Profit squeeze worries Dr. Benson on American industry
Dr. George Benson of Searcy Arkansas warns that corporate profits in 1961’s first three quarters averaged under 3 percent, with only two 3 percent readings in five years. He says industry can endure briefly but won’t last. He cites competition from the Common Market and Japan and urges labor-management goodwill to boost production, noting a steel official's claim of 20 percent possible gains with cooperation.
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George Benson
Searcy, Ark
Department of Commerce
Amarillo
Japan
Harding College
Washington
Dr. Benson
Fred Waring Show Draws Overflow Crowd in Amarillo
The full house packed the theater as Fred Waring and his orchestra performed Thursday. Fire marshal restrictions prevented standing room sales, with hundreds traveling from three states. Viewers praised the clean, sparkling entertainment and the encore promise, noting the group will return via Pampa Monday after collecting laundry left behind.
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Fred Waring
Dress-Up Day at Crockett Junior High Sparks Trend
Readers learn of a growing trend toward careful grooming in public schools. Crockett Junior High held dress-up day with girls in frilly dresses and boys in shirts, ties, and Sunday suits. Principal J. E. Ferguson organized a schedule, with many schools adopting similar events nationwide.
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Crockett Junior High
J. E. Ferguson
Glenn Prepares for First American Orbit Mission
Cape Canaveral reports Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. cool and ready as countdown nears completion for Atlas rocket launch. The 11 hour sequence aims to place Glenn in orbit atop the two ton Friend ship 7 capsule at about 17 500 miles per hour for three orbits.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Marine Corps
Spaceport
Earth
Glenn
U.S
John Powers
Sevenman
Texas House rejects Senate small loan bill
The Texas House defeated the Senate small loan measure by voice vote and scheduled a conference with senators. Rep Criss Cole said the Senate version is worse than no bill. A conference will be requested when the Senate reconvenes Monday as the session heads toward adjournment. The House also adjourned, risking the annexation reform bill, and faces deadline constraints before the session ends Thursday.
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Austin
UPI
Senate
Texas House
Voice
Criss Cole
Houston
House
Representatives
W.T. Dungan
McKinney
Jim Cotton
Weatherford
Senate Committee
Cole
Shot at Vicon Misses Target
CAPE CANAVERAL Fila Jan 26 AP The United States fired a spacecraft at the moon today but a 20000 to 30000- meter target miss disrupted the mission and no surface impact was reported.
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Vicon
Cape Canaveral
Fila
United States
Weather Summary and Moon Mission Update
The Weather Bureau reports Mostly fair skies across Amarillo and Northwest Texas with warmer highs today through Sunday. New Mexico sees fair weather with eastern plains cooler and other areas warmer. A NASA spokesman said the Ranger mission failed due to excessive velocity, preventing moon instrument reports, while a Pasadena JPL spokesman hinted at a possible moon photo attempt despite no data from the craft.
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Amarikilu
Texas
New Mexico
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet. Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Southern Senators Attack Rights Bill
Southern senators denounce the Kennedy civil rights bill as politically inspired and unconstitutional. The measure would set a sixth grade education as the literacy test for presidential and congressional voters, prompting sharp rebuttals from Sen. Richard Russell and other Dixie lawmakers amid a tense pre election civil rights clash.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Russell
US to Quit A-Ban Talks in Geneva Dispute
The United States will halt Geneva atomic test ban talks and push disarmament at the 18 nation conference. Washington accuses the Soviet Union of a fraudulent turnabout and says Moscow wants to blame the West for failure. The three nation talks may end at Friday’s session.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Geneva
Soviet Union
Moscow
Britain
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
West
Uruguay Backs Soft Cuba Stance at OAS Conference
In Punta del Este Uruguay the seven nation bloc urged a gradual settlement of Cuba’s communism issue and won Uruguay’s support. The move weakens a tougher four point program backed by Fidel Castro’s government and risks only a mild rebuke for Cuba.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Fidel Castro
inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
South America
Montevideo
Atlantic
Cuba
Organization of American States
Elderly Hale Center shopkeeper repels burglary with shotgun
I V Lynch a 75 year old owner of Lynch Feed and Supply in Hale Center fired about 1 30 am when two men fled his store after breaking in. Felipi Lopez Fidel Flores Demetro Baca and Adolph Gerhardt are charged with burglary with Lopez hospitalized after being shot in the thigh. Flores was arrested and others remain in Hale County Jail. A small sum of state tax money and two revolvers were reported missing.
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Hale Center
I. V. Lynch
Lynch Feed and Supply
Lynch
Panhandle
Hale County
Plainview
Felipi Lopez
Fidel Flores
Demetro Baca
Adolph Gerhardt
Lopez
Flores
Crosshoads Report on Tax Hogs and Appetite Parody
Dear Editor, the writer mocks appetite suppressants and flavor aids aimed at citizens seeking to curb dimensions. He notes a neighbor who bought many such items but doubts any will surpass food in popularity and wishes for a triple-strength appetite deceiver to blunt Washington tax-hogs.
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Washington
Weather Sketch of Amarillo 1962 Readings
Daily sun 24 of 26 days in 1962 reported for Amarillo with comparative readings at 2 pm. Wind varied under fair to overcast skies. notable entries include Houston, Dalles, Oklo City with conditions from clear to overcast and speeds around 15 MPH.
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Amearillo
Miles Condi
Amarillo
Fair Houston
Dalles
Oklo City
Road Contractors Given Suspensions
Federal highway administrator Rex M. Whitton announced suspensions from six months to two years for New Mexico contractors and highway department employees. The action follows prior congressional testimony about questionable road project practices. Jack Adams of Santa Fe received the two year suspension effective Sept. 6, 1961.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Highway Department
Rex M. Whitton
Federal Highway Ad
Congressional
Washington
Whitson
H. W. Adkinson
Bureau of Public Roads
Adkinson
State Highway Commission
J. R. Kastler
Commission
Jack Adams
Whitton
District Bpa
Bureau
State Highway Department
Mistrial Declared In Robberson vs Erlandson Civil Suit
A Clarendon jury failed to reach a verdict in the $94,000 case brought by Mrs. W N Robberson of Amarillo against Harold E Erlandson of Sacramento after four hours of deliberation. Judge Luther Gribble set March 6 for a new jury selection. The 12 jurors deadlocked 7 to 5 on whether Robberson had the safety deposit box funds and whether Erlandson stole them.
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Clarendon
W. N
Queen) Robberson
Amarillo
Harold E. Erlandson
Sacramento
Calif
Luther Gribble
100Th District Court
Gribbie
Robberson
Amarillo National Bank
Erlandson
Ten novels pulled from Amarillo schools for review
Amarillo College and four high schools removed ten novels from five libraries amid alleged obscenity concerns. Nine titles came from the AC Library and seven from Tascosa Carver Amarillo and Palo Duro high schools. Books include Pulitzer winners Andersonville Grapes of Wrath Laughing Boy The Way West The Big Sky Marjorie Morningstar Of Time and the River and Brave New World.
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Amarillo College
Amarillo
College For Official Review
Alteged
Tascosa
Carver
Palo Duro
Bob Ashworth
A. B. Martin
Amarillo College Board of Regents
The
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Rillo
Midland Public Schools
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Austin
Martin
Andersonville
Mackinlay Kantor
A. B. Guthrie
West
Missouri
Oregon
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New York
Herman Wouk
Thomas Wolfe
Harvard University
Aldous Huxley
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