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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
2
The narrator describes arriving in Vancouver from Denver, meeting an American in the hotel lobby, and listening to Mr Harrington explain scarce oranges due to import quotas. He also discusses print paper, a Powell River paper mill tour, and a vow not to repeat the exhausting mill visit.
The account notes Powell River Paper Company as a major producer, handling about 300 000 tons of print annually and boasting a long business relationship spanning decades. It mentions war era price shifts, market pressures, and ongoing supply plans for fall business.
Observers in Moscow report that prices in Russia remain very high relative to the United States while wages here stay much lower. The contrast highlights the cost of living gap between the two economies.
The Globe News Publishing Company plans a special edition sale to raise funds for water therapy facilities Preventorium and Will Rogers Day Nursery with one cent per dollar to the National Kids Day Foundation. Kiwanis leaders and Dr. H Roy Barnes organize a city parade featuring youth groups, with prizes for best march unit and best float, to spotlight underprivileged children.
Ingrid Bergman, now married to an Italian film director, denies deserting her California husband. A doctor’s complaint said she left to make Stromboli with Roberto Rossellini. She argues she is already divorced by a Juarez decree from last February 9. The divorce trial is set for October 30 in superior court.
The city commission forwarded a recommendation to the Texas Highway Department to install traffic signals on Thirty-Sixth Avenue along Canyon High Way. The North Randall County Civic Club delivered the petition with about 1,500 signatures, urging signals at Polk Harrison and Hayden street intersections.
Amarillo prints its city budget using eighteen thousand sheets. One hundred and forty copies are prepared for local use and for distribution to other cities. The budget totals 130 white pages with yellow sheets for summaries and blue sheets between sections.
Representatives from the National Education Association and the Texas State Teachers Association will conduct a day long workshop for educational leaders of District IX in Amarillo. The event at Polk Street Methodist Church runs 9 30 AM to 3 00 PM with keynote by Dr Belmont Farley and five discussion groups led by district and state educators.
In Brownsville on September 21 drought fears grow as the Rio Grande dries up. City officials ban lawn sprinkling and anticipate washing cars may stop next while irrigation pumps upstream stall. Chamber of Commerce proposes cloud seeding with silver iodine if a rain maker is hired.
Chicago Tribune reports Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller, heiress married into wealth in 1948, declares she will never grant her husband a divorce. She says she wants him to suffer for humiliations as she faces life with their two year old son Winthrop Jr at the Neveckas farm in Indiana.
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