03 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
1
A tale from Tradewind Airport during an All Texas Air Tour reception features Pat O’Keefe recalling wind complaints and a ready quip about winds. The piece compares regional wind averages from Lubbock to Mt. Washington, noting Mt. Washington as the nation’s windiest station with extreme gusts.
Saturday night ice hockey gains popularity while the official rink size is stated as 200 by 85 feet. Amarillo rinks like the Fair Grounds at 186 by 86 resemble the standard, with spectator sightlines cited as the main drawback. A reader praises Amarillo police courtesy after a warning ticket near the YWCA.
Stanley Yankus of Cass County Michigan mailed a government check for 3370.56 covering penalties since 1954 for exceeding wheat quotas. He says the wheat was grown to feed chickens not for sale and plans to sell his 100 acre farm and move with his family. He insists he is guilty only of defending constitutional rights.
A fragmentary TV guide notes KGNC TV colorcast and Truth or Consequences at 1 p.m. with a 6 30 p m slot for Manie's Friends. The text is incomplete but indicates daily programming blocks and audience schedule.
The Western Allies appear to have won a victory in persuading the Soviet Union to regard a foreign ministers conference over Berlin this spring. Khrushchev accepts FM talks in April for two to three months, with Poland Czechoslovakia and the two Germanys invited, while a summit remains possible if agreements emerge.
About 70 city officials from the Panhandle gathered at the Herring Hotel for a League of Texas Municipalities briefing on proposed state measures restricting annexation and city power. Amarillo leaders urged vigilance as attorney J Hadley Edgar outlined HB 9 and related bills that could disrupt city development and force disannexations or judicial actions.
A Juno II rocket lofted Pioneer IV from Cape Canaveral into space at 12:10 a.m. EST. The 76 foot rocket carried a 13-pound gold plate probe aimed to travel 221,000 miles to pass the moon in 34 hours and reach a solar orbit.
Reader D. E. Scott reports a Iowa congressman arranged for the congressman's teenage son to serve as a part time aide for 11 000 dollars a year. The reader notes the boy is high calibre and that the arrangement seems a fair starting salary while he works through college.
Weather forecast from the Weather Bureau for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Temperatures show little change with cooler conditions overnight 20 degrees and a high near 54 today, followed by warmer conditions Wednesday. Sunrise at 7 14 a m and sunset at 6 44 p m.
In La Paz a mob burned an American flag and attacked the U S Embassy as 15 year old Julio Mendoza was shot dead. President Hernan Siles, with Vice President Alvarez, appealed from a balcony and on radio to end violence while promising a full explanation of a Time magazine article.
About 500 grain producers, industrial leaders and researchers arrive in Amarillo for a two day grain sorghum conference at the Herring Hotel. The event, hosted by the Grain Sorghum Producers Association, West Texas Chamber of Commerce and Texas Tech, features talks by Dr. Stanly A. Watson and Dr. A. C. Magee on industry outlook and feeding economics.
In a continuing series from Hale County, farms editor Jack Porter reports on grain sorghum varieties at the High Plains Research Station. The feature appears on page 22 of The Daily News.
University of Maryland educator Dr. Glenn O. Blough urged first grade science expansion at the National Education Association meeting in Los Angeles He urged replacing leaf pressing with astronomy geology and physics and called for better equipment and more support for girls pursuing science.
Weather report notes Amarillo had sun on 53 of 61 days in 1959 with readings at 3 PM on Monday. Data shows winds at 28 MPH with 10 miles visibility and clear skies in Amarillo while Dallas reports 15 MPH with clear skies and Okla City at 32 MPH with fair visibility.
Rep C W Pearcy Jr of Temple introduces a resolution asserting a back door to the Alamo existed and that a man from the Indian Territory left just before Santa Anna’s assault. The Oklahoma floor remark is cited as heated debate, with the measure sent to Interstate Cooperation for study during Texas 123rd independence anniversary observances.
New York report details the wedding of Jack Seiderman and Rose Seiderman who, after a midnight reception, were robbed in their Brooklyn apartment by two gunmen who grabbed $1,000 in cash gifts and $200 from Seiderman’s wallet as they prepared to depart for a Florida honeymoon.
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