Kerbel Named Sandie Head Coach at Amarillo High
Breckenridge’s Joe Kerbel agreed to a three year contract at $8,000 per season to coach Amarillo High School. The ex Breckenridge coach, 33, has a 50–7–2 head coaching record and led Breckenridge to a 10–1–2 season while prep legend in Texas circles.
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Breckenridge
Joe Kerbel
Sandie
Texas
Amarillo High School
University of Oklahoma
Buckaroos
Kerbell
Bucks
Big Spring
Steers
Cleveland
Okla
So Kerbel
Bartlesville
Kerbel
Golden Sandie Post
Amarillo
John Reddell
Palo Duro High School
Reddell
Palo Duro
Bill Defoe
Sandies
Tom Moulton
DeVere
de) Walker
North Texas State
Kerbel and Reddell
Walker
Tobe
Rnow —Witay News
Pay-Off Stage Near for 9,000 MPH Guided Missiles
Washington reports the United States nears the pay-off stage in developing atomic guided missiles capable of reaching deep into Russia. Officials say one rocket could reach about 9,000 mph, another jet-powered with star bearings, aiming for 20 mile target accuracy.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
United States
Russia
Nugent Confident On Eve of Trial
Maj Ambrose Nugent a 44 year old army officer faces 13 charges of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner in Korea. He expects a fair trial with two Army lawyers and a civilian backed defense fund in Merrill Wisconsin supporters contributing to witnesses. The trial before a 10 judge court begins Monday at Fort Sill Oklahoma with seven votes needed to convict.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Ambrose Nugent
Korea
Merrill Wis
Merrill
Nugent
Robert E. Hough
Fort Smith
Ark
Billy J. Shuman
Lawton
Oklo
At Least One Dead In Tuccumcari Crash
A cattle truck crashed and burned on the Re vuelta Creek Bridge 22 miles south of Logan New Mexico. A Clovis man was believed killed and another person may have died. Bodies remained in the burning cab as Tuccumari officers reported casualties. Some cattle were killed maimed or wandering on the road.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Clovis
Revuelta Creek
Logan
Truck Crash Near Clovis Leaves Driver Missing
A truck owned by Harry Robbs of 113 Lee Clovis left Clovis at 4 p.m. bound for Kansas. Police reported the Tucumcari crash at 8 p.m. with Robbs heading to the scene to identify the driver, said to be a Clovis man possibly with a female passenger.
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Harry Robbs
Lee
Clovis
Kansas
Robbs
Tucumcari
Double Felony Bill Returned In Injury of Two Youngsters
Amarillo motorist 40, Johnny N Hall, indicted on two counts for drunk driving on New Year’s Eve that injured 12 year old Darrell and 9 year old Chester Holman. Darrell lost a leg after collision with Forrester Truck Co. building. Hall jailed. bond raised to 1500.
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Amarillo
Johnny N. Hall
Johnson
Gib Howard
Hall
Darrell
Chester Holman
St. Anthony Hospital
North Fillmore
Forrester
Defendant Is Long Gone From Ohio Courtroom
In Hamilton Ohio on January 22 Judge P P Boli lectured Frederick Joseph Henderson over a non support charge telling him it could mean life in prison. Henderson fled the courtroom thinking a life sentence and was last seen after patting his wife Odessa goodbye. Deputies considered firing due to his thin frame but missed. The judge later said the sentence would be county jail for several days and the life term was a lecture. Brown has not been seen since.
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Hamilton
Ohio
P. P. Boli
Mahatha
Henderson
Odessa
Brown
Martin
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Rayburn
House
Far East
Cold and Fair Weather Forecast for West Texas
Continued cold temperatures and generally fair skies are forecast for today by the weather bureau. The low last night was 12 degrees, one degree below the previous night, and the afternoon high should reach 43 degrees. Yesterday’s high was 36 degrees with no moisture expected for the West Texas area.
