Public meeting on Coli um seating expansion
Four p m Thursday discussion on increasing seating capacity of the Coli seum via a public subscription program. Page 2. Tom Burley, longtime superintendent of the Quarter Horse shows at the Tri-State Fair and Amarillo Stock Show, elected president of the Tri-State Fair at the spring board meeting. Page 4. Rest of World on eve of primary election season Democrats in about a dozen states face contests that could shape party leadership after Johnson. Page 7. Civil suit filed in Amarillo federal court seeks 25 000 stock and 50 000 exemplary damages from Hereford party. Page 4. City commissioners call a special meeting at
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Amarillo
U.S. District Court
Charles C. Hamilton
Sapulpa
Okla
Tobaccoless Smokes Corp
Delaware
Puzant C. Torigian
Hereford
Masters Ends in Playoff for Nicklaus Twopeat
Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in a playoff with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer to become the first golfer to win the tournament twice in succession. The subcommittee of the 59th Legislature seeks an independent county audit of Hockley County finances. The Interest rate on FHA and VA single family loans rose to 5.5 percent. Twenty Irish stage a hunger strike marking 1916 Easter Rising anniversary. The Soviet Union prepares for Yuri Gagarin’s spaceflight anniversary and moon ambitions. American housewives may influence the cost of living by resisting higher-priced goods.
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Jack Nicklaus
Tommy Jacobs
Gay Brewer
Taxpayers Convene in Santa Fe Backing Fiscal Welfare
Approximately 200 members of the Taxpayers Association of New Mexico gather at the LaFonda Hotel in Santa Fe for a convention. The group founded in 1915 aims to ensure taxpayers receive reasonable breaks from government and defend fiscal welfare. Led by director Albert Nohl, the event marks a long tradition of state taxpayer advocacy.
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America
Santa Fe
LaFonda
New Mexico
the Taxpayers Association of
New Mexico Association
Albert Nohl
Exchange plans between Clarendon Colleges spark cultural links
Miss Waters, head of Clarendon College England, seeks an information exchange with Clarendon College Texas. They propose photo displays, maps, brochures, and reports on groups and sports. The Texas college will send its newspaper The Bulldog Banner to the English school.
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Clarendon College
Nottingham
England
Clarendon, Tex
Texas
Audit of Hockley County Finances Reveals Shortages Over $40,000
A subcommittee of the 59th Texas Legislature reports an audit by Levelland CPAs Louise Hall and John C Harp er shows county records shortages exceeding 40 000 and improper use of road equipment on private property The audit was made public by the Amarillo Daily News and the committee seeks a copy while planning hearings across the state to modernize county government.
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Amaville Daily News
Texas Legislative Council
Levelland Cpas
Louise Hall
John C. Harper
Hockley
H. L. Moreland
J. P. Ward
Meridian
Amarillo
Zone Panel Probes Two Helistop Requests At Meeting
Planning and zoning commissioners examined two helistop applications on Monday. Bill Robertson sought a garage at 6334 Canyon for a helicopter used in Mars Landscape Stone & Concrete Ornaments business. W M Decker asked to build a roof helistop at 22nd and Civic amid questions on pronunciation and compliance with FAA stipulations.
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James Collins
Bill Robertson
Canyon
Hughes
A. Robertson
Mars Landscape Stone & Concrete Ornaments
W. M. Decker
22Nd
Civic
Don Mason
B52s Strike Mu Gia Pass North Vietnam In North Theater Action
U S Strategic Air Command B52 bombers hit Mu Gia pass in North Vietnam to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail supply routes. Spokesmen report no immediate damage data and note prior raids used South Vietnam bases or carrier aircraft.
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UPS
U.S. Strategic Air Command
North Viet Nam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
South Viet Nam
Laos
17Th Parallel
North
Ma Gia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Navy
Ad Nang
Bride Dies Day After Wedding in Cheddar
Lesley Brackstone, 22, a teacher, died of leukemia within a day of her marriage to Jorgen Kruse, 27. She will be cremated in her wedding dress on Thursday in Cheddar, where Kruse stayed by her side through the wedding night after falling ill during Saturday's reception.
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England
Lesley Brackstone
Jorgen Kruse
Kruse
FPC recommends study on three-way interconnection for NM Texas utilities
The Federal Power Commission urged a Monday study to assess a joint interconnection among El Paso Electric, Public Service Co. of New Mexico, and Southwestern Public Service Co. The move follows the El Paso power outage on December 2 that affected about 500000 people over 30 000 square miles in Texas New Mexico and parts of Mexico.
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Amarillo
Paso
Albuquerque
Washington
New Mexico
West Texas
Senate Commerce Committee
el Paso
Tex
Texas
Aue Fepuel Acutec
Te Paso Electric Co
Public Service Co
el Paso Electric
Public Service
Southwestern Public Service Co
Newman
Russians Question Moon Shape From Luna-10 Orbit
Izvestia reports Luna-10, in lunar orbit since April 3, will determine how far the moon’s shape differs from a sphere. The craft orbits 217 to 610 miles above the surface and studies the lunar gravitational field and radiation fluxes potentially dangerous to manned missions.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Soviet Communist Party
Lunar
Tass
Estes Testifies Fraudulent Mortgage Scheme In Court
Billie Sol Estes testified in a federal court that finance companies agreed to deal with him in mortgages they knew were fraudulent. He said “every one” involved in his fertilizer tank deals knew the tanks didn’t exist and that they were buying credit. He named several firms including Walter E. Heller Co., Associates Investment Co., CIT Corp, and First Acceptance Corp. as part of the alleged arrangement.
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Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Boy Wonder
Estes
Lubbock
Roger L. Kuykendall
Kuykendall Investments
Kuykendall
Oliver C. Carmichael Jr
Associates Investment Co
South Bend, Inc
A. N. Billis
Commercial Credit
Baltimore
Walter E. Heller Co
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
CIT Corp
First Acceptance Corp
Minneapolis
SIC denies knowledge of nonexisting tanks purchase
R Earl O Keefe chairman of SIC says in Santa Fe that no one at SIC knew the tanks were non existent. He asserts they bought the paper in good faith from Superior Manufacturing Co based on representations that the tanks were validly manufactured and sold by them.
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R. Earl O'Keefe
SIC
Santa Fe
N.M
Superior Manufacturing Co
Witness Estes Signals Willingness to Testify
Estes told prosecutors on Monday he is eager to testify though his statements could be used against him in other cases. He asked to present his account in the same order as the prior questioning and promised to name finance companies and personnel involved before addressing additional topics.
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Estes
Coal Miners Strike threatens contract talks across eight states
Pittsburgh dispatch reports more than half of soft coal miners began a mass walkout in eight states over proposed contracts similar to a deal with the largest producer. UMW leaders ordered a return to work but the directive is nonbinding, signaling ongoing negotiations with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association.
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UPS
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Philippines House approves Viet Nam troop bill
The Philippines House votes 81 to 7 to send 2000 troops to South Vietnam. The measure allocates 8.8 million dollars for a combat engineer battalion for road building and civic action. It advances to the Senate for expected approval.
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Philippines
House of Representatives
Viet Nam
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