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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1971
Page
2
Amarillo photographer Pete McCollum recalls a near miss at a Little League game on Hays Street when a baseball struck his flash reflector. The hit smashed the flashbulb but did not seriously damage his camera or flashgun.
A large gasoline storage tank overflow at Humble Oil Aldine station in North Harris County prompted evacuation of more than 170 families as a precaution. The spill was contained by switching lines and a safety wall surrounds the tank. Fire officials began evacuations on arrival and residents were allowed to return shortly before midnight. Officials do not yet know the amount of gasoline lost.
The Amarillo Daily News lists staff roles including S B Whittenburg president and Jim Walker assistant to the president. It also notes publishers editors and department heads, plus home delivery and subscription rate details for morning and evening editions.
U S Rep Bob Price of Pampa protests a House cut setting 20000 per crop as a cap on federal farm payments. He vows to press Senate members to remove the limit when the Agriculture Appropriations bill is debated. He recalls a 1970 act fixing 55000 and says farmers have borrowed and leased land in good faith.
Helen Elizabeth Booch 21 daughter of Col and Mrs Ernest L Booch of 2222 Fannin leaves Washington DC for a 12 month Red Cross Club mobile Service tour in Korea. She will travel in two person teams by helicopters jets trucks or jeeps to morale build for GIs. Booch full of recreation and camp counseling will organize games song fests trap shoots plays and serve coffee and donuts while sharing meals with servicemen. She will visit isolated GIs at least weekly. Booch is a 1967 Amarillo High grad who studied at Amarillo College and UT sociology and held campus offices in Kappa Delta Chi Blue Blazers and Phi Theta Kappa.
Canyon summer recreation participants will stage exhibitions an outdoor drama and a fireworks display on July 5 at Connor Park. Sponsored by the Canyon Chamber of Commerce City and service clubs the program opens at 6 30 p m with swimming tumbling and twirling demonstrations followed by an art show a patriotic play a flag raising ceremony and a watermelon feast. Watermelons are prizes and races for families are planned with refreshments run by Canyon High School band students.
Gary Jordan, son of A J Jordan of Marshall, was fatally shot Thursday when he entered the home of Mr and Mrs John Eschee during a break in by an armed robber. The Eschee daughters Johnetta 15 and Patricia 17 were threatened with a knife and tied as the intruder searched for money near U S 59 ten miles south of Marshall. Jordan arrived as the door was opened and was shot when the robber allowed him to enter.
Three members of the Meadows family were listed in satisfactory condition at a North West Texas hospital after eating poke salad for lunch at home. Mr and Mrs Lee Meadows and their son Bryan 20 of 83 N Forest were admitted at 4 30 p m Thursday.
Top Dollar opens two new budget stores in Amarillo within Gethnee Center at 2700 N Fillmore and Eastridge Center at 5600 E Amarillo Blvd. Doors run 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday. Glor ia Gonzales and Linda Castenada named managers. about eight employees per store. The chain, based in Jasper Alabama, operates around 200 shops in 10 states, with plans to serve the Panhandle from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Obituary notices list names Richard H. Curtis Marilyn McClellan Less Whitaker Jr and Ruby Pauline Head with ages and addresses. Services times are provided for Curtis McClellan Whitaker with Head's services pending. Services held at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Saint Andrews Episcopal Church and related locations.
Sanford-Fritch High School seeks an assistant football coach after the resignation of A L Preutt to pursue a master’s degree. Applications should be sent to Richard Roberts, high school principal. Lonnie Phillips remains head coach and will supervise the team.
Retirement services and change of command for Capt. John S. Kuhn will be held at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center 2309 Line Ave The ceremony honors include eight other naval officers on their retirement at Naval Air Station Dallas Saturday.
SPEARMAN An Arizona youth injured when the truck he drove overturned near Grover Tuesday night will be transferred to an Oklahoma hospital early next week. Robert Powers 17 of Mammoth Arizona is in satisfactory condition with a fractured pelvis and fractured vertebrae. He also has cuts and bruises and will be moved by ambulance to Cimarron County Hospital Boise City Oklahoma where he had been working for his uncle. The driver reportedly lost control while attempting to pass a tractor on Texas 15 four miles west of Grover. The wheat spilled into the ditch and the truck was badly damaged.
Harris W. Gordon Harris aged 67 of 2112 Hayden undergoes graveside services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Park Cemetery in Oklahoma. Carl Joseph Noska 54 of Grand Prairie Texas remains taken to Westwood Brown Funeral Home. Anna Maybelle McMinn 46 of 4400 Echo has services at 2 p.m. at N S Grigas Pioneer Chapel with burial at Smee Cemetery.
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