Amarillo to New Mexico Four Lane Highway Plan
J G Lott Texas Highway Department district engineer told Potter County commissioners that Highway 66 will be expanded to a four lane divided road from Amarillo to the New Mexico line. The plan requires a 200 foot wide right of way along the Rock Island Railroad from west of Bushland to Plains Boulevard with an initial 8.3 mile segment near Amarillo. The county must grant the right of way before action proceeds, with costs estimated at not less than 25000 for the right of way and state construction costs around 600000 to 75000 per mile.
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Amarillo
New Mexico Line
J. G. Lott
Texas Highway Department
Potter County
Rock Island Railroad
Highway Department
Lott
Tenth Avenue
Four Lane Underpass Plan Near Veterans Hospital
The plan contemplates building a four lane underpass southwest of the Veterans Hospital and includes additional infrastructure features. The description suggests a major transit project with roadway improvements tied to hospital accessibility.
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Veterans Hospital
Four lane plan to connect Plains Boulevard with new highway
Highway officials describe a plan to tie a new four lane road west of the Bushland underpass into Amarillo via Plains Boulevard and West Tenth Avenue. They seek a 200 foot right of way, with surveys along the Rock Island Railroad, while city officials are not delaying and the project aims to widen Texas Highway 66 to a four lane divided road.
Livestock Warning As Severe Winter Storm Strikes Panhandle
The winter storm battered the Panhandle causing snarled highways and air traffic. Officials warned livestock owners to protect and feed animals while motorists were urged to avoid ice slicked roads unless urgent.
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Panhandle
Severe winter storm battering Amarillo region with ice and snow
The region faced heavy snowfall and subfreezing temperatures with icy roads and power lines. Travel disrupted across bus and air services including Continental Trailways and Trans World Airlines while railways reported normal traffic but warned about communications outages. Police cited numerous minor crashes and injuries from falls as residents faced slick sidewalks.
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Continental Trailways
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Trailways System
Greyhound Lines
Trans-World Airlines
Braniff
H. C. Winburn
Roswell
Raton
Dallas
Carlile Price
Panhandle
Clovis
Manila News Briefs: Iloilo Earthquakes Strain Survivors
Intermittent quakes on Panay Island drive terror and mass evacuation in Iloilo as 27 killed and homes damaged. Aftershocks feared, fissures disrupt roads and water mains while officials call tremors non destructive. Reports from Libeilo City, Miagao, Hanini coast detail landslides and drownings.
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Iloilo
Philippines
Panay Island
Hanini
Miagao
Libeilo
Philippines Weather Bureau
Heilo
Cocoanut
Manila Times
Jesus P. Ramos
Hloilo
Panay
Negros
Cebu
Leyte
Marinduque
Teen liquor parties draw city teens into trouble
The article reports teenage delinquency as high school boys host after school liquor parties, drink in public, and act grown up. It notes most participants are male with girls staying out, and cites grand jury findings blaming parental negligence and mass teenage delinquency.
Voters Push Tax Receipt Sales Into Record Pace
Tax collector Frank Hoyt reported a surge in poll tax receipt sales with 10 218 receipts by Saturday noon, nearing last year’s record 10 200. He warned only six days remained and about 6 000 receipts on hand, questioning if the 16 000 originally ordered will suffice.
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Frank Hoyt
Hoyt
France Devalues Franc Triggering Global Market Shifts
Paris lowers its currency 50 percent, sparking turmoil in world markets. Britain rejects pound devaluation while France cites export stagnation and unemployment risk as reasons. Investors flee to gold as dollar francs move from 119 to 214 per dollar.
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France
Britain
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Schuman
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Cripps
New York
International Monetary Funch
Paris
Icy Roads Cancel Tonight's Amaryllo vs Blackhawks Game
Icy highways prevented the Phillips Blackhawks from traveling to the High School Armory to face the Amarillo Golden Sandies. The game is canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Amarillo Golden Sandies
Phillips Blackhawks
High School
Phillips
Immediate House panel backs ban on oil exports
The House Interstate Commerce Committee urged an immediate ban on all petroleum product exports due to optimistic supply estimates and war emergency risks. The report cites weather and oil outlook concerns. Also appears brief classified items advertising FHA repairs with no down payment and local business notices.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Krug urges faster action on synthetic fuel industry plan
Interior Secretary Krug urged earliest possible construction of a synthetic fuel program to secure oil resources. He estimated a two million barrel per day plant complex could cost nine billion dollars and should be built within 5 to 10 years with government backing, starting with three commercial plants using shale and coal processes.
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New Orleans
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J. A. Krug
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Forrestal
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Bureau of Mines
Train wreck injures six near Jamestown
Six people were injured, none critically, when the Erie Railroad Lake Cities Express derailed last night 12 miles west of Jamestown New York. The last car jumped the tracks and struck two freight cars before overturning.
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Trenton
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Jamestown
Erie Railroad
Chicago
New York City
Lake Cities
Here
President of Lubbock Hubbers Dies in Hospital
Samuel S. Rosenthal, 43, president and owner of the Lubbock Hubbers baseball club, died of a heart ailment after two months of illness in Lubbock. He led the team since 1938, guiding a league flag in 1947 and a Texas regional title, survived by his wife, son Joseph, daughter Joyce, mother Mrs. Esther Rosenthal, and brother Harold of St. Louis. Funeral arrangements planned locally with burial in St. Louis.
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Lubbock Hubbers
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Hubbers
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Daugher
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Episcopal Convocation in North Texas Opens Amid Emphasis on Evangelism
The 38th annual Convocation of the Missionary District of North Texas opens with 100 clergymen and lay delegates. Bishop George H. Quarterman urged nationwide evangelism and rededication, noting a 140 percent rise in missionary giving since 1946 and sixteenth in quota payments in 1947. The report highlights new missions, parish house projects, and budgetary gains across several churches in the district.
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Missionary District of
North Texas
George H. Quarterman
Med
Texas
Eckel
Quarterman
Edward H. Eckel
Trinity Church
Tulsa
Dumas
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Hereford
Walter R. Scott
L. Fef
Lasseter
John’s Church
Odessa
District Missions Extension Fund
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Big Spring
St. Andrew's Church
Amarillo
St. Paul's Church
Lubbock
Midland
All Saints’ Church
Canyon
St. Matthew's Church
Pampa
St. Mark's Church
Plainview
Snow and bitter cold linger across Amarillo region
Weather bulletin reports snow and continued cold this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Snow amounts range from moderate to locally heavy with low 20s temperatures. West Texas sees cloudiness and possible snow freezing rain in the Panhandle and South Plains with little temp change. New Mexico shows increasing clouds, snow in west and east today and tonight with clearing east Tuesday and windy, much colder conditions.
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United Press
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Rockies
Watertown
Winburn
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Larry Stitt Wins News Tip First Prize
Larry Stitt at 1406 West Ninth won the News Tip first prize for calling in about a humming noise perplexing city residents last Tuesday night. He receives a five dollar prize. second prize goes to Albie Kincaid at 737 North Hayes for tipping about a boy running into a car. Lottie Show, Box 1868, gets two dollars for a bottle of ammonia spilled on a city bus incident. Additional tips from Frank Johnston, Jim Reynolds, and others are listed with addresses. The item also notes a Reader's Digest quiz feature.
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Larry Stitt
West Ninth
Albie Kincaid
North Hayes
Frank Johnston
Jim Reynolds
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