Amarillo area budget faces 14.6 million over 25 years
The top of the day news highlights fear and hardship of being a prisoner in the woods with a killer as a survivor emerges from a week long ordeal. In Amarillo area coverage, a 25 year cost estimate of 14.6 million is noted. A Baptist minister storms out of a Conservative Club meeting during a talk by a California man claiming space travel. Portions cover a Clovis New Mexico crash injuring Marcelo Martinez and others, plus a San Sanford city council contract for a fire truck building and meeting space.
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Amarillo
California
Outer Space
Death Takes J. Fullingim
John R. Fullingim 65 of 32038 Lipscomb died after a brief illness at M. D. Anderson Clinic Houston. He practiced law in Amarillo since 1926, was Baylor athlete and lawyer involved in local civic and bar associations, served as bank director and youth foundation director, and chaired the Amarillo Civil Service Commission.
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John R. Fullingim
Lipscomb
Amarillo
M. D. Anderson Clinic
Houston
Ms. Fullingim
Oak Grove
Decatur
University of Illinois
University of Wisconsin
Baylor University
Baylor
Fullingim
Frank Bridges
Col. FE. A. Simpson
Cleo Clayton, Sr
Col. Simpson
Mr. Fullingim
H. M. Adkins
Selden Simpson
A. B. Hawkins
GM Rally Follows Motors Statement Lifts Market
A positive General Motors statement Friday sparked a late buying surge that erased early losses and pushed the Dow Jones up to 876.89, a 3.90 point gain after a weak start. Trading was slow until the final hour when the rally accelerated.
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New York
General Motors
Flag from Cuba Draped on Statue of Liberty Base
A Cuban refugee placed a large flag inscribed Cuba Will Be Free at the Statue of Liberty base in New York. Police removed the banner after it was held for about five minutes, with no legal action taken.
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New York
Cuba
Liberty Rriany
San Juan
Ford Motor
Auto
Queens
Empire State
Hail Strikes Airliner as Texas Floods Tame Skies
A Braniff jet bound for San Antonio hit severe weather over Waco at 20 000 feet. Hail cracked the cockpit windshield and the plane returned to Dallas Love Field with 114 passengers and seven crew. One man, William Kendall Gandy of Dallas, died after lightning struck him while sheltering in a cave near Lake Grapevine. A hostess, Gundi Hautz, 22, suffered a possible back injury. Torrential rain caused flash flooding across Houston and other cities with rainfall totals over three inches in minutes and 3.21 inches in two hours in southeast Houston. Continuous downpours filled streets and overloaded drainage systems as storms moved north toward Fort Worth Austin and Victoria.
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Associated Press
Texas
William Kendall Gandy
Dallas
Lake Grapevine
Houston
Waco
San Antonio
Future Plans Told By Kidnap Victim Peggy Ann Brodnick
Peggy Ann Brodnick spoke from a wheelchair after seven days of captivity by William D. Hollenbaugh. She said she was treated as well as possible and planned to pursue recovery with God’s help. A restraining news conference limited questions to health and future plans.
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Shade Gap
UPI
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Peggy Ann
Raymond Piper
Shade Gap Evangelical United Brethers Church
William D. Hollenbaugh
Rev. i! _ Piper
Negroes protest barring at Los Angeles coroner inquest
Deputies in helmets battled about 100 angry Black residents barred from the second inquest session into the death of Leonard Deadwyler, a 25 year old shot by a traffic officer. Witnesses described a high speed chase and the coroner adjourned the hearing to Monday as tensions rose outside the courthouse.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Leonard Deadwyler
Deadwyler
Monks Stage Strike in Saigon and Da Nang
Vietnamese warplanes bombed Da Nang rebel positions for the first time. In Saigon thousands of monks and nuns began a sit down hunger strike against Premier Ky's military government, amid fears of new violence as the Buddhist opposition grows.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Soma
Nguyen Cao Y
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
France to Proceed with Pacific Nuclear Tests Despite Protests
Paris reports France will go ahead with nuclear tests in the Pacific at Mururoa Atoll despite protests and international concern. Government sources say the test program will not be altered after substantial investment, with South American nations voicing fears of radioactive fallout. France promises precautions to protect populations in the Pacific.
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Paris
France
Pacific
Negro
Mururoa
Probaly Watts
Sanford to Build City Hall Avert Meetings in Shade
Sanford approves a $4,700 city hall project to replace ad hoc meeting sites. Construction to finish July 1, easing the need to locate shade trees or vacant garages for council sessions. Former councilman E. L. Hollar notes the town has no regular meeting place, complicating civic information.
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Sanford
E. L. Hollar
Terracors
Hollar
Bad Water Indicated In Stuff Lab Tests
Dallas researchers report high levels of total solids sulfates and fluoride in wells on Western Oklahoma farms linked to a mysterious illness. Tests show Myers and nearby wells exceed federal limits. advice includes drinking distilled water for three months to test the connection.
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Sweetwater
Okla
Dallas
Western Oklahoma
Pritsker
Dallas Laboratories
Woodrow Myers
U.S
Myer
Myers
Sam Davis
City of Dallas
Cleric Scientist Clash Jars Conservatives Over Saucers
The Amarillo Conservative Club heard George Van Tassle claim a flying saucer ride from Yucca Valley California. A Baptist minister walked out after remarks that space inhabitants have a perfect civilization. Local reactions ranged from disbelief to excommunication threats as residents debated the sun’s visitor and a space craft landing at Van Tassle’s airport.
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Myers
Daniel
Tascosa High School
van Tassle
Yucca Valley
Calif
Sane Asylum
Amarillo
Outer Space
M. C. Garner
Grace Baptist Church
Warren Brandt
Helium Research Center
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