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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1962
Page
1
The liberal Democrats in the Senate face a double split as Hubert Humphrey condemns the Telstar satellite bill filibuster while some liberals and Republicans debate the timing of an immediate tax cut. Humphrey warns the filibuster may harm civil rights progress as the session continues.
In Bangkok on July 29 AP reports 1800 U S Marines stationed since mid May to counter Communist influence were flown to Okinawa. A top American officer said the detachment could return quickly if needed while Thai officials dispute a United States assessment that Laos threats have lessened. Admiral George W Anderson noted the departure at Udorn base and spoke in Bangkok.
A NORAD overview outlines the joint US and Canada effort to protect the continental airspace. The article explains the command's mission, coordination with allied forces, and readiness to respond to any attack scenario on North America.
Colorado Springs hosts NORAD the joint United States and Canada defense command. The Combat Operations Center operates 24 hours daily with Army Navy Air Force Marine and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel coordinating detection and response to any aero space attack.
Dear Editor the Committee for Economic Development suggests solving the farm surplus by retiring about two million surplus farmers and retraining them to live on relief with possible political reclassification. The writer D. E. Scott of Wellington comments on this drastic idea.
A three day NORAD tour in Colorado Springs and Oklahoma City reveals a vast integrated system protecting the continent from aerospace attack. Air Force Army Navy Marines and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel work in constant alert as Larry Lawrence explains NORAD headquarters and the 32nd region.
Bulgaria announced basic food price increases to curb shortages and cut top salaries to fund price support. The decree also raises low level farm wages to boost agricultural morale while Khrushchev attacked Stalinist notions and argued for extending power grids to farms during the Dnepr hydroelectric project opening.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms. Cooler tonight and Tuesday. Highs 86 to 90 in Amarillo area, 80 to 90 in Northwest Texas. East portion sees more clouds and showers Tuesday, with cooler conditions overall. Also notes hour by hour temps and daily sunrise sunset times.
Mundt a subcommittee member said he knows of no evidence being withheld to aid members of Congress and promised exposure if found. The Washington Post reported eight lawmakers involved with Estes, while subcommittees deny suppressing damaging testimony. Estes, a Texas financier, faces fraud and other probes over liquid fertilizer operations and related affairs. Names mentioned include Senator Ralph Yarborough and Representative H Carl Andersen. Andersen allegedly sold Estes stock in a coal mine.
Reports say at least seven East German youths defected from the World Youth Festival in Helsinki while a 5,000 strong anti-Communist crowd pelted buses with rocks outside the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony.
Three gaunt invasion prisoners of Fidel Castro returned to the United States recounting overcrowded cells and squalid conditions at Isle of Pines. Fabio Freyre Aguilera and two others were ransomed for 100000, 25000, and 50000 dollars respectively by relatives. They described diet of mango or orange breakfast, dirty water coffee, and meals of starchy rice and hard beans.
A snow storm near the summit of Grand Teton Peak yesterday left one climber dead from exposure. Rangers rescued nine survivors from a group of 10 near the 12,000 foot level and transported them to a Jackson hospital. Two climbers Lester Germer and John Fennman suffered frostbite and exposure, flown from the peak by helicopter. Stephen J. Smith, 21, of Holden Mass., was found earlier today, part of a party from the Appalachian Mountain Club seeking a way out of the storm.
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