Amarillo labor deal votes and city notes headline
The Metal Trades Council of Amarillo and Pantex management reach a tentative agreement with about 600 union members set to vote on ratification. Also reported are blood drive progress at Amarillo Air Force Base totaling 1,877 pints toward 3,200 goal, and community center design plans by Hucker and Paige for Amarillo.
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Metal Trades Councr
Amarillo
Pantex Management
Amarillo Air Force Base
Air Force
United Fund
Dave
A New Library Opens as Town Celebrates
A new library opens in the town as residents gather for the unveiling. Local officials praise the facility for community meetings, study spaces, and programs for children. Crowds tour the reading rooms and admire the expanded collections.
Pueblo drive to build dobe library on Santa Fe site
The Southwest Indian Organization based in Amarillo organized a book drive for the Pueblo Indians on the San Idefon Reservation near Santa Fe. Pampa chapter collected 400 volumes, Girl Scouts aided, and Borger and Amarillo drives stack books for a library project. Books include histories biographies westerns reference works and children’s titles.
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The
Southwest Indian Organization
Amarillo
San Idefonso Reservation
Santa Fe
Dobe
SIO
Pampa
Marlin
Tiny) Hayes
Pampa Business College
Borger
David Perkins
King
Mr. Perkins
SLO. Il
SLO
Surgeons Implant New Graphite Heart in Patient
In Houston a 65-year-old man received a grapefruit sized artificial heart to take over when his damaged heart failed. Doctors hope this milestone design will extend life for hundreds of thousands. Earlier substitutes kept patients alive for days, not longer.
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Houston
Tex
Train bombing in Assam leaves many dead
Reports describe a passenger train explosion at Lumding railway station in Assam state blamed on saboteurs. The blast killed at least 55 and injured about 120, with two earlier bombings on the same line raising fears of a coordinated attack. Authorities note the device was in a first class coach and investigators seek two unidentified men.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Assam
Lumding
Calcutta
National Library Week
Ovo
As‘sam Mail
Ram Subhay Singh
Lumding Station
A Few Private Words at Tradewind Airport Exit
A sign at Tradewind airport exit proclaims danger with a warning about entering the world’s most dangerous area a public highway. The quirky line adds a social jab about entitlement to life liberty and a car to pursue happiness.
Stennis criticizes jet plane sale to Argentina
Sen. John Stennis blasted Defense Secretary McNamara over a proposed sale of 50 Navy A-4B Skyhawks to Argentina under foreign aid military assistance. He warned the move is unwise given Navy jet inventory demands from Southeast Asia and questioned irrevocability of the sale in a letter dated April 1.
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Washington
John Stennis
D.- Miss
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Stennis
Senate
Argentina
Navy
Southeast Asia
Nike-X System Money Is Near
The Senate Armed Services Committee moved toward deploying the Nike-X antimissile system by adding advance procurement funds to a 17 billion military authorization bill. Chairman Richard B. Russell said the panel hopes to bring the measure up next Thursday with 167.9 million added for Nike-X, including 153.5 million for long lead time procurement.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Mastermind in Great Train Robbery Arrest
London police detained James Edward White at a seaside resort 70 miles from London following a tip. He is identified as the suspected mastermind of the 1963 great train robbery and had led detectives on a lengthy pursuit.
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London
Scotland Yard
James Edward White
Thunderstorm Deluges Lower Rio Grande Valley Rains
A giant thunderstorm swept the citrus region dropping eight inch rains and three to four inch totals across the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Raymondville and Lyford suffered flood damage with streets turning to rivers and crops, especially cotton, potatoes and onions, reported heavy losses. Hail peppered the area while winds up to 50 miles per hour damaged property and knocked out power.
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Rio Grande Valley
Raymondville
Lyford
Explosions Near Saigon Mark Intensified Fighting
U S and Vietnamese Marines pressed the Viet Cong near Saigon with air support and a dawn mortar attack on Pleiku airfield. In Quang Ngai, allied forces battled Red forces in a day-long engagement, with 173 enemy dead tallied by nightfall and higher estimates possible.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Highlands
Pleiku
Viet Coang
Cholon
Long Vinh
Kinh Doi Canal
Quang Ngai
Lewis W. ‘Fields
1St Marine Division
Quang 'Ngai
Oklahoma fugitive shot after Amarillo shoe robbery
Douglas Loren Smith, 23, an Oklahoma escapee, was charged with armed robbery after a Pay-Less Shoe Store heist on E Amarillo Blvd. He was wounded in the left shoulder by Patrolman Cecil Carpenter while fleeing in a cab near the Boots and Saddle Club. He shot himself in the right leg with a .22 pistol believed to be the weapon used in the robbery. Smith, sought since July, escaped Granite Reformatory on Nov. 18 and was in serious condition at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Oklahoma
Amarillo
Douglas Loren Smith
Amarillo Blvd
St. Anthony's
Smith
Cecil Carpenter
Boots and Saddle Club
Fritch Highway
Granite Reformatory
Eighty-One Year-Old Man Delays Draft Registration
In Duluth Minnesota Dr Benjamin J Ersland an eighty one year old man receives five days to register with his local draft board by mail The 81 year old says he will wait to see what action follows and notes he was too old for the draft in World War I The story highlights a possible Selective Service error and his family ties with twelve great grandchildren.
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Duluth, Minn
Benjamin J. Ersland
Selective Service
Ersland
Money No Problem In Case of N Attacks
In Los Alamos New Mexico a banking official outlined emergency plans to keep banks open using stockpiled money if a nuclear blast disrupts supplies. The plan, part of Federal Reserve regulations, forecasts alternate Fed headquarters and cash guidelines for attack and recovery lasting years.
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Los Alamos
N. M
UPI
Albuquerque
Robert A. Duphorne
First National Bank
Duphorne
Emergency Banking Regulation Division
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
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Hollis
Okla
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Hedley
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Hong Kong
Ann Sanders
Astra-Guide
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Atolizzard
Jack Campbell
New Mexico
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Mass
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Roswell
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Marcel L. DeRudder
Methodist Hospital
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DeRudder
Westville
Ill
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James E. White
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