Amarillo Becomes Private Beef Air Freight Hub
Private funding and local commerce push Amarillo toward a world beef air freight terminal. The plan, led by Frank Waters and Crosselle Cattle Co, aims to ship dressed beef to Europe from a central Panhandle hub, with Gulf Coast grain shipments to Asia and wheat to Bangladesh.
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Amarillo
Europe
Frank Waters
Waters Oil Company of
Houston
Crosselle Cattle Company
Art Jordan
Air Freight Committee
Jim Walker
Walker
Galveston
Asia
Rome
Political pamphleteer lampoons convention and leaders
Stuart Long notes in a June 11 letter that Republicans risk a troubled Galveston convention with questions about Nixon and Agnew. Olsen Park Pete quips that inferiority could be a blessing if the right people possessed it. Courage is fear that has prayed.
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Stuart Long
Austin
Galveston
Pres. Nixon
Agnew
Olsen Park
Pete
Body Found In Drowning At Meredith
The body of Ophelia Simpson 50 of Borger was recovered from 8 to 10 feet of water near South Turkey Creek Lake Meredith. She disappeared Wednesday night and was found Thursday with no clear sign of foul play. autopsy ordered. Reed, missing fisherman, was later located after his boat ran dry.
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Sanford
Ophelia Simpson
Borger
Turkey Creek
Lake Meredith
Mrs. Simpson
Art Partin
Partin
Schooler- Gordon Funeral Home
Amarillo
Minton Mortuary
Potter County
Justice of the Peace
Cliff Roberts
Park Rangers
Lavon “Cotton” Reed
Perryton
Reed
Cedar Canyon
Plum Creek
Evans Canyon
Dean Forrest
Tom & Dean's
Dry cleaner forces revenue agents to strip in Tennessee siege
In Memphis a black dry cleaner LaSaunders Hudson refused to pay taxes causing three state revenue agents to walk naked from his Park Street shop. He held a fourth hostage for seven hours until Gov. Dunn intervened by phone. Hudson later apologized to Dunn and was jailed.
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Memphis
BHK
Dunn
Hudson
Park Street
Duncan
Vince Tuminello
Lee Mullins
John Mabile
Tuminello
Mabile
Mullins
Tennessee
America
Guv
Mobile
Nashville
DRY Cleaner
Senate votes to defund Subversive Activities Control Board
The Senate approved trimming 450000 dollars for the McCarthy era SACB for the next fiscal year by a 42 to 25 vote. Supporters led by Senators Proxmire and Ervin called the board costly and ineffectual, while Thurmond defended its national security role. News reports note Nixon ordered an expansion of the board, but the panel has faced repeated attempts to abolish it.
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Washington
Senate
SACB
House
Nixon
The
Weathermen
Black Panthers
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Proxmire
Supreme Court
Ervin
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Bad Weather Fatal to Four
Storms across Texas including Coastal Plains brought heavy rain and tornado threats leaving four people dead. A lightning death occurred in Euless near Fort Worth, and a mother with two children died on U.S. 69 near Colmesneil in Southeast Texas. The Davises of West Orange died in a crash. four others were injured. Rain totals approached 3.5 inches near Florence, while flash flood warnings were issued for parts of San Antonio and Williamson County.
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Texas
Beaumont
Bexar County
San Antonio
Williamson County
Florence
Temple
Urb
Euless
U.S. 69
Colmesweil
South Park
Fred McGilvray
Bedford
McGilvray
Myrtle Davis
Morris
Sherry
Colmesneil
Davises
West Orange
Inside News Reporter Tries Walking Tight Rope
Reporter recounts political brinkmanship at a summit with emphasis on allied support and the delicate balance between diplomacy and public expectation. The piece frames the tension as a test of stance and strategy amid high stakes.
Briscoe Campaign Spending Raises Salary Repayment Question
Gov candidate Dolph Briscoe would need 12 years in office to repay his 1968 and 1972 campaign outlays from the governor's $58,500 annual pay. He spent 1.579 million this year including 174,920 of his own funds. 1968 losses totaled 696,179 with 522,262 personal money. He faces Henry Grover in November. Bill Hobby would need 185 years to recoup 887,867 of personal funds from a $4,800 salary if he won the lieutenant governor post.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Allen Shivers
Briscoe
Henry Grover
Bill Hobby
Asian Jetliner Crash Kills 81 Aboard Cathay Pacific Flight
SAIGON AP reports a Cathay Pacific jetliner crashed in central highlands with 81 aboard, including the Kenny family of Wisconsin and 11 other Americans. No survivors found as search ends at dusk. South Vietnamese troops secure the site. Churchill? No.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Wisconsin
West Bend
Wis
Thom
J. Kenny
B. C. Ziegler Co
Roberta
Kathleen
Daniel
Mary Jane
Colleen
Cathay Pacific Airline
Singapore
Andrew Kenny
Andrew Pick
Kenny
M.R. Thorne
Kenneth Graham
Richard Lee
Diane Lee
Cathay Pacific
Hong Kong
Bangkok
South Vietnam
Cheo Reo
Convair
Viet
Pioneer Seeks Gas Rate Hike for Amarillo
Pioneer Natural Gas seeks a 2.2 percent rate increase for Amarillo residents citing dwindling West Panhandle gas reserves. If approved, the price would be 47.1 cents per thousand cubic feet, well below state and East Coast averages, with future adjustments tied to production costs.
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Pioneer Natural Gas
Amarillo
Dling
West Panhandle
Pioneer
East Coast
Echeverria Criticizes U S Policy Before Congress
Mexican President Luis Echeverria addressed a joint session of Congress after a White House welcome. He condemned U S policy toward the Soviet Union and China and urged distributive attention to Latin America and other developing nations. He cautioned against pacts that ignore rights of less developed nations.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
U. S
Congress
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Echeverria
Moscow
Peking
United States
Willian P. Rogers
Capitol Hill
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Earl Butz
Bangladesh
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Manhattan
Alveston
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Panhandle
Wes Izzard
Meredith
Ron Wells
Santa Fe
Civic Center
Don Duncan
Department of Revenue
Isaac Hayes
Black Panther
Cleaners
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Fort Worth
Inside News
Summitt
Plainview
Oklahoma
K. B. Watson
Richard J. Meechan
John Widaman
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