Ama rillo Contract Award and Grain Dealers Meet
The city of Amarillo awarded Western Builders a 556800 contract for a central services building with a December 15 completion date. About 400 grainmen from six states are to attend the Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association annual meeting at the Holiday Inn West in Amarillo Thursday through Saturday. Severe weather brought tornado warnings to the Panhandle with damage at Kamp Kiwanis west of Amarillo and in southeast Borger, including a pickup truck and a house under construction.
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Amarillo
Western Builders
The
Panhandle Grain & Feed Dealers Association
Holiday Inn West
Change in cotton pattern proposed for 1966 crop
U S Department of Agriculture proposes a shift to skip row planting to meet acreage allotments. If adopted, the rule would take effect with the 1966 cotton crop, per page 6. Also reported are bids for Pampa sewer projects, Dominican Republic developments, and Texas House action on equal rights.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
American enterprise stories fuel modern business legend
A column recalls early bold ventures that shaped U.S. industry from Sears Roebuck to Rand McNally, Wickman and Hilton. It argues these tales belong in economics texts to inspire rather than rely on broad regulatory theories, highlighting Textron and Litton and noting the ongoing impulse of American entrepreneurship.
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Wall Street
North Redwood
Minn
Chicago
Indiana
Alvah C. Roebuck
Richard Sears
Alvah Roebuck
Conrad Hilton
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tex Thornton
Amarillo
Lubbock
Farflung Litton Industries
George Miller
Borger
Textron, Inc
New England
Dee Miller
Potter County
Three FBI informers testify on Liuzzo killing in Alabama
An FBI informer cadre testified in Hayneville Alabama about Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr allegedly leaning from a speeding car and firing on Viola Liuzzo Detroit civil rights worker. The testimony described the shooting in graphic detail. The report also notes other world, national, and local items on pages 1 and 3.
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FBI
Klu Klux Klan
Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Detroit
Viola Liuzzo
U S paratroopers land as first ground units in South Viet Nam
About 1200 U S troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive at Bien Hoa and Vung Tau. Total 113 U S and South Vietnamese aircraft raid North Vietnam, targeting a barracks area and Xom Rung depot. Brig. Gen. Ellis Williamson leads the units and plans to meet Brig. Gen. Cao Van Vien to discuss roles. Marines press a sweep near Da Nang, with two wounded.
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U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Washington
Thanh Minh
Arrow
Saigon
U. S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Bien Hoa
Vung Tau
Okinawa
U.S
North Viet Nam
Vinh Ginh
Xom Rung
Ellis Williamson
Cnet
Nega
Viet Nam
Richard G. Stilwell
Williamson
Cao van Vien
da Nang
da Nang Air Base
FBI Informer Describes Liuzzo Slaying In Alabama Trial
Undercover FBI informant Gary Thomas Rowe Jr testified about a high speed 100 mph pursuit ending in the slaying of Viola Liuzzo. He said Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr fired through the car window as Eugene Thomas and William Eaton rode with him.
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Hayneville
Ala
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Viola Liuzzo
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Lowndes County
Wilkins
Mrs. Liuzzo
Rowe
Eugene Thomas
William C. Eaton
Women's Bill Hit 3rd Blow
A Texas House vote fell one vote short of passage on a proposed women’s rights constitutional amendment. The measure to repeal sex-based discrimination laws did not reach the needed 100 votes, closing prospects for the session. Other actions: aliens’ old age aid amendment approved, consolidation of city and county functions in Houston approved, and Medicare-related aid to blind and disabled continued. Senate action pending on redisTricting.
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Joe Bernal
United States
Senate
House
Grover
Houston
First 65 Wheat Goes to Market
The nation's first truckload of new crop wheat moved to market in Houston from Wilson County farms. Harvey Rehfeld, John Maha, and Ben Gorzell raised 625 bushels near Path. The Casares Grain Co. of Poth shipped it to Goodpasture Hay, Grain and Elevator Co. at an average of $1.58 a bushel.
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Floresvulf
Tex
Houston
Wilson County
Harvey Rehfeld
John Maha
Ben Gorzell
Path
Gov. Connally
San Antonio
Poth
Casares Grain Co
Hay, Grain and Elevator, Co
Tornadoes strike Kamp Kiwanis and Borger home
A tornado swept Kamp Kiwanis eight miles west of Amarillo causing roof loss to main building and cabins as well as damaged trees. A house under construction in Borger was nearly demolished by a small tornado, with roof removal, a 2 by 6 plank through a pickup and other structural damage. No injuries reported.
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Ray Howard Miller
Evergeen
Jin Borger
Borger
Uruguay Denounces New Johnson Doctrine at U N
At the United Nations Uruguay urged the Security Council to call for a cease fire and an end to unilateral Dominican Republic actions. France argued U S troop deployment should end quickly while Britain backed the U S move. Velazquez also urged support for OAS mediation to resolve the crisis.
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United Nations, N.Y
Uruguay
Latin America
France
U.S
Dominican Republic
Carlos Maria Velazquez
U.N. Security Council
Roger Seydoux
United States
Seydoux
Britain
Lord Caradon
Velazquez
Council
Organization of the American States
Dominican rebels name Caamano provisional president
Dominican rebels swore in Col Francisco Caamano Deno as provisional president in Independence Park amid a revolt. A U S official said the move changes nothing in the crisis as U S troops stay to protect Americans. Caamano urged recognition and said Bosch approved the election while Washington contemplated more military aid.
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U.S
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
Johnson
Juan Bosch
Bosch
Washington
Nun Defies Church Order Over Victoria Animal Shelter
In Victoria British Columbia a 76 year old nun Mother Cecilia Mary refused to close the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter run by six sisters stating they will never abandon the 120 animals. Bishop Remi de Roo and an apostolic visitor discussed next steps as a private detective guarded the shelter amid complaints of noise.
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Victoria
B.C
Texas Senate
Cecilia Mary
Vatican
Cecilia
Six Sisters
Good Shepherd
Metchosin
Remi de Roo
Mother Cecilia
de Roo
Andrew Keber
Mission City
Apostolic Visitor
Kerber
St. Mary's Priory
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Texas Panhandle
Kamp Kiwanis
Berger
Panhandle
Spearman
Pampa
Texas House
Golding Meadows
Rest of
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
President Johnson
Atolzzard
Kiwanis Magazine
Eugene Dunlop
Bill Rand
Boston
Andrew McNall
Rand and McNally
Jan E
Carl Wickman
Hibbing
Alice
Duluth
Hibbing Transportation Company
Greyhound Bus Lines
Lake Meredith
Chicago Tribune
Grit
Wes Izzard
Ann Sanders
Astro-Guide
Capitol
Santa Fe
Raleigh
N.C
Thomas
Birmingham
Twister
LBJ
Capitol Hill
Armed Services Committee
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Full Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations and
Armed Services Committees
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House Committee
Congress
Sen
Wayne Morse
Ore
Morse
Southeast Asia
Oregon
Independence Park
Col. Caamano
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