Plains Prospects Bright for 1972 in Panhandle Agriculture
Winter in the Panhandle and adjoining regions brings bright crop prospects and a hoped for economic upswing. Local bankers farmers and civic leaders foresee higher farm revenue lower unemployment growth in residential and commercial sectors and gains for agriculture with federal support and new Farm Credit Act implementation. Gene Edwards notes to see AGRICULTURE on Pg 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Witherspoon
Fred Cotton
Federal Land Bank Association of
Amarillo
Gene Edwards
Education Board Appeals Texas School Financing Ruling
The State Board of Education unanimously voted to appeal the San Antonio federal court decision striking down Texas reliance on local property taxes for school funding. The appeal goes to the U S Supreme Court, with officials seeking clarity on bond taxes and future financing while boosting migrant program funding by 2.7 million to total 15.6 million for 1971 73.
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Austin, Tex
State Board of Education
San Antonio
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Jack Binion
Houston
Atty
Crawford Martin
Herbert Willborn
Amarillo
Willborn
Supreme Court
Martin
Asst. Atty
U.S
Pat Bailey
Harlingen
Bailey
High Court
Ilinois
Illinois
Real Gasser Flying Elephant for TV Eye
In Houston Goodyear blimp America prepares for the Dallas Cowboys versus Miami Dolphins Super Bowl, with aero nautical engineer Lee M. Cermak piloting the craft. The piece explains the blimp’s long travel from Houston to New Orleans, its limited speed, and the logistics of the 15 man ground crew as they chase the airship for overhead television shots.
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Houston
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins
Lee M. Cermak
America
Cermak
Golden Throat
Lee Cermak
Goodyear
Florida
California
New Orleans
Rolls-Royce
Boy Survives 20 Minute Submersion in Near Frozen Lake
Three year old Michael Brewer fell through ice into 15 feet of water near his home two miles south of Farnsworth. His siblings escaped, mother searched, father rescued him after about 20 minutes. He was in critical condition but breathing on arrival at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo and flown there for care.
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Farnsworth
Michael Brewer
Vernon R. Brewer
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
Michael
Denny
Denise
Brewer
Ochiltree
Ray Phagan
Perryton
Ochiltree General Hospital
Eugene Wade
Osborne Aviation
Tradewind
Metropolitan Ambulance
McLean Couple Survive 13 Days in High Sierras Ordeal
Gary Ellison and his wife Nila, both 21 and Texas Tech students, were stranded 13 days in deep snow near Sequoia National Park after Christmas. With no food or heat, they played dominoes and cards in a van, hiked 18 miles to Camp Whitset for help, then returned toward Lubbock to resume classes.
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Johnsondale
Calif
McLean
Tex
High Sierras
Gary Ellison
Ellison
Nila
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Sequoia National Park
Collins
Nelson
Tulare County
James Ellison
Hunt for Fugitive Radicals Pushed After Bank Scares
Chicago reports reveal the FBI leads a nationwide hunt for 16 fugitives linked to radical groups including the Weathermen as investigators probe bank bombings in New York Chicago and San Francisco. Dohrn name appears on the sought list amid warnings from letters claiming a new strategy to free prisoners.
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Chicago
FBI
New York
San Francisco
Weatherman
Stu
Bernardine Dohrn
Detroit
Berkeley
Calif
New
York
Bank of America
Central Intelligence Agency
Treasury Department
Christopher Charles Mohr
Third Class Mail Rates To Go Up
Third class mail rates are slated to rise 23.9 percent on January 24, after the Cost of Living Council freed the U S Postal Service from price controls. Time Inc president James R Shepley urged a public hearing, noting publishers face an anti inflation dilemma as magazine rates could rise over 35 percent yearly under a proposed staggered plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
Commission
James R. Shepley
Time Incorporated
New York
Council
Donald Rumsford
Shepley
Postal Service
Nixon
Jockey Faces Theft Charge Over Stolen Quarter Horse
Del Rio Texas Jockey James Henning was charged with felony horse theft after Blue Sheep a $100 000 two year old quarter horse was found near El Paso He was arraigned and bond set at 10000. The horse owner L A French Jr offered a 10000 reward for recovery.
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del Rio
Tex
UPI
Blue Sheep
el Paso
Sorrel
James Henning
Henning
Sunland Park
N.M
Texas
Clayton McKinney
Tom White
FBI
Thoroughbred Racing Association
L. A. French Jr
Midland
Doc Williams
New Mexico
French
Justice of the Peace
Ben Mejia
West Texas
James Chapman
Grady Sessions
Miss Angel Eyes
Kansas
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Arthur Henry Clough
Sara Stone
Grover
Ralph Bort
Sual
Ellis
Education Board
TV Eye
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Camp Whitset
Jim Nel
Dents
Hunt
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