Deaths Raise Alarm Over Misuse of CB Radio
In Longmont Colorado retired Denver police sergeant Cecil Curtis died after a delayed ambulance as a CB 10 33 call was disrupted by a carrier thrower. Mrs Beverly Windsor and Mrs Shady Lady Hulbert cite deliberate channel interference and FCC penalties for misuse, urging responsible use of emergency channels.
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Hulbert
del Camino
Longmont
Colo
UPI
Denver
Cecil Curtis
Lonesome Ceci
L.C
Curtis
Dwaine
Bobbie Mrs. Hulmert
Amarilg
Texas
Channel 9
Mexican extradition test looms after jail raid in Piedras Negras
The companion of raid leader Don Fielden, William McCoy Hill, a 32 year old Dallas used car dealer, was arrested in Dallas on gun export charges. A Mexican extradition request seeks the escapees' return, with a San Antonio grand jury to probe the Piedras Negras jail breakout that freed 14 Americans.
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Dallas
U.S
San Antonio
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Tex
William McCoy Hill
U.S. Customs
Hill
Mike Aronson
Don Fielden
Dallas Fielden
Sterling B. Davis
United States
Mexico
Sterling Davis Jr
Davis Jr
el Reno
Okla
Aronson
Congress
Fielden
Dallas Times Herald
William ‘Billy’ Blackwell
Mexican Foreign Ministry
U.S. State Department
Pedro Ojeda Paullada
State Department
Not So Cuddly Lion Attack at West Midlands Safari Park
Wildlife officer Bob Lawrence attempted to separate a 100 pound female lioness from Barbara Carter aged 46 at a Bewdley England safari park during a grant a wish contest. Carter sustained severe injuries after the attack and was hospitalized shortly after the incident which happened earlier this month.
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Bob Lawrence
Luke
Barbara Carter
West Midlands Safari
Bewdley
England
Ing
Lawrence
Downtown Demolition May Attract Warner Bros to Amarillo
Warner Bros producer Robert Solo says a crucial obstacle to filming a disaster movie in Amarillo is securing demolition of a zinc smelter and old buildings owned by American Smelting & Refining Co. A preliminary agreement could bring the company to town within a week. The studio, impressed by photos of the old plant and nearby Palo Duro Canyon, seeks cooperation from ASARCO to allow interior shoots and demolition of the factory to aid downtown revitalization.
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Amarillo
Robert Solo
Warner Bros
Globe News
Solo
Burbank
Calif
American Smelting & Refining Co
Palo Duro Canyon
Mickey McCardle
Lamont Johnson
Art for Arthritis auction to aid Panhandle foundation
Trainloads of art go on sale Saturday during the Art for Arthritis auction to benefit the Panhandle Division of the Arthritis Foundation. Proceeds support local programs and research. Proceeds directed to the Panhandle division.
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Art For Arthritis
Panhandle
Arthritis Foundation
Small Candidates Enter Lone Star Presidential Race
The report profiles two lesser known contenders to the U S presidency. J W Burdell of Sherman Texas advocates a bold campaign energy while Crash Handley promises similar aggressive tactics after a hijacking incident. Other unusual hopefuls include Chief Burning Wood pledging to return the country to Native peoples.
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United Press International
Texas
United States
Handley
Teo
Burning Wood
J.W. Burdell
Sherman
Vanderbilt on Page 2 names 78 percent write ins and fringe candidates
The article profiles several fringe presidential hopefuls including Burdell a 50 year old independent candidate who keeps his positions secret and has spent 2.21 on his campaign Also mentioned are David Handley known for the 1972 Lambert airport hijacking incident retired Maj John Cherry Briggs from New Mexico and Ernest Whitford with utopian pledge and unknowns noted to continue on page 2
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Burdell
Washington
John Cherry Briggs
Raton
N.M
Ernest
Utopia
Whitford
Vanderbilt Trial Opens in Capital Murder Case
Jim Vanderbilt a 23 year old former Amarillo policeman stands trial in Judge George E Dowlen’s court for the April 1 1975 murder of Katina Moyer 16 during an alleged kidnaping The jury selection process showed willingness to consider all punishments from death to probation Vanderbilt has been jailed since April 14 1974 on murder and abduction charges with related indictments issued April 18 and April 24 1975 including a capital murder count.
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Jim Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Amarillo
George E. Dowlen
Katina Moyer
Miss Moyer
Western Plaza
Miss Mover
Travel and CB Radio Boom Highlight Sunday Travel Section
The Sunday News-Globe previews a 22 page Vacation Travel CB Radio Special with world travel features and area events for the vacation season. It notes bicentennial celebration coverage and Amarillo CB sales market guidance plus the new immediate CB licensing process and a guide to the “new English” heard on the air.
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Sunday News-Globe
Amarillo
Cbs
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McCardle
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Cyclones
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Page
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Hereford
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the Panhandle
Preakness
Elocutionist
Bold Forbes
Honest Pleasure
Bentsen
Lloyd Hentsen
Ford Administration
Federal Reserve Bank
Morne
Erbilt
David J. “Crash
St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
Social Securi
Patricia Masterman
Pott
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