Panhandle Heat Eases Slightly Across the North
Temperatures cooled modestly in the northern Panhandle with Dalhart at 87 and Perryton at 88. Childress hit 100 for the eighth time in nine days, Amarillo reached 96, and a 64 overnight low was recorded. Walter Watts of Amarillo Air Terminal warned no relief is in sight as highs stay near mid 90s.
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Panhandle
Dalhart
Perryton
Childress
Amarillo
Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
October Draft Call Boosted
The Defense Department raised the October draft call from 41,000 to 44,600. Of the total, 3,600 will join the Marine Corps which sought 8,600. remaining 36,000 enter the Army. November requests total 33,700 with 29,000 for the Army and 4,700 for the Marine Corps. A Baptist agency in Dallas funds $250,000 in loans to new small Texas churches.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Department
Dallas
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Slot machines glut shifts Amarillo market tone
Machines in Reno clubs generated 10 million dollars last year and are projected to 15 million this year despite heavy taxes. A Texas law makes slot machine possession a crime. marble tables are not confiscated unless machines operate to offer free games. Distributors in Amarillo foresee wrecked market as a new crackdown looms.
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Nevada
Amarillo
Reno
Texas
Markets 12 O'Clock Quotations From New York Stocks
Merrill Lynch notes New York market quotes with many names and figures including Allegheny, Motorola, IBM, Coca Cola and U.S. Steel. Daily prices span numerous industries with percentages, par values, and brief totals for trading activity across rail, chemicals, motors, and consumer goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nate Amer Smelt
Natl Dept
Amer
Natl Distillers
Amer Tel-Tel
nNatl Gypsum
Amer Tobacco
Natl Steel Cor
Amer Woolen
aiNatl Supply
Natomas
North Am
Armco
North Nat Gas
Ashland
North Rotee Ee
Assoc Dry
Atch
Top&sf
Orpathe
Avco Manufac
Packard Motor
Baldwin Loco
panAm Airwys
Balt & Ohio
panKast Pipe
Pan Prod
Paramount Co
Bethlehem Stl
Parke Davis Co
Eedanes
JC Penny Co
Boeing Airpin
Penn Pow&Lt
Bohn Alumin Saat
Borg Warner
Pepsi-Cola Co
Air
Bridge Brass
Philco Corp
Manu
Phillip Morris
Phillips Petri
Tus Or
Mudd Co
Pitt ScrewRolt
Burroughs Ad
Ita
iProc & Gam
Canadian Pac
Evllman Inc
Carrier Corp
Pure Oil Comp
Pg Case Co
Radio Corpora
Caterpillar Traan
Celanese Corp
Iemingtn Rad
iReo Motors
Entra
Gertainteed
Republic
Avie
Ches & Ohio
Chicago Corp
Eave
Cheo Ri&Pac
Chrysler Corp
Eerngine Coe
Climax Molyb
Hichfid
Safeway
Glinton Foods
Joseph Ld
Colo Fuel Iron
Stetee
Columbia Gas
Columbia
Seaboard
Sears Roebok
Bolvents
Consol Edison
Cee Oil
Consol Vultee
Sharon Steel
Con Sae Alsnen Os Dai Son Otors Mmon
Continent
Sinclair Ol
Copperweld
Socony-Vacum
Amer Gold
Crucible Steel
P-Rice
Cub Am
Southern Co
Curtis Publish
Southern Pac
Deere A
Saquare D Co
Dome Mines
Doug Aircraft
Stend Gas
Dow Chemic
Eagle-Picher
Eastmn Kodak
Listewart Warn
Eastern Airlin
Web
Rat M
Istone & Ma
Studebaker
Sun
Svlvan
Ruehauf Co
Syming Gould
Fone
Ener Ec
General Foods
Gulfee Aksneral Motor
Tex Fae Land
Tere Etcty
Tate Asis
Aramount Dedson Motor
Ng Paramount
Central
Interlake
Kenecott
Western Auto
Lockheed Aire
White Motors
Lone & Ine
Willys Vrenet
Star
Mrs Brown 79 Dies at Northwest Texas Hospital
Rhoda Caroline Brown 79 widow of O H Brown died at 2 24 am in Northwest Texas Hospital after living in Amarillo 12 years Her home was 4004 East Tenth born Jan 19 1872 Titus County Texas She was Baptist and survived by four sons six daughters a sister two half brothers and dozens of grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Rhoda Caroline Brown
