Fort Worth Firm Wins Greenbelt Reservoir Contract
Garbett Brothers of Fort Worth won the 2,000,000 gallon steel reservoir project with a bid of 73,524. Construction starts immediately and must finish in 180 days near Hedley for the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbett Brothers of
Fort Worth
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Hedley
Garbett Brothers
S. H. Townsend
Authority
S H Townsend
RH. Fulton
Childress
Lelia Lake Creek
Itipeh
Quanah
Three Wishes Drawing Rescheduled For Monday Night
The postponed Three Wishes Drawing will be held at 9 p.m. Monday at Avenue B and Main, sponsored by Childress merchants. Boxes for wishes will run again until the drawing. Shoppers need not be present to win gift certificates. Anyone may fill out an application at any store for the first wish, with $25 in merchandise, or $15 in merchandise for the second. Wishes must be for specific merchandise from the issuing store. Shopping hours continue 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. through December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue B
Main
Childress Merchants
Work Resumes At Moonport After Pickets End
Cape Kennedy UPI report says carpenters Local 1685 withdrew pickets, allowing 80 to 85 percent of the 4,500 workforce to return to Moonport construction on Merritt Island. Hours earlier about 3,500 workers refused to cross lines protesting non union labor. The Army Corps of Engineers and Brevard Building Trades Council anticipated full resumption by Monday.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Carpenters
Moonport
Air Force Building
Army Corps of Engineers
1685
Space Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Merritt Island
Moon Base
Corps
Brevard
Concert of Bands Set for Sunday
The annual Christmas Concert by the school bands will be presented at 2 30 p m Sunday in the high school auditorium. Seventh eighth and high school bands will perform under Norman Hemphill. The public is invited and admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hemphill
Mariner-4 Regains Canopus Lock for Mars Flyby
Pasadena based JPL scientists report Mariner-4 reacquired its Canopus fixation after a dust particle caused a prior loss. The probe now heads toward Mars for a July 14 close up, 7.5 month, 325 million mile journey with a 30 minute flyby and TV camera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mariner-4
Canopus
Mars
Red Planet
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Earth
Moscow
Tass
Russia
Zond Two
Mariner
Space
Mariner 4
Convicted Spies Sentenced in Newark Case
Federal judge Anthony T. Augelli sentences John Butenko to 30 years and Igor Ivanov to 20 years for plotting to pass Air Force defense secrets to the Russian United Nations delegation. Both men faced potential death penalties. they maintain innocence as they are led from court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Keough
Newark, NJ
UPI
John Butenko
Igor Ivanov
United Nations
Anthony T. Augelli
Butenko
Ivanov
Ivanof
Amtorg
Four Are Killed When Tanker Plane Crashes
An Air National Guard KC97 tanker crashed at Greater Southwest International Airport during touch-and-go training. Four crewmen from the Dallas Fort Worth area were killed and seven injured. Survivors included navigator Lt. Vernon Yeates. pilots Majors Ted Foran and H C Smyth escaped unhurt. Firefighters battled a lengthy blaze amid limited foam supplies and scattered wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Rabin
Fort Worth
UPI
Air National Guard
Greater Southwest International Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Roy R Sipert
Hurst
Tex
Emil J. Trojacek
Dallas
S. Set
Charles W. Elmore
Robert B. Weeks
Arlington
136Th Air Refueling Group
Dallas Naval Air Station
Vernon Yeates
Mid-Cities
Euless
Parkland Hospital
Frank Hutchinson
Grand Prairie
Ted Foran
Charles Chester
Foran
H. C. Smyth
James Kumpf
T Sut. Hoyt Moore
Burch Seeks Broad GOP Backing To Keep Chair Post
GOP National Chairman Dean Burch, after a Phoenix strategy meeting with Sen. Barry Goldwater, said a survey shows he has enough votes to retain the chair, though he would welcome more. The National Committee meets in Chicago Jan 22-23 to consider moves by moderates to oust him, with a 67 of 132 vote threshold. Milken supported him briefly en route to Washington.
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Washington
UPI
GOP
Dean Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
Burch
Phoenix
Goldwater
Topay Post
National Committee
Chicago
William F. Mil
Former Bank Official Accused of Embezzling in Pecos
James B. Coats 44 a former bank vice president was accused of embezzling 60009 to fund a farm outside Pecos Texas FBI agents arrested him and he was arraigned before U S Commissioner Richard Toll and released on 5000 bond Coats allegedly created loans in a cotton gin owner name and used the funds for his purchase of a farm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Tex
UPI
FBI
James B. Coats
First National Bank of
Coats
U.S
Richard Toll
Ray McPherson
Duke of Windsor Takes First Steps After Surgery
The Duke of Windsor walked today for the first time since doctors replaced four inches of his main abdominal artery with a dacron tube. He moved from bed to a nearby chair at Methodist Hospital with a nurse assisting and slept off and on. His condition remained excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Duke of Windsor
Methodist Hospital
Challenge To Halleck Grows In GOP Banks
Washington UPI report details growing talk of Rep Charles Halleck facing a challenge from Rep Gerald Ford for House Republican leadership. Ford planned a Saturday news conference amid meetings with Goodell Griffin and others pushing Ford to declare candidacy. past events suggest Ford could win if enough rank and file support materializes.
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Halleck
Washington
UPL
Charles A. Halleck
House Republicans
Gerald R. Ford
ReMich
Ford
Indiana
House
Charles FE. Goodell
Rn.y
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Donald Rumsfeld
R-Iil
Goodell
Griffin
GOP
Charles Hoeven
Iofa
Cold Wave Worst In Years Across Texas
The United Press International report describes a severe cold wave across Texas with freezing drizzle and ice affecting roads, bridges, and crops. Temperatures plunged to near zero in the Panhandle, while areas from Dallas to Brownsville faced freezing rain, sleet, and snow with many wrecks and travel disruptions. Strong winds and ice coated the coast, and officials warned of continuing danger through the day while citrus in the Lower Rio Grande Valley enjoyed some protective glaze.
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United Press International
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Beaumont
Galveston
Brownsville
Laredo
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
San Saba- Hamilton
Palestine
San Antonio
High Harbor
Corpus Christi
U.S. Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Carl Schuster
San Juan
McAllen
Baytown
Galveston-Conroe-Baytown
Weather Bureau
North Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mercury
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Abilene
Alpine
Texarkana
Midland
Waco
Port Arthur
Orange
Houston
Falfurrias
del Rio
NT State students charged after burglary attempt clash
Three North Texas State University students were arrested on burglary charges after a rooming house disturbance that wounded two officers. Andrew Polini, 29, a fellow NTSU student, admitted firing a training rifle, claiming it was an accident. Polini faces assault with intent to murder and $3,000 bond as a special grand jury evaluates his case. A third student was questioned and two others fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, Tex
UPI
North Texas State University
John Michael Taylor
James Michael Harbison
Dallas
Taylor
Harbison
Andrew Polini
NTSU
Polini
Jim Tom Bush
Edward Reynolds
Hugh Lynch
Prisoner’s Santa Letter Requests Torch Rope and Shoes
In Baton Rouge authorities at East Baton Rouge Parish jail decided not to forward a letter to Santa written by a prisoner nicknamed John The Con. The inmate asked for a cutting torch about 50 feet of strong nylon rope and a pair of track shoes.
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Baton Rouge, la
UPI
East Baton Rouge Parish
Santa Claus
John
St. Nick
Homeowners Urged To Use Caution In Cold Spell
City firemen remind residents to check heating units during the cold snap and ensure proper ventilation when using stoves with open flames. They warn against asphyxiation and potential property damage from carelessness.
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