County Won't Fund Paving Around Amarillo Schools
Potter County officials cannot use county road funds to pave streets around Dwight Morrow Sanborn and Humphrey Mighland schools. The attorney general's opinion says such expenditures are not authorized, blocking a three‑way plan with the city and school board to provide caliche asphalt and curbing for school approaches.
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Potter County
Amarillo
Roygrass
Commissioners Court
City Commission
County Commission
School Board
Dwight Morrow
Sanborn
Humphrey Mighland
Burnell Waldrep
Roy Snodgrass
Waldrep
Mayor Forgetting Pegasus Strands Hagy in Fog
Mayor Lawrence Hagy sits at the El Fidel Hotel in Albuquerque awaiting weather to clear for a flight back to Amarillo as fog and haze disrupt air travel. Airlines offered a miniature Pegasus to cope with landing delays after past disruptions at English Field.
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Lawrence
Hagy
el Fidel
Albuquerque
New Mexico City
Amarillo
Celiling
English Field
Trans-World
Airlines
Hagg
New York
Pegasus
Tax Equalization Boards Set Joint Meeting this Afternoon
City and school tax boards will hold a joint meeting this afternoon to discuss recommendations for improving tax assessing and collecting practices. City members are Gus Leftwich Dr. R Thomsen and Hugo Loewenstern and school district members are L C Nesbitt R G Mills and P V Alexander.
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Board of Equalization
Gus Leftwich
R. Thomsen
Hugo Loewenstern
L. C. Nesbitt
R. G. Mills
P. V. Alexander
Polyphemus Caterpillar Spins Cocoon After 250000 Head Swings
Researchers estimate the polyphemus caterpillar must swing its head back and forth about 250000 times to complete cocoon spinning. The work highlights the insect's complex silk production during metamorphosis.
Chevrolet Exhibit Opens In Amarillo Showrooms
Plains Chevrolet Co. in Amarillo will display the new 1948 Chevrolet tomorrow morning. Buck Carter, general manager, said the convertible model will be on show in the 212 East Fourth Street showroom.
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Amarillo
Buck Carter
Plains Chevrolet Co
East Fourth
Registration Opens for Canyon School and West Texas College
Canyon School and West Texas State College in Canyon began second semester registration today despite unfavorable weather. No penalty fee will apply through Feb. 3, announced President J. A. Hill. Instruction starts tomorrow as the campus sees many returning and new students.
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West Texas State College
Canyon
J. A. Hill
Stutterin Sam Cecil Hunter Keeps Busy at Conventions
Cecil Hunter known as Stutterin Sam, 2812 Ridgemere, tours the nation presenting programs for diverse groups. He spoke last night in Ashland Kansas at a Clark County Farm Bureau meeting and heads to Chicago for the National Automobile Dealers Association convention with about 10 000 attendees. From there he will perform in Lancaster Pennsylvania for 800 plant managers of the Armstrong Cork Company and later entertain Arm strong Cork plant managers.
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Amarillo
Cecil Hunter
Ridgemere
Stutterin
Sam
Ashland
Kaw
Clark County Farm Bureau
National Automobile Dealers Association
Chicago
Lancaster
Lancaster Manufacturers’ Association
Armstrong Cork Company
Unprotected Meters Damaged by Freeze
Weather harms city water meters says Carl Mask the meter troubleshooter. He notes meters left uncovered suffer freezing and replacement is needed. Snow or dirt over meter covers provides some insulation reducing damage.
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Carl Mask
Mr. Mask
High Gear Tooth Pressure Reaches 400000 PSI
A measure of gear tooth stress shows pressures up to 400000 pounds per square inch in automotive gears, illustrating extreme load conditions and engineering challenges for transmission components.
Burglars Take About 300 From Texas Steam Laundry
Thieves broke a front door glass at 411 East Eleventh to reach the door lock and stole roughly 300 from the safe. The break-in was found about 6 o'clock this morning when the laundry opened. Police report no forcible entry evident on the safe and investigators have not determined how it was opened. Owner M. F. Campbell said the safe was locked at closing yesterday.
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Texas
East Eleventh
M. F. Campbell
Houston Plumbers Hold Out for $2
AFL Building Trades unions in Houston ratify new contracts giving all crafts a $1 day raise while about 400 plumbers continue to press for a $2 daily increase. Charles Ditner says plumbers will hold out for $2 despite others accepting the $1 offer. Carpenters Local 213 approves the $1 raise, effective February 1.
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Houston
AFL Building Trades Council
Charles Ditner
Plumbers Union
Carpenters Local No
Bullet Takes Life of Man Wanted in Murder Inquiry
A Dallas optometrist exchanged gunfire with Charles Henry Leeper 27, who had been under guard in a Dallas hospital after a confrontation. Leeper, sought in Cheyenne Wyoming for murder, was shot by Dr. E L Troutt and later died at the hospital after three shots were fired in the exchange.
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Dallas
Charles Henry Leeper
Leeper
Cheyenne
Wyo
E. L. Troutt
Troutt
Mrs Nita Majors Heads to Dallas by Train
Mrs. Nita Majors, 900 Lincoln, left early this morning by train for Dallas to visit her ill mother.
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Dallas
Nita Majors
Lincoln
Funeral for 11 Year Old Robert Ray Stewart
Funeral services for Robert Ray Stewart aged 11 are set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Boxwell Brothers Chapel with a Christian Science reader officiating. He died at 8:10 p.m. at home after a leukemia battle begun last September. Born August 6 1936 he was in the sixth grade at San Jacinto School and a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist. He is survived by his parents and grandparents N E Thurman and Charles C Stewart.
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Robert Ray Stewart
Donald R. Stewart
Georgia
Boxwell Brother
Christian Science
Robert
San Jacinto School
First Church of Christ, Scientist
N. E. Thurman
Mississippi
Charles C. Stewart
Amarillo
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