Amarillo base activities mark school anniversary events
Items from Page 11 note growth at Amarillo Air Force Base included in Friday activities for the school's 15th anniversary. Other snippets mention Miss Anna Hodgson with a global life from birth in India to education at UCLA and Michael Reese, and a Labor Board decision affecting Local 357 at Top of the Day's Pioneer Natural Gas main station.
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Anna Yolanda Hodgson
Northwest Texas Hospital
India
Columbia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
UCLA
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
International Union of Operating Engineers
Senate Passes Tax Bill Amid Viet Nam War Funding Debate
The Senate approved President John son's tax plan with a 79 to 9 vote after removing 315 million dollars in excise taxes on local phone calls. A Beret camp monitors infiltration routes from eastern Laos. The stock market reversed its downtrend as gainers outpaced losers by over two to one despite lower volume. Charles H Morehouse, a 61 year old Liberal Kansas resident, died from injuries after an incident involving the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. The Viet Cong launched a heavy early morning assault on a U S Special Forces Green Beret unit.
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Senate
Johnson
Three Men and Atolzzard Feature in Vintage Issue
A compact section highlights three men and a curious segment titled Atolzzard in the current vintage periodical. The piece sketches identities, roles, and the tone of the era while hinting at broader social themes.
The American Way of Giving and Its Critics
A weekly news magazine cover features Rockefeller Carnegie Ford with a piece on The American Way of Giving. The article questions the focus on foundations and wealth, noting the founders left school early and many modern elites attend college, while contrasting with a list of seven richest self made Americans. It also reports Dr Herbert Aptheker on NBC criticizing campus politics and the New Left as a Communist inspired movement.
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Rockefeller
Carnegie
Ford
Herbert Aptheker
Bettina
NBC
University of North Carolina
Poosepatuck Indians Seek Federal Aid on Moriches Bay
On Long Island the Poosepatuck tribe, about 150 members, lives on a 7 acre Moriches Bay settlement with communal property rules. Banks refuse tribal mortgages, forcing self help for repairs and housing as they pursue federal assistance.
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Mastic
N.Y
Long Island
Senate Passes Viet Nam War Tax Bill 79 to 9
The Senate approved the Viet Nam war tax measure 79 to 9 after removing more than a billion dollars in revenue from the bill. Key changes included adding 1.8 million Social Security enrollees and altering residential telephone taxes to 3 percent while restoring long distance and business rates to 10 percent. The package heads to a House conference as administration aims to return the bill to its original $6 billion level.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Arrest Flares In Squabble Between Agencies
Potter County sheriff's office and the Amarillo Police Department clashed publicly over arrests after both praised officers for obtaining information leading to the arrest of Bobby Lee Wright, a Negro accused in the Sunday morning rape of an Amarillo girl.
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Potter County Sheriff's Office
Amarillo
De Gaulle Alliance Sparks North Atlantic Tensions
Paris warns to withdraw officers from Allied command and seize control as US Johnson rejects early talks on airfields and bases. Amarillo and Plainview police coordinate on Wright case with letters of merit for officers securing information and aiding arrest.
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Paris
France
West Germany
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
United States
Mainten- Amarillo
Lance
Service
Wright
U.S
Gene Comption
Texas voter registration drive reports due from counties
The Associated Press notes county tax assessor collectors must report today on first week progress of Texas free voter registration. A spokesman for the attorney general said reports must show how many registered before offices closed. Attorney General Waggoner Carr asked for updates if registration was deterred in any of the 43 counties with FBI spot checks.
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Associated Press
Texas
Austin
Atty
Waggoner Carr
FBI
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
Department of Justice
Fritz Robinson
Robinson
Bexar County
Charles Davis
San Antonio
Towels
Dallas County
Dallas County Tax Assessor-Collectors’s
Voter registration surge across Texas counties amid deadline
During a two week registration drive in Amarillo and neighboring counties, new registrants topped 1,241 in Amarillo, 785 in Potter County, and 456 in Randall County as officials project totals topping several thousand. Officials warned registration closes March 17 while federal court cases on poll tax policy stir political tensions.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Randall County
Reds Smash Outpost Saigon Camp Attack Report
The report says American forces attacked a camp 375 miles north of Saigon near the Laotian border. The camp at Shan was largely destroyed or burned by dawn with heavy casualties among attackers and defenders.
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Saigon
UPS
al Hanesa
Shan Camp
An Iseland
Mother installs kitchen telephone booth to quiet seven children
Mrs. Walter Houchens of Cincinnati fitted a kitchen telephone booth with glass to monitor her seven children while talking. She added a painting and an electric clock for a homey touch and paid $10 for the booth from the phone company.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Walter Houchens
Houchens
55 Cars Derailed in Explosive Freight Crash at Logan NM
A Rock Island freight collided with two car loads of explosives and a stalled truck in Logan New Mexico causing 55 derailed cars and 3 injured. Three crewmen were hospitalized, the truck driver unharmed. The crash collapsed seven engines and blocked city streets as barricades and firemen protected nearby ammo-laden box cars.
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Ray A. Ruppanner
Vernie Purcell
Dalhart
Mart Out Of Slump Rally Lifts Dow Over 900
The New York market ended a four week decline with a strong rally as the Dow Jones average rose 9.86 points to 929.84. A rebound led by oversold plays lifted hard hit sectors including color television, aerospace, airlines, motors, chemicals, copper, rails and office equipment.
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New York
Jurors Begin Deliberations in Malcolm X Murder Case
In New York three men charged with first degree murder in the assassination of black nationalist leader Malcolm X faced a jury after a dramatic courtroom confession by one defendant. The trial concluded with the jury to decide.
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New York
Malcolm X
Errant Champagne Cork Sparks Civil Suit in Texas
Capt. Robert A. Cash of Stewart AFB sues Lt. Thomas W. Hogan of Chase Field for 114975 alleging a champagne cork at an Armed Forces Day party at Perrin AFB caused a cork injury in Denison Texas. The cork struck Cash in the eye causing partial vision loss and loss of pilot status, per court papers.
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Tex
Navy
Robert A. Cash
Stewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Thomas W. Hogan
Chase Field
Beeville
15Th District Court
Hogan
Cash
Perrin Afb
Here
Dash
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