown
Onlyw
Seretse
Ruth Williams
London
Ruth
South Texans Rally for Latin GI’s Burial After Refusal
Corpus Christi residents raised funds to send the widow and father of Felix Longoria to Washington for the funeral at Arlington National Cemetery after Rice Funeral Home reportedly refused to arrange re burial due to Latin ancestry. The Texas Good Neighbor Commission and local chambers offered support as the body was headed to San Francisco awaiting a national cemetery ceremony date.
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Corpus Christi
South Texas
Texas
Felix Longoria
Luzon
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Hector Garcia
American GI Forum
Beanice
Longoria
Three Rivers
Tex
Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce
Guadalupe Longoria
GI Forum
the Rivers Chamber of Commerce
Rice
San Francisco
Garcia
National Cemetery
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
T. W. Kennedy
Rice Funeral Home
Kennedy
United Press Today
Acheson Defends Image Against Appeaser Accusations
In a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on his nomination as Secretary of State, Dean Acheson rejected claims he is an appeaser. He denied Russia links and said he will remove subversive figures, noting friendship with Alger Hiss and citing President Truman on policy. Chairmen predicted confirmation after tomorrow’s executive session.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Russia
Acheson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Alcheson
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Donald
Truman
Marshall
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Connally
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Mostly cloudy and warmer in Amarillo this noon with thawing. Fog tonight. Cloudy Friday with light rain and warmer. West Texas mostly cloudy with rising temps and scattered light rain. Rain Friday. New Mexico partly cloudy east, rain or freezing rain mixed with snow in the west spreading northeast Friday. High 37, low 33. See Jonu Maynard Lot. Go bob %
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Odom Pursues 5285 Mile Nonstop Flight Record
Bill Odom flies Beech Bonanza from Honolulu toward Teterboro aiming to extend the light plane nonstop distance record. He reported 1450 miles covered by 10 30 a m CST, about 850 miles southwest of Seattle, at roughly 120 mph, escorted briefly by Navy aircraft. If successful, he would surpass the 2061 mile record set in 1937 and more than double the previous mark.
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San Francisco
Bill Odom
Honolulu
Teterboro
Odom
Seattle
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Navy Pby
New York
Pacific
United States
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Tshekedi Khama
British Commonwealth Relations Office
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
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J. W. Yeary
Sears, Roebuck & Company
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