Space Seminar Plans Completed at Golden Spread
Associate Editor Amarillo announces the Golden Spread Nuclear Space Seminar to be held August 27 and 28. Noted figures will present, including Dr. Edward Teller of Los Alamos and the University of California and Dr. Zdenek Kopal of the University of Manchester England, as part of a two day program uniting leading nuclear and space science figures with industry and education representatives.
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Amarillo
Zdenek Kopal
Edward Teller
Los Almos
University of California
Livermore
Department of Astronomy
University of Manchester
England
Governor To Be Visits XIT Cowboys Amid Amarillo Wrecks
A Texas gubernatorial candidate rode in the XIT Parade at Dalhart while Amarillo suffered a rash of traffic accidents killing and injuring 21. Captain Howard Gilliland of Aurora Colorado died in a two-vehicle crash near Amarillo, and a 3 year old boy, Cleon Earle, remained in critical condition after a pickup strike.
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Pye
H. B. Hogans
Monahans
Center
John Connally
Fort Worth
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Texas
Dalhart
Hogans
XIT Cowboys
Amarillo
Howard Melvin Gilliland
Aurora
Colo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Cleon Earle
Capt. Gilliland
Earle Boy
Austin
Connally
Dalthart
Cox
Panhandle
Britons win first international tiddlywinks title
In New York the Oxford Keble College team of four, including Elizabeth King and Captain Peter Freeman, defeated the American squad in four matches 6-1 5-2 6-1 6-1 to claim the world championship. Captain Freeman led with eight winks. The victory earned them a cap from Jack Dempsey.
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New York
Oxford University
Keble College
U.S
Mary Hoffman
Peter Freeman
David Willis
Philip Moore
Elizabeth King
Jack Dempsey
Vandals wreck Amarillo Day Nursery causing flood and damage
Vandals flooded the main floor of the Amarillo Day Nursery at 401 Van Buren early Saturday. They wrecked furniture and equipment, left faucets running, and splattered chocolate ice cream on walls. Firemen helped clean up. 35 children were turned away. The intruders entered through a second floor door. an electric clock stopped at 1 25. The office safe was untouched and officials expect the nursery to reopen Monday.
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Amarillo Day Nursery
van Buren
Lila Roberson
Amarillo Foreclosure Rate Remains Low Compared to Texas
Jim Sawyer of the Amarillo Board of Realtors says local foreclosures average under four per month with over 75 percent resold. In a 12 month span, 45 FHA or VA foreclosures occurred in Potter and Randall counties, 33 resold, 12 active. Since 1962 began, only two conventional-loan foreclosures in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Jim Sawyer
Sawyer
Potter
Randall
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
FHA
Texas
United Press International
Dallas
News-Globe
Midland
Amarillo Board of Realtors
Houston Combine Plans Bid for Estes Assets in Texas deal
A Houston syndicate led by Irvin E. Kaplan will bid virtually all Billie Sol Estes assets, including West Texas grain elevators and farming operations, with a final offer draft prepared for Dallas creditors committee. United Foods Inc will partner in a new corporation to acquire the Estes estate.
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Syndicate of Houston Investors
Irvin E. Kaplan
Billie Sol Estes
Kaplan
United Foods, Inc
Dallas
Estes
West
Texas
Morris BD. Jane
San Antonio
Fed-Mart, Inc
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Weather report from the U S Weather Bureau notes clear to partly cloudy skies and hot conditions across Amarillo and vicinity through Monday. Northwest Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers possible in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures today reach the mid to upper 90s to low 100s with a northwest high of 96 to 102 in some areas.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Asian and African delegates walk out of Helsinki youth festival
Hema Dabare head of 100 Ceylonese delegates says the walkouts shake the Communist world as 44 members quit the festival accusing organizers of systemic exploitation. Uganda’s Owiti Ger joins in, citing the event as a total sham with no friendship. The defection follows a day after similar moves by a 10 man Palestinian group.
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Helsinkie
UPI
Hema Dabare
Delehan
Gates
By the Reds
Owiti Ger
Uganda
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Ger
Palestine
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Paul Everett Martin
Knight
St. Anthony's Hospital
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Annie Sue Gilliland
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James Michael
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Houston Post
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the Post
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