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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1951
Page
2
The article notes Amarillo’s growth and newsprint shortages as publishers consider rationing circulation and ads. Reporters Tack Houghton Hap Johnson Don Harrington travel by air from Denver to Seattle, meeting locals and touring Boeing plants while Seattle’s weather, earth quake history, and beauty are contrasted with Amarillo’s own appeal and leadership.
Readable fragments discuss Thompson Park as a growing winter resort site with family picnics, Phoenix as a winter retreat, and Amarillo favored. Mention Denver post office, a Pentagon joke about generals, and satirical notes from Alsop about Eisenhower literature. References to Army Air Corps contracts and a Dewey Ashcroft visit appear alongside light political humor.
In Long Beach California an Air Force F-51 Mustang from the 188th Fighter Squadron fired about 1,576 armor piercing incendiary 50 caliber bullets into a north Beach residential area during a routine check. Twenty five homes were struck and windows shattered as bullets ricocheted toward the Virginia Country Club.
The Amarillo article notes a record enrollment at West Texas State College with registration set to begin at 8 am in Canyon. President Dr. James P. Cornette projects a higher or similar total to last spring as sophomores register all day and freshmen take exams at 9 am and 2 pm in the Education Building. Thirteen new faculty join at a breakfast in the college cafeteria.
A diverse classified list shows: help wanted for house work and live in care, with phone calls 3-0335 4-0817 2-8665. offers of housekeeping and day work. trade items include shoes coats and stamps. giveaways of kittens beds and baby carriage. missing dog King and a request for belongings from a trailer. City budget notes outline electrical department payroll and capital outlays, plus Parking Meter and Purchasing departments details.
On the way to Vancouver from Seattle’s Olympic Hotel we plan a quick flight tomorrow afternoon that should take about an hour. Tack will oversee the newspaper duties during the return trip.
An Amarillo man named Harold Husbands serves with the 1708th Air Transport Group of the Military Air Transport Service at Kelly Air Force Base. He is the son of Mr and Mrs and a former student at Amarillo College. The MATS is part of a world composed of military aviation and support duties.
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary in Zone 1 of the 18th District will install new officers tomorrow night. The joint ceremony begins at 8 oclock at the Dimmitt Legion Pitt in Amarillo, with Roy Ivy of Vera set to become the new Zone Commander.
Ireland exported goods to Germany last year totaling £1 481 000 with butter cattle feathers wool and Maga metal among the main items bought by Germany Ireland imported fertilizers yarns artificial silk and electrical goods from Germany reinforcing the bilateral trade ties between Dublin and Berlin.
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