Amarillo approves higher gas rates to fund utility
The Amarillo City Commission approved an average 13.3 percent gas rate increase after weeks of talks with Amarillo Gas Company. The changes raise the minimum bill to 1.25 and adjust the tiered usage charges, effective on bills mailed after July 1. The plan yields $85,000 in extra company earnings but raises totals $167,000 per year for customers, with the rest going to taxes. The new rates require formal city ordinance adoption before taking effect.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Amarillo Gas Company
Funeral Held for Godfrey Baum Longtime Amarillo Businessman
Services for Godfrey Baum 63, longtime Amarillo resident and early-day grocer, were held at 2 p.m. in Ivy Chapel Boxwell Brothers. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. He died yesterday morning after a heart attack at 1300 West Eighteenth. He was born October 26, 1887 in Gainesville and lived in Amarillo about 40 years, later active in Borger groceries. Survived by wife Irene, daughter Mrs. Frank Selfredge, two grandchildren, two brothers Joe Baum and I Baum, and four sisters Mrs. Max Aronson, Mrs. Essie Rosenbush, Mrs. Sam Straus, and Mrs. Eva Lapowski.
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Godfrey Baum
Ivy
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Christian Science
Arthur Ball
Harry Britt
Henry Funk
Perry Powell
S. T
Bud” Curtis
W. 8. Feakens
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Baum
West
Gainesville
Amarillo
Borger
Baum
Irene Baum
Frank Selfredge
Joe Baum
Memphis
Tenn
I. Baum
Dallas
Max Aronson
Essie Rosenbush
Demopolis
Ala
Sam Straus
Eva Lapowski
Fl Paso
Awards For Cub Scout Pack Seven At May Meeting
Members of Cub Scout Pack Seven will receive awards at 7 30 tonight during the May meeting held in Margaret Wills School auditorium.
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Cub Scout Pack
Margaret Wills School
College qualification tests begin Saturday at Amarillo College
First selective service college qualification tests will be held Saturday morning at Amarillo College. Ninety four students are registered for the first of three tests to be given. Testing centers require official selective service identification and a valid local board designation. Admission tickets for May 56 testing centers only. No scratch paper or extra items allowed. only No 2 pencils and a fountain pen.
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Amarillo College
Princeton
Texas
Morriss. Schwartz
SSS
Schwartz
Methodist Conference Sidelights In Abilene And Stratford
Special Globe Correspondent reports on Northwest Texas Methodist progress with parsonage values and new church construction. Rev Cal C Wright at Spur reports a 20000 dollar parsonage and 26 additions. Rev H A Nichols at Stratford notes 25000 parsonage and a new church with 700000 dollars in new property and 2500 debt. The piece covers district ratios per convert, staff appointments, and fundraising totals including a 70000 dollar foreign and home relief drive. Delegates to General and Jurisdictional conferences are listed with hometowns and roles.
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Special Globe
Abilene
Spur
Cal C. Wright
Wright
Ptr
First Methodist Church
Conference
Stratford
H. A. Nichols
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Howard Crawford
Amarillo
Clarendon
Lubbock
Perryton
Plainview
Stamford
Sweetwater
Vernon
R. B. Bryant
Hoare
Chil Waco
Perkins
Wichita Falls
The
Methodist Church
Cosen
E. D. Landreth
Marvin Boyd
J. Edmund Kirby
J. Howard Crawford
Ray Nichols
Paul Cates
J. M. Willson
Floydada
J. O. Haymes
Orin W. Carter
Pampa
J. I. Robinson
Alfie Carleton
Big Spring
R. L. Kirk
Midland
A. B. Crowder
A. N. Gambl
Sudan
Red Story
Suh
O. H. Finch
Darhart
Ben Looney Diles Dallas Judge Ben F. Looney Dead at 91
Dallas May 25 Judge Ben F Looney aged 91 former attorney general and retired associate justice of the Fifth Court of Civil Appeals died here today.
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Tpge
Ben Looney
DILES
Dallas
Ben F. Looney
Fifth Court of Civil Appeals
Rhodesian Railways to Use Flame Throwers on Tracks
Rhodesian railways plan to clear tropical weeds from railway lines using flame throwers. The move aims to maintain track clearance and improve safety and service reliability amid dense vegetation growing along routes.
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Rhodesian
Pair Faces Federal Charges After Bank Burglary Loot
An ex convict and his 16 year old nephew are charged with federal bank burglary after breaking into Citizens State Bank of Buffalo Grapeland State Bank and Oakwood State Bank in three incidents this week. They allegedly stole 104 dollars and a typewriter.
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Palestine
Charlie Lee Smith
Nolen Fox
Oakwood
Citizens State Bank of Buffalo
Grapeland State Bank
Oakwood State Bank
Corncob Pellets Used As Lightweight Concrete Filler
Corncob pellets ground from ice cobs are used successfully as a filler in making lightweight concrete. The method leverages natural fiber and porous structure to reduce weight while maintaining strength, showcasing an innovative reuse of agricultural byproducts in construction materials.
Barnardo Homes Care for Over Eight Thousand Children
Dr Barnardo's children's homes in England house more than 8500 boys and girls with daily food needs including loaves of bread and 4000 pints of milk.
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Cecil Matthews
Vernon Henderson
Phillips
W. A. Appling
Denver City
Dallas Denison
Brownfield
J. Alvis Cooley
Pioneer Church
Lub
Dallas D. Denison
Albany and
Merkel
Northwest Texas
St.Joseph
Sears
Raven
Hollywood
Rayon Crepe
Gore
Polk
Holland
Britain
U.S
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M. W
Los Angeles
Calif
Parker
Geoacilow
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