Amarillo Claims Traffic Light Championship Despite Downtown Woes
In an upbeat local column Amarillo touts its traffic signal system, declaring the city the world champion in lights. The piece notes many downtown challenges, a missing major hotel, and ongoing efforts to restore Amarillo while hailing the complex, bustling network of signals.
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State of
Texas
Department of Public Safety
John Stiff
Atlanta
Amarillo
Georgia
This and That from Amarillo College and Beyond
A clipped, humorous column notes Amarillo College traffic department leader Allen J. Monroe and his wit while lampooning society’s impatience with instant goods. It also mentions an ecologist abroad railing against offshore drilling and offers travel fuel saving tips.
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Amarillo College
Allen J. Monroe
AC Ranger
UN Asks PLO To Join Debate
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said U S intelligence agencies cut manpower levels nearly in half during the 1970s. He noted little or no restriction on funds appropriated to the CIA and other intelligence bodies.
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Washington
US S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
Mansfield cites 43 percent cut in U S intelligence staff
In a telephone interview Mansfield claimed total intelligence personnel dropped from 142000 in 1969 to about 80000 now, a 43 percent reduction. He said 1969 likely marked the manpower peak and urged further cuts, praising voluntary executive action and backing a Senate oversight panel to monitor operations.
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Mansfield
United States
Executive Branch
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate
United Nations allows PLO debate over Middle East
The Security Council voted 11 to 1 to invite the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a debate on the Middle East and Palestinian issue with full rights. U S envoy Moynihan opposed while Britain France and Italy abstained. A bomb scare near the UN Library delayed meetings.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U.S
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
PLO
U.N
Daniel P. Moynihan
Britain
France
Italy
America
Soviet Union
China
Moynihan
Lebanon
U.N. Library
New York
Security Council
Associated Press
Jewish Armed Resistance Strike Movement
Council
Salim A. Salim
Tanzania
General Assembly
Japan
Pakistan
Panama
Guyana
Sweden
Romania
Libya
Benin
Dahomey
United
First Hutchinson County Courthouse In Plemons Area
The first courthouse in Plemons served as Hutchinson County’s initial seat, a 14 by 20 feet dugout covered with earth and poles costing 90 dollars. In 1901 E E Akers won a contract for a more substantial building at 2700 dollars as part of a Hutchinson County History preview for Globe-News Bicentennial Edition.
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Plemons
Hutchinson County
E.E. Akers
Globe-News
Amin Proposes Plan to End Angola Impasse at OAU Summit
Ugandan President Idi Amin unveiled a seven point peace plan to resolve three days of deadlock at the OAU emergency summit in Addis Ababa. A committee of six heads of state would study peace proposals while postponing the recognition issue of the Soviet backed Angolan group. The plan envisions South African troop withdrawal and a ceasefire, with a report due at the Mauritius summit in June.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
UPI
Idi Amin
Angola
Organization of African Unity Conference
Amin
Mauritius
OAU
Portugal
Pro Western National Front For the Liberation of Angola
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
Corruption Spoils U S Grain Exports Enis
The U.S. grain export scandal expands from Louisiana and Texas ports to nationwide probes. Indictments reach 52 by fall as federal and federal agencies inspect grain shipments, seeking violations of the Grain Standards Act and restoring confidence in American shipments.
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U.S
USDA
Washington
America
Louisiana
Texas
New Orleans
Gerald J. Gallinghouse
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Investigation
General Accounting Office
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Brownsville
Tex
Baird Lee Sibley
Houston Merchants Exchange
Harry Harston
UPI
Corpus Christi
Grain Exchange
John A. Knebel
Earl Butz
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Horace Scott
Don Epperson
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Texas Tourist Council
Olsen Park Pete
Russia
Wes Izzard
Seeeweneeaes
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Ltania Tne
Enis
Dallas
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