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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1962
Page
1
A reader notes the same labor relief patterns across states. Employers report seasonal labor gaps, with workers drawing unemployment during off months while staying employed in peak season. The piece cites New York figures with a $52 weekly benefit and praises Texas for better relief control.
John H. White notes many words from the old McGuffey Eclectic Spelling Book that are rarely used today, especially by youth. He lists a sample of terms like bane, gruel, rectitude, enui, cohere, coalesce, monad, and more, arguing Americans’ vocabularies are shrinking.
A National Review writer questions Supreme Court rulings on school prayer and mail pornography, arguing the signals undermine morality. The piece humorously cites a billion dollars in gold weighing 392 tons and notes the national debt would weigh 267,855 tons in gold, contrasted with the idea that talkative speakers may imply others think more.
A gunwielding pipefitter wounded his attorney and held five to eight people hostage in an Arizona Industrial Commission office for 12 hours to press his disability compensation claim. The ordeal ended at 8:30 p.m. when detectives posing as reporters cuffed Charles E. Milligan, age 50. He released most hostages except D. J. Morgan Jr.
Newsmen detectives Earl Moore and Don Rodriguez restrained Milligan during a tense room siege at the Peipington commission. Milligan fired into the floor as Chief Thomas noted a lunge by Rodriguez and Swann burst through a ceiling panel. A departing employee, C Blaine Dunford of Mesa, was among those involved.
Eyewitnesses report U S Army helicopters crossing into East Berlin amid Soviet threats. A U S spokesman said one flight Thursday was not a repeat of Monday, but witnesses placed multiple crossings near Potsdamer Platz and the Soviet Embassy while West Berliners cheered the aircraft as Western deterrent.
The panel urges changes in bail bonds mortgaged property and hot checks in a report to Dist Judge FE E Jordan. It also calls for renewed focus on ethics morals and spiritual standards amid nationwide Estes investigations.
Potter County grand jury wrapped up a three month probe into possible state anti-trust violations by Billie Sol Estes and associates. Three men were indicted though their names remain sealed until arrest. one from Amarillo, one from Pecos, and one from New York City.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday with scattered thundershowers in Amarillo and Northwest Texas. Highs near 89 to 95. Also reports of indictments in Potter County include a Amarillo man charged with theft over 50 and four counts for Pecos and New York men tied to price fixing of anhydrous ammonia. Arraignment planned for this morning. bond set at 10 000 for each of the three men. Sheriff plans extradition and prisoner transfer to Amarillo by Friday noon.
A. D. Kasch and Sons of Big Spring submitted the low bid for three new buildings at West Texas State College, including a men's dorm, a women's dorm, and a dining hall totaling 2 016 380 dollars. The project will be funded by revenue bonds, not state taxes, with construction pending Aug. 28 Board of Regents approval in Alpine.
Cpl. Raymond B. Harreld 31 of East Providence Rhode Island, a noncommissioned officer in a U S Army missile battalion in Germany, defected to Czechoslovakia with a German woman and asked for political asylum citing racial discrimination in the West. The woman Margita Scholottag, a former U S Army employee, also sought permanent residence.
John Harvey Everett six year old son of Dr Marcus J Everett of Peoria died after being pulled from a pool at the Holiday Inn Motel in Amarillo. He was treated at St Anthony's Hospital but never recovered. The family was vacationing to Disneyland with four other sons and his local relatives are listed.
The article outlines three new buildings north east of the campus with completion expected before September 1963. A dining hall between the residence halls will serve about 1,500 students daily via portable serving lines and carts, with transfer to a central kitchen and reuse by the current Union cafeteria.
In Crossroads Report a letter warns of a chemical that can tenderize beef when injected into cattle. The writer fears careless use could trigger national economic disruption and affect Internal Revenue Service workers who might consume the meat.
Barricades on the U.S. 287 detour have been removed and replaced by an expressway sign pointing south toward the Amarillo dispersal system. This project adds another link to the Capyon Expressway network.
A district judge ruled that the 2 percent sales tax applies only to sales of 25 cents or more. Judge Herman Jones said the state cannot collect tax on total receipts from smaller purchases. He warned the ruling could greatly reduce state revenue and affect the deficit.
Fragmented postal era clipping notes sunny spells in Amarillo over a five day span within a 214 day period in 1962. The garbled text mentions locations and tracking terms, hinting at a weather or travel table.
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