Neighbor Testimony Sheds Light on Vanderbilt Case
Witness Frances Kearns testified that she saw Jim Vanderbilt and a girl with long dark hair walk to a red station wagon near the Vanderbilt house on Elm Street after 4 p.m on April 1 1975. The trial heard scientific evidence linking a bullet and hair fragments to Katina Moyer who was found dead from a gunshot.
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Jim Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Elm Street
Amarillo
Katina Moyer
Frances Kearns
1512
Elm
Miss Kearns
Vanderbilt House
John Wheir
Leslie Smith
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Smith
Gluck Pens Road
Dumas Highway
Miss Moyer
Amarillo High School
Cactus Drive
Dumas
Charles Hollis
Police Department
Col. Hollis
Judy Scogin
Ford wins Maryland and Michigan primaries in comeback bid
President Ford sweeps Michigan and Maryland primaries to regain momentum against Reagan. Ford led Michigan with 64 percent and Maryland with 58 percent, boosting his delegate prospects while Carter loses in Maryland to Edmund Brown Jr. and Udall remains competitive in Michigan.
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Ford
Michigan
Ronald Reagan
Maryland
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Reagan
Washington
Stuart Spencer
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Udall
Wallace
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Fred Harris
Sargent Shriver
Eben McCormack
Rose Petals Fail Divorce Follows in Miami
John Boehmke a 27 year old optical technician accused his palmist Lenora Beatriz of putting a curse on his wife Marie after she sought a divorce. He paid 400 dollars to lift the curse but the marriage still failed and he fell into debt. He described visiting Beatriz for 350 dollars and later demanded 18 fifty dollar bills and two eggs from his refrigerator.
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Miami
UPI
John Boehmke
Boehmke
Dade Public Safety Department
Marie
Lenora Beatriz
Senora Beatriz
Weather brief for area lakes and warm afternoons
Partly cloudy today through Thursday with afternoon highs in the lower 80s. Low tonight in the mid 50s. Southerly wind 15 to 25 mph. Wind warnings may be required on area lakes today.
Canyon Board Chooses Site for New Elementary School
Canyon school officials announced a proposed new elementary school to be built about 1 mile south of Gene Howe Elementary. The $1.3 million site on Sundown Lane sits 1 mile east of the expressway and near land acquired for a future junior high or high school. Supporters on both sides of bond history voiced optimism about unity and passage as residents weigh the bond proposal.
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Canyon
Gene Howe
Sundown Lane
Lloyd Block
Cochairman
Balloon crash in Toccoa kills Hodkinson organizer
A balloon accident in Toccoa, Georgia, killed Peter Hodkinson III, 41, of Clarkesville, as his craft struck a power line. Passenger Hugh Raney of Stone Mountain was hospitalized with fractured ribs after being thrown over 30 feet. The pair were training for the Georgia to the Sea race Hodkinson helped organize.
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Peter Hodkinson III
Clarkesville
Hodkinson
Hugh Raney
Stone Mountain
Toccoa
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Curtis
Globe-News
George Turner
Brown
The
Associated Press
Spencer
Dent
Georgia
Gerald Ford
Canyon Board
Ing
Stan Collins
Collins
Amarillo City
Canyon District
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