Keeping Order Amid the Storm
Ed Fitzhugh, a police dispatcher for the Amarillo Police Department, was praised for maintaining calm and control during a violent storm. He handled multiple lines and dispatches despite chaos, earning the nickname the Voice of the Amarillo Police Department. His prior years include a 14 year ago gunfight in a hardware store where he was wounded and later returned to duty.
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Ed Fitzhugh
Channel 1
Amarillo
8Th Avenue
Northwest Texas
Edwin Fitzhugh
Nixon weighs temporary lift of meat import quotas
President Nixon warned rising meat prices may spark a temporary relaxation of meat import quotas to ease inflation. He directed the Cost of Living Council to study boosting meat supplies while questioning the effectiveness of direct controls.
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Washington
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Chicago
Cleanup Operations Beginning at Dumas
Dumas residents began cleanup after two tornadoes and 100 mph winds caused damages likely exceeding 1 million dollars. Airports and Parkview Trailer Court suffered heavy losses with planes destroyed and trailers damaged. Local officials reported debris removal progressing, with several residents treated and released for storm injuries.
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Dumas
Charles Sorelle
Hatter Spraying
Sorelle
Hatter
Jerry Luellen
Parkview
Trailer Sales Co
Lueillen
A. Tremble
Dumas Civil Defense
Parkview Trailer Court
Martha McRee
Dumas Memorial Hospital
Bo Duffer
Beef business defined by community impact in Colorado
In Colorado, the Monfort Feedlot's move from Greeley costs 5 million and reshapes the local economy. The plant paid 231.77.43 in taxes, about 31 percent of the school budget, and spent roughly 2 million yearly on local ensilage and roughage. A payroll over 1 million will likely move away, leaving Greeley “pure and sweet—and poorer.”
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Monfort
Greeley
Colorado
Kenneth Monfort
Daylight Rhetoric and Law Sparked in News Snippet
In Bard New Mexico Mrs. Roy R Gibson mocks daylight saving time while a Gardiner quote jokes about dentists overcharging. Aussies repeal fireworks imports effective July 1 under Queensland law.
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Roy R. Gibson
Bard, N.M
Congress
Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Amarillo Storm Damage Seen At About Half A Million
City losses from Wednesday night storm in Amarillo could reach about 500000 as crews clear debris. Winds up to 160 mph spawned at least two tornadoes damaging hundreds of homes and businesses while adjusters assess claims and street sanitation work stretches for weeks. John Bray of General Adjustment Bureau weighs the range between 250000 and 1000000, with 500000 cited as a liberal estimate.
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Jim Sanders
van Cook
Amarillo
W. L. Davis
10Th and Marrs. Center
10Th and
Highland
Matt Thomas
Tom Thomas
Partments
John Bray
General Adjustment Bureau
St. Kentucky
Ces
Bray
Rodeway Inn
Paramount
Boyce Box
Air Speed Oil Co
NE 3Rd
Glenn Mabry
3Rd
Grand
24Th
Browning
San Jacinto
National
Horton Disclosed Plan Involving Murder Setup
Dallas attorney Randolph Scott testified that a jailed indicted colleague confessed to luring an elderly woman to a bus station for a hired killer. The revelation emerged during a court inquiry into the 1971 disappearance of a wealthy Texas investor, his housekeeper, and another woman, three missing persons from Dallas.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas
Randolph Scott
Brown Walker
Texas
Roberts’ Bank
Heritage National Property Management Services Inc
Western National Bank
Amarillo
DPS Agent at WTSU To Eye Allegations
A Department of Public Safety intelligence agent was assigned to probe alleged misconduct at West Texas State University in Randall County. Dan Self of Lubbock will investigate possible discrepancies, with cooperation from WTSU officials, as Randall County District Attorney George Dowlen explained.
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WTSU
Dowlen
DPS
Hudson
University
Bobby Hudson
Dogs Found Near Grave Site in Midland
In Midland Texas two missing dogs Charlie Brown and Red were found sleeping beside the graves of three local teenagers Rebecca Valerie Brown and Jimmy McHargue in Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. The dogs had vanished from the homes of Jim McHargue and Max T Brown.
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Midland
Tex
Charlie Brown
Red
Jim McHargue
Max T. Brown
Rebeca
Valerie Brown
Jimmy McHargue
Rest Haven Memorial Park
Inside News Secrets Leak in Ellsberg Case Museum
A new financial page highlights funding for a museum exhibit tied to the Ellsberg case as fresh details prompt renewed public interest. Local observers weigh the exhibit’s balance between transparency and sensationalism as Ulster strife continues alongside fragile peace hopes.
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Ellsberg
Ulster
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Fitzhugh
White House
Democratic National Committee
George McGovern
South Dakota
Tlyer Vance
The
Western Livestock Journal
Olsen Park Pete
Welizzard
Bill Lee
Horton
Dallas County Bar Association
Leon C. Horton
Dee
Randall County
Grand Jury
Ardis O’dell Reed
Grand Prairie
Reed
Roberts
Scott
Inside News
Bridge
New Mexico
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