Amarillo Probe Closes Amid Wild Parties
The Amarillo House investigation ends amid allegations of a lewd picture racket and drunken parties linked to Stevens, his law partners, and associates. Witnesses, including a 17 year old, described intimate encounters in Stevens office with Davis and Brock, while police traced drinking and possible statutory rape complaints blocked by the district attorney.
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Texas Liquor
Control Board
Stevens
Joe Brock
Lester Davis
Miller
Ray Farris
House General Investigations Committee
Amarillo action now up to DA Wilson says
Atty Gen Will Wilson said Friday night that charges against Randall County Judge Roy Joe Stevens must be handled locally. He noted impeachment power rests with the district attorney, Gov. actions limited, and no recall statute exists for county officials. The hearing touched on bribery, gambling suppression, and possible lawyer disbarment, with ongoing observation and possible action if local authorities cannot handle the case.
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Stevens
Wilson
Grand Jury
Amarillo
Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Texas
ABC Rodeo Rides to Top Score at Caprock Hotel
ABC Rodeo earned 179 points for top honors on Peaceful with Clyde Frost of La Point Utah at 178 and Bob Robinson of Cardston Alberta Canada at 176. Gene Davis of Tucson won Day money with 170, Benny Reynolds and Pete Lewis followed at 169. Special acts by Wayne Cornish and Beeswax Moore entertained between events as Light Crust Doughboys played and Bernie Howell supplied organ. Admission ranged from 1.10 to 3.30 with headquarters in the Caprock Hotel lobby.
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Page One
Peaceful
Clyde Frost
la Point
Utah
Bob Robinson
Cardston
Alberta
Canada
Ella Beutler and Son
Thistle
Gene Davis
Tucson
Ariz
Benny Reynolds
Pete Lewis
Dell City
Tex
Wayne Cornish
Beeswax
Moore
Wilbur Plauger
Goldie Carlton
Bernie, Howell
Rodeo
Caprock Hotel
New Island Born Near Ecuador
An island over a mile long and up to 125 feet high rose from the Pacific off Ecuador’s coast, 36 miles north of Carrquez Bay in Manabi. Eyewitnesses reported earth tremors and underground noises as the island formed. Walter Camacho of the Coastal Polytechnical School confirmed the birth, attributing it to clay and calcareous rock pushed up during seabed contraction.
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Ecuador
Pacific
Carraquez Bay
Manabi
Walter Camacho
Coastal Polytechnical School
Births and court notes Mix in Lubbock paper
Multiple birth announcements detail new babies with weights and delivery times at West Texas Hospital and Reese Air Force Base hospital. The page also reports a local figure Archer declining a lie detector test amid a Texas Liquor Control Board investigation and related testimony.
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Army Sp.4.c
Charles D. Odorizzi
40Th St
Reese Air Force Base
A.2.c
Thomas R. McNear
Rt. 4
Lubbock
Carr Expresses Shock In Blast At Wilson
DALLAS AP House Speaker Waggoner Carr said Friday night he is shocked by organized lawlessness among some public officials in Randall and Potter counties. He cited Amarillo as another example and criticized the attorney general for turning a deaf ear except in Galveston. He stressed the investigation was not politically motivated and that the committee will pursue the cases as they exist.
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Miller
Stevens
Jack Buster
Potter County
Lester L. Davis
Underworld
Davis
Chandonnet
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Waggoner Carr
Randall
Potter Counties
Amarillo
Galveston
Carr
Committee
Record Cold and Snow Disrupt Midwest and East
A cross region cold wave and fresh snow left parts of the Midwest and East under winter conditions. New York’s Orleans County saw a foot of snow while up to six inches fell elsewhere in the state. Winds up to 60 mph knocked down a hangar at Hancock Field in Syracuse. Snow and sleet hit western Pennsylvania to Iowa and Wisconsin. Temperatures plummeted to record March lows across the Great Lakes, with subzero readings in Michigan and Illinois. Freezing weather extended to Virginia and Kentucky as the Deep South stayed milder. highways were blocked and schools closed in Ohio. Snow threatened Illinois and Wisconsin anew, with little prospect for an early thaw and flood risk in the plains.
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Avalanche-Journal
Midwest
Orleans County
Lake Ontario
New York
New York State
Hancock Field
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Arkansas
Great Lakes
Pellston
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Bradford
Ill
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Watertown
N.Y
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Eight in Fatal Cyanide Incident Survive Wind's Help
A deadly cyanide gas scare unfolds as Frank Zulak and three children detonate two tins from a cache of 47. One tin remains missing, later found crushed in sand by beach-cleaning equipment. Otto Kramer, 68, alerted police, enabling officials to destroy intact tins. The eight people involved credit a stray wind for their survival.
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PLC
Frank Zulak
Zulaks
Erwin C. Drescher
U.S. Public Health Service
Otto Kramer
Cuban Street Clashes Erupt Over Castro Backed Debate
More than 1,000 protesters clashed in Havana amid attacks on anti-Castro figure Jose Pardo Llada. Demonstrators demanded execution of the commentator as labor unions and the 26th of July Movement amplified calls to confiscate the station. Police and soldiers formed cordons. a pistol drawn by an officer was disarmed amid hours of disruption.
