Congressmen Urge Dam Fund Approval in Texas
Two Texas Democrats urge the House Appropriations Committee to approve 4.2 million for the Canadian River Reclamation Project. The plan, with a 98 million cost, would flood-control northwestern Texas and store municipal and industrial water for Amatillo Borger Brownsfield Lamesa Levelland Lubbock O Donnell Pampa Plainview and Tahoka. About 92 million would be repaid to the federal treasury by water users.
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Washington
Texas
House
House Appropriations Committee
George Mahon
Walter Rogers
Reclamation Bureau
Mahon
Rogers
Federal Treasury
Amatillo
Borger
Brownsfield
Lamesa
Levelland
Lubbock
O'Donnell
Pampa
Plainview
Tahoka
Cold War Tensions and Europe Unity Amid Global Strife
The piece weighs Macmillan’s tactic against Sino Soviet conflict and Kennedy’s stance as Europe edges toward freer trade. It notes Khrushchev’s possible waiting game, Britain’s shift toward removing economic barriers, and the risk of a China nuke capability. It recalls America’s worst fire toll in 1871 at Peshtigo with 1,152 deaths.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
China
International Com
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Kennedy
Britain
Commonwealth
United States
Red
Peshtigo
Wis
Amarillo Daily News Excerpt 1907 Publication Details
An OCR fragment from the Amarillo Daily News dated 1907 lists staff roles including publisher, editor, and business manager. It shows subscription rates for home delivery, morning editions, and combined morning and Sunday options, reflecting a newspaper’s internal masthead and pricing.
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Estepsiones
The
News
Hews Pub
Amarillo
Texas
Soviet Youth Delegation Arrives in Havana Aboard Gruzia
KEY WEST June 5 wild cheers greet Soviet agriculturalists in Havana as the Gruzia liner brings 110-ton delegation from Russia. Nikita Khrushchev Lenin Fidel Castro and Yuri Gagarin are hailed by crowds. two groups reportedly traveled from Atlanta, Georgia last Friday.
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Key West
Fla
Nikita Khrushchev
Lenin
Fidel Castro
Yuri Gagarin
Havana
Keamsemol
Russia
Communist Youth Organization
Gruzia
Thirteen Freedom Riders Convicted in Jackson
Thirteen more freedom riders were convicted in Jackson Mississippi municipal court on breach of peace charges for attempting to integrate bus terminal facilities. Judge James Spencer fined each rider 200 dollars and gave them a standing sentence. The group included whites and seven Negroes who rode to Jackson.
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Jackson
Mias
Freedom Riders
Mississippi
James Spencer
Weather observations totals and averages summary
U.S. Weather Bureau data show hourly precipitation totals for the period ending 6 am yesterday. The report notes year over year totals and an all-time average for the period, with a value of 97.36 noted in the records.
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Weather Bureau
America
Hs Vo
Dé Bowrs
Austin
Brownsville
Wichita
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Rapid City
Rancisco
Washington
Kon
Dumas Hires School Head to Replace Resigning Leader
The Dumas School Board hired Joe B Scrivner from Goliad Schools to become superintendent, succeeding E. A. Wooten who resigns July 1. Scrivner previously led Rankin schools after rising from junior high principal and teacher. Wooten’s future plans remain undisclosed.
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Dumas
Joe B Scrivner
Goliad
E. A. Wooten
Wooten
Scrivner
Rankin
Parry Parrish Search Underway After Grill Fight
A full scale midnight search for Parrish was started amid a food service incident at Trinity grill. Deputy Wes ton said racial tension may underlie the trouble as Eugene Brown was injured and up to a dozen white patrons faced a mob outside the grill with bottles and weapons.
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Parrish
Food Service
RK. B. Weston
Eugene Brown
Gerald Brown
Trinity Grill
Brown
Kennedy to receive bill aiding firms over Russian exhibit costs
Two American firms claim Russian overcharges halted work on the US exhibit building in Moscow and would be partly reimbursed under a bill sent to President Kennedy. The House approved a Senate amendment by voice vote, directing $34,35 for Metal Corp of New York and $29,011 for Lydick Roofing Co of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Washington
Moscow
Kennedy
House
Senate
Metal Corp
York
Lydick Roofing Co
Fort Worth
Tex
Stevenson Reports Talks With Venezuelan Leaders Addressing Caribbean
Adlai E. Stevenson disclosed that his talks with Romulo and Venezuelan officials covered the Dominican Republic and Cuba and discussed economic and social problems. He said he was pleased by the warm reception on arrival and his assignment as chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations on a special mission to visit 16 South American countries in three days for President Kennedy.
