Liberal Guards Put On Mystery Alert During Fourth of July
National Guard units in Liberal Kansas and four nearby Southwest Kansas towns were ordered to be ready to deploy within an hour with full equipment and side arms. The alert lasted through the Fourth of July with officials calling it a practice, though some officers doubted the claim. Local families feared for loved ones as plans were disrupted and inquiries continued. Capt Dan Lewis declined to reveal the reason for the alert beyond confirming the Liberal battery was involved.
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Liberal
Kan
National Guard
Kansas
Kenneth Peters
130Th Artillery Group
Webster on Sophistication in New Frontier Rhetoric
Erv Mitchell of Roswell reviews Webster's definitions for sophism sophist sophistical and sophisticated noting the word's rising use in New Frontier pronouncements. He cites misrepresentation deception and worldly experience as facets of sophistication and suggests the term fits the era's political discourse.
Glasses found on speaker's stand owner sought
A reader reports receiving a boxed gift of spectacles from Walter Rogers in Washington. The note explains the glasses were found on a speaker's stand after a Canadian River dam ceremony and returned in hopes the owner is identified as Jeane Bartlett at the Globe. Aronimink golf course holes are described with tribal names.
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Walter Rogers
Washington
Aronimink Golf Course
Pennsylvania
PGA
Professional Golfer
Santa Fe
Billie Sol Estes Hearings to Be Summarized on NBC TV
NBC television and KGNC TV will air a 30 minute summary of Senate hearings on Billie Sol Estes. The program starts at 3 p.m. today with NBC News correspondent Merrill Mueller narrating the taped and live presentation.
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NBC Television
Kgnc-Tv
Channel 4
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
NBC News
Merrill Mueller
Put Up or Shut Up Freeman Is Advised
Sen. Mundt accuses Sec. Freeman of linking him to Billie Sol Estes and demands proof at a Senate investigations hearing. Mundt defends himself as FBI findings cited, while a Democratic convention motion asks for any correlation between Estes and Mundt campaign contributions.
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Freeman
Washington
Karl E. Mundt
Rs.d
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville E. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Senate
Estes
Texas
Mundt
South Dakota
Justice Department
Subcommittee
River Bridge Crash Claims Two Amarillo Men
Two Amarillo men died in a head on collision just north of the Canadian River Bridge on Highway 87. Charles D. Pinkston 21 a salesman for Roberts Paper Co and James K Morton Jr 41 of 503 C Prospect were identified by the Department of Public Safety.
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Canadian River Bridge
Highway 87
Amarillo
Department of Public Safety
Charles D. Pinkston
Westgate
Roberts Paper Co
James K. Morton Jr
C. Prospect
Lois Kerr
Beauford
White House Considers Tax Cut Amid Economic Pressure
President Kennedy says a tax reduction is seriously being considered by the White House but he will not rush his plan for a broad reform bill to take effect next January. He notes an imminent $1.25 billion liberalization of depreciation allowances for machinery and equipment while monitoring the economy for possible action.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Woman on Bond After $9,000 Theft Charge
Billie V. Manning and Bobby Manning of 2209 W 22nd were arraigned Thursday before a Justice of the Peace on charges tied to a $9,000 theft. Billie was released on bond while Bobby remained detained.
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Bobby Manning
Billie V. Manning
Justice of the Peace
Weather and crime report from Amarillo area
Weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies and thun der showers in Amarillo and Northwest Texas with warm temperatures today highs near 90 to 100. In a separate item, Cliff Roberts faces charges of stealing over 9 000 in cash from an Amarillo businessman. Manning and his wife posted bonds as police probe the two month investigation tied to a May 15 report by James Ainsworth Williams.
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U.S
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Fair
New Mexico
Cliff Roberts
Roberts
Manning
James Ainsworth Williams
N. Garfield
Williams
NE &Th
Wiliams
Amarillo Dawn Brings Clear Skies Over WW? Era
The report notes sunny conditions in Amarillo with a light breeze for a 3 p.m. Thursday reading in 1962. Weather observers log a period of sunshine across the city.
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Amarillo
Gruesome clashes in Oran mark Algeria's fragile independence
In Oran, Algeria, a four hour battle between Moslems and Europeans left dozens dead and about 100 wounded. Rival forces including Moslem nationalist troops and a French unit clashed as control shifted after independence. Hospitals bore knife and gun wounds. no centralized authority has emerged.
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Oran
Algeria
Transit view hints at buying habits
The note mentions findings on consumer buying habits from a transit view and directs readers to Page 8 for details. It also references a Toronto Star Syndicate feature on Page 9 about Edith Rockefeller McCormick’s story of wealth and tragedy.
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Toronto Star Syndicate
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Meri Rating Plan Is Abandoned by State Board
The Texas State Board of Insurance will drop the two year old Meri safe driving plan after August 1. Board Chairman Ned Price says most policyholders with no penalty points will see premium increases despite $106 million in scheduled rate reductions. Drivers with one point will pay similar premiums. those with two or more points may pay less.
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Austin
State Board of Insurance
Ned Price
Texas
Price
Oldest New Mexico oil well site bears only a pump
Eight miles southeast of Artesia the first oil well drilled in 1909 by Charles S Brown of Oklahoma City now has only an old water pump. Mrs Sanders Perry recalls artesian spouts once gushing with oil and gas, while the big field nearby was found in 1924 about 12 miles east. See Page 29 for full story and photos.
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New Mexico
Artesia
N.M
Charles S. Brown
Oklahoma City
Sanders Perry
Here
Hazlewood Says People Can Run The Government
Amarillo Senator Grady Hazlewood asserts the public can govern if they want to abolish the merit rating auto insurance plan. He says the special interests in Austin failed to prevail after his tireless campaign and urges continued action.
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Amarillo
Grady Hazlewood
Austin
Hazlewood
Amarillo Daily News
State Insurance Board Abolishes Plan Effective August First
A near unanimous vote by the State Insurance Board on Thursday orders the abolition of the controversial insurance plan effective August 1. Hazlewood.
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State Insurance Board
Canada Seeks Halt of Strike Amid Health Plan Debate
Saskatchewan Deputy Premier J H Brockelbank suggested a special legislative session might be called to address a five day old doctors strike against the health plan. Emergent care was cut back as doctors quit and emergency cases risk rising. several hospitals halted services in Moosomin Weyburn Estevan.
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Regina
Sask
J. H. Brockelbank
Saskatchewan
Brockelbank
Sam Landa
Canadian Medical Association
Saskatoon
Landa
Moosomin
Weyburn
Estevan
Rush Dear Editor Reflections On Speed Reading
Dear Editor, the author muses that speed reading makes more mistakes over a lifetime and notes creation was a one day rush job, implying a light critique of haste and its consequences. Dr E Scott Wellington signs off with a wry comment on human error and urgency.
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