Rainy April boosts Panhandle moisture and crop prospects
A slow steady rain arrived in the Panhandle and South Plains delaying fieldwork but delivering 2.14 inches in Amarillo and lifting May totals to 4.91 inches. Farmers say the moisture will aid wheat and pasture and set favorable conditions for cotton and grain sorghums plantings. Additional scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast today and Saturday across the region.
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Trickery by Promoters Taints Wall Street Bulls
Richard Phalon of the New York Herald Tribune surveys promoter tricks behind investment plans. The piece warns readers how schemes attach to ordinary money and urges caution in handling bold market pitches.
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Wall Street
Richard Phalon
New York Herald Tribune
Lawmen Gather at Boys Ranch for 20th Anniversary
More than 200 peace officers from five states attended the opening event at Boys Ranch marking the ranch's 20th anniversary. The United Peace Officers of America presented Cal Farley with a 7000 dollar check for the first payment on a 25000 dollar dormitory. Officers elected included Sheriff Slim Johnston as president and several sheriffs and county officials as vice presidents, treasurer, and secretary.
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John Easley
Moore County
John Nunn
Carson County
Clarence Williams
Gene Collins
Hartley County
Carl Wood
Claude
Duke Weightman
Dumas
Woody Pond
Canyon
Hugh White
Tulia
Curtis Travis
Amarillo
Rufe Jordan
Pampa
Wylie Alexander
Raymond Waters
Lubbock
Sid Harper
J. B. Cook
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Forecast Update
Mostly cloudy and cool today with intermittent rain and scattered showers. For the Panhandle and South Plains expect occasional thundershowers with partly cloudy intervals later. temperatures near 46 at dawn, around 60 at peak, and a high near 58 to 60 in some readings. Sunrise 5:xx AM, sunset 7:38 PM.
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Saturda
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South Plains
First Kansan to speak as WTCC opens 4th annual convention
Robert A. Finney of Humboldt a U S Chamber district director and former president will open the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Amarillo with What Congress Proposes to Do to Our Economy The meeting runs through Saturday noon delegates register in rain at the Herring Hotel and the program includes diverse speakers from Dallas Lubbock and Houston plus a dinner and final session with leaders from Amarillo and Lubbock
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Memphis
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Abilene
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Humboldt
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Houston
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Dallas
Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association
Durward Lewter
Lubbock
Harold Loden
Lockney
Paymaster Farms
Harry W. Clark
Texas Power & Light Co
Carl S. Winters
Oak Park
Ill
General Motors Corp
Grady Hazlewood
Waggoner Carr
Texas House of Representatives
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners
Assa
Harry C. Jones
Kilgore
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn
George Cree Jr
Pampa
PPRCA
Charles E. Simons
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Assn
Texas Legislature backs recall of primary date bill
The Texas Legislature recalled HB158 amid veto fears from Gov. Price Daniel. The Senate 30 to 1 and the House voted to reconsider, stalling a potential veto. Supporters argued it would aid Lyndon B. Johnson by aligning primary dates with a possible July convention.
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Harold Parish
Taft
Sen
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Herter Declares No Appeasement in Berlin Crisis Talk
Secretary of State Christian Herter ruled out fear and appeasement in negotiating with Russia to end the Berlin crisis and reunite Germany. He urged the Soviet Union to match Western concessions and said any new agreement must be self enforcing and guarantee freedom for Berlin.
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Christian A. Herter
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Soviet Union
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Herter
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Meads Stand Draws Attention in New Mexico Politics
Santa Fe Lt. Gov Ed Mead opposes Gov Burroughs drawing second looks from state politicians. Daily News special correspondent Harrision reviews the situation on page 33. Mead is son of Mr and Mrs E P Mead 2018 Org Amarillo. Adjournment of the Oklahoma legislature appears hazy per Phil Dessauer Daily News up to date on page 31.
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Ed Mead
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TV Schedule Highlights for Local Lineup
KGNC TV presents a lineup with Haggis Baggis at 1 30 p m Truth or Consequences at 3 00 p m Northwest Passage at 6 30 p m and Ellery Queen at 7 00 p m arranged for today with times listed.
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Haggis Baggis
Shark Attacks Student Near Golden Gate Bridge
Albert Cogler, 18, a San Francisco State College student, died after a shark attack while swimming with girlfriend Shirley ONeill about 50 yards from shore near the Presidio. Cogler suffered severe arm and chest injuries and died at Letterman Army Hospital at the Presidio.
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Albert Cogler
Golden Gate Bridge
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San Francisco State College
Shirley O’neill
Letterman Army Hospital
Presidio
Miss O'Neill
Dear Editor: Spending downturn noted in local readers
Letter writer D. E. Scott of Wellington laments a drop in consumer fever among some residents and recalls past efforts by bankers and credit men to cure a spenditis-like spree.
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Washington
Eers
Scientists Mop Floors at Atomic Test Base Over Manpower Gap
A civilian physicist at the 4925th Test Group at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque says scientists and technicians did janitorial work after a manpower cut. Jack Paden complained to Sen. Dennis Chavez and a janitor was reinstated after a year. He notes the loss of trained personnel and low paid engineers handling chores.
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Baseball scores from Texas and National League get updates
San Antonio at Amarillo game was postponed. Victoria defeated Tulsa 11 to 5, Corpus Christi won 9 to Austin 1. In the National League Los Angeles edged San Francisco 2 to 1, St. Louis beat Chicago 4 to 3, Pittsburgh triumphed over Philadelphia 5 to 4. American League action saw Detroit top Boston 3 to 1 and Baltimore defeat Washington 10 to 1. Only scheduled games listed.
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Missing Trust Family Found in Nevada
Caroline Trust 29 confessed financial stress led her husband Earl 30 and their five children to vanish from Silver Lake Minnesota last December. The family, now in Nevada near Reno, had lived in California before moving to Minnesota and has cooperated with authorities, registering their car and using real names.
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Caroline Trust
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Pismo Beach
California
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Loyalton
Calif
Postmaster General Proposes 1 Cent Rise in First Class Rates
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield proposes raising first class letters from 4 to 5 cents and air mail from 7 to 8 cents. He sent a draft bill to Speaker Sam Rayburn seeking quick passage to generate about 355 million dollars annually and shrink the postal deficit of over 500 million dollars per year. Summerfield cites budget goals and Eisenhower hints as context for the move, while Rep. Edward H. Rees says he has not yet reviewed the proposal.
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Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Post Office Department
Rayburn
Edward H. Rees
Kan
House Post Office Committee
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas 1959
The report notes 111 days of sun in Amarillo during 1959 with 127 days observed. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Monday show wind speeds around 15 MPH and visibility varying from 10 to 17 miles. Conditions include cloudy skies in Amarillo and nearby locales with fair to cloudy observations.
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Amarillo
NM Farmers Profit Leased Land in Soil Bank
A handful of New Mexico farmers collect about 60,000 dollars annually from the Federal Soil Bank program. The state leases dry land at 25 cents an acre and farmers with five year leases can place it in the soil bank for up to 9 dollars per acre. About 7,500 acres, 10 percent of leased dry land, are in the program, totaling 60,000 dollars yearly in payments while the state receives 1,875 dollars in lease revenue.
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New Mexico
Federal Soil Bank
State of
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Ry Morgan
Land Office
Dale Helsper
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Soil Bank
Helsper
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