Schools urged to boost youth fitness through home and school programs
Coach Bud Wilkinson warns American children are weaker than peers abroad due to fewer physical tasks at home and in schools. He cites a proposed 10 to 17 year old fitness standard and urges schools to adopt expert guidelines, while stressing home activity and walking to school as essential starts.
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Bud Wilkinson
Kennedy
Wilkinson
President’s Council On Youth Fitness
Junior
Federal judgeships and local developments in Texas
The Dallas and Abilene firms are favored for two Northern District of Texas seats with Henry Wade and Bryan Bradberry named. In the South, Darwin Settle and Cooper K. Ragan are eyed for U S district judgeships. Connelly of Houston moves toward the Court of Appeals in New Orleans. A shelter boom travels Amarillo as reporters chase a feature. Clayton detours and a distinctive stucco house in Dalhart draws attention as business improves.
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Texas
Henry Wade
Dallas
Bryan Bradberry
Abilene
Allen Duckworth
Dallas News
Kennedy
Darwin Settle
Uvalde
Cooper K. Ragan
Houston
U. S
Ben Connally
U. S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Soviet Beating of Berlin Line Forms Suggests Five Law Changes
The UPI report notes a Potter Randall County vice probe cited by the House general investigating committee. It recommends the legislature enact five major changes to state law based on the findings from the probe.
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Vice
Randall County
Roy Stevens
Sheriff's Department
House
Murray
Lloyd C. Martin
Normangee
Charles Ballman
Borger
John Allen
Longview
Hall County Hospital Action Seen After Closed Session
Hall County commissioners moved toward concrete steps on a proposed 500000 dollar county hospital after an executive session. Attorney Paul Spillman urged Memphis to consider operating the facility once built, with site selection and Hill Burton funds approval required before negotiations.
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Memphis
Hall County
Paul Spillman
Wellington
Haskel Howell
Spillman
Howell
Federal Hill-Burton
Soviet Troop Moves Rally Border of West Berlin
Western officials report Soviet troops moved up to the West Berlin border with East Germany as East Berlin tightens controls A ban on West Berliners driving into East Berlin without special permits is announced while Western Allied vehicles may still enter East Berlin.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
West Berlin
East Germany
West
East Berlin
Man Quizzed in Slaying of 2 Girls
Police grilled a young man in Roswell about the double murder of Carlsbad teenagers Patty Sue Pritz 14 and Mattie Restine 13 found shot near Carlsbad. He faced questioning over 42 hours of missing time, with a possible lie detector test declined.
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Roswell
N. M
Carlsbad
Patty Sue Pritz
Mattie Restine
Ing
Atty
J. Hannagan
Tom Barnes
Texas Department of Public Safety Polygraph Oper
Ator
Lubbock
New Mexico
A. J. Smith
Patty Sue
Rocket back-pack could revolutionize baseball outfield play
Dear Editor, a one-man rocket engine would propel a person over a house for fielding as soon as standard equipment. A neighbor jokes it could cross streets dodge collectors or steal apples, too. DD: EB. Scott Wellington.
Amarillo Weather Summary 1961 Readings
The report notes Amarillo experienced sun on 218 of 226 days in 1961. Included are brief comparative weather readings for 3 p.m. Monday with wind visibility sky and conditions for Houston Dallas City and Cham City, showing cloudy and partly cloudy notes.
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Amarillo
Clay
Houston
Dallas
Local Fair Grounds Draw Area Dealers For Market Day
Su marion Sumner, woman’s page editor, visits the Fair grounds as guests market days unite area dealers to buy new merchandise. Plains Party Line appears today on Page 5 with more details.
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Sumarion Sumner
Fairgrounds
Plains
Visiting Indian engineer tours U S facilities
Visiting Engineer S K Das from Calcutta has visited industrial facilities across the United States for a year and spent several days in Amarillo and the Golden Spread. Frank Youngblood of the U S Labor Department shows him around. Das will depart the United States in early September to return to India.
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S. K. Das
Calcutta
India
United States
Amarillo
Golden Spread
Frank Youngblood
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Das
Hemphill County Tax on Bank Deposits Ordered
Hemphill County commissioners signed an order to tax all real and personal property including bank deposits. The move followed a temporary restraining order tied to a lawsuit by 24 cent residents protesting an Amarillo firm’s tax equalization survey and alleging incomplete taxation of property in the county.
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Spillman
Hemphill County
Amarillo
McMorries & Co
Special Session Ends After Passing Two Daniel‑Sought Bills
In Austin the Legislature closed its second called session, passing two measures sought by Gov. Price Daniel. The House adopted adjournment at 6:40 p.m. the official close came at 9 p.m., with a second special session planned later this year and a date to be announced.
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Amarillo
House
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Murray
Marshall
Willacy
Father who rescued son dies in crash
Clair Eugene Fulkerson 23-year-old Valley Center resident who saved his son from drowning last week died after his truck collided with a Rock Island passenger train at a west Liberal crossing. He died of injuries from the collision. The incident followed his notable act of reviving his two-year-old son with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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Liberal
Kan
Valley Center
Rock Island
Clair Eugene Fulkerson
Wichita
West Liberal
Fulkerson
Texas League long game ends in fourteenth inning
In Texas League action Austin edged Amarillo 4 to 3 after fourteen innings. San Antonio defeated Ardmore 3 to 0. Tulsa St Victoria posted a 9 straight. American League saw Minnesota 6 Kansas City 2 and Los Angeles 5 Washington 1 in scheduled games. National League scores included Chicago 9 Philadelphia, St Louis 5 Los Angeles 0 and Milwaukee 8 Pittsburgh 3.
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Austin
Amarillo
San Antonio
Ardmore
Tulsa St. Victoria
Minnesota
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Soviet Troop Move Heightens Berlin Crisis Border Clash
East German troops and police fired tear gas at West Berliners near the inner border as Soviet moves raised alarm. Western officials were surprised and offered no immediate explanation, noting two armored divisions near Berlin as the standoff escalated.
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West Berlin
East Germany
Verboten In Free Berlin
An East Berlin police officer told a Western photographer it was forbidden to take photographs in East Berlin. He noted the slogan This is Free Berlin and declared photography not allowed in the area.
Potter County Boosts Tax Rate Sparks GOP Fallout
Potter County commissioners voted to raise the tax rate five cents to 87 cents per $100 valuation, despite earlier opposition. The move drew Republican protests and a pledge to challenge the hike in the 1962 county elections. About 1100 petition signatures were presented by the Amarlillo Federation of Young Republicans, and one dissenter served on the final vote.
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Potter County
Welccome
Kenneth Kohler Jr
Amarillo
Dayton
Jim Saunders
Johnson
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