FAA Objection Forces Amarillo Landfill Shift
FAA officials threaten to object to a proposed 600 acre landfill northeast of Airport Road and St. Francis Avenue, forcing Amarillo to seek a new site. City Manager John Stiff calls the contract null and void after FAA Fort Worth engineer D. Miller said a formal objection will be filed with the Texas Department of Health due to bird hazard concerns.
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John Stiff
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D. Miller
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Texas State Department of Health
City Seeks New Site After FAA Denies Location Near Amarillo
Amarillo officials say the FAA will likely deny a proposed landfill site near Amarillo Air Terminal and Tradewind Airport, forcing the city to search the northeast and southeast quadrants for a safer location. The latest bid, opposed by northeast residents and pilots over birds posing aircraft hazards, involved land owned by Mr and Mrs J Lloyd Whitaker.
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Amarillo Considers New Site for 600 Acre Landfill
City officials discussed a contract for 600 acres at 590 dollars per acre totaling 354000 dollars. The deal includes a withdrawal clause if regulators do not approve the site. Mayor Wahue and Commissioner Hodge said FAA reaction could force a search for another location.
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L. Ray Wahue
Jerry Hodge
FAA
Ford to campaign nationwide to gain support for plan
President Ford plans a series of public appearances this month to rally backing for his economic and energy proposals amid congressional resistance. Nessen said Ford will explain the program to the people with dates and sites to be announced, as leaders press for tax cuts and possible fuel measures.
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Mostly fair weekend forecast with warm trend
Mostly fair today through Sunday with a warming trend. High near 60 today, low tonight around 30. Sunday highs around the 60s. Winds from the west to northwest at 8 to 18 mph.
Demo Chiefs Put Weight Against Ousted Chairman
The Democratic leadership rallied to oppose House Armed Services Chair F Edward Hebert after the caucus voted to dump him. Speaker Carl Albert and Leader Thomas O Neill Jr warned against coalitions backing Hebert, while steering committee favored retaining Patman and Hays and replacing Hebert with Melvin Price. Hebert vows a full House fight next week.
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Administration Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Agriculture Committee
W.R. Poage
Thomas S. Foley
Wash
Poage
Armed Services Committee
Amarillo Moves Toward Single Member Districts
A Dallas judge ruled the at large system for council elections illegal in Dallas and gave three weeks to craft a new plan. The Amarillo proposal, backed by Mayor Wahue, mirrors this shift to single member districts amid years of civil rights claims by Dallas Legal Services on behalf of black residents.
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U.S
Eldon Mahon
Dallas
Mahon
L. Ray Wahue
Dallas Legal Services
Ford To Recall Nearly Forty Thousand Workers
Ford Motor Co will recall 39 900 hourly employees from temporary layoff to work next Monday after closing most plants due to a car backlog. Vice president Donald Bastian said 12 of 14 passenger car lines and all nine truck lines will operate next week versus four car and two truck systems this week.
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Sunday Preview: Panhandle Divorces Rise Across Areas
Allan Turner investigates the rising rate of divorce in Panhandle communities in the first feature of a series. Inflation affects life from high school to college, with a sports roundup and a column on a churchman's sons who emulate Leonardo da Vinci in a playful editorial note.
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Allan Turner
Iowa
Leonardo da Vinci
Amarillo City Hall computer error cuts crime index in 1974
An Amarillo report states the city’s crime index for January–November 1974 dropped to about 970 serious crimes, far below 1973’s 6,364, due to an apparent computer printout error. Officer and statistics keeper Mrs. Nita Ward plans to consult city computer staff to diagnose the issue.
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Amarillo
Nita Ward
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