06 Mar 1965
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1965
Page
1
Amarillo responds to New York press coverage calling the city dusty and drought struck. The piece recalls local bonds, the jail with cramped facilities, and upcoming plans for a civic center to expand county services.
This piece notes a teenager torn between adult expectations to find himself and to get lost. It cites Wynne Veale in Pampa and 600 unpaid bills as collectors' items, with ex Amarillian Porter Oakes now editor of the Haskell Free Press offering a skeptical view.
Billie Sol Estes entered Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary to start a 15 year term after a federal jury convicted him of mail fraud and conspiracy in Texas. His case centered on about 24 million dollars in non existent fertilizer tank mortgages. Estes, 40, was also convicted on state charges in Tyler and faced an appeal of eight years. The Supreme Court denied review of the mail fraud appeal on January 18.
Eight youths and a 19 year old blonde were rounded up in Manhattan after detectives found an arsenal at the gang’s headquarters. Police linked them to eight midtown robberies and said the group may have carried out 20 to 30 crimes.
Amarillo speculation ties a New York City gang leader arrest to Eddie Neal a 22 year old native of Amarillo who allegedly worked briefly as a dishwasher at the Cottonwood Cafe last November and December. Mrs Lea Fry the cafe manager recalls a neat talking man with big ideas who was sent from the Salvation Army to work there.
Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii erupted with lava fountains reaching 250 feet as tremors preceded the two eruptions. A crater floor fire spread across 900 feet, with park officials evacuating workers while scientists studied the scene and considered limited sightseeing for later.
An 18 year old Clovis youth Eloy Barela was shot to death at 2 a.m. after he and Joe Selgado Beat two police officers in the Clovis police station. In Moscow Soviet repairmen began replacing hundreds of smashed embassy windows after a 2000 strong protest. The assault followed the U.S. bombing campaigns in North Vietnam and Soviet authorities apologized for the damage.
An 84-pound lamb owned by 11 year old Vicky Brown from Coleman Texas placed 15th in the fine wool class at the Houston livestock show. It was dyed pink with a purple cut rhinestone collar and eye makeup and sold at auction for 1000 dollars, about 12 dollars per pound, to Edgar Brown of Orange Texas. The 07 pound fine wool champion sold for 749 dollars at seven dollars a pound.
In Amarillo thieves took 60 girdles from Mayfair store at 701 Polk. Mrs. Zelam Bennett reported the loss valued around 480 dollars. Police seek suspects seen trying to hawk girdles sizes 26 through 34 cheap.
Three mothers in Ferguson Missouri filed for election to the city council Thursday. They organized a 16 member campaign with husbands and 13 children. Anita Gilbert said the children are a big asset as they campaign and distribute literature.
Scotland Yard warns four British crime figures may be in Mar del Plata or Punta del Este as Interpol and local police sweep Argentina and Uruguay. Charles Wilson Bruce Reynolds Ronald Edwards and James White are on the run after the 1963 seven million dollar robbery.
An ICC report accuses the United States of violating the 1954 Geneva conference by bombing Communist North Vietnam. India and Poland back the report while Canada and Britain express dissent as the ICC report is circulated to Geneva signatories.
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