Cabbie Out Two Bucks Dash for Freedom
Ronald K. Anderson, a prisoner, sprinted from the Guymon County courthouse grabbing a taxi outside, evading a jailer after two flights down and a street dash. He was captured and returned to jail with his wife noting no shot was fired this time.
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Dottie Frantz Guymon
Okla
Ronald K. Anderson
Texas
Anderson
Guymon
Kansas
Odie Lyke
FBI
M. T. Becker
J. T. Boren
Boren
Jeff
Four Burglaries Stopper: Amarillo Police Investigate
Amarillo police probe four burglaries in 24 hours. Items stolen include $450 in TV tubes and tools from All-City TV, $100 cash from Betty-Brite Cleaners, about $600 in appliances from a home under construction at 6002 Oxbow, and a silk dress, shawl, and mink stole totaling $1100 from Mrs. Francis Sue Robbins at 4126 Julie. A runaway court escape ends with arrest after a taxi ride.
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City
TEL
Amarillo
Amarillo Blvd
Francis Sue Robbins
Julie
Two New Faculty Joins WT State University Mathematics
West Texas State University names two new mathematics faculty. William P. Cooke Jr. is named assistant professor and Terry A. Watkins instructor, both WT graduates. Cooke, Amarillo High School 1952, BS WT 1959 MS Texas Tech 1961, taught at Amarillo College and Tech, pursuing a doctorate at OSU and Houston. Watkins, WT BS 1961, MS IIT 1964, previously taught three years in Cross Plains. Both will assume duties in September and are married with children.
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University of Texas
Oklahoma State University
University of Houston
Cooke
Amarillo College
Texas Tech
OSU
Houston
Brady
Watkins
Ilinois Institute of Technology
Cross Plains
West Texas State University hires new dean ahead of July start
Dr. John B. Wilson, incoming dean of the Graduate School at West Texas State University from Louisiana Tech, has two articles accepted for publication. Darwin and the Transcendentalists will appear in Journal of the History of Ideas, while Henry Thoreau's Village School is accepted by 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
Lyceum
Driver Loses Police Chase Through Amarillo Streets
A 20 year old Negro man led police on a 40 block chase through Amarillo streets around 1030 pm Tuesday in a small blue sports car. He skidded around a patrol car at W7th and Monroe and was stopped near Georgia and the Rock Island tracks. He assaulted an officer and was jailed after receiving 16 traffic tickets.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Amarillo
W. 3Rd and
Adams
W. 7Th and
Monroe
Georgia
Rock Island
Glenn's Son Plans Harvard Start This Fall
Houston AP reports former astronaut John Glenn said his son David, age 18, will enroll at Harvard University as a freshman in September.
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Houston
Tex
John Glenn
David
Harvard University
Cactus Resident Receives Graduate Assistantship at WSU
CACTUS resident 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 working toward 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 Kappa national physical education fraternity
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Cactus
Char Marshall
Charles Marshall
Washington State University
Pullman
Ing
West
Texas State University
Marshall
Chi
Omega Sorority
Women's Physical Education Club
Student ‘Union Board
Delta Psi|Kappa
Car Wreck Fatal Near Corpus Christi
Josefina Molina, 22, beauty shop operator, died at a hospital about three hours after an auto crash. The car she rode in, driven by Carlos Valdez, 19, lost control and struck a utility pole.
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Corpus Christi
UPI
Josefina Molina
Carlos Valdez
Divorce Rate Low In Moore County
Moore County records show 515 marriage licenses issued since 1960 while only 134 divorces granted and 293 applications filed, a trend attributed to the Moore County Welfare Board. Judge Harry Schultz notes child cases are referred to the Child Welfare board for conciliation to save homes.
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Dumas
Moore County
Moore County Clerk's Office
Harry Schultz
Moore County Welfare Board
Schultz
Air Cadet Field Trip Opens at Cannon AFB
About 1750 cadets from the Air Force Academy arrive at Cannon Air Force Base as part of Falcon 64 Armed Forces Day Project. First group arrived Tuesday. second arrives Saturday. Cadets housed at Eastern New Mexico University with exhibits planned for Thursday and Friday.
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Clovis
N.M
Air Force Academy
Cannon Air Force Base
Eastern New Mexico University
Melrose
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 Amarillo on Washington Street and overturned. She was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in fair condition. Her daughter Beth, a passenger, had minor lacerations and was released. The truck driver was uninjured.
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Wallace Riddle
the Palisades
Amarillo
Washington Street
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Sheriff's Office
Todd Moore
Moore
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Comfort Mfg. Co
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Wtsu Stati
William Cooke JR
Terry Watkins
Glenn
Ete Hehe
Ondvay Saunders
Neha
Tredemord
C.O.D
Fedway Tyler
Child Welfare Board
Drummond
Mrs
T. C. Drummond
Lubbock, Texas
Air Cadet Unit
N.M. Bureau
America
Rambler
American Motors Corporation
Battenfield Motor Co., Inc
Polk ST
Danny Kaye
Cbs-Tv
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