Candy Donors Receive Cash With Threats
Fort Worth men Jimmie McKenney and Ira Miller sent 11 cents each to buy candy for striking Odessa telephone workers. McKenney has received over 2,000 calls including threats. Miller has more than 200 dollars from similar donations. Both moved to unlisted numbers but faced harassing calls and taunts. Officials suspect calls originated at telephone company offices.
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Fort Worth
Odessa
Jimmie McKenney
Ira Miller
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Petition Drives Seek Bond Election for Hospital Expansion
About 2000 signatures gathered to ask Potter County commissioners to call a bond election for Northwest Texas Hospital expansion. Petitions presented to Tax Collector Frank Hoyt show roughly 500 signatures today. law requires 10 percent of tax paying voters to qualify. Proposals seek up to 750000 in bonds.
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Potter County
Texas
Frank Hoyt
Gene Klein
Amarillo
Absentee Ballot Deadlines Announced for Amarillo
The Amarillo Globe reports a 36 count of absentee ballots mailed on request. Deadlines set for March 28 at 5 PM. Voters must file poll tax receipts with the city secretary to cast absentee ballots. City secretary Aline Garrett covers in Katherine Burwell’s absence.
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Amarillo
Texas
Aline Garrett
Katherine Burwell
Port Arthur
Rice yields rise with nitrogen boosts at Beaumont substation
Experiments near Beau Mont at Texas A and M College Agricultural Experiment Substation No 4 show nitrogen fertilizer increasing rice yields consistently.
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Beaumont
Texas A. and
M. College Agricultural Experiment Substation No. 4
Absentee Balloting Grows in Amarillo City Race
Voters in Amarillo are increasingly using absentee ballots for the April 1 city commission election. This morning five residents visited the city secretary's office to cast ballots, with four casting ballots yesterday, bringing the total to a rising count.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Cape Horn Namesake Origin Traced to Hoorn
Cape Horn was originally named Hoorn after the Dutch seaport by early explorers. The renaming reflects Dutch exploration influence and maritime charting practices of the era.
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Cape Horn
Hoorn
Murphy pleads guilty in auto theft case in 47th District Court
Talmadge Murphy admitted guilt in a case stemming from the December 29 theft of a car owned by William N. Fitzpatrick of Bully. The jury was to hear the case later today with attorney Ray Richards defending Murphy.
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Talmadge Murphy
47Th District Court
William N. Fitzpatrick
Bully
Murphy
Ray Richards
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