Amarillo ice rink plan studied by local writer
A Amarillo letter writer details a deep study of ice rink feasibility at Fair Park Pavilion. He compares Albuquerque Tulsa and St Louis rinks, notes equipment costs around 103000 dollars, cites Tulsa Coliseum built 1929 for 950000, and cites Sam Avey promoting hockey and shows. He urges a hockey size rink with portable floor and ready for future hockey use.
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Amarillo
Pavilion
Fair Park Pavilion
Bull Barn
Cory Detton
Albuquerque
Tulsa
St. Louis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Tulsa Coliseum
Sam Avey
Tulsa Hockey Club
Fb & Tulsa
Avey
Canada
Broadmoor brush fire nears Camp Carson in Colorado Springs
A roaring brush fire in the Broadmoor area near Colorado Springs, sparked at the golf course and spreading toward Camp Carson, threatens Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and nearby homes. Army troops build fire lines as thousands assist. no deaths reported though some residents and ranches burned or damaged.
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Colorado Springs
Swank
Broadmoor
Here
Camp Carson
Broadmoor Hotel
Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Colo. 115
Canon City
Army
Navy
National Guard
Pueblo
Red Cross
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary Today
National Weather Service reports partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and surrounding areas with warmer trend this afternoon and colder tonight and Wednesday. Strong winds persist this afternoon. High today near 68, low tonight about 27, with tomorrow's high near 49 and 24 hour period low around 36. West Texas and New Mexico regions show similar patterns with cooler Panhandle and subdued changes Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Naming Kirkman Assistant Chief Stymied by Civil Service Laws
Civil service rules block immediate appointment of Kirkman as assistant police chief. City plans for a separate corporation court require ordinance changes and exams. About a dozen applications for the post have been received. no recommendation made. Kirkman has long served as corporation court judge and acted as police chief during absences. Further, a murder case from June involving Tex Thornton attracts renewed investigation with an Oakland suspect, Clifford Leach, linked to prior robberies and bearing laundry marks.
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Kirkman
Commission
Corporation Court
Police Department
Civil Service Commission
City Commission
al Chesser
Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service
Ted Lokey
W. M. Sutton
Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act
N. V. Moss
Moss
Fourth and
Wyler
Sid Harper
Harper
Brakes Smashed Trainmen Survive 150 MPH Run
Two Milwaukee road railroad workers admitted they prayed out loud as a diesel locomotive sped 22 miles through Milwaukee after its brakes failed while hauling the Olympian Hi awatha. The engine struck a trailer truck injuring no one and sped past Elm Grove and Wauwatosa before authorities halted the runaway.
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Milwaukee, Wis
U.P
Milwaukee
William Jordan
Benjamin Fuelleman
Jordan
Fuelleman
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
Here
James Ratcliffe
Kewaunee
Ill
Olympian
Milwau
Kee
Elm Grove
Wauwatosa
Floodway cleared as Mississippis flood threat grows
Army Engineers and the Red Cross ordered 12 thousand people from a low floodway near New Madrid and Birds Point to evacuate as emergency plans take effect for the Mississippi flood threat. Trucks were sent to collect residents while sandbagging continued along Wabash and Ohio tributaries. Crews faced widespread homelessness and rising rivers across Indiana Illinois and Arkansas with towns like Vincennes Rosiclare and Old Shawneetown isolated or evacuated.
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Red Cross
Mississippi
Charleston
New Madrid
Tel Birds Point
Wabash
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Vincennes
Ind
Arkansas
Little Wabash
Michigan
Texas
California
San Joaquin Valley
Pacific Northwest
Southland
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Rosiclare
Ill
Front Street
Old Shawneetown
Carmi
Marine
Rising Sun
Concord
New Haven
Beaten Robbed in Alley Near Cleveland Home
Juan Arrequin reported to police at dawn that two men knocked him in the head in an alley behind his Cleveland home, robbing $400 in cash and a $75 watch with a broken chain. He had left a beer tavern with a friend, walked home alone, and went to a nearby residence to call for help.
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Juan Arrequin
Cleveland
Arrequin
Court Overrules Potter County Family Relations Court Plea
The Fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals overruled the motion for rehearing in Potter County's Family Relations Court case. County attorney John Peterson received notice of the action. The district court had found the act creating the court unconstitutional, and the appeals court upheld that decision. Peterson said the next step is an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Potter County
Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth
John Peterson
State Supreme Court
Peterson
Seize Negro in Cafe Burglary
Leon Lee Ford, a Black man, is jailed in Potter County on burglary charges after Amarillo police arrested him early this morning at the Live and Let Live Cafe on West Third. The juke box was broken into and cash taken. Ford had $12.25 on him. Entry occurred at the rear. Justice Bonita Wilkinson set bond at $1,500. Ford said he had five prior penitentiary terms.
