Northeast Amarillo's resilience shines through 24th Avenue growth
Northeast Amarillo has endured closures and job cuts from Bell Helicopter to the Texaco refinery, yet redevelopment thrives. New expansions at Amarillo National Bank and Pride Home Center anchor Trades Fair Shopping Center while locally owned eateries and chains rise near 24th and Grand. The story recalls past prosperity from Trades Fair to the Air Force Base phaseout and the airport expansion that followed.
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Amarillo
Bell Helicopter
Texaco
24Th ‘Avenue
Northeast. 24Th
Grand Street
Amarillo National Bank
Homeland Store
Pride Home Center & Rental
Trades Fair
Interstate 40
Ani Dastidar
Amarilo
J. Ernest Stroud
Stroud
Farr's Inc
W.T. Grant Co
Defense Department
Amarillo Air Force Base
Amarillo International
Clinton backs tobacco bill in push to save children
President Clinton urged Congress to pass McCain sponsored tobacco legislation arguing it will save one million children's lives. He criticized delays and said the Senate should vote this week. Senator Helms countered that parental choice should prevail and called the bill a hidden tax.
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Washington
Clinton
Congress
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
CNN
Evans
Novak
John McCain
R-Ariz
Senate
McCain
Food and Drug Administration
Quitaque Mourns Pigg After Fatal Shooting in Town
Roye Pigg, 48, a prominent Quitaque leader and president of the Chamber of Commerce, was shot dead between 2 and 4 am at retiree Johnny Garner’s home. Garner, charged with murder, is jailed on $500000 bond after a .22 rifle was found on the scene. The town, famed for National Trails Day and The Sportsman restaurant, reopened on Friday as residents mourned.
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Quitaque
Sportsman
Texas
Roye Pigg
Briscoe County
Max
Whitworth
Pigg
Garner
Kelly Payne
UN seeks halt to nuclear tests by India and Pakistan
The UN Security Council unanimously demands India and Pakistan stop further nuclear tests, halt weapons programs, and sign nuclear control pacts unconditionally. India denounces the resolution as intrusive while Pakistan’s ambassador accuses major powers of wielding treaties to maintain arsenals. Both nations have fought three wars since 1947, two over Kashmir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Security Council
India
Pakistan
U.N
Ahmad Kamal
Kashmir
Pietzsch honored as Pearl Harbor hero in Amarillo display
Pietzsch, an Amarillo native and boxing hopeful, was the first Texas casualty reported from Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Niece Jo Anderson plans a 2:30 PM Tuesday presentation at Amarillo Central Library to donate memorabilia, including a portrait and a Purple Heart, with local officials and Bob Balliett arranging the event and sharing memories of Pietzsch’s life and service.
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Army Air Corps
Jay E. Pietzsch
Balliett
Anderson
Amarillo
Plemons
Hutchinson County
Pietzsch
Dallas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texas
Coke Stevenson
The
Disabled American Veterans
Pearl Harbor
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Northeast 24Th
Grand
Hickman Air Field
Honolulu
Hawaii
Ned Harvey Ratliff Jr
Basil Walker Jr
Bob Balliett
Burk Whittenburg
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Vultee
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