Oklahoma Weather Seeding Plan Aims to Tackle Drought
Oklahoma's Weather Modification Committee plans cloud seeding in 12 Panhandle counties Beckham Caddo Comanche Cotton Custer Greer Harmon Jackson Kiowa Roger Mills Tillman Washita using dry ice to curb drought costs about 163000 dollars. The governor seeks funding from individuals corporations and agencies while awaiting federal grants.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Ferdie Deering
Oklahoma City
Beckham
Caddo
Comanche
Cotton
Custer
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Kiowa
Roger Mills
Tillman
Washita
That and This: Latin Course at WTSU Sparks Debate
A playful column notes Dean Walter Juniper opening the first Latin course at WTSU in 300 years and urges English majors to enroll. It riffs on a fisherman’s tall tale and a baby-sitting ad while poking gentle fun at gender norms.
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Walter Juniper
WTSU
Apollo 15 lands on moon valley in Hadley Rille area
Apollo 15 crews Scott and Irwin land Falcon in a valley between Apennine mountains and Hadley Rille. Scott surveys crater banks and boulder fields naming Pluton Dome Chain and more while Irwin monitors instruments. Worden in Endeavour aids solo descent as Falcon lands with eight percent fuel remaining.
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Houston
Scott
Hadley
Irwin
Earth
Falcon
Rover
Joseph Allen
Mission Control
Allen
Apennine Mountains
Hadley Rille
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Worden
Moon
Area Suppliers Face Critical Pinch If Rail Strike Lasts
Amarillo wholesale firms warn a prolonged rail strike will strain supplies. Affiliated Foods says a two to three week window for perishables, and Rosco Foods fears a two week shelf life for frozen and canned goods. Rail dependence with limited trucking options raises cost and risk.
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Amarillo
Rosco Foods
Rowell
Lee Walsh
Mane
Artic Foods
NE * Artic Foods
Walsh
Wreck Ends Fatal 120 MPH Police Chase in City
One man died and two others injured after a car-pickup collision ending a 120 mile per hour chase by police. The deceased was 18 year old Matthew Larry Bruce of 5800 Burlington. The crash marked the city’s tenth traffic death this year and second this week.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Matthew Larry Bruce
Burlington
Stingy Steel Offer Faces Nationwide Walkout Deadline
Washington AP Union negotiators labeled the steel industry wage proposal stingy and urged a settlement before the Saturday midnight deadline that could trigger a nationwide strike. Talks cover 350,000 steel workers with 150,000 more in related firms. Mediation chief Counts pressed for progress as both sides review positions amid unresolved key issues. Weather outlook follows with partly cloudy skies and showers possible Saturday night into Sunday. temperatures near 60 to 80.
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Washington
Nixon
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Counts
Molony
I. W. Abel
Drug Robbery Suspects Held at City Pharmacy
A lone bandit entered Jack Bell Pharmacy at 7 30 p m Friday demanding Nembutal. He appeared armed and fled with the drugs. Police arrested two 19 year old suspects at 10th and North Buchanan and will file armed robbery charges.
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Jack Bell Pharmacy
Jack Bell
Mays
Jack Bell Pharmacy, Inc
10Th
North Buchanan
Bell
Death Penalty Set for Chavez in 1965 Rape Case
James Placido Chavez, 31, was sentenced by Judge Gene Jordan to die in the electric chair for the rape of an 8 year old Amarillo girl. The formal sentencing occurred in minutes after a bench warrant brought Chavez back from Huntsville with sentencing to occur before sunrise on August 31.
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47Th District Court
Amarillo
James Placido Chavez
Gene Jordan
Chavez
Huntsville
Jordan
Dist. Atty
Tom Curtis
Jerry Hollingsworth
Potter County
Hollingsworth
World’s Worst Air Crash Reported in Japan Collision
A Japanese F86F fighter collided with an All Nippon Boeing 727 over northern Japan, killing 162 aboard the jetliner. Captain Ichikawa parachuted to safety as rescue crews search rugged terrain and police question the fighter pilot.
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Tokyo
Air Nippon
Japan
Yoshimi Ichikawa
Poice
Donn M. Carpenter
Detroit
All Nippon Airways
Saburo Kasai
All Nippon
Tadashi Yasumoto
Shizukuishi
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David Hall
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L. Edgar Prina
Copley Washington
Department of Defense
Defense
Mor
The
American Forest Institute
Tioners
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Adley Rille
David Scott
James Irwin
Thornton
Lubbock
Sugarland
J. D. Rowell
3Rd
Steel Union
Joseph P. Molony
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
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New Mexico
Bandit
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
James Chavez
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Tamotsu Kuma
Ichikawa
Japan Self-Defense Air Force Base
Matsuhima
Kuma
Yasuo Akiyama
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