Effort To Put Ride Under Oath Blocked
US Senate Republican members planned a 3 PM session to question Roy Cohn under oath but Chairman McCarthy called it off without notice. Dirksen said the Army report accuses McCarthy and Cohn of pressuring for favored treatment for Pvt. David Schine and criticized McCarthy for breaking an agreement and releasing committee material.
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Washington
Senator Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Roy Cohn
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Cohn
Subcommittee
G. David Schine
Dirksen
Army
GOP
David G. Schine
Schine
Stevens
Committee
Navy
Associated Press
Joseph McCarthy
Georgia
Shivers Seeks Tax Increases to Fund Teacher Pay Rise
Governor Allan Shivers proposed raising natural gas beer and franchise taxes to fund a 26 million dollar annual teachers pay boost and 11 million for state institutions. He warned figures depend on revenue estimates and surplus and urged a broad, temporary tax if needed. He also pressed stricter anti communist measures for the upcoming special session.
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Shivers
Dave Cheavens
Austin
Allan Shivers
U.S. Supreme
State Industrial Commission
General Revenue Fund
Southwestern Medical
Dallas
Houston
MIG Attacks Reported On Two U.S. Planes Near Border
Bavarian police reported a Soviet-made MiG attacked two U.S. military planes near the Czechoslovak border. State Department in Washington confirmed the incident with both planes landing safely. Navy carriers from the Mediterranean fleet were possibly involved amid unclear confirmations from U.S. air and army headquarters. Witnesses saw three planes in the area with one MiG firing on the other two at about 7,500 feet. An earlier note suggested the incidents over Austrian airspace may have been misinterpreted.
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Munich
Germany
U.S
State Department
Washington
6Th Fleet
London
Navy
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Czech
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
U. S
West Germany
United States
Baltic
Man in Jail May Face Eviction Suit
Dallas March 12 Judge Joe Brown considered an eviction action to remove an Irving man from the county jail after witnesses failed to appear. The man, claiming American citizen rights, refused release, and Brown scheduled the case for Wednesday with a potential eviction filing if dismissal did not occur.
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Dallas
Joe Brown
Irving
Brown
Weather report highlights across Texas cities in 1954
The record notes 67 days of sunshine in Amarillo out of 71 in 1954. Comparative readings at 3 PM show Houston partly cloudy with wind at 10 MPH and 10 miles visibility, Dallas 19 MPH wind with dust, Okla City 20 MPH with dust, and Amarillo 9 AM clear conditions.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Kay-Gee and Aunt Phyllis Delayed Visit to Wolflin
Kay Gee and Aunt Phyllis of KGNC TV were to visit McCartt's Store in Wolflin Village this morning but bad weather postponed the appearance. They will appear at a later date.
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Phyllis
Kay-Gee
Kgnc-Tv
McCartt
Wolflin Village
Puerto Rican Nationalist Seized After Threat to Eisenhower
Jose Rivera Colon, 30, described as a Puerto Rican Nationalist, telephoned FBI agents to say he intended to kill President Eisenhower. He was traced to a Broadway drugstore booth where radio patrolmen captured him while still on the line with agents.
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New York
FBI
Eisenhower
Jose Rivera Colon
Colon
Broadway
Senate May Approve Excise Slash Amid Tax Battle
Washington March 12 AP The Republican chair man of the Senate Finance Committee Sen Millikin of Colorado said the Senate probably will go along with the House on a cut in excise taxes but will fight any further income tax reductions The move aims to offset a planned revenue loss from the tax changes and preserve post-Korea rates on cigarettes liquor gasoline autos and other luxuries due to drop April 1 unless the House approved excise bill is enacted
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Millikin
Colorado
Senate
House
Millkin
Sharp debate on cattle price supports at Washington hearing
Amarillo's Jay Taylor and Dalhart's Floyd Elliott clashed before the Senate Agriculture Committee in Washington over price supports for the cattle industry. The 3,000 educators at the Northwest Texas Conference for Education listened to talks from speakers as far as San Francisco and Washington DC.
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Panhandle
Northwest Texas
San Francisco
Washington, DC
Amarillo
Jay Taylor
Dalhart
Floyd Elliott
Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Two Enter Rnce For County Judge
Potter County judge race gains two Amarillo lawyers after state Rep. Morris J. Cobb withdraws. Perry S. Pearson, longtime local attorney with past conciliation role, and Robert L. Sinclair, Amarillo native and lawyer, announce bids. Pearson office Barfield Building. Sinclair plans to open own practice April 1.
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Morris J. Cobb
Potter County
Amarillo
Perry S. Pearson
van Buren
Robert L. Sinclair
Rosemont
Pearson
Georgia
Atlanta
Ben Manning
H. K. Stanfield
Panhandle
James C. Wilson
Barfield Building
Talmage Apartments
Sinclair
Amarillo College
University of Texas
College of Law
Cumberland University
Nashville
Air Force
H. H. Cooper
McCarthy & Haynes
Famed Mexican Comic Booked for Nuevo Laredo Bullfight
Catinflas, the renowned Mexican comedian and motion picture star, has been booked to appear as a comedian in a bullfight in Nuevo Laredo on March 21. He will not wear bullfighting attire but perform in the ring as a comic entertainer.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Catinflas
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
US Weather Bureau reports windy dusty and colder conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with dust edging down by sunset then fair and mild Sunday. West Texas: fair and colder Saturday and generally fair Sunday with warmer afternoon. New Mexico: generally fair Saturday and night with highs 30 to 55 and cooler northwest.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Gales Hurl Cold Across Midwest
A midwest storm brings blizzard conditions across multiple states. Wind speeds reach 50 to 60 mph with zero visibility in many areas while Colorado and western Nebraska suffer heavy snow and drifting. Kansas City reports rapid temperature swings and dust mixed with snow across western Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
Mid-Continent
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Cities
Goodland
Dodge City
Garden City
Windy Dust Storms Reach Amarillo Skies
Amarillo reports unusual weather as northerly winds stir dust across the central Panhandle and South Plains. Dust should ease today with clearing skies, while temperatures fall from yesterday to a high near 30s to 40s and a low around 21.
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Amarillo
Central Panhandle
South Plains
Panhandle
Fire guards hold as Bovina hunkers under wind threat
Fire crews and volunteers fought to protect three homes in Bovina as a 20 mph north wind drove sparks from cotton burr fires at Triplett Feed Yards. Four burn piles, including a separate blaze, tested water supplies and pumps while cattle were moved to safety.
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Bovina
Frank Smith
Hereford
Friona
Texico-Farwell
Clovis
Dimmitt
Highway 60
Smith
Bovinas
Missing classified documents at Hanford plant alarm Congress
Washington Republican Thomas Pelly announced that substantial quantities of classified papers have disappeared from the Hanford plutonium plant. He cited a possible link to hydrogen bomb work, urged a formal inquiry, and said an investigator may be sent to Hanford. The AEC confirmed informal reports of missing papers.
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Washington
Thomas M. Pelly
R-Wash
Atomic Energy Commissions
Pelly
Hanford
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Vega
Tri-State Fair Coliseum
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Amarrillo High
Laredo
Panhandle Teachers Select Officers
Daily News
Texas State Teachers Association
Mildred Haley
Tulsa
Nora Mayo
Pampa
Emmitt D. Smith
Canyon
R. E. Darnell
Borger
Joe Champion
Perryton
Inez Montgomery
Shamrock
Weather Forecast
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Church News
Saeneee
Seas
Pace Radio and Tv
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Laura Roberts
Paden City
W.va
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Boise City
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House Committee On Atomic Energy
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