FBI crime drops in Amarillo in early 1973 report
FBI statistics show Amarillo’s crime rate fell 6.6 percent from January through March 31 1973 versus 1972 driven by declines in murder larceny theft and auto theft Robbery and aggravated assault rose while rape and burglary stayed steady Local police credit tactical units for property crime drops and note Texas cities also posted declines while national figures show overall crime up for violent offenses and small declines in two property categories
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Ben Keck
Globe-News
Amarillo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Texas
Lice
Charles Hollis
Austin
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
San Antonio
U. S. Atty
Elliot Richardson
Bids Sought For Bridge Construction East Of Fort Sumner
New Mexico Highway Department seeks bids by July 20 to build 8.4 miles of new highway east of Fort Sumner including a new bridge over the fatal draw and another over the Santa Fe Railroad near Taiban. Project cost about 2 million dollars aided by 1.8 million in federal funds. The 1933 bridge was 20 feet wide and 94 feet long and had six years of delay in replacement after a fatal bus truck crash that killed 19 Texans on December 26 of last year.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico Highway Department
Fort Sumner
Taiban
New Mexico
Austin, Tex
Tulia Tornado and Thunderstorms Reported Across Panhandle
Severe weather swept the Panhandle Friday evening with a funnel cloud near Tulia observed at 7 24 p m by a sheriff unit moving south southeast at 25 mph before dissipating. A barn roof blew off in Tulia and Clarendon logged 0 5 inches of rain with winds.
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Tulia
Tulsa
Panhandle
Skylab 1 crew back from 28 days in orbit and sick on splashdown
Skylab 1 astronauts describe postflight sickness from weightlessness and a bobbing command module. Joseph Kerwin, Pete Conrad, and Paul Weitz say readjustment to gravity takes time though living in zero gravity was easy. They expect 56 day flights for upcoming crews.
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Houston
UPS
Thej
Earth
Joseph
P. Kerwin
Kerwin
U.S
Charles
Pete
Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
America
Catinn
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Skylab
Joe
Arnold the Hog No Longer Here
Firebaugh California reports the death of Arnold an 800 pound housebroken pig treated as a family pet by the James Boccabella family. Authorities say the hampshire hog died of an apparent heart attack after roughly a week of illness.
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Firebaugh
Calif
UPI
Arnold
James Boccabella
Hampshire
Tursday
DPS Expects 19 To Die July 4
AUSTIN AP Col. Wilson E. Speir head of the Department of Public Safety estimated that 19 persons would die in traffic accidents during the July 4 holiday. He noted the toll should be lower than last year as the holiday falls in midweek, and said DPS patrols would be on duty from 6 p.m. Tuesday through midnight Wednesday to curb speeding and drunk driving.
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Austin, Tex
Wilson E. Speir
Department of Public Safety
Speir
DPS
Seir
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