Four More Die in Storm
Hurricane Donna battered the Florida Gulf Coast with winds over 100 mph and caused at least four deaths. Cities from Venice to Lakeland reported damaged buildings, downed power lines, and flooded streets as Civil Defense warns of higher tides. Over 40,000 people evacuated to inland shelters run by the Red Cross.
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Tampa
Fla
Donna
Florida Gulf Coast
Gulf
Ft. Myers
Venice
Punta Gorda
Englewood
Sarasota
Bradentown
St. Petersburg
Clearwater
Wauchula
Bartow
Winter
Winter Haven
Red Cross
Khrushchev Restricted During UN Visit Restrictions limit travel from Manhattan
The United States imposed unprecedented limits on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his United Nations General Assembly visit. He must stay within Manhattan Island except for official duties, with similar rules for Janos Kadar and Mahmet Shehu. Romanian officials must notify before leaving the New York area. Khrushchev cannot visit the Soviet delegation mansion at Glen Cove, and no immediate Soviet response was reported.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
Khrushchev
Manhattan Island
U. N
Janos Kadar
Mahmet Shehu
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
Antonin Novotny
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gheorghe Gheorghiu- Dej
Romania
U. S
New York
Washington
Soviet Union
Glen Cove
Long Island
General Assembly
Fair Judges Start Work On Saturday Fair
First events at the 1961 Tri State Fair begin at 9 AM Saturday as judges place awards in the Golden Spread wheat show and textile departments. Culinary, poultry, and rabbits judges start at Saturday noon with blue ribbon winners. Agricultural and FFA judging starts 9 AM Sunday. junior market steers weighed next Sunday.
Texas and playoff baseball scores from the day
Victoria beat Rio Grande Valley 5 to 2 in a playoff. San Antonio defeated Tulsa 6 to 1 in a playoff. In the National League Philadelphia won 7 to 2 over St Louis and Pittsburgh beat Chicago 4 to 1 while Milwaukee topped Los Angeles 10 to 8. San Francisco at Cincinnati postponed by rain. In the American League Chicago edged Baltimore 3 to 2 in 11 innings. New York defeated Detroit 5 to 1. Cleveland beat Washington 5 to 4. Boston defeated Kansas City 7 to 4.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Baltimore
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
lBoston
Kansas City
Amarillo voters face tax charter change and $11.68 million bonds
Amarillo citizens vote Monday on a City Commission plan to amend charter tax provisions to raise the rate from 1.30 to 1.65 to fund eight bond issues totaling 11 million 680 thousand dollars. Real estate interests oppose the financing method while backing the projects. If bonds fail the rate rise would be smaller or not occur.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Voting Places Open 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. for City Elections
Polls will open at 8 a.m. Monday and close at 7 p.m. in the city charter amendment and bond elections. Voters choose yes or no on the charter amendment and mark for or against on the bond ballot.
Say it the Spanish Way says how to pronounce Texan Spanish
The Texas Good Neighbor Commission releases a 26 page booklet Say it the Spanish Way to correct mispronunciations of Spanish place names like Vallejo Refugio Mexia and Bexar. Authors Dr George S Sanchez and Charles L Eastlack urge readers to learn proper sounds and offer copies by writing to Box 2116 Capitol Station Austin.
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Austin
UPI
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Vallejo
Valley Joe
Bexar
George S. Sanchez
Charles L Eastlack
University of Texas
Socorro
Capitol Station
United States Struggles in Olympic Basketball Standings
On day fourteen of the XVII Olympic Games Russia leads with 797½ points as the United States trails at 550½. The article notes looming equestrian jumping events and political campaign activity around Kennedy and Johnson.
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United States
U. S
Rome
Russia
German
Italy
Hungary
Australia
Poland
Japan
Great Britain
Turkey
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Denmark
France
Finland
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Switzerland
New Zealand
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Iran
South Africa
Norway
Austria
Canada
Pakistan
Argentina
Brazil
British West Indies
Ethiopia
Mexico
Greece
United Arab Republic
India
South Korea
Venezuela
Taiwan
Morocco
Singapore
Portugal
Ghana
Spain
Iraq
Ireland
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Rhodesia
Iceland
Bahamas
Kenya
Luxembourg
Status test of presidential trails in Texas
The Associated Press notes candidates' Texas tour as Kennedy prepares stops in El Paso and major Texas cities while Nixon tours Dallas on a 9000 mile swing through 14 states. Johnson is described as the Democratic hopeful yet to secure the nomination amid party discontent and campaign divisions. Delegations in Houston and Tarrant County repudiated the national platform as both parties seek maximum impact.
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Associated Press
Texas
John Kennedy D-Mass
el Paso
Lubbock
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Fort Worth
Arlington
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Texarkana
Richard Nixon
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Tarrant County
Len
Kennedy
Gerald Mann
Kennedy. Johnson
Kennedy TV interview with Houston ministers to air
Senator John F. Kennedy will be shown in an interview with Houston ministers on KGNC-TV at 9 p.m. He spends Monday and Tuesday in Texas with a stop in Lubbock at 12 15 p.m. Monday.
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Terview
Houston
Texas
Lubbock
Crow returns home after two year absence on Grant street
A humorous homecoming scene unfolds in the 900 block of North Grant as Jim Crow, a witty black crow, flies back after two years away. Doris Bear and her brother along with neighborhood kids retrain the bird, ending a long wandering tale.
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N. Grant
Jim Crow
Doris Bear
Michigan Lass Named Top Beauty
Nancy Anne Fleming an 18 year old from Michigan won Miss America 1961 at Atlantic City with gray-green eyes. The nationwide audience watched as she was crowned and began the year of fame and fortune the title brings.
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Atlantic City
Nancy Anne Fleming
Michigan
Charmer
America
Nancy
Congo Army Orders Cease Fire Amid Turmoil
In Leopoldville the Congolese army and United Nations called a cease fire as Kasavubu gains support from the army to oppose Lumumba. New government figures include Premier Tleo and Foreign Minister Bomboko, while Lumumba is reported dismissed. UN payrolls funded the troops at Camp Leopold II.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
United Nations
U.N
Conco
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
New York
Kasavubu
Lumumba
Joseph Tleo
Justin Bomboko
Albert Kalonji
Durban
Johannesburg
Kasa- Vubu
Kasai
Leopold 1
Senators Charge U S Handed Cuba to Reds
Two Democratic senators allege unknown State Department planners let Fidel Castro rise to power in Cuba and claim the United States handed the island to the Communists. Secretary Herter rejects the charges as shocking and unfounded.
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Senators
U. S
Cuba
Reds
Washington
State Department
Fidel Castro
Island
Christian A. Herter
Sens
James C. Eastland
Mississippi
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Herter
Department
John Foster
Dulles
Castro
Earl E. T. Smith
Arthur Gardner
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
U.S
Subcommittee
Fastland
Dodd
China
Robin Hood
Batista
Eisenhower
Herbert L. Matthews
New York Times
Mathews
Matthews
Weather Hints From Amarillo and Nearby Cities
Data shows Amarillo had 230 sunny days of 254 in 1960 with 3 PM readings. Comparisons list wind and visibility across Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and similar stations with varying measurements and conditions.
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Houston
Dallas
Privy
Okla
Chy
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