Court watching urged in Amarra and other Golden Spread cities
A New York business executive promoting a nationwide anti crime effort unveiled ideas including court watching. National Industrial Conference Board chair H Bruce Palmer said citizens should monitor trials to curb laxity, educate on crime and law, and apply to both major and lesser courts. Narcotics Raid Nets Pair.
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Amarillo
New York
Bob Hope
H. Bruce Palmer
National Industrial Conference Board
New Movement
Citizens For Justice
Arrest of two in Amarillo drug raid targets actor residents
Amarillo police raided a South Amarillo apartment Thursday afternoon and arrested Rip Hall McAlpine 23 and William Lavene 19 on marijuana possession charges. McAlpine released on bond, Lavene held on 2500 bond. Detectives conducted a two hour search, seizing marijuana seeds syringes pills and dried marijuana following a two month surveillance of the apartment. The warrant was signed by Justice of the Peace W A Wilson after informants reported narcotics activity at the residence. The package delivery scheme was cited as a motive.
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Amarillo
Rip Hall McAlpine
Amherst
Lesee
William Lavene
Boston
Randall County
W. A
Bill” Wilson
McAlpine
Lavene
Wilson
Justice of the Peace
Amarillo Ostal
Lve
Computer designs huge plant warehouse in under a minute
Borger's Hill Chemical plant showcases a 160 foot long warehouse designed by a computer fed with build requirements. Mesco Metal Inc of Grapevine, Texas, reports the machine produced the design in under one minute. Nearby Mel Kruse, the insurance magnate, is noted as a collector of wild west memorabilia and attended Tombstone Helldorado celebrations starting Oct. 18.
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New Hill Chemical
Borger
Tex
Mesco Metal, Inc
Mel Kruse
Tombstone
Ariz
Mel
Construction Delay Seen In Amarillo Airport Plans
Rising interest rates threaten Amarillo's plan to issue 3.2 million in revenue bonds for a new airport terminal. With rates near 5 percent, Texas law currently caps municipal bond rates at 5 percent, risking a delay until a legislature session could raise the limit. City finance head J C Lilly notes a 6 percent change may come, but passage remains uncertain.
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Amarillo
Lalarmingly
Texas
J. C. Lilly
Tijerina Trial Focuses On Defense Witness Testimony
In Albuquerque an attempt by the defense to introduce testimony from Dr. Clark Knowlton in the Tijerina case stalled over legal technicalities. Judge Paul Larrazolo suggested limited allowance if the defense can justify it, while arguing a citizen arrest theory may not fit the Tierra Amarilla jail incident. The defendants, including Reies Lopez Tijerina, face charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment related to the June 5, 1967 incident.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Clark Knowlton
University New Mexico
of Utah
Salt Lake City
Dist
Paul Larrazolo
Tijerina
Tierra Amarillo
Gene Franchini
Fordham Dean Suffered Heart Attack After Student Sit-In
Dr. Martin J. Meade dean of students at Fordham University and vice president of the Jesuit university fell into critical condition with a heart attack after Negro students barricaded him in his office and forced a statement amid a campus protest. He was in Englewood Hospital ICU in New Jersey as Fordham faced a round the clock sit-in by about 200 demonstrators demanding student and faculty board representation and secularization of the university.
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New York
UPI
Martin J. Meade
Fordham University
Meade
Jesuit University
Englewood Hospital
Englewood
N.J
Fordham
Leo McLaughlin
Board of Trustees
Admitted Slayer Found Insane in Fort Worth
Fort Worth AP reports a jury on the second day of deliberations found Charles Roy Hefley II still insane and recommend his return to Rusk State Mental Hospital. Hefley, 21, admitted slayer of two small boys, was committed after a 1965 finding of insanity following raping Mrs. Carolyn Adams and drowning her infant sons in the Trinity River in 1964. The verdict means he cannot be retried on the same charges.
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Fort Worth
Charles Roy Hefley II
Rusk State Mental Hospital
East Texas Institution
Hefley
Carolyn Adams
Trinity River
Witnesses Testify Gilley Hit Prisoner In Elevator
State witnesses in Potter County Court at Law describe ex deputy sheriff Frank Gilley striking Oscar Abel Cuellar in a jail elevator on Sept 22 The defense prepares to rest its case Gilley resigned after a grand jury indictment in January The elevator incident occurred outside Dowell Cafe on US 66 with deputies Ingram Crump and others present and Cuellar handcuffs removed before the assault
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Frank Gilley
Potter County
Gilley
Oscar Abel Cuellar
Dallas
Cuellar
Jerry Ingram
Curtis Crump
Harold Dean Robertson
Jimmy Swindell
Robertson
Dowell
Ingram
Crump
Swindell
Benefits Make Talking Easier for Congressmen
Washington AP reports new to Congress members adds toll free long distance calls via Federal Telecommunications System leased lines with a $1 daily per line charge. Other entitlements include income tax deductions up to 3000, travel allowances, freemail, airmail stamps, and $3000 stationery per session. details released by House Clerk W Pat Jennings.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Federal
United States
W. Pat Jennings
Office of U.S. Representatives
Vext Summer City Due Cable TV in Amarillo
Amarillo officials expect a new cable service from Vext Summer City by early summer. The network will carry 12 channels including West Coast stations and three local channels News Weather and Educational. Customers would pay 5 dollars monthly, with connections via existing poles and private company arrangements. The system should not interfere with regular network telecasting.
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Amarillo
Vumore
Amarillo Television
City Okay
Communications Commission
Ming
West Coast
Vamore
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