Federal payroll rise and 1963 budget plans spark Senate vote
A look at federal checks shows tax money funds relief and Social Security payments, with 1961 and current payroll figures. In June 1961 the payroll stood at 2,568,773. this June it was 2,496,455, a gain of 127,682. The 1963 budget proposes 88,600 new jobs, and Senate approved a 1.049 billion dollar raise for 1.6 million federal workers including 590,000 postal employees, to take effect before the election. The plan faces House approval and then the President, while postal rates rise 603 million to cover the raise and deficits.
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Gex
Senate
Fragmented views mix faith, politics, and weather chatter
A writer comments on political tensions and faith amid calls of national decay. Larry Oles notes Santa Fe Taos foliage will peak later, while a Las Vegas cattle deal raises tax questions. A federal jury upheld the government in a debt-for-cattle case and a joke about unemployment benefits appears amid broader musings.
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Larry Oles
Santa Fe-Taos
Las Vegas
Taos
Cimarron Canyon
Arizona
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities
Am erillo readings show variable wind and visibility at 3 PM Friday in 1942. Data lists cities including Houston Dallas and Oklahoma City with conditions and wind speeds, noting miles and sky conditions.
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Amearillo
Amarillo
Houstons
Dallas
Okla
City
Self-Employed Tax Privileges Okared
The Senate passed 70 to 8 a bill extending tax deferment privileges to part of pension funds for self employed individuals. The measure faced a potential veto but secured wide support in both chambers. House approval was 361 to 0.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Sabin Trial Practice Session Set for Sunday
Volunteer workers invited to a practice session for the Sabin oral polio immunization campaign at 3 PM Sunday. The event prepares staff for upcoming immunization efforts and ensures proper procedures are followed.
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Sabin
Weather Outlook and Immunization Clinic Scheduled in Amarillo
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair to partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and Northwest Texas with scattered showers possible and warmer highs in the 80s. A mass immunization drive is planned citywide Sunday Oct 7 at Coronado Elementary School with Type 1 vaccine to be administered, about 250000 doses Panhandle wide, followed by Type 2 on Nov 18 and Type 3 planned for January 1963.
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U.S
Amarillo
Northwestos
Texas
Mexico
Othe Mountains
Coronado
Wimberly
James L. Johnson
Panhandle
Grid Safety Action for Amarillo Schoolboys
A special report by Tommy Bryant outlines a grid safety action to protect schoolboy football players in Amarillo from injuries. Page 112A features this sports-focused piece.
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Amarillo
Tommy Bryant
Governor Barnett faces contempt ruling over Ole Miss crisis
Oxford Mississippi AP Governor Ross Barnett was declared in contempt by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, paving the way for his arrest if he fails to purge. The court set a Tuesday 11 am deadline for enrollment of James Meredith and ordered Barnett to stop resisting and maintain campus order. Kennedy declined to say if further action would be taken while Barnett moved to keep peace officers on the Ole Miss campus. About 40 sheriffs deputies and city police gathered near Alumni House as the tension continued.
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Miss
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Ross Barrett
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Ole Miss
James H. Meredith
Barnett
U.S
Burke Marshall
U.S. Attorney General
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Meredith
Kennedy
Reaohers
Alumni House
American Sailor Held for Espionage by FBI Identified
U S Navy sailor Cornelius Drummond Yeoman First Class aged 35 assigned to Newport Rhode Island base was arrested in a New York area suburb on espionage charges. FBI director Hoover named him as the suspect who allegedly transmitted security information to employees of the Russian delegation to the United Nations.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Yeoman
Cornelius Drummond
U.S. Navy
Newport
Hoover
Drummond
London
United States
New York City
New York
U.N
Price of Gasoline Plunges in Amarillo Friday Night
Gas prices in Amarillo fell through 20 cents a gallon for regular as two station workers posted 199 cents on a large sign. The drop followed a 30.9 cent normal rate at major marketers, with many majors posting a two cent differential over independents amid a price war.
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Amarillo
W. 6Th
Frday
A Way To Beat hP
Pvt. 1 C William R Lewis reported at 4 a m to the officers open field mess at the 36th Evacuation Hospital On kitchen police duty he learned he had been commissioned a second lieutenant received his gold bars and handed over a dollar bill to the first man who saluted him as an officer By 5 p m he returned to the mess hall fully entitled to all privileges of his new rank.
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1. C
William R. Lewis
Lewis
Amarillo Aviation Day Begins With Breakfast At Tradewind
Amarillo's Aviation Day starts at 8 a.m. Sunday with a ham and eyes breakfast at Tradewind Airport. The Thunderbirds will attend to answer questions and greet attendees. Civil Air Patrol members sold breakfast tickets, and the $1 fee can be paid at the main hanger. At 9:45 a.m. Amarillo Skydivers plan a parachute exhibit, weather permitting, with an antique and experimental planes exhibit on page 2.
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Amarillo
Tradewind
Force
Crack
Civil Air Patrol
Dear Editor letter on government errors and tax checks
Dear Editor, I note foreign affairs mistakes are often covered up by the State Department yet when detected the public is told not to condemn an error in judgment. My neighbor argues bureaucracy is a sport where mistakes aren’t held against you particularly about tax return scrutiny. D. E. Scott Wellington.
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State Department
Helium program dedication set for Amarillo plant
The federal helium conservation program will be dedicated in a public ceremony at the Amarillo Helium Plant near Bushland on Oct. 10. Secretary Udall designates John M. Kelly to deliver the main speech as officials mark the first crude helium shipment from industrial plants to the Cliffside underground storage field northwest of Amarillo.
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Helex Cols
Bushton
Kay
Det. LO
Cliffside
Amarillo
Bureau of Mines
Bushland
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
John M Kelly
Helex
Kan
Kansas
Keyes
Okla
Helium Research Cen
Phillips
Rushton
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