Eisenhower vetoes farm bill as Congress plans Easter overture
President Eisenhower rejects a bill to freeze crop price supports and urges a thaw in the farm program. Democrats plan to push the issue before an April 3 14 Easter recess and seek an override. He deems the bill ill advised and emphasizes forward looking action for a balanced, prosperous agriculture.
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R - SD
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Voters Go To Polls Across 25 High Plains Towns
Area voters head to the polls today for city elections in 25 towns with contests in Bovina Shamrock Hereford Perryton Liberal and others. Bond issues home rule charters and library expansions are on the ballots amid several uncontested races.
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Perryton
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Olton
McLean
Turkey
Claude
Kress
Lockney
Panhandle
Dumas
Amarillo Weather Forecast Misses Rain Threat
Weather outlook for Amarillo and vicinity calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions Tuesday morning, followed by cooler afternoon winds 20 to 25 mph and a high near 70. South Plains area expected to stay mild with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and cooler late Tuesday.
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Senator McNamara resigns from Rackets Committee
In Washington, Senator McNamara of Michigan quit the Senate Rackets Committee saying he would not waste more time on the panel. The panel probes violence tied to the 1955 United Auto Workers strike at Perfect Circle Corp in New Castle Indiana.
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Sen
McNamara
D-Mich
Senate
William B. Prosser
Perfect Circle
New Castle
Ind
Associated Press
Pat McNamara
Michigan
Conservatives Sweep Canada In Historic Victory
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the Conservatives won a landslide federal election, taking as many as 200 seats in the 265-seat House of Commons. Diefenbaker carried Prince Albert, Sask., and cabinet ministers were reelected. The Liberals and Socialist CCCF trailed.
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Cana
House of Commons
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Socialist Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Diefenbaker
Prince Albert, Sask
Ernie Unruh
Thor Wiggens
Weekend Mail. Ample letters spark city zest and plans
Contagious town chatter. Belva Matthews suggests alumni surveys for 1957 graduates to diagnose high school training gaps. Ben Phillips praises Amarillo’s generosity after opera guests. bluebonnet season inquiry and suggested routes. Borger’s Jack Allens plan Europe trip. Easter egg hunts expand across the Golden Spread with Edward Abraham promising 4000+ eggs at City Park. Frank Helvey reports spring in Corpus Christi. A Texas Oil Millionaire shows a solid gold Cadillac. A reader quotes a downtown sign about flattery and progress. WES IZZARD
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Don Harrington
Rip Underwood
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Abraham
Panhandle
Frank Helvey
Corpus Christi
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Texas Oil Millionaire
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Sud-Aviation Jet Sets Climbing Record At Istres Base
Sud-Aviation claimed its Trident II rock et assisted jet plane reached 15,000 meters in two minutes 50 seconds from a standing takeoff at Istres in southern France. The test marks a world speed climbing record for the experimental aircraft.
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Eddie Fisher Show at KGNC TV Colorcast Tonight
Eddie Fisher headlines the KGNC TV Colorcast with a 7 p.m. show after a 2 p.m. matinee at Matinee Theater. Two performances scheduled with local air time details.
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Bandits Rob Earl's Cafe Steal $230 In Midnight Hold Up
Two masked men entered Earl's Cafe at 1605 N Fillmore and robbed owner Troy Neal of about $230. One stood outside while the other seized cash from Neal and the till, then fled on foot toward North Polk past KGNC-TV studios. Neal described the suspects as brown leather jackets with caps.
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Addition Proposed to Amarillo Golf Course
Miles announced at the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association meeting at Ross Rogers Course that the city owned layout, already an 18 hole facility opened in 1940 with grass greens, may add nine new holes possibly playable by late summer 1959.
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Amarillo
Two Idaho Falls men charged in dynamite plot to kill mother
Police accuse Monte Moore and Charles Feely Jr of planting dynamite to claim a life insurance payout. Investigators say six more blasts were set to fake an accident. The woman, Roene Gasser, survived. Moore’s brother Dennis faces arson charges. Both suspects held on $25,000 bonds.
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Idaho
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Charles F. Feely Jr
Idaho Falls
Pike
Moore
Feely
Atty
Edward W. Pike
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Weather summary for Amarillo and major cities in 1958
Weather data for 3 p.m. readings across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City Amarillo. Notes indicate sunshine days total 77 for Amarillo in 1958 with visibility and cloud cover details. Conditions include fair weather in Dallas and cloudy to partly cloudy in Amarillo and Oklahoma City.
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Three Are Charged in Groom Cafe Robbery
In Groom North Texas two men and a 17 year old girl were charged with robbery with firearms after the Longhorn Cafe holdup at 5 25 this morning. They were arrested in a Dumas cafe while eating breakfast about 8 o clock and money was recovered largely from their own pockets.
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Rush for 1958 car license tags floods Potter County line
Hundreds waited in a long line at the Potter County tax office on Monday as 1958 auto license tags went on sale. Hubert Cole, the tax assessor collector, planned to assign numbers to those still waiting at closing and allow return visits. He noted 45 000 to 50 000 vehicles registered that day and projected 60 000 to 70 000 by completion, citing closures of 10 substations and a $950 budget cut as factors.
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