Panhandle bonanza brings Holly Sugar and Southwestern Portland cement
Industrial boom hits the High Plains as Holly Sugar and Southwestern Portland Cement announce new plants at Hereford and Bushland. Executives including F. E. McGinnes Jr and Gordon Barr discuss plans, site tests, and secrecy around freight zones while locals learn details of the two major manufacturing additions to the area.
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Hereford
High Plains
Holly Sugar
Southwestern Portland Cement
Portland
CIA
Senate defeat of medicare reform sparks grass roots revolt
The piece notes Senate defeat of a compromise medicare plan as a sign of growing public protest against government reach into private life. It cites Kennedy planning to push the case to voters next November and claims political pressure cannot stop the sentiment.
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Senate
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Portland Cement Plant Planned Near Amarillo
Surveying crews surveyed a 2200 acre site near Bushland as Southwestern Portland Cement Co announced an 8 to 10 million dollar cement plant. Open offices planned next week. The compact eight unit plant aims to start mid 1963 and hire about 100 workers. Other large regional projects include a 20 million Hereford sugar mill and a 96 million Canadian River dam system.
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Bushland
Southwestern Portland Cement Co
Amarillo
Hereford
Portland
el Paso
Odessa
Victorville
Calif
Fairborn
Ohio
Portland cement origins and production methods
The text explains that Portland cement derives its name from a Portland stone in England. It notes Joseph Aspdin's early 1800s kitchen experiment and that the rotary kiln process began around 1875 in Pennsylvania. It contrasts wet and dry production, stating water or air as homogenizing agents, depending on mineral deposits.
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Portland
England
Joseph Aspdin
Bushland
Pennsylvania
X15 Pilot Soars to Space Sets Record for Height
X15 pilot Robert M. White reached a record 58.7 miles above Earth at Edwards AFB California in his 16th X15 flight. He reported a small paper like object drifting outside the cockpit and described the blue space viewed from high altitude. White earned astronaut wings, one of five to qualify, with Washington award expected Wednesday.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Robert M. White
Washington
The
Space Agency
White
Agency
Joseph M. Walker
Navy
Cmdr
Forrest Petersen
Kennedy says Berlin withdrawal not negotiable in talks with Dobrynin
President Kennedy told Soviet ambassador Anrtoly Dobrynin that Western troops must remain in Berlin and stressed Western resolve. The private hour long meeting in the White House discussed Berlin disarmament nuclear tests and Laos with no reporters present.
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Washington
Kennedy
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Berlin
Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
White House
National Security Council
Pierre Salinger
Disarmament
Laos
Canadian doctors strike over new working conditions
Dear Editor notes doctors in Canada strike to protest government imposed working conditions. The letter observes the irony that strike pay stops, and compares boyish protests like holding breath to mature responses.
Quarry Going Down
An exploratory limestone quarry twelve miles northwest of Bushland outlines the future site for a large cement plant by Southwestern Portland Cement Co. Local grain elevators near Bushland signal a shift from a farm economy as construction progresses.
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Bushland
Southwestern Portland Cement Co
Kennedy health plan dies in Senate vote
The Senate voted 52 to 48 to kill President Kennedy's compromise plan to help the elderly with hospital and nursing care bills. Kennedy vowed to refile next year and urged voters to back his allies in November. Twenty one Democrats and 17 Southern Republicans joined 31 Republicans to defeat the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Farm and Urban Affairs Department
Mosley Executed in Huntsville Electric Chair
Walter Henry Mosley, 26, condemned for murdering a 13 year old Houston boy, was executed in Huntsville Texas at 12 07 a m. He received the first jolt at 12 03 a m and spoke only no sir during the process. He had earlier engaged with the chaplain and a newsman and praised guards for spiritual guidance.
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Huntsville
Tex
Walter Henry Mosley
Houston
Mosley
Death Row
Don Reid
Merger Plan Seeks $75 Million Yearly Rail Savings
Penn Central lines announce a Chicago and New York merger plan aimed at $75 million annual savings within five years. Freight service would improve with a $70 million capital program. passenger service remains largely unchanged except NYC trains via Harmon Albany Syracuse and Buffalo shift to Penn Station New York.
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Chicago Tap
Pennsyl
Operrania
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Harmon
Albany
Syracuse
Buffalo
Pennsylvania Station
Reversal of Grain Policy Stirs congressional charges
Congressman Odinangan accuses the Kennedy administration of reversing a grain warehouse bond policy for Billie Sol Estes after Estes visited Washington. An Agriculture Department official denies the visit influenced keeping the bond at 700000, noting a policy shift occurred after an independent audit.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Agriculture Department
Estes
Dabney Townsend
U.S
Station upsurge linked to better routes and merged lines
A railway briefing suggests gains from favored through routes, combined line equipment, and higher usage of the merged network to enhance efficiency and service. The note emphasizes improved through traffic and operational integration as key outcomes.
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Mies
Weather forecast for Amarillo and New Mexico region
Partly cloudy with warm temperatures through Thursday. Amarillo and vicinity expect widely scattered afternoon and nighttime thundershowers with highs near 92. New Mexico central west and east portions see scattered thunderstorms today and tonight, with some heavy showers possible west late today and little temperature change. Sunrise at 5:45 am, sunset at 8:00 pm.
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Amarillo
Vecinity
New Mexico
Vanished in Europe mystery man in Estes case
Martin Sorkin economic adviser to the Eisenhower era Agriculture Department apparently fled Washington aboard a ship bound for Europe. He was headed for Brussels and a role with the European Common Market while investigators fail to locate him. The House Subcommittee sought Sorkin since June 15 and several federal agencies report no trace of him. He earns thirty five thousand dollars a year.
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Billie Set Estes
Europe
Martin Sorkin
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Congressional
Sorkin
Washington
House Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Estes
Brussels
European Common Market
Sorkin linked to Kennedy farm policy plotInquiry notes in Estes case
The article reports that Sorkin boasted of access to classified Agriculture Department reports and sought Maynard Wheeler's help. Congressional investigators may question Sorkin about ties to individuals at closed House Agriculture Committee sessions. The material ties to the Estes case and mentions Commercial Solvents.
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Agriculture Department
Soerkin
Maynard Wheeler
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Estes
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