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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1948
Page
20
Amarillo postmaster James Ely returned Tuesday to duty after a fishing trip. He had promised to bring back rough fish for the postal department. The official tally reported three small bass for the entire crew.
Texas proposes eight constitutional amendments affecting Panhandle and West Texas. Key items include a redistricting board to reapportion senatorial and representative districts if the Legislature fails to redistrict, and abolition of the state general fund ad valorem tax. Other changes cover workers compensation for county road workers, community property division, gubernatorial succession, and reevaluation of fee systems for law enforcement.
Douglass the Pampa attorney and Texas state chairman of the States Rights Party stopped in Amarillo on his way home from a Memphis meeting with 13 states. The group passed a resolution to continue the party until all objectives are reached and to operate within the Democratic Party where Thurmond and Wright run, while remaining active in States Rights in other states. Texans at the meeting included Palmer Bradley Aaron Sturgeon and Curtis Dall with Gov Laney presiding and Gov Thurmond speaking. Peru plans fines on landlords who raise rents without notice. News-Globe Want Ads note retirement proposal for district judges and state judiciary based on length of service age or disability.
Executives from the Frito Company prepare for the Amarillo plant opening at 406 Adams Street. The visiting group includes Mary Livingston and Jack Johannes with other officers to host the public ceremony. Local chamber and industrial foundation figures attend the reception.
Jert Amaro leads a Tuesday inspection tour of newly built football stadiums including Odessa and Midland with school board president Dick Bivins and members Herman Smith Jerry Briscoe and business manager George Waddill. The group plans visits to Tyler Fort Worth and Dallas as part of stadium planning for Amanita with a report to the board next week.
The first diphtheria case of the fall was quarantined Tuesday by city health inspectors. The patient is six year old Ray Carr who lives with his parents near the Amarillo Helium Plant.
The 18th annual Handel Christmas oratorio rehearsal will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Amarillo College Auditorium. All city singers new or previously with the chorus are invited to participate. The Messiah will be performed December 12 at Municipal Auditorium with singers from surrounding communities likely joining again this year. A separate note on Rotterdam office smoking shows only three of 94 responses were negative.
A Southern Pacific special train carrying 166 people struck a rock slide in Southern Oregon today. No injuries or fatalities are stated, and the incident is described as a derailment in the Portland area.
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