29 Sep 1975
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1975
Page
1
The Golden Spread marks October with a salute to Helen Hunt Jackson. The piece notes skipping days and saluting October two days early, quoting a poem praising October’s blue weather and June-like skies.
A 1967 Tribune report exposed Panama Canal treaty drafts negotiated with Omar Torrijos. Gerald Ford condemned the prior terms, Johnson withdrew the deal, and Torrijos now seeks congressional approval amid bipartisan opposition to ceding control. The piece rails at repeated efforts to give away the canal.
George Fowler notes campus parking demand is so high that by 9 a.m. a student may park three blocks from the campus. Olsen Park Pete jokes about old times while John Stiff compares Amarillo traffic signals to Atlanta. WES IZZARD recalls school days and car makes.
The forecast calls for fair skies through tonight with increasing cloudiness and cooler temperatures on Tuesday. Highs near 80 today, then mid 70s Tuesday, with south to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph and overnight low in the low 50s.
Police wounded six Basque protesters in Algoria as the Basque separatists and urban guerrilla members faced firing squads. The fallout included recalled ambassadors, mass demonstrations across Europe, and renewed tensions around Franco's regime with opposition voices demanding political changes.
Jamaican gunmen held eight hostages at the Spaghetti House in Knightsbridge. One Italian employee, Alfredo Olivelli, was released 15 hours after the botched robbery amid tense negotiations. Police surrounded the scene and prepared to press the case as gunmen issued unclear demands.
Michigan investigators called off a search for James R. Hoffa's body after more than 24 hours of digging. They sought more precise details from an underworld informant who claimed Hoffa was buried in a swampy field near Waterford Township.
Authorities in Colorado Springs say three youths ages 16 and 17 were arrested on Saturday for investigation of first degree kidnapping and homicide in the disappearance and presumed murder of a 5 year old girl from her home Friday. They are being held without bond in El Paso County Jail.
The Senate opens debate on an emergency natural gas bill to avert a winter shortage, while a long term pricing fight could delay action. House scrutiny shifts to a $111.9 billion defense bill and CIA funding, with aims to reveal intelligence costs.
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