Georgia Firm Buys Amarillo and Lubbock Newspapers
Morris Communications of Augusta Georgia announced the acquisition of Globe-News Publishing Co and its subsidiaries the Amarillo Daily News Globe-Times and Avalanche-Journal Publishing Co The purchase merges stock into Southwestern Newspapers Corp with minority holders to receive cash and a merger description The move expands Morris holdings in Texas and Georgia officials praised the deal and Morris described plans to serve Amarillo with continued editorial and business growth
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe-Times
Morris Communications Corp
Augusta
William S. Morris II
Morris Communicatons
S. B. Whittenburg
Globe-News Publishing Co
Georgia
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Morris Communications
Southeastern Newspapers Corp
Alaska
Globe News Organization
Williams
Morris III
Paul S. Simon
Texas Papers
Globe-Times
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Co
Lubbock
sidiary—Southwestern Newspapers Corp
Amarillo
Globe News Corporation
Morris
Texas
Chronicle of
South
Izzard column notes regional papers and fishing trends
The column observes Amarillo and Lubbock papers owned by William Morris IT and associates, notes ties to Juneau Southeast Alaska Empire, and recalls a granddaughter there. It then discusses Texas bass lakes tripling in 25 years, bass as top U.S. freshwater game fish, and conservation concerns. Adds Latin class at West Texas State and Braniff flight quips, finishing with a quip on British ads and hidden taxes.
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ner-Herald
Alaska
Juneau
Whittenburg
Globe News
Morris
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Georgia
Texas
United States
Walter Juniper
West Texas State
Braniff
Dallas
Wall Street Journal
North Vietnam orders release of three captured pilots
North Vietnam via VNA reports the release order for three U S pilots. The men are Navy Lt jg Markham Gartley, Navy Lt jg Norris Charles, and Air Force Maj Edward Elias. Details on timing and location of release were not provided. Washington awaits further word on transport and date.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Hanoi
VNA
The
Vietnam People’s Army
Ligon Gartley
Nghe An
Navy
J.g. Norris
Alphonzo Charles
Tured
Ha Tinh
Air Force
Edward Knight Elias
F.r
4Th Tactical Reconnaissance
432Nd Tactical Reconnaissance
Udon
Thailand
AFAC
Quang Binh
Washington
State Department
U.S
Vientiane
Laos
Asst
Daniel Henkin
Defense Department
United States
North
Mitchell stops testimony in civil suit over Watergate break in
Former attorney general John N. Mitchell paused his deposition in the Democrats’ $1 million invasion of privacy case after invoking counsel. The motion to halt all civil proceedings seeks to prevent prejudice to five suspects facing criminal charges tied to the Watergate break in at Democratic headquarters. Mitchell had previously said he would swear he had no advance knowledge of the bugging.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Democratic National
Mitchell
Democrats
Kenneth Parkinson
Nixon
James W. McCord
Charles Richey
Henry Rothblatt
Edward Bennett Williams
Richey
Rothblatt
Richard Gerstein
Miami
Watergate
Gerstein
Michael Richardson
Narcotics Robbery Target D and S Pharmacy
Two men robbed D and S Pharmacy at 1101 S Grand Friday at 9 pm taking about 110 dollars from the register and narcotics worth 300 dollars plus about 75 syringes. A clerk described a mustached suspect. getaway seen as a 4 pickup drove east on 1th.
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D&s
S. Grand
Hazel Brown
East
Rejected Old Folks Dumped at Hospital in Miami
At Jackson Memorial Hospital emergency room eleven elderly patients in wheelchairs and stretchers crowd the space after being dumped at the doorstep with Do not return tags. Administrator Louis Didomenico says they are too ill to live alone but not sick enough for admission, driven by money and funding gaps between state county and nursing homes. The issue centers on funding disparities and additional state support to nursing homes for indigent care.
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Miami
Louis Didomenico
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Dade County
Didomenico
Emer
Feedlots Set Plains Record in Weekly Slaughter Total
A 68 800 head cattle slaughtered in one week sets a new regional record as the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma feedlots report near 85 percent capacity. Steers and heifers finished Friday at $1 higher with most sales to local packers and Midwest buyers. The sector warns the record may be surpassed if finish rates stay strong over the next four to five weeks.
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Texas Panhandle
Western Oklahoma
Federal State Livestock Market News Office
Midwest
South Plains
Agribusiness '72 Explores Panhandle Beef Hub
A 46 page production titled Agribusiness '72 examines the Texas Panhandle and High Plains region as a global beef cattle capital. The piece traces the rise of cattle feeding, agriculture driven economy, and the diverse agribusiness sector across five states.
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Texas Panhandle
High Plains
Sunday News Globe
Weekend Warmup With Mild Thunder Chances
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures through Sunday. A slight risk of afternoon and evening thundershowers with highs in the upper 70s today and near 80 on Sunday. lows in the upper 50s. East winds 8 to 16 mph with a 20 percent precipitation chance today and tonight.
Laird Seeks End to Draft Inductions by Year’s End
Selective Service announced that about 15 900 young men with lottery numbers 95 and below will be drafted in October December. Secretary Melvin Laird aims to halt all inductions by year end six months ahead of Nixon’s all volunteer goal. Most draftees will be notified 30 days prior and few will go to Vietnam unless they volunteer.
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Laird
Washington
Selective Service
Secretary of Defense
Mel
Vin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
Army
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Georgia Film
Simon
William Shivers Morris
Southeastern
W.S. Morris II
Chronicle
Richmond Academy
Darington School
University of Georgia
Paul
Izzard
William
Savannah
Athens
Pire
Fishing Report
Harlon Bartlett
Meredith
Orrin Stark
First National Bank of
Quitaque
Odell Gregg
Tulsa
Odell
Congress
Olsen Park Pete
Wes Izzard
J.g. Markham
Edward M. Kennedy
D Mass
Richard C. Drayne
Kennedy
Paris
Drayne
Brown
Terry McCarty
Charles Howard
Danny Garcia
New Mexico
Eotewnere
Daryl McKee
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