Popcorn and broomcorn futures amid Texas plains crops
Old-timers along the Caprock southeast of Amarillo anticipate record crops with wheat, corn, cotton, and feed grains. Glen Beard notes Plainview popcorn once thrived, now shipped from Missouri, while broomcorn marketsfade to government broom use and Canada’s welfare sales.
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Caprock
Amarillo
O.R. Stark Jr
Quitaque
Glen A. Beard
Plainview Popcorn Co
Plainview
Missouri
Glen Beard
Panama canal ruckus prompts constitutional review
Reports state negotiations over the Panama Canal began 27 years ago and Senate committee chair plans immediate inquiry into presidential authority. The piece notes cicadas return and a cafeteria menu quip about smothered chicken. Amarillo residents consider legal action against new city school tax valuations per a story on page 27.
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Panama Canal
Amarillo
Weather Outlook with Showers and Thunderstorms
A mainly afternoon and evening shower and thunderstorm chance persists through tomorrow. Cooler today with a high in the upper 80s, tonight’s low near 60. Tomorrow’s high in the mid to upper 80s, winds shifting to east and northeast at 10 to 15 mph, precipitation chances at 20 percent today and 40 percent tonight.
Seven seven seven day births and a seventh heist
Hospitals in Kansas City Missouri and Riverhead New York reported seven pound seven ounce babies on a date tied to luck. Jonathan Adam Howerton weighed seven seven and Riverhead’s Scott Michael Zarkowski arrived at 7 07 am. A theft at Central Suffolk Hospital involved a patient stealing painkillers.
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Kansas City
Riverhead
N.Y
John Allen Howerton
St. Lukes Hospital
Jonathan Adam
Scott Michael Zarkowski
Central Suffolk
Juror Excused in Davis Capital Murder Case
District Judge Dowlen excused Roy Q. Biggers due to a high blood pressure condition amid the capital murder trial of T Cullen Davis in Fort Worth. Three other jurors remain sequestered as jury selection resumed with Howard Gooden and Max Parish questioned before resuming at 9 a.m. today.
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George FE. Dowlen
T. Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Roy Q. Biggers
Dowlen
Biggers
Marilyn Haessly
James Wendell Watkins
S. Tyler
Karl Prah
Adobe
Howard Gooden
Max L. Parish
Amarillo
Joe Shannon
Parish
Davis
Andrea Wilborn
The
Globe News
Sherman Invited To WT Interview
State Sen. Max Sherman has been invited for a personal interview with West Texas State University’s presidential search committee. Sherman, who has not applied, will submit an application by Monday. Also invited is Charles Smallwood, dean of WTSU’s School of Agriculture.
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Max Sherman
West Texas State University
Sherman
Charles Smallwood
WTSU
School of Agriculture
Jim Lovell
Dumas
Regents
United States
Canada
Lovell
Board of Regents
Smallwood
Britain Moves Troops to Belize Amid Guatemalan Threats
Belize City reports a heavy British deployment including 16 Hercules transports and 4 VC10s to deter a possible Guatemalan invasion. Harrier jets and a troop frigate join the buildup as tensions rise and border residents flee toward the Mexican frontier.
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Belize City
Belize
UPI
Guatemala
Great Britain
Caribbean
British Army
Paul Randrup
Washington
Alfredo Obiols
Peter Donovan McEntee
George Price
Body Identified in Multi-State Crime Spree Ties Purcell Driver to Escapees
Authorities identified the decomposed body of James M. Short, Purcell taxi driver and missing since July, as linked to two Oklahoma prison escapees. Short was found near Dibble, Oklahoma, after abductors Earl Van Denton and Paul Ruiz, already charged in other killings, pursued further crimes across Arkansas and Louisiana. Short’s wife says Denton met her husband years ago but doubts prior knowledge of the kidnapping.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Purcell
Oklahoma
James M. Short
Dibble
Oklo
Earl van Denton
Purcell Short
Denton
US. Corps of Engineer
Arkansas
Franklinton
Bentley
Short
Magazine
Ark
Marvin Richie
Opal James
Paul Ruiz
Melvin
Ear
Earl
Chinese Pilot Defects to Taiwan With MIG19
Fan Yuan yen a squadron commander from Fukien flew a MIG19 fighter to Taiwan across the Formosa Strait. He seeks asylum and brings defense documents. Taiwan praises the defection as a blow to Communist plans amid anniversary celebrations.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Fan Yuan-yen
Formosa Strait
China
Fukien
Fan
Defense Ministry
Chiang Ching-kuo
Carter
Aggie Wins Auction For Bevo Steer at Kerrville Sale
Aggie John R Blocker bid against a UT man at Kerrville auction and bought a steer named Y O Bevo 77 for 4700 dollars. Dr Chester Eastin later said proceeds from the sale would go to the University of Texas Ex Students Association.
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College Station
Tex
Aggie
Bevo
University of Texas
John R. Blocker
Texas A&m Board of Regents
Kerrville
Y.O. Bevo
Chester Eastin
San Antonio
The
University of Texas Ex- Students Association
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