Explosion at Badger Ordnance Works Injures Eleven
An explosion and fire at the Badger Ordnance Works powder building in Baraboo Wisconsin injures eleven and slows Viet Nam gunpowder production by two to three months.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1966
Page
1
Johnson calls cooling of booming economy and tax relief pause
President Johnson urged Congress on Thursday to suspend temporarily special tax benefits for businessmen building new plants and buying machinery as part of slowing the booming economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Amarillo Faces Sunday Closing Debate and Texas League Result
A survey at West Texas State University finds students favor entertainment and recreation. Amarillo risks becoming a seven day business city if retailers do not honor Sunday closing agreements. Albuquerque Dodgers end Amarillo’s Texas League playoff run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas State University
Canyon
Amarillo
Bill Larkin
Albuquerque Dodgers
New Mexico
Poverty From Two Viewpoints
The piece contrasts views on poverty with Sam Levenson reflecting on his East Harlem upbringing. It notes how money alone cannot solve poverty and features his book Everything but Money. It cites family resilience and the idea of the “privileged poor” who remain emotionally secure despite hardship. It mentions charity boxes and regular giving shaping a sense of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Levenson
Levenson
Paper routes and TV fame swirl in small town chat
Kenneth Kohler Jr recalls delivering papers to the home of Ron Ely as a boy in 1945 at 803 Virginia. Rumors bubble about a friendly dam city sign while a door-to-door salesman faces a harried mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kohler, Jr
GOP
Ron Ely
Kenneth
Ely
Virginia
Ron
Sanford
Grand Coulee
Wash
Johnson urges tax cut to slow inflation and curb investment boom
President Johnson described the investment boom as exaggerated and called for quick congressional action to remove temporarily the tax incentive for new plant investment. He pledged cuts in federal spending on low priority programs and urged labor and management to forgo wage and price increases to dampen inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Johnson proposal prompts mixed corporate views on tax credits
American business leaders react to President Johnsons plan to suspend the 7 percent investment tax credit for 16 months to curb boom pressures. Executives from U S Steel Chase Manhattan and First National City Bank weigh potential effects on borrowing prices and inflation. Mills announces hearings. Long backs suspension as inflation control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger M Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
William F. Butler
Chase Manhattan Bank
First National City Bank of New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Congress
Wilbur 1D. Mills
D Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Commerce
John T. Connor
Charles L. Schultze
Fowler
Gemini 11 Ready for Three Day Orbit Mission
Cape Kennedy officials gave final clearance for Gemini 11 as pilots Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon Jr prepared to launch for a three day world circling mission. Officials said everything, even the weather, was go for the completion of the two man flight plan and spacewalk tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
William C. Schneider
Gemini 11 launch facts and crew names
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP reports Gemini 11 will launch with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr., both 36. Atlas rocket to boost Agena at 5:48 a.m. Amarillo Time, Titan 2 schedule on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Gordon Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Atlas
Agena
Amarillo
Mother Honored To Know Son's Memory Name Ply the Seven Seas
Mrs. Lillabel Roan mother of Medal of Honor recipient Charles H. Roan will attend the 20th birthday of the USS Roan in Newport Rhode Island. The trip is funded by the Navy League Claude Lions Club and the ship’s crew. Roan christened the vessel in 1946 and keeps keepsakes from the ceremony. The USS Roan 391 feet long displaced 35 000 tons and served in various theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillabel Roan
Charles H. Roan
Navy
Roan
Joe
Claude
Amarillo Air Terminal
Newport
R.I
Cmdr
R. E. Ward
Texas Panhandle Council
The
Navy League
Claude Lions Club
Claude Lions
Freeman Praises Rising Farm Income at 1th Anniversary Event
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman told a 4 500 strong crowd that farm income is up significantly and that net farm income ranks third in the nation. He said full parity with urban incomes is not yet reached but expected by 1970 and noted farm price levels at their highest since 1952 with the price index at 272, up from July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Freeman
High Plains Research Foundation
America
Freeman
Task Force Reports Whitman Brain Tumor Linked Rampage
A blue ribbon panel of 32 medical experts concluded Charles J Whitman had a highly malignant brain tumor that possibly triggered his August 1 murder spree. The task force found Whitman used pep pills to stay alert but showed no evidence of stimulant intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Charles Whitman
University of Texas
Austin
Charles J. Whitman
Whitman
Assren
Blast Slashes Ammo Supply
Eleven people were injured and production of small arms gunpowder for the Vietnam war was delayed for two to three months after an explosion and fire at Badger Ordnance Works Baraboo Wisconsin. Five hospitalized six treated at the scene. Damage estimated at least 500000 and the powder line wiped out. A government board of inquiry will be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Wis
Viet Nam
APS
Troyer
Board of Inquiry
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New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration
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Ness City
Charles Lutz Jr
Ato Tzaard
Sam Levenson
East Harlem
Simon and Schuster, Inc
Tarzan
Pic Larmour
Rotary
Graham
Wes Izzard
Blough
Butler
Mills
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Gemini Clear
Blastoff
Gemini S
Jack Porter
By Jerry Sinile
Ulues Sug
John Karasek
John ‘Troyer
University Tower
Kenneth Earl
Armed Forces ‘Institute of Pathology
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