Bids Open for Amarillo Fire Truck and Trash Packer Kits
Amarillo city bids opened for a 50 gallon per minute pumper with options for a 1000 gallon unit. Prices ranged from 12,888 to 15,947.50 for the 1750 gallon pumper and 14,476 to 16,377.50 for the 1000 gallon version. Award deferred for bid study. Also bids for two 2 ton long wheelbase trucks for Waste Disposal and Pak Mar trash packers awarded at 2,880 each. Authorities approve highway widening and street paving projects and gas station regulation. Financials show April net profit for Amarillo Air Terminal at 2,198. A dead-end street vacating approved on first reading.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Hedgecoke Motor Company
Walter Irvin, Inc
Bob Crudgington
Forrester Truck Company
International Harvester Company
Tradewind Industries
Liberal
Kan
The
Highway Commission
Belleview Street
Veterans Hospital
Washington Street
Canyon Highway
Amarillo Air Terminal
East Twenty-fifth Avenue
Pierce Street
Young Reds leave Soviet border after two night sitdown
LUEBECK Germany June 1 Ten thousand sleepy Communist youths marooned inside the Soviet zone began moving toward West German homes after ending their sitdown strike. They complied with police demands to give names or submit to medical exams before crossing the border. They had camped in the border no mans land since Tuesday night after a Communist rally in Berlin. The youths faced a sleepless night and piled straw bedding onto fires to stay warm. Police and doctors checked for contagious disease and found none.
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Luebeck
Germany
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Youth Escapee Returns to Hometown After West Texas Tour
LEVELLAND June 1 A hospital escapee Truman Grant 19 and a 14 year old youth were taken back to Levelland after an aimless journey through West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The boy was well treated and no charges will be filed. Grant claimed he escaped with three others and was arrested in Hot Springs New Mexico. He will be returned to Wichita Falls hospital.
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Levelland
West Texas
New Mexico
Charlie Bullock
Truman Grant
Hot Springs
Charles Hensley
Grant
Hockley County
Earl Ford
E. D. Boone
Bullock
Wichita Falls Hospital
Hensley
el Paso
Carlsbad
Alamogordo
Torant
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Odessa
E. A. Tafoya
Bicycle Parade Set June 14
A Polk Street bicycle parade to promote safer riding will be staged Wednesday June 14 starting at Second and Polk at 10 a.m. Jaycees safety committee members will marshal and regulate the route ending at Seventh and Polk where prizes for best decorated bikes will be awarded.
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Polk Street
Jaycees Safety Committee
Second
Polk
Tenth
Taylor
Seventh
R. E. Higdon
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sporting Goods Department
Amarillo
Will Discuss Texaco Strike in Port Arthur Tonight
O A Knight head of the Oil Workers International Union CIO will discuss a 87 day Texaco strike at Port Arthur and Port Neches plants in Lions Park at 8 PM. He arrives from Denver to address the public and Texaco strikers amid reports of Texaco hiring at Casper Wyoming and Lockport Indiana. Knight said no information on such hiring was available.
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Port Arthur
Texas Company
Port Neches
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Knight
Denver
Texaco
Lions Park
Casper
Wyo
Lockport
Ind
Why I Like Amarillo Contest Opens Here
Local contest titled Why I Like Amarillo opened today sponsored by two appliance firms General Mills and Magic Chef maker Cosmopolitan Inc Heath Appliance Stores. Entry blanks available at grocery stores. Two deluxe Magic Chef ranges awarded for best 25 words or less about living in Amarillo. Contest ends June 22. Judges include Mrs. R. E. Clements Manuel Edquist and Rex Baxter.
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Amarillo
General Mills
Cosmopolitan, Inc
Heath
R. E. Clements
Federation of Women’s Club
Manuel Edquist
Amarillo Gas Co
Rex Baxter
Rainmaking Pastor Seeks Presidency in U S
LAREDO June 1 Rev Ed Die Clayton Baptist evangelist who credited with bringing rain to parched New York last year announced his candidacy for President of the United States. He said he aims to return the nation to God while continuing to pray for rain as he surveys farmers and ranchers in Texas.
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Laredo
U.P
Eddie Clayton
New York
United States
Clayton
Mercedes
Texas
Early indoor game bowling with clubs against bone pins
The article describes an early indoor pastime where players hurled clubs at sets of bone pins. It notes the rough crowd and makeshift bowling style, reflecting primitive entertainment before modern bowling.
Hambletonian at Goshen to feature 85000 purse
Goshen hosts the 25th Hambletonian on August 9 with a record purse of 85000 for the big trot. Former opera star Mary Garden plans a nationwide talent tour this fall to audition young singers for seasons in European opera houses, under sponsorship by the National Arts Foundation.
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Goshen
Mary Garden
New York
U.P
Europe
National Arts Foundation
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Emily and
Mabel
Angele
Amarillo Globe
Reseree
Florida
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Globe News
Oo Ee
Amarillo Bus Company
Young Reds
Border
Newlow Pre
Kentucky
Old Crow
Bourbon
Wil Crome
Soriey Bond
OLD Crow Distillery Company
Frankfort, Kentucky
Globe-News
Doc's Liquor
Southern Select Beer
Pooc’s
Price
Eeravan
Denier
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