Industry profits squeeze worries Amarillo business leaders
Dr George Benson of Searcy Ark warns in Amarillo that the three quarters of 1961 saw corporate profits near 3 percent, a rate he calls unsustainable. He cites competition from Europe and Japan, says policy would allow higher wages, and urges labor management goodwill to raise output and outpace foreign rivals. He notes a factory shop steward resisted discussing economics with management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Benson
Searcy, Ark
Benson
U.S
Europe
Japan
Dr. Benson
Fred Waring fills Amarillo with a near sellout show
The Fred Waring concert drew a jammed house with many from out of town as fire rules prevented standing room sales. Reviewers praised the clean, sparkling entertainment and noted the encore potential on a Fort Worth to Pampa route, joking that the troupe left their laundry behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Waring
Amarillo
Pampa
Dress up day at Crockett Junior High gains momentum
This feature notes a nationwide trend toward careful grooming in public schools. Crockett Junior High held dress-up day with girls in frilly dresses and boys in shirts and ties. Principal J F Ferguson organized a schedule, and other schools are following suit across the country. Extra lines quote a political jab and a space-age remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crockett Junior High
J. F. Ferguson
Glenn Ready For Historic Orbit Ride
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The countdown to John H Glenn Jr s orbital flight proceeded smoothly with favorable weather and the 40 year old Marine Corps Lt Col seeming cool and ready His mission to orbit Earth at 100 to 150 miles high and about 17500 mph marks a milestone as the first American into space and a step toward landing a man on the Moon this decade The countdown began with four prior delays due to Atlas rocket and capsule issues and the remaining six hours after Friday s start were to continue after midnight ahead of a 730 am EST blastoff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Marine Corps
Earth
Glenn
U.S
John Powers
Sevenman
Texas House rejects Senate small loan bill in clash
The Texas House voted down the Senate small loan bill by voice, calling for a conference with senators. Rep Criss Cole said the Senate version is worse than no bill. The chamber adjourned past dark, delaying actions on municipal annexation reforms and two election law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Senate
Texas House
Voice
Criss Cole
Houston
House
Representatives
W.T. Dungan
McKinney
Jim Cotton
Weatherford
Senate Committee
Cole
Shot at Moon Misses Target
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Jan 26 AP The United States fired a spacecraft at the moon today but a 20000 to 30000 feet per second attempt missed its target leaving the mission unresolved and the outcome unclear for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape. Canaveral
Fla
United States
Weather summaries across US regions and space news note
Weather reports from Amarillo and vicinity and Northwest Texas show fair skies with warming through Sunday and highs around the 58 to 42 degree range in Texas, plus fair eastern New Mexico and cooler in places. A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory spokesman says Ranger mission will miss Moon photography due to excess velocity. no instrument data expected, trajectory details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Southern Senators Attack Rights Bill
Southern senators denounce the Kennedy administration civil rights bill as politically inspired and unconstitutional. The measure would require a sixth grade education as the literacy test for voters in presidential and congressional elections. Senators Russell Javits Stennis criticize constitutional and political grounds, signaling a sharp election season clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Russell
US to Quit A-Ban Talks and Shift to Disarmament
The United States will halt Geneva atomic test ban talks and push the issue at the 18 nation general disarmament conference. A U.S. official blamed the Soviet Union for a fraudulent turnabout and said the Geneva talks may end next Monday. The Soviet rejection of merging talks with disarmament aims sparked renewed Western pessimism about a treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
U.S
Geneva
Soviet Union
Moscow
Britain
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
West
Uruguay Sketches Policy On Cuba At OAS Deadlock
In Punta del Este Uruguay officials backed a split bloc on ejecting Fidel Castro from the OAS. A 2 1/2 hour session with Dean Rusk and Latin American foreign ministers ended without agreement, as Uruguay shifted to a softer stance after backing the hard line group the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta del Este
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
OAS
Dean Rusk
Uruguay
Brazil
Mexico
Shotgun Defense Fends Off Hale Center Burglary
Hale Center businessman I. V. Lynch, 75, fired a 12 gauge shotgun when two men burglarized Lynch Feed and Supply at about 1:30 a.m. One intruder, Fetipi Lopez, was hit in the thigh and hospitalized. three other suspects Fidel Flores Demetro Baca and Adolph Gerhardt were jailed. Missing were two revolvers and eight to nine dollars in state tax money. Loosely connected to a local fiddling contest, Lynch was awakened by a passing pickup and fired as the suspects fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Center
I. V. Lynch
Lynch Feed and Supply
Lynch
Panhandle
Hale County
Plainview
Fetipi Lopez
Fidel Flores
Demetro Baca
Adolph Gerhardt
Lopez
Flores
Tax Hogs Appetite Appeal Gaffe in Letter to Editor
Dear editor, a reader laments the flood of so called appetite suppressants as citizens seek weight loss aids. He jokes that no such product will outpace food in popularity and imagines a triple strength appetite deceiver for Washington tax hogs. D. E. Scott Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Report Fragment From Amarillo Area
Fragmentary weather notes show Amarillo with four days of unsettled readings and scattered details. Mentions Houston Oklahoma City and varying sky conditions with overcast and fair prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Miles Condi
Fair
Road Contractors Given Suspensions
Suspension penalties ranging from six months to two years for New Mexico contractors and highway department employees were announced by federal highway administrator Rey M. Whitton. The actions followed a congressional subcommittee hearing in Washington last year about questionable road project practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
New Mexico
Highway Department
Rey M. Whitton
Federal
Congressional
Washington
Jack Adams
Commission
Whitton
District Bpa
Bureau
State Highway Department
JURY MISTRIAL IN Amarillo suit against Erlandson
In Clarendon a mistrial was declared after a 12 member jury deadlocked 7 to 5 over whether Amarillo woman Mrs. Robberson 71 proved she had 94000 in a safety deposit box and whether former bail bondsman Harold E. Erlandsen stole it. A new trial was set for March 6 with jury selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarendon
Wn.queen Robberson
Amarillo
Harold E. Erlandsen
Sacramento
Calif
Luther Gribble
100Th District Court
Gribbie
Robberson
Amarillo National Bank
Erlandson
Ten Novels Removed From Amarillo High School Libraries
Amarillo College and area high schools confirmed removing ten novels from four high school libraries and one college unit for official review over alleged obscenity. Among the 18 titles are four Pulitzer prizewinners including Grapes of Wrath, The Way West, Brave New World and Marjorie Morningstar. Administrators deny influence by citizen requests and say withdrawals are routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo College
Amarillo Public School
1H College
Amarillo Corse
Tascosa
Carver
Amarillo
Palo Duro
Bob Ashworth
A. B. Martin
Amarillo College Board of Regents
The
Ama
Rillo
Midland Public Schools
House Investigating Committee
Austin
Martin
Andersonville
Mackinlay Kantor
A. B. Guthrie
West
Eas
Oregon
Marjorie Morningstar
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tial
Fiddler
Routs Burelars
Department of Commerce
Harding College
Oda
Oea
Wes Izzard
David Glenn
Yorktown High School
Arlington
Weather Bureau
NASA
Sen. Javits
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Mansfield
John Stennis
D-Miss
Castro
Hi-Plains
Buster Harper
Lrosshoads Report
D. E. Scott
Wellington
H. W. Adkinson
Bureau of Public Roads
Adkinson
State Highway Commission
J. R. Kastler
Vistrial
Clyde Walter and
Jerry Langdon
Flora B
Slatt
John Steinbeck
Oklahoma
Oliver LaFarge
Herman Wouk
Thomas Wolfe
Harvard University
Aldous Huxley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!