Quarantine Lifts for New Mexico Scout Ranch After Death
Federal health review led to lifting the quarantine at Philmont Ranch in New Mexico following the death of a 12 year old scout. Health officials report no pneumonic plague detected by tests though cause of death remains under study. Local groups delayed trips as investigators continue to verify details.
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Ic M. (Ap
Ain Boy Scoutéi
Philmonti Center For Disease Control
Bruce Storrs
Et Ranch
New Atlanta, Ga
Xica
Health and Social Services
New Mexico
Atlantia
Storrs
James
Morrissof Jackson
H. W. Oehler
South Plains Boy Scout Council
Lubbock
Death of U S Representative Robert Watkins at 68
Washington lowered flags for U S Representative Robert Watkins a Pa Republican who died after speaking at Penn Oaks Country Club Chester. A trucking firm president and horse breeder he sought a fourth term after service in Delaware County sheriff state senate and the House. He died of a heart attack with prior high blood pressure treated by a personal physician. Survived by wife Hilda Jane Smerback and two sons. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Chester
Washington
U.S
Robert Watkins
Watkins
Penn Oaks Country Club
Chester County
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
Hampton
Newport News
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Watking
Paddock Acres
Birmingham Township
Brandywine National’ Park
Atking
Hilda Jane Smerback
Robert G
Dwain
Rites Scheduled For Mrs. Dobbs
Mrs. Lillian Dobbs 59 of Clovis died Friday in Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Dr Herbert Bergstrom officiating. Burial in Lawn Haven Cemetery. Survived by husband two sisters and mother. Pallbearers listed.
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Clovis
Lillian Dobbs
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Dale Lee
Sherwood Memorial Chapel
Herbert Bergstrom
Parkland Baptist Church
Lawn Haven Cemetery
Dobbs
Lessie Roberts
Lula Felts
Paducah
Emma Rippetoe
Matador
Jon Burchett
R. E. Chalk
Eddie Acuff
Guy Gattis
Bud Rupe
Mike Thurman
Services Today For B F Smith
Benjamin Franklin Smith of 2819 39th Street died shortly after noon Friday at a local nursing home. Services are set for 4 p.m. today in Henderson Chapel with Rev. Ed Pawlak of Christ the King Catholic Church officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Hill Cemetery in South Braintree Massachusetts. McMasters Funeral Home directed the arrangements. He was born in Saugus Massachusetts and moved to Lubbock in 1954 from Massachusetts. He is survived by a nephew Charles Smith of 2819 39th Street.
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Benjamin Franklin Smith
Henderson Chapel
Ed Pawlak
Massachusetts
Newbert
Charles Smith
39Th
Rock Festivals Draw Tens of Thousands. Police Stay Outside
The Goose Lake festival near Jackson Michigan drew about 200000 youths as crowds filled a meadow park to hear rock, with 106 arrests mainly for drugs and an estimated 50000 attendees at Strawberry Fields in Mosport Ontario. Ontario plans a 20000 bill for medical facilities. a drowning occurred at the St. Lawrence River crossing.
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Associated Press
Ontario
Michigan
Goose Lake
Jackson
Mich
Ness
Jackson County
Charles Southworth
Mosport
Ont
Strawberry Fields
Supt
L. R. Gartner
Bowmanville Memorial Hospital
Toronto
Los Angeles
Police Probe Carpet Theft and Burglary Report
Police investigate theft of carpet from a vacant FHA property at 1815 E Colgate St with a suspect seen loading material into a car. In a separate break in at 609 Ave C, burglars kicked in a door and took a television valued at 150 dollars. A purse theft is noted in the 200 block of Avenue with a reported suspect described as a small Negro man.
