Amarillo business leaders urged to back West Texas Chamber
Eight Amarillo National Foundation board members resigned citing lack of financial aid from the foundation last spring. A one day legal institute on the revised Texas Code of Criminal Procedure will be held Saturday in Amarillo by the Amarillo Bar Association. Talent tests will be given next May to River Road ISD students as part of a long-range school plan.
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Amarillo
West Texas
River Road Independent School District
Time Congress Took a Hand
The piece argues Congress must decide on military structure and strategy, warning against unilateral disarmament. It notes President as commander in chief but not sole arbiter of armed forces. cites Senators Richard Russell and L Mendel Rivers as likely leaders on the issue. urges public letters to officials and representatives.
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U.S
Congress
Pentagon
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
House Committee
Flagpoles and safety notes fill a busy page
Reports note men trying to force entry into cars driven by women, urging doors stay locked. Amarillo judo classes mostly women, including a 10 girl class. Local flags: Bank of the Southwest to add 45 foot bronze poles with eagles. a resident offers 20 foot staff at $10. A SDS group protested a conservative rally at Arizona State University.
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Amarillo
Tri-State
Mark Woodall
Bank of the Southwest
Students For A Democratic Society
Arizona State University
Russians Demonstrate Against U S Viet Nam Policy in Moscow
About 250000 Russians rallied in Moscow to denounce U S aggression in Viet Nam while the Soviet government called for an end to U S involvement. Demonstrations spread across the city with petitions delivered to the U S Embassy and police guarding the scene.
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UPI
Viet Nam
Tass
United States
U.S
Foy CD. Kolher
Dot
Max Dono van the Schnauzer disrupts Manhattan divorce case
In Manhattan Supreme Court a dog named Max Donovan testified in a separation suit filed by Janet Owen De Lyra for $300 a week permanent alimony from John De Lyra. Witness Jean Kemp described De Lyra’s cruel treatment and Max as a book club member on a payroll. Max later reportedly joined a Pennsylvania carnival act.
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New York News
NEW York
Max Donovan
Manhattan Supreme Court
Max
Jean Kemp
East Side Manhattan
Janet Owen de Lyra
de Lyra
McNamara Shifts SAC Strategy From Bombers to Bases
Defense Secretary McNamara outlines a plan to scrap nearly two thirds of the Strategic Air Command fleet, cutting SAC from 680 planes to 255 late model B52s while closing 149 bases at home and abroad. He hints at a new bomber mission and possible jet bomber development, prompting criticism from lawmakers already wary of overreliance on missiles.
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Roswell
N.M
Defense
Robert McNamara
Strategic Air Command
Walker Air Force Base
Gail Harris
Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
SAC
McNamara
Congress
United States
Mayors Assess Clinton-Sherman Base Loss
Clinton mayor M T Gholston and Elk City mayor Glen Kelly expressed cautious optimism about absorbing the shutdown of Clinton Sherman Air Force Base Burns Flat with its 15 million dollar annual payroll. They said the closure would hurt but cities can recover through new industry and projects.
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Clinton
Okla
Elk City
Clinton - Sherman Air Force Base
Burns Flat
M. T. Gholston
Strategic Air Command Base
Glen Kelly
Gemini 7 in orbit nears endurance records as Gemini 6 readies for launch
Gemini 7 reached the five day mark in space and neared the 1.5 million mile milestone with astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell aboard. Officials grew more optimistic that Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford could launch to meet them this Sunday as a computer problem was fixed.
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UPI
America
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
William C. Schneider
Borman
Earth
Lovell
Russia
Valery Bykovsky
Dirksen Receives Birthday Invitation From Johnson
Sen Everett Dirksen of Illinois says President Johnson invited him to celebrate his 70th birthday at the LBJ Ranch on January 4. Dirksen noted he would visit only if the President provided him a bull calf, a longtime joke between them.
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Dallas
UPI
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Johnson
LBJ
Dirksen
Kosygin accuses U S of stoking tensions over Viet Nam
Premier Kosygin told James Reston in an interview that the United States is arming West Germany against the Soviet Union and creating an atmosphere conducive to war in Europe. He said relations with the United States suffer while the Viet Nam war continues.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Kosygin
Johnson
Tass
James Reston
New York Times
Nikita Khrushchev
Lewner
Europe
Pravda
Washington
South
Two Women Attacked in Amarillo Robbery
At about 11 p.m. Wednesday two Negro men attacked two white women at the 8th and Polk intersection in downtown Amarillo, stealing purses and more than 390 dollars. Witness Michael N. Borden pursued the suspects for blocks before losing them. One victim, Rose Road, 72, was knocked unconscious. both women were hotel residents.
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8Th and
Polk
Amarillo
Michael N. Borden
LaSalle
Rose Road
Gathright Hotel
Cordelia Francis
Surveyor Turns His Transit in Downstate Activity
A brief item notes a surveyor engaging in transit work or related activity in downstate areas, with reference to further details on Page 31.
Bundy Resigns as JFK Adviser to Lead Ford Foundation
McGeorge Bundy, the last JFK era adviser still in the White House, will resign as presidential assistant for national security affairs to become president of the Ford Foundation. President Johnson accepts with genuine regret, Moyers signals possible downgrading of Bundy’s post, reflecting a shift to Cabinet led security duties.
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Austin, Tex
McGeorge Bundy
John F. Kennedy
White House
Ford Foundation
Bundy
Johnson
Kennedy
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
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