If I Were Mayor of Amarillo One Day Letters
A selection of reader letters debating Amarillo’s future as mayor for a day. Citizens including Mrs J C, Arthur Gene Hicks, and Bea Lanning propose clean streets, fair housing, better roads and hospitals, stronger police and traffic enforcement, civic promotion, and tourism boosts. References to World War II veterans, local landmarks, and a “Friendly City” ideal appear throughout.
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Amarillo
Arthur Gene Hicks
Maygi
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Christ
L. T. Foster
Travis
W. F. Fesler
East Seventh
Bea Lanning
North Fairfield
E& & Dear
Jim A. Kirkpatrick
Pigeon Solves Case as Penneyth Is Exposed and Captured
Mr. Pigeon reunites with Bingo and Handsome after a web of murders, blackmail, and hidden loyalties. Leonora Penneyth schemes with Steve Stone to recover Lucy James memories, but Pigeon’s trap and a final confrontation reveal Harkness Penneyth as the killer. The trio escapes with a ten thousand dollar insurance payout as the case closes.
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Bingo
Handsome Kuzak
Pigeon
Harkness Penneyah
Penneyae
Bin
Handsome
Penneyth
Leonora Penneyth
Steve Stone
Ringo
Harkness Penneythe
Mr. Pigeon
Lucy
China
United States
a_ ladies
San Francisco
Mr. Pieson
Lucy James
Rufus Hardstone
Harkness
Rinaldo
Rufus
Bolivar Hill
Heck
Harkness Penneyth
Mr. Penneyth
Wilkins
June Logan
Art Frank
Miss Penneyth
Mike
Mildred Murray
Stephen Stone
Stone
Santa Monica hosts world’s largest square dance crowd
Santa Monica celebrated its 75th birthday by staging the world’s largest square dance. About 8,000 costumed dancers took part as 36 callers directed the event. Some 50,000 spectators watched from grandstands, parkways and sidewalks on the new pavement at Wilshire Boulevard and Ocean Avenue.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Wilshire Boulevard
Ocean Avenue
Wanted part time bookkeeping and housing help in Amarillo
A 49 year old man seeks office work or home bookkeeping due to a disability. He can provide references and offers to care for an elderly person in exchange for a small apartment or house. He requests contact at 35418 and notes his missing white collie Champ. He also offers to trade Gunn Bros stamps for S H Green Stamps and lists Mrs Leslie Caldwell at 802 Madison as a contact.
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Amarillo
Tack
Champ
West Hastings
Pleasant Valley
Gunn Bros
S&h Green
Leslie Caldwell
Madison
Practical Nurse Seeks Home Nursing Work
Widow offers practical nursing services including care for a mother and newborn, elderly women, and general nursing. Available for home visits. contact via phone 3-0438.
Horoscope guidance for birthdays and zodiac signs
A July horoscope page advises readers born on July 15 to leverage charm intuition and humor in business and public life while cautions about luxury. It outlines 囲 Cancer Libra Scorpio Taurus Gemini sections with suggested actions, romance potential, and social activities for each sign. Dist. by United Feature Syndicate.
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SUN
Scorpio
Bao
Co. Gemini
Sant
Dist
United Feature Syn., Inc
California Outlaws Slot Machines in Historic Legislation
SAN FRANCISCO July 14 Possession of slot machines becomes illegal at midnight as California legislature bans them. Most units move to Nevada where legal. Pinball machines replace slots, now legal in California. One San Franciscan dumps 50 machines in a city dump in a last day rush to comply.
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San Francisco
California
Nevada
San Franciscan
Fire destroys Treaty Company Foundry in Greenville
A fire of undetermined origin raged in Greenville on July 14 causing about $500,000 in damage to the Treaty Company Foundry. Fire crews battled the blaze with no injuries reported.
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Greenville
Ohio
Treaty Company
Good Taste Today Advice Column Snippets
A compilation of Emily Post advice on etiquette topics. Guidance covers who carries a coat, milk at meals, visiting a fiancée city alone, hospital gifts for newborns, and serving cheese at dinner with emphasis on gentility, timing, and guest consideration. The column reflects midcentury social norms and polite conduct.
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Mrs. Post
Will
Water Shoes Lightweight Sandals For Home And Beach
Lightweight sandals designed as bedroom slippers and beach shoes with molded sole grooves to prevent slipping. Water resistant and flexible, they dry instantly after shaking off water.
Pele the Hawaiian fire goddess
A brief note identifies Pele as the native Hawaiian goddess of fire, revered in Polynesian myth as a volcanic deity shaping lava, heat, and creation in volcanic landscapes across Hawaii.
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Pele
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Pierce
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Dallas
Duncan Hines
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Simon & Schuster, Inc
King Feat. Syn, Inc
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Deason
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Fleer
Emily Post
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Novae A
Macdonald Carey
Oscar Brodney
Lewis Meltzer
George Sherman
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Universal-International
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