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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1951
Page
2
The letter attacks Mr Post over old age pensions in Texas. It claims 203 counties are burdened, with overage checkers earning $200 monthly plus rent for every office, including in Austin. It argues Texas is among the cheapest states for old age assistance and challenges printing the piece.
A Lakeland reader laments missing pavement on Polk street between Forty-first and Forty-third Avenues claiming delays stall progress and raise taxes. She notes personal strain from car troubles and the need for city action while offering to pay for paving and inviting suggestions. The letter seeks a response or contact to address south Polk neighborhood concerns.
W L Johnson of Amarillo argues for harsher traffic penalties to curb reckless driving. He urges doubling fines after the first offense, license cancellation after the third, and prison for fraudulently obtained licenses. He notes mayoral concerns on unsafe highways and cites jail sentences as a quicker solution.
A reader from Amarillo explains two biweekly paychecks shrinking by $3.80 in tax relief. The note calculates the annual difference of $98.80 from reduced tax, asking how the savings can be used to feed and clothe his newborn son amid financial constraints.
Lt. Nelson D. Hall of the U S Navy writes from Pearl Harbor recalling active duty after joining Phillips Petroleum Company. He discusses his LST 1048 overhaul and his wife and daughter staying in Hawaii since August, plans to return in November, and appeals for the replacement of crosses removed from the Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific. He notes local夹strong support from Texas servicemen and calls the monument a fitting tribute to the buried.
Walter S. Shaller, Mrs. T. J. Wagner, J Tol Ware and B. Whittenburg are named among notable local figures alongside Graybar Electric Company, Cattleman Club leaders, Southwestern Public Service Co, Don McMillan, Globe News Publishing Co, Amarillo National Bank, Amarillo Times, and others in a roundup of civic and business players.
A reader questions Texas laws on leaving the scene after an accident citing a Colorado case about a dog. The letter defends nuance, discusses potential tragic alternatives, and argues for balanced judgment while critiquing local enforcement and Texas pride.
Buenos Aires reports a sweeping majority for President Juan D. Peron as the interior ministry cites 1,503,161 votes for Peron to 719,253 for Radical candidate Balbin with about one third of ballots counted. Progovernment press cites rising final margin and women voters as key in the landmark election.
NEW YORK November 12 A three week sale of about 1500 items from the late President Franklin D Roosevelt begins at the Hammer Galleries. The collection includes chinaware pottery porcelain and books many autographed or inscribed by Roosevelt and table ware bearing the Roosevelt coat of arms. A porcelain statuette of Fala is priced at 95 dollars. Mrs Roosevelt authorized the sale saying there is no room for these items from a bygone era and hoping others will enjoy them as they did the family.
To the wife of Luigi Prestinzeni of Vibo Valentia Italy a family of four children is born with three siblings and limited funds.
The reactivated USO hosts a 9 to 12 pm dance for airmen at Amarillo Air Force Base in the Amarillo Hotel ballroom. Girls seeking junior hostess corps membership attend with the airmen. USO committee members lead the event with Kinney and Garre as chairs.
Denver corporal Amos A. Barcelona, 25, stationed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, is described as the shortest man in the US Army at 4 feet 11 inches. He reportedly joined after joking his way in, noting he was an inch below the minimum height requirement.
A former serviceman recounts trying to enlist in 1944 at age 18 but being deemed unfit for height. He returned a year later with a hair-styled look, claimed four feet eleven and a quarter inches, and coaxed the doctor to record five feet. Corporal Barcelona served in Japan for a year and later at the arsenal for nearly five. He is married. his wife stands four feet seven inches.
Cadet Howell D. Averyt son of Mr and Mrs Howell Averyt of Claude is undergoing advanced flight training at the US Naval Auxiliary Air Station Cabaniss Field Corpus Christi He entered the Navy in 1948 served aboard the USS Cabot in 1949 and 1950 and trained at Pensacola before reporting to Cabaniss Field for carrier type aircraft training.
Ardmore Oklahoma reports Dr. C D Cunningham delivered 13 of 19 babies born at Hardy Sanitarium in October. Ten were boys and nine were girls.
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