No Flags for Sale Here-Globe-News Flag Controversy
Max Zweig of the Amarillo Tent and Awning Co enters the Globe-News office with a flag and questions why flags are scarce on Polk Street. He notes his firm’s long history selling flags and cites several buildings with his flags. Earl Allmand defends Polk Street flag displays but says he simply wants flags waving on Polk Street.
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Globe-News
Max Zweig
Amarillo
Fourth and Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
First National Bank
Amarillo Tent & Awning Co
Fisk Building
Amarillo Building
Earl Allmand
United States
Seek Man in Attack Case
Officials sought a 20 year old Amarillo man implicated in an alleged rape. A 17 year old newlywed filed charges at the district attorney’s office after an incident said to have occurred near midnight Friday when the man offered to drive the woman home after she fell ill at a night club.
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Amarillo
Gypsies Face Way Charges In Dallas Camp Arrests
Sheriff Bill Decker planned to file vacancy charges against 20 gypsies after deputies arrested wanderers at a Garland area camp. They were photographed and fingerprinted at the county jail. Detectives noted a wounded boy shot by a gypsy near Brownsville two months ago and warned of possible violence if he dies.
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Dallas
Bill Decker
Garland
Decker
Lawrence Young
Brownsville
Will Fritz
Arkansas
Fritz
Texas
Rule Against City On Building Fine
A Randall County Court jury ruled against Amarillo in the Texas v Cyrus B Carroll case. Carroll, 4104 Cline, was convicted in Corporation Court for building an addition closer than permitted to the property line. He was fined 75 dollars, and the county court at Canyon found the addition not part of the home and not a violation.
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Randall
Amarillo
State of Texas
Cyrus B. Carroll
Carroll
Cline
Canyon
Hub caps stolen from car on Cline Road
J Shaw of 4101 Cline Road reports four hub caps stolen from his vehicle parked in front of the Shaw residence this morning.
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J. Shaw
Cline Road
Shaw
Kangaroo Evasion Feature Spurs Safe Escape
The long hind legs of the kan garoo allow it to bound away from enemies to safety, aiding rapid retreat and protection from danger.
Marine Private Merrick Returns to Duty After Leave
Private Bobby Merrick son of Mr and Mrs Roy Merrick returned to duty with the Marine band in San Diego after a 20 day home visit. A 1947 Amarillo High School graduate he enlisted July 22 1948 and later attended the Naval School of Music Washington DC. He played flute and piccolo at Camp Lejeune and served in Cuba during spring 1949. He is a former Plains Chevrolet employee.
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Marine Corps
Bobby R. Merrick
Roy Merrick
Buchanan
Merrick
Marine Band
San Diego
Amarillo High School
West Texas State College
Naval School of Music
Washington
Cuba
Plains Chevrolet Company
Hansford 4 H Girls Tour Amarillo Firms
About 50 Hansford County 4 H Club girls will tour Amarillo institutions Saturday led by Miss June C Gibbs. Stops include Borden milk plant at 11 AM, Saratoga Cafe lunch at noon, St Anthony's Nurses Home and Hospital at 1 PM, KGNC studio recording at 2 PM, and Amarillo Globe-News building at 3 PM.
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Hansford County
Amarillo
June C. Gibbs
Borden Company
Saratoga Cafe
North Fillmore
St. Anthony’s Nurses Home and Hospital
KGNC
Legion Chief on World Tour Heads to Tokyo
Earle Cocke Jr American Legion commander departed Honolulu last night on a round the world tour. The report notes his destination Tokyo aboard the world voyage plan and cites Britannica context about atomic composition of the universe.
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Legion
Honolulu
Earle Cocke, Jr
American Legion
Tokyo
Power Rates Decision Due
The city commission planned to decide on a 10 percent rise in residential and commercial electric rates for Southwestern Public Service Company. Company officials attended to discuss the request, which was filed two weeks prior, with Mayor Klein absent earlier delaying deliberation. City manager Moss said all information was supplied and the last fiscal year showed 6.17 percent earnings, with estimated earnings for the current year outlined.
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City Commission
Southwestern Public Service Company
Gene Klein
Commission
Public Service Company
N. V. Moss
Rate increase sought for Texas utility earnings rise
Independent auditors estimate the rent fiscal years would yield 5.6 percent earnings after a rate increase, up from 5.33 percent. The company seeks a 10 percent hike if all Texas cities it serves approve. The raise has been allowed in most cities.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
Texas
Williams signed for lead in No Help from Heaven
Rhys Williams has been signed by Columbia for the principal heavy role in No Help from Heaven, produced by Lou Appleton and Monty Shaff with Ralph Murphy directing. The cast is headed by Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell and Tom Drake.
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Rhys Williams
Columbia
Lou Appleton
Monty Shaff
Ralph Murphy
Dane Clark
Cathy O'Donnell
Tom Drake
Northwestern Traffic Institute Expands Courses in 1951
Northwestern University will end its 44 month traffic police administration courses this fall and replace them with a nine month program. The change aims to streamline training and broaden access to traffic control education.
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Evanston, Ill
Northwestern University
Traffic Institute
Asthma Spasms Relief Promoted by French Chemists
The palliative formula Bel Din eases coughing and breathing difficulty from bronchial asthma spasms. Brought to the United States, Montrose Sales Co. offers a liberal free supply to sufferers or 15 cents for mailing and handling, Dept. C497 Montrose, California.
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Oeer Europe
United States
Bel- Din
Montrose Sales Co., Inc
Montrose
Cal
Vacancies in Fire Police Departments Amarillo
Clifford Davis personnel director announced openings in the Amarillo fire and police departments. He said about six men are needed for each department and civil service exams will be held daily until all vacancies are filled.
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Amarillo
Clifford Davis
Civil Service
Power of Knowledge Promises Health Wealth in Tibet Tale
Edwin J. Dingle, a famed geographer, recounts a transformative Tibetan encounter guiding a path to health wealth and lasting vigor. He offers a free 9,000 word treatise through The Institute of Mental physics in Los Angeles, urging prompt responses as copies are limited.
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Forbidden Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
Dingle
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
Los Angeles
Cal
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