AHS Newcomers Feted at Parties
Amarillo High School welcomed more than 100 new students during Friendship Week activities led by Gae Blackburn. The newcomers include 65 from Texas districts and attendees from California, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Germany, and several other states. A long list of named students from Texas and other states accompanied by the event’s social program was highlighted.
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Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Gae Blackburn
Texas
California
New Mexico
Okla- Horda
Colorados
Kansas
Germany
Arkansas
Missouri
Washington
South Corona
Wisconsin
Arizona
Bob Allen
Ray Leon Bailey
Roy Earl Bailey
Barbara Barnes
Pampa
Quinnith Bewley
Canyon
Courthouse Records and Rrriage Licenses Amarillo News
Courthouse records show numerous deeds transferring 5 foot and small lot tracts in Amarillo including Crouch Subdivision and Mirror area to the City of Amarillo, with many private parties selling to the city. Domestic relations notices list divorces and annulments, while marriage licenses cover multiple couples. State Fair attendance hit 173,500 with Negro festival day confirmed for today.
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James R. Duncan
James Melvin Duncan
Crouch
Onth Avenue
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AmatHo
J. T. Thompson
Albert B. Parr
City of Amarillo
Reed Payne
Odo L. Vorster
Fot
San Jacinto Heights
Lee Smith
R. P. Kirby
Edward L. J . Philles
V. A. Branchi
Shirley Schrama
Fred Schrama
Poe
Kenneth Howard Brown
Maxine Brown
Curtis F. Mote
Peggy J. Mote
Dallas
Texas
Deputy Slays Berserk Man in Dallas Hospital Incident
John A. Brooks 36, former Waiters and Waitresses Union official from San Diego, was shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Olin Hughes after Brooks tried to drive a bus into a ditch, fled a hospital, assaulted staff, grabbed a club, and attacked the deputy before dying from a throat wound at Parkland Hospital.
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Dallas
San Diego
Cal
Bill Decker
John A. Brooks
Waiters & Bartenders Union
Decker
Brooks
Olin Hughes
Hughes
A. D. Hamilton
Parkland City- County Hospital
German Cops Break Up Communist Youth March
In Dinslaken near Düsseldorf police halted a weekend march by 500 Communist youths after an indoor gathering of 1,300 called young peace fighters. Police used clubs to disperse the crowd as they attacked with flagpoles. 125 youths were detained briefly and 13 were kept for trial.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Dinslaken
Exchangette Club Plans Fall Luncheon Speakers
Mrs. Bill Anderson announced the Exchangettes will hold their first fall luncheon tomorrow at 1 PM at Myers Fried Chicken Restaurant 1900 West Sixth. Speakers C. J. Humphrey of Amarillo and Mickey Ledrick of Pampa will speak for Walter Rogers and Rep. Ben Guill, candidates in the November 7 election.
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Exchangette Club
Exchangettes
Myers Fried Chicken Restaurant
West Sixth
C. J. Humphrey
Amarillo
Mickey Ledrick
Pampa
Walter Rogers
Rep
Ben Guill
Barkley Sees Southern Democrats Back With Party
Vice-President Alben Barkley said the Southern break with the Democratic Party is past, asserting the South remains aligned with the Democrats due to economic ties. He spoke at a Shreveport dinner for the Jewish Federation in memory of Sidney Herold, interrupting an 18-state tour.
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Shreveport
Alben Barkley
Democratic Party
South
Barkley
Louisiana
States Rights Democrats
Shreveport Jewish Federation
Sidney Herold
San Diego
Cal
Dallas Clothier Cassidy Sr Dies at 60
John R. Cassidy Sr., a clothing businessman who operated shops in Waco Paris Fort Worth and Dallas, died yesterday at age 60 in Dallas. His career spanned multiple Texas cities and he was a familiar figure in local retail circles.
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Dallas Clothier
Dallas
John R. Cassidy Sr
Waco
Paris
Fort Worth
New Library Additions Reach Amarillo Public Library
Amarillo Public Library added numerous new titles including The Edge of Time by Laula Grace Erdman The Home Place by Fred Gipson Hopa Long Cassidy s Rustler Round up by Clarence Mulford The Adventurer by Mika Waltari The City in the Dawn by Hervey Allen The Backward Bride by Aubrey Menen The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone by Tennessee Williams A Long Day s Dying by Frederick Buechner The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken Crooked House by Agatha Christie The Moving Target by John MacDonald An Edith Wharton Treasury edited by Arthur Hobson Quinn The Circle of the Day by Helen Howe Flowers on the Grass by Monica Dickens Middle Heaven by Mona Gardner The World s Best edited by Whit Burnett Venus Observed a play by Christopher Fry and How To Run a Small Business by J K Lasser.
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Fred Gipson
Amarillo Public Library
Whit Burnett
Christopher Fry
J. K. Lasser
Population estimate at Columbus arrival sparks debate
Estimates of Western Hemisphere population at Columbus arrival range widely from eight million to seventy five million. A Smithsonian authoritative figure recently cited places the number at fifteen million five hundred ninety thousand.
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Western Hemisphere
Smithsonian Institution
National Guard Launches 200000-Strength Recruiting Drive
The National Guard aims to recruit 200,000 men aged 18 to 35 before June 30. The Army seeks to reach ceilings of 350,000 ground troops and 50,000 airmen for the fiscal year. Recruits will drill and endure 15 days of summer training with pay.
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Warcnington
National Guard
Army
Vintage Radio Schedule Snapshot from a 1940s Era
A dense roster of radio programs lists time slots and show titles such as Ma Perkins Young Dr M Texaco Reaper CBS News Top of the Morning Local News and Mack’s Mel along with performers like Bob Wills Eddie Arnold and Arthur Godfrey. The fragment shows a period broadcasting lineup across multiple genres including music drama and news.
Draft age guardsmen face uncertain federal calls
A spokesman stated that men of draft age who join the Guard would not be liable to induction, but recruits are not guaranteed they will avoid being called into federal service.
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Guard
Wolflin P-TA to Meet Tuesday Evening in Cafeteria
The Wolflin P-TA will meet at 7:30 PM Tuesday in the Wolflin School cafeteria. A Fathers Night program will be presented. Chile faces an acute potato shortage impacting supplies.
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Wolflin
Wolflin School
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