Richest Man Knows Hereford Getty’s money touch near Hereford
Biographer Ralph Hewins begins six articles on John Paul Getty and his money instinct. Hereford resident J Byrle Filliston recalls meeting Getty about 45 years ago in California when Getty bought land near Santa Fe Springs, later sprouting oil derricks. Getty’s fifth wife, Theodore Lynch Gaston, owns Hereford land and runs Hereford Water Co. from New Canaan and Los Angeles.
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Getty
Theodore Lynch
William Gaston
New Canaan
Daily News
Ralph Hewins
J. Byrle Flliston
Hereford
Hewins
California
Hereford Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe Springs
Prom night concerns span many schools and methods
The survey of 46,000 PTAs shows prom night varies from intimate home parties to large events with strict chaperoning. Other items note KLM Airlines eyeing nonstop Texas to Europe service, TWA jet routes, an aid bill moving in Congress, and a general call to executives to get a crisis overview.
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National Council of Parents and Teachers
C47 at Home hoost WIFSBADEN return after East Germany incident
A battered U S Air Force C47 flew back to West Germany with nine Americans after five days in East Germany. Pilot Captain James Lundy said they were tired but well and hoped for rest. Air Force grounded Lundy pending investigation for allegedly violating flying directions. A crowd welcomed the return at the base in West Germany.
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Germany
U. S. Air Force
Freedom
East Germany
James Palmer Lundy
Findlay
Ohio
Washington
Air Force
Lundy
Thomas PD. White
Europe
Copenhagen
Hamburg
U. S. Air Force Base
Texas Census Signals Massive Growth Across Most Counties
United Press International reports that Texas could top 9.5 million residents in the 1960 census, with preliminary counts from 251 counties showing broad gains. Harris, Galveston, and Fort Bend are key exceptions. Huntsville and Montgomery among rural counties also rise. Data covers city populations and county totals, noting Galveston’s decline and Brazoria County’s boom as the state traces historical population shifts.
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Texas
United Press International
Nacogdoches
Palestine
Jacksonville
Conroe
Livingston
Athens
Malakoff
Trinidad
New Waverly
Camden
Cushing
Garrison
Galveston
Galveston County
Texas City
Graduation cycle opens for Amarillo high schools
The spring graduation cycle begins with Amarillo High School seniors receiving diplomas at Municipal Auditorium. The schedule lists games and events for several schools including Tascosa, St. Marys Academy, St. Marys Hall, Carver, Palo Duro and Price College with times and venues.
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Amarillo High School
Municipal Auditorium
E . Amarillo
Tulsa
Victoria
Rio Grande Valley
Tascosa High School
San Antonio
Austin
Offer Sioday
Municipal
St. Mary's Academy
St. Mary’s Hall
Carver High School
Carver
Palo Duro High School
Price College
Price
National League results list and American League scores
Baseball scoreboard reports NL games with St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 3, San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 1, Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 7 Chicago 4 called after 8 innings due to rain. AL games include Detroit 9 New York 3, Baltimore 3 Chicago 2, Boston 5 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 1 Washington 0 in 11 innings.
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Milwaukee
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
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Cincinnati
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New York
Baltimore
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
Washington
Hawaii Braced For Tidal Wave Then Off After Alert
Hawaii alerted for a new tidal wave after unusual activity near Christmas Island but canceled the alert two hours 38 minutes later. In Hilo residents panicked seeking higher ground while reports from Monday’s disaster cited 45 dead 15 missing and 53 injured.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Hilo
Christmas Island
Weather and city notes mix with calmers and alerts
Sunlit Amarillo records 13 of 146 days in 1960 with readings at 3 pm. Cities Houston Dallas Oklahoma City show partly cloudy skies with varying visibility. New Polaroid wink light bulbs arrive at the Merchandise Mart replacement center. Hilo remains silent after a warning as the waterfront is evacuated and Honolulu residents react.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Merchandise Mart
Hilo
Ed Wall
Soviet Union Hesitates in U N Security Council Vote
In New York the Soviet Union delayed a Security Council showdown over condemning the United States for U2 spy flights. Andrei Gromyko sought more time for a summing up to label the U S an aggressor, stalling a vote as Tunisia Ceylon and others weigh in on reforming East-West talks.
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N. Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Council
Poland
Tunisia
Ceylon
Gromyko
Eisenhower
Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Ecuador
Argentina
Mongi Slim
Eisenhower Offers U S Planes To UN for Open Skies System
President Eisenhower proposed donating U S reconnaissance aircraft including the U 2 to the United Nations to aid an open skies inspection regime. He urged continued nuclear test ban talks and cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union while defending U S intelligence gathering and confirming the May 1 U 2 flight. He warned that ongoing flights could harm allied relations, and said U 2 missions became less crucial as new techniques emerged.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
U.S
United Nations
Russia
Defense
Thomas&. Gates
United States
Look Forward To the Past
Anne Heywood argues in Opportunities Unlimited that a positive attitude toward the past aids a happy future. The Amarillo Daily News notes the column’s broad appeal across the Golden Spread as it discusses self-pity regret and bitterness as overcomeable handicaps.
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Anne Heywood
Opportunities Unlimited
Amarillo Daily News
The
Daily News
Sales Tax Plan Studied
A Texas tax study commission reviewed four two percent sales tax programs from the Texas Research League. The commission is led by Sen. William Fly with members Rep. V. L. Ramsey, Rep. Frates Seeligson, Sen. George Parkhouse, Sen. Robert Crump, Rep. J. Gordon Bristow, Hugo Loewenstern, and John McKee. The plan comes as the group examines state and local taxation for a three year study.
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League
State Commission
William Fly
Victoria
V. L
Bo) Ramsey
Beckville
Frates Seeligson
San Antonio
Ramsey
Fly
Seeligson
George
Dear Editor: Neighbor claims Brand X doomed mankind
A reader writes that the Brand X product line harms consumers, alleging malice toward doctors and dentists. He claims a lawn mower would fail to match his liver’s service and blames the assembly department for faulty parts. Dr. E Scott Wellington.
Rockefeller Says He Will Take Draft for President
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller told New York Republican leaders he would accept a draft to run as the party’s presidential candidate. The 96 vote delegation will go to the Chicago convention uncommitted, with no favorite son commitment. Nixon nears the nomination tally as convention date looms.
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N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Chicago
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
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