Kiwanis Camp Kiwanis and Girl Scouts Face Reorganization
Amarillo Kiwanis Club built Camp Kiwanis with gifts totaling 12 000 to modernize cabins and water systems. Now national Girl Scout policy proposes area councils dissolving local control and transferring Camp Kiwanis. Kiwanis rejects being bound by national rules while supporters warn of funding gaps and loss of community ownership.
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Girl Scouts of
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Girl Scouts
Kiwanis Club
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Girl Scout Organization
Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Texas and Oklahoma
Widespread storms produced violent tornadoes from northern Kansas to the Texas border killing at least one person and injuring several. In Dill City Oklahoma a 700 foot wide path damaged over 30 homes and several businesses while in Anson Texas a woman died and her husband was critically injured. Additional damage spread to Del Rio Stamford Vernon and nearby areas with multiple injuries and property losses.
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Anson
Roy Smith
Homse
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Stamford
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Vernon
Dill City
Oklahoma
Elk City
Sayre
Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base
Ground breaking party planned at Canadian River dam site
June 30 marks a big ceremony at the dam site with VIPs, speeches, bands, and banners. Judge A F Madison and A A Meredith of the water authority coordinate plans while Sam Dixon comments on gifts toward astronauts and wives, plus local club activities and a flag kit fundraiser to aid the Maverick Club.
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A. A. Meredith
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Sam Dixon
W. 14Th
Fauve Timmons Joins Fire Brigade Near Eagle Nest
Fauve Timmons becomes a recruit with the local fire brigade near Eagle Nest. The notice points readers to Page 22 for further details about the acquisition and the community’s safety efforts.
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Eagle Nest
Kiwanians Endorse Move Against Area Girl Scout Control
Amarillo Kiwanis Club directors pledged active support to defeat Project 14 and urged every member to join the effort. The unanimous vote followed a special luncheon at the Herring Hotel with directors present minus two.
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Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Girl Scouts
Kiwanis
National
Girl Scouts, USA
North Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Panhandie
Moore County
Quivira
Yucca
Capital wavers as profits fear business goose
Dear Editor D E Scott of Wellington argues that investors retreat when profits are at risk. He warns that workers seeking higher pay may harm growth, forcing society to fall back to simple living like raising chickens and beans and catching rabbits.
Scientists Probe Flight Unknowns After Aurora 7 Anomaly
Space officials acknowledged unknowns in the Aurora 7 incident involving astronaut Scott Carpenter. Carpenter, 37, from Boulder Colorado, described the flight as a snap despite a 40 minute period when he and mission control lost track of the capsule. He manually controlled the craft during the final approach instead of relying on automatic retro-rocket braking.
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Space Agency
Scott Carpneter
Boulder
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Carpenter
Earth
Navy
Oklahoma City Daily News Index Spotlight
Classifieds and features blur into Astro Guide and Comics with editorials and weather map notes. Sports and Santa Fe spotlights appear amid ads and internal pages.
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Tascosa High Students Seek Decent Movies Petition
Two senior students lead a 245 signatory petition asking for less obscene motion picture content. A delegation will present the document to the Amarillo City Commission to urge officials to support cleaner entertainment for youth.
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Robert Stack
W. 2Nd
Loren Bentley
W. 10Th
Tascosa High School
City Commission
Tascosa
Lubbock Depot Fire Destroys Santa Fe Freight Facility
An explosion sparked a three hour blaze at the Santa Fe freight depot in Lubbock Texas. Diesel fuel drums exploded creating black smoke and flames while nearby boxcars were moved to safety.
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Tex
Santa Fe
Losi
Texas,Tech
Weather notes from Amarillo 1962 daily readings
The record cites Amarillo sunshine for 138 of 145 days in 1962 with a 3 PM Friday comparative reading. Wind speeds include 24 MPH from Civa Amarillo and 18 MPH from Houston, with visibility and sky conditions noted alongside multiple city references.
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Senate approves farm bill with strict controls on crops
In Washington on May 25 the Senate passed a contentious farm bill by 42 to 38 after days of debate. Democrats largely blocked changes toward looser controls. The bill strengthens USDA oversight of planting and marketing of wheat corn and other feed grains and heads to the House for action.
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Senate
Kennedy
House
Orville L. Freeman
Sen
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Texas vs California Drag Meet Opens At Amarillo Dragway
The two day Texas versus California Challenge Meet at Amarillo Dragway opens today with 400 cars from 15 western states. NHRA officials certify times while Eddie Hill and Jim Nelson headline a field including Jimmy Nix and Jack Chrisman. Gates open at 10 am today and 8 am Sunday with $1.30 admission for adults and free for under 12.
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Amarillo
National Hot Rod Association
Washington Street
Ernest Walker
Dale Ham
NHRA
Ham Said
Eddie Hill
Wichita Falls
Jim Nelson
California
Jimmy Nix
Oklahoma City
Jack Chrisman
Long Beach
Calif
Weather Update for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau reports clear to partly cloudy skies across Amarillo and Northwest Texas with warm conditions continuing through Sunday. Highs expected near 90 to 98 degrees, with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms in eastern and southeastern portions. Northern New Mexico remains generally fair and moderately windy this afternoon, cooler in the east, with highs 70 to 85. Sunrise at 5 36 a.m. and sunset at 7 52 p.m.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Adams Wins NM Lawsuit Against Highway Department
A Santa Fe district court jury ruled contractor Jack Adams built the Lordsburg highway project to plans and was not liable for damages from its failure. The panel blamed the highway department for faulty plans and misinterpretation, finding two proximate causes.
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Jack Adams
Lordsburg Highway
New Mexico State Highway Department
Highway Department
Adams
The Dragon Finale at Stephen F. Austin Junior High
Final performances of The Dragon, a drama about China’s fall to communism, are today at Stephen F. Austin Junior High Auditorium. Matinee at 3 30 and 8 00 p.m. Tickets 1 and 2 dollars at White and Kirk. The Ladder will be shown with the evening show and a musical interlude accompanies the matinee.
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Stephen F. Austin
White and Kirk
Moral Re-Armament
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