Tornadoes and storms lash Texas Panhandle towns
Savage twisters and severe storms struck the Panhandle and central Texas. Amarillo suffered roof loss at Rodeway Inn and damage to Travelodge with injuries minor. Dumas endured destroyed trailers and airport damage while tornadoes spanned from Dumas to Groom and Clarendon with high winds up to 90 mph.
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Dumas
Panhandle Plains
Lubbock
Childress
National Weather Service
Stinnett
Panhandle
Hereford
Tulsa
Groom
Silverton
Clarendon
Goodnight
North Central
Texas
Rio Grande
Civil Defense
al Trimble
U. S. 287
Dress Revue Set For Monday At Fair Park Auditorium
The Childress County 4 H Dress Revue will be at 7 30 p m Monday in Fair Park Auditorium featuring young fashion makers from Childress County. Theme Vote for Fashion. Londa Cameron chairs the event with Ramona Skinner and Ronda Cameron handling decorations and staging. Karen Leonard oversees programs. Judging occurs Monday morning on costume fit and clothing project records.
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Childress County
Fair Park
Londa Cameron
Ramona Skinner
Ronda Cameron
Ronda
Karen Leonard
East Crippled By Flooding As Agnes Wallops Coast
Tropical Storm Agnes drenched the Atlantic seaboard triggering flash floods and mass evacuations. In Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp declared an extreme emergency as seven inches of rain fell, with fatalities in Pennsylvania Virginia New York and North Carolina. Amtrak halted passenger grain movement south of Philadelphia and a 63 car Penn Central freight train plunged when a bridge failed near Danville Pennsylvania. Two trainmen escaped from the submerged locomotive.
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Associated Press
Agnes
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Virginia
New York
North Carolina
Amtrak
Philadelphia
Roland Lake
Baltimore
Penn Central
Danville
McGovern Near To Getting Whole Thing
George McGovern moves toward clinching the Democratic nomination with an anticipated 1,407 delegates pledged by week’s end and 102 more by July 1, as Rick Stearns projects on the heels of McGovern’s New York primary surge. Stearns' count covers states like Illinois New Jersey and uncommitted black delegates while McGovern plans meetings with Rep. Louis Stokes.
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Associated Press
Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Rick Stearns
Stearns
New York
Frank Manchiewicz
Miami Beach
Illinois
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Missouri
Ohio
Louisiana
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Congressional Black Caucus
Pennsylvania
Legislators Seek Work as Budget Deliberations Stall
In Austin the Texas House failed by 17 votes to urge Gov. Preston Smith to broaden the special session call. Lawmakers, with only a quorum, have had little to do since June 14 while budget writers work on an FY 1973 appropriations bill.
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Associated Press
Austin
Denton
House
Smith
House of Representatives
Texas
Waco
Joe Salem
Corpus Christi
Stephenson Rites Held Here Today
Funeral services for Floyd Oliver Stephenson 61 were held at 2 p m today in the First United Methodist Church. Rev. Tommy Beck led rites and burial was in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include his wife a daughter two sons two sisters and six grandchildren.
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First United Methodist Church
Tommy Beck
Trinity Methodist Church
Plainview
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Roscoe Cagle
A. L. Hall
Helen Frith
Columbus Lewellen
Clarence Smith
Odis Burrows
Stephenson
Childress General Hospital
Council Seeks Broad Action on Rising Food Prices
Washington AP report outlines the Cost of Living Council weighing an expansion of Nixon price controls to include raw agricultural products. The Price Commission discusses removing exemptions, options for limited wholesale pass-throughs, and meat export increases while promising quick action.
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Cost of Living Council
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Price Commission
Nixon
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Council
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Price Agency
Four more sought in anti Castro group link at Watergate
Police and the FBI seek four men linked to an anti Castro exile group named Amoretas in connection with an attempted bugging of the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex. The four registered at the Watergate Hotel May 26 to 29.
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Washington
FBI
Democratic National
Watergate
Amoretas
Miami
Miami News
Miami Beach
Tom
Conditional IRA calls for cease-fire
The Provisional Wing of the IRA announced a conditional cease-fire in its Northern Ireland bombing and shooting campaign to begin at midnight next Monday if the British army reciprocates. Details and duration were not specified.
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Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Provisional Ira
Nixon Diplomacy Goes Global With High Level Trips
President Nixon assigns top aides to extensive world tours. Kissinger returns from Peking on June 12 after a Moscow and Tokyo run. Rogers departs June 14 for a 16 day nine nation swing from Austria to East Europe. Burns heads south to Argentina, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil for two weeks of talks. Connally tours Asia and Latin America on an 18 country itinerary. David Jr. leads a Moscow science delegation followed by Peterson to lay groundwork for projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
Tokyo
Moscow
William P. Rogers
Austriia
East Europe
Rogers
West Europe
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Brazil
Secretary of Treasury
John B. Connally
Asia
Connally
Edward E. David Jr
David
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Rain total hits century mark at Death Valley
Death Valley California records 100 inches of rain for the first time in 60 years of measurements. A .18 inch shower pushed the total to 100.02 inches, as reported by the National Weather Service.
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Death Valley
Calif
Hot Desert Monument
National Weather Service
Vietnamese assault near Hue halted by U S jets
North Vietnamese armor and infantry breached the northern defense line near Hue at dawn but the main attack wave was stopped with US air support. Reported losses include 16 armored vehicles and multiple tanks, while a nearby base at My Chanh faced shelling and a large ammunition dump fire at Camp Evans. Also noted: a divorce filing by Maurine Sumrall from Mike Milligan Sumrall.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
U. S
My Chanh
Camp Evans
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