Brazilian Delegation Tours Amarillo Industrial Plants
A Brazilian government delegation tours Amarillo industrial plants today as part of a program to boost private business in Latin America. The April 7 visit by a Department of Defense economic team includes an Amarillo Air Force Base closure slated for 1968. Police Chief Wiley Alexander notes early signs of change since the mid January reorganization, with some metrics showing decreases.
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Amarillo
Latin America
Department of Defense
Amarillo Air Force Base
Wiley Alexander
Explosion at Phillips plant claims life and injures workers
On The Plains, a former Phillips resident was killed and three area men injured, two critically, in an explosion Monday at the Adams Terminal of the Phillips anhydrous ammonia plant on the Houston Ship Channel. Page 16 Construction of a new one million shopping center in Hereford to begin next week. Sugarland Mall will cover 168000 square feet for 22 stores and parking for 850 cars Page 3 Roof top burglars strike two Tulsa businesses stealing over 5000 in cash and merchandise.
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Houston Ship Channel
Hereford
Sugarland Mall
Tulsa
W.L. Pickering
Tyler
Amarillo
Claytonville farmer named new Texas Flying Farmers president
Leo Foster, a Claytonville farmer, is named president of the Texas Flying Farmers and Ranchers Club after logging over 2,000 flying hours.
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Claytonville
Leo Foster
Texas Flying Farmers and Ranchers Club
Pampa
Reading Critics Rally Against Dick and Jane Method
Professor Arthur S. Trace Jr. reports in a forthcoming book that the look say approach dominates early reading materials. He argues vocabulary control theories behind Dick and Jane fail to teach comprehension and leave Johnny unable to read.
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Trace
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Look Say
Arithmetic age guessing and pocket change trick shared
A magazine suggests a seven step method to estimate a friend’s age and pocket change. The steps involve doubling ages, adding finger counts, multiplying, and adjusting by days in a year to reveal age and money amounts. In other notes, readers discuss astronauts, a letter from Alabama, and a TV show cancellation.
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Holiday Inn Magazine
State Senate approves four year terms for justices and officers
A constitutional amendment to set four year terms for the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals passages by the Senate and House, plus a separate voting age and poll tax proposal. The measures await final floor action and governor's signature amid concurrent redistricting plans.
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Sn Austin
UPI
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Tom Creighton
F Wynne Veale
Pampa
Ranger 9 Nears Moon Crater for Live TV Closeups
Ranger 9 speeds toward Alphonsus crater for a live television view of the moon’s surface. If successful, three networks will relay shots just before impact at about 8 am CST Wednesday, with up to 100 frames televised before the crash.
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Grissom and Young Complete Trip Amid Space Race Momentum
Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young altered Gemini’s orbit three times in a three orbit splashdown in the Atlantic. The Mol ly Brown capsule, with Grissom first man to fly a second time, and Young, landed off course and were picked up by helicopter to the Intrepid. The mission marked a US advance in orbital maneuvers during a tense Moon race with the Soviets ahead in boosters and experience.
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Gus) Grissom
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Gemini Astronauts Land After Three Earth Orbits
The Gemini spaceship Molly Brown landed in the Atlantic Ocean north of Grand Turk after three Earth orbits. Pilot Gus Grissom and astronaut John W. Young were rescued by aircraft and taken to the carrier USS Intrepid.
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John W. Young
World opinion split on tear gas use in Vietnam
Tuesday World opinion weighed U.S. tear gas in South Vietnam with concern and condemnation. Italian daily L Unita called the gas use a monstrous crime by aggressors. White House spokesman said Johnson delegated authority to area commanders and did not seek approval.
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Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Tom Wepresent
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China
U.S
Communist Party
L'Unita
Western Europe
White House
George E. Reedy
Johnson
Reedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dissention Stirs Alabama March Over Civil Rights Effort
Report from Montgomery indicates unrest between white and Negro participants in the Montgomery-Selma civil rights march. Debates centered on who should be in the restricted segment and who pays for travel and meals. Tensions surfaced Monday along Jefferson Davis Highway and near Brown's Chapel AME Church as leaders and participants argued over terms and inclusion.
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Alabama State Capitol
Tin Luther King Group
Whic
Jefferson Davis Highway
Brown's Chapel Ame Church
Medicare Gains Move Passed By House Committee
The Ways and Means committee approved the Medicare bill for seniors and social security raises. Commissioner Ball estimates six billion dollars for 1967, funded by payroll tax increases. President Johnson calls the measure a major advance for senior citizens and notes it mirrors the hospital insurance proposal from King and Anderson.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Robert Ball
Commissioners
Social Security
House Committee On
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John
Son
Cecil King
Clinton Anderson
Gov Connally Address To Amarillo Civic Clubs
Amarillo civic clubs last week heard Gov John Connally outline state and federal roles and local government cooperation. The editorial page presents the full text of his address for readers to study government balance across three levels.
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John Connally
Amarillo
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