Names in Panhandle South Plains lore sought for study
Former West Texas State student Donald Gill, pursuing a doctorate in linguistics at East Texas State, requests help identifying place name origins in 38 Panhandle South Plains counties. He has documented Floyd, Roberts, Swisher, and Potter counties and seeks Camp Creek, Indian Creek, McDowell Canyon, Rock Creek, Saddle Horse Canyon, Tecoyas Creek, Windmill Creek, and more, offering credit in his book. Mrs. Reta Richards at West Texas State seeks help recalling Old Joe Clark games and verses for her research, inviting readers to respond.
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West Texas State
East Texas State
Donald Gill
el Centro College
Dallas
Panhandle-South Plains
Floyd, Roberts
Swisher
Potter
Potter County
Robert Potter
Texa
Texas
Caddo Lake
Ady
Gill Learned
Fort Worth
Denver
John Ray
Home Creek
Kruser
Amarillo
Camp Creek
Indian Creek
McDowell Canyon
Rock Creek
Saddle Horse Canyon
Tecoyas Creek
Windmill Creek
Gill
Shortmeadow Lane
Tex
Reta Richards
Joe Clark
Editorial notes advise there will be no People in the News today
The Anniston Star relays a wire note that there will be no People in the News column due to a lack of stories. Readers quip about machines and delivery, while readers from Roswell and Pampa send snippets. The mix includes a postal critique of federal changes and a church bulletin quip about duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ala
Star
Telegraph
A.P
The
Scott Nisbet
Pampa
Credit River, Minn
Postal Guide
National Geographic Atlas
Credit River
Gunman in Dallas Holds Officers Inside House and Wounds Cop
An unidentified man waved a pistol from a Dallas yard Friday, led police inside a house, and shot Capt. C. C. Box in the back during a standoff. Box is in critical condition at Parkland Hospital. The gunman, Henry Stewart Koonce, 55, was restrained after officers tackled him. Neighbors report prior eviction and threats.
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Dallas
C. C. Box
Parkland Hospital
Henry Stewart Koonce
Koonce
Box
H. D. Thomas
Capt Box
Thomas
A. G. Bliss
Bliss
Clara Nell Head
Knowles Is Dropped as HEW Nominee Faces AMA Opposition
Washington reports HEW Secretary Robert Finch abandoned his fight to name Dr. John H. Knowles of Boston to the top health post after weeks of backstage maneuvering. Finch indicated the process had become distorted and he would back an alternate candidate, amid speculation of a second choice and continued AMA opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
HEW
Robert H. Finch
American Medical Association
John H. Knowles
Boston
Finch
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Nixon
Roger Egenberg
Hollywood
Calif
Uni
Southern California
Egenberg
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
George L Brand
AMA
Brand
Free 7 Years Killer Found in Danville Arrest
Winnie Ruth Judd the 1931 trunk murderess was arrested in Danville seven years after fleeing an Arizona mental hospital. Sheriff officials tied the arrest to the April 28 slaying of a psychiatrist's wife in Alamo. She had been living undercover as a cook and domestic, identified by fingerprints and old photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinez
Calif
Winnie Ruth Judd
Danville
Arizona
Contra Costa Coun
Alamo
Judd
John Blemer
Europe
Los Angeles
Robert Lang
Sheriff's Detective Division
Joe Walsh
David Gardella
Italy
Alexander Aarons
Gardella
Lang
Marion Lane
Weather Summary for Ameritie Area Reported
Morning briefing notes a sunshine spell and light to moderate winds. The report records a temperature around 2 degrees with a nearby port offering a breeze of 9 miles per hour.
Texas A&M Base Lease Extended for Amarillo Air Base Site
U S Rep Bob Price of Pampa says a six month extension of Texas A&M University’s lease on Amarillo Air Force Base gives time for plans to buy the property for a new vocational technical school run by the Texas State Technical Institute. The extension aims to align with Texas Legislature funding in a summer called session, likely July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Bob Price
Pampa
Texas A&m University
Amarillo Air Force Base
The
Texas State Technical Institute
Texas
Full House for Texas Stars and Moonlit Canyon Premiere
A full house filled Pioneer Amphitheatre in Palo Duro Canyon for the season premiere of Paul Green's Texas blending story music and dance. Guests included Edward L. Melin and Margaret Harper with Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation, Gus Mutscher and Donna Axum, plus Plains legislators Grady Hazlewood Tom Christian Marcus Abraham Hudson Moyer Walter Knapp and other officials and arts leaders.
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Canyon
Edward L. Melin
Margaret Harper
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation
Texas
Texas House of Representaties
Gus Mutscher
Donna Axum
Plains
Grady Hazlewood
Tom Christian
Claude
Marcuf Abraham
Canadian
Hudson Moyer
Walter Knapp
Amarillo
Pat O’keefe
Austin
The
Texas Fine Arts Commission
Edwin H. Blum
New Orleans
Louisiana Council For Music and the Performing Arts, Inc
Texas Historical Foundation
Ballinger Mills
Galveston
Poison Gas To Be Burned By Army
The Army will burn 12 643 tons of mustard gas at U S military installations as urged by the National Academy of Sciences The burning may be done mainly at the Rocky Mountain arsenal in Colorado while mustard liquid stored at several Army facilities will be incinerated at unspecified sites beyond Ocean dumping considered.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
National Academy of Sciences
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Army
Rocky Mountain
Anniston
Ala
Edgewood
Pine
Strouds to View Apollo 11 Launch at Kennedy Space Center
Mayor and Mrs. J Ernest Stroud will attend the Apollo 11 launch, joining other dignitaries for the first manned lunar landing set for July 16 at Cape Canaveral Florida. Vice President Spiro Agnew extended the invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ernest Stroud
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Florida
The
Strouds
Spire Agnew
Pampa Men Burned In Gas Well Blaze
Two Pampa men suffered first and second degree burns when gas escaping from a Dorchester Gas Producing Co. well ignited near White Deer. A truck rig valued at 25000 was destroyed. Fire units responded as bystanders and coworkers aided the injured at Highland General Hospital.
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White Deer
Here
Dorchester Gas Producing Co
John Throckmorton
David Monk
Pampa
Curtis Well Servicing Co. Inc
Highland General Hospital
Lee Miller
Miller
Throckmorton
Monk
Clifford Mynear
Dorchester
L. A. Dugan
Dugan
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George Richardson
Roswell
Olsen Park Pete
Ere
Izzard
Glen Johnson
Moore County
4-H
Dumas
George Brown Ranch
Dumas and
Sunray
Bryan Swaim
Ameritie
Saan
Peru
A&m
Ron Marlo
G. F
Gus” Mutscher
Brenham
Right
Donna
L. P
Pete” Gilvin
Crockett
Palo Duro Canyon
Paul Green
Segas
Thom Marshall
Tyler Vance
Astre-Guide
Rodie End TV
New Mexico
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