Highway 87 To Be Longest In Western Hemisphere
Rex B Baxter reported after a trip to Laredo and Monterrey that Highway 87 from Canada to the Canal Zone will be the longest in the Western Hemisphere. Baxter and his wife arrived home with about 87 delegates from the United States Mexico and Canada in attendance. The U S section is fully paved and only a 200 mile gravel stretch north of the Canal Zone remains to be surfaced. A bill was recently introduced in Congress by Sen Chavez and Rep Bentsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canal Zone
Dennis Chavez
George Bentsen
Congress
Highway 87 convention set for Colorado Springs
United States delegates lead the Highway 87 promotion as about 50 000 leaflets describing the highway are mailed to auto associations and travel agencies nationwide. Mexico enjoys a boom tourist season with Texas cars outnumbering Mexican cars observed in Amarillo. Jimmy Green of Big Spring becomes the new Highway 87 president. The 1951 convention will be held in Colorado Springs at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter
United States
Jimmy Green
Big Spring
Highway 87
Pays to Be Frank in Nebraska Court
Lester Gifford faced charges of reckless driving and intoxication in Nebraska. After pleading guilty he admitted having “Quite a few” drinks. Judge Robert Troyer called the testimony refreshing. Gifford was fined one dollar plus costs and the reckless driving charge was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Omara
Lester Gifford
Frank
Gifford
Robert Troyer
Actress Joan Fontaine Cultivates Vast Tropical Garden Estate
Joan Fontaine star of Paramounts Mr and Miss Anonymous grows thousands of flowers on her four acre estate. She maintains an extensive tropical garden and can name any flower or plant she encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Fontaine
George Stevens
Paramount
Amarillo 20-30 Club elects new officers in July change
Connally Lockhart, attorney, is named vice president of the Amarillo 20-30 Club to fill the vacancy caused by L. C. Walker’s resignation. Lyle Selig is elected to Walker’s director seat. Installation set for Saturday July 8, replacing the regular July 4 meeting. Foy Duke chaired the last meeting at Dowell’s Saratoga No 2 on North Filmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Connally Lockhart
L. C. Walker
Lyle Selig
Mr. Walker
Foy Duke
Dowell
Saratoga No. 2
North Fillmore
Texas Polio Total Surges Across Texas in 1950
Texas polio cases rose by 107 last week, lifting the year to 824 with 116 counties affected. Dallas led with 19 new cases as Health Officer George W. Cox warned the peak may come in the next months amid a seventh straight weekly increase.
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Austin
Texas
George W. Cox
Dallas
Cox
Cochran
Colorado
Henderson
Kaufman
Knox
Lamb
Leon
Marion
Polk
van Zandt
Tarrant
Bexar
Harris
el Paso
Jones
Navarro
McLennan
Ellis
Hardeman
Hidalgo
Jack
Nueces
Wichita
Bee
Dawson
Foard
Freestone
Gray
Harrison
Lamar
Lubbock
Midland
Pecos
Reagan
San Patricio
Smith
Taylor
Tom Green
Victoria
Wharton
Oe Williamson
Wise
W. L. Howard 84 Dies in Amarillo Home
William Lee Howard 84 died at 1:55 AM at his son Frank C. Howard's home 807 North Lincoln in Amarillo. A retired farmer and ranchman, he lived in Amarillo about 20 years, previously in San Angelo Dimmitt and Portales NM. Born April 10 1866 in Cass County Missouri he came to Texas around 1900 and was a Methodist. Funeral at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel tomorrow at 10 AM with Rev J F Hamm officiating burial at Portales cemetery beside his wife. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Jess Thompson Tahlequah Oklahoma and Mrs J J Hurt Denver and sister Mrs Lula Spencer Joplin Missouri.
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William Lee Howard
Frank C. Howard
North
Lincoln
Howard
Amarillo
San Angelo
Dimmitt
Portales
Cass County
Texas
Methodist Church
Blackburn-Shaw
J. F. Hamm
First Church of the Nazarene
Jess Thompson
Jess Thompson, Tahlequah
Okla
J. J. Hurt
Denver
Lula Spencer
Joplin
Gift Market Planned Here
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce to sponsor a two day gift market at Tri State Fair Park July 16 and 17. More than 250 gift and holiday lines will be shown by over a dozen local wholesalers and national lines from New York Boston and Kansas City.
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Amarillo
Market Show Committee
Chamber of Ecommerce
W. H. Gattis
Gattis
New York
Kansas City
Boston
Two more contestants enter Miss Amarillo contest
Five contestants now entered in the Jaycees Miss Amarillo pageant with one more entrant awaiting sponsor assignment. Miss Ekelund and Miss Marshall, both Amarillo high school and college alumni, will compete on July 27 at the Paramount Theater with talent rounds broadcast on KLYN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Amarillo
B. F. Shepherd
Guy Dell Ekelund
J. E. Ekelund, Jr
van Buren
Helen Marshall
Bertha A. Marshall
Lipscomb
Miss Ekelund
American Business Club
Greenville
Ekelund
Presbyterian Church
Miss Marshall
Dick Morton
Amarillo High School
Independent
Amarillo Colege
First Christian Church
Amarillo College
Zale Jewelry
West Texas State College
Paramount Theater
Shepherd
Trusting Housewife Loses Her Shirt
A Spokane woman was robbed by a young cleaner who offered rug and bedding cleaning services and claimed the work would be free. She left with $85 and several intimate garments after departing with a cheery goodbye. A separate brief notes Australia’s primitive Aboriginal tribes as still roaming the wastelands with spear and boomerangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane, Wash
U.P
Viola Tannhill
Sydney
Australia
safflower farming extent cited by Nat Geo in 1949 US
The National Geographic Society reported that about 40 000 acres in the United States were devoted to safflower raising in 1949, an oil plant crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
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Gulbransen
Tolzien Music Store
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Paramount Building
W. L. Howard
Globe-News
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Tenda
Marvin Eagleston
Babee Tenda
Bobby Burns
S.S.S
Tomic
Floor
Panhandle Fiaral CO
Beata Fe Bidg
Herbert Drug
Marie Earle
STENO
Shaw Employment Service
A Taylor
LENOX
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America
Sevres Museum
France
Valda Sherman
Cinderella
Priscilla
Windsor
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