BMU Dominates Sw Conference Talk and Texas Line Rank
Sporting writers rate BMU top in the nation with Look placing them first in the Southwest, TCU and Texas follow. Texas boasts a formidable line, while questions surround Bobby Layne’s successor Blair Cherry. In other notes a wild anecdote recalls a yellow jacket in a Coke bottle and a quizzical medical query on weight distribution.
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Amarillo Births and Pit Bulldog Debate Highlight City Life
August births reach 217 in Amarillo with a record month. 64 deaths noted. Local citizen J. E. Roberts discusses pit bulldogs, arguing fighting is cruel and impractical, noting dogs enjoy fights but owners chase money, while bets can reach steep sums and dog fighting remains practiced in some states.
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Man Charged In Stabbing At North Amarillo Coffee Shop
Amarillo man Gilbert Grimball aged 30 of 1200 North Taylor faces murder attempt charges after a stabbing at the Thompson Coffee Shop on North Eighth Avenue. Victim Virgil Dawson of Hobbs New Mexico sustained a 3 to 4 inch knife wound in his back and was taken to St Anthony's Hospital in fair condition. Grimball was arrested around 5 pm Wednesday and is held on a 1500 dollar bond set by Justice of the Peace C W Carder.
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Rites Friday for Judge Austin
Funeral services will be held for Judge The D. White veteran Texas trial lawyer and senior member of a law firm founded in 1895. White aged 81 died at his home after a prolonged illness. The city notes a sewer line installation in North Johnson Grant alley by public works director H R Smith to be followed by a water line project. United Texas days set to meet in Dallas on October 28-29 for their thirteenth annual convention.
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Telephone Dog Returns Home by Ringing Cookie
A light local item about a dog named Cookie who roams to study neighbors. When her wanderings become too personal, a simple call to Mrs. McAfee and placing the phone to Cookie’s ear makes her obedient and return home promptly.
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New Methodist Pastor Named Rev H B Coggins
Rev. H B Coggins of Seminole Texas is named the new pastor of Buchanan Street Methodist Church succeeding Rev Phil H Gates. Coggins will move to Amarillo next week and start duties the following Sunday after four years at Seminole. Gates, moving to Abilene, preached his closing sermon Sunday night after serving over three years at Buchanan Street.
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Floydada
City School Plan Calls For New Junior Highes And Sites
The committee proposes relocating and expanding junior high facilities, abandoning Elizabeth Nixon School, and building a new junior high near Lipscomb and Twenty fourth Streets to serve 1,200 of 1,500 pupils. It also advises transferring trades students to Morace Mann or the new junior school, exploring a new senior high site, possibly consolidating high schools, and purchasing two 20 acre future site parcels in northeast and west city for eventual high school campuses with vocational training.
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Friday meeting to plan emergency grain storage facilities
Workers will hash out details Friday on a Panhandle emergency grain storage program. Congressman Gene Worley and WAA representative Duncan Myers will host the session, with final details to be announced after Myers arrives in Amarillo. The plan waives storage insurance and favors bonded warehouses or cooperatives over single buildings.
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Market Report Notes Mixed Prices and Arrivals
Market report shows varied prices with gains in some sections and declines in others. Highlights include livestock and grain prices, shipper notes, and regional quotations. Buyers and sellers discuss salability, futures, and shipment timing amid demand shifts and freight costs.
Paving Project Underway in Pleasant Valley
Blacktop paving of about three quarters of a mile of Pleasant Valley streets is expected to be completed next week. County Commissioner John W. Morris of district 4 notes West Central Avenue about half a mile and Ford Avenue about a quarter mile are being paved.
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Short Heating System Triggers Smoke Alarm at City Home
Firefighters were summoned to 1522 Rusk Street for a heating system short that puffed smoke into most rooms. No damage beyond lingering smoke odor, reported Mrs. Mary Miles Bateon’s residence.
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Election Runoff Count Irregularities Reported in Jim Wells County
The Houston Chronicle quoted H L Poole of the Jim Wells County Socratic Executive Committee saying they could not determine the correct runoff tally in one precinct Alice Precinct 13. The committee cited added votes after the primary and questioned the true results for the August 28 senatorial election. The Justice Department said it will decide after September 13 whether to investigate the race and is reviewing Texas complaints of irregularities in the Aug 28 ballot.
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Fire destroys hangar at English Field in Amarillo
A hangar at English Field eight miles northeast of Amarillo burned after firefighters arrived 20 minutes after the alarm at 2 35. The blaze, fed by gasoline tanks, spread to an aircraft maintenance shop but crews prevented spread to nearby buildings. Braniff and TWA workers aided efforts as locked gates delayed access and water ran low. The hangar, home to several cars including Lodestar and Beechcraft, collapsed as smoke and flames raged.
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Fire damages hangar at Amarillo field with pilots recalling glow
Witnesses say the blaze started in the southwest corner and caused little traffic disruption. Marilyn Cross of Civil Aeronautics Administration noted a glow at 2 30 in the south end of the building while Wayne Garrett, Amarillo bureau pilot, hangared his airplane. The hangar housed two story office and warehouse sections of wood and steel and served transient military aircraft after Amarillo Army Air Field closed.
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New Mexico
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Sea Tragedy Survivors From Burkera Disaster
Pauehie a British captain aboard the Burkera survived the wreck. Caribe is due at Curacao with the survivors this week end. Naval expert analyzes tribal messages and cargo date to conclude the storm struck swiftly leaving wreckage and drowning many as survivors clung to lumber and debris.
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Seats Still Available for Ladies Be Seated Show
Tickets remain for the Tri-State Pair broadcasts at the fairgrounds arena seating 3,000. Afternoon and evening performances cost $1.10, with Amarillo listeners hearing Emcee Tom Moore give away prizes on the daily program over KFDA. Moore’s segments include games, Name and Same, and audience giveaways featuring radios, lamps, rugs, and other gifts.
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