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Fidel Castro
Jose Pardo Llada
Castro
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Berlin
Washington
United States
U.N. S Security Council
South Africa
Herter
Security Council
Havana
Soviet Union
Paris
Senate
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Death of a Salesman shines at Lubbock Little Theatre
Two hundred seconds of audiences applauded as Lub bock Little Theatre staged Death of a Salesman. James Curry led as Willie Loman with strong support from Anna Margaret McGraw and the rest of a well crafted cast in a moving, well paced two act production. The director George Schwimmer designed challenging flashbacks and Bruce Jackson lighting built mood from moonlit beds to dramatic scenes as incidental music heightened the impact. The final performance is at 8 15 p m tonight at 2508 Avenue P.
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Bob Horton
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Little Theatre
Ave. P
James Curry
Baylor
Willie Loman
Ciiman
Anna Margaret McGraw
Willie
Charles Akins
Troy Fields
Arch March
J. Raymond Fisher
Charlie
George Schwimmer
Ben
Bruce Jackson
Aly Gwinn
Curry
Jim Argo
Valley Officer Is Moved To Dallas
AUSTIN UPI Highway Patrol Lt. Leo F. Gossett of Harlingen was promoted to captain and transferred to Dallas to fill a patrol vacancy. Col. Homer Garrison Jr. said Gossett will succeed Harry W. Hutchison, recently promoted to commander of Region 5 with headquarters in Lubbock. At 34, Gossett is the youngest captain in the DPS and has served in San Antonio Corpus Christi and Harlingen since joining in 1949.
Lubbock coupon book scheme under scrutiny in injunction case
Testimony described a telemarketing operation promoting coupon books at 4.95 with 15 phones and 28 callers in two shifts. Applicants claimed 27 Lubbock merchants joined, with 29 of 42 certificates offering free items. Witnesses noted altered speeches omitting free groceries and Better Business Bureau references.
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Lubbock
Jim Kimmel
Watson
Peveto
Esposito
Better ‘Business Bureau
Assa
Smith
National Advertising Co
Dallas
American National Advertising Co
U S Britain Split Over Unlimited Atom Test Ban Plan
The United States and Britain rejected a plan for an indefinite atom test ban, proposing a four to five year term with possible extension. At a news conference Herter discussed Berlin plebiscite timing and other issues.
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Red
Herter
Berlin
Chan
Albidrez trial details flash during murder case
Testimony at the life term trial reveals Albidrez admitted bootlegging supported his family and that he fired the fatal shots at Ybarra in the Cotton Club. Witnesses include Justice of the Peace McCleskey, Deputy Rice, Lt. Keaton, and Ybarra’s widow who testified of prior gunfire from Albidrez. Prosecutors urge death by electric chair, citing his criminal history and informant work.
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Albidrez
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
Ybarra
Lee Rice
Claude Keaton
Lubbock
Bud) Curry
Cotton Club
Gilkerson
Maximo Ybarra
Rice
Vicente Amaro
Curry
Hammer
Leo Baggett
Joe V. Green
Percy
Cari i Macon
Royce Jackison
W. D. Morgan
W. H. Neves
George O’guinn
Harvard
Don Brooks
Robert A. Langford
J. C. Paulk
Air Force Shifts Funds To Atlas Missile and Satellite Plans
The Air Force said it will add 500 million dollars to the Atlas missile and military satellite programs. Money will be taken from the Bomarc air defense project to boost combat readiness of Atlas intercontinental missiles on launch pads by 1962 and accelerate the Midas spy satellite initiative.
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API
Air Force
Italian film producer Arturo Ambrosio dies at 90
Arturo Ambrosio, 90, a pioneer Italian motion picture producer, died Friday in Turin. He founded Italy’s first film studio in Turin and helped shape early industry practices.
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Italy
Arturo Ambrosio
Ambrosio
Jack D. Parker Dies Services Are Pending
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rix Funeral Home for Jack D. Parker 62 of 915 FE Stamford who died Friday night at West Texas Hospital. Survived by his wife six sons and five daughters including R D Parker Durant Floyd California W J Stamford Jackie Lubbock Monroe stationed in Japan with the Air Force Danny of the home Sylvia Parker Fresno Clara Mae Anderson Bakersfield Lucile OBrien Lubbock Betty Fry and Georgia Whitworth Durant three brothers and three sisters.
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Rix Funeral Home
Jack D. Parker
Stamford
West Texas
R. DP. Parker
Durant
Okla
Floyd
California
W. J
Jackie
Lubbock
Monroe
Japan
Air Force
Danny
Sylvia Parker
Fresno
Calif
Clara Mae Anderson
Bakersfield
Lucile O'Brian
Betty Fry
The
Home
Georgia Whitworth
Price Of Girdles Keeps InchING Up
Washington report shows clothing costs rising for months. Bureau of Labor Statistics official Robert J. Myers notes women’s girdles have been inching up over the past year.
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UPI
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
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