Two Man Skylab Space Walk Planned To Free Panel
Skylab astronauts prepare for a two man space walk to free a jammed solar panel on the orbiting station. Commander Conrad and Kerwin would exit while Weitz stays inside to relay procedures as Schweickart oversees training and safety reviews.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Mission Control
Space Agency
Skylab
Charles
Pete’’ Conrad Jr
William C. Schneider
Conrad
Joseph K. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Kerwin
Schneider
Pete
Russell Schweickart
Weitz
Schweickart
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Bloodmobile Visit Set for June 12 at Fair Park Auditorium
The Bloodmobile will visit Childress at Fair Park Auditorium from 1 30 to 6 30 p m on June 12. Appointments can be made by calling 7 3311. Doris Teague notes the voluntary program serves all walks of life and stresses charity without wealth discrimination.
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Childress
Doris Teague
Childress County
American Red Cross
Fair Park Auditorium
Spain Watches Greece's End as Franco Ties Loom
Madrid dispatch reports Spain, teetering toward monarchy, watching King Constantine’s dethronement in Greece. Prince Juan Carlos, Franco's chosen successor, remains loyal to regime support while Constantine’s exile nears.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Greece
Constantine
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Francisco Franco
Franco
Sofia
Juan Carlos
Rome
Zarzuela Palace
Italy
Watergate TV hearings proceed as former aide testifies
Senate Watergate committee rejects delay and hears Sally Harmony, former Nixon campaign secretary, who typed wiretap logs, intelligence memoranda and a forged Democratic document. She denies lying to the grand jury or receiving a Florida trip and says she did not know transcripts were from illegal taps.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Watergate Committee Today
Nixon
Sally J. Harmony
Watergate Grand Jury
Florida
Archibald Cox
Harmony
U.S. Court of Appeals
Ruby
Crystal
Watergate
Tornado Warnings Sprint Across Texas As Storms Rattle State
Turbulent weather pounded northern Texas with squall lines and tornadoes while heavy rains fell. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Grayson and Parker counties after midnight with watches spanning a 140 mile corridor from Mineral Wells to northwest Oklahoma. No injuries or major damage were reported.
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Associated Press
Texas
National Weather Service
Grayson County
Marietta
Oklahoma
Parker County
Civil Defense
Mineral Wells
Gee Services Held Monday
Funeral services for Luther W. Gee 85 were held at 2 p.m. Monday in Henry Grove. Gee of Estelline died Saturday in a Childress Nursing Home. Burial was in Georgia Cemetery near Honey Grove. He was born in Jamesport Missouri and moved to Estelline in 1966 from Honey Grove. Survivors include wife Mamie five daughters eleven grandchildren and twenty one great grandchildren.
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Luther W. Gee
Henry Grove
Gee
Estelline
Childress
Clarence Banker
Church of Christ
Georgia Cemetery
Honey Grove
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
Mr. Gee
Jamesport
Mamie
Alphia Wade
Mineola Coile
Borger
Maggie Adams
Houston
Leona Coile
Happy
Doris Davis
Dallas
Cutest Kid Contest Opens During Old Settlers Week
The Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Childress announces the Cutest Kid Contest with three divisions for ages 0 to 1, 1 to 3, and 3 to 6. Entry fee is $2 per photo. judging is by photograph. deadline July 9. proceeds fund a nursing scholarship.
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Licensed
Vocational Nurses Association of Childress
Old Settlers
Edna Manuel
LVN
LVNA
Pat Peitz
Manuel
Wanda Howell
Billie Simmons
Runoff Set For New York Mayor Race Beame Faces Badillo
In a four man Democratic primary Beame led with no 40 percent total forcing a June 26 runoff against Rep. Herman Badillo. Badillo positioned as the most liberal candidate while Biaggi and Blumenthal were eliminated from the mayoral contest.
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Bernard Cohen
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Abraham D. Beame
Beame
Herman Badillo
Badillo
Mario Biaggi
Conservative Party
Albert H. Blumenthal
Car pool and walking push cut the drive to work
Walker & Dunlop in Washington asked staff last fall to join a car pool or walk or bike to work in exchange for a book of trading stamps. More than half of 90 employees participate, with seven earning free parking under a package deal. The push emerged after a proposed $1 daily auto tax in downtown DC.
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Washington
Walker & Dunlop
District of Columbia
Moira DeWilde
Rabid Skunk Killed In Childress Prompting Hunt
A skunk killed in southeast Childress last week tested rabid. Assistant Chief Wayland Wright killed the animal early morning. Chief Alvis Maddox announced an intensive hunt of skunks citywide and urged residents to keep pets secured.
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Childress
Bob Jones
Wayland Wright
Alvis Maddox
Pompidou cancels ceremonial appearances amid illness rumors
Paris reports say President Georges Pompidou will skip all ceremonial events for weeks as rumors of illness swirl. Elysee Palace notes fatigue from colds and flu but newspapers press for an official statement to quell speculation.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Elysee Palace
Pompidou
Senate Democrats push 90 day wage and price freeze plan
In a unanimous caucus vote Senate Democrats vow to bring a floor vote by attaching a mandatory freeze of prices profits wages salaries rents and consumer interest rates to an appropriate bill. Mondale says Phase 3 is a disaster with prices rising at the fastest rate in 22 years. Mansfield notes 33 or 34 of 57 attended none dissented. Proxmire says raising the debt ceiling may be best vehicle to avoid a Nixon veto.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic Caucus
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Mike Mansfield
Senate
William Proxmire
D. Wis
Hugh Scott
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Bill Adams In Good Condition After Rollover Near Altus
Childress realtor Bill Adams remained in good condition at Childress General Hospital after a one car rollover west of Altus. He said the car plunged into a 15 foot ravine, pinned by a fastened seat belt and a stubborn door, then he crawled to the highway as help arrived. He suffered facial lacerations leg bruises and a broken left foot.
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Bill Adams
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Altus
Adams
High Point Community Reunion Set for July 29
The annual High Point Community reunion is scheduled for July 29 at Fair Park Auditorium. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and is organized by secretary-treasurer Mrs. Bessie Watson with Bill Kelley serving as president.
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High Point
Fair Park
Bessie Watson
Bill Kelley
Kilgore food preservation program set for Wednesday
Miss Hattie Kilgore will present a program on preserving foods at 1 30 p m Wednesday in Gate City Electric. DeMolay picnic for members families and prospective members scheduled for 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Rotary Bowl.
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Hattie Kilgore
Gate City Electric
Social Security Rep to Hold Monday Office Hours in Childress
Richard Lawhorn of the Vernon Social Security office will be at the Courthouse in Childress at 10:00 Monday June 11 to take applications for social security.
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Richard Lawhorn
Vernon Social Security Office
Childress
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The
TB and Respiratory Disease Association
V. M. Klapper
Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Klapper
Kirkland
Vernon Key
Bolin
Vaughan B. Nowlin
Gene Merrifield
Cofc
New York
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Texas Rangers
David Clyde
Westchester High School
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