School Accepts Bid To Raze Building On Amarillo High Campus
Amarillo School Board accepts Specter Demolition bid of 3150 plus salvage for demolishing the Elizabeth Nixson Junior High building on the Amarillo High School campus. Work to start immediately with Oct 15 completion. Other bids were Southwest Wrecking 6788 and B. T. Wright 11300. The site will host a new gymnasium. Other actions include theater training at Tascosa High Auditorium and church use of Austin Junior High space.
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Amarillo
Elizabeth Nixson
Amarillo High School
Leigh Theatres, Inc
James L. Dunderstadt
Tascosa High School
Duderstadt
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Austin Junior High
American Seating Company
Goldman Linen Company
Conferees Throw Out Tax Cuts
Washington AP conferees on Monday discarded about 507 million dollars in Senate led excise tax cuts. The plan would have repealed retail duties on handbags luggage jewelry cosmetics and furs. The effort aimed to preserve 1.9 billion in revenue while extending rates for another year. Mills and Byrd indicated action soon after a Ways and Means review. The Senate cut would have cost 455 million annually for furs cosmetics luggage and jewelry.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Byrd
White House
Ted Kennedy Plane Fell Below Safe Altitude
Massachusetts aeronautics chief Crocker Snow said preliminary findings show the plane that injured Sen Edward M Kennedy flew at altitudes lower than safe clearance of nearby high terrain. Survivors reported nothing wrong until just before impact. Investigators are examining instrument function.
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Northampton
Mass
Crocker Snow
Massachusetts
Aeronautics
Edward M. Kennedy
Snow
Civil Aeronautics Board
Policeman Hurt In Collision At Amarillo Intersection
Amarillo patrolman Billy J. Stephens suffered a broken thumb bruises and lacerations after his motorcycle collided with a car at Amarillo Boulevard and Woodland Street at 2 30 p m He was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital and released Clinton Faulker of Tucumcari New Mexico the car driver was uninjured
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Amarillo
Amarillo Blvd
Woodland Street
Billy J. Stephens
Northwest Texas Hospital
Clinton Faulker
Tucumcari
N.M
Priest and four parishioners killed in Colorado wreck
In Brighton Colorado a single vehicle crash on U S Highway 87 near the junction with Colorado 7 killed Rev Raymond E Hamilton 33 of Denver and four Denver women Annie G Johnson 48 Betty Welch 43 Margaret Sweeney 42 and Elizabeth A Taylor 48. The group had attended a Christian doctrine meeting and picnic at Estes Park. The priest is identified as driver.
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Brighton
Colo
UPI
Colorado Rockies
Colorado State Patrol
Raymond E. Hamilton
Denver
Annie G. Johnson
Betty Welch
Margaret Sweeney
Elizabeth A. Taylor
Father Hamilton
Adams County
Estes Park
AAFB Concert At Park In Ellwood Park Tonight
The 589th U S Air Force Band of Amarillo will perform at Star light Theater in Ellwood Park at 8 p m today. The free program invites the public to sit on bleachers or bring chairs and blankets on the grass. Leader Chief Warrant Officer Ross Whitehead conducts a lively mix including Holiday in Spain and Dixie tunes.
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U.S. Air Force Band
Amarillo Air Force Base
Starlight
Ellwood Park
Ross Whitehead
Spain
Paris
Melody Shop
Marines in Denmark Arrival Touches Copenhagen Visit
About 3,000 U.S. Marines arrived in Copenhagen aboard an American aircraft carrier and two destroyers for a four day informal visit. The contingent sailed from the United States and will tour Danish ports and meet local officials during the stay.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.S
Braniff Adopts 3 New Credit Cards
Braniff introduces three new credit cards tied to ticket purchases with regular or time pay plans of three, six, nine, or twelve months. Cards will appear on members’ statements and include Braniff routes in the U S Mexico and South America. Don E Shomburg notes the cards join American Express Carte Blanche and Diners Club as accepted payments with CAB approval. Rex Brack, Braniff senior VP, insists Braniff will still take cash.
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Braniff
U.S
Mexico
South America
Don E. Shomburg
Amarillo
Braniff of
CAB
International
Ficial
Associaton
Phillips 66
Automobile crash kills two men in Texas and Massachusetts
In Livingston Texas an automobile left a county road and struck a bridge abutment killing Herman Clyde Barrington 39 of Chelsea Industries Inc and Leggett Texas. In Paris Texas an automobile struck a bridge abutment killing Raymond Cathy 19 of Cooper Texas.
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Livingston, Tex
UPI
Chelsea
Mass
Herman Clyde Barrington
Chelsea Industries, Inc
Leggett
Tex
Davco Wood Products, Inc
Salem
Pienorth
Livingston
Azure
Paris
Raymond Cathy
Cooper, Tex
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Low
Specter
Ted
A.C. Finance Corporation
Pioces
Taylor Street
Texas
Telephone
Drake
AAFB
Marines
Southlawn Optimist
Southlawn Optimist Club
Jerry Hays
Canyon
Center
Dale Pippus
Line
Bob Woodward
Matador
Rex Brack
Phillips
Gilbey
London
Gilbey’s
Gilbey's
London Ory
W. & A. Gilbey, Ltd
National Distillers Products Company
N.Y.C
Phillips 66 Credit Card Department
P. O
Kansas City
Missouri
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