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Tex Thornton
Oakland
Cal
Clifford Delmar Leach
Leach
Park Plaza
North East Eighth
Thornton
Texas
California
Oregon
Eugene F. Randall
Francis M. Ormsby
Ormsby
Oakland Tribune
7Ene
R. Leach
American Institute of Laundrying
Lee Thornton
Leon Lee Ford
Potter County
Ford
Amarillo
West Third
Bonita Wilkinson
Missing Woman Returns From Amarillo Wander
Mrs Katherine Hamilton was found last night about 28 hours after she left St Anthony s Hospital where she was under treatment for a nervous disorder. The wife of Marine Recruiting Sgt Wayne Hamilton had gone off Sunday afternoon in a gown and slippers. She stayed with friends and then went to a relative s home in North Amarillo before calling her husband. An area wide search had been conducted since her disappearance following a nervous attack a week earlier.
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Katherine Hamilton
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Driver Loses Lift as Gas Truck Tries Takeoff at Chicago Airport
Charles Martin, 23, drank before driving a gasoline laden Eastern Airlines truck down a runway at Midway. The truck struck a wingtip on a landed American Airlines jet, Martin revved and raced a second runway, but with 3000 gallons of 100 octane fuel and no wings he could not depart. Police and fire crews pursued as two airliners circled for landing.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Charles Martin
Eastern Airlines
American Airlines
Washington
Martin
Painters Talk Shop at Texas Convention Session
Members of the Texas Council of Painting and Decoration Contractors of America gathered at the Herring Hotel for an open afternoon session on wallpaper quality. Leon Switzer of Kansas City spoke for the Wallpaper Research Bureau.
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Texas Council of Painting and Decoration Contractors of America
Herring Hotel
Jack Thomas
Leon Switzer
Kansas City
Wallpaper Research Bureau
Painting and Decorating Contactors Association
Amarillo Hotel
Ladies Auxiliary
Old Tascosa
Nenion
Banks in Amarillo To Close Thursday
Amarillo banks will be closed Thursday in observance of the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate armies in the Civil War, according to the Amarillo Clearing House Association.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Clearing House Association
Robert E. Lee
Truck Climbs Tracks In Panhandle Crash Injures Driver
Ellwood Branchi, 33, of 404 Georgia, suffered shock and possible arm injuries when his 1947 Dodge panel truck went off Highway 60 and climbed an embankment a few miles east of Panhandle. The truck front was demolished by Santa Fe No. 105 as the 10 car passenger train was delayed 40 minutes. Branchi was taken to Panhandle then Amarillo. condition reported good. Engineer N A Lane was on Santa Fe No. 105.
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Ellwood Branchs
Georgia
Branchi
Panhandle
E. C. Bost
Herring Hotel
Bost
American News Company
Pierce
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s
N. A. Lane
Lincoln
Bribery sweep nets 43 Japanese officials
Tokyo police announced the arrest of 43 government officials on suspicion of bribery. The arrests come as part of a broader crackdown on corruption within the administration, with authorities emphasizing ongoing investigations and potential further detentions.
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Tokyo
Missouri Runs Aground On Mud Bank At Thimble Shoals
The battleship Missouri ran aground on a mud flat in Hamilton Roads known as Thimble Shoals while sailing to Guantanamo Cuba. Twelve tugs failed to free her as Capt. W. D. Brown planned to wait for the afternoon high tide. No cause for the grounding was determined.
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Washington
Navy
Missouri
Thimble Shoals
Hamilton Roads
Guantanamo
Cuba
W. D. Brown
School Construction Program Is Attacked
F S Finch and C C Towne led a large group of sitters opposing Amarillo High School remodeling and a 440000 bond plan. They urged four corner junior and senior high schools and eight and a half million in bonds by 1956, conflicting with a 3 million bond plan for 1959 60. Superintendent Rogers supports remodeling to ease overcrowding and a new Wolflin junior high.
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F. S. Finch
C. C. Towne
North Randall County
Towne and Finch
North Randall
Wolflin
Amarillo
Bivins
Amarillo High School
Chas. M. Rogers
AHS
Elizabeth Nixson
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