Texas Ranger 150th celebration plan and old Linotype relic
The Texas Ranger commemorative commission plans a year of events in 1973 to honor law enforcement, raise a million dollars, and grow the Ranger Museum in Waco. Old 9582 R Linotype, built in 1906, is retired from the Globe-News shop after decades of service.
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Texas Rangers
Jim Whittenburg
Ili
Amarillo
Fort Fisher
Waco
Homer Garrison Memorial
Texas Ranger Museum
The
Rangers
Ranger Museum
Texas
Globe-News
Harrison Street
Daily News
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Mergenthaler
Deming
N.M
This and That Note to candidates about aging voters
The note cites 26.6 million Americans over 65 rising 62 percent in 20 years. It mocks politicians seeking easy pay for inaction and urges focus on the aging electorate, ending with a wry line that a simple majority suffices.
Farenthold Briscoe Runoff Seen After Reform Campaign
In Dallas Frances Farenthold faces rancher banker Dolph Briscoe in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial runoff after both ran reform campaigns and surged into the runoff. Briscoe led the first primary while Farenthold attracted liberal votes amid calls for government reform. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. statewide.
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Dallas
Tex
Frances ‘Sissy’ Farenthold
Dolph Briscoe
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Briscoe
Texas
Farenthold
Rep
Bill
Grover
U.S
Jobless Rate Steady at 5.9 Percent in May
Government figures show wholesale prices for beef pork and other farm products rising in May while unemployment remains at 5.9 percent. May index up 0.6 percent unadjusted 0.5 percent seasonally. Total unemployed around 4.3 million 5.1 million after seasonal correction.
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Washington
Labor Department
May
Treaty Due Speedy Action In Both Houses of Congress
After a White House briefing, Administration and congressional leaders forecast quick Senate and House action on the ABM treaty and an offensive missile agreement with the Soviet Union. Nixon briefed 30 leaders, Kissinger led questions, and Mansfield praised the briefing as convincing.
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Washington
White House
Soviet Union
Nixon
House
Senate
Henry Kissinger
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Mansfield
Was Andrea Phares Seen in Guymon Laundromat?
Hale County officers investigate an anonymous tip claiming Andrea Phares now about 38 was spotted at a Guymon Oklahoma laundromat last week. Phares disappeared in May 1955 while seven months pregnant near Hale Center. A note suggests a prior sighting and a dryer incident, with murder charges once filed against her husband later not pursued.
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Plainview
Spc
Hale County
Andrea Phares
Hale Center Farm
Guymon Okla
Charles Tue
Hale Center
Texas
Amarillo
Areawide runoff turnout prompts long lines across counties
Absentee voting in Randall and Potter counties shows strong participation with 545 Randall and 510 Potter ballots cast. Normal polling hours run 7 am to 7 pm as voters choose five statewide and one local Democratic races plus a Republican contest while precincts consolidate voting sites in both counties.
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Randall
Potter
Randall County
Potter County
Roy Byrd
Jerry Ingram
Justice of the Peace
Paul Lindsey
Charles E. Donnell
See
Rex Reeves
21St Street
Canyon
Alice Landergin
S. Taylor
Amarillo
Coronado
Wimberly
Ridgecrest
W. 37Th
East Entrance
Sam Houston Junior High
West Entrance
Avondale
S. Avondale
Olsen Park
Anna
Palo Duro High
N. Grant
Horace Mann Junior
N. Buchanan
North Heights
N. Hughes
Highland Park School
U.S
Highland Park
Pleasant Valley
River Road
Whittier
N. Marrs
Will Rogers
N. Mirror
Eastridge
Evergreen
Bowie Junior High
E. 12Th
Lawndale
S. Bivins
Humphreys Highland School
S. Dallas
Belmar
Adirondack
Hijackers seize Western jet in string of aerial crimes
Four hijackers claiming a bomb ordered a Western Airlines jet to New York after commandeering a smaller airliner with 98 aboard at San Francisco. About 30 hostages and $500,000 were reported. a separate Reno incident saw a United Airlines 727 hijacked for $200,000 and parachutes with a standoff.
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San Francisco
Western Airlines
New York City
Reno
Nev
United Air Lines
New York
James Parker
Parker
Ken Erickson
Western
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Angela Davis
Erickson
Las Vegas
Grain Outfit Is Bankrupt In U S District Court
Western Grain & Supply Co. filed for bankruptcy in Amarillo. Debts total 521,900 with assets 305,616. The firm, started 1953, had offices in Amarillo Vega Wildorado and Haney Switch. A preliminary audit showed grain shortages near 400,000. Byron Bennett named receiver. officers include Fred Dines, John H. Chain, and Agnes Dines.
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U. S. District Court
Western Grain & Supply Co
Amarillo
Texas Department of Agriculture
Western Grain
3Rd
Vega
Wildorado
Haney Switch
47Th District Court
Potter County
TDA
Byron Bennett
47Th Dist
Gene Jordan
Fred Dines
Anna
John H. Chain
Oklahoma City
Agnes Dines
Inside News New Heart Surgery Reported by Dr Denton Cooley
Dr Denton Cooley reports a new heart surgery technique as he outlines results and potential implications for patients. The article on page eight discusses recovery expectations and hospital readiness.
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Denton Cooley
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