01 Sep 1962
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1962
Page
1
Budget director Maurice H. Stans warns that unchecked spending and debt pose colossal risks including inflation collapse and loss of freedoms. He calls for restraint as economic brinkmanship threatens national vitality and the cold war. A Zurich banker adds that trimming both domestic and foreign expenditures is essential to avoid a serious crisis.
The piece notes celebration of leisure amid work trends, cites the Country Club Courier financials from its fourth summer, shares editors Paula Robertson and Candy O Keefe as growing junior high figures, reports net profit and profit shares, jokes about IRS scrutiny, and adds a quip about an area rep Miles Roberts and a windshiled draft.
Democratic leaders warned of delay as a clerical error endangers a bill touted by supporters as a 900 million public works package to fund ski lifts pools golf courses and other projects in regions of unemployment. Republicans denounced it as pork barrel and slush fund while it faces possible new House votes or a Senate review.
Soviet space effort appeared to fail last Saturday when a Venus probe launch did not succeed and pieces of the payload reportedly orbited Earth NASA and Soviet officials declined comment or offered cautious statements amid competing claims.
A gunman killed a woman and a policeman then led a running battle along the Coney Island boardwalk before he was surrounded and shot dead. Heroic officer Herbert Nolan wore a bulletproof vest, engaged the fugitive in a head on duel, and survived after claiming to have hit him multiple times. The gunman was identified as James Clark, 35, of Coney Island.
Weather data from the U S Weather Bureau shows clear to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures across Amarillo and vicinity with expected highs in the 80s. Northwest Texas can expect widely scattered thundershowers in the south, warmer in the Panhandle, and cooler in the extreme south portion. Northern New Mexico warms, with highs from 70 to 90. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 63 to 68, with a 0.46 inch precipitation total in the last 24 hours ending 6 pm yesterday.
In London on Aug 31 a Mid-Essex Horticultural Show controversy flared over whether an American chrysanthemum was dyed. Stondon veterans entry was disqualified after Judge Mrs Christina Wright ruled the flowers dyed. Deddinghurst won first prize amid protest from Stondon.
The Potter Randall County Medical Society announced a three stage mass polio immunization plan with the first clinic set for Oct 7 and follow ups on Nov 18 and Jan 6 in Amarillo Public Schools. Simultaneous clinics will be held in Canyon Pampa and Borger with inoculations given via saturated sugar cubes and funded by voluntary contributions. Safeway Food Stores will support the effort as volunteers join the community drive.
A child psychologist reported that in tests 20 percent of 100 third graders in central Pennsylvania rejected using any products advertised on their favorite three TV programs. The study noted that heavier TV viewers tended to buy more from ads, with some links to socioeconomic status and school performance.
A U S Navy aircraft on a routine Florida based training mission was fired on by two small Cuban naval craft. The White House warned any future attacks would be met with return fire by U S aircraft or ships. None aboard were injured and the incident prompted Congress to applaud the policy. The Swiss embassy in Havana relayed Castro regime retaliation expectations.
Havana reports say military and police guards were bolstered around major buildings amid unconfirmed rumors of anti Castro landings in Las Villas and Oriente provinces. Prime Minister Fidel Castro reportedly foiled an uprising in Las Villas, with possible public TV remarks expected.
The Russians ringed Berlin with ground to air missile bases and lined the three air corridors to West Germany as East German Communists intensified a campaign against Western use of the corridors. A Western intelligence source said the base network mirrored heightened activity amid a near collision between a British airliner and a Soviet aircraft. The Soviets rejected a British protest and accused the United States of sending spies into West Berlin. See BERLIN on Page 2.
A 39 percent county survey by The Amarillo Daily News shows only 67 percent support for 1963 wheat quotas. In the North Plains opposition ran high with seven counties failing to reach a majority, including Dallam and Hutchinson. Other counties backed quotas but did not reach the 66.7 percent threshold. The result marks a rare heated moment in Panhandle wheat grower sentiment.
Amarillo recorded sun on 234 of 243 days in 1962. Comparative readings show afternoon conditions around 3 PM on Friday with wind gusts and visibility noted. Observations include Oklahoma City and Chicago areas for reference.
A reader laments automation advancing into leisure activities like bowling and water skiing. He jokes about self throwing bowling balls and IBM punched poker cards, predicting future humans with larger facilities for sitting and oversized thumbs for buttons. Wellington adds signature initials.
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