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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
2
President Kennedy outlined a $2.5 billion effect from a tax cut and investment credit proposals aimed at boosting machinery purchases and depreciation rules. He urged Congress to approve a 5 point income tax cut if recession looms and to repeal the transportation tax on trains, buses, and airlines.
A meeting in Amarillo over a proposed tri state area council for Girl Scouts drew about 50 to 60 people. A split occurred as a walkout formed a gauntlet at the door and a test vote against the plan passed amid parliamentary confusion and weather concerns.
Sir Edmund Hillary, touring Canada, argues that Sherpa beliefs hold the Go Monster exists while sun enlarged footprints mislead locals. He notes tracks shrink in shade but the legend remains. A Baghdad report adds a plan to build a highway bridge over the Euphrates at Fallujah Town.
The House considers Mansfield and Lausche amendments to limit or permit surplus U S farm shipments to Communist countries. Mansfield argues for easing the ban with national interest checks, while Lausche defends the ban amid Cold War tensions. Senators Dodd and Proxmire oppose loosening the policy. In a separate item, Warsaw reports the United States withdrawn its offer to display the John H Glenn space capsule in Poland due to lack of positive reply.
The piece notes two Republicans and Rep Neal Smith urging leniency for Manuel while a motion to fire him gains support. Smith says private life would allow a second chance but the congressional probe targets taxpayers’ interests. Fountain calls the Estes investigation a national disease.
The B52H from the 1st Bomb Wing at Homestead AFB flew a closed circuit route from Seymour Johnson over Bermuda Greenland Alaska California Florida to Seattle and back. Crewmembers reported constant sunrises and sunsets, saw a Cape Canaveral missile shot, and noted 300000 pounds of jet fuel powering a 75 year endurance claim.
Kennedy rejects pressure claims and says no postmasterships were offered on his behalf. He admits voting only three times in nine years, explains he missed the 1956 election, and discusses Auburn delegation rumors and federal patronage. McCormack accuses Kennedy of trying to form a party dictatorship and cites alleged dirty tactics in Boston.
A large shopping center project in Curacao, West Indies, is proposed with a $3 million investment. The plan signals growth for the island's retail sector and outlines development aims for the local economy.
Weather coverage reports hail up to baseballs in Floyd County and near Silverton, with peaches sized hail near Tulia and Cane Kill. Tornado sightings north of Amarillo and south of Higgins prompted warnings while Oklahoma patrol monitored a funnel north of Guymon. Rain totals and crop damage noted across the Panhandle and South Plains with widespread moisture.
Eddie Fisher says he and Elizabeth Taylor will cooperate to end their marriage with a Las Vegas divorce filing and a countersuit for her decree. He notes it would not be gentlemanly to shed the screen siren while in Rome filming Cleopatra. Burton is the man Taylor left Fisher for, and Fisher cites mental cruelty as the grounds.
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