Indian Explorer Recounts Palo Duro Camp Site Visit
Big Jim Chebahtah, 68, leads a group to the Palo Duro canyon rim to inspect the last camp site of his people. The party, including museum staff and local residents, recalls Mackenzie’s 1874 battle and identifies native plants and relics along the Canoncito Creek trail.
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Palo Duro Canyon
James Chebahtah
Chebahtah
Canyon
Panhandle-Plains
Palo Duro Valley
Jim Chebahtah
Canoncito Creek
Prairie Dog Town
Red River
Palo Duro
Wayside
Big Jim
Hughes
Hold up fizzle nab gunman in Amarillo
A 26 year old Albuquerque man, Kenneth Hayward Lloyd, was captured by Amarillo police at 3 30 p m after a 10 minute chase for an attempted hold up at the Security Federal Savings and Loan office on Taylor Street. He fired five shots during the pursuit before surrendering near Wilson School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Security Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Taylor
Kenneth Hayward Lloyd
Bob French
Jimmy Davis
Lloyd
Gene Aufleger
Bobby Jones
Wilson School
Perryton Woman Loses Arm in Highway 287 Crash
A Perryton woman Opal Vandargrif Evans, 46, lost her left arm in a sideswipe collision between a car and a diesel truck nine miles east of Quanah on Highway 287 at 12:45 a.m. She and her family had been returning from a McKinney reunion. The truck was driven by Frankie Joe Bailey, 27, of Aiken. No other injuries. Evans underwent amputation at Memorial Hospital. Investigation by state trooper Chester Fant and Hardeman County Attorney Rex Sullivan ongoing.
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Quanah
Perryton
Highway 287
Opal Vandargrif Evans
S. Ash, Perryton
McKinney
Frankie Joe Bailey
Aiken
Bailey
Lloyd Evans
Monsanto Chemical Co
Chester FE. Fant
Fant
Hardeman County Atty
Rex Sullivan
Mystery in the Old West on Page Fifteen
A two minute puzzle uses an old West setting to unravel a mystery with clues hidden in page fifteen. The astrology guide classifieds comics editorial markets and movies sections appear as surrounding features in the same paper.
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Astro-Guide
Randall OKs Bonds Vote on Amarillo Loop Right of Way
Randall County commissioners approve a bond election likely for September 17 to fund two propositions. The first allocates 225000 for right of way on the southeastern Amarillo loop with Texas funds covering half. The second proposes 125000 to acquire right of way for a railway overpass near the city limits on Washington Street.
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Canyon
Randall County
Amarillo
Washington Street
Amarillo Loop
State of Texas
Baseball Scores From The Texas and National Leagues
A roundup of results from major leagues with games listed by league. Texas League scores include Tulsa eighteen to nine over Amarillo, San Antonio two to zero, Austin one to two, Victoria three, Rio Grande Valley seven. National League results show San Francisco five to three over St Louis, Philadelphia four to three over Pittsburgh, Cincinnati five to four over Milwaukee, with only scheduled games noted. American League results list New York four over Baltimore three, Detroit four over Chicago one, Boston eleven over Washington three, with only scheduled games noted.
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Tulsa
Amarillo
San Antonio
Austin
Victoria
Rio Grande Valley
San Francisco
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
New York
Baltimore
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Red Secrecy In Trial Hit
United States accuses the Soviet Union of hiding aspects of the U2 pilots Powers trial preparation. Secretary Herter reports to Foreign Minister Gromyko that no Americans may view Powers before the trial. Moscow rejects access, raising questions about brain washing and other methods. Powers has been in Soviet hands since May 1 after the U2 incident.
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Washington
United States
Francis Gary Powers
Christian A. Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lincoln White
Powers
White
State Department
Herter
Weather Overview for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Wednesday. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers possible in Amarillo and Northwest Texas, with highs 82 to 92 and lows near 42. New Mexico reports cloudy skies with scattered storms tonight, cooler northwest, highs 80 to 90. Hourly readings and sunrise sunset times are listed.
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Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
Three Die in Houston Plant Blast at Rheem
An explosion at the Rheem Manufacturing Co. oven plant in Houston killed three men and sent 12 to area hospitals. Victims were Jacob Floyd Mc Knight 55 plant superintendent Raymond W. Mobley 37 and George H. Greene 43 on his first day back from vacation. The fire damaged a block long oven used to manufacture 55 gallon barrels and other steel containers.
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Houston
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Jacob Floyd McKnight
Raymond W. Mobley
George H. Greene
Greene
United States
Rains Isolate Texas Towns Amid Flood Veil
Torrential rains isolated Medina and Hunt near Kerrville in Bandera County and caused minor flooding in San Antonio. Kerrville logged over three inches by afternoon. Beaumont Port Arthur remained soggy from weekend storms. Roads closed as water cut access. authorities reported no danger to camps on high ground.
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Texas
Medina
Hunt
Kerrville
San Antonio
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Bandera
Kerr A. E. Mayfield
Amarillo school board approves campus designed high school plan
The Amarillo School Board moved toward a new 10 building campus designed high school with an estimated cost of 2 019 650 dollars on a 26 acre site between 31st and 34th streets and Seminole and Manhattan. Construction would take about 18 months with bids aimed for January 1.
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Amarillo
Clayton Shiver
Shiver
Shiver-Russell Meyert
31St
34Th
Seminole
Manhattan
Tascosa High School
Carver High School
R. C. Neely Jr
Ben S. Stone Jr
Mildred Park
William Campbell
George Caufield
M. T. Johnson Jr
Kids, Inc
Stn
Washington
Congo Crisis Move At U N Sees Lumumba clash
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold left Leopoldville for New York to present Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba’s newly raised issues to the Security Council. He refused to wait for a Congolese ministerial delegation and asked Ambassador Armand Berard of France to convene the 11 member council to address the matter.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Patrice Lumumba
U.N. Security Council
Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Security Council
U.N
Armand Berard
France
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Cities 1969
Amarillo records 206 of 228 sunny days in 1969. Comparable readings at 3 PM show wind and visibility varied with cloudy skies across nearby cities including Houston and Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dear Editor Letter on Payola and Bureaucrat Transfers
A Wellington reader laments a high ranking official accused of taking payola from business clients. The letter mocks the official’s appeal to keep pay in the company and criticizes career bureaucrats who dodge consequences by transfers. D. E. Scott.
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Daily News
Savings and Loan Office
Zelma Brewer
Travis
Security Federal
Kathy Cogswell
al Boney
Rice Copter Co
Boney
New Mexico Children’s Hospital
Will Harrison
Santa Fe
Sylvia Porter
Randall Oks
Pollyanna Hughes
Randall
Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Associated Press
P. J. Dedee
By Jim Clark
Mrs. Wood
NEW School
United Nations
Sweden
Elisabethville
Katanga
Crossroads
D. E. Scott
Wellington
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