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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1961

Page

2

Tornado Outbreak Rumbles Across Panhandle Early Tuesday

Storms unleashed multiple tornadoes across the northern Panhandle around 12 to 2:30 am near Stinnett Dumas Pampa and Miami with reports of funnels along a Wheeler to Dumas line. Weather Bureau radar tracked cells as spotters chased twisters. warnings spanned from Roswell to Abilene with no direct community damage reported.

Borger Fritch Dumas Stinnett Paul Revere Pampa Fritch and Borger Wheeler U.S. Weather Bureau Amarillo Panhandle South Plains Roswell N.M Abilene Raymond Miles Colorado New Mexico

Burieson Youth Body Sent For Services

Henry Lee Burieson aged 17 of Whither Coil is reported by family to have died. The body was sent to Whites Funeral Home in Anvig, California for services and burial.

Burleson Henry Lee Burieson Whither, Coil LL D. Burieson Lucille Burieson Bill Burieson Whites Funeral Home Anvig California Taylor Kenneth Roy Taylor Merm Cid Difford Roy Tavior Seniley Bebra Key Adsietly Taovier Kete Smith Weanesser Blackburn Wesste Jonny Madson Wetster Dunes Teros Ecsilene Detro Ann Clarence Webster

Amarillo Daily News Nov 4 1109 Ad Rates and staff note

The Am rillo Daily News lists publication details including editor Don Boyett managing editor Evans editorial editor Shelby Kritser and general manager Grady Camp. Advertising director Trent Y. Davis and circulation manager Harry Bartlett are named. Subscription rates for local and mail editions are shown with monthly and yearly options. Copyright 196 Globe-News Publishing Company.

Estebiisnes Dcity News Democratic Publishec Oy Globe-News Publishing Company. Inc Ameria Don Boyett Ore Evans Shelby Kritser Grady Camp Lowell Cerrier Maerth Sunder Amorillo Globe-News Publishing Company All Richts Paul Timmons Wesley Izzard Pudiisner Onc

City eyes widening street and annexation talks

Randall County bought right of way for a four lane widening project while Amarillo officials consider annexation in Pleasant Valley. Residents protested Duniven Lake drainage and the commission set a Monday discussion on a merit based city salary plan.

Randall County Smith Virgil McGee Vernon York Pleasant Valley Seale Duniven Lake Thompson Park Plains Boulevard Amarillo Creek Civil Service Commission Paul Rathbun Paramount Terrace Henry Beverley Texas Tech Municipal Auditorium

U.S. Bar Red China Shipments Amid Grain Trade

The United States blocks unloading gear and grain shipments to Communist China due to export controls. Canada plans 217 million bushels of wheat and 58 million of barley for China by 1963, while Canadian ships must bring self unloading equipment costing about 12 000 dollars per unit.

Sidiaries The Aluminum Co Canada China U.S Moore Dunbar Battle Co Batavia Washington Montreal Star Treasury Department Foreign-Assets Control Office Treasury Schwartz

Armed Robbery at Reed's Service Station Reported

Police detectives investigated an armed robbery at Reed's Service Station on East 18th Street in which $234 was taken. Attendant McKinley Sterns could not identify the suspects from photos. The robbers, described as two men ages 23 to 25, entered with a snub nose revolver and confined Sterns to the restroom.

Reed McKinley Sterns Sterns

Loan Bill Stand but Attorney General Opposes

Atty. Gen. Will Wilson stated on Tuesday he does not favor proposed small loan legislation that would impose a $4 minimum charge for any size loan.

Austin API Will Wilson

Three Nations Seek U.N. Action on Angola Repression

Ceylon Liberia and the United Arab Republic urged the U N Security Council to call on Portugal to end repression in Angola. The resolution would reaffirm the April 20 General Assembly appeal for reforms toward independence in the territory.

United Nations N.Y Ceylon Liberia United Arab Republic U.N. Security Council Portugal Angola General Assembly

Khrushchev Hosts Gay Kremlin Party For Sukarno

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Indonesian President Sukarno shared a lively Kremlin reception with dancing jokes and friendly banter. Guests included Prince Souvanna Phouma. Andrei Gromyko watched as Sukarno received gifts and a Kremlin guest suite privilege.

