Amarillo faces choice on one or two high schools
The city debates a 300000 bond to enlarge Amarillo High School versus building a second high school. Proponents argue two campuses meet rising enrollment projected to reach about 2800 by 1959 60, while opponents say population rather than headcount drives need. They question curriculum changes and vocational emphasis in a single large plant.
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Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Cicago Schools
Stga
Chicago
Waco
New Technical
Dallas Tech
Water Studies Highlight Plains Groundwater and State Regulation
William Broadhurst of Austin testifies on High Plains underground water as a non replenished reservoir with no link to the Canadian River and potential economic limits from pumping. Senator Kelley interrupts a cross examination while Howard Robbins of the Bureau of Reclamation defends federal water policy and project handover to local users.
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William Broadhurst
Austin
US Geological Survey
Texas
High Plains
Canadian River
Broadhurst
Railroad Commission
Douglas Bergman
Dallas
Bergman
Rogers Kelley
Kelley
Howard E. Robbins
Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo
Canadian River Dam
Albert Sidney Stinnett
Bureau
Robbins
Theodore Roosevelt
High School Plans for $490,000 Expenditure
Tomorrow details how the $490,000 earmarked for the high school will be spent and what changes will occur in the course of study. The plan outlines new facilities, revised curricula, and expected outcomes for students across the city’s high schools.
Pampa School Expansion Slated
Pampa will seek bids this week for a school expansion and improvement program after a $1,250,000 bond issue was approved on Saturday. The plan covers facilities upgrades across the Pampa schools district and marks a major investment in local education.
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Pampa
U.P
Hoover defends federal reclamation in river project debate
A historical quotation endorses the Bureau of Reclamation and its western river projects. It cites benefits to the nation and rebutts critics, presenting Herbert Hoover as the author of the letter read to western governors in Salt Lake City. The passage frames reclamation as essential, constructive, and beneficial to water rights and regional wealth.
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Texas
Bureau of Reclamation
Salt Lake City
Reclamation
Herbert Hoover
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