Jail Disturbance at Potter County Jail Ends Peacefully
About 25 inmates sparked a 40 minute breakout at the Potter County jail when they poured into halls after the federal tank was restricted to bread and water. Sheriff Paul Gaither spoke with inmate George Perkins, while Jailer Roy Gibson held them off with a bucket of scalding water. No injuries were reported.
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Potter County
Roy Gibson
Arnold Lovett
Gibson
George Perkins
Plainview
Paul Gaither
Federal
Amarillo
Department of Public Safety
Ben Andis
Perkins
Gaither
George
Nixon orders jobs drive for veterans amid unemployment rise
President Nixon directed Labor Secretary Hodgson to lead a broader jobs for veterans program expansion targeting Vietnam era GIs. He urged federal agency mobilization to add 20 000 on the job training slots at an estimated cost around 20 million and require all openings be listed with the U S Employment Service.
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UPI
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James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Cies
Vietnam
National Alliance of Businessmen
White House
U.S
Defense Department
Bomb threat interrupts Skaggs shoppers on Sunday
Shoppers at Skaggs Albertson in a Tulsa area store were evacuated after a caller warned of a bomb set to explode at 4 30 p m. Naoma Holman heard the warning in the bakery and police searched with no bomb found. Similar scares hit two Lubbock supermarkets where a device turned out harmless, containing sand and a Mickey Mouse watch.
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Skaggs-Albertson 45Th and Western
Naoma Holman
Willow Creek Drive
Lubbock
Ft. Sill
Okla
Harmeless
Welfare Reform Fees Gain Ground in Backstage Fight
Washington AP reports a backstage struggle over Nixon's welfare reform and a family assistance plan. Mills seeks a no amendments rule. Colmer pushes for amendments and a separate vote to delete the welfare title. Despite opposition, supporters predict House passage the week of June 21.
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Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Southern Democratic Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means
William M. Colmer
Mississippi
Rules
Mills
Colmer
White House
Weather calms in Panhandle after week of storms
After nearly a week of severe thunderstorms bringing heavy rain and hail, calm returned to the Panhandle on Sunday. A tornado watch was in effect 3 to 9 p.m. with three tornadoes wandering the North Plains, but only isolated showers reached Amarillo, including a 9 p.m. downpour that dumped over 0.85 inches at the NWS station and hail up to 1 inch. Civil Defense directed traffic as high water stalled vehicles on Amarillo Boulevard East. counties including Armstrong, Carson, Potter and Randall remained under a severe thunderstorm warning through 10:30 p.m.
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Amarillo
National Weather Service
Nws
Civil Defense
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Weather Service
Armstrong
Carson
Potter
Randall
South Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Ben Barnes To Announce Plans Today
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will hold a 2 p.m. news conference in Austin to outline his political plans. Possible runs include Texas governor or U S Senate seat now held by Tower. Opponent Dolph Briscoe has announced a 1972 bid. Ralph Yarborough may also run for the Senate.
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Briscoe
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Ralph Yarborough
Tower
Yarborough
Barnes
Washington
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Texas
Soviet Election Time Again No One Loses
In Moscow and across the Soviet Union a nationwide election showed no opposition and a turnout near 99 percent. Pravda hailed the supports for the Leninist line as millions voted for Supreme Soviets and local bodies, with Khrushchev briefly seen at a Moscow polling place.
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Soviet Union
Communist Party
Pravda
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich
Lockney Man Killed Near Plainview on Farm Road 788
A Lockney man Jose Soto Alaniz, 43, was found dead along Farm Road 788 about six miles north of Plainview after his stalled car drove him from his vehicle for assistance. Johnny Pina reported seeing an object in the road and nearly struck him, with DPS estimating death between 12:30 and 4:15 a.m. Investigators search for the striking vehicle as Alaniz’s family waited at the scene. Funeral services are pending with Wood Dunning Funeral Directors.
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Plainview
Spe
Lockney
Here
Jose Soto Alaniz
Rt. 1
Floydada
Johnny Pina
Route 1
Pina
Texas Department of Public Safety
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