Escheat Turns Old Alumni Fund To Cerebral Palsy Victims
A 26.52 dollar residue from the defunct Amarillo High School Alumni 25-Year Club, idle since 1941 at Amarillo National Bank, is directed to cerebral palsy vict ims after secretary treasurer Pennie Sowder uncovered the club bylaws and bank records. Sowder, now in Williams Arizona, endorsed the check to the cerebral palsy fund, noting the money will not go to the state.
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Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo High School
Pennie Sowder
Elmer
Santa Fe
Sowders
Williams, Ariz
Sowder
Amarillo
How To Rope a Calf Simple Rodeo Guide
A humorous primer outlines a basic calf roping method. It covers rope preparation checking stiffness, selecting a piggin string, saddling a horse, tying the rope to the horn, and using a neck rein to control the horse while roping. The tone is practical yet light.
Calf Roping Instructions and Rodeo Safety Tips
A vintage instruction item describes mounting the horse, leading to prevent pitching, shaping the rope loop, and placing the piggin string. It warns about getting the horse straight, nodding for the call, and staying aboard during pursuit while untangling rope from people and equipment, ending with a note to see ROPING on page 2.
Winter Robins Stay Through January In Dumas Yard
Thelma Powell reports a single robin occupying her yard all winter, claiming robins can stay year round and noting they prefer fresh apple and bread over grain. Oregon Juncos also inhabit the yard, with birds fed grain bread and quartered fruit. An electric water warmer keeps the bath unfrozen as starlings splash despite cold weather.
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Thelma Powell
Dumas
Oregon
Powell Yard
Noted figures condemn space exploration and smut appeals
John Glenn defends space study amid letters saying God forbids it. Herbert Kohler criticizes Americans bribed with their own money. Amarillo resident sees a New York erotic magazine offer. A Phoenix housing project bars under 50. The piece ends with a quip on atomic splitting.
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John Glenn
Glenn
Fort Worth
Herbert V. Kohler
Kenosha, Wis
Kohler Company
Sign of the Times
Amarillo
New York
Egypt
Tax Plan Advances As Ways and Means Back Second Draft
The House Ways and Means Committee moved toward a tax incentive of up to 1.8 billion annually to spur business investment in new equipment. The panel ordered a draft reflecting a 6 percent credit for long lived items and a graduated credit for shorter life gear, plus a 4 percent credit for utilities. Kennedy’s broader plan to tighten laws remains under consideration and may trim the incentive.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Tough With Cuba? Hemisphere talks stall in deadlock
Manned orbit reports from Punta del Este Uruguay say the historic hemisphere conference opened with paralyzing deadlock. Delegations face possible 24 hour delay to heal splits as Cubans gain confidence they will emerge from the meeting unpunished. Brazil and Argentina back backstage discussions as fruitless.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Air system fault delays Glenn space flight launch
NASA officials postponed John Glenns world flight due to oxygen life support trouble and possible dust contamination. Glenn accepted the delay saying it would sharpen the crew. Officials cautioned a later launch date and noted no definitive cause yet.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.t
John H. Glenn Jr
Iife
Col
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Weather Bureau reports fair to partly cloudy skies in Amarillo area with a chance of scattered snow flurries. Daytime warmth with a low around 4 and high near 32. Northwest Texas sees partly to mostly cloudy skies with slightly warmer conditions tonight and into tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
Weather Bulletin for New Mexico
Mostly cloudy today with light snow in central and west regions. East areas slightly warmer with highs 25 to 40. Hourly notes show morning readings around 16 to 28 before afternoon rise. Sunrise at 7 53 a m and sunset at 6 05 p m.
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Unm Weuncauwunu
New Mexico
Aalien
Arate
Atses Vee
Rade
Arm Baths
Serge Max
Snow Grips Los Angeles Suburbs And West Regions
A cold Arctic blast brings six inches of snow to Los Angeles area suburbs and heavy icing from Texas to the Great Lakes. West Yellowstone records extreme lows, Texas chills rise, while Newhall sees school closures. Roads slow with chains required on a major ridge route and Southern California ski areas report several feet of snow.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Sunset Strip
Ventura
Pasadena
Texas
Great Lakes
Dixie
Newhall Calif
California
la Canada
la Crescenta
Sunland
Sumner Woman's Page Teases Plains Party Line Update
Neighbors Clayton share topics for the day with Sumarion Sum ner, the northeast New Mexico Plains Party Line correspondent, as page 7 offers community notes and tidbits from the region.
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Clayton
Sumarion Sumner
New Mexico
Wheeler Youths Dominate Amarillo Fat Stock Show Steers
Wheeler County youths Richard Sechrist and Terry McCasland led with top four awards in the Junior Steer Show at Amarillo. Sechrist showed the grand champion steer and champion Hereford, while McCasland owned the reserve junior steer and the champion Angus entry.
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Angus
Terry MecCasland
Hereford
Richard Sechrist
Wheeler
Wheeler County
Amarillo
Terry McCasland
Sechrist
McCasland
Karen Gibson
Borger
Keifer
Eline
Tony Quisenberry
Quanah
Erica WH
Larry Brown
Groom
State group approves farm gas measure in House committee
In Austin on January 22 the House Agriculture Committee approved a bill regulating irrigation gas rates by the Public Utilities Commission. The measure, already Senate-passed, heads to the House floor after a mostly party-line vote with a strong turnout from Panhandle irrigation interests. Opponent C S Wall of Pioneer Natural Gas argued regulation could harm gas supply, citing weather driven peak demand.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Wall
Leftists Bomb U S Office Amid Caracas Riots
Pro Castro leftists attacked two U S companies in Caracas with Molotov cocktails hours after a bomb hit the American Embassy. At least three people died in anti government disturbances tied to the Inter American Foreign Ministers conference in Punta del Este. A soldier cab driver and student were killed in separate incidents as rioting flared in La Guaira.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPL
U.S
Punta del Este
Uruguay
la Guaira
Pan American World Airways
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Amarillo Sees Sun Majority of Days in 1962 Run
Weather digest notes Amarillo enjoyed sunshine on 21 of 22 days in 1962 with yesterday's readings at 3 pm showing fair to cloudy conditions. Data lists Houston and Okla City readings as cloudy and windy, with varying visibility.
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Amarillo
le Fair
Prepal Notes on Exercise and Tax Burden Satire
A satirical column from Wellington mocks calls for public exercise while lampooning debates over muscular ideals. The piece features a quip about a neighbor's view on knee bends and push-ups, contrasting fitness with the burden of taxes and smog.
County Judge Rules Voting Equipment Contract Voided
Randall County District Attorney A W Lair told county commissioners that a lease contract with Rockwell Manufacturing Co for voting machines violates Texas Election Code which requires advertising before leasing or purchasing. The court approved bidding for new leases and dismissed salary raises for elected officials despite suggestions from Tax Assessor-Collector Bill Money.
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Canyon
Randall County
Atty A. W. Lair
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Lair
Commissioner's Court
Bill Money
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Phoenix
Wes Izzard
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Cuba
U. S
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Latin America
iSee Oas
U. 5S. Weather Bureau
United Press International
West Yellowstone
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Jim Roy Wells
Friona
Heifer
Daily News
High Plains Irrigation Gas Users Association
H. G. Wells
Tulsa
Panhandle
C. S. Wall of
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Pioneer
U.S. Office
Daily News Index
Pope
Astro-Guide
Santa Fe Snottigat
EE. Scott Wellington
Voting Machine Company
Randall
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