Fulbright Criticized For Vietnam Exile Remark On CBS
Senator J William Fulbright drew fire after declaring about 50000 pacifist exiles fled to other countries over U S actions A later challenge from Senator George Murphy questioned the figures and propriety urging President Nixon to restate U S aims in Southeast Asia to mobilize misunderstood students to defend freedom abroad
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George Murphy
California
Fulbright
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Amarillo eyes future airfreight port as city leaders push plans
Monte Rosenwald of Amarillo's airport board argues for a vast international air freight terminal feeding feeder routes across the region. He envisions a landmark facility beyond simple cargo planes, signaling a long term goal for the city.
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Tulsa
Dallas
Trinity
Amarillo
Monte Rosenwald
Smith Rejects New Texas Taxes for Teacher Pay Raise
Gov. Preston Smith said legislators cannot grant a teacher pay raise with a one-year appropriation bill without new taxes. He warned he may veto a one-year bill or call a second session to secure second-year funding. He also vetoed the Texas Tort Claims Act, urging a more limited revision of governmental immunity.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Texas
Smith
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Barnes
W. S. Heatly
Paducah
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Mutscher
Commission Opens Airport Bids Okays Anti Crime Plan
In Geneva Switzerland bidders from Europe and the United States bid over 2.9 million at a jewel auction of Nine Dyer and other royal society items. The sale, at a lakeside Geneva hotel, drew 600 bidders for diamonds sapphires emeralds and rare black pearls.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
United States
International Society
Nine Dyer
Miss Dyer
Heinrich von Thyssen
Sadruddin Khan
Aly Khan
Paris
Amarillo City to decide on terminal bid Tuesday
Amarillo officials opened bids for the airport terminal with Panhandle Engineers the low bidder at 3,333,600 after 22 plan changes. The commission will decide Tuesday whether to award or reject all bids.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Engineers and Contractors of
Panhandle
City Commission
John Stiff
Hart businessman dies in highway crash near service station
Otto D Dinwiddie 70, a Hart resident since 1929 and chairman of the board of Farmers Grain Co, was killed when his pickup collided with another truck at the Texas 194 and Farm Road 145 intersection near a service station. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church with Rev Co T Cunningham officiating. Richard N Garcia of Hart was uninjured.
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Hart
Texas 194
Farm Road
Otto D Dinwiddie
First Baptist Church
Co. T. Cunningham
Dinwiddie
Richard N. Garcia
Farmers Grain Co
Mitchell Calls for Crackdown on Student Disorder
Attorney General John N. Mitchell urged a nationwide crackdown on student unrest and urged arrests and prosecutions for violators. He spoke Thursday night and tied actions to law enforcement and the courts.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Amarillo Weather Report 1949 Forecast
The sun shines over Amarillo on day 108 of 120 in 1949. Today's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a high in the mid 80s and westerly winds.
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Amarillo
Texan resigns over dress code ban at Land Office
A miniskirted brunette announced her resignation from the Texas Land Office after a dress code ban on short skirts and long hair. Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler issued memos directing female hemlines down and male sideburns up by May 15.
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Austin
Tex
The
Texas Land Office
Jerry Sadler
Pentagon criticism grows in Senate Armed Services panel
Senate Armed Services Committee members clash with Pentagon critics as Sen. Barry Goldwater defends the military from press attacks. The panel approves Wheeler’s extended chair term, Whittaker’s Air Force post, and debates C5A costs. Senator Symington presses reform on procurement and joint chiefs leadership amid Vietnam policy concerns. Byrd voices budget skepticism and calls for credibility restoration. John Stennis reiterates civilian control.
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Washington
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Washington Post
New York Times
John Stennis
D-Miss
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Nixon
Philip N. Whittaker
Air Force
Senate
Symington
Joint Chiefs
Vietnam
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colo
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Goldwater
George Murphy
R-Calif
Stennis
Whittaker
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
CIA
Byrd
Department of Defense
Office of Economic Opportunity
Laird
Johnson Administration
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Tewels
Mrs
Lorene Carter
George McCarthy
Jack Simmonds
Arthur Vance
Pasadena
Capitol
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New Mexico
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Sadler
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