21 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1962
Page
1
A survey notes a nationwide surge in travel as families pack highways lakes and hotels for a record on the go year. Tom Lins of Tucumcari cites cyclical travel urges and easy payment plans for hotels and European tours as fueling the trend.
Big Booster D BRAINERD HOLMES says in NBC interview the Soviets focus on one large satellite booster delivering about 800 000 pounds of thrust enabling heavier payloads. Izvestia proclaims space victories for socialism over capitalism. The American plan stresses a step by step long term program possibly reaching the moon first. They hint at rendezvous in orbit and the risk of Telstar being shot down.
The note urges readers to join a Nuclear Space Seminar to keep pace with rapid changes and meet future leaders. It mentions J Edgar Hoover denying retirement rumors and a Roswell resident with FBI correspondence refuting claims of resignation.
Morning weather roundups show Amarillo experienced 223 sunny or partly cloudy days out of 232 in 1942. Comparative readings at 3 pm Monday indicate light winds from the south and mostly cloudy skies in Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with light to moderate visibility and scattered clouds.
Education leaders plan a two day event to explore space and nuclear science. Notable figures from NASA Oak Ridge Texas A M and the University of Manchester will speak and attend receptions luncheons and a banquet. Space age exhibits open Friday and run through the fair grounds with posted hours.
West Berlin police battled several thousand anti Communist demonstrators in a mass border clash at Checkpoint Charlie during three days of anti Soviet violence. The mob of about 8000 was dispersed by four high pressure water cannons. 27 injured, including 12 police and four seriously hurt.
Weather Bureau notes clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Wednesday. Widely scattered late afternoon and evening thundershowers possible. Panhandle and extreme west expect similar conditions. Highs mainly 92 to 99, with general mild temperatures across New Mexico and Texas regions.
Potter and Randall counties will host a large Sabin oral polio vaccine immunization effort approved by the Potter Randall County Medical Society in Amarillo. Aiming for September late dates, likely September 23 or 30, the plan uses sugar cube drops for administration with about 150000 doses and 15 to 20 clinics. Financing is expected through donations.
Mild horror is raised that Administration pressure on Congress could withhold new dams or post offices to sway votes. The writer calls the tactic a reverse incentive, likening it to scare tactics used by preachers and hijackers in fund raising.
Charles Chandler president of the American Hereford Association praises the Hereford Capital Tour in Deaf Smith County Texas describing 3000 head of Herefords and the event as the cream of the cattle industry. He spoke at a noon luncheon following a 6:30 am breakfast at Hereford Country Club with about two dozen national cattle industry leaders in attendance.
The Senate subcommittee reports more than one million words of testimony remain unpublished in the so called muzzled generals investigation. Only four of eight volumes have been printed as a draft report awaits Labor Day. The delay follows a long dispute over military censorship and public speeches by officers.
Emie Wathheld a major Senate inquiry drew national attention as lawmakers faulted Pentagon data delays. Defense witnesses faced questioning and pledged to provide information they could not immediately supply.
The inquiry began after a Fulbright memorandum criticized Eisenhower era plans to mobilize troops against communism. From January to June the study examined censorship and military education, with conclusions withheld and public interest fading as officials signaled firmer lines.
A Panair do Brasil DC8 with 102 aboard failed to lift off at Rio de Janeiro and plunged into Guanabara Bay. Twenty bodies recovered the fire department said 12, with 11 missing, though officials noted some missing may have survived. All crew except one stewardess died during aid.
A gunman armed with a shotgun robbed Short Stop Food Mart No. 10 at about 10 20 p m taking a bag with more than $300 in cash and money orders. Cecil Frank Wilson the 50 year old manager identified the suspect as about 25 years old crouching by weeds near the west edge of the store. Police report the bag contained receipts from the last two days and totaled $317.
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