Water rights battle shapes up for new city water line
City officials move toward condemnation to secure a 36 inch inflow line southwest of Amarillo. Easement secured across Bush land amid protests from farmers led by G W Cox and Tim O’Brien. Officials say the project aims to expand supply from 33 wells to meet growing demand.
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Lawrence Hagg
Qtek
Qoloevpnensen
Dud WuArtis
Stanton Field
G. A. Carroll
Rock Island Railroad
Liberal
Kaw
Eighth
Bonham
Rock Island
Ben Manning
Commission
Randall County
Tim O'Brien
Bush Estate
O'Brien
Bush
G. W. Cox
Canyon
Cox
Amarillo
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and cold in Amarillo and vicinity with a warmup expected Thursday. Daytime highs around 20 today and 28 tomorrow with tonight near 6. West Texas: cloudy to partly cloudy with occasional snow from Pecos Valley westward and lingering cold. panhandle lows 2 to 10 degrees, rest of area 10 to 20, high 24 hours ending 6:30 AM at 10, low 3, noon 15.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
Poll Tax Exemption Renewals Ordered by Court Ruling
Poll tax exemptions must be renewed. Frank Hoyt, tax collector, says hundreds were told renewals were unnecessary but a recent Eastland court ruling invalidated an election where perman ent exemptions aged 60 plus voted without renewal. The deadline is Saturday at midnight to renew or pay the poll tax.
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Frank Hoyt
Hoyt
Eleventh Court of Civil Appeals At
Eastland
Court of Civil Appeals
Attorney General
Potter County
Sam Stickney Mistakenly Cleans Wrong Auto
Bryan reporter Sam Stickney, editor of the Bryan News, went to wipe ice from his car windshield and windows. After clearing the glass he realized he had cleaned the wrong auto, his face turning red from the mistake.
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Bryan, Jan
Sam Stickney
Stickney
The
Bryan
Texas Gas Famine Closes Hundreds Of Schools
A frigid cold wave battered Texas driving below zero and forcing the curtailment or closure of hundreds of schools and many businesses. Lone Star Gas and West Texas Gas restrict supply to industrials and schools to protect domestic needs as the outlook remains bleak through Friday.
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United Press
Texas
Panhandle
Lone Star Gas Company
Oklahoma
South Plains
West Texas Gas Company of
Lubbock
States
Rio Grande Valley
Texarkana
el Paso
Dalhart
Brownsville
US Weather Bureau
Two Amarillo Girls Seized on Road Then Abandoned
Two 19 year old sisters reported being forced from an automobile on a country road in zero weather. They walked for hours and were found near Fritch road northeast of Amarillo. Both are at St. Anthony's Hospital with severe exposure and frostbitten toes. one in serious condition. A named Amarillo man and a second man identified only by his first name are suspected.
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Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Fritch
Borser
Winter loosening its grip on Panhandle and South Plains
After five days of severe cold the Panhandle and South Plains see sun and rising temperatures by week’s end. Snow and sleet moisture totals near 0.48 inches this month with last night’s 0.06 inch. no livestock losses reported. Roads improving though icy stretches persist, with buses and airlines returning to near normal schedules.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Upper Panhandle
Hugoton Gas Field Testimony at Railroad Commission Hearing
Testimony at a Railroad Commission hearing in Hugoton Kansas addresses whether the Hugoton gas field extends into Texas fields in Sherman and Hansford counties. Witnesses from Cities Service and Phillips Petroleum discuss connections between the Hugoton Panhandle fields and the main Panhandle field. Future questions will consider combining East Panhandle and West Panhandle sweet and sour fields for proration.
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Hugoton
Kan
Sherman and Hansford
Texas
Railroad Commission
Herring Hotel
Col
E. O. Thompson
Jack Baumel
Oil and Gas Division
Ray Jones
Oklahoma
T. A. Murgan
Conservation Department
The
Corporation Commission of Kansas
Ray Johnson
Amarillo
Shamrock Oil
Panhandle
East Panhandle Sweet
Weat Panhandle Sweet
Charter airliner crashes near Fresno with 33 believed dead
A chartered airliner crashed in the Diablo coast range near Fresno today. Officials say 33 people are believed dead with no survivors. The flight was operated under Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
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Fresno
Cal
Diablo
Coast Range
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Los Angeles Curfew Law Reduces Juvenile Delinquency
Los Angeles County enforces a 10 pm curfew with deputies patrolling 400 square miles. Parents face fines or warnings for their children after curfew. Roundups target drive-ins and theaters. youths are not jailed, but offenders risk tougher parental action and possible jail for guardians.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Biscailur
Underworld
Biscailuz
No Emergency Here No Critical Gas Shortage Anticipated
Weather story in Column 8 notes no critical gas shortage in Amarillo though scattered shortages and emergency conditions affected segments of Texas. Cold, freezing temps range statewide. West Texas Gas Company warns Lubbock towns of possible gas loss. Dumas experiences 30 minute outage. A resort hotel at Elsa is mentioned.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Gas Company
Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
South Plains
West Texas Gas Company
Lubbock
Dumas
North Plains
Elsa
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