National Emblem Debate Moves Through Capitol Hill
Senate caucus room hosts a flower debate to pick a national emblem with four senators and public speakers backing roses corn tassels marigolds carnations and more lobbyists push for their flowers David Burpee backs marigold and Mrs Margo Cairns promotes corn tassel while a wreath of all state flowers is proposed to resolve state diversity.
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Butler Keeps His Ears Open in Tax Plea
Detroit butler George Alfred Smith, 71, settled with the U S government pleading no contest to income tax charges for 1952. He paid back taxes and penalties of 16 469 then received a 36 500 fine. He claimed stock gains may total around 400 000 over a decade from purchases pitched by AT T salesmen in 1924.
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Wesson Leyburn
Britain
United States
At&t
Fatal Collisions Leave Four Dead in Panhandle Area
Four people died and 12 were injured in five traffic crashes across Amarillo and the Panhandle Saturday. Dumas residents Irving Deck, Leon Boydston and Marvin Turner perished after a two car crash on FM 2203 near Dumas. Elonzo Earl Wilson died when his car overturned on the Lefors highway near Pampa. Deck, Boydston, and Turner were oil field workers returning to Dumas. two teen passengers in the other car remained hospitalized in Moore County Memorial Hospital, while two others were treated and released. The Dumas victims’ bodies were to be handled by Kirk Funeral Home with services set in Allison.
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Kellerville
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Turner
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Johnny Willingham
Ernest Stephens
Delbert Morris
Richard Beal
Bill Cartwright
Stephens
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Allison
Herter Signals West Readiness for Berlin Talks
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter returned from Paris and told President Eisenhower that Western powers are ready to open negotiations with the Soviet Union to end the Berlin crisis and begin German unification. He cited successful talks with British French and West German ministers and urged the Soviets to show genuine intent at the Geneva Big Four summit.
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Texas League Scores and American and National League Results
Amarillo at San Antonio tied due to being postponed. Iain Tulsa at Corpus Christi and Austin at Victoria had late play. Cleveland beat New York 5 to 2. Baltimore 3, Kansas City 1, Boston 5, Chicago 4, Washington 15, Detroit 3. San Francisco 8, Milwaukee 6. Chicago 4, Philadelphia 3. Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1. Cincinnati 16, Los Angeles 4.
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Lubell to publish eight editorials on national opinion
Starting tomorrow the Globe-Times editorial page will run eight essays by Samuel Lubell, public opinion analyst. He discusses findings from a broad survey on steel wage demands and consumer unease about the economic upturn.
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Globe-Times
Samuel Lubell
Flooding Strikes Palestine East Texas After Cloudburst
A cloudburst drenched the Palestine area with 6.30 inches in about two hours flooding streets and areas near the business district. Water rose 10 feet in low sections while five blocks of stores flooded and highways 69 and 84 were blocked. A reported drowning of a Negro woman was not immediately confirmed as deputies searched five miles south of Palestine.
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Texas House Eyes Fast Track for Teacher Certificates
The Texas House may debate a measure to boost high school teacher numbers by issuing temporary certificates to graduates with bachelor degrees, eliminating required education courses. Opponents from the Texas State Teachers Assn warn it lowers standards and could turn Texas into a dumping ground for castoff teachers from other states.
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E. N. Jones
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House
Texas
Robert Bowers
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Weather Data Snapshot for Amarillo 1959
Amarillo records show 4107 days of sun out of 122 in 1959. Composite readings at 3 p m indicate wind from the southwest at 25 mph with visibility 15 miles and fair to partly cloudy skies. Houston and Oklahoma City reports show varied conditions with clouds and light rain.
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Dean Martin Show and Chevy Show Colorcast Schedule
KGNC television listings announce Dean Martin Show at 7 p.m. followed by the Chevy Show in the evening lineup.
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Dean Martin
Chevy Show
Rainfall totals sweep Texas with heavy downpours
Del Rio reported 3.02 inches and Sterling City 1.70 inches as thunderstorms and showers pounded Texas Saturday. The weather covered the general area with most heavy rain occurring between midnight and 6 a.m., from Rusk to Kilgore and Palestine, amid widespread thundershowers.
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Texas
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Sterling City
Steakhouse Injunction Names Heath Furniture and Pullman
Wayne Bagley states Heath Furniture Co and W B Pullman were named in an injunction action as property holders with liens on the Amarillo steakhouse on Pullman Road. The suit seeks to restrain operations alleging gambling use, naming Lester L Davis and W H Wellman as defendants.
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W. B. Pullman
Wayne Bagley
Bagley
Pullman
Amarillo
Pullman Road
Lester L. Davis
W. H. Wellman
Castro Seeks U S Aid for Latin America
Fidel Castro urged the United States to provide 30 billion dollars over ten years to stabilize Latin America and thwart potential social upheavals. He spoke to the Committee of the 21 in Buenos Aires calling for a Marshall Plan style program and warned that constitutional governments could fall to armed minorities without U S backing. The U S delegation gave no immediate reply and may not revisit the proposal.
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America
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Texan Tops Cotton List Among Storing Firms
A Texan, Arch Underwood of Lubbock, heads the list of owners of 18 government cotton storage firms. In 1958 his firms received 4,354,996 dollars in surplus storage payments, though the top recipient was Federal Compress and Warehouse Co. of Memphis with 4,447,039 dollars. The payments cover storage costs, not profits, with about 43 cents per bale monthly alleged as the average cost. Other Underwood entities include Panhandle Compress & Warehouse Co. and Union Compress & Warehouse Co. among several others with varying sums.
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Arch Underwood
Lubbock
Sen
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Underwood
Federal Compress and Warehouse Co
Memphis, Tenn
Williams
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