In Our Town and Events Across Texas Headlines
A Texas newspaper reports on Amarillo newcomers praising the climate and community. It covers the Palmer County Junior Livestock Show champion sale price and the Pensacola Open golf finish tied at 277. It notes a safety probe into Texas mental hospitals and legislative moves on a new medical school and school expansions. It also recalls a Selma protest suppression and a Cuban refugee protest at the Washington embassy.
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Palmer County
Mike Riethmayer
Friona Fra
Cuban Refugees Picket Soviet Embassy In Washington
Cuban demonstrators protest U S policy toward Cuba and Soviet troops. Police arrest four Cubans for interfering with foreign government property while a fifth is charged with disorderly conduct. Pickets chant Cuba Yes Russia No outside the Moscow embassy. 25 officers guard the scene as violence and ad hoc protests unfold.
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U.S
Moscow
Cuba
New York
New Jersey
Washington
K Street
16Th Street
New Negro Judge Acquits Two in Bottle Attack on Officers
CHICAGO UP I Judge George N Leighton ruled that two men 23 each Simon Suarez and Jessie C Rodriguez were justified in attacking two plain clothes police officers with a broken bottle. He acquitted them of aggravated battery saying the police had no right to pull a gun first. The officers DeSutter and Howard testified they drew revolvers after identifying themselves and ordered the men to drop the bottle.
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Chicago
UPI
George N. Leighton
Thomas A. DeSutter
Raymond Howard
Simon Suarez
Jessie C. Rodriguez
Suarez
Howard
DeSutter
Amarillo Residents Ask Dust to Go and Warm Welcome
A survey of newcomers to Amarillo finds most like Panhandle weather despite dust and praise the city’s friendliness. Residents from Alaska to SAC Base note mild summers and courteous clerks as a key asset, while dust remains the chief complaint.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Troopers Break Up Selma March Under Wallace Order
state troopers used tear gas to disperse several hundred marching Negroes in Selma Alabama following Gov George Wallace's orders. The confrontation left about 35 treated for tear gas exposure as confrontations with white bystanders and deputies occurred near the church where the march started. Hosea Williams led the procession in King’s absence with Dr Martin Luther King Jr absent.
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Alabama
Selma
Ala
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Bedlam
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Hosea Williams
Dallas News reports DPS probe into Texas mental hospitals
The Dallas News cites a DPS investigation finding irregularities in Austin and San Antonio mental hospitals. It notes possible legislation to overhaul the system, new superintendents after an escape, and a ward attendant aiding the escape of Leslie Douglas Ashley who remains at large.
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Texas
Department of Safety
Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
UPI
Dallas News
Texas Department of Public Safety
John Connally
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Ashley
DPS
C. V
Buster) ‘Kern
Houston
Marines land at Da Nang to bolster air base defense
Field-helmeted Marines landed south of the 17th Parallel near Da Nang Bay to bolster the Da Nang air base. About 1,400 first wave Marines were ashore with 3,500 Marines expected within days, while Vietnamese troops provide zone security. The operation aims to free South Vietnamese forces to push the war effort against the Viet Cong, amid face to face with strong guerrilla forces near the vital air installation.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
U.S. Ter
Red Beach
da Nang Bay
Stra
Frederick Joseph Tegh
Kareh
Gary Parsons
Springfield
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Nam O Beach
Karch
1St Army Corps
U.S. Army
Kilauea Eruption Draws Tourists as Lava Surges
Lava spurted 10 to 200 feet in two main vents Makaopuhi and Kalalua as Kilauea erupted near Pahoa. Scientists reported ongoing activity with unpredictable duration while 13,000 sightseers visited the lava displays and observers described dramatic crust forming and sinking over molten pools.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Kilauea
Makaopuhi
Makaopuhi Crater
Inaccessible Kalalua
Dallas Peck
Volcano Observatory
Hawaii Island
Kalalua
Brushfires Rip Australia Area Blazing 30 Mile Front
Brush fires raged on a 30 mile front across New South Wales southern tablelands. Wingello near Goulburn was virtually wiped out by what a fire officer called the worst brushfire in 25 years.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Tablelands
Wingello
Goulburn
Texas Tech Medical School Bill Heads to Texas Legislature
The 59th Legislature enters week nine with hearings on a Texas Tech medical school bill and other measures. The body approaches its 60th day, after which four-fifths consent is needed to introduce new bills. Lt Gov Preston Smith expected to overrule a point of order.
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Texas Tech
Austin
APS
Preston Smith
Ruby's Hearing Planned Today
Convicted killer Jack Ruby set to appear at a Dallas hearing to determine if he will Stand trial for sanity. Ruby has been confined in Dallas County jail for more than ten months.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
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