31 Mar 1958
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1958
Page
1
Senate Rackets Committee moves from Kohler to gun violence in the 1956 United Auto Workers strike at Perfect Circle Corp. Chairman McClellan plans two days of testimony to conclude the inquiry. Senator Goldwater warns of delays. martial law was declared during a rifle clash in New Castle Indiana.
Moscow reports say Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will propose a date to end atomic and hydrogen tests to the United States. If rejected, Russia would halt tests itself. U S plans and zones around Eniwetok are discussed as the two powers weigh next steps.
An explosion at the Union Carbide Co. liquid oxygen unit in Texas City killed three workers on the midnight shift and damaged a two story brick building. Names listed include 8. B. Cridder, R. E. Stoner, and H. F. Smith. No fire or fumes followed.
Washington reports the U S Office of Education urged strict safety limits on student and amateur rocket experiments. Proposals require projects be run only under experienced rocket scientists or engineers, with teachers having relevant military or industrial rocketry experience.
CBS See It Now interview features Dr Kenjiro Kimura Dr Linus Pauling and Dr Hermann Muller warning that continued hydrogen and atomic tests could push the danger point for humanity to 15 20 years and may cause up to five million extra deaths from leukemia and related diseases with fallout already affecting heredity and life expectancy.
The U S Weather Bureau forecast warmer conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with increasing clouds and a chance of widely scattered thunder showers late Monday into Monday night. Panhandle and South Plains expect considerable cloudiness through Tuesday with little temperature change and scattered thundershowers Monday afternoon. New Mexico trends toward generally fair conditions Monday and Monday night with cooler northward and mountain showers, lows 33 to 45 and highs 50 to 60 northwest and 60 to 75 east and south.
KGNC TV schedules a matinee at 2 pm and a Price Is Right episode at 6 20 pm. The listing notes theater and broadcast times for viewers.
Regional weather readings show sun and cloud patterns across Amarillo Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. Comparative measurements at 3 pm on a Sunday indicate varying visibility and conditions with clear skies over Amarillo and overcast conditions near Dallas.
Nashville Tenn March 30 pi Raymond Sloan 38 died in a hospital three hours after being struck by a deer rifle bullet during a road side incident witnessed by deputy sheriffs Cpl Dave White and another officer Sloan fell after a bullet hit his legs and spun him to the ground his brother in law Woodrow Driver 38 of Manchester originally released on an assault charge was booked on a murder charge and later freed on 2500 bond the shooting occurred on a road in a suburban neighborhood near Driver's property
Princess Margaret returns from Germany to Windsor amid reports of a royal family clash over her liaison with Capt. Peter Townsend. The press speculates the Queen and Elizabeth II may confront the couple while Townsend remains estranged after years apart.
In Washington the plan to extend unemployment compensation faces mixed state reactions. Governors and lawmakers weigh funding, with many calling for federal grants and others wary of a loan financed program.
The rundown 195 acre Gein property and several buildings sold at auction for about 5000 dollars. Arthur Shev and Allen Little of Sun Prairie bought the farm for 3925 dollars. Vehicles and junk items also changed hands including a 1949 Ford sold to Kochs Bros. Implement dealers.
Dennis Michael Decker, seven, of Jolipt Illinois, survived when a rear wheel of a five ton tractor driven by his father Amos rolled over his abdomen after a clutch failure. The boy was treated at St Joseph’s hospital and credited the soft ground from spring rains for saving him.
The United States plans a manned rocket plane X15 to study high altitude flight and reentry. North American Aviation will build the craft intended for future satellite use and possible manned space missions with test flights expected in 1959.
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