Amarillo firemen retirement bill faces opposition trip
Four Amarillo City Commission members plan a March 17 trip to Austin to oppose a bill raising retirement benefits for Amarillo firefighters. The notice appears amid a jumble of statewide items and opinion pieces reflecting 1965 public affairs and community notes.
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Amarillo
Austin
William G. Dwyer
National Disabled American Veterans
San Diego
Calif
Amarilla
Herring Hotel
Robber in Woman Disguise Hits Hammond Brink's for 87000
Hammond police report a man dressed as a woman robbed Brink's guard Marion Zacia of about 87000 in the lobby of a Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance building. He fled in a stolen car with two cash and check bags, leaving police to suspect a solo job.
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Brink's, Inc
Hammond
Ind
Brink's Inc
Insurance Company
Indiana
Chicago
Endhorn
Emery
Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Co
Marion Zacia
Guarantee Reserve Office
Zacia
Brink's
Cannon Air Force jets land after rotation from Japan
Cannon Air Force Base units return to Clovis New Mexico after rotational duty in Japan. F100 supersonic fighter bombers began landing with some aircraft having recently flown missions in Vietnam and Japan.
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Clovis
N.M
Cannon Air Force Base
Japan
Cannon
Viet Nam
Jaos
Bank President Kidnapped and Robbed in Georgia
Tom E. Woodruff 71, bank president, was kidnapped from his home and beaten with pliers to force vault access. Shot in the side, he was found by family about 4:45 am and treated at Tools Hospital in Vienna. Robbers, described as two Negro men, fled with 4730 dollars.
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Madilla
Tom E. Woodruff
Woodruff
Tools
Vienna
Dooly County
H.C Johnson
Methodist Church Board of Stewards
Zenith Eyes Pay TV Net In Nationwide System
Zenith Radio Corp seeks FCC approval for a national over the air subscription TV system using Phonovision. Tested by 5000 subscribers in Hartford since 1962, the service uses scrambled broadcasts with decoders renting for 75 cents weekly plus $10 installation. Average Hartford program cost about $1. The plan involves Zenith and Teco Inc for commercial development.
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Zenith Corp
FPPC
Zenith
Phonovision
Hartford
Conn
Chicago
Pocket Picker Pilfers Pants and Purses in Liberal
Police report a pocket picker burglarized five Liberal Northwest homes at night. The thief moved through bedrooms, stole money about $450, and left trousers and purses outside the homes.
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Liberal, Kan
Liberal
Vietnamese valley battle yields high casualties and captured arms
Montagnard tribesmen fighting with U S special forces repelled a Viet Cong assault near Kannack in Binh Dinh Province. Government reports say 35 Viet Cong killed and 40 wounded, five Americans hurt, while a large weapons cache including a 57 mm recoilless gun and 40 submachine guns was seized.
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Saigon
UPS
Kannack
Binh Dinh
Central Highlands
Russia
China
Borger Celebrates 39th Birthday With Old Panoramic Photo
Borger marks its 39th anniversary with a page 13 reproduction of a 1927 panoramic view and a page 24 feature recalling the early oil boom town and its rough era.
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Borger
King Delief Court Order King Delief Court Order
King ML King Jr defied a federal court ruling and a plea from the President as a rights march faced blue helmeted troopers in Selma. He announced another march to the Dallas County courthouse and a second Selma to Montgomery pilgrimage next week. White ministers marching were attacked by white men. injuries reported. police and federal officials clashed with demonstrators in Washington as sit-ins expanded at the Justice Department and White House.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Dallas
Montgomery
City Hall
James Reed
Boston
King
JSON
Washington
UPI
White House
Justice Department
Alabama
Justice Building
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
The
Justice de
California university heads resign over unrest
Clark Kerr president of the University of California and acting chancellor Martin Meyerson resign, effective at the next regents meeting in Berkeley March 25 26. Governor Brown vows to try to have Kerr rescind. The resignations follow the Free Speech Movement turmoil and arrests of about 800 demonstrators in December.
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Berkeley
Calif
Clark Kerr
University of California
Kerr
Martin Meyerson
Meyerson
Edward W. Strong
University Regents
Edmund G. Brown
Sacramento
General Westmoreland Defends Viet Nam Equipment
Gen. William C. Westmoreland asserts U.S. troops in South Vietnam have adequate equipment. He rebutted AP reports of shoddy gear, noting a World War I pistol belt and newer belts differ in weave and weight but serve the same purpose. He cites Navy ammunition in good condition with depot stocks inspected by joint services.
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Washington
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
South Viet Nam
Associated Press
Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Defense Department
U.S. Navy
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A. G. Mountain
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Kiwanis Magazine
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