Teller Seeks Site for Nuclear Blast in Amarillo Seminar
Dr. Edward Teller visits Amarillo for the Golden Spread Seminar to discuss Project Plowshare uses such as underground explosions to aid irrigation and oil formation. He notes uncertainty about who leads in nuclear tech and downplays space test effects on cosmonauts.
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Edward Teller
Frank Norton
Ralph Overman
Amarillo
Norton
Dallas
Texas Committee On Atomic Energy
Overman
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Golden Spread
Teller
Russia
United States
Mariner 2 Venus Mission Launch From Cape Canaveral
The Atlas Agena B rocket and the Mariner 2 spacecraft are set for a near three hour launch window after midnight from Cape Canaveral to begin a 109 day voyage to Venus. The craft will study the clouded planet and approach within 10 000 miles for a closeup survey. A prior delay due to a short circuit in the second stage caused a one day postponement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
Mariner 2
Interplanetary Space
Earth
Golden Spread Nuclear Space Seminar Details
General sessions run at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium. Registration opens at 8 a.m. for luncheon and banquet attendance. luncheon is 12 15 p.m. and the registration fee is 15 dollars. Free admission to general sessions.
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Municipal Auditorium
Crystal Ballroom
Teller talks peace and power in nuclear era debate
Dr. Teller discusses Project Plowshare and peaceful uses of nuclear explosives such as harbor blasting and river control. He also argues nuclear power will shape space exploration and missile defense, stressing that defense importance rivals possession of nuclear weapons.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Teller
Dear Editor Letter on Mental Health Survey Findings
A reader from Wellington comments on a mental health survey showing nearly half of the poor are mentally disturbed versus one-eighth of the rich. The writer cheerfully interprets Life Adjustment progress and notes class differences in mental health perceptions.
August a Panhandle brag: ideal weather in Amarillo
Through the first 26 days of August the Amarillo Weather Bureau station reports near ideal conditions with 19 days above 90 and six in the 80s, no 100-degree highs, average max 91.8, and minimums 65.2. Rain totaled 2.28 inches, thunderstorms occurred on eight days, and sunshine reached 91 percent, making Amarillo a pleasant place to be.
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Texas Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Texas
Amarillo
Panhandle
Spirits Over Waves Likely To Anchor Culprit in Brig
A boat operator pleaded guilty to boating while intoxicated after officers found him in his boat on Buffalo Lake. He was fined 100 dollars plus court costs. The story notes boating under the influence mirrors drunken driving penalties.
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Lake
Canyon
Amarillo
Buffalo Water
Castro Reopens US Cuba Communications After Blackout
Fidel Castro ends hours long communications blackout with the United States and Cuba restoring telephone lines and air links. A Pan American flight to Havana faced delays and rescheduling as Castro's move was interpreted as signaling Cuban fear of invasion.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Castro
Pan- American World Airways
Havana
Pan-American World Airways
Robert H. MecMurray
Gulf of Mexico
Jackie Kennedy Wows Guards With Swift Beach Exit
In Ravello Italy Jacqueline Kennedy and sister Lee Radziwill upset Italian police and American Secret Service by abruptly returning to shore from a beach outing. After swimming and water skiing with Caroline and relatives, Jackie signaled a return trip, dressed in white slacks and a blue jersey, then jumped aboard the boat. Guards sprang into action but the launch sped away.
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Ravello
Italy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lanca de Marine
Caroline
Anthony
Anna Christina Radziwill
Jackie
Princess Lee Radziwill
House Group Snaps Back over Defense Cooperation
A House subcommittee censured Pentagon reserve reorganization plans and threatened to strip powers from Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara unless the department cooperates with Congress. The report, approved by 12-0, accuses DoD of scant cooperation and pledges closer congressional oversight.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Congress
Department of Defense
Department
Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Soviet Attack Draws Read On Common Market
Pravda denounces the Common Market as imperialist and dangerous to former colonial states. A Moscow conference under the Academy of Science will include delegates from more than 20 nations, though specific countries were not named. The Market nation list includes France Italy West Germany Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg.
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Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
The
Academy of Science
Europe
Asia
Latin America
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Academy
Carlsbad Suspect Transferred After Double Slaying
Franklin D. Parsons 21 of San Antonio Texas is moved to a neighboring county jail as a precaution after confessing to the August 11 1961 double murder of Patty Sue Pritz 14 and Mattie Catherine Restine 13 near Carlsbad New Mexico. The bodies were found 42 hours later.
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Carlsbad
N.M
New Mexico
W C. McGrew
Eddy County
Franklin D. Parsons
San Antonio
Tex
McGrew
Parsons
Patty Sue Pritz
Mattie Catherine Restine
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Regions in 1962
Reading shows Amarillo recorded sunny days for 229 of 238 days in 1962 with clear sky at 3 p.m. Sunday. Wind speeds noted around 5 mph in Amarillo while Houston Dallas and Pity City report clear conditions and modest visibility.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
West Berlin honors slain Fechter at border memorial
A steady stream of West Berliners gathered near the border wall to pay tribute to Peter Fechter the 18 year old worker shot by border guards while attempting to escape to the west The city remained calm though officials feared renewed indignation and possible further killings as Fechter is to be buried Monday in East Berlin
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Berlin
Communists warn to deal with East German commandant
Berlin reports say East German Communist newspaper Neues warned Western allies they must deal with Maj. Gen Helmut Poppe the new East German commandant for complaints about the divided city. The U S State Department rejected any dealings with him on the wall issue.
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Berlin
Neues
U. S. State Department
Helmut Poppe
India Fires on Reds in Ladakh Border Clash
Peiping Radio reported Indian troops fired on Red Chinese guards on Saturday and earlier in the week in the Ladakh border area. The broadcasts say the border dispute is now more serious than ever as both sides claim large tracts of the disputed territory.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Ladakh
India
China
Rocky Barren
U S Soldier Wounded in Saigon Ambush
A Communist guerrilla force ambushed a South Vietnamese army convoy near Saigon Saturday night wounding a U S Army sergeant and a Vietnamese soldier. Officials said the sergeant’s injuries were not serious as the guerrillas were routed.
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Saigon
U.S
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See
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Mariner
Gene Miller
Crossroads
B. Scott
Wellington
High Plains
Chicago Tribune Press
Fidel
New York News
Chicago Tribune Press Sery
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Forces Committee
Common Market
By Tom Johnson
Associated Press
United Press International
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