Senate Defeats Tax Slash Plan Amid Revenue Fight
The Senate rejected Sen. Paul H. Douglas plan to cut federal income and excise taxes by six billion dollars as a response to the slump. Byrd warned of a possible 300 billion dollar debt and inflation if the deficit grows. The measure would alter taxes on corporations autos liquor cigarettes and more and has White House backing.
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Washington
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Douglas
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
House
Sen
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
WTCC Convention Set for Amarillo in 1959
Art Jordan announces the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will hold its 1959 convention in Amarillo next April. About 400 delegates from 132 counties are expected, with local interest urged to ensure a lively program and revived Amarillo enthusiasm. Ben Clark adds District 7 Optimist Club and Mutual Life Insurance Officials meet here in June 1959.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Art Jordan
WTCC
District 1
West Texas
Antarillo
Fort Worth
Dmad
Jordan
Amarillo
DT Ben Clark
District 7 Optimist Club
Texas Association of Mutual Life Insurance Officials
Disappointed Americans Clash With Brussels Expo Pavilion
American visitors attack the Brussels World’s Fair U S pavilion for abstract art and disjointed displays. Critics cite a staged European sensibility, with Steinberg murals drawing heavy fire and a glass vase of two tumbleweeds as a symbol of American art. Jack Allen and Borger are among quoted critics.
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Jack Allen
Borger
U. S
U. 4
America
Mr. Allen
New Yorker
Steinberg
U.S. Pavillion
Harvest strong as combines meet demand in Panhandle
Bill King of the Wheat Harvest Control Office says the Panhandle Texas harvest is largely complete with a dramatic influx of combines from Northwest Texas. He notes 80 percent complete in Claude Pampa and Plainview and varying progress across towns, while Oklahoma and Kansas belts move toward finish.
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Bill King
Wheat Harvest Control Office
Texas Employment Commission
Amarillo
Panhandle
Texas
King
South Plains
Claude
Pampa
Plainview
Perryton
Dumas
Dalhart
Stratford
Borger
Grover
Hereford
Oklahoma
Kansas
Old Turtle Neck Sucked In Progress Says City Note
In a column Fancher Upshaw, a former city commissioner, urges progress in conventions. Norman Dulaney of Amarillo praises his auto wrecking yard on Canyon Highway as among the neatest in the Southwest and invites readers to visit.
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Fancher Upshaw
Norman Dulaney
Mr. Dulaney
Amarillo
Canyon Highway
Welizzard
Theater Matinee and Price Is Right Evening Lineup
KGNC TV lists a 2 pm matinee titled Theater, with a live program at 9 pm The Price Is Right. A colorcast matinee and evening schedule are announced for viewers.
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Kgnc-Tv
Baseball scores roundup with rain postponements noted
Western League games include Amarillo at Topeka postponed by rain. Albuquerque 2 over Colorado Springs 17. Sioux City 45, Pueblo 9. Des Moines 4. American League shows Boston 12, Chicago 9. Washington at Detroit postponed by rain. New York 3, Cleveland 2. Baltimore 4, Kansas City 3. National League Los Angeles & Philadelphia, San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 1 after 10 innings. Cincinnati & St Louis 1, Milwaukee rain.
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Topeka
Albuquerque
Colorado
Sioux City
Pueblo
Des Moines
Boston
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
San Francises
Pittsburgh
Cincinanah & St. Louis
Milwaukee
Six Year Absent Caltech Scientist Found as Hollywood Park Groom
In California, Albert Clark Reed who vanished in July 1952 en route to a Caltech meeting was located working as a racetrack groom at Hollywood Park in Inglewood. Identified by fingerprints, Reed learned his wife Florence had died in 1955 and his son Timothy, then six, had been adopted by a cousin.
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Caltech
Hollywood Park
Inglewood
Calif
Hollywood Park Racetrack
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Reed
Washington
Alfred C. Reese
Fireworks Warned Major Hazard in Texas Panhandle
Potter County Sheriff Paul Gaither convened seven area sheriffs and officials to urge fire precautions as grass fires rise from fireworks and discarded cigarettes. A statewide sale window runs June 24 to July 24 with many cities banning use in towns. The group urged avoiding fireworks, extinguishing car cigarettes, checking exhausts, extinguishing campfires, reporting fires, and notifying sheriffs before burning trash to prevent rural blazes.
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Texas Panhandle
Potter County
Paul Gaither
Plains
Texas
Sherif Gaither
Carson County
John Nunn
Panhandle
Oldham County
Day Thompson
Vera
Randall County
L. S. (Slim Johnston
Canyon
Gray County
Buck Hargard
Pampa
Moore County
Horace Myrick
Dumas
N. B. Albright
Amarillo
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Gaither
Panhandle-area
Negro pastor questioned in Hobbs slayings and Clovis death
Rev. Douglas Brown a 30 year old Negro pastor from Tucumcari is held in Curry County jail on armed robbery charges and will be questioned about three July Hobbs shootings and the May 21 charred Clovis realtor death. Authorities say shells matched to a .22 revolver found near the Kennedy car were sent to Washington for tests. Brown was arrested in Tucumcari after a robbery at a Melrose area farm and is awaiting arraignment in the 9th District Court.
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N. M
Rev
Douglas Brown
Curry County
Hobbs
Here
Brown
Tucumcari
Briscoe
Lovington
Irvin (Peck) Kennedy
Highway 18
Garcia
Washington, D. C
North Side Baptist Church
Tucuntcari
Melrose
Rain Squall Spreads Across Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle
A fast moving squall line plowed through parts of the Oklahoma and northern Texas Panhandles Wednesday afternoon. Light rain fell over scattered areas with brief bursts of hail and hard showers in passages across the region.
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Panhander
South Plains
Panhandle
New Menico
Weather bulletin and severe storm hits Amarillo area
The U S Weather Bureau in Amarillo issued a severe weather bulletin ahead of a line from Dalhart to Oklahoma City predicting severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes. A heavy thundershower near Clarendon dropped 0 87 inches of moisture with winds to 70 mph and hail. Shamrock residents sought shelter as cellars filled.
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U.S
Amarillo
Dalhart
Oklahoma City
Clarendon
Shamrock
Republican chairmen split on Adams firing
Washington June 19 Republican state chairmen divided over whether presidential assistant Sherman Adams should be fired. A half hour closed door meeting yielded no action with some urging Adams’ removal, others defending him, and many declining to comment.
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Sherman Adams
Adams
Control of Corbosis Requires Early Action Tips for Cure
Page 15 offers guidance on early intervention and treatment options for Corbosis, emphasizing timely care, possible remedies, and steps patients can take to improve outcomes.
Tulsa Firm Low Bidder for Amarillo Base Housing Project
A Tulsa firm is the apparent low bidder on 500 family housing units at Amarillo Air Force Base. The base received six bids totaling 7,153,953 from Amarillo Associates as the basic bid. Construction is planned within 45 to 60 days after selection, with completion about 11 months later.
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Tulsa, Okla
Amarillo Air Force Base
Stringfellow
Amarillo Associates
Mildred F. Walker
Secretary of Air Force
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Dallas Readings
Weather notes show cloudy and windy conditions in Amarillo and Dallas with limited visibility. Comparitive readings taken at 3 p.m. Wednesday list wind, sky conditions, and cloud cover for multiple locations.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Motives questioned for Minnesota congressmen travel
Dear Editor writes that six Minnesota congressmen needed security clearance before attending a World Health Organization meeting. The writer questions motives, suggesting checks on congressmen could reveal risk or loyalty concerns.
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Minnesota
Tires
World Health Organization
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