Television in Amarillo Inches Toward a Future
Amarillo officials A O Thomas and Raymond Hollingsworth discuss television as a future medium. They note costs of about a quarter of a million dollars for install, lack of receiving sets, and the need for advertisers and moderate priced receivers before widespread home viewing. Coaxial cables and new routes are key to nationwide TV delivery.
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Amarillo
A. O. Thomas
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Raymond Hollingsworth
KGNC
Hollingsworth
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Bell System
Washington
New York City
Stevens Point
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Bell System plans nationwide TV network and stratovision idea
The Bell System proposes routes from Boston to San Francisco and a second eastern to midwest link with St Louis to New Orleans, aiming to span the nation. Stratovision would use airplane mounted transmitters six miles up to relay TV across areas, while ground relay stations would also distribute programs nationwide.
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Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Bell System
Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlanta
San Francisco
Seaboard
Chicago
New Orleans
Amarillo
Federal Communications Commission
Pied Piper Act Slips This Time
Fort Worth health workers cleaned rat infested buildings citywide but overlooked the City County Hospital rat control center. City Health Director Brewster urged action and City Manager Bothwell ordered the building rat-proofed by the rat control center.
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Fort Worth
Health Department
Brewster
Bothwell
Nami Assigns Moody as Texas Legion Adjutant
Herman G Nami of San Antonio Texas department commander says G Ward Moody of Odessa has been assigned to act as adjutant of the Texas department Moody succeeds Harry Rather who resigned to join the Veterans Administration at Waco Moody will serve until Major Fred Young who resigned three years ago returns to the adjutant s job
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Austin
Herman G Nami
San Antonio
Texas
American Legion
G. Ward Moody
Odessa
Legion
Moody
Harry Rather
Veterans’ Administration
Waco
Fred Young
Army
Nami
All Day Trip Driving Here From Tulsa
Mr and Mrs Fred H Galle of Amarillo traveled from Plainview to Amarillo for a Knights Templar installation. They faced a severe snowstorm causing a night in Tulsa and a long return trip. Highway drifts were shoulder deep in the Happy area as road crews worked after a wind filled in the path.
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Fred H. Galle
Jackson
Amarillo
Galle
Khiva
Plainview Commandery
Knights Templar
Plainview
Tulsa
Mr. Gallo
Highway Department
Jar Cache Story Highlights Local Laborer
Phillip Privitere, a 58 year old laborer in Indianapolis, said he buried his life savings of 2.40 dollars in a fruit jar in his basement months ago. He claimed to have dug up the jar yesterday and found it empty, prompting concern and curiosity about his buried fortune.
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Indianapolis
Phillip Privitere
Roaring Springs Man Dies in Amarillo Hospital at 73
The death of a 73 year old man occurred Tuesday afternoon in an Amarillo hospital. The body will be taken by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home tomorrow at 10 am. Burial is set in the Roaring Springs cemetery beside his wife, who passed away in 1931.
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Roaring Springs
Amarillo
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
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Dick Turner
News-Globe
Tasm
Dik Torver
RED Cross
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Candy Bros. Mfg. Co
Pool Drug Coo
Santa Fe
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
R. E. Snow
Robert Lee Snow
The
Methodist
Browning
Blue Print CO
A. J. Dowling, M.D
Oliver Eakle
Waldo E. Houghton
Optometrist
Oliver-Eakle Building
Gardenia
National Distillers Products Corporation
Ad Stationery
By Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
N. Y
Star Lumber Co
505
Ackson
Gene Klein
F. M. Lefforge
Dial
Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
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