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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1973

Page

5

Portales Regional Roundup Moves Townes West County Fair Segment

The Portales regional roundup notes plans for the Townes West County Fair through September 10 to 12 with a ladies lead event last week. Participants will wear elegant attire as they perform modeled maneuvers aimed at entertainment. Eligible contestants are women aged 15 to 24.

Nithrope Portales Townes West County Fair Mn Ae Jisce Evesstv Tead Tam Hy Otic

Portales Explosion Burns Three Fire Station Sparks Investigation

An explosion at a Portales service center injured Danny Smith and Roy Ferguson, with witnesses citing a gasoline flare as triggering the blaze. Fire Chief Jerry Carter said the fire caused extensive damage and two youths were hospitalized briefly before release. A second report notes Roosevelt General Hospital treated Smith for burns. Police and firefighters continue an investigation into the incident.

Portales Witeon Jerry Carter Ghee Nash Danny Smith Roy He Perguson Wilcox Fereciy Saids Carter Smith Howe Ambus Bernalillo Medical Ronsevelt Pergusen Unite Couters Burt Ward Albis Jared Erque I. Priday

rea Hospital District Plans 30 Bed Expansion

The rea Hospital District will add 30 beds to its current facility at an estimated cost of about 800,000 with plans approved by hospital directors after a presentation by Pat McMillan the hospital administrator. The fiscal year budget rises 1.5 percent to 1,044,568 from 1,059, but officials say no tax hike is needed though room rates may rise by about 3 per room. A public hearing on the budget is set for Aug 90 in the hospital office.

Gurreenennens Tel Teral Hospital Distr Jeans Acbudeet Gieludang Pat McMillan McMillan Hospital Admin Stratton

Mustangs Face Rough Winter Report by Group

A group warns wild mustangs in Nevada face starvation this winter due to federal inaction. Areas east of Tonopah and near Nellis Air Force Base could see severe losses as government agencies pass responsibility. The National Wild Horse Advisory Board has met rarely, with no decisive action since the 1973 act.

SNC Tomat Mustang Association Kent Gregersen U.S. Department of Interior Messerty Interior Messerly Department of Defense Caliente Panaca Hott Nevada Barclay Nev Coord

Senior Citizens Wed Fueled by Love Companionship and Savings

In the United States about 25,000 marriages annually involve partners over 61. Data show reasons include love companionship and economic considerations shaping these unions.

ENIOR United States

McCord Lawyer Plans Suit Against President

Dallas AP says Henry B. Rothblatt, McCord's lawyer, will file a $125 million damage suit against the President. He seeks costs from defending four Miami defendants in Watergate and pursuing McCord's suit against the Committee to Re elect the President. Rothblatt notes Nixon's April 34 TV statement accepting responsibility and cites talks with Judge Charles Richey to settle McCord's $1.5 million suit out of court. He predicts Republicans will pay. He declined to say when he will file his own suit.

Dallas APY Dames McCord’sawyer Henry B. Rothblatt Rothdlate New York National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Dallas Times Flerald Lana Menderson Miami McCord Rothblatt Nixon Charles Richey Chow White House

Commission Rejects Bids for Tractor Purchase in Clovis

The Clovis city commission voted to discard all bids and buy a $22,000 tractor loader from state purchasing. Bids ranged from $21,000 to $21,219. City Manager Marvin Hass said the to-be-purchased unit would be similar but heavier and cost about $1,100 more. Aiken and his family, visiting Manhattan, attended the meeting.

Clovis Oy Theaaty Cottlenet Sanitary Ait Bud Cagle Chavez County City Mgr Marvin Hass Jim Aiken Manhattan City Commission

Indictments Grand Jury Studies Case Of Acid Attack Announced In Abilene

A Greenville dispatch reports a grand jury examined the acid attack case involving an all-yeatald youth and the mother of a week-old baby linked to the husband Charles Bone of Athens who was critically hurt at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Hawthorne and Dorothy Bone each held on 75000 bonds as the investigation unfolded. In Abilene, a former Abilene Industrial Foundation manager, Elton Abies, 42, faces 17 felony embezzlement indictments on charges from 1968 to 1971, alleging 56,598 dollars were misused through false pretenses and forged checks via Ridglea State Bank accounts.

Abilene Greenville Charles Bone Athens Is Dallas’ Parkland Hospital Abilene Industrial Foundation Wands Elton Abies Midland Sand District Court Grand Ables Ridglea State Bank Fort Worth

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