Balloon from Palestine Gives First Look at Mars
A giant Texas balloon, launched near Palestine, landed near Pulaski Tennessee after 12 hours aloft with a 6300 pound payload and a 36 inch telescope. Scientists reported the blue recording box intact and said a preliminary report on Martian atmosphere and potential life could come within two days.
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Palestine, Tex
UPI
Texas
Earth
Tennessee
Mars
Palestine
Pulaski
Tenn
Marvin Schwarzchild
Russians Leave Cuba in Another 500-Strong Group
Reuters reports a new group of about 500 Russians sailed from Havana aboard the Mikhail Kalinin, part of three passenger freighters plying Havana to Riga. Many aboard dressed in civilian clothes, with families, while questions linger about their roles and the fate of remaining Soviet troops and bases in Cuba.
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Havana
Mikhail Khalinin
Senger
Riga
Cuba
White House
Soviet Union
Public Trust Sacred Tunnell Urges Caution On State Spending
Byron Tunnell of Tyler, speaker of the Texas House, warned Amarillo diners that government costs are spiraling at federal and state levels. He cited state spending rising from 166 million in 1940 to near a billion in 1960, urging conservatism with public funds and assets.
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Byron Tunnell
Tyler
Texas House of Representatives
Amarillo
Tunnell
Texas
Jaycee
Fred Heket
Weather overview for Amarillo area and region
U S Weather Bureau reports increasing cloudiness across Amarillo and vicinity with cloudy tonight and Monday. Light rain starts this afternoon and continues tonight and Monday. temperatures peaking around 64 today, cooler Monday. Northwest Texas also sees rain spreading tonight with a high near 42. Northern New Mexico forecasts considerable cloudiness with scattered mountain showers and possible heavy snow above 7,000 feet. windy conditions and dust in some areas, with today’s high 40 to 55.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
Fo Ve Ccisyae
A Bete
BOM
Bilt
Sebeceks
GMM
Cherocess
India protests as Sino Pakistan pact fixes frontier
India protested a provisional Sino Pakistan frontier accord fixing about 300 miles along the Sinkiang Kashmir line. New Delhi issued a note asserting China has no right to conclude the pact and Kashmir sovereignty remains unsettled. A joint boundary commission will map and demarcate the frontier pending a Kashmir settlement.
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China
Pakistan
Sinkiang
Kashmir
Munist
New Delhi
India
Calcutta
Texas to install 113 million in new air traffic devices
Washington reports a nationwide plan to add 113.1 million dollars in air traffic control and navigation gear. Weather radar data will reach 19 airport towers including Houston Dallas and Fort Worth to help steer planes away from bad weather. Thirteen long range radar sites like Houston get upgraded antenna reflectors at about 121 923 per unit to cut ground clutter.
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Washington
Texas
Federal Aviation
N. E. Halaby
Weather Bureau
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Hereford Robbery Kidnapping Arrests of two men
Hereford March 2 two men were charged with kidnaping and armed robbery after abducting the C K Nunley family at gunpoint and looting their home. James Wiley Wimberly 27 Olton and Ronald Urban Trisler 23 Plainview are jailed in Deaf Smith County with bond denied. Police say the pair drove the Nunleys to a country road before fleeing.
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Hereford
James Wiley Wimberly
Olton
Ronald Urban Trisler
Plainview
C. K
Jack) Nunley
Nunley
Deaf Smith
Ed Line
Ed Richards
Taylor and Sons
Wimberly and
Trisler
Lowell Sharp
Irving
Weather notes for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Weather roundup from 1963 reports notes Amarillo at 58 of 61 sunny days with 3 p.m. readings. Winds vary from 10 to 15 MPH with clear conditions in Dal Oklahoma City and Houston area, other locales show clear skies.
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Amarillo
Houston
Los
GRID CLINIC SET Coach To Be WT Lecturer</T:
Dartmouth coach Bob Blackman will headline the West Texas First Annual Football Clinic at West Texas State College March 22 and 23. Also speaking is Weldon Foren of Brackenridge High San Antonio. Clinic details and sponsors noted.
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Dartmouth Indians
West Texas
West Texas State College
Blackman
Atlantic City
United States
American Football Coaches Association
Los Angeles
Dartmouth
Weldon Foren
Brackenridge High School
San Antonio
Borger Bulldogs
West Texas Buf
Faloes
West Texas State
Joe Kerbel
Texas
Golden Spread
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
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