Pat Speir Climbs to Top Texas Ranger Public Figure
Col. Wilson F. Speir of Austin head of the Texas Department of Public Safety and top highway patrolman visits Amarillo for a Panhandle Plains Historical Society banquet. He recalls early patrol days and will speak on The Early Texas Ranger, drawing from his own rise from sergeant to a leading state official.
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Pat Speir
Texas
Col
Wilson F. Speir
Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Highway Patrol
South
Jackson
Bob Izzard
Pecos
Homer
Col. Speir
Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Howard Johnson's
Interstate 40
Anchor Boulevard
Motor Inn
Stanton Faces Urban Renewal Debacle and HUD Debt
The Odessa American notes Stanton, the Martin County county seat, owes HUD $60,900 after 11 years of urban renewal efforts. Mayor J C Epley led a write in anti renewal campaign, and the HUD office closed on April 1. The piece urges a city audit before any federal renewal.
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Stanton
Martin County
Midland
Big Spring
Fort Worth
HUD
J. C. Epley
The
Odessa American
Amarillo Breaks Ground on New $4 Million Airport Terminal
FAA Southwest Region director Henry L. Newman spoke at the Tascosa Country Club luncheon as Amarillo marked the start of construction on a new four million dollar air terminal. He praised the community for recognizing aviation changes and noted current air freight potential. The event followed groundbreaking ceremonies led by Selden Simpson of the Amarillo Chamber Aviation Committee.
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Henry L. Newman
Southwest Region
FAA
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Newman
Selden Simpson
Plane thief in the Atlantic mystery from UK base
A U.S. Air Force mechanic Sgt Paul A Meyer 23 took a four engine C130 Hercules from Mildenhall near London and attempted a solo flight home heading over the Atlantic after reporting trouble two hours after take off. radar contact was lost and a joint search by U.S. and RAF jets failed to locate him.
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London
U.S. Air Force
Atlantic
Mary Ann
Poquoson
U.S. 3Rd Air Force
Paul A. Meyer
Mildenhall
Meyer
Air Force
English Channel
Cherbourg
France
U.S
Royal Air Force
Pocketbooks Get Thinner
New York AP reports consumers face higher costs as inflation remains stubborn. A 0.6 percent rise in April highlights the ongoing price spiral, with mortgage rates hitting a record 7.642 percent for conventional new homes, amid tax surcharges and spending cuts.
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New York
Omnibus Courts Bill Passes House For Governor
The Omnibus Courts Bill gaining final passage in the Texas House would create a new 181st District Court for Potter County with Randall County added back after committee action. Senate originator Sen. Murray Watson of Mart led the measure intended to consolidate 29 district courts into one package, now awaiting gubernatorial signature.
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Austin
Potter
Randall
House of Representatives
Senate
Murray Watson
Mart
Texas
Dewitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Potter County
Renal B. Rosson
Snyder
Judicial Districts Committee
Randall County
Rosson
Tom Christian
Claude
Suds Aplenty in No-Beer Palace
Temple Terrace officials refused a beer license to a pizza house, yet owners began giving beer with each pizza. City lawyers say it remains legal, but the move costs tax revenue the city could have collected from each brew.
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Temple Terrace
Fla
Tampa
Filibustered Texas Senate Votes on Parks Bill and New Colleges
The Texas Senate killed a bill to alter the Parks and Wildlife Commission then resumed a continuous filibuster against bills for new colleges. After 10 hours of talk Sen. O H Harris quit, Sen. Charles Wilson moved to rescue the Parks bill, but failed to gain two thirds. Debate on a Midland Odessa college proceeded as filibusters vow to prolong session through June 2 and beyond.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Senate
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Parks and Wildlife
O. H. Harris
Dallas
Charles Wilson
D-Lufkin
William T. Moore
Dbryan
Moore
Ben Barnes
Moore and Sons
Jack Strong
Longview
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Charles F. Herring
D - Austin
Trouble on Apollo 10 Cooling Pump Idles Unit
Apollo 10 experiences a short circuit in a cooling pump that idled one electric generating unit but poses no threat to the moon orbit crew. Commander John W. Young and Cdr Eugene A. Cernan continue normal operations aboard the two remaining fuel cells as Thomas P. Stafford reports.
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Stafford
Peru Expels U S Military Advisors Over Tense Row
Lima declares US military advisers must leave following Washington’s suspension of arms sales after American fishing boat seizures and expropriation of an oil firm. The move comes amid a strained bilateral pact dating to 1952 and noise from Ambassador Jones’ note to Peru’s Foreign Minister.
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Lima
Peru
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
John Wesley Jones
Washington
United States
U.S. Army
Edgardo Mercado
Sparrow Bluntly Injures Boy On Portland Street
A Portland high school boy, 11 year old Mike Carney, was knocked unconscious after a sparrow struck him from behind while he chased a car at about 30 mph. He was taken to the hospital for a head cut and later released. The sparrow lay dead in the street, likely hit by a vehicle.
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Portland
Orc
Mike Carney
Mike
New Battle Erupts on Viet Hill
UPI reports renewed fighting on Ham burger Hill with American soldiers who seized the peak facing heavy resistance from North Vietnamese troops. A U.S. helicopter was shot down at the base. two crew were rescued uninjured while seven Americans were killed and 20 wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
Hamburger Hill
U.S
David Lamb
A Shau
Amarillo Weather Forecast for 1969
The Amarillo forecast notes sunny start with 124 of 140 days so far in 1969. Expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies and warm highs in the mid 80s with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight.
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Amarillo
Good Deed Bridges Generation Gap at Globe News Building
Three young men from Amarillo aided a 77 year old blind man and his seeing eye dog after he was unable to reach help. Mike Boyles 14 of Lubbock Mike Rogers 16 of Shreveport and Scott Rickard senior at West Texas State University drove the pair home with the dog after the man was ignored by a passerby.
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Globe News
Amarillo
Boys Ranch
Mike Boyles
Lubbock
Mike Rogers
Shreveport
Scott Rickard
West Texas State University
Price talks on Findley Bill and welfare during Panhandle tour
Congressman Bob Price of Pampa spoke in Amarillo on a Panhandle tour about the Findley Bill to cap farm payments at 20 000 and its May 27 House vote. He urged careful welfare oversight and noted a possible extension of the 10 percent surtax with a 5 percent cut in 1970. He highlighted free enterprise questions and stressed federal leadership in debt reduction.
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Bob Price
Pampa
Panhandle
18Th
Price
House
Agriculture Committee
Nixon
Congress
Potter-Randall County
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