Jet Holiday flight to Europe sells out early
TWA reports the first Jet Holiday flight to Europe on April 21 is sold out with 132 seats in economy and deluxe sections. A second flight may be scheduled the same day if demand appears. deposits of 100 dollars secure No 2 Boeing Jetliner seats. Representatives from TWA and Unitours will attend a meeting next Wednesday for more reservations.
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Herb Stancil
TWA
Europe
London
Unitours
California
Don
Mike Alford
Unitours, Inc
Los Angeles
Mary Gordon
Expressway to downtown thrills civic pride and transit ease
The piece praises Bell Avenue to the Expressway as a needed link for residents from suburbs to downtown. It argues the express route serves locals, not tourists, and invites reader response on background music in TV shows while noting rising costs of higher education. The writer signs as Wes Izzard.
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Bell Avenue
J. B. Levert
Polk
Nosey Joe
Demos Back Sam's Plan for Rules Committee Reform
House Democrats backed Speaker Rayburn's plan to liberalize the Rules Committee and assure Kennedy program consideration. The caucus vote favored expanding the panel from 12 to 15, with 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans, aiming to break a Southern coalition led by Rep. Howard W Smith. The plan, seen as Rayburn’s victory, is expected to pass the full House next week.
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Washington
UPI
House
Sam Rayburn
House Rules Committee
Kennedy
Rayburn
Howard W Smith
D-Va
Smith
First Plane Signed for Jet Holiday Tour
Ninety seven travelers have committed to a 17 day Jet Holiday tour from the Golden Spread to Europe priced at 995 dollars. The Boeing 707 economy capacity is 162 and a second plane may be added if demand grows. A January 25 meeting at the YMCA will request deposits or firm intentions to join the trip.
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Golden Spread
Europe
Daily News
TWA
Jim Walker
The
Italy
Monaco
Riviera
Winds Fan Gin Blazes In Panhandle Fire Storm
Strong winds fanned three fires in the southeastern Panhandle near cotton gins. A burr pile at Quail Gin west of Wellington ignited two buildings while nearby fires threatened fuel tanks and a hay storage unit. Fire crews from Wellington Hedley and Memphis battled flames as a north wind carried sparks and embers up to 300 feet, with no injuries reported and the Quail gin owner cited as J. W. Tindall of Shamrock.
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Panhandle
Wellington
Farmers Union Co-op
Plaska
Hall County
Memphis
Memphis Farmers Co-op
Memphis Fire Department
Quail
Hedley
Alaska
Lawrence Warrick
Burr Pile
Johnny Cagle
J. W.tindall
Shamrock
Stevenson confident on UN role despite possible UN rebuffs
Adlai E. Stevenson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he expects U N obstacles including potential admission of Red China. He praised the UN as anti totalitarian and noted it must hear even aggressive leaders. Other Kennedy nominees approved include Rusk Dillon Ribicoff Hodges with hearings ongoing.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
United States
U.N
China
Stevenson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Dean Rusk
Douglas Dillon
the Treasury
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
Hodges
Justice Department
Defense Department
Weather snapshot notes for Amarillo region 18 days
The weekly Amarillo weather summary shows sun each day, with 3 p.m. readings across major cities. Ample cloud cover persists in Amarillo and neighboring cities with modest wind and visibility measures noted.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Solons Weigh Daniel Plans on Gas Tax Proposal
Gov Price Daniel's state message drew mixed reactions from Panhandle and South Plains legislators in Austin. Rep J Edgar Wilson Amarillo said cooperation is welcome but opposed gas tax and corporate tax hikes, noting many items were repeats and stressing no need to raise existing taxes.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Panhandle
South Plains
J. Edgar Wilson
Amarillo
Daniel
Wilson
House
Northwest Texas and New Mexico Weather Summary
Weather Bureau forecast for Northwest Texas and New Mexico. Partly cloudy and windy with colder today, turning fair to partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Highs around 44 in the Panhandle, 42 to 50 in southern New Mexico, with colder conditions and possible snow in eastern areas overnight.
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Panhandie
New Mexico
Macks
Shin Finn
Noamaly
Yast
Amarillo
Khrushchev Says 1961 A Year of Destiny for Communists
Associated Press analysis notes Khrushchev interprets last fall's communist manifesto as Western war and coexistence estimates. He warns capitalism must yield or face war possibly thermonuclear, while the Soviet Union plans intensified military buildup and disarmament diplomacy as a strategical clash with imperialism.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Painless Cure One Per Cent Payroll Levy
Texas lawmakers delay action as Governor Price Daniel pushes a one percent payroll earnings tax to cover a 63 million deficit. He warns a 356 million revenue plan and a 206 million search for new money could be used if the tax fails, with Finance Advisory Commission backing the levy.
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Daniel
I Legislature
State Finance Advisory Commission
General Revevisory Commission
Budget Board
Cise
Tug Strike Ties 100 000 Commuters in New York Area
The New Haven Railroad suspends passenger service affecting about 30 000 daily commuters, raising total stranded to 100 000 during a nine day walkout. Picketers used a pink Cadillac to move near Connecticut lines and pressure conductors to honor the picket lines. The shutdown follows a prior action against the New York Central, which had stranded 40 000 commuters.
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New York
New Haven Railroad
Connecticut
New Haven
George Alpert
George Cahill
Brotherhood of Railway
Reluters
New England
New York Central
Grand Central Terminal
Brewster
Hudson River
Exodus Plains Party Line recalls postwar Ozark exodus
A line from Exodus Plains reflects on the post World War II movement to the Ozarks in search of a simple life and contrasts it with modern comforts like chromium taps milk in a bottle and supermarket meat. Turn to page 11.
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Plains Party
Ozarks
Racing bills and appointments pace Oklahoma New Mexico notices
Phil Dessaur outlines slow track racing bills for the Oklahoma Legislature in today’s essay on page 4. Will Harrison reports from Santa Fe on page 28 about ongoing NM statehouse appointments, continuing top problems.
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Oklahoma
Phil Dessaur
The
Daily News
New Mexico Statehouse
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
Sears Leads Fight For College Board
Henry Sears of Hereford and James Turman opposed a legislative budget board plan to abolish the state teachers colleges board. They argued UT regents should govern the six schools, warning smaller colleges would suffer and urging a board for each school. Sears, longtime board chair, faces nonrenewal and plans talks with Gov. Price Daniel next week. Turman called the plan absurd, citing national study of such boards.
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Henry Sears
Hereford
Board of Regents
State Teachers Colleges
James Turman
Texas
House of Representatives
Legislative Budget Board
Austin
University of Texas Regents
Regents
Sears
First National Bank of
Teachers’ College
University of Texas Board
Gov
Price Daniel
Budget Board
House
Turman
Teachers College Board
Demand for National Fuels Policy Then Moustache Cup Tax Joke
Letter writer D. E. Scott from Wellington criticizes a proposed national fuels policy urging coal use to boost miners and jobs. He mocks penalties on nonbuyers and jokes about a national moustache cup policy to boost tax rolls.
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Washington
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