Area Fourth Marks A Nation Birthday Celebrations Across West Texas
Independence Day 1975 in West Texas featured flag waves parades picnics and firework displays. Towns from Plainview to Midland held community events including a Bicentennial Heritage project and new museums while contests and shows drew large crowds.
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West
Texas
Plainview
Hutcherson Gymnasium
Wayland Baptist College
Muleshoe
Snyder
Golden Knights
Odessa
Midland
Hale Center
Dick Barrett
Pottsboro
Ed Neutzler
Maple
Hog Cholera Detected in Hereford Herd Quarantine Applied
A 170 hog herd in Hereford was confirmed infected with hog cholera by the USDA. The infected herd owned by Louis Woodland will be destroyed, and additional quarantines may follow if necessary. Officials urge farmers in the Southwest to watch for symptoms and report promptly.
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Hereford
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Washington, D.C
Louis Woodland
Agriculture Department
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Southwest
APHIS
80s Reading Due Today
Threatening skies kept the temperature in the 80s across the region on Friday as 4th of July events continued. A tornado was reportedly sighted west of Lubbock but could not be confirmed while brief showers left 0.04 inch at Lubbock Regional Airport. Highs reached 83 with a 2 percent rain chance expected today.
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South Plains
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Illinois
Middle Atlantic
Midalunt
Tase
Oun
Allene
Denver
Dartsbad
Okla
Dallas
Flag Flying Tradition Revived in Lubbock on Bicentennial Day
Thousands of West Texans celebrated Yankee Doodle Dandy Day in Lubbock as a Bicentennial kickoff. Col Edward Mendel led Reese Air Force Base airmen in a parade despite recent illness, with spectators lining Broadway and the South Plains fairgrounds for a day of parades rallies and games.
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Randy Riggs
Avalanche-Journal
Calor
Lubbock
America
United States
West Texas
Reese
Mendel
Fairgrounds
Arkansas Governor Pryor hitchhikes to parade in fog
Arkansas Governor David Pryor, stranded near an air field, rode in a pickup and atop a fire truck bed with aides to reach a Fourth of July parade. About 50 volunteers joined in, while Pryor and aides rode in the cab and truck bed to the site for the bicentennial event.
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Piggott
Ark
Arkansas
David Pryor
Pryor
Mose Hood
Lub- Pryor
H.J
D. Woods
Engina
Ingenious Thief Steals Antiques From Madison Avenue Shop
A clever burglar used a trojan horse ruse to enter LeBeau's Antiques on Madison Avenue and stole an estimated 175000 dollars worth of items. He climbed a wooden pyramid box five feet tall to access a street-light base and entered the shop, then cut through a gate to reach the showroom. No immediate arrest or detailed item list was reported.
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New York
LeBeau
Madison Avenue
Polly Boardman
Fort Worth
Loi
Lake Whitney
Tv-Radio
Como Dictionary
Prayer for founders' resolve to keep the land great
A reader's sample prayer asks Gracious Father to guide the nation in following the founders' determination to maintain greatness, today and in days to come. It emphasizes steadfast devotion and blessing over the country's future.
Brazil Collision Fatal To 11
An interstate bus with 36 passengers collided head on with a loaded truck near Belo Horizonte killing 11 and injuring 20 seriously. Police said dense fog obscured the truck as the bus driver attempted to pass a car early Friday.
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Belo Horizonte
Brazil
Gandhi bans extremist parties as India tightens emergency rule
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi outlawed all extremist religious and political parties amid a nationwide crackdown during the emergency decree. Police sealed offices while leaders were arrested, consolidating power with no visible opposition within the legal framework.
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NEW Delht
Indira Gandhi
India
K. Brahmananda Reddy
Mrs. Gandhi
Jamaat Islam
Anand Marg
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Rss
Jana Sangly Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
RSS
Gandhi
Indira
Children Play Tragic Role In Traffic Toll
United Press International reports a Fourth of July weekend toll with multiple child fatalities. Tammy Thomas six of Hunter Utah died in a two car collision near Parowan. Eric Lacombe eight of Flint Michigan died when a car driven by his mother skidded and burned near Glennie. Marcus Byrd fourteen was struck by a hit and run on Chicago's South Lake Shore Drive. Police noted other family injuries and Detroit deaths from separate hit and run incidents as national traffic deaths topped 128 by Friday night and NSC projected 480 to 580 more before the weekend ended.
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United Press International
Tammy Thomas
Hunter
Utah
Parowan
Tammy
Eric Lacombe
Flint
Mich
Linda
Glennie
Leo Flack
Susie Judson
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Yitshak Rabin
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Milton Adams
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National Safety Council
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