Amarillo bridge artist of the Expressway
In Amarillo the Expressway showcases practical yet elegant bridges designed by Am a rillo bridge engineer Smoky Supher. A. B. Lupher, once a local schoolboy and early baseball pitcher, is linked to the era and the artistry of the structures. Byron Reese of the highway department praises the local origin of the designs.
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Daily News
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Freedomland USA omits Texas in Brooklyn park map
Ex Amarillo developer C V Wood built Freedomland USA in Brooklyn. The 240 acre park mirrors U S history but lacks any Texas representation. FBI agent Curtis Lynam summarizes the Brinks robbery with 3 dead and 8 jailed, while over a million looted remains missing.
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Defense Restes Murder Trial To Jury Today
In Garden City Kansas the defense rested its case in the first degree murder trial of Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith after calling four witnesses. The all male jury will hear closing arguments Tuesday as defense and prosecutors seek to spare the lives of the ex convicts accused in the shotgun slayings of four members of the Herbert W Clutter family.
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Senators Say Hoodlums Tighten Hold on Economy
The Senate Rackets Committee warns of rising organized crime influence across the U.S. economy and fights over a national crime commission. It accuses Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa of abuses while noting illicit syndicates expand into labor and management. The panel urges congressional study of coping methods.
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Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy through today with cooler tonight. Low around 50 and high near 70. Northwest Texas sees partly cloudy windy conditions and cooler tonight. New Mexico reports partly cloudy skies with isolated showers in northern mountains and breezier east plains. Cooler statewide with highs 60 to 75.
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Violence erupts as mobs clash near Cape Town
Police and mobs fought in northeast of Cape Town as militant Negroes pressed a work boycott after 72 people were killed by white police a week earlier. A white constable and several others died or were wounded. churches and schools burned in Worcester township. Johannesburg trains and stations damaged.
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Randall To Choose Judge in Election
Randall Democrats will select a county judge to serve from January 1, 1961, to January 1, 1963, in the May and June primaries. The filing fee is four hundred five dollars.
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Canyon
Randall County judge candidates set filing window
Randall County voters may file for the May 7 primary until midnight April 7. The Randall County Democratic Executive Committee met with 14 of 19 members present and unanimously approved a late filing period for the post created by Rov Joe Stevens resignation.
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Resignation Shifts Randall County Judge Race
D E Scott Wellington Stevens resigned last Saturday, 48 hours before the party committee met to plan ballot printing. The ballot must be printed by April 17 for absentee voting. Filing for county judge requires notarized forms from the county clerk in Canyon or from David Matthis. The filing fee is 405 dollars. The interim judge and procedures were discussed in Randall County courthouse 47th District courtroom as Stevens’ resignation takes effect April 1.
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Spring thaws trigger floods across eight states
Spring thaws sent warm water snowmelt across eight states, isolating towns and forcing hundreds to flee. National Guardsmen aided rescues in Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin as rivers swelled and crested. Nebraska and Missouri reported the only deaths amid extensive property and livestock losses. In Frankfurt Kansas Vermillion Creek surged seven feet above flood stage, flooding roads and surrounding areas.
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Capital Illegally Held Board Seats Highlighted
Will Harrison reports in Santa Fe that a Daily News investigation exposes illegal board memberships occupied by New Mexico legislators. The piece centers on actions by lawmakers and the implications for governance and ethics enforcement.
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Will Harrison
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Daily News
Santa Fe
Pilot’s use of tranquilizers linked to 26 deaths crash
Washington UPI report says the Piedmont DC-3 crash that killed 26 near Charlottesville on Oct. 30 involved a pilot who had used tranquilizers after consulting two psychiatrists. Investigators say tranquilizers were not available day before the accident while ruling out other causes. Captain George Lawrine died with crew and 23 passengers. one survived. Bakke of the FAA noted the inquiry’s core finding points to the captain as the weakest link.
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