Nixon Predicts Texas Victory In Razorbacks Thriller
President Nixon missed kickoff but favored Texas in halftime talk. He watched Texas rally to defeat Arkansas 15 14 and presented coach Darrell Royal with a plaque naming Texas top college squad. Nixon joked about Bud Wilkinson and shook hands with reporters and Nancy Broyles.
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Longhorn
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Arkansas
ABC
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Schenkel
Bud Wilkinson
Chris
Frank Broyles
Linda Broyles
Taylor Named to Missouri Beef Packers Board
Jay Taylor, longtime Amarillo cattleman and partner in Amarillo Livestock Auction Company and Western Stockyards, elected to Missouri Beef Packers board. He operates four Texas and New Mexico ranches and is a former president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
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Missouri Beef Packers, Inc
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Taylor
Melvin E. Rolf
Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Western Stockyards
Texas
New Mexico
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Senate approves 5 percent tax on untaxed income
The Senate voted 52 to 24 to apply a flat 5 percent tax to forms of income not currently taxed, including half of capital gains. A Kennedy plan for a graduated tax on tax free income was defeated 52-24, while a separate effort to curb tax avoidance through farming was rejected 50-29. The session aimed to speed tax reform.
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UPI
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Comet Due at Yuletide Brighten Christmas Night
RENQ Nevada. A comet is approaching Earth from near Jupiter and will peak on Christmas Day. Curator Richard Norton of the Max C. Fleischmann Atmospherium Planetarium at the University of Nevada says it will be bright enough to see with the naked eye and may even be visible during the day. The planetarium's annual Christmas show explores the idea that the Star of Bethlehem could have been a comet.
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Max CC. Fleischmann Atmospherium-Planetarium
University of Nevada
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Downing Of Viet General Highlights High-Cost Loss
Communist forces shot down a U S Army helicopter killing Col Nguyen Van Lien 36 and four fellow officers plus six Americans making it one of the war s costliest losses for the South Vietnamese army The 24th Special Tactical Zone commander had helped in the 1963 Diem overthrow U S forces reported two American casualties not identified pending family notification Elsewhere Bu Prang camp siege appeared near end with South Vietnamese and Green Beret defenses claiming a clear victory as no shells fell for a second day.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Green Berets
Judge Denies Bond for Suspect in Beighle Slaying
Panhandle area man Ben Alex Hassler Jr. is jailed in Carson County on a murder with malice charge in the Beighle case. Hassler, 28, disappeared before a lie test and was captured in Los Angeles by FBI agents on a flight-to-avoid-prosecution warrant. The 69 year old Edith M. Beighle was found dead after a reported assault. a cord from an electric blanket was noted.
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Skelltown
Carson County
Ben Alex Hassler Jr
Los Angeles
FBI
Justice of the Peace
H. L. Powell
Hassler
Edith M. Beighle
Ochiltree
Toy Gun Used in Daylight Store Robbery at Toot n Totum
A bandit, possibly armed with a toy pistol, robbed a clerk at the Toot n Totum Store at 3115 Plains Blvd Saturday afternoon. Miss Juanita Provence reported the man, about 30, entered as a customer, bought items, then demanded cash. He fled south with an undetermined amount after warning the clerk not to leave for two minutes.
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Plains Blvd
Juanita Provence
Miss Provence
Istore
Benny Provence
Woman dies in Panhandle crash near U S Highway 60
Mrs Edna Susan Johnson aged 63 of 6607 Green Haven Rd died on arrival at Northwest Texas Hospital after a van collision with a car three miles east of Panhandle. Her husband Harold and Bobby Earl Sheller were under observation as DPS investigated the head on crash around 6:20 PM.
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Green Haven Rd
Northwest Texas Hospital
Panhandle
Johnson
Harold
Bobby Earl Sheller
Northwest
Max Weaver
Department of Public Safety
Mystery Swirls Around Albuquerque Air Disaster
Federal investigators question why a Lockheed Lodestar crashed near Albuquerque killing 11 people. The crash occurred during a grim 24 hour period in New Mexico, as officials trace paths from Las Vegas to Dalhart and consider a near emergency landing amid snow and low clouds.
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Albuquerque
N.m.ap
Carroll Thompson
Ralph Dobkins Jr
Stratford
Coronado Airport
Kenneth Davis
Borger
Richard M. Buckles
Survivors and Victims Rise From New Mexico Air Crashes
The lone survivor from three fatal crashes in New Mexico rests at Holloman AFB Hospital after a night in frigid snow. Captain Richard J. Bishop Jr ejected from an F4D Phantom before crash. navigator died. A retired general perished in Tucumcari crash and 11 Texas Panhandle residents died near Albuquerque. Major Gen John B Bestic referenced.
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New Mexico
Holloman Air Force Base Hospital
Alamogordo
N.M
Richard J. Bishop Jr
Tucumcari
Texas Panhandle
Albuquerque
John B. Bestic
Pleasure trip to Las Vegas group joins return flight
A party visiting Las Vegas arrived Sunday for a return flight after stopping in Phoenix on an oil deal. Pilot over Zuni New Mexico radioed Albu as disaster referenced on page 20.
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Adock
Alien
Phoenix
Ariz
Zuni
New Mexico
Albu
Amarillo Weather Forecast Update
The morning sun rises over Amarillo with a warm spell on the cards today. Expect higher temperatures and a light breeze as northerly winds reach around 10 to 20 miles per hour.
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Amarillo
Last Pearl Harbor Ship Unscarred 2 Wars Later
The U S Coast Guard Cutter Taney, last Pearl Harbor fighting ship, patrols Vietnamese waters after fighting in Pacific and Atlantic theaters. Capt Robert FE Ogin leads the 5327 foot cutter as veterans recall dawns on Pearl Harbor.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Taney
Honolulu Harbor
Aloha Tower
Robert FE. Ogin
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