Will Rogers Echoes in Oklahoman's Campaign Call
The piece recalls Will Rogers who died in 1935 and notes the nation lacks a Rogersian voice amid a tense 1960s style campaign. It cites Donald Day compiling Rogers’s political quotes from his books and columns, highlighting his sharp, nonmalicious wit about both parties. It ends longing for another Will Rogers in public discourse.
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Will Rogers
Point Barrow
Alaska
Donald Day
Beth Day
My Dad's Best Crop Was Music
In thisSatiric column Lewis Nordyke’s final feature is praised for lifting spirits amid floods and boll weevils. The note also mentions T. A. Cox Jr. resigning from a Amarillo Daily News route after 2 years 7 months to attend school. The piece touches on Flat Earth Society beliefs and catalogues Moscow private numbers.
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Lewis Nordyke
Saturday Evening Post
Texas
the Post
Lewis
T. A. Cox Jr
Daily News
Amarillo
Jim Bidwell
Rare Steaks to Last Roundup
Thousands of pounds of beef steaks move from Miami and Canada on a three day trip to northern Colorado feed pens. 5 619 head of cattle shipped by Carter Trucking and Tucker move to Augustine Livestock offices in Amarillo and Lamar Colorado.
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O’laughlin
Miami
Jimmy Anderson
Andy Anderson
Amarillo
Wallace Locke
Miles O’laughlin
Canadian
Colorado
Texas
Carter Trucking Co
Tucker Trucking
Lamar
Colo
Augustine Livestock and Commission Co
Divorce blockade in Canada broken by parliament
Eric Geiger reports on The Daily News how a parliamentary blockade on divorce in Canada was broken. The piece appears on page 22 and outlines the political shift and its implications.
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Canada
The
Daily News
Eric Geiger
Gov. Edmondson
Oklahoma
Phil Dessauer
Amarillo College names A B Martin as new president
A. B. Martin, 47, with 16 years in education, will succeed Dr. Joseph M. Ray as Amarillo College president. He has served nine years as vice president at Florida State University in Tallahassee. The selection was announced by L. O'Brien Thompson, head of a nine member regents committee. Dr. Ray will become president of Texas Western College in El Paso on August 15.
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A. B. Martin
Joseph M. Ray
Amarillo College
Florida State University
Tallahasee
Dr. Martin
L. O’brien Thompson
Special
el Paso
Texas Western College
Laos Coup Seizes Vientiane Overthrows Government
An army group in Laos captured Vientiane and demanded foreign troops leave while declaring a neutral foreign policy. Premier Samsonith’s government in Luang Prabang faced uncertainty as rebels controlled the capital. casualties were reported among top military leaders. The revolutionaries said Laos would seek friendly relations and economic aid from all nations.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Tiao Samsonith
United States
City OKs Contract For Water System
Amarillo approves a 71 967 contract to install 12 miles of water mains in the Pleasant Valley River Road area, annexed in March. Foran Construction Co. will finish in about 120 days, providing water to nearly every home within 1000 feet of a fireplug before tax rolls begin January 1.
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Pleasant Valley River Road
Amarillo
Foran Construction Co
Pleasant Valley-River Road
Tot Revived By First Aid
A four year old boy named Bobby was revived after being found unconscious in ten feet of water at a Plainview pool. Father Bill Cody pulled him free, performed mouth to mouth respiration, and city firemen supplied a resuscitator. The ambulance rushed him to Plainview Hospital for observation. he later opened his eyes and spoke to his father.
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Plainview
Bill Cody
Bobby
Plainview Hospital
Havana Archbishop Threatens to Close Churches
Archbishop Evelio Diaz warned he would shutter all Roman Catholic churches in Cuba if freedom of worship is not guaranteed. The threat followed government resistance and street violence linked to church charges of a Communist trend. Two priests were briefly arrested, then freed after Diaz intervened. The episode coincided with nationalization moves affecting U S mining stakes in Cuba.
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Havana
UPI
Evelio Diaz
Cuba
Luis Buch
Osvaldo Dorticos
Dorticos
Diaz
Fidel Castro
Weather outlook for Amarillo area this week
Partly cloudy through Thursday with a chance of widely scattered thunderstorms. Merging low 63. Northwest Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers today becoming more numerous Thursday. Highs around mid 60s to low 70s. Yesterday’s temps showed 7a and noon readings. details incomplete.
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Amarillo
Texas
Defense budget forecast and funds freeze
The administration forecast peacetime military spending of at least 411% billion dollars for the year with a temporary freeze on 621 million dollars of defense appropriations. Pentagon officials outlined costs tied to new preparedness actions stressed by President Eisenhower, noting expenses to raise readiness of strategic forces.
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Washington
Congress
Defense
Defense Department
Pres. Eisenhower
Pentagon
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Political parties nominate ex Navy men for president
Wellington columnist notes both parties pick ex Navy men for president this year. The pond sailor neighbor says the move shows agility and warns a landlubber candidate could lose the motor boat vote amid the dam rash debate.
Demos Beat Rights Bill Blast Dirksen
Senate Democrats killed a Republican civil rights bill 54 28 by tabling the measure. The move halted the bid led by Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois, and tilted the post convention session away from civil rights action while Democratic nominee John F Kennedy faced questions over welfare legislation.
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Demos
Blast Dirksen
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
GOP
Tion
John F. Kennedy
Baseball Scores From Texas and National Leagues
Amarillo edged Mexico City Reds 9 to 8 while Poza Rica beat Tulsa 7 to 4 and San Antonio triumphed over Puebla 12 to 10. Austin faces Mexico City Tigers with rain interrupting play. Victoria defeated Monterrey 10 to 2 and Rio Grande Valley 8 Veracruz 2. In the National League San Francisco at Cincinnati was rained out, Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 1, St Louis 5 6 Philadelphia 4 0. Los Angeles 3 Milwaukee. American League New York 7 Chicago 4 in 8 innings, rain. Washington 3 3 Kansas City 1 8. Baltimore 3 Detroit 0. Cleveland 6 Boston 3.
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Amarillo
Mexico City Reds
Poza Rica
Tulsa
San Antonio
Puebla
Austin
Mexico City Tigers
Victoria
Monterrey
Rio Grande Valley
Veracruz
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittshurst
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
New York
Washington
Kansas City
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Dag Hammarskjold postpones Congo return for talks with Belgium
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold canceled his flight back to the Congo and held urgent talks with Belgium's Foreign Minister Pierre Vigny. A Security Council resolution empowered withdrawal of 7,900 Belgian troops from Katanga and their replacement by UN forces. Katanga demanded no communists and no domestic political interference, while Congo's Patrice Lumumba declared a state of emergency and warned of using his army. Belgium pledged withdrawal only for safety of 20,000 Belgians.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Belgium
Pierre Vigny
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Katanga
U. N
Leopoldville
Central
Patrice Lumumba
Brussels
Wigny
Council
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Europe
Jack Garner
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Paar
Bob Hope
David Brinkley
England
International
Flat Earth Society
Samuel Shenton
TIFES
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Gene Shelton
New Mexico
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
Astro-Guide
STE
John Crosby
Sylvia Porter
By Jim Clark
Dr. Mar
B. Martin
Col. Sounthone Pathammavong
U.S
Thailand
Cambodia
Associated Press
City Oks
Nicaro
Freeport
Crossroads Report
D. E. Scott
Wellington
Day
Baron van den Bosch
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