O. H. Brown
Northwest Texas Hospital
Brown
Amarillo
East Tenth
Titus County
Texas
Half-Day Schools Face Shortages Amid Bond Talks
Amarillo school officials, led by Supt. Chas. M. Rogers, weigh a $750,000 bond issue to fund new classrooms as half-day sessions continue at six campuses. Over 1,160 students are on reduced schedules with several campuses planning to maintain half-days through the year while construction timelines push completion of Avondale, Robert E. Lee, and other new facilities.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Rogers
Humphreys Highland School
Pleasant Valley School
Glenwood
Avondale
Robert E. Lee
Horace Mann School
Horace Mann
Alice Landergin
Lamar
Carver
Forest Hill
How Much Should You Tell Your Wife
HAL BOYLE humorously weighs the truth husbands share at home vs the office. A flow of anecdotes from male workers at a watering trough reveals how wives demand detail yet often remain insulated from the outside world. An old timer suggests creating an office soap opera with a fictitious character to ease the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jones
Life Near Volcano Keeps Missionary Alert in Melbourne
In Melbourne Australia Reverend C W McLeod recalls life as a missionary in the New Hebrides. The volcano two miles from his front door erupts on a half hour schedule. He jokes vulcanologists say the volcano is safe so long as it keeps erupting. If activity slows and pressure builds, they should evacuate.
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Melbourne
Australia
C. W. McLeod
New Hebrides
McLeod
New Tent Keeps Rain and Ants Out
PITTSBURGH JUP A 79 year old outdoor man Louis R Bram mall has made a tent that lets air in while keeping ants and rain out. His nine by twelve foot can vas castle folds into a golf bag and requires no setup. The canvas floor is sewn to the sides to prevent bug entry and two ventilation screens with hoods keep rain out.
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Pittsburgh
Jup
Louis R. Brammall
Brammall
Postwar peace talks expose Soviet defeat at table
At the conference Egypt Laos Ceylon Pakistan France and the Philippines prepare to sign a pact. Gromyko pressed for unlimited debate and for Red China to join but the rules limited each country to one hour. The Soviet envoy rejected the Western treaty offering 13 amendments that were dismissed.
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Egypt
Laos
Ceylon
Pakistan
France
Philippines
Gromyko
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Red China
India
Burma
Indonesia
Russia
Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights
When kidney function slows down many folks complain of nagging backache headaches dizziness and loss of pep and energy. Doan’s Pills offer mild diuretic relief and claim to help the kidneys flush out waste, with decades of use cited.
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Dean
Doan
Real-Life Cowboys Signed by Movies
Hollywood talks with Casey Tibbs, a 22 year old rodeo star from Fort Pierce SD, about his move to Hollywood for Bronco Buster. He explains annual earnings, prize dependence, risks of bull riding, injury history, and plans to retire around age 30 to protect health.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Casey Tibbs
Tibbs
Casey
Fort Pierce
Fort Peer
Los Angeles
Rodeeo
Rodayo
Madison Square Garden
New York
Beer thinning shifts shift to women and children in Wexford
The text notes that as men leave for better jobs, women and children in Wexford, Ireland, have taken over beer thinning duties, highlighting social and labor changes in the town.
