Automatic bomb alarm system to flash hits nationwide
The Air Force plans an automatic bomb alarm system that reports cities hit in a nuclear attack within seconds between the flash and the shock wave. More than 100 sensor stations will link to major centers to show which bases are lost and where retaliation can be launched.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Air Force
Destruc
Sor
Strategic Air Command
Amarillo Enjoys Mild Springlike Sunday Temperatures
Amarillo recorded a Sunday high of 64 degrees with a morning low near 32. Forecasters expected a sunny, mild day with a high around 58 after a cool start, as residents felt relief from the long cold spell.
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Amarillo
Lyndon Johnson Aims to End Civil Rights Deadlock
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson urged the Senate to begin voting on civil rights proposals this week while pledging full speech rights for all senators in the marathon debate. His remarks leave open the possibility of a renewed southern filibuster when the Senate convenes at noon Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Couple May Lose Child Over IQ Debate in New Jersey
In OLD BRIDGE New Jersey Mr and Mrs Richard Combs face losing their four year old foster daughter Alice Marie who has an IQ of 138. The state board of child welfare seeks custody to place her for adoption with a family better able to nurture her exceptional intellect. The Combs age 25 and their two daughters argue they love Alice and fear losing her amid appeals to the superior court. The board says the couple is not financially or intellectually capable to develop her potential and that their focus on television shows insufficient reading. The couple previously tried to adopt and now challenge the refusal.
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Old Bridge
N.J
Richard Combs
State Board of Child Welfare
Combs
Alice Marie
Joseph Alloway
Alice
Superior Court
Eisenhower to address nation on Latin American tour
President Eisenhower, nearly recovered from hoarseness, will deliver a 15 minute radio television report from Puerto Rico Tuesday night after returning to Washington from a two week Latin American swing. Hagerty said the 15 500 mile trip to four nations will be carried live at 7 p.m. EST by the major networks.
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Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Friendship Airport
Baltimore
Hagerty
Columbia
American
Mutual
NBC
Substations Open Today Across Amarillo for Passenger Car Tags
Nine temporary tax offices in Amarillo begin today and run 9 AM to 6 PM daily through April 1. No title transfers or registrations for trucks or other vehicles. Potter County tax assessor collector Hubert Cole cites about 40 000 passenger cars and 20 000 other vehicles remaining to be registered. Locations include Furr Food Stores and Piggly Wiggly outlets across the city.
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Amarillo
Hubert Cole
Potter County
Cole
Furr Food
Grand
N. Pierce
Georgia
Plains Blvd
Washington
10Th and Fillmore
8Th
Western
Frank Brown
Phillips
N. Buchanan
Courageous Co-Pilot Stays With Burning B-47 Over Panhandle
Major Joseph B. Maxwell recounts the burning B-47 incident two years ago in a Lenten faith series. Co-Pilot James E. Obenauf remained with the aircraft as Major Maxwell, found unconscious, began to act to save the crew. details appear on page 16.
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James E. Obenauf
Panhandle
Joseph B. Maxwell
BB gun damage hits Amarillo Hamlet Addition cars
Police report more than 700 dollars in damage to rear car windows in the Hamlet Addition area of north Amarillo Saturday night.10 or more vehicles were struck by BB gun or pellet rifle fire from a moving vehicle after sunset. residents named include Jerry Elliott Jennings Stephenson Opie Griffin.
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Hamlet Addition
North
Amarillo
Bert Briggs
Jerry Elliott
Redwood
Jennings Stephenson
Opie H. Griffin
Amarillo's 64 Sunday noted in weather page
The Amarillo weather summary reports a Sunday low/high of 64 degrees and references a fuller forecast on page 2. Readers are advised to check Weather on page 2 for conditions and any precipitation updates.
Oklahoma cowboy claims Havana dockworker set La Coubre blast
Sooner man Jack Lee Evans tells the Miami Herald that a Cuban dockworker planted six sticks of dynamite on the freighter La Coubre in Havana harbor. He says the plot was timed for 5 p.m. but exploded earlier. Evans, a Korean War veteran, fled to the United States after visiting Cuba on January 5.
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Miami
UPI
The
Miami Herald
Havana
Jack Lee Evans
Cuba
United States
Evans
la Coubre
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Snapshot From Amarillo 1960 Warm Streak
Amarillo reports 55 days of sun in 66 days of 1960. Sunday readings at 3 PM show wind speeds around 7 to 10 MPH, visibility near 0.55 miles in Amarillo with fair sky, cloudier conditions in Dallas and Houston, drizzle in Oklahoma City noted.
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Amarillo
Fair Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Dominoes Stop Plan? Dallas Bridge Protest Faces Law
In Dallas on March 6, about 800 people at 200 bridge tables kept playing while Rev. Stuart McGregor urged police to halt the Texas Regional Bridge Tournament. He argued public card playing violated state law, but District Attorney Henry Wade planned to review the issue as police and officials dismissed the protest.
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Dallas
Tex
Stuart McGregor
McGregor
Texas
Henry Wade
Hazards Amid Congressional Criticism Hit Air Force Enlisted Man
Dear Editor, a reader argues Congress meddling makes it harder for the Air Force enlisted man. He says lawmakers have fussed so the brass stopped issuing guidance on pleasing generals. He warns a career could be ruined for minor missteps while serving under Eisenhower and a general.
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Air Force
Eisenhower
Junior Officer's Son Sparks Army Inspectors in Munich
In Munich a colonel's son, Richard Juergens, wore a junior lieutenant uniform and accompanied his father during an inspection. Army officials said the incident, initially reported by the London Sunday Graphic, is under investigation as a misunderstanding. The boy had been a unit mascot and his outfit was funded by soldiers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
U.S. Army
Munich
7Th Army
Richard Juergens
K. E Juergens
47Th Ordnance Group
Stuttgart
Col
Juergens
Richard
Bonn
London Sunday Graphic
Graphic
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Mmalel Lal
le Spubesiau Sciu
Mannheim
Col. Juergens
Spoesman
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