Amarillo notes on education and local developments
In Our Town Dr James P Cornette of West Texas State University and Dr A B Martin of Amarillo College back Gov John Connally's plan to raise teacher salaries. Dr Martin supports a coordinating board to replace the Texas Education Agency while Cornette wants time to think. Also notable is Wallace Boulevard named at the Amarillo Medical Center site and a proposal to convert Amarillo Air Force Base HQ into a city run regional air center. Dark of the Moon opens at Amarillo Little Theatre with a witches theme.
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Town
James P. Cornette
West Texas State University
A. B. Martin
Amarillo College
John Connally
Martin
Texas Education Agency
Cornette
Amarillo Little Theatre
T. G. Y. Stores in Amarillo to Acquire Duckwalls
Pot ter County Sheriff’s office notes top day news with emphasis on business change as T. G. Y. Stores in Amarillo will take over three Duckwall stores February 1 and expand to 11 locations. The item appears on page 16 of the issue.
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T.g.&y
Amarillo
Duckwall
Bull breaks 48-year price record at Panhandle sale
On The Plains A J P Calliham bred bull sold for 6700 to Walter L Graham of Happy, surpassing the prior high 6200 also paid for a Calliham bull. Also notes upcoming talks by Dr Karl Pederson of Oslo at Plainview Chamber banquet Feb 11 and a Denmark Royal Army liaison speaker for Tulsa chamber event.
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J. P. (Paul
Karl Pederson
Oslo
Norway
Plainview Chamber of Commerce
Royal Army
Denmark
Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Vice President Humphrey and Kennedy reach disability pact
The White House disclosed a verbal understanding that Hubert H. Humphrey and President John son agreed on a disability protocol similar to previous Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. Meantime bitter cold disrupted life for thousands in northern Illinois as ice and snow storms battered the region. The Air Force Academy said 30 more cadets resigned amid a cheating scandal, lifting total resignations to 65 as two star players were dropped from the basketball squad during the probe.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
White House
Amarillo Weather Sparks Local Bragging Rights
A reader argues the press overplayed Amarillo weather news while praising the city’s calm spell. He notes a recent snow and wind event near Lubbock and argues the nation fixates on northern storms instead of Amarillo’s milder days.
Preachers Show Laughs From Texas Evangelism Confab
Tex Keirsey file from Dallas conference recounts Amarlillo editor's humor notes on preachers. Dr. H. Leo Eddleman jokes about Prodigal Son and government social workers. Also mentions Reader's Digest title mix up and a Plainview banner typo.
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Tex Keirsey
Amarillo
Texas Baptist Evangelism
Dallas
Two cadets dropped from Air Force Academy basketball amid cheating probe
At the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs two leading players Scott Emnyre and Jerry Yankee were abruptly dropped from the varsity squad amid a widening cheating scandal that saw 30 additional cadets resign. The total resignations reached 65 as investigators pursue alleged exams for sale. Officials declined to link the basketball action to the case. Yankee had missed four games with mononucleosis. Emnyre had been the team’s center.
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Will Grimsley
AIR Force
Ademy
Colo
U. Air Force Academy
Academy Information Office
Jerry Yankee
San Antonio
Tex
Connally outlines sweeping Texas college plan reforms
Gov. John Connally proposes reshaping Texas higher education into three integrated systems with three regent boards, expanding the coordinating board, and funding faculty salaries and junior college costs. He calls for a 10-year teacher pay raise, cigarette tax hike, and new personalized license plates. A San Antonio area college is proposed.
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Charles Wilson
Trinity
Connally
Texas
San Antonio
Commission On Higher Education
State Education Agency
Record-price bull tops Panhandle Hereford sale
Cattlemen from eight states bid up to a Panhandle Hereford sale record of 6700 dollars for JPC Husker Domino 112 at the Tri State Fairgrounds. Walter L. Graham of Happy bought the bull, Calliham was top seller among 29 breeders netting 8200 dollars in sales. The grand champion sold for 3500 dollars and the reserve champion brought 2725 dollars.
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Walter L. Graham
Happy
JPC
Husker Domino
Calliham
Walter Britten
Groom
W. M. Gouldy
Tri- State Fairgrounds
Kay Maddox
Miami
Graham
Throngs Pay Last Tribute To Churchill at Westminster Hall
Thousands from Britain, the United States, and other lands paid respects to Sir Winston Churchill beside a flag draped coffin in Westminster Hall. Over 20,000 filed past the catafalque, with a mile long queue stretching to Lambeth Bridge as snow fell and guards kept the somber hush.
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London
Winston Churchill
Westminster Hall
Catafalque
Lambeth Bridge
Thames
Cincinnati Reds
Michigan Broadcasting Company
Richard E. Jones
WQTE
Detroit
Meridian
Miss
Oenes
Steve Brooks
Flint
Reds
Plea of Innocence in Rights Slayings Arraignment
James Edward Jordan, 38, formerly of Meridian, pleaded innocent in the rights slayings case after an arraignment in Atlanta. FBI statements placed him as a key witness for the prosecution while defense motions challenged pretrial publicity and a farm search as illegal, with trial dates to be set after motions.
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Alford
FBI
Npon
John Doar
James Edward Jordan
Meridian
Atlanta
Herman Alford
Dignitaries Attending Funeral Of Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife led a government and parliamentary delegation to pay homage, followed by Field Marshal Lord Alexander of Tunis and Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who will serve as pallbearer at Saturday's funeral.
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Harold Wilson
Lord Alexander
Tunis
Sir Winston
Earl Mountbatten of
Kura
Suspect Cleared In Deaths
In a city battered by intertwined slayings, Richard Robles and George Whitmore Jr faced charges amid a maze of confessions and new arrests. The Wylie Hoffert case drew Commissioner Murphy to promise an inquiry while Alvin Mitchell and Winston Moseley shaped a broader homicide narrative.
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Richard
Ricky) Robles
George Whitmore Jr
Brooklyn
Wylie - Hoffert
Michael J. Murphy
Queens
Alvin Mitchell
Winston Moseley
Miss Wylie
Newsweek Magazine
Max Wyle
Philip Wylie
Miss Hoffert
Patricia Tolles
Time Magazine
Miss Tolles
Rancher Talks of Killing Eagles After Lamb Attacks
Rancher Leroy Martinelli said he shot a bald eagle and a golden eagle that attacked a lamb, killing two of a trio of eagles. He claimed the birds worked in tandem to slaughter lambs, prompting investigation by state and federal wildlife agencies.
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San Rafael
Calif
Leroy Martinelli
Martinelli
Sheriff's Office
State Fish and Game Department
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sacramento
U.S. Attorney's Office
PHBA sale tops 124 head with eight bulls in $16,125 total
Page 4 reports PHBA’s 49th sale consigning 124 head, including five females, for $54,705 total and $441.17 average per head. Eight bulls sold for $16,125, plus individual bulls at $6,700 $3,500 $2,725 $1,000 $700 and a pen of three for $1,500. Thirty-six single bulls averaged $1,940.42 and five single females averaged $341.00.
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PHBA
Doctors veto London trip for Johnson funeral
President Johnson told reporters in the White House he will not travel to London for Sir Winston Churchill's funeral because doctors deem it inadvisable to undertake a long trip with his virus recovery. Secretary of State Rusk will attend, along with Chief Justice Warren and Ambassador Bruce.
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Washington
Johnson
Winston Churchill
White House
Burkley
George G. Parkley
London
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Churchill
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Karl Warren
David K. B. Bruce
United Kingdom
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