July Construction Totals Hit Over Million Dollars
City records show permits for the first 11 days of July totaling 1 151 788 with a 65 000 grant for a McDonald Auto Supply Co home at 200 Tyler. A 30 000 brick veneer residence at 2600 Pork and a 33 000 Forest Hill School addition are noted along with an addition plan for a Buchanan plant. Architects Emmet F and James F Rittenberry prepared the plans now under city review.
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McDonald Auto Supply Company
Tyler
George Broome
Timmons Construction Company
Forest Hill
Doche 2+ Company
Dry Cleans
Buchanan
Emmet F
James F. Rittenberry
Enemies Described: Dirty Tough Communist Troops in Korea
Reporter Ruthersported first hand on a Korean front describes Soviet supplied North Korean forces as indoctrinated youths and illiterate peasants. He notes Russian tanks and artillery aiding a one third advance, with captured officers young and trained in Pyongyang, including Lt. Hwang Soon Chul who studied Communism and Russian before commanding.
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Korea
U.P
Manchuria
South Korea
Erban
Pyongyang
Russia
China
Hwang Soon Chul
Hwang
Texas highway officials set Amarillo title meeting
F E J Amey state director of the motor vehicle division will preside over a Panhandle and West Texas collectors meeting in Amarillo August 10. Potter County assessor-collector Hubert Cole announced the gathering, with about 100 tax collectors expected to attend to discuss automobile title processing. Headquarters will be the Herring Hotel and the meeting will be held in a county courthouse courtroom.
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Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Hubert Cole
Potter County
Herring Hotel
Evacuation Details From Korea Shared By Regina Fiedler
Regina Fiedler and husband Reginald H. Fiedler, with the ECA fisheries office, were among about 2 000 Americans evacuated from Korea in 72 hours. In a June 23 letter from Japan to her parents, she describes leaving in seconds, radios and air raids, and taking only what she could carry. They traveled to Ascom City then Inchon, endured crowded conditions and deck sleeping on a Norwegian freighter Reinhold under escort, with cheer amid fleas and discomfort.
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Korea
Japan
J. L. Smith
Hughes
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Amarillo
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P Maness Is Taken by Death
P S Maness 62 trucking contractor of 2200 North Mirror Amarillo died about 930 am after a heart attack at Jenkins Brick Supply Co office on West Sixth Relatives said he was there on business He was born April 28 1888 in Camp Ark and farmed at Commerce before moving to Amarillo in 1926 He was a member of Buchanan Street Methodist Church Funeral arrangements are pend ing Survivors include wife May three sons Stanley J P Merlin a daughter Geneva Boren Amarillo three brothers Herbert Lee and Forrest all of Cooper Tex and two sisters Mrs Nida Cummings and Mrs Maudie Goodwin of Cooper.
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Amarillo
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Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
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Wayland College
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Yakima
Wash
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Fort Worth
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Herbert
Lee
Forrest Maness
Cooper, Tex
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Maudie Goodwin
Cooper
Church Official Missing in Korea
Vatican sources reported Monsignor Patrick James Byrne of Washington DC apostolic delegate in Korea is missing since fighting broke out. Byrne, 62, titular bishop of Gazera, was last heard from in the area now held by North Korean Communists.
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Vatican
Patrick James Byrne
Washington
Panhandle native O H Dixon seeks state representative seat
O H Dixon of Amarillo announces candidacy for the 123rd district in Texas. Born 1904 in Castro County, he grew up in Dimmitt and Hereford, studied at West Texas State College, and spent years in farming ranching and real estate with the Ralph Lowe Agency in Amarillo. He criticizes redistricting by East Texas lawyers and urges bills to be printed locally.
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Amarillo
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Castro County
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Hereford
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Canyon
Texas Company
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Ralph Lowe
East Third
Randall County
Texas
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Dixon pledges tax restraint and Texas land revenue
The candidate declares opposition to new taxes until current spending is shown as proper. He vows to defend Texas title lands and collect rightful state revenue, while pledging to oppose socialism, communism, and nationalism. He says the 123rd District, now a major business and populous area, deserves its share of state benefits.
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Texas
123Rd
Austin
Amarillo Resources Brief for Military Review
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce plans a mailed brief to Army Navy and Air Force outlining Amarillo and the Panhandle resources. It covers location in the magic circle area, one hour from central US, climate transport natural resources communications labor civic improvements schools and more. Rex B Baxter says military has no immediate plans for war plants here but all relevant area information will be compiled and shared with defense departments.
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Amarillo
Defense Department
Quick Thinking Saves Man's Life at Detroit Club Fire
Charles Koboski saved his life by climbing into a refrigerator as the Club Ball burned. He stayed inside for three hours until firemen controlled the blaze. Damage was estimated at $200,000. Four firemen were overcome by smoke. no guests were present.
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U.P
Charles Koboski
Song festivals rise in popularity across the UK
Song festivals in the United Kingdom attract larger crowds and broader media attention as organizers report growing demand for concerts, competitions, and community events across multiple regions and cities.
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United Kingdom
Fragmented TV Guide Style Local Listing
A highly garbled radio and television listings fragment shows scattered program names and times for shows like One Man's Family News News Lines For Living and Starlight Concert. The text is incomplete with misread titles and schedule fragments.
Amarillo Overtime Effort Aims to Clear Trash Backlog
Amarillo waste crews work 10 hours daily to clear a backlog caused by muddy alleys last week. City Manager N. V. Moss says crews will be caught up and back on schedule by the first of next week.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Mr. Moss
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