21 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1971
Page
1
The message urges public support for 4 H and FRA youths at the stock show. Hundreds of youths will display steers lambs and barrows with 500 to 600 barrows, 350 lambs, and 325 steers shown. Many animals will be auctioned next Tuesday with proceeds aiding charities.
The Stock Show will mark a historic first with the Quarter Horse Show rated Class A after exceeding the 225 entry threshold. Glen Cas of the Fat Stock Show confirms from Denver that enough additional Quarter Horse entries have been signed to secure the rating amid beef and horse displays and a Nashville singer lineup.
A nameless New Mexico reader urges Amarillo to invite rodeo queens to Saturday rodeo events to keep students in school and boost attendance. The notion echoes broader demand for earlier planning in 1972. News notes mention overseas papers, Safeway ad, and quotes from Bruce Barton about two kinds of men.
Federal grand jury in Houston examines multi million dollar Texas stock fraud suit while lawmakers demand legislative inquiry into officials named in depositions. SEC accuses Waggoner Carr and 11 firms of stock manipulation to influence banking legislation, with Gov. Preston Smith named as a purchaser.
Gov. Preston Smith outlined a $6.8 billion two year budget without new taxes. He urged issuing up to $521 million in revenue bonds to fund education and new colleges and proposed handing welfare to the federal government. He also floated deficit spending to sustain welfare this year.
Area lawmakers voiced mixed views after Gov. Preston Smith's budget address. Senator Max Sherman of Amarillo criticized the welfare funding plan as risky without federal help, noting a potential special session if funds are unavailable. An SEC probe into state official stock trades tied to a bank loan scheme was noted amid the debate.
House Democrats and Republicans agreed to rules changes reducing sole reliance on seniority for selecting committee chairs and ranking minority members. Both parties endorsed plans to allow full membership votes on key assignments, signaling early tests on retaining at least three southern conservative chairmen.
Reports say three southern chairmen William Colmer W R Poage and John L McMillan may be challenged for reassignment. House members expect at least two outcomes survive despite reformers hoping tests will sharpen party discipline. Liberal critics accuse the trio of straying from national policy and hindering party backed bills.
Pampa Fire Chief Finis Dyer said the New Year blaze that destroyed downtown White's Store likely was arson, but cleared store employees. The Fire Department and state Fire Marshal completed the investigation with no conclusive results and polygraphs cleared five employees.
Jerry Cluck 30, a Castro County area farmer, named Outstanding Young Farmer of Texas by the Young Farmers-Young Homemakers of Texas at their Fort Worth meeting. He won at local and area levels and was chosen over nine other regions. He credits his father Roy Cluck and father-in-law Frank Monz.
An 18 year old from Texhoma received three years in state prison after pleading guilty to felony cruelty to animals and second degree forgery in 1st District Court. He was ordered to serve two years for cruelty and one year for forgery concurrently.
The Amarillo forecast notes clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday with cooler air. Today’s high near the 40s and tonight’s low in the lower 20s, winds from the southwesterly 15 to 25 mph shifting to northerly.
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