Stop Dope Traffic Among High School Students
Amarillo readers propose solutions to curb teen drug use. Constable Mel Armstrong favors stricter prescription refills and frequent doctor prescriptions. Billy Moore urges community education and YMCA availability plus school and PTA programs. F L Gore calls for tougher penalties similar to kidnapping. G P Williamson stresses home school cooperation and parental training. Mrs Williamson supports school meetings showing drug effects. Marvin Swindle recalls police presence in schools and peer-led prevention.
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Mel Armstrong
Courthouse
Billy Moore
West Thirteenth
Amarillo
YMCA
PTA
F. L. Gore
Forest
G. P. Williamson
Washington
Marvin Swindle
Polk
Pianos, pets, and ads in a frontier classifieds page
A mixed listing offers a piano for temporary home with tuning included, several dog notices including a lost black cocker spaniel and a free female dog, a request for a dachshund puppy for Christmas, and various buy sell and service ads. Contacts include A H Ware 2-2747 or 6-7506 and others.
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Black Cocker
A. H. Ware
Hartley
Tex
Silver Grill
Tyler
S. J. Winders
Amarillo
Tennessee
Brooks
Harrison
Sam McKee
Woodstock
Hilton von Furstenberg to Wed Feb First in Private Ceremony
Nick Hilton, 25, heir to a hotel fortune, and Betsy von Furstenberg, 19, announce plans to marry about February 1 as his divorce from Elizabeth Taylor becomes final. Afterward they may sail to Acapulco on a friend’s yacht. The Milky Way contains 200 to 300 billion stars.
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Los Angeles
Nick Hilton
Betsy von Furstenberg
Elizabeth Taylor
Acapulco
Harness Man Closes Harness Shop After 42 Years
Middleboro Massachusetts harness maker George E. Benson, 83, ends a 42 year run after moving there in 1909. His shop served famous customers including Tom Thumb and James Cagney. Business declined with changing times, and he now works from a basement room at his home.
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Middleboro
Mass
U.P
George E. Benson
Benson
Tom Thumb
James Cagney
Martha’s Vineyard
Tragic Belfast Gangway Collapse Kills 17 Sailors
A Belfast ship docked for repairs saw a gangway collapse on the 13th step, sending 17 men into the sea. Rescue efforts followed as investigators review the incident and safety protocols.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
American Soldier's Wife Tours Communist Berlin
A Colorado Springs writer recounts a visit with a women’s club to Berlin's zones, praising American influence in the western sector and describing harsh conditions in the Russian zone. She notes rationing, scarce coal and potatoes, long railway delays, and propaganda, contrasting life under Soviet control with American life.
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Europe
L. L. Quien
Cheyenne Blvd
Colorado Springs
Berlin
Stalin
Hitler
NATO To Rebuild Flooded Italian Cities
Rome reports NATO nations will rebuild eleven cities and villages hit by Italy's worst flood in modern history. Representatives of Belgium Canada Denmark France Luxembourg the Netherlands Iceland Norway Portugal the United Kingdom the United States and Italy met at NATO council to name the affected towns and await Italy's civil engineers' list as floodwaters from the Po River recede.
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Rome
Italy
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
NATO Council
Giusppe Spataro
NATO
Rovigo
Ten Little Indians tryouts set for Amarillo Little Theater
Reading tryouts for parts in the Agatha Christie mystery Ten Little Indians will be held at 7 30 tomorrow evening at the ALT Workshop Third and Bowie. Oma Link Rowley ALT director notes the production will be staged in February as the theater group’s second show of the season.
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Amarillo
California Hangs Kidnapper Cook In San Quentin
William Edward Cook, 23, was sentenced to death in San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of Seattle salesman Robert H Dewey. He had kidnapped nine people and killed six, with additional life sentences from prior kidnap murders.
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EL Centro
Cal
William Edward Cook
California
Cook
Joplin
San Quentin
Seattle
Robert H. Dewey
Beadman
Carl Mosser
Atwood, Til
Federal Director of Prisons
James V. Bennett
Alcatraz Island
State Supreme Court
High Court
Department of Justice
Washington
Congress
Ten States Boost Tax on Alcohol
Ten states raised or extended alcoholic beverage taxes this year per the Federation of Tax Administrators. Georgia and South Carolina cut liquor taxes after adopting 3 percent general sales taxes. States with tax increases or extensions include Arkansas New Mexico West Virginia Washington Rhode Island Nebraska Oklahoma Pennsylvania Massachusetts and Texas.
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Chicago
STP
Federation of Tax Administrators
Georgia
South Carolina
Arkansas
New Mexico
West Virginia
Washington
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Texas
US Ambassador in Paris Confined with Heavy Cold
US Ambassador Philip C. Jessup was confined to his rooms in Paris with a heavy cold. His seat in the United Nations Political Committee was filled by David Wainhouse while he recuperates.
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Paris
Philip C. Jessup
United Nations
David Wainhouse
Chile Holds Back Borax Deposits in Reserve by Major Company
Chile possesses rich borax deposits yet production is zero as a dominant company keeps the reserves. The decision leaves markets watching for any shift in supply, with analysts noting the strategic storage could influence future price dynamics.
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Chile
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Globe
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Hilton
Earth
Old Tack
Communist
Little Theater
Dewey
New York
Columbia University
Alcatraz
Luray J. Mouser
UTE
America
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Bree
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