Johnson's Hyannis Port trip signals strong Senate role
After a 4621 mile three day swing with vice presidential hopeful Lyndon B. Johnson the trip shows he remains a powerful Senate figure. Johnson travels with 40 Texas reporters aboard a turbojet to Hyannis Port for campaign talks with Jack Kennedy and to plan the subsequent congressional session.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
United States
Iowa
Johnson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Jack Kennedy
Texas
Crossroads Report on U S Cuba Policy Debate
A writer argues Washington plans further aid to Cuba as the cure-all prescription. the note critiques recurring financial measures as a response to the Cuban crisis.
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Washington
Randall County to seek two bond proposals for South Loop
Randall County Commissioners plan a bond election with two propositions totaling 350000 to finance a railway overpass on Washington Street and to purchase right of way for the proposed South Loop around Amarillo. State cost sharing and local estimates set the total at 381175 for right of way, with the overpass ROW fully county funded.
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Washington Street
Amarillo
South Loop
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Department
Wayland Angel
Randall County
Weather Snapshot for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
AMARILLO AND VICINITY offers general fair skies with little temperature change through Wednesday. Today 65 to 95 degrees with mostly clear conditions. NORTHWEST TEXAS stays hot and clear with highs 90 to 100 and isolated storms. FAIR NEW MEXICO sees afternoon clouds and scattered mountains showers, highs 85 to 95.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Avisse
Prinses
City Schools Open Sept 1 in Amarillo Calendar
Amarillo public schools plan 1960 61 year start on Sept 1 for student registration at 44 schools with high school registration Sept 2. New teachers report Aug 29, with orientation Aug 30. Classes begin Sept 6 after Labor Day. Second semester starts Jan 24. Holidays include Sept 19 Tri State Fair Nov 24 25 Thanksgiving and Dec 21 Jan 2. Total 177 instructional days and 188 teaching days.
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Amarillo Public School
Bob Ashworth
U S Denounces Soviet Disarmament Summit Plan
The United States denounces the Soviet proposal for a U N disarmament summit as a cynical maneuver. Henry Cabot Lodge, U N ambassador, criticized Moscow after the White House briefing and a Nixon-Lodge news conference. Morozov and Padilla Nervo commented on the proposal and meeting plans. The dispute centers on convening the General Assembly on September 20 and the Disarmament Commission session.
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R.I
United States
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Eisenhower
U.N. Disarmament Commission
National League Lodge
Terward
Nixon
Lodge
Platon D. Morozov
Moscow
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Disarmament Commission
Padilla Nervo
Commission
Geneva
Texas League Game: San Antonio Beats Austin 7 to 4
San Antonio 7 defeated Austin 4 in a scheduled Texas League baseball game. In the American League, New York edged Detroit 3 to 2, Baltimore beat Chicago 2 to 1, Cleveland defeated Washington 3 to 6, and Kansas City triumphed over Boston 10 to 8 in 10 innings.
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Austin
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Detroit
Baltimore
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Kansas City
Boston
Justice of the Peace in New Mexico faces questioning on speeding fine delay
Santa Fe special correspondent Will Harrison reports that a New Mexico justice of the peace was asked why an Oklahoma lawyer and his ill wife had to wait to pay a speeding fine. The Daily News notes a second murder story on page 20.
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Justice OF the Peace
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
The
Daily News
Missing National Security Agency workers vanish
Two National Security Agency employees Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin were listed as missing in Washington. The FBI said no federal law violation occurred and the Pentagon asked agencies to watch for the men who booked plane passage to Mexico City on June 24. Indications show they checked hotels in Mexico.
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Washington
National Security Agency
FBI
Pentagon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Mexico City
Defense Department
Fidel Castro Abandons Peak Duties For Rest Orders
Havana AP report says Fidel Castro steps back from leadership duties on doctors orders for complete physical and mental rest. Maj Raul Castro expected to assume duties during convalescence as public concern grows over Castro's health and possible long absence from public life.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Maj
Raul Castro
Moscow
Prague
Raul
Fidel
Castro
Raul Trillo
Revolucion
Trillo
Washington
Congo Premier Demands Immediate UN Troops for Katanga
Premier Patrice Lumumba of the Congo urged the United Nations to send troops immediately to Katanga after an 80 minute meeting with UN official Andrew Cordier. Lumumba noted the UN force in the Congo numbered 11,555 and warned Tshombe’s secessionist government could resist.
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United Nations, N.Y
Patrice Lumumba
The
Congo
United Nations
Katanga
Andrew W. Cordier
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Death at 300 mph on the salt flats
Athol Graham a 36 year old Salt Lake City mechanic seeking the world speed record was killed when his homemade 300 mph racer the City of Salt Lake crashed on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The left front wheel sheared from the hub sending the 3000 horsepower car tumbling 4000 feet and flipping upside down before stopping.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Salt Lake City
Athol Graham
Utah Sait Flats
Graham
Salt Lake
Soviet proposal seeks universal disarmament conference
AP analysis notes Khrushchev's tactic to catch the United States off balance during an election with a proposed 82 nation U.N. conference on disarmament. Moscow aims to pressure Western allies, exclude Peiping, and portray long term world dominance as core Communist goals.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Red Chinese
Peiping
U.N
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