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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1964
Page
1
President Johnson stunned Congress by announcing an unprecedented cut in uranium production and a budget reduction to 97.9 billion dollars. He pledged to maintain combat strength while launching a billion-dollar offensive against poverty, outlining first election year plans and programs.
Washington AP reports that both parties praise Johnson’s State of the Union aims while Southern Democrats vow to press civil rights battles. Some farm-area senators complain no agricultural fix is offered, urging action beyond promised programs and reduced costs.
In a year end report to the Attorney General J Edgar Hoover warns of a Communist plan to organize American youth. He notes 900 October delegates met in Chicago to lay groundwork for a national youth group aimed at exploiting a leftward drift among youths. Gus Hall approves the move but insists it avoid Soviet style trappings while not tolerating anti Soviet or anti Communist thinking. Hoover emphasizes the USSR's world domination goal and mentions Russia's peace offensive.
The article notes President Johnson delivering the State of the Union to a packed House and nation by radio and TV. It highlights his borrowing of Kennedy programs, adds overtime pay plans to curb excess work and create jobs, and mentions a White House rose garden preview with Johnson coatless in near-freezing weather. A forthcoming budget is teased.
Notes from West Texas reflect on the sorghum midge as a blight on grain sorghum, a dry season in West Texas, and local remarks by OOS Pic Larmour and Zeek Powell. The column includes humorous asides and observations from Graham and Wolflin Village, noting water waste and other local quips.
The 1944 weather bulletin notes 8 days of sun in Amarillo with 2 p.m readings stating wind visibility and sky conditions. Houston shows cloudy, Dallas unclear, Oklahoma City partly cloudy, reflecting varied regional forecasts.
An 18 year old student journalist and Arlington State College classmates await the Federal Grand Jury in Amarillo at 2 p.m. to testify about alleged threats against President John F Kennedy. McLarry released on bond and denies the remarks calling them a joke while Arthur Lee Moore represents defendant Russell McLarry.
A Yukon patrol stops a car with wobbly wheels revealing Tommy Passmore and Franklin Passmore with rifles a pistol TNT and blasting caps. A check protector taped under the hood links to a 1963 Amarillo burglary and prompts Officer to pursue the case.
About 700 delegates gather with a unified goal of improving markets for wheat. leaders urge a new program to prevent disastrously low prices for the 1964 crop. Also noted are sewer revenue bond ratings boosted by a City Commission trip to New York and a murder-with-malice indictment in Potter County related to a fatal Christmas Eve car crash.
Dear Editor, this letter argues new model dollar bills lack silver backing and are unsecured like other notes. The writer labels them print ing press money and notes banks offer no gold or silver in exchange. The letter cites a neighbor who wants only to swap for groceries and appease the tax authorities. D. E. Scott Wellington.
Fair to today through Friday in Amarillo and Northwest Texas with a few warmer days ahead. Highs 30 to 40 in the region and lower values across northern New Mexico, with light precipitation traces reported yesterday. Sunrise is at 7:54 am and sunset at 5:22 pm.
About 700 delegates attend the 14th annual National Association of Wheat Growers meeting. Jerry Fowler of the Kansas Wheat Commission cites a new singleness of purpose and a sense of forward movement as speakers address farmers’ long standing problems and potential solutions.
Senator Frank Carlson spoke on the wheat farmers market and sales to Communist countries. The Kansas Association of Wheat Growers, led by President George W. Meeker, reaffirmed support for selling wheat abroad as long as U S security is not jeopardized. Carlson indicated agreement with broad sales stance.
Freeman will arrive in Amarillo at 3 04 p m via Braniff Flight 364. He will drive to the Holiday Inn West for a 4 p m press conference and speak at the convention's annual banquet at 7 15 p m.
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