Tri-State Fair highlights and local notices across Amarillo paper
Page by page roundup shows Tri-State Fair concessions moving vast bun and hot dog purchases while a top horse show crowns two world champions. Hale County Agriculture Center near Plainview nears completion. Amarillo Animal Shelter enforces stricter fines for violations. West Texas Sales Congress features four life insurance executives at Holiday Inn West. Beet crop and sugar refinery preparations tied to local industry. Welfare lists $1 million in aid distributions. Politics pairs unlikely allies as Sen John Tower headlines a warming political scene.
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Holiday Inn West
Why Ayub Khan Shifted Pakistan Ties in 1960s
Mrs. Trene Coan, wife of local accountant Frank Coan, corresponded with Pakistan’s President Mohammed Ayub Khan. Ayub explained that India’s buildup and a 400 mile border with China pushed Pakistan toward Beijing to lessen U.S. involvement risk. The exchange reveals listed motives behind Pakistan China alignment and shifting U.S. relations.
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Trene Coan
Mohammed Ayub Kahn
Pakistan
Coan
Frank Coan
China
Pekin
United States
Amarillo Chronicle Dose of Local Light Week in Review
Thirty five years ago W Cleon Skousen helped build the first paved road from Amarillo to Canyon. He was 17 and drove a mule powered Fresno. Shelby Kruser scored a hole in one at Amarillo Country Club with Mark Clemmer, using a 7 iron for a 40 on the front. Horace Scott reports peak fall colors in Lake City and Taos. Deaf Smith County Sheriff Edward Connell ran Texas first police prowl car. Big Ed traded his horse for a red touring car and became the Automobile Sheriff of the Panhandle. An expert joking defies strictures while Ned Curran notes political shifts in 1966. A minimum wage bill dies in Congress, Page 30.
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W. Cleon Skousen
Amarillo
Canyon
Fresno
British Isles
Shelby Kruser
Amarillo Country Club
Mark Clemmer
Horace Scott
Lake City
Colo
Eunice Loftis
Taos
Texas
Deaf Smith County
Edward F. Connell
Jack Maguire
Parade Magazine
Big Ed
the Panhandle
Food at Tri-State Fair Draws Teens and Adults
At the Tri-State Fair Tammy Coleman, 1, daughter of Wayne Coleman of Lefors, takes a bun without meat. Marilyn Colson, 17, of Sumnerwood, bites into a hamburger. Bill Tippitt of Albuquerque, NM, enjoys a plate lunch. Sherrie Latham, 15, of Sumnerwood, savors a hot dog.
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Tammy Coleman
Wayne Coleman
Lefors
Marilyn Colson
Sumnerwood
Bill Tippitt
Albuquerque
Sherrie Latham
World Hails Truce By India Pakistan Cease Fire
A cease-fire took effect at 3 30 a m Indian time Thursday in the India Pakistan war that had threatened to engulf the region. The world welcomed the moment as negotiators hailed the truce and urged restraint on both sides.
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Pakistan
New Delhi
SaisyweunEouAy
Amritsar
U.N
U Thant
G. Parthasarathy
Golden Temple
Punjab
United Nations
Fairgoers Line Up for Hearty Eats and Cold Drinks
On opening day the Tri State Fair boasted a dense food scene with about two dozen eateries ranging from six-foot hot dog stands to full service cafes. Orders filled by Amarillo vendors included 30,000 feet long hot dogs, 30,000 hamburgers, and 1,000 regular hot dogs, plus 500 loaves of bread. Buttered corn on the cob remained a surprising favorite alongside large Coca Cola sales and 7-Up deliveries. Artie’s truck network kept supplies moving with 6,800 pounds of burgers and hot dogs, 4,900 pounds of frozen vegetables, and vast quantities of condiments and paper goods.
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Amarillo
Tri State Fair Wethout
Amarillo Food and Drink
Fair
Frank Walsh
Artic Foods Inc
Coca-Cola Co
7-Up
House Approves Trinity River Barge Canal Start
The House authorized start on the Trinity River barge canal project in Texas as part of a flood control and navigation bill totaling 11 billion dollars. The measure includes 83 million to begin the Trinity plan, with Senate approval pending and funding to be appropriated later. Debate centers on the canal feature and related reservoirs while Rep. Glenn Davis had proposed removing the 515 million barge canal element, a plan he did not pursue.
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Washington
House
Trinity River
Texas
Senate
Washington Post
Jim Wright
Rep. Wright
Chocolate Bayou
Houston
Green Bayou
Buffalo River
Fi Paso County
Highland Bayou
Pat Mayse
Taylor's Bayou
Glenn Davis
R-Wis
Canadian fugitive freed in $35,000 jail plot in Miami
Two men Harold Algar a jail security guard and Earl Mixon a bail bondsman were arrested in a $35,000 plot to free Georges LeMay a Canadian held for deportation. LeMay used a 1 inch cable to descend from a seventh floor window after the jail door was left unlocked. Sheriff T A Buchanan said the deal promised $25,000 but money未ds not yet exchanged.
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Miami, Fla
Harold Algar
Earl Mixon
Sher
Mixon
Count LeMay
T. A. Buchanan
Weather
Sherif
Weing
Algar
LeMay
New Cate
Georges LeMay
Temay
Wilson Released On Writ In Potter County Case
Stanley Eugene Wilson, 22, walked away from Potter County jail after a habeas corpus hearing in 47th District Court. Judge Gene Jordan ordered Wilson freed after psychiatric tests showed no insanity. He had been committed to Rusk Mental Hospital since 1964 for an attempted strangulation and assault with intent to murder.
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Gene Jordan
Wilson
47Th District Court
Bob Sanders
District Attorney's Office
Alma Vogel
Jordan
Rusk Mental Hospital
Rusk
State Mental Hospital
Rusk Hospital
Rainstorm Deluge Pounds Central Texas and Surrounding Areas
Ten inch rains sweep central Texas flooding the Pedernales River near LBJ Ranch where water overruns low bridges. Austin and LBJ Ranch record multiple inches of rain, while a tornado north of Longview damages tanks and trees. An elderly Greenville woman dies in a crash near Lufkin as record rainfall hits the region.
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Texas
Pedernales
President Johnson
LBJ
Ranch Road 1
Big Texas
White House
Austin
LBJ Ranch
Frederickshorg
Llano
Longview
4. M. Wright
Port Arthur
Medical draft calls lift dentists vets for Viet Nam era
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a draft of 1 979 medical professionals including 350 dentists and 100 veterinarians to begin in January. Doctors will total 1 529 with 9 for the Army, 260 for the Navy and 320 for the Air Force. The move, the second medical draft this year, aims to fill health services as active forces rise per a July President Johnson boost to 340,000 men.
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Pentagon
Selective Service
Berlin
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
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