Rise in serious crime risk noted by FBI data
The FBI reports a 48 percent rise in the chance of becoming a victim of serious crime since 1960 in a top day briefing. Other items include a charter bus rate agreement by school administrators and a rescue discovery near Hereford by a Pampa boy. Aimed aviation day set for Amarillo. Potter County to switch to a universal jury system. Khiva Shrine Circus draws 3,700 attendees in its first day at the Tri State Coliseum.
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Tri- State Coliseum
Courage and golf courage in a senior match
Arnold Palmer style drama as J P Janeway, a 67 year old amateur, holes a birdie on the 18th at Borger to win a high stakes Tri-State Senior Golf Tour match. The crowd holds its breath. observers debate the line between pro and amateur as money and practice widen the gap.
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Arnold Palmer
America
J. P. Janeway
Nocone
Why do boards ban the press from meetings
Reporter's inquiry to a Milwaukee alderman about executive sessions sparks horror at being quoted. The piece notes officials fear sounding foolish if their remarks are public.
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Ed Bayley
The
Milwaukee Journal
Bodies of two sisters found in Watts weeds
Two seven year old sisters Roberta and Cecilia Barili were found dead in a Watts vacant lot. Autopsy said they were strangled and sexually mistreated with scarves around their necks. Police noted possible placement rather than dumping. Authorities sought witnesses amid a racially mixed Altadena family background and no immediate racial motive.
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Richard Berill
Roberta Ann
Cecilia Renee
Watts
Los Angeles
Altadena
Theodore J. Curphey
Los Angeles County
Roberta Ann Barili
Cecilia Renee Barili
Barili
Slick Prick or Rioters Slick Prick or Rioters
Dallas area Western Corp. official Arthur Nall describes a water soluble slippery compound aimed at riot control. When sprayed on sidewalks with water it makes walking and driving nearly impossible, with countermeasures and safety concerns acknowledged.
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Dallas
UPI
Arthur Nall
Western Corp
Richardson
Nall
Natty Bandits Rob Fort Worth Jewelry Heist
Two armed men dressed as businessmen robbed James Diamond and Jewelry Co. in the Waggoner Building downtown Fort Worth. They handcuffed owner and clerk, tied them, emptied four display cases and a safe of diamonds pearls and watches, and left after 30 minutes. The store avoided alarmed areas and the men posed as customers to escape.
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Him
David Dwortz
James
Dwortz
W. T
Surveyor swivels his transit on High Plains today
Surveyor swivels his transit on High Plains, noting points of interest. The report highlights landscape features and mapping activity in the area as documented on page 30.
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High Plains
Where Were You Joe Where Were You Joe
In Fort Worth two police officers spotted three teenage boys attempting auto theft in the Ridgmar addition. They arrested the trio after observing the break in and took the youths into custody.
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Fort Worth
Joe
Ridgmar
Soldier's Lingo For Soldiers Only
Army Sergeant Robert Ailes warned a ticket clerk at O'Hare that he would board a flight to Kalamazoo using Ft. Bliss slang. FBI agents then searched his luggage after he used coded words implying a bomb on board.
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Chicago
UPS
Army Pfe
Robert Ailes
O'Hare International
Kalamazoo
Mich
FBI
Ailes
Ft. Bliss
Tex
City Sets Charter Bus Rates for Amarillo Schools
Officials from Amarillo Independent School District and the city set charter bus rates at a closed-session meeting. The dispute over city buses and charter service has involved the city commission and school board as they debated selling, then continuing charter transport for athletics bands and other groups.
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City
Amarillo
Amarillo Independent School District
Bob Ashworth
Oscar Bounds
Chuck Seets
de Walker
John Stiff
Leland Nelson
Earl B. Fair
Ashworth
Wmtil
City Commission
Stiff
Fugitives Held in Canada After Expo Engineer Arrest
Two U S prisons escapees on the FBI most wanted list are in custody in Ottawa Canada The engineer George Ben Edmondson who built the West German Expo 67 pavilion had his appeal dismissed for deportation to the United States He escaped Missouri State Penitentiary in 1965 and faces a 10 year armed robbery sentence Charles Edward Ervin 52 and his brother Gordon Dale Ervin 41 were jailed in Ottawa and may be deported after escaping from a Michigan prison in 1965 Their sentences ranged 50 to 60 years for armed robbery
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Ottawa
U.S
FBI
Canada
Immigration Appeal Board
George Ben Edmondson
United States
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
The
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Charles Edward Ervin
Michigan
Gordon Dale Ervin
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Astro - Guide
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Oklahoma
Sumarion Sumner
Santa Fe
Sylvia Porter
Uciu
Ato Izzard
Janeway
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Borger
Dan Proctor
Houston
Proctor
Doc Howard Massies
Taos Canyon
New Mexico
Wall Street Journal
Braniff
Abe Martin
Wes Izzard
LA Sisters
Saigon
Cao van Vien
Laos
Cambodia
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South Vietnam
State Department
Washington
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Walt Thornton
Waggoner Building
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