The Black Tie In a Comeback in Amarillo
The Amarillo Knife & Fork Club began in 1938 with a formal dinner at the Amarillo Country Club. It notes wartime shifts toward informality, the rise of dress codes, and credits wives with reviving formal wear through social influence and fashion industry commentary.
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Amarillo Knife & Fork Club
Amarillo Country Club
John EF. Hill
Upton Close
E. Cecil Seaman
Amari College of Music
Nelson
The Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia and a highway chase
In Appalachia the Blue Ridge Mountains anchor a plan to convert a lone pine trail into a 4350 mile modern highway at a taxpayer cost of 440 million dollars. Dorothy Nordyke praises Pampa in Texas Parade noting a town of young men and old oil wells. A fifth grade class tumbling with race questions reflects the era.
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Blue Ridge
Virginia
Appalachia
Dorothy Nordyke
Pampa
Texas Parade
Connally to Visit Panhandle for Three Speeches
Gov. John Connally arrives in Amarillo for a Panhandle swing with three major speeches. He speaks at Borger Chamber of Commerce banquet Friday noon, at a joint Amarillo civic clubs meeting, and at Canyon for Panhandle Historical Society dinner. He is expected to present a “State of the State” address, his first Panhandle trip since 1963. The governor is backed by Sen. Grady Hazlewood and travels amid post election acclaim.
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Panhandle
John Connally
Amarillo
Borger
Comeed
Dallas
Connallys
Kennedys
FBI Gets Bad Bank Clue Late
Washington UPI report shows bank examiner Victor Del Treticci testified that a fixed fee splitting practice between the San Francisco National Bank president and an associate was illegal and discovered in May 1964. The letter to U S Attorney Poole went unacted, and currency officials sent it onward. The Justice Department learned of the issue only Feb 26 after the bank was ordered closed, fueling a Senate rackets committee probe into banking agency cooperation and failures. The testimony followed prior claims of agency jealousy hindering policing. Robertson of the Federal Reserve Board also commented.
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A. F. Larsen
West Coast
U S
James J. Saxon
Washington
Justice
Saxon
John N. McClellan
Senate
Robertson
Federal Reserve Board
Blizzard Closes Minnesota Schools Amid St Patrick's Day Storm
A massive blizzard paralyzed Minnesota and nearby states with up to 32 inches of snow in Willmar and eight inches in St. Cloud. National Guard assisted, travel near zero visibility, while tornadoes struck the South causing heavy property damage. Temperatures plunging to minus 5 to minus 15 across the Dakotas and Minnesota as winds howl up to 60 mph.
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Minnesota
Midwest
Southland
Iowa
St. Cloud
Minn
National Guard
Willmar
Dakotas
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Kansas
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Windy afternoon wreck at Georgia Wolflin signal
Visiting in Amarillo on Wednesday James I Kimmins Phillips school principal stopped at a traffic signal at Georgia and Wolflin. A brisk norther gust caused the signal standard to sway then snap and fall across the front of his car, denting the fenders and hood.
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Amarillo
James I. Kimmins
Phillips
Georgia
Wolflin
Kimmins
Mental Health Bill Approved by Senate
Texas senators approved a new state wide administrative approach to mental health by a 30 0 vote. The bill replaces the Board for State Hospitals with Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and returns to the House for approval of a Senate amendment removing one deputy commissioner. Debate centered on whether the commissioner must be a physician or an experienced administrator.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Bill Moore
W. H. Miller
Mouston
Sen
Martin Dies Jr. Lufkin
Schools for Retarded Clears First Hurdle
A Texas House panel cleared a bill authorizing eight new schools for mentally retarded persons to be located by the State Board for Mental Health. Sponsored by Rep. Hudson Moyer, the measure was amended to remove specific city sites and instead set four western and four eastern state schools. The bill advanced to third reading on a voice vote.
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Austin
State Board For Mental Health
Hudson Moyer
Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Lubbock
Midland Odessa
el Paso
98Th Meridian
Rights Win as King Announces Federal Victory March
Civil rights leaders win the right to march from Selma to Montgomery as U S District Judge Frank M Johnson Jr orders authorities to protect the 50 mile trek. The ruling bars state or county interference and directs protection for the Friday start, prompting Gov. George C Wallace to prepare a statewide TV address.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
King
U.S
Frank M Johnson Jr
Johnson
George C. Wallace
Albert J. Linga
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Justices Refused Pay Hike In House Vote
In Washington Congress members criticized Supreme Court justices and blocked a $3,000 yearly pay raise. The vote was 177 against, with lawmakers deriding court decisions vacations and fringe benefits while noting the court is already better paid than Congress. House members argued the court should not receive extra pay.
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UPI
House
Supreme Court
Morris K. Udall
D- Ariz
St. Patrick's
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Fa Cette
Paul Jones
D-Mo
H. R. Gross
A - Iown
Willam D Douglas
Earl Warren
French Riviera
John Bell Williams
Enactment Seems Certain Congress Votes On Rights Bill
Washington reports that key leaders from both parties indicate passage of the voting rights bill. The measure, headed by James Eastland in the Senate, is designed to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment and curb filibuster tactics. House action began with Emanuel Celler and Oregon Senator Mike Mansfield guiding floor debate.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Judiciary Committee
Dent Johnson
Congress
James O
Mississippi
Fastland
Dirksen
United States
Senate
Nicholas Katzen
Ex Monarch Farouk Dies in Rome Restaurant
Former Egyptian king Farouk, living in exile in Italy, died after dinner at a Rome restaurant. He was 45. Aides said he arrived at Camille Hospital dead on arrival after midnight. No cause of death given. Farouk abdicated in 1952 after a revolution and lived in exile in Italy during the Dolce Vita era. The monarchy ended and Egypt became a republic under Nasser.
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Mohamed Naguib
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Fouad
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United Arts Requisis
Nasser
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