Liberal boy in critical condition after gasoline burn accident
Dennis Arnett, a 153 year old Liberal Kansas youth, remained in critical condition at Brooke Army Hospital after gasoline burns covered over 60 percent of his body. Fire Chief Rob ert Riney said he was showing his sister what matches and gasoline do when the accident occurred Wednesday while painting a fence. He spilled gasoline to remove paint and lit it, flames leaping to his clothing and burning his upper body, legs, and arms. A utility trailer and wooden shed were also burned.
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San Antonio
Dennis Arnett
Brooke Army Hospital
Robert Riney
Falmes
Hicks Awarded Pantex Project
Wiley Hicks Jr. won the bid to build an in process high explosive staging facility at Pantex Plant in Amarillo with 480 941 dollars, the lowest of five bids. Other bidders were High Plains Building Co. 514 120 dollars Claude EK. Mathis 516 200 Page Wirtz Construction Co. 519 580 and Ramey Construction Co. 534 582. The project includes seven staging bays corridors two mechanical rooms and a ramp.
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Wiley Hicks Jr
Pantex
Amarillo
Hicks
High Plains Building Co
Claude EK. Mathis
Page & Wirtz Construction Co
Ramey Construction Co
Showers Over Panhandle Slip Through Area Overnight
Overnight storms lashed the Northern Panhandle with heavy rain small hail and high winds. National Weather Service warned severe thunderstorms in Roberts and Gray counties and about 14 Panhandle counties faced warnings as cells moved east from sundown. Local reports noted up to an inch of rain in 20 minutes at the Fain Ranch and a quarter inch at Borger with little or no damage in Dumas Sunray and Perryton. Canadian Indians are described weaving rope from bark of basswood and cedar trees.
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Roberts
Gray
Pampa
National Weather Service
NWS
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Panhandle
Nara Visa
N. M
Dalhart
Fain Ranch
Canadian River
Amarillo
Lake Meredith
Borger
Dumas
Sunray
Perryton
Jury Deliberations Continue in Hewitt Murder Case
Edward Thomas Hewitt is awaiting a sentencing decision after a guilty verdict for murder without malice in the death of 59 year old Willie McMullan. The Amarillo pathologist testified the death resulted from a brain hemorrhage due to a blow to the head. The penalty ranges two to five years in prison.
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Edward Thomas Hewitt
181St District Court
Hewitt
Willie McMullan
N. Monroe
Amarillo
Jose Diaz Esquival
Frank Phillips JC Sets Registration Deadlines
Frank Phillips College in Borger invites students to register for the second summer session from 8 30 to 11 a m on July 10 with July 11 as the last day to register and admission cut off after July 12 Classes run five days a week starting July 10 with final exams on August 11 A minimum payment of 25 is required regardless of semester hours Students may enroll in biology chemistry math English government history sociology shorthand and typing.
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Borger
Frank Phillips College
Exiled man freed from 1935 murder indictment
Lonnie Cross, 66, freed in Jacksonville after nearly 37 years from a murder indictment tied to the 1935 slaying of landlord Edward Bozier. He had lived incognito in New Orleans before surrendering June 7, and the charge was dropped on the judge's approval amid statements of rehabilitation and renewed Christian conduct.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lonnie Cross
Cross
New Orleans
Florida
W. F E. Beacham
Edward Bozier
Beacham
Marion Gooding
Don Nichols
Nichols
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