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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1948
Page
7
City commissioners authorize J C Lilly to invest water bond reserves in 91 US savings certificates yielding about 3 800 profit on roughly 91 000 investment with bonds maturing 1967 callable 1959. Taxicab ordinance meter rates pass second reading and Erikon Sides Jr’s taxi license is denied.
Rev Charles T Leber will speak at the First Presbyterian Church Friday night to the Men's Brotherhood then at a 12:30 luncheon for church women at the Blackstone Hotel and at 10:25 Friday morning to Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School. A 6:30 barbecue in Fellowship Hall will bring all men of Amarillo Presbytery together. More than 400 are expected. He recently returned from Europe and aided World Council of Churches work.
The father of Dallas pilot Eugene Holstein offered a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the discovery of his single engine Beechcraft Bonanza missing since a forced landing near Houston on December 30. Holstein, 29, was en route from Miami to Houston for repairs when fog at Houston airport forced him to seek an alternate landing. The search extends over East Texas forests as officials plan to move the effort toward Bryan Waco and Fort Worth.
A family of three died from likely asphyxiation due to escaped gas in their house. Maurine Taylor Brown, mother, and Mamie Smith were found. H. J. Brown, funeral director, arranged arrangements. The bodies were discovered around noon after gas had built up for about 12 hours. The verdict was accidental death. Funeral pending.
Dean Downing, 21, works the State Theater lobby popcorn machine near Pullman Switch and admits she has not tasted popcorn in a long time because she is constantly smelling and handling it all day.
The First Presbyterian Church will hold its annual meeting as a corporation and congregation at 7:30 tonight in Fellowship Hall. Trustees and session members will be elected reports of the year’s work heard and plans for the coming year discussed. Members and friends are invited to attend.
Demand from out of town prompts mail reservations for Marian Anderson concert at Municipal Auditorium on February 5. Box office opens January 30. mail orders to Panhandle Concert Bureau Box 1214, Amarillo. Colored sections reserved lower floor and balcony with set prices. Final exams set for Amarillo College January 26 to 28.
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