Cease fire strain flares as border clashes flare in Jordan
The AP reports renewed fighting near the Jordan border with Israel injuring a soldier. Jordan accuses Israel of two flagrant cease fire violations as Israeli jets strike Jordanian targets. Jordan appeals to the UN and U S while Egypt moves missiles toward the Suez cease fire line.
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Associated Press
Ick
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
Tel Aviv
Alyore
Egypt
Suez Canal
Errilla
Iraeli
Midle East
Unitedates
Missile removal fails. U S blamed by Yiga
In a radio address Yiga, premier of the United States allied movement, accuses Washington of failing to secure missile removal. The remark warns that U S inaction undermines trust and truce efforts.
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United
Washington
Yigal Allen Uty
Yiga
Mideast
Changes Proposed for Greenbelt Authority Operations
A long session at the Clarendon filter plant considered sweeping changes for the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority. Proposals include adding two advisory directors from each member city, expanding staff with an Administrative Assistant, rescinding a July 1970 revenue allocation, and seeking amendments from the Texas Water Development Board to increase storage, refund bond maturities, and transfer fund interest.
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Texas Water Development Board
Clarendon
James R Nichols
Board of Directors
Nichols
Howard L. Stanley
Quanah
C. L. Johnson
Hedley
Stanley
W Carroll Knorp
James L. Kuhn
Authority
Johnson
Eisenhower engraves name as carrier keel is laid
Dwight D Eisenhower in Newport News engraves his name into the keel of the nations newest nuclear powered aircraft carrier named for his grandfather. Mamie Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower accompany him as the keel is laid. Governor Reagan poised to sign school bus option bill in California. A guard shoots at a car on the Northern Ireland border. explosions occur in Belfast. Lyndon Johnson backs Ben Barnes in Texas politics at a $100 plate dinner. A Texas cold front brings scattered showers to the Panhandle and Gulf air raises cloudiness statewide. Justice Department struggles with 26 Texas school districts on integration efforts.
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Newport News
Dwight David Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Austin
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Ben Barnes
Johnson
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Justice Department
Angela Davis Sought For Murder In Marin County Shootout
Angela Davis, former college philosophy instructor, is wanted on warrants charging murder and kidnapping in the Marin County courthouse shootout of August 7 that killed four people. Warrants were issued by Municipal Court Judge Peter Allen Smith at the request of Marin County District Attorney Bruce Bales, with the action enabling later raids by armed police.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Peter Allen Smith
California
Bruce Bales
Angela
Railroad retirement annuities rise under Nixon plan
A law signed by President Nixon increases regular railroad retirement annuities by 15 percent retroactive to January 1 1970. Most beneficiaries will receive the higher payments. some who already got a 15 percent bump this year are withholding another increase. Oct 1 mailings will cover the regular raise and retroactive checks will follow in one or two months.
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Nixon
Meisner Named Administrator at Childress General Hospital
Charles Meisner, previously business manager at Childress General Hospital, is appointed Administrator. Bill Leonard, president, announced the decision after Meisner resigned to take a Galveston position. C C Lander, former Administrator, is recovering from a heart attack in Amarillo.
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Charles Meisner
Childress General Hospital
Bill Leonard
Meisner
Galveston
C. C. Lander
Amarillo
Leonard
Divorces Granted In District Court
A child custody case was heard and three divorces granted in District Court here Thursday. Joe Wilson vs Eva Terrell Wilson with her name restored. Brenda Joyce Hughes vs Robert Gerald Hughes. Betty Ann Clifton vs Alan Ray Clifton.
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Joe Wilson
Eva Terrell Wilson
Brenda Joyce Hughes
Robert Gerald Hughes
Betty Ann Clifton
Alan Ray Clifton
Blevins Rites Set for 12-Year-Old in Sterling
Funeral services for Randall Lee Blevins 12 will be Monday at United Christian Methodist Church Sterling burial in Sterling Cemetery Walters Funeral Home in charge He was killed Thursday when he ran in front of a semi trailer cattle truck on U S 287 in front of Holiday House Motel owned by his grandparents J and Mrs Clifford Blevins The driver Okla Hass of Bush Colo says the boy darted into the road No charges were filed Survivors include his parents grandparents sister and two great grandmothers.
