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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1961
Page
1
A review lauds The Alamo as a Texas made film about Texans with a liberty centered message. John Wayne directs and stars in a big budget entertainment likely to rival Gone With the Wind while facing alleged pinko opposition in Hollywood.
The piece argues U.S. visa and vaccine requirements hinder travel for Europeans while U.S. rules deter Americans, noting European travel is easier. An Amarillo doctor criticizes frequent smallpox vaccination as excessive, and The Wall Street Journal is cited on entry hurdles. Sylvia Porter comments on dollar gaps in page 24.
Elisabethville accord brings three anti Communist governments together to counter the Stanleyville Red regime. Leaders Teo Tshombe and Kalonji invite Gizenga and Lumumbist chiefs to a Madagascar peace conference on March 5 while Lumumbist forces reportedly bog down near Leopoldville and Luluabourg.
Reader letters touch on civic duty and unemployment offset ideas and report a wave of door to door and telemarketing sales pitches in Amarillo. Local residents complain of intrusive calls and busy schedules while a TV viewer laments missing a film.
An official statement says the three previously squabbling factions unite due to the proved uselessness of the United Nations in stemming the menace in the Congo. The note signals a significant political realignment within regional powers.
A U S Air Force KC 97 tanker crashed near Mount Clemens Michigan during evening rush hour killing all five crew. The fiery impact sent debris across U S 9 and narrowly avoided a tavern and a nearby home. Witnesses called the scene a horrific mess with plane parts scattered.
Fred L. Daniel shot a 175 pound mountain lion near Folsom New Mexico on the Central Cattle Co ranch after a two mile chase with his dog LeRoy. The male animal measured six feet ten inches from head to tail and lacked a mane. Kinsey notes rising deer numbers are drawing more cougars east from nearby ranges.
Philip Bono, a Douglas Aircraft space systems designer and former Boeing Lunar team member, presents Mars voyage studies as the scientific basis for a six part series Destination Mars. The first installment promises a scientifically accurate forecast of man's future in space.
In Washington, after a three year struggle with court appointed monitors, James R. Hoffa defeated reform groups to remain president of the Teamsters Union. Judge F Dickinson Letts signaled the end of the monitors by authorizing a convention and election, with the monitor board to dissolve once the convention is held.
Hoffa, upbeat over new plans, sets the Miami gathering in mid May to seek a second term as Teamsters president. He says he will win and regain union control free of legal restraints, though monitors keep him under scrutiny with fraud charges pending.
Partly cloudy at times and fair through Thursday with little change in temperatures. Northwest Texas a mix of clouds and sun with cooler central areas and warmer south today. Northern New Mexico mostly fair with a warming trend. Heights range from 47 to 60 across regions. Sunrise 7 17 a.m. Sunset 6 43 p.m.
Sun shone over Amarillo for 58 days out of 59 in 1961. Comparative readings show conditions at 3 p.m. Tuesday with wind and visibility data from Amarillo and nearby cities including Dallas, Houston, and Oklahoma City.
Fred Thompson, a London born drifter, confessed to raping and killing 4 year old Edith Googie Kiccorius in a New York slum flat after being traced to a chicken farm near Toms River New Jersey. The arrest followed a nationwide manhunt and sparked a 700 strong uptown protest in New York showing anger over the murder. Thompson, 59, told state police he killed the child during a three day drinking bout and was being prepared for return to New York. He spoke after five hours of questioning while wearing spectacles for the first time.
The balding itinerant dishwasher admitted remorse and the possibility of execution or life. In Chelsea crowds massed outside a police station shouting for the killer, while Thompson, the accused, was brought to a state facility amid security. State Police Capt Harris described the confession of luring and beating the victim and agreed to extradition.
President John F. Kennedy will hold a news conference broadcast live on KGNC-TV from 11:00 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. Local viewers can watch the president respond to questions about national events and policy.
Walter Reuther supports a $1.25 minimum wage to boost efficiency. A Wellington reader fears such a law will push bosses into efficiency binges, risking job losses as workers are kept at the pay window.
Amarillo officials heard a petition from Negro residents in the 300 block of N. Monroe to condemn the 12 apartment structure at 304 N. Monroe as unsightly and unhealthy. The city lacks power to condemn existing dwellings as unfit for habitation, though a formal remedy may be coming. An health unit report describes a U shaped building with five occupied units, including a family of nine in one four room apartment, lacking a toilet and bath.
A collage of brief items notes a Friona family finding a home in a semi museum style feature on page 16, Range Riders prepping ice cream freezers for a supper and rodeo calendar, travelers heading to Phoenix and Europe, and front page discussions on boosting U S hospitality to tourists.
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