Prince Souvanna Phouma Laos Geneva Khrushchev Sukarno Radio Moscow Brezhnev Kremlin

Tax Talks On KGNC A Legislative Panel Discussion

Fifteen television stations will carry Wednesday night's legislative panel on Texas tax problems. Rebuttal to Gov. Price Daniel's May 31 broadcast is prepared by Sen. Wardlow Lane and Reps. Ben Atwell Tom James Redd Quillam Wade Spilman and Jack Woods. Stations include KGNC Amarillo KFDM Beaumont KEDY Big Spring KBTX Bryan V er Clovis WBAP Fort Worth KPRC Houston KGNS Laredo KDUB Lubbock KTRE Lufkin KMID Midland WOAI San Antonio KXIJ Sherman Denison KPAR Sweetwater and KWTX Waco.

Bryan KVER Clovis N. M WBAP Fort Worth KPRC Houston KGNS Laredo KDUB Laubbock KTRE Lufkin KMID Midland WOAI San Antonio KXIJ Sherman- Denison KPAR Sweetwater KWTX Waco

Nuclear plant planned in Chihuahua to promote uranium

The National Commission of Nuclear Energy announced a development plant will be built in Chihuahua to promote Mexico's uranium production. Scientists believe uranium can be found in several areas.

Mexico Mexico City National Commission of Nuclear Energy Chihuahua Mexico

Kennedy Talks in Geneva and Berlin Security

President Kennedy said Geneva talks should proceed in coming days but no breakthrough on a ban emerged. He warned of a new threat from Korealike intervention and said liberty and self determination remain the future of man. Kennedy emphasized Western Europe access to Berlin and pledged to maintain rights at any risk.

Geneva Khrushchev Soviet Union Kennedy White House Western Europe Berlin

Wreckage saga surrounds St. Cloud man in fatal crash

L Wilson of Stratford notified sheriff after Flores wreck. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators arrive from Fort Worth to formalize inquiry. Meagher a Notre Dame alum and Meagher Oil Co. president, lifelong St. Cloud resident, died with wife Patricia and his father in business. Body to be sent to St. Cloud Wednesday via Boxwell Brothers of Dumas. survivor list includes a brother.

Civil Aeronautics Board Fort Worth Meagher St. Cloud Notre Dame University Meagher Oil Co Patrick Meagher Boxwell Brothers Dumas Patricia

New Mexico Chooses Logan Area Site for Dam

After years of study a single reservoir two miles south of Logan was chosen for the dam on the Canadian River. The state engineers weigh one large dam versus multiple smaller lakes and consider matching federal funds once plans are firmer.

Logan Yates New Mexico

Officials Named To Study Tax Impasse

Gov Price and Daniel name 19 state officials and leaders from private groups to an interim education and welfare committee to study Texas tax problems ahead of the 57th Legislature. Lee Lockwood chairs. French Robertson is vice chair. The group, including education welfare and eleemosynary board members, will meet June 13 to plan financing for state programs.

Austin UPD Price Daniel Texas Lee Lockwood Waco French Robertson Abilene Texas Commission On Higher Education el Paso Board of Regents University of Texas Eugene B. Darby Pharr Texas Akam Ben H. Wooten Dallas North Texas State University C. L Wall Amarillo Texas Technological College C. S. Ramsey San Augustine Board of Regents State Teachers Colleges W. C. Windsor Jr Texas Youth Council D. Richard Bowles

Buxton and Meagher Obituaries Notice for Perryton Area

Graveside services scheduled for Buxton at Elmwood Cemetery Woodword Oklahoma. Alva Christein 54. Lenore Davis 68. David Meagher 2. Joseph Mobley 68. Thomas Brannan 61. Obituary details list residences relatives and service times with church and cemetery names.

Buxton Snyder Chishoma Davis Lenore Dane Davis South Cedar Perryton Tom J Ace Paul Ray van Voorhis First Baptist Ivy St Mobile Atabame Aileen John F. Shaw Joe R. Monley Mrz Ben Hensom Neal Larsen William &. Jennet Moodiey

Kennedy nominates four U.S. attorneys for Texas

President Kennedy sent four nominees to the Senate for U.S. attorney posts in Texas. William W. Justice would lead eastern Texas, Ernest Morgan western Texas, Woodrow B. Seals southern Texas, and Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. northern Texas, replacing four current incumbents.

Senate William W. Justice Athens U.S Texas James Crawford Jr Ernest Morgan San Marcos Russell B. Wine Woodrow B. Seals Houston Southern William B Butler Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr Dallas Northern William B. West

Nuclear force plan balanced against conventional buildup

In congressional testimony Navy officials said the United States has the personnel and weapons to defeat the submarine threat posed by the Communist bloc. Gilpatric indicated a larger conventional force without reducing nuclear capability, while Gen Lauris Norstad emphasized a cautious approach under the Eisenhower administration.

Eisenhower Admira Lauris Norstad U.S Europe Gilpatric Defense Department Navy House Appropriations Committee United States

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