Polling place and election judge changes announced by Amarillo chairman
Arles G. Gibson, county Democratic chairman, announced polling place relocations for Precincts 19 and 7 plus changes to Box No. 12 at Bivins and other precincts. Election judges were reassigned in Precincts 10 11 and 21. A judges and clerks instruction session is set for 8 pm in 47th District Courtroom. A major political rally for Amarillo Negroes tonight features regional candidates.
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Globe Stamper
Arles G. Gibson
Ben's Garage
Knights Pythias
North Westth
Mathes-Sims Lumber Co
Ibson
Gibm
Gordon
Wolflin School
R. E. Logan
Jack Fuqua
Cathedral Hall
D. Blanks
Letta Halley
Horace Mann
47Th District
Potter County
Gibson
Loren Jones
Amarillo
Negro Elks Auditorium
North West
Third
Tulsa
Swisher County
Texas Election Bureau
Texas
Three Stray Horses Seized by Amarillo Pound
City of Amarillo holds three stray horses at the pound, a bay filly, a dark bay filly, and a sorrel mare. Poundman Bob Parsley cannot locate owners and will auction the horses within days unless claimed. the sorrel has a left fore foot wire cut, white hind stockings, and a white facial streak.
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Amarillo
Bob Parsley
Poundman
City Pound
Back to Wings as England Crash Survivor Resumes Duties
The sole woman survivor of a major English air crash has recovered from injuries and returned to work as an air hostess, resuming duties after the incident.
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England
Bliss claims sole honor at Hoosac Tunnel School eighth grade
Walkover Florida reports Orlyn Bliss, age 12, dominated the eighth grade graduation at Hoosac Tunnel School as the only graduate in the class.
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Walkover
Florida
Mass
U.P
Orlyn Bliss
Hoosac Tunnel
Electoral College Retained in House Vote
Washington July 17 The House killed a proposal to abolish the electoral college and replace it with a proportional system based on popular vote The measure required 36 states ratification and would have split each state electoral votes The opposition labeled it a political Pandora's Box and warned it could foster third parties empower the Deep South and end two party rule
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Deep South
Rain and Hail Strikes Clarendon and Childress Area
Heavy rain and hail disrupted the Clarendon area with winds reaching 50 mph while the storm extended west from Brice to Claude. Hail several inches deep was reported on highways. Lubbock saw 70 mph winds and 0.55 inches of rain with hail. Childress logged a 2.26 inch gully washer and Memphis reported showers nearby.
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Clarendon
Leon Watson
Arthur
Brice
Claude
Watson
Lubbock
South Plains
Childress
Memphis
Judge to Hear Written Testimony in Amarillo Plans Suit
Judge W E Gee of the 108th District Court will hear written testimony in a case filed by Herschel Tomlinson to stop Amarillo contractor Joe McClenny and architect Howard Ensign from completing a home. Tomlinson claims McClenny obtained his house plans from Ensign after Tomlinson refused to lend or sell them.
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W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
Amarillo
Herschel Tomlinson
Joe McClenny
Howard Ensign
Tomlinson
McClenny
Ensign
Architec
Corn as Nation's Top Crop Amid Wheat Ratio
The article touts corn as the leading U.S. crop and notes a ratio of three bushels of corn for every single bushel of wheat, highlighting corn's dominant role in agriculture.
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United States
Gift sterilizer seeks storage for Amarillo air field unit
Potter County considers options to store a large mattress sterilizer once housed at Amarillo Army Air Field. The 8 by 12 foot, 5,000 pound unit, gifted to the City of Amarillo, may be moved to temporary storage at the fairgrounds until Tri-State Fair time, with potential yearlong storage after. Costs for moving exceed several months of storage, prompting officials Bill Hale and Bowen Cox to seek a solution.
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Potter County
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Bill Hale
Bowen Cox
City Commission to Revisit Solicitation Permits
Representatives of the Teamsters Local Union plan further discussion at the regular city commission meeting on protests over cancellation of solicitation permits for a buyer's guide. The permits were granted to Bill Lane of Lubbock and union reps with a clause banning telephone solicitation.
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Teamster
Commission
Bill Lane
Lubbock
Mother earns degree as four children watch at Northwestern
Mrs. Mary Alice Johnston, 68, Wellington, Kan., who guided four daughters and a son through Northwestern State College in Alva, Oklahoma, completed her own degree while her children observed. Yugoslavia tightens export controls to ensure only quality goods are sold abroad.
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Alva
Okla
U.P
Mary Alice Johnston
Wellington
Kan
Northwestern State College
Yugoslavia
Overseas Airline Merger Okayed
Washington July 17 A US district judge cancelled a court order blocking the Civil Aeronautics Board from approving the Pan American World Airways purchase of Overseas Airline for 17 450 000. At President Truman's direction the order allows Pan American to serve Paris and Rome and Trans World Airlines to serve London and Frankfurt, ensuring direct competition on key Atlantic routes. Judge Henry A Schweinhaut issued a temporary restraining order at his home last Wednesday morning at the request of AOA employees and Seaboard and Western Airlines, an applicant for a Transatlantic freight route.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Transatlantic Airlines
Truman
Pan American World Airways
Ameria Overseas Airline
Pan American
Paris
Rome
Trans World Airlines
London
Frankfurt
United States
Atlantic
Henry A. Schweinhaut
AOA
Seaboard
Western Airlines
Texas Reds Home Stoned in Houston Residency
Police hunted two carloads of youths who pelted the home of Texas Communist leader James J. Green with stones. One brick was found on the porch wrapped with a warning to cease Communist activity, while windows were broken in a nearby upstairs apartment. Nearby resident George Johnson reported the incident and noted arrests for questioning in a previous antiwar protest.
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Houston
Texas
James J. Green
Green
George Johnson
Johnson
Heat on Indochina Saigon meeting to curb communism
American and French military and diplomatic leaders met in Saigon on July 17 to step up the fight against communism in strategic Indochina.
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Saigon
Indochina
Danish home grown bananas sell at 1.12 dollars each
Danish home grown bananas are priced at 1.12 dollars per fruit in the local market. The figure reflects current retail pricing for fresh produce. A similar price point is observed amid ongoing grocery sales.
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Goodnight
Hicks Harvey
Atlanta
Tex
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Beauford H. Jester
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Electoral College
Clarendon and Childress
Willys Jeepster
America
Bundgeds
Southworth Willys CO
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