Window Washer Falls to Death at Fisk Building
John William Green, 32, an Amarillo Window Cleaning Service employee, died after his safety belt failed while working on the Fisk Building at 8th and Polk. He plummeted about 100 feet to the sidewalk and was pronounced dead at Northwest Texas Hospital. Eyewitnesses described a loud impact as he fell past a storefront awning, with traffic and bystanders watching the scene.
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John Green
Fisk
8Th and
Polk
Green
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
8Th and Polk
John William Green
Nothwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo Ambulance Service
8Th Street
Zales Jewelry Co
Ruth Jensen
Walgreen’s
Congo Plan Splits Nation Into Three Parts
Congolese leaders at a round table conference in Tananarive reported agreement on a federation proposal dividing the country into eight loosely aligned regions. They aim to restore stability while excluding Moscow-backed rival Antoine Gizenga. Sylvere Bondekwe named for the Oriental Province as a new leadership move.
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Tananarive
Malagasy Republic
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Gizenga
Oriental
Texas lawmakers face overdrawn books as session nears midterm
Texas lawmakers move into the second half of a 120 day session with over $567 million in general revenue fund requests. House and Senate appropriations panels plan to slash requests to under $500 million while debating the deficit and potential tax measures. The House approved a deficit first resolution 149 to 1, signaling intent to retire the shortfall though not binding.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
General Revenue Fund
Ben Atwell
Dallas
House
Paar and Ed In Title Bout Fights Monday Night
Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson meet for the world heavyweight title in New York while TV foes Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar clash in a verbal bout over pay. The Sullivan Paar program opens free on NBC at 11 30 p m EST Monday as gate and telecast revenues drive both clashes.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Ed Sullivan
Jack Paar
Money
Sullivan
Paar
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy today with cooler and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Monday. Highs around 60 in Amarillo area, lows near 35 over Saturday night. Northwest Texas and Panhandle mostly fair, windy in New Mexico with highs 60 to 75, temperatures from yesterday noted.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Udy
High Plains
New Mexico
Compromise Seen in School Aid Dispute Aims to Split Proposals
Senate leaders debate two education measures, Kennedy's $2.3 billion school construction plan and a separate long term low interest private school loan bill. Mansfield predicts two proposals pass, with a Supreme Court test possible on private aid. Morse opposes merging the private loan into the administration bill. Clark weighs delaying his amendment.
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Washington
UPS
Senate
Mike Mans
Field
Congress
Kennedy
Montana
Mansfield
Supreme Court
United Press International
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate Education Subcommittee
Joseph $. Clark
D-Pa
Morse
Clark
UN vote on seating Communist China looms next fall
Nine of ten U N delegations favor bringing the China seating question to the General Assembly in its 1961 session starting September 19 despite U S opposition. An expert who spoke on condition of anonymity cited growing support and stated several factors may affect the debate, including Brazil and Britain positions.
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United Nations, N. Y
U.N
General Assembly
China
United States
U. S
Janio Quadros
Brazil
Lord Home
All Aboard Nine Days Left for Jet Holiday Europe Tour
A call to sign up for the Jet Holiday Tour to Europe with only nine days remaining. Details appear on Pages 12 and 22 of the issue.
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Europe
Oxford Student Infiltrates Oxford For Free Education
A 24 year old New York man says he attended Oxford for six months without enrollment or tuition, wearing proper attire to blend in. He earned $22.40 weekly working as a hospital janitor while studying math and plans to move to Bonn to study physiology, saying no checks were made on his identity.
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Oxford
England
New York
Alfred Raedel
Raedel
Columbia University
Germany
University of Bonn
Borough of
Queens
Alfred
New Plan Aims to Ease Grain Dispute in Washington
The plan, from the Kennedy administration, proposes a compromise to grant Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman authority to sell government surplus grain below market prices to settle Senate House conflicts over emergency support.
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Washington
Kenvision
Nedy
of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Senate
House
Farm Mishap Claims Tot and Grain Program Debate
A three year old, Frank Earl Ivory, was killed when run over by a farm machine on his grandfather's Quitaque, Texas farm, with inquest ruling accidental. The article also covers feed grain program controversy in Congress over price supports and sale authority, noting Senate and House positions and a March 15 deadline for potential crop impact.
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Congress
Quitaque
Frank Earl Ivory
Frank Ivory
Frank Johnson
Here
Roberts Funeral Home
Senate
House
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Ellender
NM Solons Approve Fund Bill and Adjourn
The 25th New Mexico legislature passed a $90 million general appropriations bill for two years and adjourned the 60 day session amid partisan tensions with Gov Mechem. A Senate cut reduced public welfare funding by 350000 annually. The income tax debate stalled with Mechem urging a one cent sales tax rise, while no bills moved to the floor.
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New Mexico
Mechem
House
Senate
Edwin L. Mechem
Sen
R. C. Morgan
Morgan
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G. S. Crabtree
Ama
Sylvere Bondekwe
Gil and
Gos
Garth Jones
Price Daniel
JKK
Alvin
Darrell
Administration
NM Solons
Santa FE
Jack M. Campbell
Bachelor
Olin, New York
Berald Tetune Joe
Dudley D
George
Amarillo Globe-Times
Lester
Globe-Times
Dudley
Peanuts
Gordo
B.C
Houston
Okla
City
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