Fine Hand Of Whitehall Shapes Kennedy Policy
Washington rumors say President Kennedy is increasingly influenced by Prime Minister Macmillan on Russia policy. The Wall Street Journal reports Kennedy softening on nuclear inspection and summit prep, while Britain favors a similar stance. A British observer warned that pressuring Kennedy could trigger a far reaching rightward reaction in American policy.
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No Feud Between Fritch and Sanford Mayor Says
Mayor Karl W. Rippel refutes a prior story and photo portrayal as immature, stating Fritch and Sanford are not rivals but friendly, competitive communities. He praises mutual learning, notes growth seen in Fritch, and thanks the paper for coverage.
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Karl W. Rippel
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P. R. Tate
Weathering the Sunlit Spread and a Humorous Dispatch
Amarillo hosts spring weather sample for Dallas and Fort Worth youth Republicans. A playful anecdote about a top sergeant and a soldier underscores lighthearted military banter. The piece ends with a wry Hollywood quip about connections.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Fort Worth
Shamrock Banquet Lifts Shamrock Day With Political Flair
The Shamrock banquet on the eve of St Patrick s Day featured Gov Price Daniel and Mayor Sol Blonstein as dignitaries. Attendees included Rep Walter Rogers of Pampa State Sen Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo and former U S senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma among others. The event highlighted political ties with candidates Waggon Carr Preston Smith and Charles L Ballman taking part.
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Price Daniel
Sol Blonstein
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Pampa
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Josh Lee
U.S
Oklahoma
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Waggon- Carr
Texas House
Marshall Formiby
Plainview
Charles L. Ballman
Borger
Carl Hill Jr
Lee
Norman
Okla
U.S. Senate
Civil Aero
Weather snapshot for Amarillo and regional cities in 1962
Report shows Amarillo weather over 73 of 76 days with clear skies. Comparative readings at 3 am note wind and visibility across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and Dallas stations with clear conditions and low MP mite readings.
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Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Four Amarillo cops fired after misconduct probe
Four Amarillo policemen faced dismissal by Chief Wiley C. Alexander after an inquiry found they abused authority to harass a Wichita Falls man over a personal matter. The officers offered resignations but were summarily dismissed for lack of moral character, absence without leave, and violations of police rules.
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Wiley C. Alexander
Wichita Falls
Joseph PD. Rich
Ridgemere
Billy Joe Kilgore
Louisiana
Robert W. Stoll
YMCA
Burl F. Johnson
E. 9Th
Alexander
Department of Police
House Group Cuts Helium Fund and Rejects Office Plan
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee trimmed the administration helium fund request to 6 million and rejected a 1.5 million plan for a federal helium headquarters in Amarillo. It cited adequate existing facilities and rental options and noted only four extraction plants have contracts, with 10 million left in prior funds.
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Deserter Named Spy for Soviets in Mexico City
Newell A. George U S Attorney for Kansas says a warrant was issued on FBI complaint charging Gessner, a Fort Bliss soldier, with transmitting restricted data to a Soviet agent in Mexico City between December 1960 and January 1961. He allegedly visited the Soviet Embassy and provided highly sensitive information. Grand jury to reconvene by April 15 in Kansas City.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Felt
61St Ordnance Group
Panama City
Panama
Mexico
Taxpayers Fund Million Dollar Monkey Study
Dear Editor, researchers will spend 1.2 million dollars of tax money to study why baby monkeys love their mothers. The note warns that taxpayers may not reclaim the funds, and hints at further costs for possible psychiatric treatment if the study proves inconclusive. Dr. E Scott Wellington.
Weather Report for Amarillo and Vicinity
Clear to partly cloudy conditions for today and tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday. Warmer tonight with a high near 70. North West Texas: similar pattern with highs 45 to 72. New Mexico: high cloudiness at times, otherwise fair, warming trend, lows 15 to 30, highs 55 to 70. Sunrise 6:55 a.m. Sunset 6:56 p.m.
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Amarillo
Northwestexas
New Mexico
Rail Strike Vote Ordered By Trainmen Union
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ordered its members on major railroads to vote on a strike. The union, the largest of five operating groups, protests presidential commission work rule proposals it says would lower earnings and trigger layoffs. Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and Enginemen have already authorized strike votes to bolster talks in Cleveland, likely April 2.
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City Soldier Missing Aboard Plane Over Pacific
Amarillo soldier Spec. 5 Edward C. Cox is among 93 U S Army men aboard a Flying Tigers Line plane that went down in the Pacific Ocean. His family in Amarillo was notified by military authorities. Cox, a radio technician who enlisted after graduating Pampa High School in 1956, served two years in Germany. He is survived by his wife Maria and two children plus his parents and several siblings.
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Cox
Germany
Mike
Donnette
Pampa High School
Kenneth Cox
Dalhart
Larry Cox
Aubrey Aiken
Palo Duro
No Trace Mats Flight Scull Missing
Wide ranging searches failed today to find any trace of an American chartered airliner with 107 aboard mostly U S Army soldiers en route to South Viet Nam. The two four engine 149A Super Constellations left Travis AFB bound for Saigon and vanished after entering trouble while flying at 18000 feet. Federal authorities opened investigations and officials noted no distress call.
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Flying Tiger Line
California
South Viet Nam
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Eight Texas Republicans Rally for State and National Posts
A Texas Young Republican Federation event drew about 400 members as eight major GOP hopefuls urged a return to constitutional government and less federal control. Speakers included Mayor Jack Seale Amarillo gubernatorial candidate Bill Hayes and Roy Whittenburg urging policy shifts and support for the GOP party.
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Amarillo
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Congress
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State Board of Education
George Darby
Pampa
Jack Cox
Harry Hubbard
Marfa
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