Hofta Indicted in 20 Million Fraud Case
Debris and bodies were recovered in the North Pacific after a Northwest Orient Airlines DC7 crash off Juneau Alaska. 101 died or injured in the sudden disaster described as one of the deadliest involving military personnel. Investigators noted an impact of great force and no distress signal preceded the event.
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Hofta
Pacific
Northwest Orient Airlines
British Col
William G. Partington
Air Force
WAF
Alaska
Coast
Tornadoes Strike Texas Panhandle Suburbia
Severe storms lashed the Amarillo Lubbock corridor with baseball size hail and five inch rainfall. Tornado sightings were reported near Littlefield Plainview Olton and Hereford as a weather system moved east northeast.
Hoffa Indicted With Eight For Pension Fund Fraud
James R Hoffa head of the Teamsters and seven associates were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on 20 counts of mail fraud, seven of wire fraud, and one conspiracy count for allegedly diverting over 1 million dollars and seeking loans totaling more than 20 million from the Teamsters pension fund for personal benefit. The 55 page indictment accuses Hoffa of guiding loan applications, voting for loans, and pressuring trustees, with bonds set at 2500 dollars each and arraignment planned within three weeks in Chicago. Names include Benjamin Dranow Abe Weinblatt George Burris Herbert Burris Samuel Thyman Calvin Kovens Zachary Strate and Cranow S George Burris.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamster Union
Teamster Pension Fund
Joseph Sam Perry
Hoffa
Florida Retirement Home Development
Pensona
Francis J. Murtha
The
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Cranow
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Hyman
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Strate
Jones Hoffa
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Ravens
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Burrises
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Louisiana
Alabama
Missou
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Californi
Colitis X Outbreak Hits Race Tracks Nationwide
Sick horses cripple racing at tracks across the nation as the American Quarter Horse Association launches a western research program led by Ed Hennen and Dr. E R Doll. At Ruidoso Downs about 400 horses infected. La Mesa Park reports 150 sick among 816 stabled.
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Orville Howard
American Quarter Horse Association
Amarillo
Ruidoso Downs
Ruidoso
N.M
la Mesa Park
Raton
California
Florida
New York
Howard KK. Singer
Ed H. Hennen
Denver
Coro
Quarter Horse Research Committee
Singer
Tex Barron
Woody Erwin
Erwin
Amarillo Sees 144 Sunlit Days in 1963
Weather notes record 144 sunny days out of 155 for Amarillo in 1963 with comparative readings at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Data from Houston Dallas Oklahoma City and other cities show wind speeds around 4 to 20 mph and visibility listed as poor to fair.
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Amarillo
Cidy
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Northwest Texas
Weather bulletin shows thunderstorms possible in Amarillo and Texas panhandle with afternoon and evening activity. Northwest Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered storms and little temperature change through Thursday. Northern New Mexico forecasts sun and clouds with isolated thundershowers this afternoon and tonight and generally fair western areas.
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Amarillo
Ficincity
Northwest
Texas
New Mexio
Record New Mexico mountain lion tops state charts
A father and son hunting pair in Cimarron Canyon killed what officials call the largest New Mexico mountain lion on record. The 8 foot long male weighed about 200 pounds with a skull 5 by 7 inches, tracked over miles after it buried a buck.
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Louie Whitten
Cimarron
N.M
Whitten
Louis Arnold Whitten
New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish
Cimarron Canyon
Whit
Whittens
Government Moves to Avert Rail Strike Through Mediation
Labor Secretary Wirtz reports two weeks of intensive mediation between five unions and management over firemen on freight and yard diesel locomotives. With no agreement yet, the June 13 strike deadline looms after a 30 day moratorium began May 13.
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Wirtz
Twotional Mediation Board
Labor Department
W. Willard Wirtz
Mediation Board
Cotton Exchange reports massive South Plains crop loss
The Lubbock Cotton Exchange announced 500000 acres of South Plains cotton lost due to turbulent weather over 10 days. Farmers call it the largest early season crop loss in the region's history and 250000 more acres may need replanting because of seedling disease.
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Lubbock Cotton Exchange
South Plains
the Exchange
Hail and Flooding Hit Rural Areas Amid Storms
Water poured into a store causing extensive merchandise loss along CL S Highway 70 and Farm to Market Road 303 between Muleshoe and Earth at dusk. State Highway Department reports hail larger than baseballs two miles east of Sudan. A KR Floyd, a farmer six miles west of Muleshoe, notes ground white with hail, while Lamb County records baseball sized hail and five inches of rain flooding several areas.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Muleshoe
Earth
State Highway Department
Sudan
A. KR. Floyd
Lamb County
Seve
Supreme Court limits police as store security
Dear Editor notes that the Supreme Court restricts local police from acting as bouncers for store clerks who must serve all customers. The writer argues this change increases store costs and demands personal enforcement to eject unruly patrons.
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Supreme Court
View From A Visitor View From A Visitor
A reader recounts a trip through a newspaper editorial room noting clacking typewriters, coffee cups, and several staffers at work. The piece mentions Miss Crys Hurley, age 11, daughter of Mer and Miers Hurley, and Charles Lee Hurley of Washington. It notes Mir Plurley as a mock editor at Anna villa College and Cr ys will attend sixth grade at Wol tlin school in the fall.
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Crys Hurley
Mer
Miers
Charles Lee Hurley
Washington
Mir. Plurley
Annavilla College
Crys
Woltlin School
Disease hits race tracks prompt drive by horse group
A crippling disease similar to influenza sweeps country race tracks, triggering a crash program by the American Quarter Horse association based in Almarilfo to fight the outbreak.
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Quarter Horsessn
Almarilfo
Severe storms pound South Plains with hail and tornadoes
High Plains capsules describe hail up to baseball size pounding wide areas of the South Plains Tuesday night. Tornadoes dipped in and out of menacing clouds with at least one touching down. The item notes disaster in Quanah 72 years ago.
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South Plains
Taxpayer pay raise debate spurs government employee issue
Walter Trohan surveys the proposal for higher government employee pay in page 16 as editors examine new trends in America. The piece notes a birth rate drop and previews a four part Census series by Richard V. Scammon on population shifts.
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Walter Trohan
America
Richard VE
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