Quakes Shake Hawaii as Tidal Waves Hit Coast
Two strong earthquakes in the Aleutians and Alaska sent 3 to 9 foot waves to Hawaii, causing evacuations on California shores but few injuries. A Honolulu Star Bulletin reporter Sarah Park died in a Hawaii plane crash while covering the waves, with photographer Jack Matsumoto saved. The Alaska quake struck Fairbanks and the Aleutians recorded magnitudes up to 8.
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Associated Press
Aleutians
Alaska
Hawaiian
Pacific
Hawaii
Nawiliwili Harbor
Kauai Island
Sarah Park
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Jack Matsumoto
Paul O. Beam
Honolulu
Governor calls for statewide crime cleanup and a law enforcement commission
Gov Price Daniel urged immediate statewide cleanup of crime and corruption to restore public confidence. He pressed for a bill creating a 12 member law enforcement commission to investigate charges of wrongdoing, empowered to accept citizen evidence from any state employee, reporting to the governor and Legislature with a two year trial. The bill, led by Reps Cory and Winfree, would be introduced next week and set up for emergency consideration.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Law Enforcement Commission
R. H. Cory
J. E. Winfree
Victoria
Will Wilson
Court of Civil Appeals
KGNC TV Colorcast: Washington Square with Ray Bolger
KGNC TV schedule notes a Washington Square colorcast featuring Ray Bolger at 3 pm. Bolger stars in the program, promising a light stage and screen style broadcast. Local viewers are advised to tune in for the featured entertainer and vibrant performances.
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Kgnc-Tv
Washington Square
Ray Bolger
Navy's Thomas Gates Briefly Stops at Amarillo Base
Undersecretary designate Thomas S. Gates and his party briefly stopped at Amarillo Air Force Base while refueling en route to Pearl Harbor. Gates will become Secretary of the Navy April 1, linking with the Eisenhower administration, and plans talks with Admiral Felix Stump in Hawaii. He noted his Navy service and prior role as a Philadelphia banker.
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Globe
Milton R. Hill
Amarillo
Jeft
Amarillo Air Force Base
Navy
Thomas S. Gates
Secretary of the Navy
Hill
Naval Training Center
Pearl Harbor
Gates
Charles S. Thomas
the Navy
Hawaii
Felix B. Stump
Pacific Fleet
P. L. Kauffman
Anacostia
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Mississippi State College Expels All Students at Alcorn
The all white Mississippi State College board expelled about 585 Alcorn A&M College students after a protest over a professor's writings and dismissed president Dr J R Otis effective immediately. Prof J D Boyd was named to lead the college while Gov J P Coleman said King has not resigned.
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Associated Press
Mississippi State College Board
Louisiana
Communist Party
Florida
John Kasper
Seaboard White Citizens Council
Mississippi College Board
Alcorn
Miss
A&m College
Clennon King
J. R. Otis
J. D. Boyd
Otis
J. P. Coleman
Joe Patterson
King
Coleman
H. G. Carpenter
Woman Blue Over Pink Troubles
A Detroit jury awards Mrs. Shirley Comer 327 for mental anguish after a clothing color mixup. She sought pink for her skirt hat and suede coat, but the coat was brown, the skirt dyed brown, and the dyers failed to return all three items, then sent them to a New York expert who also misplaced them.
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Detroit
Shirley Comer
Buy Vat-Dyed Blue Jeans Colorfast At Your Favorite Store
A brief classified style note promoting vat-dyed blue jeans praised for colorfastness and lasting color. Mentions shopping at a favorite store and advertising emphasis.
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Adv
Missile recovered near Albuquerque after White Sands escape
The Mata dor guided missile that escaped White Sands proving ground February 21 was found in mountainous country about 25 miles west of Albuquerque. State police said the 40 foot long wrecked craft with fins showed no pilot area and was discovered on the Lee 8 Evans Ranch. Air Force crews carted it away for study to determine why it disobeyed commands.
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N.M
Air Force
White Sands Proving Ground
Here
White Sands
Bill Smith
Evans Ranch
Holloman Air Development Center
Johnson to slow work pace as Senate majority leader
Washington March 9 Senator Lyndon Johnson said doctors ordered him to take it easy and relinquish some duties as Senate majority leader. He will report later, leave earlier, and assign more floor work to Mike Mansfield while he visits West Germany in the summer to study postwar development.
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Washington, D.C
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Montana
West Germany
Weather snapshot from Amarillo and peers in 1957
Readings show 58 days of sun in Amarillo for 1957 with 3:30 p.m. Saturday observations. Houston reported clear skies, Dallas light wind and partial cloudiness, Oklahoma City and Amarillo both cloudy or partly cloudy with varying visibility.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
Chty
Public hearing blocks obscene rackets evidence
Washington March 9 The Senate Rackets Investigating Committee said some evidence is too obscene for public hearing. Counsel Robert F. Kennedy said recordings by Portland racketeer James B. Elkins may implicate West Coast Teamsters officials in racketeering. The committee plans to play less obscene tapes and pursue further production from Oregon officials amid links to gambling and prostitution schemes.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
James B
Big Jim) Elkins
Portland
Ore
Elkins
Teamsters
Kennedy
Seattle
Crosby
William, M. Langley
Ray Clark
Langley
Weather and legal notes mix in sparsely readable text
The fragment contains a Panhandle and South Plains weather outlook with partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight, plus New Mexico cloudiness and chances of light showers. It shifts to a Portland legal matter about Ray Clark and a racketeering inquiry, including an FBI lie detector test request for Mayor Schrunk and taped recordings tied to District Attorney Langley.
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FBI
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Secret Service
Schrunk
Cold snap heads for Amarillo area with cool turn
A west air mass will reach eastern New Mexico sunday afternoon and move into the Amarillo region by nightfall. Winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected before and after arrival with little moisture. Temperatures fall slightly sunday night. Partly cloudy skies forecast for Amarillo the panhandle and south plains. New Mexico sees considerable cloudiness with light mountain and western showers. Afternoon high around 72 in Amarillo.
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South Plains
New Mexico
RTA
San Vege
Seeeseeses
M. Sossecess
Socceeens
Cessceees
Wa.m
M. Cosceeees
Svecverne
Amarillo
Oilmen warn short-term pinch in liberal oil area
Seven top oil producers met merchants and chamber officials in Liberal Kansas to brief on a looming crude oil market crisis. Shamrock Oil and Gas of Amarillo said it could not take Southwest Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle crude via Sunray, risking local layoffs and economic disruption.
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s-Globe
Liberal
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Shamrock Oil & Gas of
Amarillo
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Sunray
Greendyke Petroleum Co
Shamrock
Turpin
Okla
Groendyke
Arapaho
Ellinwood
Mhose
Lips Petroleum Company
Springfield
Cole
Hugoton Field
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