Texan builds on Kwajalein for Nike Zeus tests in South Seas
H. B. Zachary of San Antonio, contractor on the Nike Zeus firing installations at Kwajalein, recalls the island project as the most fascinating of his career. The Army plans a spring test against an Atlas rocket from Vandenberg using the Nike Zeus anti missile system. a neutron bomb concept may be explored but remains uncertain. Veterans who served at Kwajalein will likely watch the new aerial tests with interest.
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Pacific
Ming
H. B. Zachary
San Antonio
Canadian ‘River
Zachary
Kwajalein Island
Marshalls
Vandenburg
California
Kwajalein
States
Mr. Zachary
South Seas
Quote Mix From Washington To Graham Rotary Scandal Sheet
A column quotes Katharine St George on staying middle of the road and Theodore Roosevelt on nationalism. The piece also mentions Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch Beef Club with a 2000 pound steer, plus reflections on moral pathways and a Wes Izzard signoff.
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Katharine St. George
New York
Amarillo
Washington
Pic Larmour
Rotary
Graham
Farley
Boys Ranch
Kingdom of Heaven
Wes Izzard
Missing U2 Spy Plane Sought Near Edwards AFB
More than a dozen aircraft joined a search for U2 pilot Capt. John Campbell after his routine flight from Edwards AFB went overdue since Thursday night. The mission's exact nature is undisclosed and a parachute was sighted near Thermal, California, prompting a rescue response.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
John Campbell
Laughlin AB
Texas
Desert Test Center
Campbell
Air Force
Thermal
Palm Springs
Edwards Afb
Teeth Bite Sparks Post Office Row Over Damages
In Cologne on March 2 ex queen Soraya of Iran faces a billing dispute over a fox terrier named Toni that bit a mailman at Soraya’s home two years ago. Soraya paid 46 marks, postal officials seek court action to recover 11.20 marks for medical care and iodine. Officials still hope for settlement but warn action may proceed.
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Cologne
Germany
Soraya
Iran
Toni
Serava
Milk surplus worries officials and dieters debate skim milk
The letter to the editor complains about a milk surplus reaching high levels and notes dieters favor skim milk, once wasted to hogs. The writer jokes that skim whiskey could beat the liquor industry as prohibitionists push for reduced consumption.
Kroll Called Back to Bonn
German Chancellor Adenauer orders Mos cow ambassador Hans Kroll to return immediately to explain reports he proposed changes to the Berlin and German questions. The diplomat must heed a summons from Karl Carstens, with no public statements.
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Kroll
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Hans Kroll
Berlin
Adenauer
Karl Carstens
Foreign Office
Reagan denounces income tax loopholes in public speech
Former actor and TV host Ronald Reagan imperiled criticisms of tax policy during a hour long address at the Municipal Auditorium before about 1,600. He warned that the current tax scale allows heavy taxation on middle income earners and rents, urging reform and labeling the system socialist in spirit.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Rennald Reagan
Weather Log From Amarillo and Nearby Cities
Weather summaries note Amarillo at 20 to 28 mph and 5 miles visibility with clear sky while Dallas and Oklahoma City show clear conditions. Houston reports cloudy skies. Data reflect 1962 readings, with multiple locations recorded.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Kennedy Orders U S Nuclear Tests If Soviets Dither
President Kennedy announced a resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests by late April unless the Soviet Union negotiates a fully effective test ban. He offered Geneva talks with Khrushchev and Macmillan, citing Soviet gains in design and weaponry but no anti missile missile.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Pacific
NM Filing Day Nears
New Mexico candidates must file declarations of candidacy on Tuesday with Secretary of State Betty Fiorina from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Capitol. National and state races require filing locally. fees vary by office from 0 to 675 dollars, with county level fees set at 10 dollars or 3 percent of first year salary. Three men have announced for governor.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Betty Fiorina
U.S
State Board of Education
Mechanical failure blamed for jetliner dive into Jamaica Bay
FAA chief Najeeb Halaby said early findings point to mechanical failure in the control system for American Airlines Flight 1, which plummeted into Jamaica Bay with 95 people aboard. He ruled out sabotage or pilot error and noted investigation is incomplete with wreckage and bodies still in water.
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New York
UPI
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Federal Aviation
FAA
Najeeb E. Halaby
Washington
Earth
Halaby
Strug
Weather outlook for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Weather bulletin from the U S Weather Bureau notes clear to partly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures through Sunday morning. Saturday highs reach 69 to 78 degrees in the Northern Panhandle, with generally clear conditions otherwise and a warmer spell ahead.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
Cooter
Panhandle
Air Force Explains $225 Million Missile Base Cost Rise
Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert and Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Gerrity testified before the Senate Armed Services subcommittee that early cost estimates for Atlas and Titan missile bases rose by 225 million dollars, due to starting base design in the 1950s before missiles were finalized and changes piling up. They warned further increases are likely as Titan 1 bases are built and flown for the first time.
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Air Force
Thomas P. Gerrity
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Washington
Eugene Zuckert
Gerrity
Senate Armed Service Preparedness
Eugene M. Zuckert
Air Force Ballistic Missile System Division
Inglewood
Calif
Atlas
Titan
John Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
Thomas D. Morris
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
House
Morris
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