Big Brother Data Bank Hailed and Feared in 1980s Debate
A World Book Science Service report warns the national data bank, housed in a box like building near Washington, could memorize all records and reveal any fact at a touch, raising fears of power abuse under a future regime. The piece contrasts this with recent Texas Good Roads notes on one year budget bills and legislative maneuvering.
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National Data Bank
George Orwell
Data Bank
George Boehm
World Book Science Service
Washington
U. S
Big Brother
Texas Good Roads Association
Good Roads
Capitol
Driskill
Conference Committee
Department of Public Safety
Highway Department
Good Roads Association
Filibuster Comment Cited By Statesman Columnist
Wray Weddell quotes a tourist in the state house gallery saying the filibuster keeps them off the streets. Susan Cheney notes a book report line claiming America was founded to avoid taxes. The column ends with a quip urging readers to follow instructions.
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Wray Weddell
The
Austin Statesman
State House
Senate
Susan Cheney
East 32Nd
America
SDS Eyes Pampa Plant Hiring Clash In Summer
Rep. James M. Collins says SDS targets Cabot Corp and Hewlett Packard plants in the southwest plan a work in campaign to disrupt industry. Cabot says summer hiring for dependents of workers will proceed with existing commitments and jobs for children of employees prioritized.
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Washington
Cabot Corp
Pampa
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Dallas
James M. Collins
Hewlett Packard
Las Cruces
N.M
Collins
New Mexico
Vietnam
Donohue
Chicago
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
D Day Memories Relived in Local Display and Film
The Amarillo Daily News and Globe front pages from World War II are exhibited at the Paramount Theatre with Darryl F. Zanuck’s The Longest Day screening. Read accounts of Cherbourg, big raids, Nazi lines breaches, and home front drills amid losses and perseverance.
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D-Day
Amarillo Daily News
Globe
Paramount Theatre
Darryl F. Zanuck
Cornelius F. Ryan
Cherbourg
von Ribbentrop
Square Dancers Invade Amarillo for State Festival
Texas and nearby states send 5000 dancers to Amarillo for the annual state square and round dance festival. Preliminaries start with the Trail's End Dance at 2 p.m. in the Coliseum as activities unfold toward the grand march.
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Texas
Amarillo
Civic Center
Mrs Carleton testifies on break in and blood at drugstore
Jurors hear Mrs Carleton, seventh defense witness, describe seeing two men run from a drugstore back door and entering inside. She says Carleton tried to break in with a tire tool and hammer, found blood on the floor, and hastily left after a noise. Witness says they stayed about one minute.
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Carleton
Dan Buzzard
Bombers Hit North Vietnam Gun Site Near Dong Hoi
Two US F4 Phantom jets attacked a North Vietnamese gun position near Dong Hoi after a reconnaissance plane was shot at. The two-man crew bailed out over the Gulf of Tonkin, three miles from shore, amid ongoing retaliatory strikes since the bombing halt.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
U.S
Dong Hoi
Teens Launch Pet Sitting Service in Amarillo
Two 14 year olds Marilyn McPherron and Gayle Hicks started a pet sitting business to care for pets while owners are away. They feed, water and tend to each animal at the owner's home for 60 cents per day, promising ample time with each pet.
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Amarillo
Marilyn McPherron
Jameson
Gayle Hicks
Bush
Nets
Kent
Amarillo Weather Forecast for 1969 Days
Amarillo records show 134 sunny days of 156 in 1969. Totley predicts continued fair weather with rising temperatures. Highs reach the middle 90s, southerly winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Amarillo
Totley
Death Row inmate Fesmire faces June 20 execution
Felix Buddy Fesmire, 26, sits on death row at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester after a June 1967 murder spree. Denied a rehearing, his date to die by electric chair is set for June 20. He has ties to Hammon, Canyon, and Amarillo incidents, including the killing of three people and a highway shootout.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Felix
Buddy” Fesmire
Oklahoma State Court of Criminal Appeals
Hammon
Okla
Cal Farley
Boys Ranch
Fesmire
47Th District Court
Canyon
Amarillo
William Stanley Meadows
Jimmy May
Dumas Ranch
Bucky
Meadows
May
Texas State Reformatory
Dumas
Roy Franklin Thomas
Park J. Anderson
Anderson
Oklahoma
State Hospital
Buddy
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