U S 66 faces split into five Interstates drawing protest
Across the nation citizens and officials rail against breaking the historic U S 66 into Interstates 55 44 40 15 and 10. Newspapers chambers of commerce and editors urge Rex Whitton in Washington to reconsider the plan citing loss of tradition and local investment. The U S 66 Association plans a Shamrock meeting as the debate heats up.
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New Mexico
America
Chambers of Commerce
Washington
Rex M. Whitton
Shamrock
Apollo Moon Flight Concept on Saturn V Launch Vehicle
Model displays a planned Apollo moon flight with a two man crew capsule atop a Saturn V. The cutaway shows a service module and crew capsule designed to land on the moon and then blast away to rendezvous with the service unit in lunar orbit before returning to Earth.
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Moon
Earth
The New Frontiersmen and Shifting Global Signals
A vivid column argues that barriers are falling as time and distance shrink. It cites rising FBI funding from 8 million to 130 million, 5935 agents, and three hours overtime, then imagines drive in classrooms, reflecting optimistic postwar tech progress.
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FBI
Lunar Scooter bid Asked for two man lunar craft
NASA invited industry bids for a two man lunar excursion vehicle to land two crew on the moon and return them to the mother ship in lunar orbit. The craft would launch with the Apollo mother ship with the third crewman remaining aboard. North American Aviation develops the command module in Los Angeles.
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Washington
The
Space Agency
Industry
Moon
Earth
North American Aviation Inc
Los Angeles
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kennedy Proposes $142 Billion Tax Cut for Business
President Kennedy announces a $142 billion tax cut aimed at spurring growth and jobs. The plan allows larger deductions for firms modernizing plants and is framed as pro business by Secretary Dillon. The steel industry is expected to be a principal beneficiary.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Vanishing hopes for budget balance in 1963 fiscal year
The piece notes the collapse of slim chances for an unbalanced federal budget in the 1963 fiscal year that began July 1. It adds that tax changes will erase Kennedy's $500 million forecast surplus, signaling a fiscal setback for the administration.
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Kennedy
Weather and UN loans saga ripple through regions
Amarillo area sees partly cloudy skies and limited temperature change through Friday with scattered thunderstorms and highs near 94. Northwest Texas and New Mexico report similar mixed skies and warm highs. United Nations funding tensions surface as Senate bill restricts aid and a potential veto frames a clash over up to 100 million dollars in loans for UN bond purchases.
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Amarillo
Dillon
Treasury
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U.N
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House
H. R. Gross
Lowa
United Nations
William Fitts Ryan
D-N.y
Texas
New Mexico
Americans See French TV for the First Time
Telstar satellite linked American viewers to French and British TV for the first time with broadcasts via Brittany France and England's Goonhilly Downs. Yves Montand became the first European entertainer to telecast directly across the Atlantic as CBS aired a live feed from Britain. The 170 pound satellite launched from Cape Canaveral and operated at 600 to 3500 miles above Earth.
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Telstar Satelite
France
Jacques Marette
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England
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Sci
Aentists
Eur
Goonhilly Downs
Yves Montand
Atlantic
Brittany
One Network
CBS
Cape Canaveral
Ground duty assigned as Slayton stays with NASA team
NASA announced that Deke Slayton will remain with the astronaut program in ground duties after doctors cited heart rhythm issues. Malcolm Carpenter will fly the second orbital mission. Slayton, in Wisconsin with family, expressed willingness to contribute where needed.
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U.S
Donald K Mend
Slayton
Deke
Robert R. Gilruth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Air Force
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Australia
Consin
NASA
Gilruth
Houston
Tex
Mer
Weather fragment from Amarillo reads unclear and brief
Fragmentary weather notes from Amarillo mention sunlit days and scattered readings at 3 p m with vague directional cues and conditions not fully legible. No clear date or events, leaving the record incomplete.
Comfort in History Notes on Napoleon and the Louisiana Purchase
Dear Editor, the writer reflects on history's comfort and mentions Napoleon selling Louisiana to fund a war with Britain, financed by London. The note suggests aiding an enemy to stay on good terms if they win, echoed by BD and SCOTT Wellington.
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Louisiana
London
Canadians Protest Medicare in Regina Demonstration
Several thousand citizens protested Saskatchewan's Medicare plan outside the provincial legislature in Regina. Estimates ranged from 2,500 to 15,000, with organizers backing doctors' strikes and calling for suspension of the compulsory medical care program.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Flying H Ranch in New Mexico featured in Daily News
An illustrated report on the Flying H Ranch in New Mexico is presented today on page 33, detailing the diversified production program by Orville Howard, farm editor. A Toronto Star Syndicate feature on Punch and Judy runs on page 27, recounting their history and enduring appeal.
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Flying H Ranch
New Mexico
Orville Howard
Toronto Star Syndicate
Villian Punch
Winds, Rain Hit Hutchinson County Airport Near Borger
A 15 minute flash storm near Borger brought 95 mph winds and about two inches of rain at Hutchinson County Airport. Damages were estimated around 75000 dollars as a Cessna 182 was blown from its moorings and a wooden Civil Air Patrol shed was demolished. Some minor city rainfall observed in Borger. weather bureau called winds straight. Witnesses noted a possible twister.
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Hutchinson County
Borger
Hubert Brasher
Wichita
Kan
Civil Air Patrol
Griffin
Radio taxi mystery unravels across Kansas Oklahoma
Liberal Kansas and Oklahoma officers traced a bizarre case involving a reported dead man, strange radio taxi calls, a stolen car, and an interstate angle. Witnesses include Smothermen who rented a taxi radio car in Guymon and described a mysterious accomplice with a duplicate key.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Liberal Taxi Co
Shattuck
Okla
Arnett
FBI
Smothermen
Proprie
Tor
Guymon
Smotherman
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