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Weather Bureau
West Texas
Weather Snapshot Figures From Amarillo in 1955 Period
Sun shone in Amarillo for 18 of 22 days in 1955. Report shows 3 p.m. readings with wind and visibility across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Amarillo. Conditions include cloudy partly cloudy and clear with speeds up to 18 mph and visibility around 12 to 15 miles.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Audubon Film Tour Returns To Amarillo High
Dr. Arthur A. Allen of Cornell University presents the second Audubon Screen Tour at 2 30 p m in Amarillo High School Auditorium after a day at Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge recording cranes. The program includes color films tape recordings and a lecture sponsored by the Texas Panhandle chapter.
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Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge
Sand Hill
Arthur A. Allen
Amarillo High School
Allen
Cornell University
Amarillo
The
Texas Panhan
Gunman's Pal Details Role in Armored Robbery Slaying
John W. Stockwell, 26, of Goodwell Oklahoma, signed statement admitting accomplice role in Monday night armed robbery that left Patrolman B W Woods Jr dead. Stockwell waited in a getaway car for Nelson W Warner the gunman who tried to hijack Head s Liquor Store at 419 Pierce Street. Warner, an AWOL airman from Altus Air Force Base, died by suicide about half an hour after Woods was killed. Stockwell and Glenn Hawkins were in a rooming house with Warner at 504 Buchanan and fled on Pierce Street as the shooting unfolded.
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John W. Stockwell
B. W. Woods Jr
Stockwell
Goodwell
Okla
Nelson W. Warner
Head
Pierce
Warner
Altus Air Force Base
Woods
Glenn Hawkins
Buchanan
Pierce Street
That Heel Just Cut His Soul
A 38 year old Toronto housewife struck a taxi driver with her shoe amid a dispute over a jar containing about $60. She received a suspended sentence on an assault charge, and the cabbie was awarded the money to ease his feelings.
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Toronto
Janet Dineen
Eisenhower to ask Congress for Formosa defense line backing
President Eisenhower planned an extraordinary message to Congress to authorize and define a U S defense line in the Formosa area against Communist aggression. White House officials said the plan aims to unify support for keeping Formosa the Pescadores and nearby areas from falling to China, with possible regrouping of forces including evacuation of the Tachen islands if needed.
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Lee Garrett Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Formosa
White House
United States
House
Martin
Mass
U. S
Far East
America
Red China
Tachen Islands
Pescadores
China
The
Philippines
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Chiang
Tachens
Three U S Carriers Sail From Manila Into Taiwan Strait
A trio of 3 000 ton U S aircraft carriers Essex Yorktown and Kearsarge with destroyers left Manila as Admiral Pride led the 7th Fleet flagship from Hong Kong The move signals Formosa defense plans amid nationalist opposition to retreat from Tachens and nearby outposts Officials say it is a routine training operation while Washington weighs a formal defense line around Formosa and its approaches Nationalist officials condemn any withdrawal and warn of further bombing of Yikiangshan by Red forces
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Taipeh
Formosa
U. S
Manila
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Hong Kong
Alfred M. Pride
U.S
Pescadores
Helena
Formosa Strait
O. K. Yui
Tachens
Yikiangshan
Costa Rican Army Plans Victory Parade After Rebel Defeat
President Jose Figueres says Costa Rica's 3,000 man weekend army and volunteers will march in a big victory parade after defeating a 900 man rebel force in an 11 day conflict. Loyalists halted rebels near the Nicaraguan border and claims there is no resistance left. Congress will meet next week to restore civil liberties and lift press censorship.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Figueres
Congress
Youth Stabbed Outside Amarillo Night Club
Bobby Hatfield, 18, son of G. C. Hatfield, was stabbed in the chest during an altercation outside a Dallas highway night club in east Amarillo. Police seek a youth who recently moved from Fort Worth. Hatfield’s companions say ignition parts were removed from the car as a prank before the fight. He is listed in good condition at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Bobby Hatfield
G. C. Hatfield
Bryan
Dallas Highway
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Hatfield
Bobby
St. Anthony’s Hospital
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Double Felony
Bill
Hub M. Cadenhead
Clyde Peardon
22Nd
Scott
Payne
Weather Forecast
U.A Weather Bureau
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Kearsarge
Pearl Harbor
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Herbert Hopwood
Commander In Chief, Pacific
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Panama
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