Amarillo naming habits echo New England poets and dead men
A tongue in cheek column rails at Amarillo school naming policy favoring dead poets like Longfellow and Emerson over living local figures. The piece laments the practice, laments the lack of tribute to educators, and proposes naming schools after local heroes such as Hunters and Schriber while mocking public sentiment and urban planning debates.
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Waldo Emerson
Henry Waworth
New England
Fannin
Bowie
Travis
Sam Houston
Boston
Amarillo
E. Lee Hunter
Francisco Vasquez Coronado
Texas
Lauchlin McNeil
A. B. Hays
Hunters
Esther Schriber
Maud Browning
Annie McDonald
A. B. Norman
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
John Greenlief Whittier
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Cullen Bryant
Benjamin Franklin
New York
Korean Peace Talks Near a Breakup at Panmunjom
The Korean peace conference neared collapse as Communists rejected the final offer and South Korea boycotted. US Envoy Arthur Dean said talks have stalled though resuming at 11 a.m. local time with plans for a Geneva conference within 24 to 48 days after current talks end.
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Panmunjom
Arthur Dean
U. S
Dean
Reds
South Korea
Geneva
Russia
Chou
the Peoples Daily
Cho Chung Hwan
United Nations
India
Syngman Rhee
Panmunijom
Eisenhower proposes peaceful atomic plan at U.N.
President Eisenhower urged that all atomic powers pool part of their resources for peaceful use under a U.N. agency. He warned the nuclear arms race could destroy civilization and called for private talks on monitoring, with Britain and Canada cited as allies. The speech, broadcast worldwide, praised by some officials as a major shift in policy.
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United Nations
Eisenhower
Russia
U.N
United Nations General Assembly
Bermuda
Voice of America
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Great Britain
Canada
Gusty Winds Drop Mercury In Panhandle
Snow fell in Amarillo with a trace and light flurries as the cold front pushed temperatures down from 50 at noon to 33 by evening. Winds gusted 35 mph inland, with higher gusts in Roswell, dust blanketing New Mexico and the South Plains, and several Texas and New Mexico towns reporting snow or rain with varying depths.
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Amarillo
Roswell
New Mexico
South Plains
Dalhart
Twemmeari
Guvmon
Gare
Childress
Hobart
Tabbock
Albuquerque
Grvmon
Tine Club
F. W Jones
High Plains
Wayne Compton
Boise City
Okla
F. Reskin
Stratford
Corwin Trosver
Hiesins
Snow
Rob R. Zybach
Allison
Snow L. Seitz
Mobeetie
Josh Chitton
McLean
Plainview Youth Theater Show at School Auditorium
In Plainview the children's theater performance occurs in the high school auditorium. The Dalhart Hartley Sherman Scout committee and USAR s67th AFA Battalion list event times. A noon gathering is planned at B&B Cafe.
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Plainview
Plainview Usar
S67th
AFA
Dalhart Dalhart-Hartley -Sherman
Forced Into Hold Up Declares Clovis Man
Curry County farmer Zeno Crosswhite 20 says he was forced into the Nov 21 Furr Food Store robbery in Clovis. Norman Davenport 26, an escaped Oklahoma convict, is linked to the hold up and fled with Crosswhite’s family. Davenport faced robbery charges while Crosswhite pleaded not guilty with a $2,500 bond.
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Juanita Goodman
Daily News
Clovis
Curry County
Furr
Zeno Crosswhite
Norman Leslie Davenport
Oklahoma
Crosswhite
Davenport
Justice of the Peace
W. E. McConnell
Otto Smith
Clovis Farr
City Okays Transfer Of Land To Air Base
Amarillo city commissioners authorize Mayor Bud Curtis to sign a deed transferring 1,537.96 acres of city land now used by Amarillo Air Force Base to the federal government when accepted. City retains title to the landing field and Amarillo Air Terminal area while seeking permanent installation status. The land is currently leased to the government for $1 annually. once built, the base operated there during World War II and was deactivated, then reactivated.
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S. T. “Bud” Curtis
Amarillo Air Force Base
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Force Base
Army Air Force Base
Dumas Pharmacist Slain on Clarendon Road
Burl N. Rhea 31 a Dumas pharmacist was found dead with a .22 pistol nearby on JA Ranch road near Barfield 12 miles southeast of Clarendon. Autopsy ordered inquest held as Texas Ranger and local officers investigate time of death and possible motive.
