Diversity Is Key To A Going City In Amarillo
The Amarillo Citizens Association promotes nine natural neighborhoods guided by Junior High School district boundaries. They call for civic vitality through diverse uses and people, urging residents to participate in town hall politics and help build economic magnetism across all nine areas. The effort emphasizes neighborhood integrity and broad participation.
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Amarillo
HEW
HUD
Office of Education
Jane Jacobs
ACA
Junor High School
Washington railroads face tougher rule changes than autos
Gene Fondren of the Texas Association of Railroads told Downtown Kiwanians that Congress backed a roughly 13 percent wage rise for rail workers during a railroad strike. Railroads would face long ICC hearings before any rate hike is approved, potentially two to three years. In contrast GM raised car prices immediately after its strike settlement, signaling lighter regulation for autos.
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Washington
Gene Fondren
Texas Association of Railroads
Congress
ICC
GO G
General Motors
Nixon fails to win Soviet favors in two years
U S News and World Report notes Nixon’s struggle to persuade Soviet leaders to adopt a friendlier stance. The piece parallels past presidents, while editorial comments question leadership and timing.
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Richard Nixon
U.S. News & World Report
Soviet
Russia
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Rates Change At CAMWA Meeting Shift Costs Among Towns
At the October CAMWA meeting John Williams was authorized to adjust the district rates. The plan shifts costs to Amarillo Borger and Pampa while reducing Lubbock's share. Amarillo rises from 15.5 to 31 percent, Berger from 1.3 to 2.7 percent, and Pampa from 6.3 to 6.6 percent, with Lubbock dropping from about 48 to 42 percent.
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John Williams
CAMWA
Lubbock
Amarillo
Borger
Pampa
Berger
Authority Rate Shifts Spark CRMWA Funding Debate
Amarillo city manager John Stiff urged written justification of CRMWA rate changes arguing the present method differs from the original 1960 plan based on distance to Lake Meredith and water use. He claimed errors in 1967 1968 and 1969 approvals and sought clarity before potential compromise at the April 12 meeting.
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Stiff
George W. Finger
Borger
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
CRMWA
Lake Meredith Reservoir
Lubbock
F. Madison
Amarillo
Prince and the Paper Pony Rider Delivers Daily
Ricky Woodward is a 12 year old boy from 1907 8 Goliad and son of Mr and Mrs J T Woodward Jr. who rides his pony Prince delivering the Amarillo Globe Times every afternoon. He began the route last fall and has owned the Shetland about a year.
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Ricky Woodward
J. T. Woodward Jr
Amarillo Globe- Times
Relief Ordered In Business Tax Cuts Aimed at Economy
President Nixon announced temporary depreciation rule changes retroactive to Jan 1 to let businesses save up to 2.6 billion this year and 4.1 billion in 1976 to spur hiring and spending. AFL-CIO and Democrats criticized the move as a windfall for big business, potentially neglecting workers and inflation.
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San Clemente, Calif
White House
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Big
Labor Federation
America
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Rails Prying To Gain Help
Gene Fondren, Texas railroad adviser, pitches ASTRO as federal aid for railroads in Amarillo to aid Santa Fe Rock Island and Fort Worth & Denver workers and Kiwanis guests. He says ASTRO seeks not nationalization but temporary backing to restore health, with hoped eventual withdrawal.
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Washington
Texas Railroad Association
Gene Fondren
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
Kiwanis Club
ASTRO
America’s Sound Transportation Review Organization
Fondren
South African Buyer Sees Texas Herefords in Amarillo Meeting
John A. Van Breda of Braamfontein visits Amarillo to inspect Texas registered Hereford bulls for possible exports to South Africa. F. Jake Hess, president of the American Hereford Breeders Association, hosts the 31 year old South African executive manager of the Hereford Breeders Society of Southern Africa.
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Amarillo Air Terminal
Texas
John A. van Breda
Braamfontein
Republic of South Africa
F. Jake Hess
McLean
American Hereford Breeders Association
Texas Panhandle
van Breda
South Africa
Hess
Hereford Breeders’ Society of
Southern Africa
Willeford Elected State GOP Chairman in Texas
Dr. George Willeford an Austin physician won the State Republican Executive Committee chair by secret vote at a Monday meeting. U S Senator John Tower and President Nixon were highlighted as key for 1972 reelects with Tower backing Connally as Treasury secretary amid Democratic and Republican stir. Attendees included George Bush and former minor candidate Paul Eggers.
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A. G. McNeese Jr
Houston
Joe Thomas Nelson
Weatherford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stonewall
Board of Regents
University of Texas System
Austin
Price Daniel
George Willeford
Willeford
Nixon
U. S
John Tower
Tower
John Connally
Secretary of the Treasury
Connally
John Moran
Texas
Cameron County
George Bush
United Nations
U. S. Senate
Paul Eggers
Legislature Opens Facing Texas Pressing Problems
The Texas Legislature opens with lights burning at the Capitol as Lt. Gov. Barnes prepares to swear in the 62nd Legislature. New members and reelected officials take the oath. Speaker Gus Mutscher is expected to be reelected. Barnes plans new committee assignments for four new senators led by Max Sherman of Amarillo. The Senate Finance Committee is slated to begin hearings Wednesday. In the House, three Panhandle newcomers Phil Cates Ben Bynum and Bryan Poff take oaths alongside other members.
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Austin
Texas
Ben Barnes
Senate
Martin Dies Jr
House of Representatives
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Barnes
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Hightower
Max Sherman
Amarillo
Sherman
the Panhandle
Dicate
Town Hall Meetings Tonight In Amarillo For Mayor-Commissioner Race
Amarillo Citizens Association holds 7 30 p m meetings in nine junior high cafeterias to gather mayor and city commissioner candidates. Wales Madden Jr says residents may air major issues and that slates will be prepared by ACA steering committee for a Feb 2 luncheon at the Civic Center with profits funding the slate.
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Amarillo
Madden
ACA
Town Hall
Civic Center
Amarillo Weather Outlook For Week Start
The Amarillo forecast shows nine sunny days in 11 so far this year. Expect cloudy skies through Wednesday with highs near 50 today and near 60 on Wednesday. Lows around 30, winds about 12 mph.
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Amarillo
High Court to Hear Ali Draft Exemption Case and Hoffa Appeal
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay on draft exemption questions amid a potential title fight with Joe Frazier. Hoffa’s appeal of his 1964 pension fraud conviction was denied, with broader rulings on customs searches and literacy tests. The decisions affect Ali’s wartime status, Hoffa’s prison term, and a border search case, while noting a possible March boxing bout and pension-claim implications.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Muhammad Ali
James R. Hotta
Teamsters Union
Ali
Cassius Clay
Joe Frazier
New York
Hoffa
Parole Board
Tled
Narcotas
Chicago
Teamsters Pension Fund
Sandra Johnson
Los Angeles
High Court
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Lyndon
Astro Plan
Orville Howard
Astro Guide
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New Mexico
Sylvia Porter
GOP
Hotta
Justice Department
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