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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
4
The Mary E. Bivins Memorial Library screens a Calgary Stampede film at 7:30 p.m. on the third floor. A highlighted tour of Calgary follows the Canadian Travel program, then the Abbott and Costello short Ride Em Cowboy. Admission is free and the program runs about an hour.
Four Angel's Camp miners in Calaveras County report a new strike at the Rio Vista mine above Melones on the Stanislaus River. They work with picks shovels and bulldozers and say they found rich quartz samples though not a world beating find. The Rio Vista has sporadically produced gold since 1922 when about $88 000 worth came from the same 60 foot tunnel. The partners are Ed Falls Guy Castle Chris Porevich and Jim Piscus.
Four Chileans were arrested in Veracruz by the federal attorney general's office on suspicion of possessing 4.5 kilograms of cocaine worth about 1.2 million dollars. Federal agents trailed them to a Veracruz hotel where the drugs were found in small bags tied to their waists. They were awaiting delivery of an additional 10 kilos by boat in Veracruz.
Amarillo Little Theatre will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Sunday for A Stretch at the Galluses Or How Cowboy Sterling Kingly Came To Be Called Mister. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays through July and August at Theatre 66 with roles for Sterling Kingly Bertie Rusty and many townspeople. Peter Fox directs with Caprock High School instructor Jerry McDonough and Jerry Gibson providing music.
District Judge R T Seales plans to set the Rene Guzman and Leonardo Lopez murder trial for June 21 in Belton. Prosecutors and Lopez’s counsel do not object, pending Guzman’s lawyer assent. They face charges in the Feb 15 killings of Deputy Samuel Infante and W D Reese of Dallas County and A J Robertson of Ellis County. Seales will preside in Belton after a delay to ensure a fair trial amid prior Dallas news coverage.
The calendar lists Blood on Satan's Claw a horror drama about superstitious English villagers who claim to find devil remains starring Patrick Wymark Linda Hayden Barry Andrews Michele Dotrice Anthony Ainley and James Hayter 100 minutes. Also The Beast in the Cellar a horror drama about murders in the English countryside with Flora Robson Beryl Reid John Hamill and others 104 minutes. A Speedway a musical comedy stars Elvis Presley Nancy Sinatra Bill Bixby Gale William Schalart Carl Ballentine 94 minutes. Spinout a Coleryith music featuring Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Diane McBain Deborah Walley Dodie Marshall Jack Mullaney 93 minutes. Sunset and television right at the movies with Fernando Lamas in The Violent Ones a sheriff drama set in New Mexico.
The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a 99 year sentence for Samuel Webb in the May 2 1969 shooting death of Eugene Johnson in Bexar County. Police used a bullet removed from Webb to tie him to a shootout claiming consent and medical necessity. Webb contended the doctors would hand over the bullet to police and that its use violated his Fifth Amendment rights.
Don Dickerson of 2610 Keith was elected treasurer of the Amarillo Citizens Committee. The Daily News corrected an earlier report noting an incorrect address for Dickerson and that he was elected to the steering committee during the ACA meeting Tuesday night.
Green Road Construction Co of Cleveland receives a $200000 building permit for a one story brick commercial building at the northwest corner of SW 45th and Western. The project will house a retail furniture store for the Ethan Allen Co of New York. Construction has not begun.
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