Sellout Is Rumored at Buffalo Bowl Clash
West Texas State faces Trinity University in Amarillo at Buffalo Bowl in a season opener that could draw a record crowd. WT athletic director Frank Kimbrough says ticket sales hint at a large turnout, with 20 000 capacity and last Homecoming drawing 17 000. Ticket agent Rupert Taylor notes strong local sales with 29 outlets and 1 000 tickets in reserve if needed.
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West Texas State-Trinity University
Amarillo
Buffalo Bowl
Frank Kimbrough
Arizona State
Joe Kerbel
Warriors
Buffs
Rupert Taylor
Taylor
Ice Capades Tickets On Sale Ahead Of Tri State Fair
Art Brasley president of the fair association says Ice Capades tickets are available today and Sunday as the Tri State Fair opens Monday. Herring Hotel box office hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Advance tickets grant free entry to the fairgrounds the day of use. The New Faces Ice Capades edition will run matinees Monday and Saturday with nightly shows through Fair Week.
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Art Brasley
The
Fair Association
Herring Hotel
Brasley
Field Day draws 3000 as Purdue dean touts science in farming
Dr Earl L Butz, Purdue dean, told nearly 3000 visitors at the sixth annual Field Day of the High Plains Research Foundation that brain power now drives farming. He hailed science and technology, noting food costs are cheaper for workers today than in 1932 and 1952, then warned against excessive federal controls. He urged government to serve, not dominate, private enterprise.
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Earl L. Butz
Purdue University
High Plains Research Foundation
Dr. Butz
Foundation
Butz
Billie Sol Put Grab on Cash Raid Bared By Manager
Billie Sol Estes was grabbing cash as fast as he could before his arrest said A B Foster former Estes general manager Foster testified before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee about withdrawals from March 14 to April 6 Estes was arrested March 29 Foster described removing two envelopes from a Pecos bank safety deposit box said to contain about 17600 Estes cash draw the day before Foster noted the raid on Estes companies and the subcommittee recessed after calling N Battle Hales to the stand The hearing may resume after postponement of Estes fraud trial set for Sept 24
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Tex
A. B. Foster
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Foster
FBI
First National Bank of Pecos
McClellan
Texas
Atty
Will Wilson
Billie Sol
Grand Opening Monday at Tri State Fair
Heat drifts over the Golden Spread as cooks hustle to the Tri-State Fair culinary contest. Judging begins at noon with cattle, horses, swine, and rabbits entering the exhibit areas. Wheat and textile judging at 9 a.m., Sears Roebuck swine show at 10 a.m., and noon starts for culinary, poultry, and rabbit judging. The fair opens after the Polk Street parade at 11 a.m. featuring 36 bands and floats.
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Polk Street
Weather Summary for Amarillo 1962 Readings
Amarillo reported sun on 247 of 257 days in 1962 with 5 pm visibility readings. Data shows partial wind and sky conditions for Amarillo and nearby cities including Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with varying visibility and wind speeds.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Crossroads Report on Barbecue Rallying the Voters
Dear Editor, a rich Oklahoma rancher in a Democrat area drew about 20,000 to a Republican rally by serving tree barbecue. Preachers also use church suppers to attract crowds of sinners and backsliders. The note implies neither the Devil nor party loyalty fares well against barbecue and beans.
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Oklahoma
Bond Bill Clears House On UN Bond Purchase Authority
The House approved by 256 to 134 a measure giving President Kennedy power and funds to buy up to 100 million dollars in United Nations bonds. Amendments sought by Rep. Freylinghuysen and Rep. Byrnes influenced the debate, with the panel backing a weaker form of Byrnes’ demand to tie bond purchases to the UN adopting the World Court ruling. The UN plans to issue up to 200 million dollars in bonds to cover operating costs, with the U.S. limit set by the Senate bill and a House amendment aligning purchases to bonds bought by other nations. Russia and allied states owe UN assessments, straining finances. the court ruling could strip their General Assembly votes if arrears persist.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kennedy
United Nations
White House
Congress
U.N
World Court
Russia
General Assembly
Peter Freylinghuysen
N.J
Freylinghuysen
Byrnes
Ross Adair
Ind
Foreign Affairs Committee
John Byrnes
Wis
Republican Policy Committee
Court of International Justice
France
Italy
Congo
United States
U.S
Committee To Study Oral Vaccine Drive
Washington officials convene the Advisory Committee to review the U S Sabin oral polio vaccine program after Canada temporarily withdrew the drug Following four Canadian polio cases linked to the vaccine the U S Surgeon General Luther L Terry scheduled a special session to decide future U S action on the vaccine The United States will continue immunizations while the study proceeds and Sabin urged continuation of the program The Canadian cases involve four patients among four million vaccinated and Canada reported 60 polio cases this year versus 133 in the previous year and 683 in 1960 The U S committee had previously found the vaccine not to be the cause of 11 paralytic polio cases among 38 million doses administered in the United States The Public Health Service licensed the Sabin vaccine for Pfizer Ltd and Lederle Laboratories distributes it in the United States The committee will recommend the U S course of action while vaccinations continue
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Washington
UPI
Canada
Luther L. Terry
U.S
Terry
J. Waldo Monteith
Ottawa
U. S
Federal
Albert Sabin
Sabin
London
Queen Mary
New York
US Advisory Committee
Texans Indicted on Slant Well Charges
A federal grand jury indicted Henderson men J. C. Stroud and W. W. Stroud and their firm Stroud Bros. Oil Co. on 109 counts for drilling a slanted well to steal oil from a neighbor. Indictments stem from slanted drilling alleged in Henderson and Joinerville area. The Texas House Investigating Committee finished its second hearing in Dallas on the issue.
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Tyler
Henderson
J. C. Stroud
W. W. Stroud
Stroud Bros. Oil Co
Joinerville
Texas House
Arlier
Dallas
Texas
Weather and indictments mix in Texas and New Mexico
Fay brings partly cloudy warm weather to Amarillo and vicinity through Sunday with scattered afternoon and nighttime thundershowers. Northwest Texas clears with isolated storms and high in the 90s. New Mexico stays clear to partly cloudy with increasing eastern thunderstorm activity and highs 70 to 95. In Tyler, Friday indictments of the Strouds and Stroud Bros. Oil Co. allege 36 counts under the Connally Hot Oil Act, 16 counts for false filings, and 2 for conspiracy, tied to a routine federal case with Marathon Oil Co. involvement and a total damages claim of 663,399.50. The Strouds posted bonds and could not be reached for comment. president Kennedy announced the indictments in Washington.
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Amarillo
Fay
Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
Tyler
U.S
Joe Huffstutler
Strouds
Stroud Bros. Oil Co
Marathon Oil Co
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Federal Petroleum Board
Kilgore
Tex
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Canyon
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Austin Rose Jr
Charlie Noland
Shirley Garrison
Deaf Smith County
Hereford
Killgore Memorial
Jim Hill
Hale Center
High Plains Station
N. V. Moss
Henry Beverley
Ray Daniel
Jack Seale
Jim Ney McCaskey
Henry Hertner
Katheryne Burwell
Billy Forbes
Ural Miller
N.E
Crossroads
D. FE. Scott Wellington
Mouse
Chicago Tribune Press Service
Thomas E. Morgan
D., Pa
Public Health Service
Pfizer, Ltd
Sandwich
England
Chas. Pfizer & Co. Inc
New York City
Lederle Laboratories
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