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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
5
A city wide census starts today in Amarillo for youths ages 6 to 17. A crew of 75 enumerators under W H Gordon will tally all residents meeting the age criteria for state apportionment of school funds. The census includes students in public, private, and out of district schooling.
The city announces a school census covering residents within Amarillo limits including dependents of service members, college students, underage married persons, and disabled youths. A simultaneous pre-school census will collect data for long term planning of the school building program and statistical studies, separate from the US census starting in April.
C. E. Hooper sold his 15 year national Hooper Ratings service to A. C. Nielsen Co. He will go local and keep the New York area operations. Hooper sampled radio and television listening through telephone surveys and will shift focus to local market work.
Fort Worth March 1 Justice of the Peace C H Hale was to decide if retired airlines mechanic Homer Browning Dodge died from burns or a heart ailment. The 54 year old fought a neighbor’s trash fire at Mrs J B Grant’s Handley area home and was found in flames by his daughter Evelyn.
George McCarthy, attorney for Wells, said the Wells verdict was appealed on grounds of improper evidence. Wells, at 3809 Harrison, received two years in the penitentiary for receiving and concealing whiskey allegedly stolen from the Le Sage Company warehouse in Amarillo. The report notes the case and appeal details from The Amarillo Globe.
The 1950 St Marys Academy favorite is Alice Jane Rietman 18 crowned at Cathedral Hall Feb 17. Miss Rietman senior class president art editor yearbook co editor basketball team member and active in Catholic youth activities. Attendants Beverly Prien Dora Koenig Rita King aided in the coronation.
Mrs. Bell Cox administratrix seeks 36500 in district court against W H Manning Ar a rillo contractor and house mover alleging A L Cox 57 died from injuries after his pickup struck a steel beam Manning used while moving a house at 802 Madison on October 24 1949 The petition places responsibility on Manning for the fatal accident and resulting damages.
Seven intoxicated individuals faced City Judge Harry E. Lofthus this morning as testimony highlighted how meals and locations influenced their behavior. One man was arrested for refusing to pay a restaurant bill, another for swiping food at a bar and grill, and a seaman sleeping in a Santa Fe depot restroom explained his poverty and cold. The judge noted the cold morning and sentenced the sailor to ten dollars.
John Grant, the oldest railway pensioner in South Africa at ninety, has been on pension for 39 years. His son draws a railway pension for 12 years. The record highlights long service pensions within a single family.
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