Amarillo Clean-Up Campaign Outlined For May Week
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee met to finalize plans for the annual clean-up campaign spanning May 14 through 20. Co chairs Bob Kesterson and Bill Ford announced a speakers bureau and a weeklong program with church cooperation, vacant lot clearing, safety and paint up, health measures, front and back yard work, landscaping, and final checks by homeowners and businesses. City representatives C. J. Milburn Jack Wyatt Bob Roseberry and others will assist.
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J. Ernes Batson
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Morris Jess Cearley
J. ©. Stockton
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Civic Affairs Committee
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Jack Wyatt
Bob Roseberry
New Flying Wing Takes First Test Flight at Edwards
MUROC Cal May 5 A new flying wing with six jet engines logged its first 27 minutes of flight. Northrop's YRB-49A yesterday took off from Edwards Air Base for an initial test. The Air Force says it is the first photo reconnaissance bomber of its type ready for full tactical operation. It is designed to photograph vast terrain from stratospheric heights.
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Edwards Air Base
Air Force
Rites Saturday For Hannaford Accident Victim
Funeral services for Alfred L. Hannaford 23 of River Road will be held at 11 AM Saturday in Boxwell Brothers Chapel with burial at Llano Cemetery. He died Wednesday in Memorial Hospital Clovis after a racing car accident on the Clovis speedway. Survivors include his wife and two daughters.
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Boxwell Brothers Chapel
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Clovis
Clovis Speedway
Tornado Warning System Elicits Calm In Amarillo
Amarillo residents gain reassurance from a Weather Bureau tornado warning network established last May after a deadly South Amarillo tornado. The system, centered on Amarillo with 23 volunteer minute men, activated as strong winds hit the Panhandle with no tornado sightings reported from two alerts.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Exell Helium Plant
Ellis Foster
Claude
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
States Righters Lose in Alabama
Alabama Democrats loyal to the national party won control of the state political executive committee, defeating the States Righters who bolted in 1948. Regulars secured at least 37 posts on a 72 member body, with eight posts to be decided in a May 30 runoff. Eight States Righters and eight regular Democrats advance to the runoff.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
National Party
Thurmond-Wright
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Spanish First Lady Carmen Franco Calls On Pope in Rome
In Vatican City on May 5, Se nora Carmen Franco wife of Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco was received by Pope Pius XII during a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome. She was accompanied by her daughter and son in law the Marques and Marquesa of Villa verde.
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Senora Carmen Franco
Spain
Francisco Franco
Pope Pius XII
Rome
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Back Bark for Congress in Globe News Want Ads
Globe News features a want ad push urging readers to back Bark for Congress. The brief item signals a campaign angle and uses the newspaper’s classified-ad style to prompt support.
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