Probing the Tower Vote and Texas Conservatism
The piece analyzes John Tower’s election as driven by a conservative, anti establishment voter base in Texas. It cites campaign dynamics, endorsements from national figures, and the influence of Barry Goldwater’s philosophy. It warns Tower must resist party pressure to fulfill expectations of principled conservatism.
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Barry Goldwater
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Horatio Alger
Texas
Arizona
Air Force officers rate bases nationwide
A team including Dun can and Hines tours bases rating transient services. Amarillo Air Force Base earns a commendation for excellent service to transient personnel. Also quoted historian Henry Steele Commager praises welfare states as alternatives to totalitarianism, while noting Congo concerns.
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Look Magazine
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Need a Rest Dear Absent From The Desk
Dear Need reads as a reader asking about exhaustion and the inability to take a vacation due to business. Dear Abby notes the caller sounds troubled and offers to answer questions in The Daily News starting Monday.
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Ann Landers
Daily News
Riders Found Guilty Again in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi May 29 AP Municipal Judge James Spencer convicted 17 more freedom riders on breach of peace charges and fined them 200 dollars with 60 day suspended jail terms. He previously sentenced 27 others last week with the same penalties.
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Jackson, Miss
James Spencer
Freedom Riders
Spencer
Mississippi
Jack R. Young
South Africa Strike Sparks New Violence Across Regions
Violence erupted Monday after the first day of a nonwhite strike against white rule in South Africa. Negroes in a segregated township attacked government workers as police faced rocks, while police patrolled gold settlements. Prime Minister Verwoerd condemned the action as communism while vowing to maintain control ahead of republic day as stores and docks felt the strike effects though not fully paralyzing the country.
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Africa
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Port Elizabeth
Supreme Court Upholds Sunday Blue Laws
The Supreme Court issued four rulings upholding state blue laws restricting Sunday business. Chief Justice Warren said the statutes do not target religion and may cause financial sacrifice for Sabbath observers, but are not religiously driven.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
Warren
Weather wrap for Amarillo and regional notes
Amario reports 141 sunny days out of 149 in 196?. Comparative readings Sunday at 3 pm show wind and visibility vary by city. Amarillo recorded 12 mph gusts with clear skies, Dallas 18 mph with clear conditions, Houston 9 mph with clear air, Oklahoma City 15 mph with partly cloudy conditions.
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Pity City
Houston
Dallas
Okla City
Florida passes law requiring Americanism versus Communism course
Gov. Farris Bryant signed a bill making a high school course on Americanism versus Communism mandatory in Florida. Since 1956 the State Department of Education urged study of Communist ideologies, and the department has now formalized a coordinated program with the Florida bar featuring a lecture on The Meaning of Communism and local attorneys speaking to student assemblies.
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Florida
Farris Bryant
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State Department of Education
Florida Bar
Popcorn and Cotton Candy Draw Amarillo Family
A week-long giveaway of popcorn and cotton candy made one Amarillo family very popular on their block as others in the city and surrounding area traveled about. Sumarion Sumner, women's page editor, reports on Plains Party Line on Page 8.
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Amarillo
Sumarion Sumner
Woman's Page
Plains Party Line
Legislature Closes After Tax Bill Defeat
The 57th Legislature ends a 140 day session as the House kills the Senate approved sales tax measure on a ruling by Speaker James Turman. Clocks were stopped to finish business while a $2.6 billion spending bill passes in the Senate and the tax proposal dies in the House amid protests.
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Austin
House
James Turman
Senate
Turman
Reprisal Threats Charged In Farm Bill Debate
Southern congressmen push for a Justice Department probe into alleged government reprisals against cotton interests if they oppose the administration farm bill. Informants say the complaint was sent to Atty. Gen. Kennedy, with no formal inquiry yet. John Todd of the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Assn. reported the warnings to Senate and House Agriculture Committees.
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Justice Department
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Capitol Hill
John Todd
National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Assn
Memphis
Tenn
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Allen Ellender
D-La
Senate Committee
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Agriculture Department
Atlanta
Senate Agriculture Committee
Stopwatch to Measure Time in Billionths Promises Quick Timing
Dr. E Scott Wellington notes a new stopwatch capable of 1/100,000,000th second timing. The gadget could log brief intervals such as shifts after a pay raise or reactions to political pressure, illustrating postwar scientific advances amid McCarthy era tension.
Svengalis of Sport described as driving force behind athletes
Sports column on page 5 profiles a man who exerts powerful outside influence shaping athletes. The piece discusses manipulation by a Svengali figure and its impact on sport figures and performance.
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Svengalis of Sport
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures into Wednesday. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder storms are expected with high readings near the mid eighties. Northwest Texas remains partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with scattered late day thunder activity.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
Weather disrupted baseball scores with scattered storms
Noon and night thunderstorms impacted results as high temperatures reached 90 to 100 in New Mexico and Texas League action paused by rain. Scores listed include Rio Grande Valley 4 San Antonio 3 and Los Angeles 2 St. Louis 1, with only scheduled games noted. Sunrise at 5:24 AM, sunset at 7:54 PM.
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New Mexico
Amarillo
Ardmore
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
Tulsa
Austin
Cincinnati
San Francisco
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Pipeline firms urge Randall County appraisal firm
Representatives from Texaco, Pioneer Natural Gas, Phillips Petroleum and others urged Randall County to hire a reputable engineering firm to appraise all property. The move follows a plan to change assessment basis from 25 to 15 percent of value, a shift intended to raise budget funds while pipelines contest depreciation rules and value.
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Randall County
Spikes
Money
Pipeline Company
Randall County Commission
Clay Carruthers
Phillips Petroleum Company
Kennedy to Vienna to warn Khrushchev on revolution
President Kennedy declares he will travel to Vienna as head of the United States to confront Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He defends revolution and progress, citing a William Lloyd Garrison quote, speaking at a $100-a-plate Democratic dinner on his 44th birthday.
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Vienna
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
William Lloyd Garrison
Memorial Day Tribute Honors War Dead Across Nation
The piece notes Memorial Day observances with wreaths, taps, and ceremonies honoring 1,128,393 Americans who died in eight major wars. Arlington Cemetery will feature flag placements on 109,000 graves. Sen. Richard B. Russell will stand in for Kennedy to place a presidential wreath.
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Richard B. Russell
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