Death of Getty Oil executive under investigation
Police study the death of 48 year old George Franklin Getty II son of J Paul Getty and Getty Oil executive vice president. No immediate evidence of foul play found after he died following a chest injury at Queen of Angels Hospital. Brandt visits Israel amid demonstrations over Germany Nazi past outside Lod Airport.
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Los Angeles
George Franklin Getty II
J. Paul Getty
Getty Oil Co
Getty
Queen of Angels Hospital
Skylab space walk aims to unjam solar wing
Two astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Joseph Kerwin left the Skylab to free a stuck solar wing and restore power while Paul Weitz stayed aboard to monitor systems. The walk started at 11 23 a.m. EDT and uses new handrails to approach the 25 foot panel.
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Paul J. Weitz
Australia
Conrad
Kerwin
Space Station
Kelley Heads FBI Director pick by Nixon in 27-name search
President Nixon announced Kansas City Police Chief Clarence M. Kelley as his choice for FBI director from 27 candidates. Kelley, a 61 year old attorney and former FBI agent, would become the agency's second permanent director after J. Edgar Hoover. Confirmation hearings are expected, with Kelley not answering questions today.
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Washington
Nixon
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Oval Office
Kelley
Elliot L. Richardson
J. Edgar Hoover
Richardson
White House
Senate
Memphis
Robert F. Kennedy
Sky Alert
Metro Squad
Missouri- Kansas
Dick Tracy
Diesel Users Look To Washington for Fuel Relief
Texas High Plains wheat farmers seek federal help as diesel shortages threaten harvest. Reports cite limited allocations, black market fuel activity, and possible loss of up to a third of the crop if combines cannot operate. Burkburnett area already sees gasoline aiding trucks.
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Associated Press
Texas High Plains
Washington
Burkburnett
Wichita County
Cottle
Foard
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Foard County
Crowell - Quanah
North Lower Plains
Texas Panhandle
North Texas
Panhandle
Kerr-McGee
Harlan Mullins
Mullins Butane & Oil Co
Wichita Falls
Mullins
Stone Rites Set for Friday in Childress
Lloyd Clifton Stone 65 retired welder died at 7 30 am at his home 306 Avenue G Se. Funeral at 4 pm Friday at First Baptist Church with Rev Joe S Allen officiating burial in Childress Cemetery Newberry Funeral Home. Born March 27 1908 in Shannon Texas he moved to Childress County in 1922. Survived by wife Lola Mae Powell daughter Lawanda Jo Hughett two brothers three sisters and three grandchildren.
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Lloyd Clifton Stone
Avenue G. Se
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Stone
Shannon
Texas
Childress County
Garden Valley
Sloan testifies seeks White House job assurances after Watergate
Former campaign treasurer Hugh W. Sloan Jr. says he refused to lie about funds for Watergate wiretapping and sought assurances from H. R. Haldeman for a private job. He says Stans likely not involved. believes he was left holding the bag.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
White House
H. R. Hademan
Sloan
Haldeman
Senate
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Stans
New York
Bloodmobile to Visit Childress for Regional Drive
Pat Peitz urged residents of the Red River Region to donate at the June 12 bloodmobile visit in Fair Park Auditorium from 1 30 to 6 30 p m. The county seeks 82 units to stock hospitals and aid patients nationwide with no patient charges, aside from processing. The region has seen a 30 percent rise in blood use this year, with 1972 finishing at 69 percent of quota.
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Pat Peitz
Childress
Fair Park Auditorium
Saigon Rejects New Truce Amendments in Paris
Saigon declares it will not sign any new truce accord arising from Paris talks. Kissinger says he needs more time to prepare a possible supplementary document to tighten the cease-fire signed January 27. A U.S. spokesman declined to comment on the Saigon announcement as Kissinger and Le Duc Tho continue to discuss implementation.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Tho
U.S
Farm Bill Battle Simmers in Senate Over Subsidy Phaseout
The Buckley amendment would end direct subsidies for crops like cotton and wheat, starting 1975 and ending after the 1977 harvest. It targets limiting government payments with a $55,000 per crop ceiling and faces strong Democratic and farm belt Republican opposition as part of the 1973 Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act.
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Don Kendall
Washington
Nixon
Senate
James L. Buckley
R. N.Y
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Herman Talmadge
D—Ga
Houser Rites Here Saturday In King Memorial Church
A. L. Lonnie Houser 59 died Wednesday in Childress General Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday in King Memorial Church with details pending. Houser a Haliburton Oil retiree moved from Clyde to Childress in 1971 and married Frances Morris in 1973. Survivors include wife, two stepsons in Germany and at home, two stepdaughters, mother, two sisters, three nephews and five grandchildren. Funeral Home and Masonic services planned.
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A. L
Lonnie) Houser
Childress General Hospital
Haliburton Oil Company
King Memorial Church
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Houser
Clyde
Frances Morris
Donald Morris
Germany
Dennis Morris
James Morris
Johnny Yount
Nellie Hamilton
Acie Lee Ford
Lipan
Texas
Dessie Moore
Johnny Moore
Amarillo
Harold Dean Ford
Delton Lee Ford
Junction
Exposure Could Turn Guilty Free
In the Watergate hearings the Senate faces a clash of aims between swift public testimony and ongoing prosecutions. Archibald Cox argues for punishment of the guilty while prosecutors push for private work. the public testimony may affect later outcomes.
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Washington
Senate
Archibald Cox
Cox
Red Cross Board to Meet Friday in Childress
The Childress County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a 7 a.m. Friday board meeting at the Chaparral restaurant. Chairman H. P. Powers calls for full attendance for the Dutch breakfast. Ralph Carpenter and Mark Scheel from Fort Worth will attend as special guests and later lead a workshop for area volunteers at the chapter office.
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Childress County
American Red Cross
H. P. Powers
Ralph Carpenter
West Texas
ABC
Fort Worth
Mark Scheel
Carpenter
Scheel
Childress
Ebb Crady Barracks to Elect Officers at Saturday Meeting
Regular meeting of Ebb Crady Barracks will elect officers at 12 p.m. Saturday in the Veterans Building. Members are urged to attend. A Fort Worth and Denver railroad building near the park in the Northeast section will be presented to Girl Scouts at 12 p.m. Friday during a Dutch treat luncheon at Chaparral Restaurant.
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Ebb Crady Barracks
Veterans Building
The
Fort Worth and
Denver RR
Directors of Greenbelt Bowl Inc Change Meeting Date
Lyndell Rogers announces Greenbelt Bowl Inc directors meeting moved from June 14 to June 12. Meeting set for 8 p.m. in the CofC room at city hall.
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Greenbelt Bowl, Inc
Lyndell Rogers
Cofc
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Monroe
R. Gregory Nokes
Labor Department
Bryan Crook
Houston Livestock and Rodeo
College Station
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