Conservatives Study How To Win Elections
A two day conference in Washington drew 500 delegates from 40 states under Human Events sponsorship. Speakers included Amarillo Republican Kenneth Kohler, Texas Senator John Tower, and GOP hopeful Jack Cox. Katharine St George criticized Western Europe ties and colonialism while urging practical precinct level politics.
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International Crisis May Hold Spotlight
The 85th Congress opens amid high international tensions from Cuba Berlin Laos Algeria and West New Guinea. Domestic goals include tariff talks social security care for the aged school aid and a new farm program as Kennedy faces a conservative coalition and leadership shifts in the House.
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Algeria
West New Guinea
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Weather Roundup Amarillo Northwest Texas New Mexico
U S Weather Bureau reports cloudy windy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with scattered snow showers. Temperatures range from the upper teens to the low forties in the region, with New Mexico partly cloudy and windy and light snow in eastern portions and mountains. Precipitation for the last 24 hours ending 6 am yesterday: none.
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Ada
New Mexico
Enon
Air Force trainer and student die in Texas crash near Muleshoe
A T 33 trainer from Reese Air Force Base crashes near Muleshoe killing Capt. Thomas P. Sexton 33 of Lubbock and the West German student pilot. The student’s name will be released Monday. No cause yet. Witnesses saw the plane explode after a nose first impact in pasture near the Paul Brothers Ranch. Sexton survived by his wife Patricia and two daughters.
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Patricia
Pamara
Clay and Rusk discuss Berlin tensions and command
General Lucius D. Clay told Secretary of State Dean Rusk that East West talks on Berlin tend to raise tensions but dismissed any looming emergency. Clay, Kennedy’s envoy in West Berlin, will report to the President Sunday and said Washington must back a commander in West Berlin with authority to act in future crises even without explicit orders.
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Weather Notes From Amarillo 1962 Report
Sunlit days logged in Amarillo during 1962, with scattered wind and visibility details. records show clear skies in Dallas and Houston readings, while city data lists minor figures for mph and miles of visibility.
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Amarillo News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Amarillo Community Center opens baton twirling classes Monday at 15-B. Army Ordnance Plant contract awarded on page 7-D. Tenth Avenue Methodist Church dedicates new sanctuary with three services today on page 35. A recently released youth admits assault on an Amarillo housewife Thursday, details on page 9-D.
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Reds Protest Army Group in Paris Demonstration
Several thousand Communists marched in drizzle in Paris against the rightist secret army backing Algeria French policy. Police lined streets as four thousand to five thousand riot police restricted access to Communist Party HQ area. No violence or arrests were reported as protesters condemned the exiled generals and Salan factions.
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Raoul Salan
de Gaulle
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Eastern storm blankets the U S with heavy snow and ice
A vast storm battered the eastern half of the nation with snow sleet rain and destructive winds. Flights grounded buses disrupted and accidents rose on icy highways from Texas to New England. In Boston area ice and freezing rain caused skidding and drivers were urged to stay off the roads.
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New Hampshire
Man Burned in Explosion Near Dumas
Leo Getman, 33, of 1017 Durrett, severely burned as diesel oil exploded while thawing frozen sand at Getman and Sons gravel pit about 20 miles northeast of Dumas. He is listed in critical condition at Moore County Memorial Hospital. cousins Donald and Earl Getman, 31 and 29, suffered minor hand burns.
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Hereford
Debate Opens on Governor Price Daniel Credit Pledge
A minor rebellion against Governor Price Daniel’s compromise with bankers was whipped into line, opening floor debate in the House next week. The loan shark regulation measure and farm to market road construction are among the first administration bills to reach a favorable committee report in the four day old special session.
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Price Daniel
House
Tie Reopened In Dominican
The United States and Dominican Republic resumed diplomatic relations after a 17 month break that followed the Trujillo dictatorship. Formal ceremonies occurred in Santo Domingo and Washington as the OAS lifted sanctions from August 1960, recognizing steps toward representative government after over 30 years of iron rule.
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Red Guards Fire On Refugees At Berlin Border
Communist border guards fired on and captured an East German attempting to reach the American sector while two youths escaped through the death zone. In the French sector, cottages and one family homes along Klemke Strasse were demolished to widen firing fields for border patrols. Soviet notes questioned four power status in Berlin and rejected U S protests over East German interference with traffic crossing the border. Western experts noted the Russian address to the West Berlin commandant signaling a shift in posture.
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Escheat Bill Advances After Unusual Saturday Session
Rep. Charles Hughes of Sherman sponsors the escheat bill sent to committee by a unanimous House Revenue and Taxation vote. Gov. Daniel urged changes in a press release, arguing the measure strengthens enforcement and narrows scope beyond banks, with reworks by a sub committee noted.
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