Dalhart youth rally supports Lt. William Calley
In Dalhart on Sunday, about 500 residents signed a petition to President Nixon urging clemency for Lt. William Calley. Organizer Larry Wilkerson said the rally, driven by local youths, grew from Calley’s conviction and sought a fair outcome amid cold, windy weather.
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Dalhart
William Calley
Seventh Street Park
Nixon
Larry Wilkerson
Calley
Vietnam
Wilkerson
Milk Price Rise Echoes in Federal Support Changes
Local dairymen say Amarillo will not see higher milk prices until next month despite higher federal dairy support prices raised to 4.93 per hundredweight for manufacturing milk. Officials cite health and pollution rules and higher feed costs as drivers of the rise while noting bottling prices may follow.
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Amarillo
Hinders
L. B. Parker
Plains Dairy Products
Mrs. Timmons Rites Today Mark Panhandle Historian's Death
Mrs. Herbert M. Timmons died Saturday night at Olsen Manor at age 83 in Amarillo where she lived over 60 years. Funeral services are 2 p.m. at Polk Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Browers officiating. Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery with Blackburn-Shaw directing. She and her late husband Herbert M. Timmons chronicled Panhandle Plains history and wrote hundreds of trade press articles. She was mother to Paul Timmons and Alice Timmons Lewis, grandmother Sally Carolyn Timmons and Tom Timmons, and sister and brother-in-law Miss Llewellyn Deason and Ross M. Deason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert M. Timmons
Panhandle Plains
Olsen Manor
Amarillo
Timmons
Polk Street United Methodist Church
Walter Browers
The
Panhandle
Herbert
Carolyn Timmons
Polk Street Methodist Church
Epworth League
Paul
Election Test for Marxists
In Santiago the leftist Popular Unity coalition led by Salvador Allende held 49.17 percent with 746,032 votes counted in Chile's municipal elections. About three million votes were cast as 280 municipalities vote for 1,653 council seats. Allende predicted a 49 to 51 percent result as opposition Christian Democrats trailed with 46.54 percent.
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Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Popular Unity Coalition
Christian Democratic and National
Sepulveda
Andres Zaldivar
Jorge Ovalle
Allende
Popular Unity
Wreck Fatal To Area Man Near Levelland
A head on collision near Levelland at 5 35 p m Saturday killed Francisco S Vasquez 43 of Levelland and seriously injured Clifton Wayne Turner 19 of Levelland. Vasquez died at Methodist Hospital Lubbock. Turner remained in serious condition. Texas Highway Patrolmen investigated. Funeral services for Vasquez to be announced.
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Levelland
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Francisco S. Vasquez
Clifton Wayne Turner
Turner
Here
Texas Highway
D. E. Kuykendall
Joe Cox
Vasquez
George
Jose Vasquez
Mexico
Amarillo Man Testifies in New My Lai Court Martial
Lanny McCrary, 27, of Amarillo, subpoenaed to testify for the prosecution in Col. Oran Henderson’s court martial at Fort Meade Maryland. He served as a helicopter gunship platoon leader the day of the My Lai killings and described seeing four Viet Cong and many civilians. The pretrial hearing began recently to set court martial conduct.
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William L. Calley Jr
Amarillo
My Lai
Lanny McCrary
Patterson
Col
Oran K. Henderson
Ft. Meade
Col. Henderson
Military Code of Justice
Peter S. Wondolowski
McCrary
Washington, D.C
Factfinding
Turning Point in House War Vote Signals Narrow Margin
The House narrowly defeated a December 31 Vietnam withdrawal date 101 to 100 and rejected a one-year draft extension by 200 to 198. Veterans Rep. Flynt and Rep. Bennett spoke of conscience driving opposition to conscripting more Americans. Rep. Corman, once a War supporter, now leads calls to end the draft this year.
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Washington
House of Representatives
U.S
Indochina
House
Nixon
John J. Flynt, Jr
D-Ga
Normandy
Congress
Rep
James C. Corman
D-Calif
Corman
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Iwo Jima
Vietnam
Dean) Rusk
Two Logan Teens Die In One Car Crash
Logan High School mourns after two students Luciano Mares 18 and Michael Vigil 16 die from a one car crash on U S 54 east of Logan. Driver Manuel Lujan 19 in poor condition and passenger Herman Morales 17 hurt. Joint funeral Mass planned for Vigil and Mares at San Antonio Catholic Church in Logan with rosary in Tucumcari.
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Logan
N.M
Here
U. S
Luciano Mares
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Tucumcari
Michael Vigil
Manuel Lujan
Trigg
Herman Morales
Tucumcari Hospital
Joe Wagers
Arnold Olsen
U. S. 54
Mares
San Antonio Catholic Church
Dunn Memorial Chapel
Marcus Mares
Fernando
Marcus Jr
Kansas City
Cecil Jenkins
Garden City
Mescalero Apaches Fire Crews Guard Private Timber
Mescalero Apache Red Hats, a 50 man fire fighting crew, work fires on the 400000 acre Mescalero Reservation. They are coordinated by Boise Interagency Fire Coordinator and funded by the Indian Bureau. Pay varies by state with top crews earning over 100000 yearly.
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Mescalero, N.M
Mescalero Apache Indian
Red Hats
Red Hat
Ed Mouser
Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency
U.S
Mouser
United States
Interagency Fire Coordinator
Boise
Ida
Bert Shields
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Mescalero
Lincoln
National Forest
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Boston
Logan International Airport
Ken Brodnax
Sue Hudson
Louis Hinders
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Llano
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors
Sally Carolyn Timmons
West 16Th
Tom Timmons
Austin
Miss Llewellyn Deason
Ross M. Deason
Olsen Manor Convalescent Home
New My Lai
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
Armed Services Committee
William L. Scott
R-Va
New Mexico
Charlene Reid
Lee Wilcox
Hats
Southwest Fire Fighters Forest Service
Wilcox Kirgan
Indian Timber
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