Grand Jury to Hear Clifton Murder Evidence at Bosque Court
A special 9 a.m. Thursday grand jury session at the Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian will hear evidence in the Christmas morning deaths of two Clifton men. The inquiry follows arrests and extensive investigation across five counties as Clifton residents, including the victims Albert Burns and Thomas Turner, are linked to a brutal double homicide case.
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Bosque County
Meridian
Clifton
Pyron McClellan
Rod Cummings
John O. Baxter
Deve- Waller
O. Baxter
Bill
Shevitter
Grissom
Hernandez
Clifton Baxter
Waller
Baxter
Funeral Home Chapel
Sev
Dces Martinez
Alfonso
Eetty Limes Key
Steven Martinson
Varez Hernandez
Corvell
Gatesville
Turner
Albert Marshall
Cei
Texas Dept. of Public Safety Mines
United Meta Burns
North Ave. I
Walter
Thomas Clyde Turner
Cleon Flanagan
South Ave
McLennan County
Wace
Burts
1973 Bosque County highlights from Clifton Record year
A dense chronology reviews 1973 life in Bosque County and Clifton from January to May. It notes church installations, hospital births, road and city hall projects, school milestones, honors, civic events, weather impacts, and local dignitaries shaping the year. Names of churches, officials, and local institutions appear throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
Lake Whitney
Clifton
R. H. Wuensche
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Elgin
Alice Navarette
Arnold Navarette
Price Hobgood
Sam D. Logan Jr
Logan
Madisonville Meteor
Briscoe Grants 11940 For Regional Drug Abuse Plan In Waco
Governor Dolph Briscoe awards 11940 from the Governors Office to a regional drug abuse planning effort in Waco Texas. The Criminal Justice Division administers the state block grant from the LEAA under the Crime Control Act. Funds will fund a drug abuse planning, resource development and education program coordinated by the Heart of Texas COG. HOTCOG serves Kusque Falls Freestone Hill Limestone and McLennan counties with Mayor Jim B. Smith Clifton as executive committee president. The grant was among 52 proposals totaling 3766 Sty considered by the CJD Executive Committee on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Briscoe
Heart of Texas Council of Governments
Waco
Criminal Justice Division
CID
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Drug Abuse Council
Health Concil of the Heart of Texas Cog
Hotcog
Kusque
Falls
Freestone
Hill, Limestone
McLennan
Jim B. Smith
Cliftoni
CJD
Eulogy Man Held In Shooting Case
Bosque County Sheriff John C. Baxter arrested Billie Sunday Williams on assault with intent to murder charges after a Glen Rose man, James Livingstone, was shot at a Walnut Springs residence. Livingstone was hospitalized in Glen Rose with serious injuries. Williams was jailed in Meridian awaiting arraignment before Justice of the Peace Howard Whitley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosque County
John C. Baxter
Glen Rose
Baxter
Billie Sunday Williams
Meridian
Justice of the Peace
Howard Whitley
James Livingstone
Walnut Springs
Livingstone
Texas Motor Vehicle Renewal Forms Due Shortly
Texas Motor Vehicle Division announces that about 84 million renewal forms will be mailed early this month. Owners can avoid lines by applying by mail using the three part form and including the registration fee plus 1 for mailing and handling. In person registrations start February 1 at county offices and some substations, with plates mailed after February 1 for mail applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Motor Vehicle Division
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
Move Clocks Ahead As County Faces Daylight Time Switch
Bosane County residents will advance clocks one hour for the nationwide transition to Daylight Saving Time. Superintendent Kent Appleby said a special meeting this week could keep sessions at usual times or stay on Standard Time. Students will be told by Friday, with parents notified. A 6:30 p.m. January 4 meeting of Clifton High School Cubs and Booster Club mothers will finalize plans for the annual football event in the CHS cafeteria.
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Clifton
Homer Waller
Kent Aprieby
James L. Broch
Bosque County
Albert Hastings
Cranfills Gap
Dolph Briscoe
Austin
Clifton Chamber of Commerce
American National Red Cross Bloodmobile
Donald A. Gloff
Roger Goree
Baylor University
Waco
Ben- Guet
Charles Isehower
Farmers State Bank of Meridian
Civ Council
Farmers State Bank. of
Motcers
Cubs
Cub
First Baptist Church
Farmers State Bank of
Clifton Public Schools
Clifton Junior High
Clifton Junior High Souder
Joso
Basque Courty
iZiva
Aidan Sb. Kavis
D. A. Gloff
Lissie Wilson Green
A. M. Greenwade
al Herzog
Incunmibent
Burton Hoff
Fort Worth National Bank
Clifton High School
James Blakely
Wharton
Ruiverside Park
Charles M. Isenhower
Clifton Lions Club
Lewis R. Wallace
Wallace Associates, Inc
Dalles Developers and Housing Consultants
Clifton Housing Authority
Clifton Medical and Surgical Clinic
West 5Th St
South Ave. T
Goodall-Witcher Hospital Foundation
Clifton Independent School District Board of Trustees
Future Homemakers
America
Cindy Morris
Jim B. Smith
Citton
Kay Clark Lane
Jean M. Reeder
Clifton Independent School, District Board of Trustees
Mayo Charles M. Isethower
Gotiwell
Allan B. Davie
Aldesmanston Hoff
M. R
National Guard
W. F. Key Jr
Dan Wyie
Grace Memorial Baptist Church
Allan B. Davis
Alderman Hoff
Davis
Renert
Binford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Post
van Doren Goondall
Ave. T
Uaits
Jane Conrad
Lazane Smith
Betis
Uwiak
Therchandise
Centred Texas Lumber Co
Cilla
VEW Post
Ausilary
Bobby, Chapman
Bryan W. Thornburg
First Baptist Church of
Byron McClulan
Gatesville
CHS
Bosque County Commissioners
Meridian
Clilton
H. J. Wimberly
Clifton Salvation Army
Keeling Sr
Ken Holder
Braniff International
Bosane County
Avoyd
Sunde
Kent Appleby
Cinton T Independen Senoss District Board of Trustees
CH For Cub
Acde
Mothers of
Cubs Sud
Rooster Club
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Martinez
Clit
Robert Bo Lane
T Renear
Farmers State Bank
Daves
David “Smokey” Kettler
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville
Mel Cowan
Tom Godby
Clitton
Hillcrest Hospital
Ave. Q. Clitton
Hulen
Aars
Ton
Wendell Bearden
Darlene Finstad
Johnye Lou Kleine
Zora Schrantz
Jim P. Smith
Goodall Witcher Hospital Foundation
T. H. Ralph
Clifton High
Clifton Cubettes
Clifton Junior High School
Jake Wimberly
Seers Catalog
West 3Rd St
Goodall-Witcher Hospital
Bosque-Hamilton Women's Auxiliary
Alfred E. Olson
Clifton Record
A. Ty. Marquis
Selective Service Board
Crawfills Gap
Mineral Wells
Cleburne
Bobby J. Conrad
Clifton Chamber of Commerece
McGregor Chamber of Commerce
McGrego
Helen M. Yardin
W. Bellamy Bertelsen
KE. R. Keeling Co
Edgar K. Keeing Sr
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Winfrey Reservoir
Port Worth
Hereford
Jersey
Floyd Townley
Valley Mills
James Il ‘Owder
Inarian
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