Victory School One Room Hope Fades in Kiowa Valley
Orville Howard revisits Victory School near Logan Oklahoma a one room rural school with 17 pupils facing consolidation many towns wrestle with open enrollment and centralization as studies and unions expand while pupils seek normal lives and memories of schooling in small neighborhoods endure though the era of local schools wanes.
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Logan
Oklahoma Strip
Orville Howard
Victory School
Victory
New York
Congress Calls For Action Over Cuban buildup
Washington reports senators push for decisive action to halt the Communist military buildup in Cuba. Capehart predicts Kennedy may call up Army reserves by year end while others urge options from a Cuban government in exile to direct invasion. Thurmond favors decontamination with military input. Tower cites recent Havana Harbor shelling as illustrating threat.
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Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Kennedy
Cuba
Capehart
Congress
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Dantel B. Fascell
D-Fla
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Final Month of Eastern New Mexico Polly Train
Sam Hunt of Tucumcari reports 35 passengers rode the Polly to French and back on Labor Day as the little mixed train nears its end in Eastern New Mexico. Last week the train carried about 10 passengers per run while Henry Ford jokes and Kennedy stories drift into casual chatter.
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Tucumcari
New Mexico
Henry Ford
Ford
Jfk
Kennedy
NBC
ABC
CBS
Russian radar equipment forms bulk of Cuban cargo
Havana sources report that arriving Russian gear includes three radar types used to detect aim and guide projectiles, comprising the bulk of the equipment recently landed in Cuba.
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Cuba
Soviet Fire on U S Car in East Germany
Soviet troops fired about 40 shots last Tuesday at an American military sedan carrying two U S officers on a tour of East Germany near Potsdam. One shot hit the car but no one was hurt. the olive drab sedan belonged to the U S liaison mission with Soviet commands in the area.
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East Germany
Potsdam
Berlin
Sisters Survive Mountain Ordeal After Plane Crash
Two sisters aged 8 and 6 survived nearly three days on a mountain ridge near San Bernardino after a small plane crash killed their parents. Rescuers found them dehydrated, with Laurie Clark missing a leg fracture, but they remained calm and were airlifted to Saint Bernardino hospital. The Piper Cherokee crashed Monday evening 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles while returning from a timber resort.
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Calif
Saint Bernardino Hospital
San Bernardino
Laurie Clark
Julie
Laurie
William Clark
Travelodge Motels, Inc
Jacqueline
San Diego
Los Angeles
Mission cars in East Germany face shooting incident
Survivors of a plane crash described a car with a large yellow license plate near the tracks. Sources said the car may have trailed a train and showed no signs of entering restricted ground. The U S mission, under Col Ernest Von Pawel, operates under Gen Ivan Yakubovsky’s Soviet command in East Germany, with British and French mission cars involved in similar incidents.
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East Germany
Berlin
U.S
Ernest von Pawel
Poland
U.S. Army
Europe
Heidelberg
Yakubovsky
Woman crashes car into revenue office, fails driver test
A woman drove her car halfway through the front door of the state revenue department office in Maplewood seeking a license. Believing it was a drive in building she asked where to park and was told to stay outside. Police filed no charges. She later took the driver’s examination and failed.
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ST. Louis
State Revenue Department
Maplewood
Amarillo Weather Record for 1962 Summary
Amarillo reports sun on 239 of 249 days in 1962 with mixed readings on Thursday. Observations show cloudy conditions in Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with wind speeds ranging from 9 to 13 MPH and visibility around 2 to 8 miles.
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Clay Houston
Dallas
Oklo
City
Lack of Funds Delays Panhandle Heritage Amphitheater
Canyon September report on West Texas State College bids shows Panhandle Heritage Foundation lacking funds for the $155,558 amphitheater project. Low bid by Ramey Construction Co. exceeds cash and pledges by about one third. Pulitzer winner Paul Green advised continuation as donors and cash flow improve.
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Ramey Construction Co
Paul Green
Palo Duro Canyon
Green
Ramey
Panhandle Heritage Foundation
Amarillo
Chapel Hill
N.C
43 Games Footballs Fly Tonight in Golden Spread
The Amarillo Daily News assigns five writers and two photographers to cover tonight’s 43 high school football games across the Golden Spread. Dimmitt Bobcats meet Canyon Eagles at Buffalo Bowl. Portales Rams face Clovis Wildcats at Clovis. Rogina Mustangs play Springlake Wolverines at Springlake. McLean Tigers clash with Shamrock Irishmen at Shamrock.
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Amarillo Daily News
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Canyon Eagles
Buffalo Bowl
Canyon
Patt Powell
Richard Pipes
Perryton Rangers
White Deer Bucks
White Deer
Jim Sims
Don Brown
Ten Inches Rainfall Hits Snyder Area Report
Widespread rains swept Texas with Snyder near 10 inches causing about a dozen families to flee homes in Big Spring. The deluge topped a farm near Snyder unofficially at nearly 10 inches while Big Spring logged 2.83 inches in six hours. Gunter in Grayson County measured 4.05 inches between 6 am and noon. Odessa Midland area recorded 5.08 inches by noon, Monahans 2.54, and several West Texas highways closed due to rising waters.
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Snyder
Big Spring
Gunter
Grayson County
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Alpine
Brownsville
Odessa-Midland
Monahans
West Texas
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Crossroads Fringes Dear Editor
Dear Editor notes President Kennedy urged youth to study government careers for job security though Congress or the FBI can turn against fast operators like Billie Soil Estes, impacting fringe benefits of government work. Signed Scott Wellington.
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Congress
FBI
Billie Soil Estes
Amarillo Reservists Return From Mojave Desert Drill
Marine Reservists have completed a two week training exercise in the Mojave Desert. A detailed illustrated report with story and pictures by Selden Hale, a reserve unit member, appears today on page 36.
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Amarillo
Mojave Desert
Selden Hale
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Weather Bureau Amarillo and vicinity reports partly cloudy skies through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and night thunder showers. Highs around 81 to 86. Northwest Texas sees similar conditions with a cooler turn in the north on Saturday. Northern New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy today with scattered thundershowers, decreasing tonight, and highs near 80 to 90.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Allies Eye Curb on Use at Armor
Western allies consider a Berlin order to bar armored cars in transporting Soviet troops to the Soviet War Memorial in West Berlin. U S Britain and France back the move in principle though timing is unsettled. Russians had shifted to Sandkrug Bridge after Western pressure but continue to use armored personnel carriers.
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Washington
Berlin
West Berlin
U.S
Britain
Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie
Sandkrug Bridge
Nuclear Blast Project Coach Set at Carlsbad
The Atomic Energy Commission announced today it has started preliminary work near Carlsbad for a project codenamed Coach as part of a nuclear research initiative. Local authorities and workers prepared the site, with officials noting safety measures and potential long term implications for the region.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Seale Rally Set Today for 18th District
Amarillo mayor Jack Seale Republican candidate for the 18th Congressional District hosts a cam paign event a chuckwagon barbecue and fish supper at Sam Houston Park at 6 30 p m today. Tickets are 150 per person from Young Republican Federation members or at the park. Seale speaks at 730 p m telecast from KGNC TV Carlsbad New Mexico. Project Coach aims to study peaceful uses for nuclear explosives with an underground detonation 28 miles southeast of Carlsbad for isotopes research.
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GOP
Amarillo
Samouston Park
Texas
Seale
Republican Federation
Kgnc-Tv
Carlsbad
Gnome
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