Seedmen Introduce New Soybean at High Plains Field Station
The High Plains Research Foundation near Plainview unveils a new soybean variety from Half Way test fields. Supported by about a thousand farmers and a hundred businesses, the foundation claims smarter farming under director Dr. Earl G. Collister.
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High Plains
High Plains Research Foundation
Plainview
Olton
Free Enterprise Agricultural Experiment Station
South
North Plains
Amarillo
Lubbock
Muleshoe
Perryton
Lamesa
Fort Worth
Tis
Earl G. Collister
Kewanee, Ill
University of Illinois
Renner
Tex
The
Texas Research Foundation
Hinn soybean seeds shipped to growers across region
Hundreds of bushel sacks of Hinn soybeans form part of 6338 bushels of foundation seed shipped to certified seed growers. Orders exceed seed on hand. distribution prioritizes the region with partial honors to several nearby states. The variety, named for Harold Hinn of Plainview, yields 35 to 40 bushels per acre with irrigation and 20 to 30 with dryland farming, with a short season variant in development.
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Barry Love
High Plains Research Foundation
Halfway
Hinn
Harold Hinn
Plainview
High Plains Foundation
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Panel Calls For Action On Smoking Health Hazard
A blue ribbon panel of 10 distinguished scientists, appointed by U S Surgeon General Luther L Terry, issued a 150000 word report after 14 months of study, concluding that smoking is a hazard to national health and warrants government action. The committee’s unanimous verdict emphasizes smoking as a cancer risk and calls for appropriate measures.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Luther L. Terry
Coronado Inn to Bring 76 Units to Amarillo Downtown
Allen Early Jr. announced plans for the Coronado Inn a three quarter million dollar motel with 76 rooms to be built on a near-block site south of the Police Department headquarters at 7th between Pierce and Buchanan. Opening is slated for early June as Amarillo expands tourist and convention facilities.
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Jim Clark
Tdi
Amarillo
Amarillo Police Department
Allen Early Jr
Coronado Inn
7Th
Pierce
Buchanan
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair weather with little temperature change. Lows near 12 and highs near 35 in Amarillo and vicinity. Northwest Texas remains clear to partly cloudy through Sunday and Monday with colder conditions in the south portion today and a milder start to the week.
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U.S
Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
South Portion
New Mexico
Smokers Lose in Landmark Cancer Lawsuit Link
Smokers have not won their first damage suit linking cigarette smoking to cancer. The report notes ongoing legal battles and the difficulty of proving corporate responsibility in health damages.
Government to study remedial action on smoking health risks
Dr Terry announced at a news conference that the Public Health Service will immediately study remedial actions on smoking related mortality. He expects to make recommendations to President Johnson soon and said copies of the report would be supplied.
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Terry
Public Health Service
Johnson
Four Die as Small Plane Strikes Kansas City Building
A small plane crashes into the 30 story Southwestern Bell building at 11th and Oak in downtown Kansas City injuring no one but claiming four lives. The victims are pilot Jack Gorham and passenger Larry Trapp his wife Helen and their son Billy from Kansas City.
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Kansas City
11Th and Oak
Jack Gorham
Larry Trapp
Helen
Billy
Buffalo
Gorham
Trapp
Trans World Airlines
Aircraft & Industrial Services Inc
Southwestern Bell Telephone Office
Municipal Airport
Union Bus Depot
Edgar Moore
Leavenworth
Kan
11Th and
McGee
Moore
City Hall
Amarillo Stock Show set for Jan 18 to 22 at Tri State Fairgrounds
Amarillo prepares for the 1964 stock show with entry deadlines of Jan 13. About 1,400 livestock are expected across cattle swine lambs and 500 rabbits in the Rabbit Building. Rabbits span 12 breeds with separate judging. Entries include 100 horses 150 Angus 150 Hereford 250 steers 400 swine 300 lambs 100 bulls and 15 heifers. Sifting weighings and sales run from Jan 19 to 20 at the old arena and Western Stockyards.
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Amarillo
Tri State Fairgrounds
Rex Baxter
Fairgrounds
B. F. Hill
Rabbit Department
Baxter
Western Stockyards
Action After Bayonets Repel Mob at Canal Zone Border
The United States agreed to swap troops for Panamanian National Guardsmen along the Canal Zone border and allow joint flag displays in zonal schools. Talks were slated for 10:30 AM EST as violence flared again after Panama severed diplomatic relations. Chiari accused Castro supporters and Communists of infiltrating anti American demonstrators.
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Panama
United States
Hiottorn Canal Zone
U.S
Roberto Chiari
Canal Zone
Panama City
Bud Wilkinson quits OU coaching to explore Senate run
Norman Oklahoma AP Bud Wilkinson abruptly resigned as Oklahoma football coach and athletic director saying he may run for the U S Senate. The 47 year old coach tall, imposing, with 145 29 4 record and 47 straight wins left the job to consider politics while remaining open to athletic director duties. Regents accepted his resignation reluctantly and speculation centered on possible successors.
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Norman
Okla
Bud Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
University of Oklahoma
Board of Regents
Newsmen
Kennedy
Wilkinson
Sooners
Oklahoma
Jim Tatum
Maryland
Texas
Gomer Jones
Eddie Crowder
University of Colorado
Darrell Royal
Texas Longhorns
Regents
Students burn U S flag in Nicaragua protest
In Managua the National University students staged a pro Panama demonstration on Saturday and burned a U S flag. Authorities intervened to disperse the crowd and no arrests were reported.
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Managua
Nicaragua
The
National University
U.S
U S Troops to Withdraw From Canal Zone Border
An OAS spokesman said the United States agreed to pull troops from the Canal Zone border in Colon and Panama City before daybreak today. Panamanian National Guardsmen will replace them, performing military and police duties in a country with no regular police. A mob of Panamanians stormed barbed wire barricades at the Canal.
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Organization of American States
OAS
United States
Canal Zone
Colon
Panama City
Republic
Panama
Canal
Bit Drills Deeper in 1963 Oil Seared
Texas Panhandle oil drillers pushed depths in 1963 with Phillips Petroleum Co. drilling to 16 612 feet in Hemphill County and later 17 702 feet in Wheeler County. District 10 records show 4 607 766 feet drilled, down 4.7 percent from 1962, while the average hole depth rose to 5 075 feet. refined and crude helium sales are estimated at 21 million dollars for the state.
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Texas Panhandle Petroleum
Phillips Petroleum Co
Hemphill County
Wheeler County
Texas Panhandle
District 10
Texas Railroad Commission
Panhandle
Texas
Panhandle Petroleum Index Highlights 1963 Contributions
The Panhandle petroleum index shows the industry’s sizable impact on the Texas Panhandle economy in 1963. The Helium Conservation Program began that year and private plant sales to the government plus two government plants in the Panhandle were estimated at 21 million dollars for the year.
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Texas Panhandle
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Thessun
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WB Society
Jim W. Walker
Panhandle Petroleum Index
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