Amarillo lawyer seeks to set aside death verdict in Mellwain case
In Our Town Amarillo attorney George McCarthy filed a motion Friday in 47th District Court Clerk s office to set aside the death penalty verdict of Robert Earl Mellwain and grant a new trial. Judge Gene Jordan of the 47th District Court has been chosen to serve on Freedoms Foundation awards jury in Valley Forge. Today is the last chance to attend the 1965 Tri-State Fair with 4 H FFA and Armed Forces Day activities. Amarillo temperatures set four new records in the past week. Several Texas Appaloosa horses competed in the fair s Appaloosa Performance class. Senator Ralph Yarborough is scheduled to speak at Sumnerwood Progress Day.
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Amarillo
George McCarthy
47Th District Court
Robert Earl Mellwain
Gene Jordan
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Hereford Show Dominated by No Exhibitor at Tri-State Fair
In a rare large county fair cattle event, no single exhibitor led the field as eleven winners from three states took first prize ribbons at the Tri-State Fair. The page notes a major cattle show highlight with broad regional participation and multiple first-place awards.
West Germans elect Erhard overturning socialism
The article notes West Germany voted for free enterprise, reelecting Ludwig Erhard and ousting Willy Brandt, praising Erhard as key to postwar economic revival. It also discusses socialist setbacks in Britain and general debates on capitalism versus socialism, with broader comments from WES IZZARD and other observations.
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West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Willy Brandt
Jets and troops pursue guerrillas in Chihuahua clash
In Ciudad Madero and surrounding Chihuahua terrain, a three hour battle left at least five soldiers dead and eight guerrillas confirmed killed. Paratroops searched the hills as jet fighters from Mexico City bombed the area. two jets scouted but found no signs of rebels. Surviving guerrillas fled into mountains. some wounded, civilians also harmed.
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Ciudad Madero
Mexico
UPI
Chihuahua
Pancho Villa
Anat
Sala
el Paso Tex
Pos
Rigo Berto Aguillar Marin
Mexico City
Fair Festivity Ends Today At Tri-State Fair
Final day coverage notes closing of the 1965 Tri-State Fair with 11,299 attendees by closing time and 91,546 over four days. Promotions include Texas Parks and Wildlife wildlife exhibits, irrigation pump demos, home goods displays, and entertainment acts headed by Johnny Tillotson and Dale Robertson. Weather expected to clear in the low 60s and stages host 4H FFA Armed Forces Day events.
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FFA
Fairgrounds
Viet Cong Heavy Losses Reported in Saigon Battles
Viet Cong forces are said to cling to tunnels and bunkers laced with mines after a day of aerial bombardment and ground fighting. South Vietnamese officers report 600 guerrillas killed along a 20 mile stretch of Highway No 1 near Qui Nhon, with US and South Vietnamese forces engaging across multiple battles while a French vice consul is reportedly kidnapped in Pleiku Kontum area. fighting continued into Friday night with helicopters reinforcing.
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U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Saigon
Qui Nhon
Jean Biron
Pleiku
Kontum
North Central Highlands
US First Infantry Division
Bien Hoa Ate
Market Bustling In Trading Surge
New York reports another surge in stock trading with 7.1 million shares traded for the day, though below Thursday’s 10 million. This week’s total 40,993,918 shares compares with 35,147,620 last week and 28,566,200 a year ago. A Wall Street analyst says public involvement is back in the market in a big way as late session volume intensifies and the NYSE ticker lagges three minutes. The market reversed a prior downtrend and finished with a modest advance.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
NYSE
Plane Crash Fatal to Pair in Hutchinson County
Two Spearman men, Fred Jackson 24 and Wilburn McGuire 21, were killed when their single engine Aeronca Langem plane crashed and burned about 12 miles southwest of Stinnett. The plane, rented from a Spearman service, was owned by Carol Thompson of Spearman. They were helping herd cattle on Carl McDowell ranch when the crash occurred after takeoff. Local authorities described the open country site, the charred wreckage, and the quick fire suppression by Danny Jackson.
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Stinnett
Spearman
Fred Jackson
Western Auto
Wilburn McGuire
Hutchinson County Sheriff's Deputies
Carl McDowell
Afor
Carol Thompson
Hutchinson County
Jake Early
Thomas Ramby
Jackson
Danny Jackson
Ramby
cSee
U.S. Birth Rate In Steady Decline
The Public Health Service reports 330000 births in July, down 29000 from July 1964, with a July birth rate of 20.1 per 1000, a 9 percent drop. For the first seven months, 2162000 births occurred, versus 2836000 in 1964, and the 12 months to July totaled 2879000 births, down from 4 078 000 prior year.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Canal Pact To Settle Old Feud
Washington AP reports President Johnson would scrap the 1903 Panama Canal treaty and draft a new pact offering Panama a stake in management and profits. He cites successful talks after January 1964 riots that left 21 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers dead and says the new treaty will recognize Panama's sovereignty over the Canal Zone.
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Washington
Johnson
Panama
U.S
Canal Zone
Phantom Santa Leaves Cash in Rural Mailboxes
In Dublin Texas a phantom Santa Claus slipped $100 bills into mailboxes for at least nine residents, with Mrs. Joe L. Register of Hamilton receiving $200. A white car drove up at dusk, the driver sped off, and two $100 envelopes were found. No one claimed the money as federal agents and the postmaster considered the case a potential advertising gimmick.
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Dublin
Tex
Santa Claus
Joe L. Register
Hamilton
Voaman
Texas
Secret Service
Bill Cowan
Burnett
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Sumnerwood
C. H. Thompson
Sunray
Moore County Court
Sunray City
Ington
D. C
Home Rule
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Viet Nam
Dorothy Malone
Duncan Okla
Lahore
U. N
Izzard
Erhard
U. S
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England
Voltaire
Plains Beauty
Hereford Witherspoon
Hereford
Dimmitt
Vega
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Plains
Amarillo College
Wynne Veale
Pampa
John Fowlston
Ireland
Wes Izzard
Forbes
Iron Horse
Jack Ryan
Pritz Thompson
Fair Grounds
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Big Sam
Hollywood Palace
Johnny Tillotson
Dale Robertson
Betty Bateman
Braniff International Airways
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