Texan wins National Spelling Bee on luck and study
Susan Yoachum a Dallas 14 year old in horn rims won the National Spelling Bee at the Mayflower Hotel with words egalitarian and interlocutory. She outspelled Margaret Matthews of Huntsville Alabama who mis-spelled egalitarian. Prize money includes 1000 dollars a New York weekend trophy and plaque for Hill Junior High School Dallas.
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Washington
UPI
Susan Yoachum
Dallas
Margaret Matthews
Huntsville
Ala
Margaret
Susan
New York
Hill Junior High School
Charles G. Yoachum
Charlie
Mayflower Hotel
Scripps-Howard
Dallas Morning News
Birmingham Post- Herald
Westlawn Junior High School
Walter Matthews
General Electric Corp
Visiting rules and patient lists at Amarillo area hospitals
Hospital visiting rules are given for Northwest and St Anthony's with limited visits of 15 minutes, two visitors, child policy, and specific hours. The document lists numerous admitted patients by name and address across multiple towns including Elk City, Liberal, Borger, Clarendon, Pampa, Perryton, Shattuck, and Yukon, with June 4 admissions noted for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
St. Anthony's
High Plains Luptist Hospital
Je Wares
Doug Lomesan
Mc Brook
Steven *Weay
Lucille Denham
LeWona Clark
Sellers
Dale
Mt c
Fairfield
Terrace
Ate Kilpa
Maurice Kit Jackson
John Johnse
Michael Whitmen
Joyce Laulnier
Carolin Brewer
Madison
Humphrey Urges Viet Cease-Fire
Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged an immediate cease-fire in Vietnam during a Pennsylvania AFL CIO speech. He called for a cease-fire with mutual troop withdrawals and an international peacekeeping corps to oversee truce, withdrawals, and elections, aligning with Nixon’s peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
AFL Cio
Paris
Nixon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Army Jeep Stolen With 50 Pounds TNT Found Abandoned
An Army jeep with a trailer carrying 50 pounds of TNT and blasting caps was found abandoned after being stolen from a South Congress Avenue parking space. Sgt. James Meyers of Camp Swift said he parked the vehicle about 12:20 a.m. and returned to find it missing.
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Austin (Ap
Congress Avenue
James Meyers
Camp Swift
Archbishop Furey Named to Succeed Lucey in San Antonio
Archbishop designate Francis J. Furey says he has no idea why Pope Paul VI chose him to replace Archbishop Lucey of San Antonio. The San Diego archdiocese, serving 350000 Catholics across four counties, will name a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Francis J. Furey
Paul VI
Robert Emmett Lucey
San Antonio
Tex
Furey
Lucey
Imperial
San Bernardino
Riverside
Ketchikan Claims Title as Gateway City of Alaska
Ketchikan Alaska, founded as a fishing town in 1887, calls itself the Gateway City. It sits as a Southeastern Panhandle industrial port with fishing and wood products drives, a population around 8,000 plus 3,000 in surrounding areas.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Panhandle
Biafra Leader Seeks Release of Expatriate Oilmen
Geneva AP report says C Odumegwu Ojukwu urged Ivory Coast and Gabon to negotiate for immediate release of 18 expatriate oil workers members of AGIP and Phillips Petroleum captured during Nigeria's civil war. Reprieves were granted after appeals by the Pope and leaders of Ivory Coast and Gabon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafra
Biafran Information Office
Ojukwu
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Italy
West Germany
Lebanon
Lisbon
Biafrans
AGIP
Italian State Petroleum Company
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
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David Greisser
P.S. 99
Brooklyn
N.Y
Texas
Amarillo Hospitals
High Plains Baptist
Linda Joyce Harris
Jean
Eddie Leon Donoho
Nebraska
Louise Ropper Wallace
Pierce
Michael Eugene Hudson
Kingston
Althea” Moe Thomas
Lamont
Elk City
John Curtis Lima
Paul Daniel R. Lockney
Nellie Carolyn PacCoiln
S. Mildred Miller
Joel
Kaye Perery
Matador
Josef Walker, Ltd
Johnnie Si
Necsealt
William Tuogy
Pote Hol Reinert
von Buren
Claudio Sanchez
Cleveland
Baarbare Goy
Fannin
Northwest Texas
Judie Ann Boothe
Westgate
Howard Holmes Cochran
Billie Jo Dunn
Birmingham
Jenny Jo Ellen Hogue
Milam
Audrey Tee Hopkins
Austin
Elcine Hunter
Comanche
Lynca Corgie Hyde
Buffalo
Margaret Jane McLaughlin
Oak
David James McWhorter
Alvarado
Andreia Maybeth Norrid
Holl
Pete G. . Petropoulos
Amarillo Blvd
Mark E
Elmhurst
Esther Jane Schenk
Teckia
Sharron E. Simmons
Jackson
Noel K. Smith
Neuces
Maura
Kistler
Stratford
Yukon, Okie
Benjamin Yanda
National Committee
Vietnam
Furbach
Jewelers
John Furbach
Polk St. Santa Fe
Longines
Hamilton & Mido Watch Agency
Chevrolet
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