Abby Heads Toward Cape Kennedy as Abby Downgraded
Tropical Storm Abby weakens to a 40 mph storm crossing Florida citrus land toward Cape Kennedy where a $28 million Saturn rocket shelter towers protect the launch. Evacuations ordered for Patrick AFB as Abby slows and may re intensify over the Atlantic.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Abby
Florida
Moonport
Punta Gorda
Tampa
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Atlantic
Patrick Air Force Base
Suspects Returned To Ochiltree Jail After Perryton Burglaries
Three suspects were sent from Amarillo to Ochiltree County jail on Tuesday in a Perryton Recreation Hall burglary with between 400 and 500 dollars seized. Amarillo police arrested them at Little Mac's Pig Inn around 5 40 am. Deputy Sheriff Gene Hellburmer delivered the trio back to Perryton while a fourth suspect sought at Amarillo Air Terminal remains at large.
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Perryton
Amarillo
Ochiltree County
Little Mac’s
Gene Hellburmer
Amarillo Air Terminal
Ex-Resident Found Dead in Tempe Husband Charged with Homicide
Martha Dickerson 27 of Tempe was found shot six times in the face at close range near the Salt River. Her husband Boyd Dickerson 29, employed at a Tempe wrecking yard, was charged with first degree homicide. The couple married in Amarillo in 1960 and moved to Tempe four years ago. Funeral services set for Hollis Church of Christ with burial in Fairmont Cemetery. Survivors include twin sons, parents, a grandfather, sisters, and other relatives.
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Ariz
Martha
Wellington
Bill Kay Dickerson
Hazelwood
Bellingham
Amarillo
Wash
Sue Landreth
Hollis
Okla
Dallas
Clyde
Alva
W. F
Cupertino
Calif
Kenneth
Salt River
Landreth
Boyd
Maricopa County
Dickerson
Dickersons
Silver Grill
Arnett (Okla.) High School
Dumas
Church of Christ Jat
Earl Brecheen
Fairmont Cemetery
Coley
Clifford
Clinton
Jeff Landreth
William Hughes
Lubbock
Herbert Huskins
Leadville
Colo
Don Jones
Draft Boards Unfair In Making Reports
State Selective Service officers briefed nine draft board executives from Lubbock to Amarillo on changes in the 1967 Act. Lt Col Walter Gaetjens urged fair consideration of students with beliefs, while Lt Col Elo Hoppe outlined deferment criteria for undergraduates and graduates under the new rules.
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Lubbock
Panhandle
Amarillo
Selective Service
Austin
Walter Gaetjens
Elo Hoppe
Texas Field Division
Navy Keeps Scorpion Search Active On Ninth Day
NORFOLK Va UPS The Navy presses its Atlantic search for the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion and 99 crewmen into a ninth day with no signs of a breakthrough The court of inquiry is to convene Wednesday morning while operations continue in shallow waters south of the Azores and along the submarine's intended course toward Norfolk Navy ships Gato Kittiwake and Shasta adjust search areas amid ongoing tracking of the Scorpion's last radio contact
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Norfolk
UPS
Atlantic
Navy
Azores
Gato
Kittiwake
Irving Banks
Hyeres Banks
Requin
Marsala Banks
Shasta
Mediterranean
Car Shooting Wounds Three Men in Mobile
Three Negro men were shot by two white men from a speeding car on Mobile's west side during a 36 minute span. James Robinson, 20, was shot in the foot. Matthew Mosley, 48, a city employee, was shot in the right chest and is in serious condition. a third victim was hospitalized with a chest wound. Identifications of the third man were not released. The attackers wore a cowboy hat, drove a late model car, and used likely a small caliber firearm. The incident followed a midnight sniper attack that wounded a city police officer on Mobile's Negro southside.
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Mobile Ala
UPI
James Robinson
Matthew Mosley
Mosley
United Fund Grants Boost Texas Medical Schools
United Fund money supports three Texas medical schools and two dental schools with unrestricted grants. Each medical school received 17,500 last year, with deans directing use via their committees. The workshop in Amarillo reviewed UF campaign work and budgeting for area towns.
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United Fund
Texas
Medical Research Foundation of Texas
Sloane Wingert
Houston
Wingert
United Good Neighbors of
Amarillo
Texas United Fund Office
Dallas
Warren Goodwin
Jim Farrier
Amarillo Canyon
Perryton
Pampa
Dumas
Hereford
Jim Matthews
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