10 Mar 1960
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Newspaper
San Angelo Standard Times
Location
San Angelo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1960
Page
1
In Old Bridge New Jersey a 4 year old with IQ 138 becomes the focus as state welfare weighs adoption of Alice Combs. Her foster parents defend their TV use while rebuilding their home with books and questions from social workers.
Penn Baggett 14 wins champion finewool lamb at San Angelo Fat Stock Show while Mike Livingston takes reserve, Crockett County 4 H tops 15 lambs. Judging continues on crossbred lambs and poultry as rodeo events begin in Coliseum with Johnny Ringo and Harry Knight stock.
Kenneth Ray Ferguson testified in 119th District Court that threats and taunts from his wife led him to shoot her with a shotgun last Sept. 15. The 22 year old reassured the court he remembers little of the events and described repeated confrontations with his wife who was then 16 when they married.
Partly cloudy through Friday with cooler nights. Highs around 66 to 69 degrees today, lower 60s Friday, lows near 38 Friday morning. San Angelo temperature readings show highs in the mid 60s to upper 60s and a minimum of 54. Water usage totals and lake capacities noted for local reservoirs. Winds moderate to fresh from the west.
New York noon report shows industrial averages down 1.06 with 1,330,000 shares traded. Wheat and corn steady to slightly lower, soybeans down up to 4 cents, wool down about half a cent, cotton unchanged.
The Fat Stock Show and Rodeo parade runs Friday at 10 am through downtown San Angelo from Concho and Chadbourne, north on Chadbourne to Harris, west to Irving and south to Riverside Drive. Don Durant and TV's Johnny Ringo will not participate.
Johnny Ringo did not arrive for the Mathis Field rodeo today. Don Durant appeared instead, in town for a TV studio promotion. Durant met fans, signed autographs, explained Western wear was uncomfortable for riding, and left after a brief meet and greet with local youngsters and a boy carrying a rifle-pistol who asked for a photo. Durant and his wife Trudie had little sleep since Tuesday.
Washington report notes both sides agreed no immediate limit on Senate civil rights debate. Johnson and Dirksen seek a 67 vote cloture to end talk, aiming for a bill guaranteeing voting rights and counted ballots. Morse opens House debate on a less contentious civil rights bill.
State Department official in San Angelo says the United States will not use military action against Fidel Castro unless American lives are endangered. James W. Wilson Jr. notes two Washington views on Cuba, one preserving sugar quotas to aid Cuba or shifting quotas to Brazil to pressure Castro.
Governor Price Daniel asked the Board of Regents to suspend construction of a $90 000 residence for the Sam Houston State College president in Huntsville as regional unrest and fiscal concerns prompt review.
In Salt Lake City two jail inmates chatted in sign language for days. Officer Wilbert Anderson pressed written questions. one inmate revealed he can speak aloud when asked if he is deaf, clarifying his condition. In Charleston a woman asked how to revive a half frozen pot hamster found in a refrigerator crisping tray.
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