Attorney Retained in Randall E-Way Suit
Randall County officials appoint Amarillo attorney James Lumpkin to represent in the condemnation suit against Taylor and Sons. Lumpkin will serve as special counsel to assist A W Lair with $1500 retainer and 100 per day. offer stands at 191000 for right of way for the Amarillo Canyon expressway. A three member condemnation commission to set the hearing date has not yet been formed.
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Randall County
Amarillo Canyon
Threeman
Lair
Lumpkin
Voters to Cast Ballots Saturday on Bond Issue
Potter County voters will decide a $375,000 bond issue next Saturday to build a modern 5000 seat baseball park east of the present site. The Tri-State Fair Association would manage the facility and repay bonds at five percent of gate receipts, with ownership remaining with the county after bonds are paid.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Tri-State Fair Association
Fair Association
Golden Spread
Panhandle Weather Forecast Northeast Texas And New Mexico
Colder conditions expected through Sunday with partly cloudy skies in New Mexico and northern belts. Light snow flurries possible in northern mountains and cooler readings along the northern border and southeast areas. Highs range from 40 to 50 in the northeast and around 65 in the southwest.
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Panhandle
South Plain
New Mexico
Tam
Wee
Cease
Texas life firms pool resources to aid policy holders
Texas life insurance companies, 28 in number, pledged to reinsure any policy issued before January 1 1956 by any Texas legal reserve life firm found to be insolvent or poorly managed within the coming year. Western National Life, Amarillo, joined the guarantee as others backed losses to shield policy holders from potential failures amid Senate investigations.
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Austin
Texas Life Insurance Companies
Senate
Western National Life Insurance
Texas Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies
Legal Reserve Stock Life Insurance Company
Texas
Insurance Board
Texas Insurance
Tom Reaviey
Securities
Houston
Reaviey
Two youths killed as car overturns near Matador
A southbound car left the road north of Matador and overturned five times, killing Malcolm McKay a 15 year old and Norris Offield 25. Injured survivors Bobbie Perkins 19 and Rosie McKay 14 were listed in serious condition. The driver, the McKay girl, was taken to hospital.
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Here
Malcolm McKay
Turkey
Norris Offield
Silverton
Stanley Hospital
Bobbie Perkins
Rosie McKay
Perkins
McKay
John Stotts
Pease River
Eudy-Seale Funeral Home
Jail Bombing Threat Branded Hoax by Police
In Cambridge Massachusetts a telephone tip warned of a bomb at Middlesex County jail, housing about 100 inmates including Joseph Specs O Keefe a key Brink s robbery witness. Officials called the notice a hoax after a 90 minute search and ordered heightened security.
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Cambridge
Mass
Middlesex County Jail
Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
Polk Street Methodist Telecast on KGNC TV Today
The Polk Street Methodist Church begins a weekly telecast on KGNC-TV Channel 4 with Rev. Eugene Slater in the pulpit at 11 a m. The station will rotate telecasts among at least four churches, skipping next Sunday for a remote Tri-State Fair event, resuming Jan 29 with the First Presbyterian Church.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
Channel 4
Eugene Slater
Polk Street Methodist
Kgnc-Tv
Tri-State Fair Grounds
First Presbyterian Church
Panhandle Oil Field Jackpot Driven by 1955 Output
The Panhandle Texas oil field shows strong 1955 results with 78 oil wells completed generating a daily potential of 56,454 barrels, up from 38,008 in 1954. Gas development fell as Supreme Court rules shifted control to federal level, dropping from 298 wells and 1.63 billion cubic feet daily in 1954 to 98 wells and 686.8 million cubic feet daily in 1955. Continued coverage on page 18.
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Texas Panhandle
Supreme Court
Is Your Poll Tax Paid in This Political Year
The notice explains Texas voters must have paid the poll tax or hold an exemption certificate renewed annually, with January 31 deadline. New residents from most states must meet residency and poll tax rules before precinct conventions on May 5 and the November 6 general election.
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Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Newsman Flies Around the Earth in Five Minutes at the Pole
Saul Pett reports from the South Pole that a group of Deep Freeze pilots and one reporter circled the Pole in five minutes aboard a Skymaster. Pett is the first journalist to fly over the Pole, amid whiteout conditions and high Antarctic silence.
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Ross
South Pole
Saul Pett
Associated Press
Cmdr
John J. Vandale
Amarillo
Wyandot
McMurdo Sound
Newsman
Earth
Admiral Byrd
New Zealand
Pole
Hal R. Kolp
Akron
Antarctic
Two New Probes Scheduled for Next Week
In Austin on January 14 two legislative investigating committees plan more inquiries into Texas insurance scandals. They seek answers on unexplained 50 000 cash items linked to U S Trust and Guarantee funds as grand juries and federal authorities widen probes amid a seven million dollar receivership and thousands of investors and policyholders.
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Austin
U. S. Trust and Guaranty
C. H. Cavness
Senate
Texas
Weather Brief for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The 1956 report notes sunny conditions in Amarillo for 14 consecutive days. Observations at 3:30 pm Saturday show partly cloudy skies in Houston with 14 miles visibility and winds of 15 mph. Dalles and Amarillo recorded cloudy conditions with varying wind and visibility readings.
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Amarillo
Houston
Okla
City
Kefauver Aims to Win New Hampshire Primary
Senator Estes Kefauver launches a three day handshaking tour in New Hampshire declaring he is here to win the March 18 Democratic presidential primary. Amid ballot name filings, Illinois Governor Stratton confirms Eisenhower will enter the April 10 GOP primary after petitions are completed.
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Estes Kefauver
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
New Hamp
Illinois
William G. Stratton
White House
Flying Cowboy Crashes En Route After Disappearance
Leonard L. Hannah 25 of Bovina was injured in a Friona crash after his borrowed $9,000 Cessna 190 failed to deploy flaps. He vanished last Friday after leaving Wichita, Kansas, and is wanted in Texas for allegedly passing bad checks related to a Lincoln purchase in Pampa. He was being treated at Palmer County Community Hospital.
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Fridna
Leonard L. Hannah
Bovina
Wichita
Kan
Hannah
Palmer County Community Hospital
Jim Roberts
Friona
Sedgwick County
Kansas
Yingling Aircraft Co
Texas
Amarillo
Pampa
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Mark Rockwood
Ohio
Mark
Mary Rockwood
Randall E-Way
William Fly
Insurance Commission
Byron Saunders
Senate Committee
State Insurance Board
Saunders
Texas Life Texas Insurance Companies
Ralph Wood
The
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Jimmy Phillips
Price Daniel
Phillips
Daniel
Organization
General American Casualty Co
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Howard Fitzpatrick
Pacific Ocean
Sulzberger Boy
Remy
Little Americ
Ross Seo
MC Murdo
Rennwck Boy
Cape Dor
Antarctica
Palmer “,Peninsula
Dube Erst Boy
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Pew
N. D. Bartlett News-Globe
PSF
Hedgecoke
Kefauver
T. Park
Drake
Shire
Harry E. Jackson
Stratton
Roberts
George Smith
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