Main Street U S A exhibit heads to Amarillo
An exhibit titled Main Street U S A featuring 1800s merchandise will travel to Amarillo for six days starting Thursday. Page 5 history note reports a windstorm blaze scorched 7 000 acres, forcing hundreds to flee as 65 to 70 mph gusts swept suburban foothills. Page 1 notes Soviet admission of holding three downed American airmen, one in a Red Army hospital, with an Air Force doctor visiting. Congressional talk of a 100 000 job corps for draft rejects and dropouts as part of a war on poverty draws mixed reaction. Also an estimated 80 060 hostile Indians surround a Peruvian jungle road survey party of 40, holding out since Wednesday. radio contact seeks aid after failed strafing attempts.
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Main Street
U.S.A
America
Amarillo
Red Army
Four teams meet in Norwalk tournament opener
Four teams contest the opening round of a Norwalk tournament with games spread across the campus arena. Local officials emphasized community support and expected competitive matchups as squads seek early momentum this season.
Two Kinds of Job Programs for Amarillo Teens
Key Club boys from three Amarillo high schools conduct a youth employment survey to boost the 1964 Youth Employment Service. Teenagers in the Golden Spread show eagerness to work in harvest, offices, or restaurants, preferring self-found jobs over waiting for postings. Newark’s Youth Career Development Center ran a waiter training pilot but failed to attract enough teens to start the course.
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Key Club
Amarillo
Golden Spread
Newark
N. J
Joseph Viviani
No Free Lunch Handbook Details Federal Aid Programs
A 63 page Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities (1963 Edition) explains more than 100 federal programs and lists 63 agencies with grant and loan applications. The Area Redevelopment Administration, a four year program begun in 1961, faced funding battles in Congress. The Tax Foundation notes there is no such thing as a free lunch.
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The
Area Redevelopment Administration
House
Tax Foundation, Inc
Foundation
Rogers fears civil rights bill fallout and possible filibuster
Congressman Walter Rogers worries about repercussions from passing the civil rights bill. He believes the Senate may approve it with few changes, but a lengthy filibuster could stretch into late summer. Patt Powell quips about visibility beyond the phone book.
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Walter Rogers
Lenate
Destructive brush fires sweep through Verdugo canyons
A hurricane like desert wind drove brush fires in suburban foothills north of Los Angeles. Sixteen homes were destroyed and hundreds evacuated as fires merged across the Verdugos and San Rafael Hills. One man died when a tree toppled. Sparks from power lines caused new blazes.
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Los Angeles
Verdugos
Glendale
San Fernando Valley
San Rafael Hills
Pasadena
Mojave Desert
Kathy Jones
Russians Permit The Trip To See Injured Airman
Berlin March 17 The Russians allowed Capt John Monroe flight surgeon to visit an American airman wounded when a US reconnaissance bomber was shot down over East Germany. Monroe crossed the Berlin border returning to base after visiting a Soviet hospital in Magdeburg. The Russian report confirmed one of the three airmen was injured. identities of the others remained unofficial. An Air Force spokesman said no decision on the mission outcome would come for hours.
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Berlin
East Germany
Monroe Barher
Checkpoint Bravo
West Germany
West Berlin
Monroe
Fron Weat Ene N
al Poree
David Holland
Holland Minn
Johnson backs Job Corps plan to enlist 100000 youths
President Johnson proposed creating a Job Corps to reclaim 100000 draft rejections and school dropouts for productive roles. The plan, key to his poverty message, was introduced in both houses with Democratic leaders pushing quick passage. Republicans offered no immediate comment.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Fast Moving Canyon Fire Runs In Three Minutes
A high wind driven blaze roared through Verdugo Hills on Country Club Drive in Burbank. Firefighters fought back as flames surged up canyon slopes, scorching shrubs and trees while 25 homes stood nearby. The wall of fire vanished in under three minutes.
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Burbank
Calif
Country Club Drive
Verdugo Hills
Rail official backs off strike threat easing crisis
Washington reports a railroad spokesman said union actions had threatened a nationwide strike but after denials by unions he backed off predicting a crisis could be avoided. J E Wolfe said five operating unions planned to bypass negotiations by striking Wednesday against Southern Pacific and the Louisville and Nashville, potentially triggering a national walkout before union denials changed his view. Talks with Labor Secretary Wirtz were planned to resolve remaining issues.
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Washington
J. E. Wolfe
Southern Pacific
Louisville
Wolfe
Willard Wirtz
Rumors Denied On McCartney and Asher Marriage
London reports deny rumors of a secret marriage between guitarist Paul McCartney and actress Jane Asher. Iris press agent states Paul is not married, and Miss Asher, 18, says there have been no plans for marriage despite ongoing gossip.
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London
Paul McCartney
Jane Asher
McCarthney
Miss Asher
Johnson backs Latin Alliance in address at OAS meeting
President Johnson vowed the full power of the United States to aid any American country whose freedom is threatened by outside forces. He tied aid to the Alliance for Progress and Cuban aggression in Venezuela, urging unity among Latin American nations while urging ambassadors and aid chiefs in the region to review US relations and policy.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Alliance For Progress In
Latin America
Venezuela
Organization of American States
Jonn F Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Pan American Union
Panama Talks Now in Doubt Skyrockets in Canal Zone Talks
The United States and Panama appeared split over resuming diplomatic relations and new Canal Zone talks after a mediator announcement. President Johnson said no final agreement existed while Panama’s Chiarri and Solis claimed a deal was signed, fueling confusion among OAS members.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Panama
Canal Zone
Organization of American States
OAS
Johnson
Robert Chidari
Five Nation
U.S
Chiari
Galileo Solis
Panama City
Solis
Singers Here Offer Broadway Night With Amarillo Symphony
Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt, noted vocalists, join the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Thomas Hohstadt for a Broadway evening at Municipal Auditorium tonight.
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Earl Wrightson
Lois Hunt
Amarillo Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Hohstadt
At & Pam
Municipal Auditorium
Indians Defy Cavalry In Peru Jungle Rescue Tried
A road survey party of 46 civilians and soldiers is trapped 50 miles from Requena in eastern Peru as 8000 hostile Indians attack. Jets strafed the jungle, Navy boat and helicopter rescue efforts underway, with casualties reported among the survey party and attackers. The Indians reportedly lead by smugglers oppose a new jungle road.
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Requena
Air Force
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Ann Sanders
Santa Fe
Sylvia Porter Weotner
Youth Employment Service
Wall Street Journal
Patt Powell
Mes Izzard
California
Los Angeles Area
Melvin Jo Messler
Philadelphia
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
Job Corps
LBJ
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Committee On Labor and Education
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
McCormack
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Legis
James Bacon
RAIL
Latin Alliance
Tne
Lima
Peru
Iquitos
Galvez River
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