12 Mar 1960
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1960
Page
1
A front page story reports Castro's continued takeover of millions of dollars in foreign properties and threats from Revolucion against U S leaders. An editorial calls for Cubans with machetes if a trip to Latin America is organized.
United States launches Pioneer V from Cape Canaveral aboard a Thor Able, aiming to orbit the sun closer than any prior probe. The 94.8 pound instrument package separates from the booster and begins a long solar mission to measure phenomena between Earth and Venus, with anticipated data for months.
A local report notes holes in streets and a major maintenance bill. Paving contractor Pete Gilvin and researcher Charles R. Foster compare costs with northern cities as Wheeler operation officials discuss traffic and cleanup efforts. Ab Gunter dismisses Timms City railroad myths and a Charlie Chapin-style prophecy about Benonine. The piece closes with a quip on memory and worry, attributed to Wes Izard.
About 3 000 teachers at District IX Texas State Teachers Association convention heard Jesse Stuart, renowned writer and educator, stress the nobility and duty of teaching. He used stories from his boyhood and early teaching days to illustrate professional points with mountaineer humor.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with considerable cloudiness and a mild Sunday, a chance of rain. Low readings this morning near a treadmill high today near.
NASA data maps the projected flight path of the Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Florida on Friday. The 26 inch payload is expected to reach solar orbit between Earth and Venus.
A special feature explains the Quarter Horse as the world’s fastest at 440 yards and a versatile, rugged mount. It traces origins from Arabs and Turks via Choctaw and Chickasaw lineages, and how pioneers adopted the breed to build a continent, before decline and renewed interest.
In Havana on March 11 the revolutionary government seized three U.S. owned sugar mills valued around 10 million dollars. The Isabel Los Canos and Soledad mills in eastern Cuba were taken from the Guantanamo Sugar Co. of New York City and placed under the agrarian reform institute and the ministry for recovery of stolen property.
Santa Fe report by Wil Harrison, special correspondent for the New York Daily News, surveys political forecast today. Mechen faces jeopardy in New Mexico primary as rivals gain momentum.
Special correspondent Phil Dessauer profiles Oklahoma State Senator George Miskovsky noting his tough image and readiness to face challenges as a political figure. The story appears on page 3 of The Daily News.
A high speed snowstorm swept from the Midwest into the South on Friday, hobbling rescuers serving hundreds of isolated families. The storm eased in the Ohio Valley but intensified in Georgia and the Carolinas before moving to sea, freezing many northeast cities and bringing 4 to 8 inches of snow from Atlanta and Augusta to the state border.
Relief crews move in as eight inches of snow snarls northwestern North Carolina, delaying aid to about 600 families. Helicopters deliver insulin to a diabetic patient and food to stranded residents while Red Cross, state, and federal teams bring in heavy relief supplies.
A reader from Wellington remarks on a proposed federal minimum wage of 1.25 dollars per hour. The letter satirically suggests a neighbor could retire on welfare and jokes about modernizing welfare with fringe benefits like coffee breaks and paid vacations. Signed D. E. Scott.
In a 49 35 vote the Senate eliminates Section I of the Eisenhower era civil rights bill. The measure would have made it a federal crime to interfere with federal court orders in school desegregation. Southern lawmakers backed a Lausche amendment broadening it to labor injunctions, voting 65 19 in favor.
A reporter quotes a critic calling the action an anti-labor maneuver to clutter the school integration section. Lausche argues the bill divides the country and favors one region. Keating counters that a broader application could render the provisions moot.
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