Papal Friday meat allowance eyed by Catholics
In Our Town a papal decree allowing Catholics to eat meat on Friday is expected today but Amarillo retailers predict little long term effect on fish and seafood consumption. Also noted are stockholder remarks on U S feed grain exports, poll tax payments, a park site purchase plan, and a Highland Park athletic field transfer to the HEW for Potter County schools.
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Our Town
Amarillo
Ee Dow Corp
U.S
Potter
Randall County
Highland Park School
Amarillo Air Force Base
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Potter County
Roster of 1965 Finance Total and Legal News
Page notices include 11 month total reaching 7 849 800 dollars. Clovis New Mexico resident Eddie Lee White 19 charged with rape to be tried December 15 in Tucumcari after venue change by Judge E T Hensley Jr. Rest of World covers Pope VI reforms and talks on nuclear ban plus Viet Nam peace stance. Supreme Court sets tougher desegregation timetable. Defense realignment rumor denied. McNamara not ordering base closures. Biggs AFB to close El Paso. Walker AFB to close Roswell.
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Eddie Lee White
Clovis
N.M
Tucumcari
Dist
E. T. Hensley Jr
Pope Paul VI
An Enemy Can Pull the Plug From Ato Tezard
An editorial warns that a single act could trigger a nationwide blackout, stressing electric power as America’s jugular. It cites the Indianapolis Star and Victor Riesel, notes recent outages near Beaumont, urges standby power, and calls for Congress to confront potential sabotage.
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Beaumont
The
Indianapolis Star
Riesel
America
Rail contest shapes future of long haul trains
A column quotes SP board chair D J Russell predicting no Pullman business in 20 years if SP wins Rock Island control, while Santa Fe pledges ongoing long haul passenger service. Editorial on Page 20 weighs complete versus partial rail service amid community rail interest. Amarillo high school chorus to perform Testament of Freedom tonight with orchestra.
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Southern Pacific
Rock Island
D. J. Russell
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Board
Forbes Magazine
Santa Fe
Thomas Jefferson
Bel Canto Chorale
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Johnson and Martin Discuss Military Interest Rates Clash
President Johnson met with Federal Reserve Chairman William McChesney Martin at the LBJ ranch to discuss plans to cut back military interest rates. Both stood firm, with Martin noting inflation as a threat while signaling optimism about the economy as Bergstrom AFB gains and base realignment proceed.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
William
Defense Department
McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Lbj Ranch
Texas
Martin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Dent Johnson
Reserve Board
Bergstrom
Mill
Federal Reserve
Elle Dees
Riots Inquiry Finishes as Los Angeles Seethes and Blackout Hits Texas
The 101 page McCone report on Watts riots criticizes jobs, housing, schooling, and policing as causes. It links national unrest to 1960s urban strains and warns of explosive potential without reforms while noting a Texas blackout affecting 34,000 customers and nine counties.
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Los Angeles
Governor's Commission
Watts
John A. MecCone
Atomic Energy Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Brown
McCone
Gemini 6 May in Sunday Space Center report
Gemini 7 nears 14 day orbit with radio songs and a record pace. Lovell and Borman report disrobing from spacesuits as they ride in underwear watching a Polaris missile test from Cape Kennedy. Lunar mission plans unfold while Lu na 8 fails to land on the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ben Franklin
Lovell
Borman
Soviet Union
Walker Air Force Base to Close in McNamara Order
Roswell New Mexico Walker Air Force Base likely will close under a defense order by Robert McNamara effective July 1 1967. About 3231 military personnel and 354 civilians face displacement affecting roughly 5000 residents including families. Mayor Gail Harris expects protest as the city prepares to respond.
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Roswell
N.M
Walker Air Force Base
Defense
Robert McNamara
Walker
Gail Harris
Moonlight and Blood Haunting Viet Nam Battlefield Visit
Chaplain Capt. Douglas Nelson of Houston recalls a brutal ambush near Lai Khe 35 miles northwest of Saigon. He described the scene as hell with moonlight and blood while soldiers fought a dug-in Viet Cong force. Lt. Donald Noble said the Viet Cong had planned the attack days earlier and left wounded and captured equipment behind.
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Lai Khe
Viet Nam
Michelin Rubber Plantation
U.S. Army
1St Infantry Division
Donald Noble
Burlington, Vt
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Board of Regents
van Buren and Harrison
22Nd Street
Michael Stewart
Moscow
Supreme Court
William McChesney Martin
Robert S. McNamara
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Ann Landers
Santa Fe Spotlight
Sylvia Porter
Ato Tezard
Victor Riesel
Inside Labor
Ira Divine
Stratford
Csa
Mommy
Wes Izzard
Lonnie SU
ANG
Teena
Dallas
Cornell Spradling
Cornell
Gary Spradling
Tenna
Biggs
Reserve Bank
Return
LBJ
New England
el Paso-New Mexico
Gulf States Utilities Co
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange
Hal Reagan
Federal Power Commission
Joseph C. Swidler
Lyndon Johnson Ranch
Gulf States Utilities
Neches River
Sabine River
Bridge City
Polk San Jacinto
Montgomery
Grimes
Madison
Robertson
Burleson
Trinity
New Mexico
West Texas
Gemini
Jim
Australia
Walker Will Olose
Man of God
Saigon
George Turner
Viet Plantation
Hell
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