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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
1
Residents near Sanford will gather at a high point to mark the start of turning the ephemeral Canadian into a wet lake with fish. The event, photographed in 1946, celebrates decades of anticipation as watershed water finally begins to move toward a permanent floodplain.
Otis Peterson notes Udall is pronounced You-dall not Oo-dall as he visits to discuss a local celebration. The North Amarillo Lions Club plans to enter the flag service for 12 patriotic holidays with 3 by 5 foot flags at $10, signing up 22 businesses so far.
In New York on June 28 an unusual stunt by bookshop owner Henry Bluestone places a lit note tree outside his store. Commuters and curious passersby leave messages for spouses friends and even strangers. Some notes reveal humor others puzzling or cryptic.
The House voted 298 to 125 to send President Kennedy's broad trade expansion bill to the Senate. A Republican bid to extend the current program failed 252 to 171, clearing the way for the Kennedy measure to advance.
The Senate voted to raise the federal debt limit to a new high of 308 billion dollars after divergent views on the government's fiscal health.
Readers weigh in on a study commission about women's status and the fiscal fight over the debt ceiling. Kennedy presses for passage as the Senate backs a boosted limit while opponents call the situation deadly serious and seek firmer controls.
A Guymon area man, Henry Behne, 59, shot and killed his wife, 41, as she walked toward the family farm home. Seconds later he killed himself with a .22 rifle, as undersheriff Labrier stood nearby. The pair had just begun divorce proceedings after 23 years of marriage.
Secretary Orville Freeman conceded the department moved slowly and erred in the Billie Lee Estes case. He blamed Undersecretary Murphy for approving Estes' Cotton Advisory Committee appointment despite a warning of possible prosecution and accepted responsibility. Senate subcommittee hearings continue into possible special treatment by the department.
A standing room crowd heard Freeman recount Murphy approving Estes' advisory committee appointment on December 22, 1961, the same day he canceled a 1961 transfer of about 3,000 acres of cotton allotments to Estes. Estes was later fined over 500000 dollars for over planting and faces Texas fraud charges.
The 393 million Canadian River Dam dedication on Saturday will draw about 12 000 attendees. Officials and volunteers plan Texas size barbecue, security and crowd control with Marines and a flame thrower team. Parking shuttles and mobile refreshment stands will serve visitors from Amarillo Pampa and Borger.
Four branches of Lutherans merged at Detroit in Cobo Hall to create The Lutheran Church in America, uniting 3,186,310 members in 6,125 congregations. About 7,000 Lutherans attended as candles merged into a single taper symbolizing unity, with President Kennedy sending greetings and a large communion service following.
Clear to partly cloudy through Saturday with isolated afternoon and nighttime thunder. Highs around 87 in Amarillo and 63 in the Northwest Texas area. Northern New Mexico sees widely scattered thunderstorms with little temperature change and generally fair conditions.
Dr Robert A Soblen the U S spy who fled life imprisonment and posted 100 000 bail in New York was arrested in Tel Aviv after arriving on an Air France flight authorities say he entered Israel on forged documents. A 10 day held order was issued while Israel and the United States weigh extradition amid political crime claims.
Ephraim S. London, Seblen’s lawyer, denounces the departure as indecent and dishonest. He vows to pursue return but doubts continued representation. London cites Seblen’s psychiatrist wife Dr Dina Soble and argues the defendant was not of sound mind when he fled the country. See SOBLEN on Page.
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