Amarillo groups unify to oppose turnpike diversion plan
Members of the Amarillo U S 66 Highway Association pledge to fight the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority if traffic is diverted onto the Bailey Turnpike and U S 70 to California. Also note retirement of Otho K Farrell after 51 years with Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway. Wallace Boulevard maintenance accepted by the Amarillo Planning Commission. Lake Meredith eyed as a national recreation area possibility. Quincy McMickens's death ruled suicide by authorities.
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Amarillo U.S
Amarillo Medical Center
Otho K. Farrell
Fairmont
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co
Johnson presides as Black administers oath in Washington
The report notes President Johnson watching Justice Black administer an oath to Goldberg in Washington. It also mentions a fatal shooting case in which a U.S. aid employee killed his boss and a Vietnamese woman, plus various brief items about a horse show and Panhandle feed lots. US and Vietnamese authorities seek jurisdiction amid air strikes in Vietnam with estimates of 76 guerrillas killed.
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Johnson
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Goldberg
Washington
Robert Kimball
U.S. Aid
North
South
Viet Nam
AI's Boy Learns About Dropouts
Noted cartoonist Al Capp recounts his son Kim dropping out of Boston University and taking a warehouse job. Capp argues college can be a vacation from facing life, while Kim later attends night school to reenter college.
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al Capp
Kim
Capp
NBC
Monitor
Pop
Boston University
Connally Makes Meet the Press Claims at Governors Meet
In Minneapolis for the National Governors Conference, Texas Governor John Connally voiced sharp opinions on welfare reform, Taft Hartley, Medicare, and education federalism. He argued against repealing Section 14b, warned of po ndoggles, and questioned Medicare’s viability.
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Barry Goldwater
John Tower
Texas
John Connally
Minneapolis
Wieland Transfer Scrapped
Clark is a close personal friend of President Johnson. News sources say a trusted adviser who tipped the State Department not to send Wieland to serve under Clark was not the President. The State Department had announced Wieland would be restored to full duties with assignment to Canberra.
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Clark
Johnson
State Department
Wieland
Canberra
Dr King Leads Chicago March Against Racial Barriers
In Chicago Dr Martin Luther King Jr headlines a 10 000 strong march to City Hall marking a northern push for integration. The procession from Buckingham Fountain to City Hall stretched five blocks amid downtown traffic with king and leaders at the head.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
City Hall
Buckingham Fountain
Lake Front
King
Integration
Ben Willis
Fire Department
Grant Park
Mildred Jones
Indonesian crowd jeers US envoy Green at Sukarno reception
U S Ambassador Marshall Green faced a hostile reception in Jakarta after presenting credentials to President Sukarno. A large demonstration outside his residence followed a palace visit where Sukarno attacked U S policy in Vietnam and Malaysia. A 10 member delegation delivered a statement accusing American subversion and aggression.
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Indonesia
U.S
Marshall Green
John
Sukarno
Green
Presidential
National Youth Front
United States
Viet Nam
Malaysia
Johnson
Ellsworth Bunker
United
Amarillo man’s family awarded 200000 judgment
A Stinnett 84th Judicial District Court jury awarded $200,000 to the widow Mary Frances Ellis and her three children Kathy Mike and Mark Ellis after the death of Joseph Henry Ellis 27 in a construction accident near Bushland on Sept 21 The suit named J A Robinson Son Inc Borger and Bowden Construction Co Inc of Odessa as defendants The petition claimed Ellis was at a safe distance from unloading when a 200000 pound motor was being installed inside a building frame and pulled from a lowboy trailer by coworkers.
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Mary Frances Ellis
Ellis
Kathy
Mike
Mark
J. A. Robinson & Son,Inc
Borger
Bowden Construction Co.,Inc
Odessa
Joseph Henry Ellis
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Bushland
Meredith May Get Higher Park Status At Lake Meredith
The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation may study elevating Lake Meredith to National Recreation Area status. Chester Brown says the National Park Service has recommended the upgrade, which would qualify Interior for an annual operating appropriation beyond the current 1.1 million cap. The move ties to hearings on the Alibates Flint Quarries monument and Sanford Dam project.
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Lake Meredith
National Park Service
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Washington
Icial
Chester Brown
National Park Systems Studies
The
Daily News
Brown
Department of the Interior
Senate Subcommittee On National Parks
Alibates
Alan Bible
Nevada
Interior Department
Sanford Dam
Dallas pilot flies Santa Fe Trail in private plane
Braniff Airways pilot Brad Snodgrass of Dallas fulfilled a longtime ambition by flying the Santa Fe Trail at low level in his private plane. He crossed with his brother Roy of Amarillo and a Daily News writer on the trip.
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Braniff Airways
Brad Snodgrass
Dallas
Santa Fe
Roy
Amarillo
Daily News
Snodgrass
Denver
All in a Day's Flight over the Santa Fe Trail
Braniff Airways pilot Brad Snodgrass flies from Dallas to Denver tracing the Santa Fe Trail in a private mission to follow the pioneer route with Amarillo roots. The trip reveals sod marks and history across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico before tracing to Santa Fe.
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Dalhart
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Senate passes housing and rent bill with subsidies
The Senate ratified a about seven billion dollar housing bill including a rent subsidy program for the very poor. The plan caps subsidies to those eligible for public housing and spans four years with a growing construction fund totaling thirty to forty five million dollars annually.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Sen
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Congrees
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Pampa
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