Amarillo Firemen Protest Pay Differential Before City Commission
Firemen in Amarillo protested a $10 base pay gap with police, urging salary parity and a fire prevention board. They cited resignations and transfers to the police, with talks continuing at Tuesday night meetings led by driver Herbert H. Hunter and supported by several officers.
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Amarillo
Commie
City Commission
Herbert H. Hunter
Mr. Hunter
Lawrence Hagg
Hunter
Ed Spann
Spann
George Cooper
Cooper
Jim Henley
Lloyd Reynolds
Dewey McKee
Clyde Gibbins
Court battle over Johnson ballot rights continues
Judge Davidson denied a motion to dismiss the injunction suit by Stevenson seeking to keep Johnson off the November general election ballot as Texas Democratic U S senator. Attorneys debated jurisdiction and court remedy while proceedings paused for further arguments.
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Davidson
James V. All‘ed
Johnson
Stevenson
Senate of the United States
Allred
John Cofer
Austin
Federal District Court
Davidson Dan Moody
Doroth y Ray Bivins enters Tri State Queen race
Miss Dorothy Ray Bivins from Tulia joins the Tri-State Queen contest lineup for the Sept 29 event at Amarillo's Municipal Auditorium. She holds multiple beauty titles and is a senior at Texas Tech, with studies in speech and education and a background in poetry, piano, and horseback riding. Other entrants include Frances Ruth Lowry.
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Ande
Swisher County
Dorothy Ray Bivins
Tri-State
Bivins
Kansas City
Panhandle
Amarillo
Conest
Globe-News
Tex
Chambers of Commerce
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Miss Bivins
Tulia
West Texas State College
Canyon
Pi Omega Sorority
Texas ‘Tech
Tech
Lub Bock
Lubbock Jaycees
Corpus Christi
Mov Py Mans Mesenam
Rua
Ray Bivins
Tulia Kiwanis Club
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy with mild temperatures today and Thursday. A few widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. New Mexico partly cloudy today and Thursday with widely scattered thunderstorms along the Texas border. High for the 24 hour period ending 6 30 AM was 88.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Texas
Kilgore Leads Longview 3-0 As Playoff Series Set
Kilgore holds a 3-0 lead over Longview in the Lone Star League final. The winner advances to a best four out of seven series against Amarillo for the Class baseball championship of Texas with the first game in Amarillo on Friday if Kilgore wins tonight.
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Bullet
Dallas
Sept
Amarillo
Kilgore
Texas
Longview
Man Drowns When Boat Overturns in North Texas Lake
Cnaries Kay Stewart and two brothers in law were in Cotton Wood Lake east of Four Way about 20 miles north of Amarillo when the boat capsized early Wednesday. Firemen recovered Stewart's body about 10:30 a m. His widow Ve Esta and 11 month old Paula survive. The body was taken to Dumas by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Kay Stewart
Dumas
Four Way
Amarillo
Stewart
Cotton Wood Lake
Charles Ray
Herschel Dennington
Ah FE. L. Punderburk
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Zoftness
Cay
E. B. Dulaney
Fritch
Bietart
J Henley
Roy Hill
Calvin May
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russells
Taylor
Queen Three Times Over Old Crowned In Claude
A series of brief notices lists young women including Joyce Weeks Jo Winders Jo Ann Pinnell Frances Irvin and Florence Carruthers as candidates sponsored by local clubs and chambers of commerce across Armstrong Castro and Amarillo areas. Florence Carruthers is noted as a featured vocalist with the Dick Morton band. In other news a Romanian request for American oil equipment valued at nine and a half million dollars was blocked by the U S State Department.
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Old
Luther Lowry
Claude
Armstrong County Home Demonstration Clubs
Joyce Weeks
Betty Weeks
Crockett
Amarillo
Mariton Co
Jo Winders
L. D. Winders
Dimmitt
Castro County
W. H. Coon
Dalhart
Frances Irvin
Forrest Irvin
North West Eighth
Old Tascosa
Neely-Green
Lowndes—Insurance
Dick ‘Morton
Florence
Tony” Carruthers
Washington
United States
State Department
Big Blow Sweeps Through Florida Inland To East Coast
A powerful hurricane, still packing 160 mile gusts in the Keys and 75 mile winds in Miami, slams Florida as damage targets crops in the Indian River citrus belt. Two deaths, widespread injuries, and torrential rain mark the storm as it moves toward Melbourne and Merritt Island.
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Pla
Florida
Indian River
Florida Keys
Keys
Melbourne
Atlantic
Merritt Island
Last Curtain Call Signaled Autumn With Equinox Notice
US Weather Bureau observer A C Winburn at English Field announced the autumn equinox due at 9 22 p m Wednesday marking Thursday as the first day of fall with clear skies and mild temperatures. He forecast a few scattered thundershowers Wednesday afternoon, high 87 Wednesday, 90 Thursday, and lows around 60. Rainfall data showed Amarillo totals at 19 60 inches for the year, with varying local readings and notes of unmeasured rain elsewhere. Phone 4334 for insurance from Wile Hama Boyce Agency.
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C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Winburn
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wile Hama-Boyce Agency
Dam Plea Writes Tale of 2 Cities
A joint brief by Amarillo and Lubbock business leaders aims to influence a US Army Engineers report on a Canadian River dam. Lubbock officials pledged matching funds, while Amarillo representatives urged municipal needs be considered. Page 2.
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Tale of
Lubbock
Mihailo
Lub “Lene Kein
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