Relocation Talk On Potter County Youth Home
Judge F H McGregor of Potter County Domestic Relations Court will discuss moving the juvenile detention home with the advisory board at 2 PM in the courthouse office. The commissioners court had earlier begun steps to relocate due to Amarillo Air Force Base reactivation, though no official Air Force notification has been received.
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F. H. McGregor
Potter County Domestic Relations Court
Potter County Commissioners Court
Amarillo Air Force Base
Air Force
First Come First Served in Special Car Tag Numbers
Potter County tax assessor-collector Hubert Cole urges 1951 license plate bidders to send requests with last year’s receipt and a check. Owners may list alternate choices. reservations depend on availability. Plates go on sale February 1 in four series with specific number ranges.
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Hubert Cole
Potter County
Cole
Mr. Cole
Judge McGregor Plans Preliminary Home Construction
Judge McGregor to advance initial plans for a new detention home. Court members favored building on Walk er Convalescent Home grounds, while Judge McGregor proposed relocating nearer the city. Commissioners invite input from interested persons on the project. The current facility is an Army barracks type owned by the city and leased to the county. The first drum cylinder press was introduced in 1813.
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McGregor
Walker Convalescent Home
Llano Estacado Council Annual Session Opens At Hotel
Leo Southern announces Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts annual meeting at the Herring Hotel starting tomorrow afternoon with a 4 30 business session and 7 dinner preceding installation of new officers and awards. Reports from district committees and the Camp Harrington project are on the slate. Rev Bates and others selected for the evening program.
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Leo Southern
Llano Estacado Council
Boy Scouts of America
Herring Hotel
S. G. Stockton
R. Earl O'Keefe
Camp Harrington
Lon D. Edwards
J. H. Sharp
Methodist Church of
Raymond Wells
Dick Wilson
Hereford
Bill LaShier
Post 9
Valley Forge
Carl FE. Bates
First Baptist Church of
Amarillo
Burglars Take 10 Dollars From Sally Ann Bakery
Thieves pried open a rear sliding door at the Sally Ann Bakery on Taylor Avenue last night and took about ten dollars in cash mainly change from the register. A safe containing around four hundred dollars in cash was not disturbed and drawers were left intact as investigators traced entry through the storage and baking departments to the office area.
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Sally Ann
Taylor
Ernest Probst
Earth Rotation Changes Over Time Revealed by Eclipses
Astronomers analyze ancient eclipse records from Babylonian times and find that the Earth's rotation, while fluctuating locally, exhibits a long term slowdown. The study confirms a gradual deceleration of the planet's spin over centuries.
Jacoby on Bridge Card Hand A Little Thought
Bridge notes describe a hand with North holding AQ10 and West with 7643. East has K974 8752 and Queen 63. Opening lead is a two pass sequence. West and East positions show strong inferences from the auction and opening lead, illustrating Jacoby logic in play.
Long Huddle Over Ninth Trick Reveals Card Clues
Oswald Jacoby reports on a Cavendish Club bridge hand where South faced a pivotal ninth trick decision. After a spade lead and era of probing questions, the analysis hinges on West’s five card clubs and three hearts, plus the remaining spade and diamond distribution. East’s play and the challenge of finessing versus playing the king of diamonds shape the outcome.
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East
South
West
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Cavendish
New York
Declarer
Curtis Davis Rites Pending
Arrangements for funeral services for Curtis Land Davis aged 33 of Amarillo are pending after a highway crash near Williams Arizona. Davis, a carpenter’s helper of 2410 North West Second, suffered a broken neck when the car skid and plunged into a gorge. The driver survived and Davis was en route to California after leaving Amarillo last Friday. His father J R Davis and brother B L Davis were at his bedside. Curtis Land Davis was born in April.
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Curtis Land Davis
Amarillo
Williams
Ariz
Korea
Mr. Davis
North West Second
California
J. R. Davis
B. L. Davis
Arrangement Details For Fallen Soldier In Amarillo
The obituary notes a service for a plural surviving family, with the deceased aged 17 in 1917 at Lorenzo. He lived in Amarillo about four years after moving from Chillicothe. Surviving are two brothers J. R. Davis Jr. of St. Louis and Master Sgt. Carl Davis in Korea, and two sisters Mrs. J. W. Ward of Odessa and Mrs. George Ford of Amarillo. The body arrives in Amarillo tomorrow and funeral arrangements will be announced by N. S. Griggs 4 Sons.
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Lorenzo
Amarillo
Chillicothe
J. R. Davis, Jr
St. Louis
Carl Davis
Korea
J. W. Ward
Odessa
George Ford
N. S. Griggs
German Boat Crew Burned After Net Dragging Bombs
The crew of a Baltic Sea fishing vessel suffered mustard burns after dragging up old bombs. They sought hospital treatment, authorities reported, as the incident drew attention to wartime remnants still found at sea.
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Baltic
Amber Fog Lamps Favored Over Clear by Drivers
Motorists prefer amber fog lamps over clear lenses by about ten to one, possibly because amber is a more unusual visual signal in fog.
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Uncle Urie
Upshaw Music CO
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Furr Food
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Amarillo Insurance Exchange
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J. C. Burkhalter
Rolla
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Wisdom Ins
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Hugo H. Loewenstern
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Ordway-Saunders Co
Oaks-Fyfe
D. W. Owen
Panhandle Ins
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Boy Scout
Lond, Edwards A
Council States
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Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
Bureau
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Southern
Jacoby
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Sweden
Hamburger
Pierre
10Th
Georgia
Fond
Nieeraor
PAE Travelers
Hartford
Tex Smith
W. 6Th St
Radio Renne Shop
Slobe-News
Ence
Tae
Lastaire
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Curtis Davis
Fong
Rex Theater
Texaco
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Willard & 800
Shimg and
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B. Taylor
Peebee
Block Island
Marine Grill
Jerry Lomax
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