State Department Firing Power Bill Sparks Debate
Sen George Smathers proposes S 2059 to let the Secretary of State hire and fire higher ranking staff in the State Department both in Washington and abroad without Civil Service or Foreign Service approval. The measure targets those earning over $8,000 annually and aims to restore policy control from career officials now seen as blocking presidential direction. The bill sits in the Foreign Relations Committee with action hoped this session.
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Foreign Service Act
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Foreign Service
George Smathers
Florida
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Washington
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Foreign Relations Committee
TV Smash Reevaluation of Hollywood's Answer to Communism
KGNC faced an overwhelming reaction after a three hour Friday program in which viewers praised the broadcast with a large volume of ecards letters and calls. Only seven complaints targeted cancelling The Sponsors Southwestern Public Service and Pioneer Gas. Requests for a rerun flood in plus voluntary sponsorship offers, with manager Bob Watson sorting mail.
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Hollywood
Southwestern Public Service
Pioneer Gas
Bob Watson
Quote Montage Sparks Texarkana Talk of Signs and Fences
Wes Izard quotes Bil Cunningham and Texarkana Daily News editor Jake Mahaney about word counts in famous documents and a snowbound photo near the Texarkana Amarillo city limit sign. He notes a Washington bureau desk sign reading Vice President in Charge of Confusion.
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Jake Mahaney
Texarkana
Washington
Borger Teen Survives Seven Hour Freezer Ordeal
Sondra Posey, 16, was locked inside a Dairy Queen freezer for over seven hours after a thief forced the door closed with a knife sharpener. She counted limes to stay awake and recalled her mother urging her to move instead of giving up. Police suspect a missing cash draw motivated the crime.
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Miss Posey
Joan Kennedy
Borger
Dairy Queen
N. Main
Sondra Posey
Kennedy Sends Six Point Plan To Reorganize Army
President Kennedy asked Congress to approve a six point reorganization of the Army high command aiming to speed decision making and improve command, management, training, doctrine, weapons, equipment and morale. Elvis J. Stahr Jr. says the plan concentrates research development procurement and other functions under two new top level commands without altering combat structure or field command headquarters.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
of the Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Weather notes bring Amarillo sun streak and readings
A brief weather bulletin records 15 sunny or clear days in Amarillo out of 16 in 1962. It notes comparative readings at 3 p.m. Tuesday with wind speeds and sky conditions across Amarillo and nearby areas including Clay Houston and Oklo City.
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Amarillo
Clay Houston
Dodas
Oklo City
Knight withdraws from California governor race after illness
Knight, 65, confined to bed for two months with hepatitis, withdraws as a Republican candidate for California governor on doctor advice. He was the leading challenger to Nixon, who still faces Powers and Shell. Knight said he will not file in March and followed doctors' warnings of relapse could sideline him for six months.
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UPI
Goodwin J Knight
California
Knight
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Harold J Powers
Assembly
Joseph Shell
Ame
Carl W. Lund
Robert Voigt
U S and Europe cut tariffs on industrial goods
The United States and the European common market agree on a mutual 20 percent tariff cut for industrial products with some agricultural reductions. Talks led by Howard Petersen and Jean Rey wrapped after four days of negotiations at a 20 minute session attended by W. Walton Butterworth. Details will be signed at Geneva and submitted to the common market council in February.
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Belgium
United States
European Common Market
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Common Market
Howard Petersen
Kennedy
Jean Rey
Commony Market Executive Commission
W. Walton Butterworth
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France
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
GATT
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Geneva
Common Market Council
U.S. Congress
Dutch Seize Prisoners in New Guinea Clash
The Dutch government said 50 Indonesians captured after a naval battle Monday night would be held as prisoners of war. Jakarta reported one Indonesian vessel sunk and another abandoned after Dutch ships set it afire. U.S. ambassador Jones urged peaceful settlement with Subandrio amid the West New Guinea dispute.
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Dutch New Guinea
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Jones
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West New Guinea
Vacation Notice for Sylvia Porter Columnist
Financial writer Sylvia Porter is on vacation in the Daily News feature column until January 30.
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The
Daily News
Case Jam-Up Brings Action in Amarillo Court
A second Corporation Court will start in early February to clear about 2,000 pending jury trial cases. City commissioners approved the plan on recommendations from City Manager M. V. Moss and the Amarillo Bar Association, with Corporation Court Judge Connally Lockhart presiding.
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M. V. Moss
Amarillo Bar Association
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Connally Lockhart
Bar Association
Formby Will Enter Race
Plainview Texas attorney and farmer Marshall Formby, 60, announces a bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. He will unveil his candidacy at an appreciation luncheon in McAllen before the Marshall Formby Valley Expressway dedication. Formby has served as Dickens County judge, state senator, and highway commissioner.
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UPI
Marshall Formby
McAllen
Dickens County
Highway Commission
Will Wilson
Navy
John Connally
West Texas
Texas Tech
Balaguer Quits Post in Dominican Republic
President Joaquin Balaguer resigns after rioting in Santo Domingo and a military junta is sworn in. The National Civic Union denounces the change as a coup d etat. Three Balaguer aides reportedly arrested include Rafael Bonnelly Nicolas Pichardo and Eduardo Read Barreras.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
National Civic Union
Balaguer
State Council
Rafael Bonnelly
Nicolas Pichardo
Eduardo Read Barreras
Weather prospects across Amarillo and Southwest
United States Weather Bureau reports clear to partly cloudy skies across Amarillo and vicinity through Thursday with warmer today and slightly colder Thursday. Highs near 50 today, lows around 15. Northwest Texas sees similar conditions with highs 45 to 55 and a cold turn in the north. New Mexico northern areas expect high cloudiness and little temperature change. low near zero in high valleys, highs 20 to 45 elsewhere, with San Juan basin near 30.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
San Juan Basin
West and Britain signal halt to three power talks in Geneva
In Geneva, the United States and Britain declare readiness to break off three power nuclear test ban talks and refer the issue to the general disarmament negotiations starting in March. Soviet delegate Tsarapkin reacts with puzzlement while Western diplomats warn against Western espionage fears.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Sermyon Kh. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Michael Wright
Moscow
Soviet Union
Child Sacrifices Self to Save Family in Fire Tragedy
In Houston a three year old girl named Willie Mae McMahon saved her mother and two younger brothers from a second floor apartment blaze but perished. Mrs Arimentha McMahon, 37, woke to the child crying that the house was on fire then rushed her four older children and fled, believing Willie Mae followed until the stairs burned and the child was lost.
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Houston
Willie Mae McMahon
Arimentha McMahon
Willie Mae
Robert
Voters weigh congress ratings in political branding
Dear Editor notes readers compare congressional voting scores from various groups to categorize lawmakers. He cites a neighbor who uses ratings aligned with news stories to claim a lawmaker can be 60 or 70 percent American before risk of being branded a super patron.
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