Panhandle Snowstorm Brings Freeze to Fruit Crops
A spring snowstorm battered the Panhandle causing deep freezes that damaged peach and apricot blossoms in Hedley and other areas. Temperatures fell to 24 degrees in Donley County with more cold nights forecast, while wheat crops may escape harm as some plants are not yet matured. The storm also caused widespread slick driving and traffic accidents with parts of Amarillo and Dalhart reporting snow and moisture.
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Panhandle
National Weather Service
Red Lee
Hedley
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Bushland
Anzarillo
Amarillo
Dalhart
Dumas
Borger Spearman
Perryton
Pampa
Claude
Vietnamese flee Da Nan amid heavy shelling and panic
South Vietnamese military commanders and American officials fled Da Nan under fire abandoning hundreds of thousands of civilians. Lt. Gen Ngo Quang Truong and U S Consul General Albert Francis and staff took shelter on a ship offshore in the South China Sea around midnight Friday according to military sources.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nan
Ia Gg
Ngo Quang Truong
U.S
Albert Francis
South China Sea
da Ae
Pioneer
Miller
National
China
DA Nang
Weekend Forecast Shows Cold, Snow Chance Persist
Mostly cloudy and continued cold through Sunday with a chance of intermittent light snow. High today in the 30s, low teens tonight, high Sunday near 40. Northerly wind 10 to 20 mph. Snow probability 30 percent today and tonight. 22 33 37 21 16
Blizzard Toll Rises in Northern Plains Blizzard
National Guardsmen swept by helicopter as rescuers in snowplows hunted snowladen plains for dead and missing. Fourteen deaths are blamed on the blizzard and related storms from Wyoming to Minnesota with at least 20 still missing in western Nebraska.
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National Guardsmen
Plains
Upper
Midwest
Wyoming
Minnesota
J.J. Exon
Nebraska
Dakotas
Exon
National Guard
Nebraska Panhandle
South Dakota
Richard F. Kneip
Montana
Upper Michigan
Texas
Appalachians
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iown
Totten
N.D
Alexander
Box Elder
Rapid City
S.D
Bayard
Neb
Pension Act Provision Could Tax Millions in 1974
The Sunday edition notes a provision of the 1974 Pension Act may impose a tax on millions of Americans. A Southwestern Public Service Co survey shows local beef output last year worth over $2 billion, contributing more than $7 billion to the regional economy. Anita Bryant discusses choosing family life over a nightclub career in Family Weekly.
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Sunday News-Globe
Southwestern Public Service Co
Family Weekly
Anita Bryant
Viet Officers Abandon Da Nang as City Falls into Chaos
Truong vowed to fight for Da Nang but orders on defending the port city remain unclear amid street battles between soldiers and refugees. Communist troops reportedly within three miles fired rockets and mortars as airlift halted and refugees flooded the harbor by ship and air.
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Truong
Nguyen van Thieu
da Nang
Saigon
South Vietnam
Rock Island Keeps Rail Operations Through May 15
The Rock Island lines won a reprieve from bankruptcy proceedings allowing continued service through May 15 after an ICC surcharge approval and a $840 emergency grant. Judge Frank McGarr appointed William M. Gibbons as trustee to devise a creditor-focused reorganization plan.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Frank McGarr
Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S
William M. Gibbons
Gibbons
Nepal
McGarr
ICC
RAIL
Ford to Announce Tax Cut Decision Tonight
President Ford will address the nation to reveal his decision on the 24.8 billion tax cut bill and outline broader economic policy. He may sign or veto, with networks airing the address from the Oval Office before a Palm Springs Easter vacation.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
Oval Office
Palm Springs
Calif
Easter Sunrise Services Planned at Palo Duro Canyon
Churches in the Amarillo area announce Easter rites led by Canyon Ministerial Alliance. A 7 30 a m sunrise service at Pioneer Amphitheatre features Rev Jim Bancock and music by Canyon Presbyterian Choir with ministers from First Baptist First United Methodist First Presbyterian St George Episcopal and Baptist Student Union at West Texas State University participating. Admission to the state park is free.
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Tex Keirsey
Globe-News
Pioneer Amphitheatre
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo
Canyon Ministerial Alliance
Jim Bancock
First Baptist Church
Canyon Presbyterian Church
Bill Kent
First United Methodist Church
Baldwin Stribling
First Presbyterian Church
Jim Handy
St. George Episcopal Church
Bill Webb
Baptist Student Union
West Texas State University
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Hereford
By John Ebling
Becky Smith
Pecos
Ats
Amuseme
United Press International
Lam Dong
Bon Loc
Central Highlands
Reech Island
United States Railway Association
The
Para
Ron Jackson
Ron
Economic Policy Board
California
Henry Kissinger
Army
Frederick Weyand
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