Senate approves areas bill to spur jobs in distressed regions
The Senate passed Kennedy's 394 million areas bill by 63 to 27 to fund 300 million in loans and 94 million in grants for distressed communities. It targets industries in textiles, coal and rail towns in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, aiming to keep workers and support studies.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nr
Douglas
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Profumo Sees Uproar Over American Lousy Word
In the House of Commons March 15 War Minister John Profumo used the word lousy in an argument with Labourite Ellis Smith about army enlisted men. Smith criticized an inspection at Wellington Barracks. Profumo called the remark a lousy imputation. MPs cried out as protests echoed through the chamber.
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London
House of Commons
John Profumo
Profumo
Weather summary for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Partly cloudy and windy through Friday with cooler nights. Amarillo morning low 43 and high 77. Northwest Texas partly cloudy and windy with scattered thunderstorms tonight and cooler Friday. Panhandle highs 70 and extreme south 80. Post cloud cover.
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Texas
Panhandle
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Vest
Pentagon Racket Raid Hits Defense Nerve Center
Federal agents and 27 U S marshals arrested 35 Pentagon employees in a half million dollar a year gambling operation centered in the Defense Supply Service. U S Attorney Joseph Bambacus notes organized crime infiltrated the defense establishment while denying blame on the Defense Department. Internal revenue and IRS agents joined in the noontime roundup.
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Washington
Pentagon
Joseph S. Bambacus
U.S
Virginia
Defense Supply Service
Army
Bambacus
Defense Department
Internal Revenue Service
Verwoerd Move Startles South Africans
South Africa faced shock and dismay as Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd quit the British Commonwealth. Protests and speculation followed about isolation, possible exit from the United Nations, and reactions from leaders in Johannesburg and Parliament.
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Verwoerd
South Africans
Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
British Commonwealth
Drastic Dear Editor Letter From New York Stirs Telegraph
A reader from New York describes a citizen stabbing his brother over noise during a TV program. He jokes about drastic methods to reduce noise while watching TV and notes the challenge of cleaning blood from a carpet. Wellington notice.
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New York
Astro-Guide
Sylvia Porter
Borger Refinery Blast Injures One Worker in Massive Fire
A blast at 9 08 p m at Phillips Petroleum Rice Plant Borger originated in a fractionating unit and sent a fireball 200 feet high. One employee B L Tubbs 32 of Rock Creek Camp was lightly injured while fleeing the blaze. No deaths occurred this night. The fire burned intensely 9 30 to 10 p m.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
B. L. Tubbs
Rock Creek
Phillips Clinic
Tubbs
Phillips Petroleum Company
Rice Plant Blaze Lights Borger Area
A fire at a rice plant near Borger sent flames 20 to 30 feet high as workers described a loud spewing sound and a torch like blast. Tubbs, within 50 feet, escaped with singed hair and scraped legs while others near the scene endured extreme heat.
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Tubbs
Mars Diary Chapter Continues With Tragic Note
On Mars Philip Bono’s diary continues with a note of tragedy as the crew’s cabin is illustrated in the glider for the Mars approach. The page accompanies today’s chapter of Destination Mars.
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Philip Bono
Mars
Earth
Stevenson Says U S Reds Agree On Date For Talks
Stevenson and Gromyko held a private hourlong talk at the Soviet U N mission on Park Avenue amid a deadlock since June. Ambassadors expect August 1 to resume negotiations while Kennedy accelerates the disarmament timetable and plans a new negotiating body and principles for approval by the General Assembly.
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U. S
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
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Park Avenue
Kennedy
Washinton
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Security Council
Angola
Khrushchev
Gromyko
General Assembly
Shamrock Fete Sets Stage For St Patrick’s Day Festivities
Shamrock hosts plan eight to nine thousand visitors for the St Patrick’s celebrations with a pre event banquet at the National Guard Armory on Thursday night where U S Sen William Blakley will speak. A Friday breakfast by pilots and an Irish concert are on the program with Blakley and other guests introduced at 10 30 p m.
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National Guard
U.S
William Blakley
Panhandle
Blakley
Griffin Ousted From Beaumont DA Post
Dist. Judge Harold Clayton removed Beaumont Jefferson County District Attorney Ramie Griffin from office and named W Gale Walley Jr to lead an anti vice drive. Texas Rangers and undercover agents were ordered back into Beaumont as Col Homer Garrison directed renewed enforcement stance amid bribery indictments rising to 24 by the select grand jury.
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UPI
Harold Clayton
Atty
Ramie Griffin
W. Gale Walley Jr
Jefferson County
Texas Rangers
Col
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
N. A. Helms
Port Arthur
Griffin
Borger Public School Abolishes Private Auto Tax
Borger Independent School District votes to drop the private auto tax effective October 1 1961. Commercial and business autos and trucks stay taxed. Past due car taxes will be collected by court if needed. Auto tax this year was about 5100 0 with 29000 collected.
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Borger
Borger Independent
LeRoy Dodge
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1961
The 1961 report notes Amarillo had sun on seven of seventy four days with readings around ten am. The data lists wind speeds of 5 to 12 mph and visibility in miles, with conditions described as partly cloudy in several cities including Amarillo Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Houston
Okla
City
Kennedy urges united stand on federal school aid
President Kennedy appealed to religious leaders to resolve federal aid to parochial schools without splitting the nation. He said Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergy should not change views over the White House occupant’s religion. The address referenced his Catholic faith.
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Dent Kennedy
White House
Red Letter Day Brings Voter Focus to High Plains
The Daily News reports on the April 4 voting day for High Plains residents with a preview of how Panhandle cities may fare. Special correspondent Will Harrison covers the call to the New Mexico state police and related tensions in Santa Fe.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
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