Spy Soblen Attempts Suicide Aboard Flight to U S
Dr. Robert Soblen the 62 year old convicted Soviet spy attempted suicide aboard a London to New York airliner en route to serve a life term He stabbed himself and slashed his wrists losing blood and was hospitalized with improved condition later doctors say he has leukemia cancer of the blood He was in U S custody and expelled from Israel after posting bail.
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London
Robert Soblen
Israel
United States
Soblen
New York
U.S
Hillingdon Hospital
Seblen
Home Office
Britain
Thousands of U.S. Marines Withdrawn From Thailand
The Defense Department says 1,000 Marines released from Thailand duties are returning to ships with possible further withdrawals under President Kennedy. The move follows SEATO training alongside about 2,000 Army troops, amid Laotian Pathet Lao incursions and a cease fire collapse near northwest Laos.
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Washington
U.S
Thailand
Defense Department
Pentagon
Kennedy
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Weather notes for Amarillo and nearby cities in 1962
The report records 173 days of sunshine in Amarillo for 1962 with comparative readings at 3 PM on Sunday. It lists wind speeds and visibility across cities including Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Amarillo with conditions noted as partly cloudy.
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Amperillo
Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Nine Injured Youth Dies in Hollis Oklahoma Crash
A two car collision near Hollis left one dead and nine injured. The deceased is 11 year old Joe Roberts. Injured include his parents and siblings plus four Cary children. Investigating officers cited a church trip as the likely context. Funeral services for Joe Roberts are pending.
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Hollis
Okla
Harmon Memorial Hospital
Roberts
Johnny
Jana
Gary
Harlan Cary
Marsha
Mike
Brad
Belinda
Wilson Declares Freeman Should Resign From USDA
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson said Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman should resign over what he calls slow action and defensiveness in the Billie Sol Estes case. The Estes matter involves a Pecos financier charged with fraud about 22 million dollars in mortgages on nonexistent fertilizer tanks and suspicious grain storage.
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Texas
Will Wilson
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Wilson
ABC
Sen
Edmund Muskies
Agriculture Department
Estes
Department of Agriculture
Pecos
Tex
FBI
Maine
Estes Estes
Bob Clark
Wil
Argu‘son
Sial
Freeman
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Reeves County
Home County
Medicare proposal sparks rural debate in letter to editor
Dear Editor, a reader argues the Medicare plan is not entirely compulsory since only the payments are required, not benefits, but warns it could waste years in hospitals to access supposedly free goods. Dr. E Scott Wellington.
Rookie Outruns Pack To Win City Derby
A crowd of 1500 watched 65 Panhandle youngsters race in Amarillo's 25th annual Soap Box Derby. Twelve year old Paul Rutherford won in 27.8 seconds over 650 feet to claim Class B and city honors and earn a trip to Akron Ohio. Rutherford’s white Bullet racer with flaming skulls was sponsored by Furr Food. Class A runner up was Billy Griffith with 13, sponsored by Airport Limousine Service. Dana Reynard placed fourth, sponsored by Palo Duro Barbershop, and Mika Hunnicut finished fourth sponsored by High Plains Building Co. Rutherford received a trophy a $500 bond and a kiss from Miss Amarillo Carroll Baker.
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Paul Rutherford
15Th
N. Pierce
Akron
Ohio
Rutherford
Billy Griffith
Thor
Jackwin G. Griffith
Pryor
Paul'der
Dana Reynard
A. F. Reynard
Hayden
Palo Duro Barbershop
Mixe Hunnicut
Doyle Hunnicutt
Buena Vista
United States
Carroll Baker
Weather Details for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Weather report from U S Weather Bureau covers Amarillo and Northwest Texas and Northern New Mexico. Clear to partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers possible in the afternoons or evenings. Temperatures range from mid 60s to mid 90s with highs 84 to 95 and lows around 62 to 70. Sunrise and sunset times listed with 24 hour precipitation total at 0.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Governors Back Federal Tax Cuts Rival 1964 Rivalry
At the 54th annual governors conference, two Democrats and two Republicans supported federal tax cuts to boost the sluggish economy. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and New Hampshire Gov. Wesley Powell urged easing federal taxes, while California Gov. Pat Brown and Ohio Gov. Michael DiSalle backed a plan to fund elderly medical care via Social Security taxes. Powell, facing a possible 1964 presidential bid, highlighted differences with Rockefeller over the resolution.
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Hershey
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Powell
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Brown
DiSalle
U.S. Senate
Governors’ Conference
Local boy Paul Rutherford wins Amarillo derby title
Paul Rutherford, 12, became city champion in Amarillo at the 25th Soap Box Derby and will race for Amarillo in the All-America Derby in Akron on August 4. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rutherford of 4505 East 16th Street.
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Amarillo
Paul Rutherford
Akron
Ohio
Paul
Jack Rutherford
The Body Wasnt A Body by Hodges and Dees Scene
Rk J Hodges visiting friend Jarvis Dees near St Francis Switch finds a body in Dees residence. Potter County sheriff’s office and deputies respond as door is pried open and Dees awakes saying he would have shaved had he known of the visit.
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Rk. J. Hodges
St. Francis Switch
Jarvis Dees
Potter County Sheriff's Office
Justice of the Peace
Dees
Kennedy Returns From Mexico Triumph and Ties
President Kennedy returned to Washington from a warmly received visit to Mexico. He pledged a new era of understanding with Lopez Mateos as crowds in Mexico City celebrated with thunderous cheers. The president and Mrs Kennedy landed at Andrews and proceeded to the White House. The trip drew about a million cheering supporters and included a wreath laying at the national monument and Mass at the Basilica. Kennedy heads to Philadelphia Wednesday for a July 4 speech.
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Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Philadelphia
Governors Center
Nedy
Mexico City
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
United States
U.S
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Alabama
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F. W. Wallace
Amarillo Area
James A. Cornette
West Texas State College
Amarillo Baptist Association
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Crosshoads
Dr. E. Scott Wellington
Furr Food
Griffith
High Plains Building Co
Derby
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hodges
JFK
UPI
Capital
Castro
Cuba
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