Air freight boom eyed for Amarillo region
An Amarillo Chamber of Commerce committee led by Art Jordan pushes for a major air cargo terminal in Amarillo to capture a growing air freight market. Industry speakers note rising use of air shipments for beef products, with firms like Levi Strauss exploring expansion. Civil aviation gear and postwar plane availability could spark a global air cargo surge.
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Amarillo
George E. Powell
Levi Strauss Distribution Center
Jordan
Space flights, farms, and a piano seat in Texas humor
Art Jordan bought half fare for his daughter Janie’s guitar on a plane, while Rotary Scandal Sheet editor Pic Larmour notes that after decades governments fail to fix farming. Bob Price reports MOL plans for space work, as Lubbock readers debate Amarillo terms and a California store bans bare feet on escalators.
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Art Jordan
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Janie
Art
Mr. Jordan
Rotary
Graham
Pic Larmour
U.S
Russia
Jim Sands
Lubbock
Roger Fenlon
Amarillo
South Plains
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas
Plains
Brotherhood of Man
Bob Price
House
Bob Crudgington
California
Wes Izzard
Coed Slaying Suspect Held
YPSILANTI Michigan AP authorities charged 22 year old John Norman Collins an Eastern Michigan University student with murder in the slaying of 18 year old Karen Beineman latest of eight young women killed in two years police said he may be connected with six other killings Information from Collins uncle state police corporal David Leik led to the arrest He lived near the EMU campus and near earlier victims the case linked to a series of unsolved deaths in the area, with investigators pursuing possible connections to additional killings.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Karen Sue Beineman
John Norman
Collins
Eastern Michigan University
Davids
Ypsilanti
David Leik
Leik
Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti Post
Nixon ends Asian tour with call for regional solutions
President Nixon wraps up a six nation Asian tour in Lahore detailing a policy that avoids new Vietnams but allows U S intervention if Communist aggression or nuclear threats upset Asia's balance. He seeks improved East West ties with Romania and Ceausescu while Pakistan asks for continued economic aid and seeks military support after ties cooled since Eisenhower.
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Pakistan
UPI
Nixon
Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
White House
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
South Vietnam
India
Yahya
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Man Given Lie Test in Panhandle Murder Case
A polygraph administered in Lubbock to a Panhandle suspect in the July 23 murder of Mrs. Elsa Romo Nickell had not been released by Friday night. Two earlier tests cleared a local attorney and Mrs. Nickell's husband. Sheriff Nunn seeks more tests and hunts for a dark-colored chrome car tied to the case. Chief Teague appeals to the anonymous Mrs. G. who sent a letter. The body was found by her younger brother and autopsy said suffocation by pillow.
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Panhandle
Lubbock
Elsa Romo Nickell
Nickell
Carson County
John Nunn
Sam Teague
Wendy Dawn Returns Home to Crowded MEMPHIS Concert
Wendy Dawn formerly Dottie Weaver and now Dottie Hartsell drew a large hometown crowd for a concert in Memphis. Mayor Kenneth Dale proclaimed Wendy Dawn Day as posters lined the town. The 26 year old singer, riding a five year RCA contract, delivered a polished performance to the 900 seat high school venue.
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Memphis
Wellington
Clarendon
Amarillo
Clovis
N.M
Riley
Harper Valley P.T.A
R.C.A
Wendy Dawn
Dottie Weaver
Dottie Hartsell
Sun
Kenneth Dale
Lemons & Cross Texaco
DeVilles Cafe
Wendy
Kentucky
Carnegie Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Judge Rejects Inquest Bid In Kennedy Auto Death
Boston United Press International reports the Massachusetts Superior Court chief justice rejected a district attorney's bid for an inquest into the July car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne near Martha's Vineyard, directing the DA to pursue lower courts. Kennedy pledged cooperation if an inquest is ordered.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Superior Courts
Edward M. Kennedy
Tauro
James A. Boyle
Edgartown
Martha’s Vineyard
Kenneth Nash
Quincy
Dinis
Ithereby
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Mary Jo Kopechne
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Durbin Death Jury Grows to Nine as Trial Continues
In Austin, Clyde Durbin Jr. murder trial adds the seventh, eighth and ninth jurors as Judge Tom Blackwell keeps court in session for nearly four hours after noon. Durbin, 22, faces charges in the slaying of UT Austin student John Albert White, 21, on January 8.
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Becauss
State and Defense
Smith Meredith
Travis State School
Assembly For God
Durbin
John Albert White
University of Texas At ‘Austin
More Yanks Leave Viet as U.S. Replaces Combat Strength
More than 2,700 U.S. troops departed the war zone Friday as the drawdown of American forces continues to hand larger fighting duties to South Vietnamese units. The lull in large battles persisted in the 11 province Saigon area, with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces reportedly avoiding major contact since June 22, amid unclear explanations and ongoing Paris peace talks.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Water talk highlights agriculture tied to South Plains economy
About 50 people attended a one day water clinic at the Pantex Research Farm where Dr. James Osborne of Texas Tech noted that roughly 70 percent of the South Plains economy, valued near 1 billion dollars, relates to agriculture and depends on water. Discussions covered recharge, feedlot waste, and irrigation concerns with four pits used to study pollutants from cattle pens. Dr. Dan Wells found nitrate is a key contaminant as waste water was applied to crops.
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Pantex Research Farm
James Osborne
Texas Tech Agronomist
South Plains
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
Dan Wells
Water Resources Center
Texas Tech
Wells
the Tech
Phil Johnson
Petroleum Engineering Department
Amarillo Weather Outlook for 1969 Day 193
The forecast for Amarillo calls for continued fair weather with temperatures rising into the upper 90s. Southerly winds around 15 mph are expected as the sun continues to shine on the year’s 193rd day.
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Amarillo
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