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Clarendon
Dumas
JA Ranch
Barfield
Burl N. Rhea
Clapper
Rhea
John Rhea
Dawn to Dawn City Affairs Highlight Busy 24 Hours
Amarillo city actions dominated the day with a water sales deal to Texas Company, authority given to Mayor Bud Curtis to deed Amarillo Air Force Base land to the US government, and bids to open soon on a new animal shelter under the ordinance. The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District approved five new wells. A mysterious safe proved to belong to the Air Force Base. J Fred Coots spoke to the Knife and Fork Club, urging practical songcraft. Mailmen’s Muscular Dystrophy walk drew strong support.
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Texas Company
Bud Curtis
Amarillo Air Force Base
Uncle Sam
N. V. Moss
High Plains
Russians Ready to Talk Pacts in Berlin Conference
The United States Britain and France notified the Kremlin they are ready for a Berlin foreign ministers conference on January 4. They hope the talks lead to German unification and Austrian independence. The notes propose the Big Four meet in the former Allied Control Council building in the American sector. This follows the Bermuda meeting of Eisenhower Churchill and Laniel.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
China
Malenkov
Berlin
Washington
Germany
Austria
Kremlin
Britain
France
Allied Control Council
Capacity Crowd at U N for President Speech
President Eisenhower spoke at the United Nations drawing a capacity crowd in New York. Long before his arrival all available seats were reserved and many stood in standing room as Secret Service checked security and barriers were set up outside the U.N. buildings.
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United Nations
N.Y
Eisenhower
U. N
Assembly Hall
Secret Service
U.N
Four Hurt as Car Flips on a Curve West of Four Way
Four people were injured, two critically, when a car left the road and rolled over on a curve four miles west of Four Way on the CLnanning road around 8 30 PM. Driver A Handy 38 wife Vivian Handy 29 and passenger John Morris 53 were hospitalized, with Mrs Handy and Morris in serious condition. Police cited a missed turn near a Y junction as the cause and noted Mrs Handy was thrown clear while Mr Handy was pinned.
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Dumas
Clnanning Road
Bac
A. Handy
Four Way
Vivian Tedder Handy
John Gordon Morris
Handy
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Morris
Weibel
Memorial Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Bill Ball
Slim’’ Holland
Sunray
German Bride's Trousseau Sent From Amarillo
Airman James Lynch in Amarillo sends for a complete trousseau for his German bride Ursula Klingbeil of Berlin. Lynch, from Stroudsburg, met in May 1952, engaged, then posted to the United States and back to Germany for the traditional wedding.
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Trousseau
United States
Air James Martin Lynch
Stroudsburg
Germany
Ursula Ann Klingbeil
Berlin
Air Force
Ann
Daily News
Amarillo
Charles Whippo
Colbert
James Martin Lynch
Amarillo Air Force Base
Local Chapter Meetings and Events Evening Card
A list of events and meetings across Amarillo and area venues. Jaycees at Noon, American Legion Hall. Amarillo Credit Grantors at Blackstone Hotel. Purchasing Agents at Blackstone. Texas Panhandle Home Builders at Amarillo Club. Duplicate Bridge at Herring Hotel. Refrigeration Service Eng. Society at Dowell's Cafe. USAR 448th MP at Reserve Armory. National Guard units at Anchor Boulevard Armory. Marine Corps Reserve at Naval Reserve Armory.
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Jaycees
American Legion Hall
West Seventh
Amarillo Credit Grantors
Blackstone Hotel
Purchasing Agents Association of the Texas Panhandle
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Amarillo Club
Duplicate Bridge
Herring Hotel
Eng
Dowell’s
USAR
448Th MP Company
Reserve Armory
Texas National Guard
the Anchor Boulevard
Marine Corps Reserve 88Th Special Infantry Company
Naval Reserve Armory
Line Avenue
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
US Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy and windy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with colder wind by Wednesday morning then clearing and lighter winds. Thursday brings fair skies and rising temperatures with a low around 28 and a high near 2.
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Texas
Sam
Cnice
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