Speedy escapee nabbed after cab ride bid
Ronald K. Anderson, a prison escapee extradited from Kansas on a check forging charge, bolted from Guymon County jailers, ran through the courthouse, and flagged a taxi. He rode toward Tyrone before police halted the attempt, leaving the cab driver unpaid and the escapee back in custody.
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Dottie Frantz Guymon
Okla
Ronald K. Anderson
Texas
Anderson
Guymon
Kansas
Odie Lyke
FBI
M. T. Becker
Becker
J. T. Boren
Boren
Jeff
Tyrone
Sheriff's Office
Todd Moore
Police Investigate Four Burglaries in 24 Hours Amarillo
Police in Amarillo investigate four major burglaries in 24 hours. The All-City TV shop at 2410 E Amarillo Blvd lost about 450 in TV and radio tubes tools and 10 in cash. Betty-Brite Cleaners at 3205 Western reported about 100 in cash stolen. A home under construction at 6002 Oxbow shed 600 in appliances including a dishwasher stove and garbage disposal. Mrs Francis Sue Robbins's home at 4126 Julie lost a silk dress a shawl and a mink stole valued at 1100.
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City
TEL BY
Amarillo
Amarillo Blvd
Francis Sue Robbins
Julie
Two Join WTSU Mathematics Department Staff
West Texas State University announces two new faculty members for the Mathematics Department. William P. Cooke Jr. will serve as assistant professor and Terry A. Watkins as instructor, both WT graduates, with duties beginning in September. Cooke, Amarillo High School 1952, earned a WT B.S. in 1959 and an M.S. at Texas Tech in 1961, having studied at multiple universities and worked as a research assistant in Houston. Watkins, Brady native, WT B.S. 1961 and IIT M.S. 1964, taught three years in Cross Plains and holds further graduate work.
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University of Texas
Oklahoma State University
University of Houston
Cooke
Amarillo College
Texas Tech
OSU
Houston
Brady
Watkins
Illinois Institute ‘of Technology
Cross Plains
Divorce Rate Low In Moore County
Moore County records show 515 marriage licenses issued since 1960 while 134 divorces have been granted. About 293 applications for divorce were filed in that period. Judge Harry Schultz credits the Moore County Welfare Board for keeping divorce rates low through child welfare referrals and conciliations to preserve families.
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Dumas
Moore County
Moore County Clerk's Office
Harry Schultz
Moore County Welfare Board
Schultz
Air Cadet Field Trip Draws 750 Cadets to Cannon AFB
About 750 cadets from the Air Force Academy visit Cannon AFB New Mexico for Falcon 64 Armed Forces Day Project. The second year cadets arrive Saturday and stay at Eastern New Mexico University. Exhibits Thursday and Friday include live demonstrations at Melrose range and eight aircraft on display Friday on the base flight line, featuring F100 Super Sabre and other fighter and transport planes.
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Clovis
N.M
Air Force Academy
Cannon Air Force Base
Eastern New Mexico University
Melrose
West Texas State welcomes new dean as articles accepted
Dr. John B. Wilson, named dean of the Graduate School at West Texas State University, has two articles accepted for publication. One, Darwin and the Transcendentalists, will appear in the Journal of the History of Ideas. The other, Henry Thoreau's Village School, goes to Adult Education.
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Canyon
John B. Wilson
West Texas State University
Darwin
Journal of the History of Ideas
City College of New York
Boston
Harvard
Concord
Henry Thoreau
Village
Adult Education
National Association For Adult Education
University of Oklahoma
Thoreau, Emerson
Litrary Men
New England
Woman Injured In Auto Mishap Near Amarillo
Mrs. Wallace Riddle of the Palisades suffered a broken hip about 3 p.m. Tuesday when her car collided with a truck south of the Amarillo city limits on Washington Street. She was thrown from the car and rushed to St. Anthony's Hospital in fair condition. Her daughter Beth, also in the car, had minor lacerations. The truck driver was not hurt.
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Wallace Riddle
the Palisades
Amarillo
Washington Street
Driver Loses Police Chase on Amarillo Streets
A 20-year-old Black man led officers on a 40-block pursuit through Amarillo after a traffic stop at W 3rd and Adams. In a blue sports car he sped through W 7th and Monroe, rammed a police vehicle, then halted near Georgia and the Rock Island tracks where he assaulted an officer before being subdued and jailed. He also faced 16 traffic tickets.
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Amarillo
W. 3Rd and
Adams
W. 7Th
Monroe
Georgia
Rock Island
Glenn's Son to Harvard This Fall
Houston AP reports former astronaut John Glenn says his son David Glenn will enter Harvard University in September as a freshman. The 18 year old enrolls at the prestigious university, following his father's storied career in space exploration and public service. The announcement highlights a high achieving family continuing a legacy at top higher education institutions.
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Houston
Tex
John Glenn
David
Harvard University
Cactus Resident Wins Graduate Assistantship at WSU
CACTUS-Char Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Marshall of Cactus has been awarded a graduate assistantship at Washington State University Pullman She will serve as a counseling assistant in the residence hall program while pursuing a Master of Science degree in physical education A 1964 graduate of West Texas State University Miss Marshall was president of Chi Omega sorority and the Women’s Physical Education Club a member of the college tennis team Student Senate Student Union Board and Delta Psi i Kappa national physical education fraternity
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Cactus
Char Marshall
Charles Marshall
Washington State University
Pullman
Ling
West Texas State University
Miss Marshall
Chi
Car Crash Kills 22YearOld Beauty Shop Operator
CORPUS CHRISTI UPI Josefina Molina age 22 a beauty shop operator died in a hospital about three hours after being injured in an automobile crash. The car she rode in driven by 19 year old Carlos Valdez struck a utility pole.
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Corpus Christi
UPI
Josefina Molina
Carlos Valdez
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Moore
Anderson's
Lisbon
Portugal
Comfort Mfg. Co
Chicago 7
WTSU
William Cooke JR
Terry Watkins
Child Welfare Board
Drummond
Mrs
T. C. Drummond
Lubbock, Texas
Air Cadet Unit
N.M. Bureau
Glenn
Fedway Tyler
C.O.D
Ondvay
Saunders Co
America
Rambler
American Motors Corporation
Battenfield Motor Co., Inc
Polk ST
Danny Kaye
Cbs-Tv
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