Study proposes bunker barriers at two Amarillo area exits
Potter County officials studied two dangerous intersections east of Amarillo, US 66 and 287 at Pullman Switch Road, after four deaths last week. The plan calls for dirt center barrier and widened approaches with 14 foot bunker barriers at the north and south entries to 66 and the south entry to 287, requiring minimal right of way.
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Potter County
Capt
Polk Ivy
Byron St. Clair
State Highway Patrol
James G. Lott
State Highway Department
W. H. Hale
Boone Moreland
Ation
Amarillo
Ivy
Pullman Switch Road
Captain Ivy
Two Missing In Path Of Lava Flow At Mauna Loa
Honolulu June 2 AP At least two persons missing and about 15 homes destroyed as Mauna Loa eruption sent a molten lava river up to a mile wide and 10 feet deep rushing toward the ocean 20 miles from Kona Hawaii Police report 60 families evacuated seacoast areas between Alae and Pahoehoe Communications cut with the southern sector damage unclear including a church and a schoolhouse damaged
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Kona
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Henry Kunitomo
L. P. Lincoln
Kunimoto
Alae
Pahoehoe
Liberty Bell Replica on Tour in Texas Tomorrow
The Liberty Bell replica will be on display at Sixth and Polk from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow as part of a state tour tied to a savings bonds drive. Kip Osteen of Amarillo drives the tour truck, selected for his accident free record and racing wins.
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Sixth and
Polk
Lawrence Hagg
Potter County Savings Bond
Kip Osteen
Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Shotgun Ad Says It Sold Fast Before Breakfast
Want ad in 2309 Georgia reported a 12 gauge pump gun sold before the advertiser got out of bed. The blurb promises quick results with Dial 6262 and encourages speedy responses to listings for fast sales.
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Georgia
Rain Dump Delays Across Tri-State Area
Rain fell across the Tri-State area last night with varied totals from Amarillo to surrounding towns. Amarillo downtown reported heavy rainfall with a River Road area tally over an inch, while forecasts call for more thundershowers and cooler weather tonight and Saturday. A tornado scare near Dumas ended without damage as a funnel cloud was sighted briefly.
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Tri-State
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
Air Field
Globe News
Borger
Childress
Clarendon
Claude
Dalhart
Dumas
Hereford
Crosbyton
Memphis
Muleshoe
Lubbock
Panhandle
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Vega
Clayton
Clovis
Roswell
Tucumcari
Melrose
Theer
Torrential rains flood Browns ville area in Texas tip
Associated Press reports heavy rainfall drenched Browns ville at Texas southern tip. Rain began around 6 AM and by 10 30 AM many homes flooded and numerous cars stalled. See RAIN Page 19.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Smash Hit Driver’s Act Nearly Destroys House
Evansville Indiana June 2 Joel Mallory 29 rammed his car into his father in law Joseph Knight house in a drunken driving incident. He backed up and rammed it again twice and then hit a police car stopping him. Damages totaled 375 dollars.
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Evansville
Ind
Joel Mallory
Paul Masters
Clyde Bullock
Mallory
Joseph Knight
Masters
Freddie Horton
Brooklyn
Freddie
Trees in Parkway Battered by reckless motorists
Wild driving motorists are destroying elm trees planted by 200 school children along the city parkway on Highway 287. At least 25 of the 180 trees have been knocked down or damaged beyond recovery, many run down in streaks by single cars.
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Highway 287 Parkway
Eddie Storseth
Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee
Storseth
Center Parkway
Mr. Storseth
Arkway
Lmits
Tenth
Birmingham
Seventeenth
Grand
Gunshot Fatal to Woman in Pleasant Valley
Mrs. L. L. Gouldinge was found dead in her Pleasant Valley home shortly before noon. A .22 rifle lay on the bed beside her body after a single-shot discharge. Her son Jack, 16, found the scene. no witnesses. Justice C. W. Carder investigated but no verdict had been returned by early afternoon.
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L. L. Gouldinge
Pleasant Valley
Jack
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Goulding
Amarillo Area Weather Report With Scattered Thunder Showers
The Weather Bureau notes scattered thunder showers in Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon and evening, then partly cloudy conditions today tonight and Saturday with mild then cooler temperatures. Highs near 81 today and 74 tomorrow, a 24 hour high of 84 and low of 59 with 0.1 inch precipitation. West Texas mainly cloudy with late thundershowers. New Mexico partly cloudy west, scattered showers east, cooler northeast late today tonight and Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhand
Census shows Carson County population rise to 6840
Walter Shaller reports Carson County population at 6840, up since 1940. Panhandle grows to 1403 with a 425 increase, Groom reaches 677 up 202, White Deer falls to 631 from 733. S8Skellytown not enumerated. rural loss exceeds 300. Urban areas attract growth in a county shift.
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Carson County
Walter Shaller
Panhandle
Groom
White Deer
Lightning Strikes North Houston Home Narrow Escape
Mrs. H. W. Hunter of 1312 North Houston had a close call when a lightning bolt struck her house early today. Grass in the yard burned, a hole burned in the refrigerator, and the bed blanket was scorched, with damage to gas lines and wiring. the electric clock halted at 3. The fire department contained the incident while she was home alone.
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H. W. Hunter
North
Houston
Records Flood at Municipal Vault After Rain Deluge
Water from a roof leak drenched the city auditorium vault office where records stored in fiberboard cabinets were soaked. Downspouts were clogged causing water to pour onto the vault ceiling and walls, soaking vouchers, ledgers, receipts, and other papers as electric fans labored to dry the mess.
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City Accounting Department
Municipal Auditorium
Inside a Junior Gang War Council and Zip Guns
A Brooklyn story traces Freddie Horton’s entry into the Nits gang, describes the war councilor who directs fights and peace terms, and explains how part-time members, like Freddie, receive protection and may be pressed to carry makeshift zip guns built from wood and pipes.
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Freddie Horton
Freddie
Death claims newborn after highway crash tragedy
Mrs. Eugene Thimling lost two other children in a Canyon Highway crash Sunday. Her newborn daughter Geraldine died eight hours after birth at Northwest Texas Hospital. Infant graveside rites set for 4 pm at Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. J. E. Anderson officiating. Mrs Thimling listed as in fair condition.
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Eugene Thimling
Earth
Canyon Highway
Northwest Texas Hospital
Teo
Circus Day Opens at Fair Park Pavilion Tonight
The Gainesville Community Circus opens at 8 tonight at Fair Park Pavilion under the South Amarillo Lions Club with a second performance tomorrow night. Tickets cost 1.80 for reserved seating and 1.20 for general admission, available at Walgreen Drug Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods Van A Bruner Pharmacy Bert Levy's Hancock Hardware Ratliff Drug and Castleberry Drug.
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Fair Park Pavilion
Gainesville
South
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Schlesinger
J. D. Reed Co., Inc
Hiller
Amarillo Country Club
Liberty Bell
Sleepyhead
Mirror Enterprises Syn
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the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
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Gunn Bros. Thrift
Shea Olver
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Globe
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Stanley P. Lynott
Manufacturers Trust Company
First National Bank
Panhandle Bankers Association
Lynott
First National
Mr. Lynott
Virgil Patterson
Dale Smiley
North Houston
By Richard Kleiner
NEA
the & Freddie
Nits
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