Kennedy Center Funding Appraisal Raises Taxpayer Flags
A column notes the Kennedy Center's 64 million price tag with 45 million funded by taxpayers and 1.5 million more approved to keep tours open. It critiques a plan to split governance, creating a National Park Service monument while preserving private control, and questions ongoing public subsidies.
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Amarillo
Washington
Kennedy Center
Capitol Hill
National Park Service
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Americans urged Russians to avenge Hanoi and Haiphong
A report recalls a three week old incident where over 20 Americans reportedly visited the Soviet Embassy on Washington's 16th Street and urged harsher actions against the United States. Congressman Clark Fisher cites the event as emblematic of anti war sentiment among youth.
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Washington
16Th Street
Clark Fisher
San Angelo
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Connecticut House of Representatives
IBM
Apollo 16 mission ends with near flawless splashdown
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly Jr land safely aboard the USS Ticonderoga after an 11 day 1 391 000 mile voyage. The Casper splashdown is seven tenths of a mile off target marking one of the most televised recoveries in Apollo history.
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UPS
Pacific
America
Casper
Ticonderoga
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K
Ken’’ Mattingly
Young
Descartes Highlands
Mission Control
Houston
Honolulu
Christmas Island
Senate Panel Backs Kleindienst for Attorney General
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Richard G. Kleindienst’s nomination to be attorney general by 14 to 1. Senators Kennedy Byrd and Hart signaled possible floor opposition, with Burdick Tunney and Bayh voting against. Eastland dubbed the hearings largely unproductive. The White House expressed confidence he will be confirmed.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kleindienst
Philip Hart
Michigan
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Quentin Burdick
D N.D
Kennedy
John V. Tunney
California
Birch Bayh
Indiana
James
Eastland
D-Miss
Nixon
Florida White House
Gerald L. Warren
White House
Peter M. Flanigan
Judge Orders Ross Hotel Closed Immediately
A Potter County court orders the Ross Hotel at 320 E South closed after a hearing finding it operated as a bawdy house. The injunction follows an April petition by Dist Atty Tom Curtis alleging prostitution and after-hours liquor sales. The case stems from Amarillo Police and ABC investigations and undercover testimony.
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Ross Hotel
Ross Liquors
Jockey Club
E. Sth
Mary Lou Robinson
108Th District Court
Potter County
Dick Ross
Potter-Randall Metro
Amarillo
Paul Hulsey
Curtis
Hulsey
Ross
Alcohol Beverage Commission
Joseph M. MccCarthy
The
ABC
McCarthy
Canyon
Robert Seals
Canyon Police Department
Metro Intelligence Unit
Jerry Shackelford
L. D. Garrett
Pleasant Day Ahead With Mild Temperatures
Today's forecast calls for fair skies and mild conditions with a high near 70 and a low in the lower 40s. Light and variable winds accompany the pleasant weather.
Outbreak of Cholera in Swine Confirmed in Dumas
A hog cholera outbreak was confirmed in a small herd of 12 pigs in Dumas Texas. State and federal inspectors mobilized a task force to survey, trace origin, and contain the outbreak. Six samples from the herd tested positive at Ames Iowa. The herd will be destroyed and Moore County placed under hog quarantine.
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Austin
Dumas City
Ames
Iowa
Moore County
Dumas
Rio Grande Valley
Judy
Texas
Gonzales
San Antonio
Fayette County
Panhandle
Smelter Must Prove Claims Under Texas Clean Air Act
AUSTIN American Smelting & Refining Co. must prove its Amarillo zinc smelter causes no harm to stay open. The Texas Air Control Board ordered ASARCO to meet TACB standards or seek an exclusion, a path not yet granted in six years. ASARCO has until August 7 to file a final report and must submit monthly progress updates.
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Austin
Asarco
Herbert McKee
Boys and Girls Swing In City of Harmony
The Greater Southwest Music Festival fills Amarillo with 12 000 musicians across a two night gala. Stage bands play from blues to Eroica as Stan Kenton and his 18 piece orchestra headline and the public enjoys free 4 30 pm concerts. A Polk Street parade at 6 30 features 26 bands marching to the Civic Center for an 8 pm Americana-a showcase.
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Amarillo
City of Harmony
Eroica
Stan Kenton
Cave-In of Sewer System Stinks Up Tucumcari
In Tucumcari New Mexico residents face repeated cave-ins of a World War II era sewer line that floods homes with sewage. Perry Wells describes four inches of sewage in his front yard and a stinking “damn thing” that has resisted repairs. City crews at first offered little aid while a health officer advised evacuation until cleanup. CB club members assisted Wells and his daughter, and the city provided a pump to aid cleanup as officials negotiate with the firm involved.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Perry Wells
Wells
Quay County
CB Club
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