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E. Colgate St
Federal Housing Administration
Elzo Ware
Ave. C
Mixa
Ivey Kelley
Main
Miss Grain Sorghum Crown Goes to Throckmorton Hopeful
Charlotte Lee Smith of Throckmorton captured the 11th annual Miss Grain Sorghum of the Nation title at a two day pageant. Treena Don Bryant of Muleshoe placed first runner up with Sheri Lee Kinzer of Grandfield second runner up. Smith will receive a $1,000 scholarship and plans to attend Texas Tech. she is sponsored by the Throckmorton Pageant Corp and is a Throckmorton High School graduate.
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Dimmitt
Charlotte
Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Karen Lafferty
Farmington
N.M
Okla
Hose Marie E
Industry
Throckmorton High School
Texas Tech
Fred T. Smith
Throckmorton Pageant Corp
Priests Discover Painting Stolen in Italy
Priests at the Church of St Mary Major in Rome uncovered a theft of the 15th century painting Madonna with the Child at her Breast by Pinturicchio. Police said the Madonna is very valuable and easily recognizable and note several Nevice works were also taken. The National Automobile Club reports 90 percent of urban trips are by car.
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Spella
Italy
St. Mary Major
Mardino
Pinturicchio
Alice
The
National Automobile Club
Suit Filed Over Labor Contract Claim By Freight Line
A Texas freight line executive filed a $150 million federal antitrust suit in Los Angeles against two trucking associations and the Teamsters Union. The action alleges an effort to impose a Teamster contract on the Braswell division operating from Texas to Oklahoma Tennessee and Mississippi. Defendants include the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and related locals, the California Trucking Association, National Trucking Employers, and 470 members. The suit seeks $25 million in antitrust damages plus multi‑million punitive and negligence damages.
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EL Paso
Texas’ Freight Line
Teamsters Union
U.S. District ‘Court
Los Angeles
Dallas
Braswell
Teamster J
Braswell Divison
Texas
Ato
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Tociatane
Mississippi
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Claude Williams Services Pend in Lubbock
Claude Williams 83 of Lubbock died Saturday at 3 10 p.m. in a local nursing home. Services are pending with Resthaven Singleton Wilson Funeral Home. Williams was a retired carpenter born in Nocona moved to Lubbock in 1918 from Lorenzo. Survivors include two sons H P and Cecil, three daughters Jimmie Littlefield E C Hatton and Edda Pilcher, nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Claude S. Williams
Lubbock
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Williams
Nocona
Lorenzo
H.P
Ave. M
Cecil
14Th St
Jimmie Littlefield
40Th St
E.C.’ ‘Hatton
45Th St
Edda Pilcher
Corpus Christi
School district adjusts bus routes before start of classes
School officials say buses will run regular routes on Thursday with Aug classes. Frenship juniors and seniors must register on Friday, and the buses will not run that day. Separate items report injuries from a Lovington oil rig fall, a Farwell two car crash, a Blanco Burnet reunion, and services for Annie Bell Slough of Lamesa with details on victims and funerary plans.
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Wolfforth School
Regree
Frenship
Eee
School Taxes Hit By Suit
Attorney Dan Sullivan a former school board member filed suit in 109th District Court to force the Andrews Independent School District to levy ad valorem taxes on the capital stock of two Andrews banks. He claims the banks’ stock is unlawfully exempt and valued at nearly 2 million dollars. He also alleges tax avoidance by individuals and entities on one eighth of oil and gas production in Texas. The banks named are First National Bank and Commercial State Bank.
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Andrews
Dan Sullivan
109Th District
Andrews Banks
Andrews!pendent
Sullivan
Texas
First National Bank
Commercial State Bank
Chavez union strikes Salinas vegetable grower
Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee launched a campaign to organize the Salinas Valley vegetable industry striking Freshpict Foods Inc where more than 300 workers walked off. The action signals broader efforts against rival Teamsters and follows recent grape vineyard organizing victories.
