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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1973
Page
8
The piece honors Dr. Lester J. Vick as a longtime family physician and proctologist who brought families into the world and eased suffering. It also notes Bill Brune’s reflection on a motto, and a brief tour suggestion of the Panhandle’s springtime beauty after a wet season.
In Santa Rosa California 15-year-old Richard Costello and his siblings Karen 4 Kevin 13 and David 18 will have open heart operations at Stanford Medical Center to correct atrial septal defects and a vein hole. Surgeons Dr Norman Shumway and Dr Edward Stinson lead the team with planned hospital stay of ten days and up to ten weeks recovery. Blood for surgery is sought locally as Kaiser Foundation and Teamsters Union benefits cover about $20000 in costs.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission permitted Jacqueline Wheary to raise cab rates from 12 to 15 cents per mile. Her service caters to farm families traveling to Paradise, increasing travel costs by three cents per mile.
A partially finished Pentagon study suggests NATO forces could defend Western Europe against a major Soviet attack using conventional arms if allies meet commitments and the United States keeps up its strength. It questions the need for early tactical nuclear use and notes the study has not yet reached firm conclusions.
A 100 foot section of the Mississippi River levee sloughed off south of New Orleans sending repair crews into action as the river subsided from a long flood. A Corps of Engineers spokesman called the incident serious but not critical as gauges showed 15.8 feet, about five feet above land on the dry side. The piece of levee fell about four miles below the Intercoastal Waterway canal. A separate note recalls decline in U.S. railway miles since 1916 from 254,037 to 225,000.
Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox outlined a wide ranging investigation into campaign irregularities in Florida and ITT corporate actions on the West Coast. He said a staff of 40 to 50 professionals would be needed with FBI and US attorneys assisting and a possible larger scope. He stressed careful, controlled disclosure to the public and cautioned about pretrial publicity.
Allen E. Brooks, 19, of Hereford, was sentenced to four years in prison after a jury found him guilty of burglary and possession of dangerous drugs. Co-defendant Jesse Caster, 18, also of Hereford, faces trial in July. Police linked the case to a Jan 20 burglary at Harold Close Drug Store and the Jan 21 overdoses of seven youths found in a Sugarland Mall apartment.
STATELINE Nev UPI Texas Rangers oldest law enforcement agency in North America were honored by the National Governors Conference on their 150th anniversary. Governors adopted a resolution praising the Rangers for protecting Texans since 1823 and noting their evolution from frontier military to elite criminal unit.
The Houston Civil Service Commission upheld the firing of former District Fire Chief A. Roy Taylor after he and city maintenance supervisor R. H. Commander were indicted for receiving $12,000 in kickbacks on fire truck purchases by the city.
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