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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
2
Severe weather battered Enid with speeds of 55 to 60 mph, toppling mobile homes and signs, ripping power lines, and triggering injuries. Tornadoes were reported nearby while Stillwater recorded gusts to 100 mph though no major damage there.
Argentine police arrested suspected gang members suspected of stealing checks totaling 1.345 million dollars from two U.S. firms, mostly traveler's checks. American Express and Bank of America reported large losses with some stolen checks cashed in San Francisco. Authorities gave few details on the thiefs method.
Publication masthead lists editors and staff for Amarillo Globe-Times and Amarillo Daily News. Details include publisher Jim Walker editor Thomas Thompson and various department heads. subscription rates and mailing info appear in this archival snippet.
Washington AP The Department of Transportation and Fairchild Industries called off their search for private financing of the SST development program. Fairchild would terminate its no cost government study contract, as Congress earlier denied further SST funding, and both sides agreed to focus on research for a more advanced SST geared to airline needs.
New York AP report details two young overdose deaths at the steps of St John’s Hospital Elmhurst Queens Frederick Kraft 21 and Margaret Golup 16 found near hospital door after anonymous call for help. Police linked to earlier OD death of Margaret’s brother Peter 20. Neighborhood mourns. school notes records and drug problem described as minimal.
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson, a West Point classmate of Eisenhower's son, is charged with six counts of civilian murder in Vietnam and related assault. He led the 11th Infantry Brigade in Quang Ngai during 1968 69 while Lt. Col. McCloskey is charged with two murders. Donaldson's case follows My Lai ties, Henderson court martial, and references to past war crimes.
The 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal courts may hear damage suits from sonic booms, overriding a North Carolina ruling that the Air Force could avoid payment under the Tort Claims Act. The case involved J. C. Nelms of Nashville, North Carolina, seeking $16,000 for home damage from sonic booms during a training mission. The court sent the case back for further argument.
Daniel Diamond 24 of Wickensburg Ariz in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a one car wreck 9 miles west of Adrian on Interstate 40. Patrolmen said high winds whipped a trailer causing the station wagon to overturn. Diamond was transporting family from Shoals Ind to Arizona. Passengers Molly Diamond 46 Donna Diamond 14 Hindley Diamond 71 treated for minor injuries at Amarillo hospital and released.
The Panhandle Pork Producers Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p m in the Pampa Agriculture Building one mile east of Pampa on U S Highway 60. Dr Gilbert Hollis of Lubbock will discuss hog production from gestation to marketing. Elmer McLaughlin will lead a panel on hog cholera quarantine and current Texas swine conditions.
Don Jones executive secretary of the American Quarter Horse Association based in Amarillo attends the annual National Society of Livestock Record Associations convention. He has been acting president since April 1971 after C W Mitchell of Galesburg Illinois resigned. The three day meeting is at Stratton Mountain VI and the 60 year old society includes heads of 54 purebred livestock groups. In fiscal 1970 the member organizations registered 1,827,202 purebred animals.
SAN ANGELO Texas. Police, jolted by two bombs found at Angelo State University this weekend, evacuated the Tom Green County courthouse Tuesday after a bomb threat was telephoned to the building. No device was located.
Dr Walter H Judd former congressman told about 80 area high school students at the American Youth Seminar sponsored by the American Citizenship Center of OCC Oklahoma City to study and work within the system to reach idealist goals He warned against abandoning morals and urged youth to examine their elders achievements and responsibility in facing economic racial and educational problems
AP reports rocks were thrown at firemen and police tackling a lumber yard fire in Lubbock. About 100 blacks from a nearby apartment complex hampered operations from a rooftop. no injuries were reported. Police Chief J. T. Alley offered no cause, noting high spirits of some high school pupils.
The Great Pyramid of Cheops is estimated to weigh about seven million tons. This monumental ancient structure stands as a staggering example of early engineering and mass.
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