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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1971
Page
3
The Upward Bound Project at West Texas State University begins its fifth summer session on July 11 with 50 low income students. The program runs to August 13 and includes enrichment in English reading math science physical education arts and crafts plus cultural outings.
President Nixon and wife spent the weekend at Camp David working on the fiscal 1973 budget. The Nixon family held a reunion with newlyweds Tricia and Edward Cox. The president's daughter and her husband stayed on at the retreat after the main party returned to Washington at dusk Sunday.
George Dowlen Randall County Criminal District Attorney and Tom Curtis Potter County district attorney were named to a nine man committee from the District and County Attorneys Association of Texas to revise the proposed Penal Code. Curtis noted the panel is studying the code as it stood when it stalled in the legislature and cited 57 problem areas including insanity as a defense and police use of force in arrests. Curtis added that a Corpus Christi seminar explained new criminal law changes including a felony guilty plea after waiving grand jury review, which should aid rural counties with infrequent grand juries.
A car struck a parked truck from behind on San Antonio's east side early Sunday, killing 61 year old Elizabeth Johnson. Police report a fatality in the crash.
Rescuers battled two more bodies found amid heavy surf as a DC3 hit a sewage plant and sank off Shelter Cove. Twenty boats and crews searched 50 miles south of Eureka for victims and survivors while chlorine gas leak was sealed. Seven survivors hospitalized.
Southwestern Portland Cement Co and Southdown executives will visit Amarillo to honor the plant’s 2,500th day of accident free operation near Bushland. A catered lunch will be held for employees and officials. W. S. Chadwick and F. T. Sheets will speak, with T. A. Steele also attending.
Texas residents may brew up to 200 gallons of wine a year for personal use with a $10 permit from the TABC office at 3015 W. 26th. The wine may not be sold, and only fresh fruits or berries may be used with raisins allowed. equipment possession is no longer prohibited, aligning Texas law with federal rules.
The annual citywide pet nature show will be held 17 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Starlight Theater Ellwood Park. Warren Whittington notes 10 events including longest and shortest haired and feathered pets most unusual best trick ugliest and largest. Pets must be leashed or caged and insects do not qualify. Prizes will be awarded first second and third.
Arkansas State Sen. Milt Earnhart proposed bringing back public executions to curb rising crime. He called for keeping the death penalty in place in Arkansas and opposed abolition.
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