Mother Is Student, Daughter Is Teacher in Summer Exchange
Effie Burkhalter profiles Amarillo teachers Mrs. Dora Koesian and her daughter Barbara who swapped roles this summer at Appalachian State Teachers College. Barbara taught music to Horace Mann Junior High while Koesian studied weaving. Dutch student Sophia van Mourik formed bonds, transferred to West Texas State College, and plans a future Holland visit with Barbara and Mrs. Koesian.
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Dora Koesian
Horace Mann School
Appalachian State Teachers College
Barbara
Horace Mann Junior High
Spon
Texas
Sophia
West Texas State College
Canyon
Holland
West Texas
One Hurt as Cars Tanale One Hurt as Cars Tanale
One person injured in a two car collision at Cheyenne and Waverly. A car crossed a lawn and stopped short of a house after the impact. Frank Don Gallas, 18, drove east on Cheyenne and struck Cress Scott, 38, who was northbound on Waverly.
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Cheyenne
Waverly
St. Anthony's Hospital
Cress Scott
Lincoln
Frank Don Gallas
Crestway
Scott
Gallas
Ola Jenkins
Purse Lost at Football Game Returned to Owner
Mrs. R. C. Harris of 3905 Tyler thanks an unknown good Samaritan who found her purse at a Friday night game between Carver High and the San Angelo Leopards. The bag contained papers a check and a letter to her mother-in-law. A caller from the 4900 block on Tyler delivered it.
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R. C. Harris
Tyler
Tyler Street
Close Deal On Park Lots
The city commission completed a park land swap moving toward a south Glenwood Addition park. O W Harrison owned the lots, title transfer pending after months of negotiation.
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Glenwood
O. W. Harrison
Amarillo Independent School District
Shamrock Gas & Oil Corporation
Amarillo
Signal at Rail Crossing Planned on Grand Street
Flashing light signals will be installed at the Rock Island Rail road crossing on Grand Street. Mayor Gene Klein was advised by W H Hillis, vice president in charge of operations, that construction crews will proceed once materials arrive. The crossing has seen several serious accidents recently. The Santa Fe crossing on Grand already has automatic signals, and the Fort Worth and Denver crossing will be marked soon.
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Rock Island Railroad
Grand Street
Gene Klein
W. H. Hillis
Amarilloans eat better than average in 1949
Amarillo families spent 745 dollars on food in 1949, above the national average of 706. Potter County’s totals show 110 million in retail spending with 19.9 million for food and 12.6 million for general merchandise, while Randall County spent 4.14 million with 1.39 million for food.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Randall County
Czechoslovakia Honors Bozena Nemcova With Two Stamps
Czechoslovakia issued two commemorative stamps marking the 130th anniversary of authoress Bozena Nemcova born in 1830. The issue highlights Nemcova as a noted literary figure with stamps bearing her image.
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Czechoslovakia
Bozena Nemcova
Navy Viking Sets 3600 MPH Peak in New Mexico
A Navy Viking rocket reached 3600 miles per hour while climbing 107 miles into the upper atmosphere over New Mexico. The 50 foot long, 52 ton single stage missile broke the American altitude record by one mile, surpassing prior marks though a German V-2 launched at White Sands climbed higher at 114 miles.
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Washington
New Mexico
White Sands
Record Height of Aerial Craft Surpasses 250 Miles
An American WAC corporal notes the craft reached a peak altitude exceeding 250 miles after release from its initial ascent. The event marks a notable milestone in high altitude flight tests conducted by the military program.
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Miles
WAC
Norman Addresses Future Teachers at Amarillo Club
R B Norman Amarillo High School principal spoke to the Erdman chapter of the Future Teachers of America on the topic The Qualities of a Good Teacher. He urged students to pursue strong preparation and service in education.
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R. B. Norman
Amarillo High
Erdman
Future Teachers of America Club
Regular meeting outlines speaker and honors plan
Bill Winter presided over the session with Shirley Feierabend introducing the speaker. Arrangements were made for an open meeting to honor parents and high school faculty, set for December 5.
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Bill Winter
Shirley Feierabend
Detroit hires 4,600 men and 400 women for civil defense
In Detroit Miss Catherine Police becomes the first to volunteer as an auxiliary policewoman. The Detroit police department plans to recruit 4,600 men and 400 women for its civil defense auxiliary force.
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Detroit
Catherine Police
Detroit Police Department
Civil Defense Auxiliary Force
Fragmentary OCR Times and Codes From Unknown Page
A garbled OCR snippet lists mixed numbers and times such as 10:96 10:15 19:30 10:45 11:00 and codes He 2153 Mt 48 19245 with several one to three minute markers. The text lacks coherent events, names, or places, leaving only hints of a schedule or ledger entry.
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Effie Burkhalter
Globe-News
Texaco
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Noble Lawhon
Tex Smith
Renuer Shop
RADIO
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KGNC
Charlie Crudgington
Gordon Suits
Wes Izzard
Bob Izzard
Morgan Beatty
NBC
Rob Izzard
NBC News
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Cicero McAfee
AHS
Anslews Cleaners
15Th
Slaphappy
MR. President
Edward Arnold
KFDA
Guy Lombardo
Phillips
Phillips’ Park Moor
W. 16Th
Madison
Norman
Miss Police
Puerto Rico
Wenzell Brown
U.S.A
Mark Twain
General Dean
Korea
John M. Emmet
Dan Seymour
M. C
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Gordon
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Ivy
Gildersleeve
Groucho Marx
Big Story
Richard Diamond
Madeline
Organ Jack Lane Sanger
Bob
Dr . W
Rogues Gallery
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Sports Symphonette
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Taylor
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Menu ‘Trio
Interni Airport
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Mutual Newsreel
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Ford Foursom
Post
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Bernie Howell
Platter Palace
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Berch
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Ma Perkins
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Repo
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Man On
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Richt
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Wid
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Portia
Bill Front
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Farrell
Perry Mason
Cal Tinney
Betty Crocker
Rogers 1
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Webber
Arthur Godfrey
Trent Our
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Lew Childre
Crosby
Hollywood
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Stars On Parade
Music For Ladies
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Cecil
Corral
Old Corral
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Ruth Perry
Johns
Heatter
Jim Pierce
Sandies
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Borger
Bborger
Strairn
Arrow ‘Sky Kine
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BatSon Dining Room
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