Last Round For Railroads
United States Chamber of Commerce president Richard Wagner warns of looming nationalization of railroads and other common carriers if Congress and the Kennedy administration fail to act this year. He calls for tax relief and loosened government controls to preserve free enterprise amid a tangled postwar transportation system.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Richard Wagner
U. S
Champlin Oil and Refining Company
Mr. Wagner
Kennedy
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
Congress
Chamber
Wagner
Langford Maimed by Crane Truck Collision at Pampa
New Mexico State University football tri captain Bobby Langford, 21, of Pam pa High School fame, was mangled near Pampa when a heavy crane truck backed up and wedged his head and chest under its rear bumper. He underwent a two hour surgery at St Anthony's Hospital Amarillo and remained conscious until anesthesia. Doctors called him in satisfactory condition after the operation.
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Pampa
New Mexico State University
Pampa High School
Bobby Langford
St Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Highland General Hospital
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Faces Big Year Ahead
Amarillo's Chamber of Commerce eyes a strong year with a revived interest despite lacking a secretary manager. Len Watson's screening committee will reconvene Monday to review applicants. The column notes local clearness on irrigation area news and mentions pickle cucumber harvests near Orton and other regional topics.
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Chamber of Commerce
Len Watson
Drug Firms Face Price Fix Charge
Three major drug makers Pfizer American Cyanamid and Bristol-Myers were indicted on price rigging and monopoly charges. The government says they control about 70 percent of the market for tetracycline aureomycin and terranivein with 1959 retail sales of 250 million. The firms deny the charges and claim government harassment.
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New York
Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc
John E. McKeen
American Cyanamid Co
Wilbur G. Malale Aiscakish
Tw. Dant Aml
Taxi unions in St Louis join move against Hoffa
St Louis taxi drivers local 225 voted to withdraw from the Teamsters and form an independent outfit. Cincinnati unions representing 4000 dairy employes and drivers for soft drinks and funeral services also voted to disaffiliate in a widening crack in Hoffa's power.
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St. Louis
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Cincinnati
Teamsters
Chicago
Independent Democratic Union Organizing Committee
DUOC
Dominic Abata
Joseph P
Joey
Dairy
US rejects coexistence with Castro Cuba at Americas meet
Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon announced the United States will not allow Cuba to benefit from the Alliance for Progress while Fidel Castro remains allied with the Soviet Union. He criticized Ernesto Guevara for promoting coexistence and noted Cuba did not sign the 10-year, 20-billion dollar plan.
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Uruguay
United States
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Cuba
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Soviet Union
Social Conference
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
U.S
Dillon
Organization of American States
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Americas
Disaster aid critique from a wary reader
Crossroads Report letter writer objects to uneven disaster aid and calls for direct individual citizen relief programs. He cites personal calamitous events like an Internal Revenue visit and a burned out television tube, criticizing slow congressional methods.
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Buli
Internal Revenuer
Texas and American League Scores From Evening Games
Texas League results include San Antonio 8 Amarillo Tulsa 5 and Ardmore 2 Austin 43 Victoria 3 7. American League notes Washington 4 Los Angeles 2 New York 5 Chicago 3 Baltimore 3 Detroit 1 Cleveland 4 Boston 3 14 innings. National League Chicago 11 3 Pittsburgh 4 4 St Louis 2 San Francisco 9 raukee 7 Philadelphia 1.
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Ardmore
Austin
Victoria
Washington
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
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Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Raukee
Philadelphia
Amarillo Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau
The Amarillo and vicinity forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers in the afternoon and evening, high around 91. Northwest Texas sees similar conditions with isolated thundershowers and highs 87 to 95. New Mexico expects considerable cloudiness tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms and cooler highs, around 85. The report notes yesterday’s temperatures, sunrise at 8 00 a.m. and sunset at 7 32 p.m., with no precipitation in the 24 hours ending 6 p.m.
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U. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Pau Cveseesh Ar
Oie
Sam
Yeo
West
Amarillo Girl Appears in Ice Follies at Colorado Resort
Plains Party Line reports on an Amarillo girl appearing in the Ice Follies at a renowned Colorado resort hotel. The feature also covers people in Cactus Lockney and Miami with brief notes on their activities.
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Amarillo
Colorado
Cactus
Lockney
Miami
Plains Party Line
Estate trustees earmark funds for High Plains project
Hereford trustees of the Jim Hill Estate announce a gift of 17500 to the High Plains Research Foundation if matched by other donors. The plan supports a $83000 building program including offices, a greenhouse, and a laboratory, with details set after a meeting at Plainview Airport attended by foundation officials and trustees.
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Jim Hill
Hereford
High Plains Research Foundation
Joe Bridwell
Wichita Falls
O. L. Bybee
R. L. Thompson
Harold Janeway
Publ
Weather and travel log fragment for Amarillo region
Fragmentary report notes sunlit dawn counts and comparative readings at 3 p.m. on a Thursday. Mentions wind visibility sky conditions and miles per hour data across locations including Amarillo and Houston with unclear figures and prices.
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Amorije
Amarillo
Houston
Victory Luncheon Ends Amarillo Chamber Drive
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce holds a noon Victory Luncheon at the YWCA 1006 Jackson to cap its 961 member drive. Calvin Clyde Jr. of Tyler speaks on attracting new industry as the drive quota of 155000 is expected to be surpassed with about 300 attendees. Mayor Seale calls the campaign spectacular.
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4Th and Tyler
Health Department
Potter-Randall Health Unit
Billy McCoy
Bill DeGrassi
Amarillo
Calvin Clyde Jr
Tyler
The
Tyler Industrial Foundation
Clyde
Jack Seale
Keep Amarillo
Woman Dies In Single Vehicle Crash Near Borger
A 31 year old Borger house wife Patti Grace Tucker died when her car left the Fritch Highway northeast of Amarillo 15 miles north of the city and overturned. Her two year old son Clifford survived with minor injuries and was treated and released. Funeral arrangements pending at Minton Funeral Home Borger.
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Borger
St. Anthony's Hospital
Patti Grace Tucker
Clifford
Tucker
Aubrey Tucker
Amarillo
S. Harvey
Hereford
Aubrey Clifford Tucker Jr
Gene Southall
John Southall
el Paseo
Pete Braxton
Benthal Miller
Clovis
Anna Jo Smith
Oklahoma City
P. O. Southall
Friona
West Readies Talk Offer in Berlin Settlement Plan
Western Allies reportedly prepared to offer a high level parley with the Soviet Union on Berlin and Germany. Diplomatic sources say Washington, London and Paris will draft messages likely to go to the Kremlin next week. The move aims to ease tension ahead of Belgrade and UN sessions while rejecting Khrushchev’s neutral city and separate peace ideas.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Russia
East Berlin
Belgrade
United Nations
Khrushchev
West Berlin
West Germany
Wildlife sale to auction elk and buffalo at Cache Okla refuge
The Fish and Wildlife Service will hold its annual surplus big game sale at the Cache Oklahoma wildlife refuge on September 21 at 1 pm. Elk and buffalo, mostly calves, will be sold by mail order or public auction to manage herd size and protect range.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Cache
Okla
Julian Howard
Wichita Mountain Wildlife
L P.m
Howard
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