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Randall Lee Blevins
United Christian Methodist Church
Sterling
Colo
Sterling Cemetery
Walters Funeral Home
Larry Blevins
U. S. 287
Holiday House Motel
Clifford Blevins
Randall Lee
Okla Hass
Bush
Hass
Reading Certificates Awarded At Local Library Event
Reading Certificates from the Texas State Library will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Reddy Room of West Texas Utilities. Prizes will be given to children and young people reading the most books in the local library's summer program. The public is invited.
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Texas State Library
Reddy
West Texas Utilities
Three Baylor students named to Dean's List in spring
Three Baylor University students earned Dean's List honors for the spring term with a 3.60 GPA. Earla Jane Carmack Houser and Marsha Ann Carmack are daughters of Sam Carmack, while Judith Jane Henderson is the daughter of A. T. Henderson. Houser plans to teach remedial reading in Fairfield schools this fall. Carmack will complete her accounting degree in August and pursue a master’s, with an assistantship to teach freshman economics. Henderson will be a sophomore education major at Baylor this fall.
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Childress
Baylor University
Earla Jane Carmack Houser
Marsha Ann Carmack
Sam Carmack
Judith Jane Henderson
A. T. Henderson
Houser
Baylor
Fairfield
Miss Carmack
Miss Henderson
Driver ticketed after Main Street crash near Avenue A
Mrs Mary Lynette Lewis of Childress drove north on Main Street when distracted by a dog in the car and crashed into a parked vehicle owned by Alice Underwood Fulton of Paducah. No injuries were reported and a ticket for negligent driving was issued.
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Avenue A
Main Street
Mary Lynette Lewis
Childress
Main
Alice Underwood Fulton
Guthrie
Paducah
Fulton
Lewis
South Viet militiamen strike Viet Cong bases south of Da Nang
About 5 000 South Vietnamese militiamen backed by defectors raided 80 Viet Cong base areas south of Da Nang. They reported 125 Viet Cong killed over two days with five South Vietnamese and 11 wounded. U S B 52 bombers hammered North Vietnamese positions near Laos to halt reinforcements to O Reilly.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
M G. Stafford
Eagle Pass
Otian
O'Reilly
South Vietnam
Willis Johnson
D Nang
One Escapee Captured From Grayson County Jail Break
FBI agents detained Carl W. Dennie Jr. in Dallas after recognizing him on a street near midnight. Dennie had been among four escapees from Sherman’s Grayson County Jail on Tuesday, tied to the Tom Bean State Bank robbery. Authorities continued a border-area search for Leonard F. Sprague as three other escapees remain at large.
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FBI
Grayson County
Sherman
J. Gordon Shanklin
Tanklin
Carl W. Dennie Jr
Sai
Dennie
Tom Bean State
Oklahoma-Texas
Arles Opie Jones
Weatherford
Michael Wayne Bartee
Fort Worth
Brownwood
Ravenna
Woody Blanton
Leonard F. Sprague
Chrysler Plans 5 to 6 Percent Price Increase on 1971 Cars
Chrysler Corp joins Ford in announcing a tentative wholesale price rise for 1971 models, averaging about $125 per car with a 5 to 6 percent hike. Final dealer prices may adjust after official figures. Chrysler also notes unresolved warranty policy for new models.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Ford
American Motors Corp
General Motors
Ward couple named to Texas Tech Dean's Honor Roll
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ward appear on the Dean's Honor Roll for the spring semester at Texas Tech. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ward of Childress and she is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Burgin Watkins of Lubbock, former Childress residents.
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Bob Ward
Texas Tech
W. M. Ward
Childress
Burgin Watkins
Lubbock
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