Warren Court Blazed Trails in Legal History
The Warren Court, in Earl Warren’s final year as chief justice, shaped major rulings aiding consumers families on welfare and soldiers. It ended Powell’s House seat exclusion, faced Fortas resignation, and set ethics prompts while expanding rights to travel, wage garnishment protections, and servicemen trials in civil courts.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Abe Fortas
Warren
City Woman Dies in Crash
A Santa Fe depot greeter named Susie, a five year veteran of Amarillo’s railroad yard, died after a crash. Known for guiding trains at night and carrying a lantern, Susie earned many loyal “masters” and friends while living at the station.
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Amarillo
Susie
J. C. Leach
Western
Leach
Leahh
Fatal Crash Near Bent NM Kills Woman and Injures Two Sons
Carolyn F. Francis 36 of 3702 Wayne died when her car left U S 70 near Bent NM and struck a rock wall. Her sons Ronald 12 and Arlington 15 were thrown clear and taken to Gerald Champion Hospital in Alamogordo in satisfactory condition. The wreck occurred about 6 pm as the westbound car overturned into an arroyo. Mrs Francis held by a seat belt suffered multiple skull fractures. Her husband Dan, at a dental convention in Santa Fe, was notified.
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Carolyn F. Francis
Wayne
Bent
N.M
U.S. 70
Ronald Mark Francis
Arlington Francis
Gerald Champion
Alamogordo
Francis
Dan
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Mescalero Hospital
Apache Indian Reservation
Tularosa
New Mexico
Judy Garland Dies in London After Sudden Death
Judy Garland 47 died in London Chelsea district after a sudden death. Scotland Yard ruled out suicide. postmortem to determine cause. Husband Mickey Deans, three children Liza Minnelli Lorna Luft Joey Luft, were notified. Deans left the house with friends as press said they were happy recently.
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Judy Garland
Scotland Yard
Miss Garland
Chelsea
New York
Mickey Deans
Cadogan Lane
Brian Southcombe
Johnny Carson
Liza Minelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
United States
Deans
Startrence Brant
Nixon Tax Program Faces House Vote This Week
President Nixon seeks a $9.2 billion tax program to fight inflation as the House prepares to vote possibly on Wednesday. The measure would extend the 10 percent surcharge, repeal business investment credits, and remove two million low income families from the tax rolls, with a Senate focus on foreign policy and anti-ballistic missile debates in the background.
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Treasury
On the Scene For Fashions Fall 1969 Preview
Judith Kerr leads the Woman's Page preview in the Amarillo Daily News as New York shows open with designer collections from Oscar de la Renta Adele Simpson Pauline Trigere and Oleg Cassini. The fall trend preview runs through the week with coverage of national fashion previews.
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Amarillo Daily News
Judith Kerr
Woman’s Page
New York
Oscar de la Renta
Adele Simpson
Pauline Trigere
Oleg Cassini
Fulbright Eyes New Vietnam Hearings on U.S. Policy
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman J W Fulbright said new hearings will review U S policy in Vietnam. He noted President Nixon shows no intent to depart from the Johnson policy and suggested inviting Clark Clifford Melvin Laird and William Rogers to testify. Fulbright urged disengagement from the Thieu government to enable free South Vietnamese elections.
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J. W. Fulbright
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
U.S. Air Force Academy
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Arkansas Democrat
Vietnam
ABC
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
U.S
White House
Paris
United States
Thieu
Air Force Academy
Hippie Types Festival Invaders Suppressed Riot in Northridge
About 1000 rock fans tried to gate crash a $7 admission Newport 69 show at San Fernando Valley Fairgrounds Sunday. A two hour melee injured four police and at least 25 others, with 30+ arrests as 20 000 remained inside watching bands. Devonshire Downs residents and heavy police reinforcements surrounded the event in a Los Angeles suburb.
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Northridge
Calif
San Fernando Valley Fairgrounds
Devonshire Downs
Los Angeles
Quail Resident Wins First in Town Letter Contest
Miss Jan Gosnell of Quail won first place in last week's My Home Town letter writing contest. She praised Quail for its vibrancy and scenic beauty, noting residents' graciousness. Quail, a 50-person southwest Collingsworth County community, has a store, gas station, two churches, a garage, a post office, and a pumice plant.
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Jan Gosnell
Quail
Collingsworth County
Miss Gosnell
Robert Gosnell
Quail Texas A Quiet Cotton Rich Town
Quail Texas lies along Farm to Market Road 1547 where a small cluster of buildings thrives. The town feels alive through its residents who share, help, and sustain the community amid acres of cotton and a strong local rapport.
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Quail
Texas
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Barge Sinks with 108 Feared Lost in Mozambique
A barge carrying Portuguese colonial troops to reinforce a northern garrison sank in the Zambesi River near Beira. About 150 aboard, 108 reported missing and presumed drowned. overloading and engine power blamed. Four fishermen rescued 20 soldiers as others battled the river’s current.
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Beira
Mozambique
Zambesi
South African Press Association
Missouri Twisters Kill Four in Washington County
Severe tornadoes hit southwest of St. Louis as four people died and more than 25 were injured. Roy Pratt 45 and his eight year old son Francis died when a tornado struck their home one mile south of Old Mines in Washington County. Seven family members were among the injured. A second twister killed two others in Doe Run.
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Old Mines
St. Louis
Washington County
Roy Pratt
Cadet
Francis
State Highway Patrol
Doe Run
Hijacked Plane Returns to Miami After Cuban Diversion
An Eastern Airlines DC-8 diverted to Havana after a hijacker threatened crew with a butcher knife to help his ill wife reach family in Cuba. The flight from Newark to Miami with 81 passengers and seven crew landed in Havana then returned to Miami later.
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Perez
Jose Marti
Newark
N.J
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N.C
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Gary Kosdan
Patterson
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Kosdan
My Home Town contest seeks brief hometown notes
Readers in the Golden Spread are invited to write up to 40 words about their hometown in Texas Oklahoma or New Mexico. Send letters to My Home Town Editor Amarillo Daily News Amarillo for a chance to win part of a $60 prize.
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