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Salinas
Calif
UPI
Cesar Chavez
Mrs. Anderson 92 Dies. Rites Planned in Lubbock
Mrs. Eva Anderson 92 of 719 Hub Homes died Saturday at Highland Hospital after a week as a patient. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at Henderson Chapel with Rev. R. N. Huckabee officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by son Burton of Lubbock, four daughters, ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren. It notes her moving to Southland in 1925 and to Lubbock in 1951.
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Eva. Anderson
Highland Hospital
Burton
Lubbock
Birdie Porterfield
W. W. Yarbrough
H. P. "Howard
Abernathy
Beulah Wheeler
Slaton
Rome
UPI
Antonio Petrone
Rome University Hospital
Dickson Rites Slated Today
Amher st special Dickson Evander 59 of Rt 1 Littlefield died Friday in South Plains Hospital. Services at 3 30 p m today in First Baptist Church. Burial Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include wife two daughters and three sisters. Pallbearers are Victory Sunday School class members.
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Amherst
Evander Dickson
Rt. 1
Littlefield
South Plains Hospital
First Baptist Church
Glenn Willson
R. B. Hall
Littlefield Cemetery
Payne Funeral Home
Dickson
Blooming Grove
Wanda Langley
Athens
David Smith
Falfurrias
Florence Dickson
Annie Long
Midland
B. Carruthers
Gladstone
Ore
C of Roby
Victory
First Baptist ‘Church
June Road Toll Statistics Drop
The National Safety Council reports June traffic deaths fell 2 percent from June 1969, marking the fourth straight month of lower tolls. The June toll was 4,700 versus 4,800 in 1969. Council President Howard Pyle credits the Interstate Highway System safety designs in cars improved driving training and a crackdown on drunk driving.
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Chicago
UPS
National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Castro County Hart Parade Opens Castro County Roundup Week
The Castro County Roundup began with Hart Day featuring a parade of floats riding clubs and displays. Beta Sigma Phi won best float, Hart Riding Club top in riding clubs, and Lubbock Rangers placed third.
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HART
Castro County
Beta Sigma Phi
Hart Riding Club
District 1
Hart Lions Club
Kress Riding Club
Lamb County Sheriff's Posse
Lubbock Rangers
Oford King
Tom McLain
Hart High School
Dimmitt
Courthouse Square
Old Settlers
Rodio
Dimmitt Jaycees
Doctor-impersonator Dalgleish faces extradition efforts
The McCamey Hospital District faces delays as officials seek ruling on Dalgleish, a licensed doctor who practiced without a license in Texas after an arrest and prior to extradition. Dalgleish used the alias Dr E J Maxwell and was linked to charges in Alaska and Texas. His real name is Jerry E Breuer, born in Cairo, Egypt. Relatives in England Australia and New Zealand are unreachable.
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Bryan
McCain
Sclaloth
Lou Dugan
McCamey
Dalgleishas
E.J. Maxwell
Dr. E. 1 Maxwell
Anchorage
Alaska
Dalgleish
Texas
Dalgieish
Jerry E. Breuer
FBI
Cairo
Egypt
England
Australia
New Zeland
Upton County
Tex
John Menefee
New Zealand
Menefee
Odessa
Dalgleith
Rial
McCamey Hospital
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Glaves
Cimarron
John Jasper
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Morris
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Oregon
Rhode Island
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George Watt
Red China
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Heathrow
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Hong Kong
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Solon
Mrs. Dobbs
B. F. Smith
U.s.-Canadian
Canada
St. Lawrence
Tom Wells
Claude Williams
Pend
Tokyo
Special Pollution Patrol
Larry Oliver
Hobbs
Methodist Hospital
Lovington
Farwell
Robert Willam Anderson
Ronnie Ethridge
Muleshoe
Dina
Blanco and Burnet Counties
Mackenzie State Park
Benn Marshall
Annie Bell Slough
Lamesa
Barney Patterson
Odes
Reese Air Force Base
Singleton
Wilson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Teeny
19Th St
Loblock Avalanche Journal
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Emu Artley
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