Amarillo Sees Big Shrine and Convention Boom Ahead
Amarillo foresees a burst of conventions in 1962 with Shrine delegates, Future Homemakers, Soil Conservation staff, and church groups. Estimated delegates total tens of thousands, spending mix hints at $200000 for Shrine alone. Local leaders push motel, banquet space, and a new coliseum or upgraded auditorium to handle crowds.
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Shrine
Amarillo
America
Soil Conservation District
United Pentecostal Church
Chamber of Commerce
Buster Crocker
Municipal
Coliseum
Amarillo’s untapped resort potential and elm invasion
The author notes Amarillo lacks nearby resorts for weekend fishing and boating and envisions Palo Duro Canyon as a possible future lake resort if a dam is built. A rural solution like a dude ranch is proposed, while elm seeds threaten a woodland bloom. The piece laments weather updates and hints at reformist talk from Herb Daniels.
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Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Legislature Adjourns After 120 Days Without Budget Solution
The 56th Texas Legislature ended its 120 day session without passing an appropriations or tax bill. lawmakers voted themselves a pay raise as Gov. Price Daniel urged a rapid special session to resolve the 1960-61 finances. A Senate committee was authorized to probe four major state funds totaling about a billion dollars.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Daniel
Senate
Permanent
University of Texas Permanent Fund
Panhandle lawmakers tally session scores in Texas race
Sen Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo pushed fire and police overtime limits and aided hospital district bills while failing to advance milk import regulation and an antidisannexation measure. Sen A J Rogers of Childress backed a Red River Authority study and water plan, plus brucellosis control for cattle. House members Wilson Springer Methany and McIlhany guided bills on deaf access, school taxes, college land transfers, and livestock health.
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Austin
Panhandle
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Independent Oil Producers
A. J. Rogers
Childress
Red River
Sen
Rogers
Grainger Methany
Wheeler
Veterans County Service
U.S.D.A
J. Edgar Wilson
Ted Springer
Sen. Hazlewood
Amarillo Hospital
Texas Deaf Association
House
Senate
Potter County
Amarillo Junior College Board
West Texas State College
Rep. McIlhany
Texas
Two Capital airliners suffer fatal midair and ground crashes
A Capital Airlines Viscount from New York to Atlanta exploded in squally weather about five miles east of Baltimore killing 27 passengers and four crew. A second four engine Constellation crashed on landing near Charleston West Virginia, killing two and injuring six of 36 passengers and five crew. Civil Aeronautics Board said no record of lightning exploding an airliner.
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Baltimore
Capital Airlines
New York
Atlanta
Constellation
Kanawhan
Charleston
W. Va
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Baseball scores and results from multiple games
National League Chicago 7 Milwaukee 3 St Louis 7 Cincinnati 3 Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3 San Francisco 5. American League Cleveland 7 New York 6 Washington 7 Detroit 4 Chicago 4 Boston 3 in 12 innings. Kansas City at Baltimore postponed due to rain. Other listed games include Amarillo at Poza Rica and several late scores in Mexico City and Nuevo Laredo.
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Amarillo
Poza Rica
Tulsa
Vera Cruz
San Antonio
Mexico City Reds
Austin
Nuevo Laredo
Monterrey
Victoria
Mexico City Tigers
Corpus Christi
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Detroit
Boston
Kansas City
Baltimore
Two deadly plane crashes within an hour in Charlestown and Baltimore
A large craft exploded in flames scattering wreckage over miles. Bodies lay in clusters and far apart with many mangled remains. The Charlestown crash occurred at 4 30 p m and the Baltimore crash at 5 18 p m. It marked the Capital Viscount’s third fatal crash in just over a year.
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Charleston
Baltimore
House Probers Report Union Fund Stolen in Texas Probe
The House Investigating Committee alleged a Texas labor union vice president managed the disappearance of about 40000 from the union treasury. It also cited $9000 vanished from Beaumont’s treasury and said two officials in Houston used coercion to seek 250000 annually. The report warned of deteriorating labor management relations and cited test imony from the McClellan committee.
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Playboy
Ben- Jack Cage
Dallas
Brazil
Cage
Texas
U. S. Senate
John McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters
Southwest Motor Transport of
San Antonio
Treasury
Houston
Texas City
Linton
Lubbock
Beeville
el Paso
Tyler
Brownsville
Fort Worth
Armed Troops Move To Strike-Torn Town
In Henderson North Carolina on May 12 heavily armed National Guardsmen faced jeering strikers at two cotton mills. About 300 troops were deployed to protect workers amid violence at Harriett Henderson and North Henderson Mills since November 1958. Guardsmen patrolled gates as car windows were shattered by rocks earlier. no injuries reported.
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Henderson
N. C
National
Harriett- Henderson
North Henderson
30Th Infantry Division
B. A. Peterson
Democrats Stall Two Ike Nominations at Senate Hearing
Democratic senators clashed during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on C. Douglas Dillon for chief assistant to the secretary of state and Ogden Reid for ambassador to Israel. The panel delayed action until at least next Tuesday amid disputes over the Eisenhower administration foreign policy and information suppression.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
C. Douglas Dillon
Ogden R. Reid
Israel
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate
Commerce Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Strauss
Foreign Relations Committee
Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Dillon
Capitol Hill
Russell B. Long
D-La
Evening TV Schedule Highlights Local Listings
Prime time offers Haggis Baggis at 1 30 p.m. Truth or Consequences at 3 p.m. Price is Right at 7 36 p.m. Milton Berle Show at 8 p.m. Local viewers plan their afternoon and evening around these program times.
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Haggis Baggis
Milton Berle
Former Gov Roy Turner key to road board control in Oklahoma
Former Oklahoma governor Roy Turner is described as the ace in the hole for Gov Edmondson in his bid to control county road funds through the state road board. The Daily News notes the political maneuvering and includes analysis by Phil Dessauer on page 16. A new judicial post for the attorney general could ease Gov Burroughs path, with Will Harrison examining the situation on page 5.
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Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Edmondson
State Road Board
Phil Dessauer
The
Daily News
Judicial Post
Sunshine State
Gov. Burroughs
Will Harrison
Soviet Move on Poland and Czechoslovakia Sparks Big Four Talks
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers failed to settle the Soviet proposal to seat Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia as full conference participants. The session ended unresolved with Gromyko pressing the plan while Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville urged progress on Berlin and German questions. Berding cautioned the issue remains open despite hopes it is closed.
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Geneva
Big Four Foreign Ministers
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Gromyko
East Germany
Gromyko
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Berlin
Gromykov
Plotting trade and politics in postwar industry scene
Dear Editor laments rising costs from steel firms and unions союз while accusing Congress and bureaucrats of planning more spending. The letter, signed by DD E Scott of Wellington, reflects public distrust of business labor coalitions and political spending.
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Seles Sika
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Potter County Commissioners Court
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