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Wexford
Eire
Water use soars in Amarillo past 1.5 billion gallons
H. R. Smith, Amarillo director of public works, reports that in the last 72 days water consumers used 1,508,000,000 gallons. He notes this far surpasses annual totals from earlier years while the average daily use for the period runs at 21,234,000 gallons.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
Public Works
Amarillo Man's Sister Killed in Levelland Crash
Sylvia Laverne Dyess 18 and her companion James H. Littlefield 22 died in a late night crash near Levelland when their car was crushed by a truck driven by Kenneth Skates of Odessa. Dyess, sister of Basil Dyess, had lived in Levelland months. Funeral arrangements through George C. Price Funeral Home, with services planned in Hollis Oklahoma.
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Sylvia Laverne Dyess
Basil Dyess
West Fourteenth
Levelland
James H. Littlefield
Kenneth Skates
Odessa
Littlefield
Miss Dyess
George Dress
Morton
George C. Price
Hollis
Okla
UN open to talks on new cease fire site in Korea
General Ridgway said the United Nations would meet Communist liaison officers anytime to discuss choosing a new cease-fire site and rejected Kaesong as unsuitable. Senators Aiken and Young urged moving talks from Kaesong, proposing Switzerland. the UN noted Kaesong lies within Communist lines and lacks neutral ground.
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Ridgway
Washington
George O. Aiken
Vermont
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Kaesong
Switzerland
Atomic plane goal faces tough engineering hurdles
The Air Force pursues a long range atomic aircraft similar in urgency to the Navy's atomic submarine. Progress is slow due to the daunting engineering task of miniaturizing an atomic engine and integrating it with a feasible airframe. General Electric has been developing an atomic engine at its Lockland Ohio plant since last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Navy
General Electric Co
Lockland
Ohio
Chinese Pidgin Means Business in Hong Kong Trade
The piece explains pidgin English evolving in Hong Kong business dealings between Chinese and traders. It notes pidgin blends English words with Chinese grammar and gives an example with a classifier between numeral and noun, like three piece knifee.
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Hong Kong
Allergies Force Larry to Part With Pets
A boy named Larry, allergic to pets, must part with both his dogs Lady Poo and a small puppy. The doctor advises giving up the pets to avoid reactions, noting other allergy options like spinach, school, naps, string beans, and castor oil as better outcomes. A kind family is expected to adopt Lady Poo soon.
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Larry
Lady Poo
Prowlers Probe Homes on Hayden Street in Amarillo
A tall man in khaki fled from a car and moved between the Reeves and adjacent homes on Hayden. Mrs Moser alerted police after seeing two men leave the vehicle and a pursuit ensued with gunfire. one prowler was seen down, but no blood was found. Deputies aided by Amarillo police and sheriff's staff hunted the area. A separate break in on Johnson Street reported a thief stealing trousers and a water pitcher from the Wilde Reeves home. Also noted, The American Magazine states half of 25 million golf balls produced annually are lost.
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J. C. Reeves
Hayden
J. L. King
Sheriff’s Department
Randall County
Charlie Oates
Amarillo
Wilde Reeves
Johnson
Velocia Clarifying Cleanser Promises Instant Skin Glow
A new lotion cleanser named Velocia Clarifying Cleanser is featured as instantly improving skin, reducing dullness and blemishes. It is applied with cloth, rinsed off, and marketed at $1 plus tax in stores and beauty salons, with claims of toning and clearer skin.
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Shaw Funeral Directors
Boxwell Brothers Griggs
Mila
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Tibet
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la Land&Exp
Na Bellas Hess
Niles Bond
Burma Corp Sein
Orece
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Claude Neon
Pancoastal
Pantepec Oil
Jennie Solar Airerft
East Gas Fuel
Sonotone Corp
South Royalty
Fairchild Ene
Texas Gas
Southern Union Oo
Ails Litvicenind
Sca
Chicago
Uhlmann Grain Co
Avessossse
Chicago Livestock
By Galbraith
NEA Service. Inc
U.S. Pat
Hal Boyle
Dick Turner
Senate
COPR
NEA Service
Hubert
Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro
Tyler
Amarillo Trailways Bus Center, Inc
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