Symphonic Drama To Bring In $360,000 Minimum to City
Amarillo leaders discuss a planned Palo Duro Canyon outdoor symphonic drama to attract visitors and generate at least $360,000 in new money for the economy. The project aims to raise $75,000 for a 1964 show, with Paul Green hired to write the script and West Texas State University backing production details. It features excerpts from The Common Glory and involves local students and Canyon participants.
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Amarillo
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation
Palo Duro Canyon
Oklahoma
Abilene
Area Redevelopment Administration
East Texas
the Panhandle
Green
Williamsberg
William Angus Moore
West Texas State University
College
Canyon High School
Air Base Hospital to Become Texas Mental Health Center
Washington reports that Harlingen Air Force Base hospital will be handed to Texas for mental health use. The General Services Administration, which seized the hospital after base deactivation, will convey title to the Welfare Department for state deed transfer.
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Harlingen Afb
Texas
Joe Kilgore
D-Tex
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General Services Administration
Welfare Department
Russia to Launch Woman Into Orbit
Unofficial reports say the Soviet Union plans a two ship space mission with a man and the first woman in space. The woman is described as a diminutive, single in her early 20s, physically robust and likely to serve as a propaganda ambassador for the USSR.
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Russia
Moscow
Lpi
U. S
L. Gordon Cooper
Earth
Luvcus
Andrian_ Skolayev
Pavel Popovich
Small Girl Drowns in Sand Pit Near Big Sandy
Sherry Langdon, 3, of Longview drowned Tuesday night in a water filled sand pit near Big Sandy Texas. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Langdon.
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Big Sandy
Tex
Sherry Langdon
Longview
Texas
David Langdon
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