Foreign language teaching grows in Amarillo grade schools
In Amarillo, grade school foreign languages are expanding after a test run last year. The Junior League ran German and French in five elementary schools, with 125 parent surveys and strong support to continue. A language workshop for parents is planned at 9 30 Saturday in the School Administration Building with leaders Mrs Mary Klingensmith and Mrs Elise Chisolm.
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League
Mary Klingensmith
Elise Chisolm
8Th and
Adams
Connie Bralley
Fles
Schenectady
City Leaders Debate Taxes and City’s Fate
Editorial urges support for charter amendment and bond proposals voted next Monday. Argues local businessmen uphold prudent spending while federal taxes rise, warning against Amarillo becoming a second class city with inferior infrastructure. Supports reform to avoid decay.
Advertising wit and soap sage quoted in reader query
The column cites Phineas Barnum on advertising risk and Thos J Barratt of Pears Soap on selling value. Nosey Joe Osborn of Amarillo asks if Jack could lead the Senate, wondering about L B J’s fate. A Wes Izard quip notes big men do what they dislike when they dislike it.
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Joe Osborn
Amarillo
Jack
Senate
L.B.J
P.S
N.J
Wes Izzard
GOP Hopeful Opens Drive In Panhandle
John G Tower, a 35 year old college professor, launches his Republican Senate bid in the Panhandle. He visits Amarillo Hereford Plainview Lubbock Littlefield Muleshoe Dalhart Dumas Stinnett Berger as part of a cross county campaign to unseat Lyndon Johnson. He accuses Johnson of backing a radical Democratic platform and says he plans to win.
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Amarillo
Hereford
Plainview
Lubbock
Littlefield
Muleshoe
Dalhart
Dumas
Stinnett
Berger
Tower
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Code clerks vanish to Moscow puzzle families blame foul play
Eureka California and Ellensburg Washington families of two NSA code clerks Bernon Mitchell and William Martin voice belief of foul play and possible duress after the men appeared in Moscow following a vanishing vacation. Their histories trace Navy service cryptography work and NSA employment with ties to Tokyo Japan and the University of Washington.
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Eureka
Calif
Russia
National Security Agency
Moscow
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Ellensburg
Wash
Martin
John H. Martin
Ellensburg High School
University of Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Japan
Tokyo
Young Mitchell
Fresno
Stanford University
Mitchell
Bernon
Washington, D.C
Bill Martin
U. S
United States
Walter says NSA warned traitors tied to Soviet propaganda
Two defecting American code clerks labeled self confessed traitors by President Eisenhower are described as turncoat tools of Soviet propaganda by the Defense Department. House Un American Activities Chairman Walter cites FBI warnings to the NSA about one being homosexual. Pentagon maintains no derogatory FBI info existed.
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Eisenhower
Defense Department
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House
Committee On Un-American Activities
FBI
National Security Agency
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Pentagon
Walter
NSA
Houston Education Board Backs Delayed Grade One Integration
The Houston Board of Education voted 40 to 0 to admit Negro students to first grade in formerly all white schools following a federal court order, delaying enrollment until Friday. Classes begin Wednesday, with eligible Negro applicants to all white schools pending enrollment.
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Houston
Houston Board of Education
Supt
John McFarland
Senator Hideouts Spark Cozy Taxpayer Debate
In Crossroads Report reader D. E. B. Scott mocks senators for hidden rest spaces in their old office building. A rebuttal argues taxpayers fund needed comforts after wear and tear on lawmakers during long sessions.
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U. S
Canyon residents protest courthouse lawn paving plan
More than 30 people attend Randall County Commissioners meeting in Canyon to oppose paving the courthouse lawn for 21 parking spaces. No leader emerges as Mrs. Ples Harper reads a limiting poem during the discussion sparked by the Canyon Chamber of Commerce plan. A petition with 177 signatures urges blocking further paving and trees removal.
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Randall County Commissioners
Randall County
W. A. Moore
Ples Harper
George de Schweinitz
Wayland C. Angel
Paramount Terrace Garden Club
C. Y. Johnson
Bailie McCormick
Glenn Dowlen
Texas League Scores and National League Results
Victoria beat Amarillo 8 to 1 in Texas League action while Tulsa routed San Antonio 10 to 6 and Austin defeated Rio Grande Valley 63 to nothing. In the National League Cincinnati won 6 to 1 over Philadelphia in 10 innings, Pittsburah 5 Milwaukee 3, Los Angeles 7 San Francisco 0. American League games saw Kansas City 3 Chicago 2, Cleveland 10 Detroit 8, Boston 7 New York 1.
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Amarillo
Tulsa
San Antonio
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Pittsourah
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Kansas City
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
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New York
Amarillo Sees 226 Sunny Days in 1960
Report notes Amarillo enjoyed 226 sunny days out of 250 in 1960. The text references comparative readings at 3 p.m. and mentions cities Houston, Dallas, and Oklahoma City in unclear context.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
White schools to delay notifying enrollment
Vice President Stone Wells announced white schools will not be informed of approval until Friday. He stated no Negro students will be admitted to white schools before Monday at the earliest and that applicants will be processed by school administration. He claimed no court requires faster integration and noted uncertainty about impact.
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Stone Wells
Wells
Congo in Chaos as Lumumba Kasavubu Clash Deepens
In Leopoldville amid a power struggle between Premier Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasavubu, UN forces seized the capital while Lumumba’s police fired on 2000 demonstrators. Two killed, many wounded as clashes spread, with Russian airliners ferrying Lumumba troops and UN officials weighing full Congo control.
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The
Congo
UPI
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations
Lumumba
Kasavubu
U.N
Kasai
Moscow
Amarillo Area Weather Through Thursday Forecast
Weather report covers Amarillo and Northwest Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies and little temperature change through Thursday. Today’s low around 64 and high near 87. Northwest Texas similar, generally fair with mild temperature shifts.
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Amarillo
Texas
Plane crash on college field endangers players at Chester
A single engine plane crashed on a college football field in Chester, narrowly missing 18 players. Two burned bodies were recovered from the four seater craft as teammates stood dazed after the accident at Pennsylvania Military College.
Oklahoma turnpike feud heats up in political circles
The Daily News reports a heated turnpike feud in Oklahoma politics. Special correspondent Phil Dessauer outlines the developing dispute with emphasis on intra party dynamics and potential impacts.
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Oklahoma
Phil Dessauer
The
Daily News
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