City Civil Service Debate Splits Amarillo Officials
City leaders weigh universal civil service for police and fire under 1944 mandate. Commissioner Stephenson questions support among Kirkman and Moore while Mayor Hagg pushes for public input at the June 15 meeting. The proposed ordinance could place city employees under a new personnel board once adopted.
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Ity
All City
Clifford Davis
Amarillo
Ira Stephenson
Stephenson
J. A. Kirkman
Earl D. Moore
Kirkman
Moore
City Commission
Bud Curtis
Hagg
Davis
Civil Service Commission
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A. H. Chesser
Amarillo Chamber Officials to Attend Texas Convention
Two Amarillo Chamber of Commerce representatives Rex Baxter general manager and William Lansing assistant general manager will attend the Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers convention in Wichita Falls Monday to Wednesday. Baxter appears Monday afternoon on a question and answer forum program. They will depart Amarillo by private car tomorrow morning. Baxter will attend the Texas Fair Managers Association board of directors meeting tomorrow night.
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Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers
Wichitas
Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
William Lansing
Baxter
Texas Fair Managers Association Board of Directors
Jerry Bowles Briscoe To Get Degree at Northwestern
Jerry Bowles Briscoe son of Mr and Mrs J B Briscoe 1232 Crockett will graduate Wednesday June 16 at Northwestern University Evanston Ill He will receive a Bachelor of Science Degree in speech at the commencement exercises He has majored in speech and dramatics at the school Also included is a Texas state insurance certificate notice from the Board of Insurance Commissioners dated May 3 1948 certifying Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit Mich to do business in Texas for the year ending May 31 1949
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Northwestern
Jerry Bowles Brisco
J. B. Briscoe
Crockett
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Evanston
Briscoe
Texas
Austin
Standard Accident Insurance Company
Detroit
Michigan
George B. Butler
Belton Bible Teacher Dr Ernest Gale Townsend Dies at 79
Dr Ernest Gale Townsend, 79, longtime Mary Hardin-Baylor College educator and former mayor of Belton, died after more than four decades of service to the college and Baptist organizations. Survivors include wife Ellie and son Gale Townsend. In separate news, fourteen people, including five police, were wounded in gunfire amid farm strikes in northern Italy, the Ansa agency reported.
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Mary Hardin-Baylor
Ernest Gale Townsend
Townsend
Texas
South
Dallas
Waco
Ellie Townsend
Gale Townsend
Houston
Italy
Rome
Ansa
Heat Record Proclaimed as Amarillo Reaches 106
Heat wave boosts summer temp records with Amarillo hitting 106 degrees. An old ad copy promotes ROMA Wine Coolers and ROMA California L auterne recipe, urging readers to chill drinks and request a free ROMA Wine Cooler booklet from ROMA Wine Co. in San Francisco.
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America
Roma Wine Co
Hobart Building
San Francisco
California
Roma Win
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