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Caracas
Venezela
Adlai E. Stevenson
Romulo
Derminican Republic
Cuba
Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Kennedy
Tax Plan Sparks Congressional Debate on Foreign Income
Business spokesmen told Congress that Kennedy tax proposals taxing foreign subsidiary profits annually would harm national interests and firms. A labor witness urged committee to approve the plan. Opposition cited the U S Chamber of Commerce and the U S Council of the International Chamber.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House Ways and Means Committee
US. Chamber of Commerce
US. Council of the International Chamber
AP appoints Ed Overholser to Interstate Compact Commission
Price Daniel announced the appointment of Ed Overholser to the Interstate Compact Commission. Overholser, AP Capitol Bureau veteran, will join as assistant executive secretary and begin duties in Oklahoma City July 1 after covering the Texas Senate for six years.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Ed Overholser
Associated Press Capitol
Overholser
Nashville
Tenn
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Texas Senate
Guardsmen Begin Work at Fort Hood Texas Training
About 7,000 reservists of the th Infantry Division began two weeks of summer field training in Central Texas. Maj. Gen. Earl Rudder says the drill will simulate rugged combat conditions with emphasis on platoon training. Units moved to maneuver areas after a Sunday church service, including the First Battle Group 354th Infantry from San Antonio and the 37th Armor from Corpus Christi Laredo Uvalde. Training includes warfare tactics, range firing, and daily camp activities under hot weather.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Texas
National Guardsmen
Earl Rudder
354Th Infantry
San Antonio
Biogunc
Sth
37Th Armor
Corpus Christi-Laredo-Uvalde
Hospital Held Up As Escape Leads to New Admission Time
The attempted hospital abduction story notes a gunpoint incident from midnight to 2 am and Mrs. Elliott fleeing barefoot across fields. Records later show Gamble admitted at 4:38 am, about two and a half hours after the escape, contradicting initial reports.
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Elliott
Gamble
Dyer
Truman Plans TV Series With Himself as Host and Historian
Former President Harry S. Truman announced a forthcoming television series in which he will host and write, focusing on contemporary history with supporting films. The program aims to educate, avoid partisanship, and direct profits to the Truman Library. Topics to include the atomic age, civil rights, WWII era figures, and major policy programs.
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New York
Jane 5
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Truman Library
Independence, Mo
Hiroshima
Naga- China
Stalin
Churchill
Kennedy Briefs London Talks and Laos Cease-Fire Accord
Kennedy reported broad progress in Laos and Berlin after talks with Khrushchev and Macmillan. He will address the nation at 6 p.m. EST to summarize conversations with Khrushchev and de Gaulle and discuss two missions, official and personal, from London.
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Laos
Khrushchevy
United States
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
London
Macmillan
Vienna
Berlin
East Germany
Paper output vs mill capacity ratio slips to 91.2 percent
The American Paper and Pulp Association reports for the week ending May 27 the nation's paper production to mill capacity ratio at 91.2 percent, down from 91.8 percent revised and well below 97.0 percent in the same 1960 week.
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New York
UPI
American Paper and Pulp Association
Des Moines Area Tornado Rips Through Cimarron County Texas
A powerful tornado tracked across Cimarron County and into nearby areas causing broken windshields, downed power lines, and scorched land. It moved from Des Moines toward Oklahoma and lingered briefly, with witnesses describing a wide funnel and cloud mass.
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Boise City
Okla
Cimarron County
Perica
Highway 37
Calam County
Des Moines
Feral Smith
Here
Giants Move Texas League to Ardmore After Directors Vote
The Texas League shifted the Giants to Ardmore Oklahoma about a week ago via league directors vote. Humphries, who moved the team from Corpus Christi in 1980, reported 15341 fans in 35 home games and reduced revenue from box seats book sales and billboard sales by 14226 from last season.
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Ardmore
Okla
Humphries
Corpus Christi
Oklahoma
Bomb damages Fort Worth mobile home office. no injuries
A bomb exploded today at Park Mobile Homes on East Belknap in Fort Worth causing about 4000 dollars in damage. No casualties. Owner B E Blume reported a prior telephone warning and a second warning shortly before the blast. Police searched the area but found no device.
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Blume
Koens
Koons
Amarillo Fire Chief urges new stations north and south
The Amarillo fire chief proposed moving a north side station toward a site near 38th Avenue to better serve motels schools and warehouses and to house aerial equipment. He also urged purchasing a site for a future south end station and suggested using the city owned water tower site on 58th for that purpose. The commission reviewed department activities and discussed drainage curb breaks on Mirror Street to divert water toward Martin Lake.
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NE Ith
NE Ah
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo
38Th Avenue
N. ¥. Moss
58Th
Pieid
13Th
Martin Lake
Connally says legislators flip on sales tax stance
Texas Democratic chairman J. E. Connally says some lawmakers elected on the party platform against a general sales tax have now backed away from the conversion mandate. He praises Gov. Price Daniel for opposing the tax bill in the public interest.
States weigh desegregation clash over local option law
The three judge court weighs a NAACP challenge to a local option law as states resist a federal desegregation order. The Justice Department argues the 14th Amendment requires states to run segregated free schools and warns of second class citizenship if access to education is denied. Atty Gen Jack Gremillion warns federal courts could take over school operation if the law is overturned.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Partic
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana
Farmers Defy Communists with Sitdown Strike in Fukien
The Nationalist Tatao News Agency reports more than 50,000 Communist cadres urge farmers in Fukien to return to work. Disgruntled farmers on the seaboard opposite Formosa stage a sitdown protest, marking a rare defiance against Beijing.
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Taipel
Formosa
Fukien
China Seaboard
Tatao
Justice Ministry
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