Post Labor Day Problem No 1
The piece discusses post Labor Day routines and focuses on whether a high school student should have a car. It cites Allstate’s survey suggesting car access affects grades, advocating keeping keys and restricting use to weekends to protect schoolwork. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial comment weighs in on parental decisions.
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Seatttle Post Intelligencer
PRR Offers Pact to End Major Strike
The Pennsylvania Railroad proposed settling 23 of 27 union issues and submitting three remaining items to binding arbitration if the walkout ends immediately. PRR leaders Symes and Greenough urged fairness while condemning unions’ stance as immovable. Quill charged Labor Secretary Mitchell with lying amid Labor Day protests in New York.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
James M. Symes
PRR
Allen J. Greenough
Michael Quill
Transport Workers
System Federation Union
New York
Symes
Symes-Greenough
District of Columbia
Quill
Nixon stickers flip from NOXIN to NIXON in mail
A reader recalls a campaign oddity from Dallas Texans for Nixon with stickers that read NOXIN then shift to NIXON when reversed. The note, from Al Gerner of Lelia Lake, also mentions a quip about happiness from O. R. Stark Jr. of Quitaque and a light remark on a quartet of men who doubt each other’s singing.
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al Gerner
Dallas
Nixon
O. R. Stark Jr
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Quitaque
Welcome Tourist Day Rest Stop Lights Up Panhandle
Shamrock hosts Welcome Tourist Day with free coffee and watermelons for travelers from 29 states and five foreign countries. The event, run by the Shamrock Chamber of Commerce, aims to give weary motorists a breather and information at the highway rest stop.
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Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Earl Long dies of heart attack after primary win
Earl Kemp Long, 65, veteran Louisiana politician and three time governor, died of a heart attack Monday in Alexandria after winning the Democratic runoff for the 8th District congressional seat. Blanche Long cited doctors saying he had a heart attack after a good night. He woke in good spirits, then died suddenly after coffee.
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Earl Kemp Long
Louisiana
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Blanche Long
Labor Day Jaycee hospitality booths greet travelers
The Pampa Jaycees and Paducah Jaycees staffed coffee and refreshment booths along U S 60 82 and 70 to serve travelers during the long weekend. Western officials noted no formal roadblocks were set in Tucumcari New Mexico area while volunteers recalled 1959 crowds.
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Paducah Jaycees
Clyde Black
Sonoca
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U.S. 70
Tucumcari
N.M
New Mexico
Traffic Toll Near Record Set During Labor Day Holiday
The death toll on the nation s highways rose toward the 460 NSC forecast for Labor Day weekend. The NSC warned the figure could be reached as millions drive home tired after the three day holiday. About 242 million more vehicles traveled on the roads than last year with roughly 73 million cars buses and trucks on the highways.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Baseball Scores Around the Circuits and City Matches
AMARILLO defeated Victoria Tulsa 32 to 7, San Antonio won 1 to 0 at Austin. Rio Grande match postponed due to power failure. In the American League New York 3 Boston 2, Washington 4 Baltimore 0, Detroit 42 Cleveland 3, Kansas City 8 Chicago 7. In the National League Pittsburgh 9 Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 2 Chicago 1 in a second game halted by darkness, Los Angeles 84 San Francisco 123 Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 7.
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Weather Glimpses From Amarillo 1960 Readings
Weather data shows Amarillo reporting 225 of 249 days with sun in 1960. Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Monday list wind, visibility, and sky conditions for Amarillo and nearby towns, including Houston and Cleveland, with varying mph, miles and cloudy indicators.
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Ptty Cidy
Houston
Seenee
Lumumba Refuses to Quit as Kasavubu Fires Premier
In Leopoldville on September 5 AP reports President Kasavubu fired Premier Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba refused to yield and announced on radio that he had fired Kasavubu, urging youth and workers to defend the republic.
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De Gaulle urges NATO revamp and European unity
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle calls for closer political coordination among Free Europe and a complete NATO revision. He proposes a popular referendum in six Western European nations to forge a united Europe with a parliamentary body. He favors national identity based forces over integrated NATO structure and notes broader Western responsibilities. He hints at coordinating Middle East Africa and Europe with Britain and the United States. He has pressed for change since 1958.
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Law school aims to teach plain English for legal writing
Dear Editor letter from D. E. Scott of Wellington argues a law school should start teaching English to produce lawyers who write in plain language. He muses that clearer contracts could make lawyers obsolete, potentially creating surplus bureaus to store excess laws.
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Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
U.S. Weather Bureau reports clear to partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday. Ample heat across Northwest Texas and New Mexico with highs generally in the 80s, some locales reaching near 90s. Temperatures vary by hour with light winds, sunrise at 6 73 am and sunset at 7 07 pm.
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Amarillo
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New Mexico
Two Admit $30,000 Ranch Home Thefts
Texas oil field worker J. C. Red Stewart and Doris Hamilton of Waco pleaded guilty to two counts each of grand larceny and breaking and entering in Tatum New Mexico. They admitted a string of ranch home burglaries netting 30000 dollars in goods, including two drilling bits found in Stewart’s car after a roadblock arrest near Lovington. They are held on 10000 dollar bonds awaiting district court action.
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Red) Stewart
Odessa
Doris Hamilton
Waco
Pearance
Justice of the Peace
M. E. (Sooner) Wall
Lea County
John Pennell
Stewart
Miss Hamilton
New Mexico
Morton County
Lovington
Artesia
Donna Blows Away From Puerto Rico
Hurricane Donna moved through the Leeward Islands killing seven people as it tracked west northwest. Puerto Rico escaped the storm's worst effects after a last minute course shift. Five died in Anguilla and two on Antigua from electric shock after a fallen power line. Barbudan residents faced widespread homelessness.
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Plane Crash Kills Six Feared in Lake Michigan
A single engine plane with possibly six aboard crashed into Lake Michigan near a crowded Chicago beach. One badly burned body was recovered as Coast Guard traced the craft to Richard Rickman of Detroit. Rickman’s father said his son and his family may have been aboard. The plane sent Mayday signals before plunging nose first into the water near shore aboard the Play Yacht.
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U S Athletes Top Medals Pace With Five Golds in Rome
United States treasure of five golds increases their Olympic total to 21 as Rome coverage notes a three U S boxers winning titles and Wilma Rudolph adding a 200 meter gold. Lee Calhoun leads U S 1 2 3 sweep alongside Russia in unofficial standings with Russia first in points.
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