Thurmond Reveals Soviet Anti-Missile Defense in Closed Senate Session
Senate locked behind doors as Strom Thurmond exposes secret intelligence claiming Russia has developed and deployed an anti missile defense system. He urges rapid production of a U S counter system to safeguard the nation. Reporters were barred from the chamber during the briefing.
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Washington
Senate
Strom Thurmond
S.C
United States
Thurmond
Russia
Salt Hole Dike To Plug Estelline Salt Spring
Engineers expect a June test to seal a six foot dike around the Estelline salt spring known as the salt hole. The spring dumps about 450 tons of salt daily into the Red River basin, with much flowing 200 miles to Lake Texoma. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks to stop the flow. Located a mile east of Estelline on the salt flats in the basin.
Salt Hole project at Prairie Dog Town faces delays
Wellington residents followed spring debate as Eddie Parks of the Corps notes salt hole raise plan. The dike project, by J D Metcalfe Construction of Tulsa, began late February with 15 workers seven days a week. If the aquifer dam raises water to four feet, spring flow should stop, cutting 2 500 gallons per minute of 18 percent salt.
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Parks
J. D. Metcalfe Construction Company
Tulsa
Lake Texoma
Thurmond Holds Closed Session Over Nike Zeus Funding Clash
Senate heatedly debates a 196 million Nike Zeus anti-missile fund pushed by Thurmond in opposition to Sen. Russell who seeks to strike it from a 15 billion defense bill. Locked chamber doors and a sealed record mark the high tension as the Nike-X system looms.
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Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thurmond
Senate
Russell
Thresher Submarine Lost with 129 Men
Navy Secretary Fred Korth announced the Thresher and all 129 aboard are dead. A Seawolf detection of hull sounds near the last reported position failed to locate survivors, while a search plane monitored the area over the Atlantic coast.
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Navy Bathyscaph Trieste
San Diego
Atlantic
Thresher
Washington
Navy
Fred Korth
Korth
Seawolf
Associated Press
Bem Price
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Bureau of Ships
New London
Adm
Lawson Ramage
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1963
Amarillo shows sun across 8 of 10 days in 1963. Comparative readings for 3 PM Thursday list wind speeds from 4 to 8 mph, visibility around 6 to 10 miles, and variable sky conditions. Cities included Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Clay.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Fire Marshal Links Juvenile Vandalism to Carver High Blaze
Juvenile vandalism is blamed for a fire that gutted most of a Carver High School wing in Amarillo. Damage may exceed 100000 dollars with heavily scorched rooms and tar like residue from smoke. The loss is insured. investigation continues as portable classrooms are prepared and the district closes for the holiday.
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Carver High School
Bob Roseberry
Amarillo
Roseberry
Bob Ash Worth
Amarillo Independent School
Rosa A. Devereaux
16Th
Ashworth
Thresher Sinking Declared Unsalvageable by Navy
Rear Admiral Korth stated that any possible signals Heard were likely from search units over the horizon and not from survivors aboard the Thresher. He cited depths over 8000 feet where no hull could withstand pressure and ordered continued naval recovery actions while confirming no survivors.
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Seawolf
Murray Says Investigation Is To Blame
William Murray Jr resigned as railroad commissioner suggesting the East Texas slant-hole drilling probe and a West Texas oil deal are connected. He said pressure to drop the investigation existed while he welcomed a grand jury probe and hinted for his replacement may be studied.
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Murray
Austin
Ktbc-Tv
East
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Carr
Travis
Kennedy warns steel industry against broad price hikes
President Kennedy said he would oppose any general across the board steel price increase while allowing selective markup on some products. The stance followed Wheeling Steel Corp raising prices and may influence wage talks with United Steelworkers. If major producers accept the new rules, a renewed government industry clash could be averted. Sources noted no immediate comment from U S Steel or the union.
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Washington
Kennedy
Wheeling Steel Corp
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel Corp
Palm Beach
Fla
West Virginia
White House
Weather summary for Amarillo and nearby regions today
Partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday with highs around 70 in Amarillo and 70 to 85 across Northwest Texas and the South Plains. Northern New Mexico sees a warming trend to around 65 to 80 with variable readings as the day progresses. Sunrise is 6 19 AM and sunset around 7 10 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
Punhonde
South Plains
New Mexico
Postponed Trial For Two Resort Owners In Nenana
In Nenana Alaska two lodge owners accused of allowing gambling had their trial postponed as residents busy compiling the annual Tanana River ice breakup pool. The proceedings will be rescheduled after the ice breaks up and the building is ready for the courtroom.
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Nenana
Alaska
Tanana
Titanic Survivor Remembers Lifeboat Light on Atlantic
Ashland Ohio man Frank Goldsmith recalls the lifeboat ordeal after the Titanic sank. He traveled with parents as immigrants, noting a glimmer of hope from a distant light and improvised torches as 1,489 perished at sea.
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Atlantic
Ashland
Ohio
Frank Goldsmith
United States
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Jim Argo
Panhandle Press Association
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Hale Center American
J. M. Gillentine
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Monday Times
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The
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Facalis
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