Russians Bring Space Menagerie Out of Orbit
The Soviet Union reports its space capsule returned safely with two dogs Arrow and Squirrel after 18 orbits and 24 hours in space. The mission included rats mice flies plants and seeds with television observation and aims to study long term radiation effects.
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Soviet Union
Earth
Tass
Arrow
Squirrel
United States
Radio Moscow
Radio Etrumeante
Bedford
Mass
National Space Surveillance Control Center
Belka
Strelka
OAS Votes Censure of Dominican Republic
Western hemisphere foreign ministers voted to break off diplomatic relations with the Dominican Republic and embargo all arms shipments to its regime. Dominican delegates walked out as the measure moved toward OAS approval. Venezuela accused Trujillo officials of backing a recent plot to assassinate the President.
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Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
OAS
Porfirio Herrera Baez
United States
Cuba
U. S
Rafael Trujillo
Venezuela
Trujillo
Presi
Inside the News Two Reports on Education
Two features in this edition examine education: Admiral Rickover’s views on page 6 and an educational writer’s analysis of how parental attitudes affect junior’s grades on page 30. A variety of society pieces including Hangman’s Story and Tokyo’s detailed profile populate pages 18 and 10 respectively.
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Barbara Reese
Judy Lynn Hail
Peggy Mitchell
Admiral Rickover
Hangman
Oklahoma
Tokyo
Severe storms lash Texas Panhandle with high winds and heavy rain
A hurricane like wind and heavy rain struck Childress and the Texas Panhandle Saturday night. Winds reached up to 92 mph with thundershowers, severe lightning, and light hail. Amarillo and Canadian reported multiple fires from lightning, and rainfall totals exceeded four inches in Amarillo and South Amarillo.
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Childress
Panhandle
Plains
Amarillo
Texas League Rain Postpones Austin Amarillo Game
Baseball scores note multiple postponements in the Texas League with Austin at Amarillo delayed by rain and other League games postponed. In the National League Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 10 to 7 and Chicago defeated San Francisco 9 to 1. American League results include Detroit 4 over Cleveland 2 and New York 9 over Washington 5 in 11 innings. Boston shutout Baltimore 8 to 0 and Chicago 3 defeated Kansas City 0.
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Amarillo
Canyon
News- Globe
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Rio Grande Valley
Tulsa
Victoria
San Antonio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
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Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Boston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Goodwin Named Texas Tech President Amid Campus Growth
Dr. Robert C. Goodwin was approved as Texas Tech's seventh president by the college board, after serving as acting president since September 1959. The board also authorized $300,000 in revenue bonds to finish an enlarged stadium, plus $708,686 for a student union addition and $2,165,000 for a new library.
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Lubbock, Tex
Robert C. Goodwin
Texas Tech
Dr. Goodwin
E. N. Jones
Brownwood
Tex
Goodwin
Tech
University of Florida
School of Arts and Sciences
Mali Federation Crisis as Keita, Dia Clash in Dakar
In Dakar, acting president Modibo Keita is effectively imprisoned as Vice Premier Mamadou Dia seizes the capital and port. Keita, premier of Sudan, dismissed Dia, while Dia withdraws Senegal from the federation. martial law declared and Aug. 27 elections loom.
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Mali
Modibo Keita
Mamadou Dia
Keita
Sudan
Dia
Senegal
Federation
Government House
Col. Soumare
U.N. Crisis Deepens as Soviet Attacks Hammer Hammarskjold
The Congo crisis escalates with new Soviet attacks on Secretary General Hammarskjold as the U.N. Security Council prepares for an emergency session. Soviet deputy foreign minister Kuznetsov blasts Hammarskjold’s civilian aid program and U.N. force, while leadership changes and internal splits surface within the U.N. mission and Congo delegation.
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N.Y
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Vasily Kuznetsov
Hammarskjold
USGAW
Walausart
U.N
United States
Belgium
Ralph Bunche
Rajeshwar Dayal
Dayal
Lebanon
India
Pakistan
Bunche
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Security Council
Hammerskjold
New Amarillo Students Register Before Friday Start
Amarillo junior and senior high students who moved into the district must register before Friday. Regular registration at Amarillo Palo Duro Tascosa and Carver high schools follows on August 26. Transfers renewals and re classification for returning students are outlined by Superintendent Robert Ashworth.
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Amarillo
Palo Duro
Tascosa
Carver
Robert Ashworth
Oil Writer Harry Hoare Dies at 59 in Clinic
Harry FE Hoare, 59, longtime oil editor and columnist for Globe News Publishing Co, died at 7 25 a m Saturday in Underwood Hospital after a year of declining health following major surgeries at Northwest Texas Hospital Born a pharmacist, he pursued journalism at 26 and rose through sports city and regional desks to become a respected oil writer in the Southwest.
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Southwest
Globe News Publishing Co
Harry FE. Hoare
Underwood Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Weather snapshot from Amarillo 1960 report
Comparative readings at 3 p.m. Saturday show Amarillo with wind 10 mph, visibility 15 miles, clear sky. Houston records 4 mph wind, 15 miles visibility, cloudy conditions. Dallas and Oklahoma City show variable conditions with light breeze and partly cloudy skies.
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Amarillo
Houston
Weather roundup for Amarillo area and surrounding states
U S Weather Bureau reports for Amarillo and vicinity with a chance of rain and scattered afternoon storms. Northwest Texas bude partly cloudy with possible thundershowers. New Mexico expected to stay fair with isolated showers. Temperatures show highs in the low to mid 90s and lows around 60s. Sunrise 6 11 a m Sunset 7 29 p m Precip none in last 24 hours.
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Mane
U. S
Arillo and Vicinity
Northwest Texas
New Mexico
Fire damages warehouse at Pantex in carbon black storage
A warehouse at Pantex leased from the Army Corps of Engineers burned Saturday morning, destroying about half the building and six rail cars. Losses were estimated at 170000 dollars for the building with inventories for carbon black under review. The fire was controlled in about two hours.
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pantex
Borger
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
W. R. Thomas
Amarillo
AAFB
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