Due Home Today Fly Leaves Uruguay
Claude L. Fly, an American agronomist from Amarillo, is due in Fort Collins today after 208 days in a wire cell held by Tupamaros in Montevideo. He left the British Hospital under guard aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 with his wife and son. due to heart issues he will avoid a formal airport welcome.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Claude L. Fly
Amarillo
Montevideo
Uruguay
Fly
John
Associated Press
Key Action Ends Fuss at Height in Polk County
Polk County deputies found the private plane crash near an orange grove after a quarrel over ignition keys. A man and his wife, aboard at 1,500 feet, were treated for cuts and bruises. No aviation experts were needed to determine the cause.
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Lakeland
Fla
Polk County
Chuck Keeney
Youths Held in Arson Fire at Trinity Baptist Church
Three Tucumcari youths, two 17 and one 18, were taken into custody on arson suspicions after a midnight fire damaged Trinity Baptist Church causing over $20,000 in losses. Their arraignment is pending before Magistrate Charles McGruder.
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Tucumcari
Trinity Baptist Church
Charles McGruder
Tucumcari City
Bronson Moore
Hodgson Signals Tougher Inflation Tactics If Wages Fail
Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson warned that if voluntary wage restraints do not curb inflation in the construction sector, a more drastic and self regulating mechanism could be tried. He said the approach relies on cooperation and may replace failed measures, as Nixon weighs a tougher inflation alert and a broader White House push against rising prices.
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Washington (Ap
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Nixon
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Hendrik Houthakker
Council of Economic Advisers
Houthakker
Nixon panel weighs tougher wage controls for construction
The Stabilization Commission urged the President to issue an executive order creating general wage guidelines for construction, craft boards to enforce them, and a stabilization board to act on violations. It tests Nixon’s move toward jawboning as a tool to curb inflation after pressuring a steel firm to cut a big price increase.
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Nixon
Stabilization Commission
White House
City Coed Crowned Miss Texas Universe
A 19 year old UT Austin student representing Amarillo won Miss Texas Universe in Abilene. Brenda Box will represent Texas at the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami in May. First runner up was Miss San Antonio Jackie Lynn Behren dt, with second runner up noted.
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Abilene, Tex
University of Texas
Austin
Amarillo
Brenda Box
Texas
Miami
Fla
Accident Near Scout Camp Traps Three Students in Six Hour Ordeal
Three West Texas State University students were injured when their car left Texas 1541 near Camp Don Harrington, plunged into a 30 foot ravine, and remained unseen for six hours. Donna Smith 18 of Yeso New Mexico was in critical condition with head injuries at St. Anthony’s Amarillo. Jerry Hopkins 20 of Pampa and Larry Massey 18 of Plains were in satisfactory condition at Neblett Memorial Hospital.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Don Harrington
Donna Smith
Yeso
N. M
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Jerry Hopkins
Pampa
Larry Massey
Plains
Neblett Memorial Hospital
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Welfare Payments to Continue Says Texas Leader
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes said welfare payments for families with dependent children would not be cut this spring due to a found $8 million in a medical assistance contingency fund. The total needed to sustain full payments through Aug 31 is about $3.9 million, with a conference set for Tuesday in Barnes office. The Welfare Board had ordered a one third reduction beginning May 1, citing an $80 million ceiling. a May 18 constitutional amendment would lift limits on other welfare categories, possibly restoring funds if approved.
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Austin
Ben Barnes
Public Welfare Department
Barnes
House
Senate
Welfare Board
Burton Hackney
Gift to UT Returned by Regents Over Anonymous Donation
The University of Texas system regents reject a $600000 anonymous gift intended to help fund a 907000 chancellor home in West Austin. Law students and a state research project accused the regents of fund misuse, while critics questioned the donation's existence and raised concerns.
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Frank C. Erwin Jr
Law School
Daily Texan
Charles A. le Maistre
West Austin Hills
Legal Research Project
Austin
Law
Regents
LeMaistre
Erwin
State Senate
Rainmaking stunt ends dry in Amarillo in 1833 tale
The Roswell rain telegram followed a bold but failed cloud bombing by Gene Howe and Tex Thornton in Amarillo. They tried to seed a thunderhead with an explosive and later with helium balloons, but no rain fell. The effort popularized helium use in weather balloons and helped save the helium industry.
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Amarillo
Gene Howe
Howe
Texan
Old Tack
Midwest
Tex Thornton
Thornton
Akron
Macon
Colman
Panhandle
Roswell
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Dr. Fly
Charlene Reid
Paces Amusements
Steevn
City Coed
Bob Campbell
Hopkins
Miss Smith
Frank Smith
Fort Sumner
Ralph Hopkins
Massey
Clois Massey
George Turner
Edna Ferber
Cimarron
TNT
Clifford W. Seibel
Seibel
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