Fayetteville Honors Purple Heart Recipients From Viet Nam and Dominican Conflicts
Fayetteville residents near Ft. Bragg extended a home town welcome to about 30 service members from the 82nd Airborne Division who earned Purple Hearts in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. The event featured a welcome home sign and community acknowledgment of their service.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
North Carolina
Ft. Bragg
82Nd Airborne Division
J.C. Gordon M. McPherson
Milwaukee
Paul Dickson
Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce
Tech Trailing in Collegiate Rodeo Championships Lead
Casper College and Sam Houston State led after the first go round at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Championships in Laramie Wyoming. Casper held 120 points narrowly ahead of the University of Wyoming 112 42 and Sam Houston State led the girls with 90 points over New Mexico State and Texas Tech at 60. Finals set for Saturday and the top 10 qualify for individual crowns. Host Wyoming led in one event and tied for another as J R Kvenild topped steer and Larry Burgess tied for bull riding with Eddie Puckett both 62 points. Debra Shaw led barrel racing at :19 3 with Eileen Cochran of Texas Tech besting in :12 1. US Special Forces attended a banquet honoring veterans including Sgt Aldege Martin Sgt Sherwood Hargreaves and others from World War II Korea and Viet Nam with memories of combat and sacrifice.
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Laramie
Wyo
UPI
Casper College
Sam Houston State
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
Casper
University of Wyoming
New Mexico State
Texas Tech
Albany County Fairgrounds
Wyoming
J. R. Kvenild
Larry Burgess
Eddie Puckett
South Plains
Tex
Tom Buxton
Brigham Young University
Miss Shaw
New Mexico State University
Texas Sizzles With Little Rain In Hot Spread
A hot spell across Texas produced scant precipitation from towering cumulus clouds. Showers fell along the Gulf Coast and parts of North Central Texas with trace amounts. Temperatures topped 100 in Dallas Fort Worth and El Paso while rains remained minimal and no storms brought measurable moisture. A molasses tank rupture injured a worker near a rail yard in a unrelated incident. A separate report notes a West Haven police arrest of a man accused of threatening President Johnson.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
South Plains
Mercury
Lubbock
el Paso
Ignacio Duran
Duran
Domestic mishap leaves woman burned while babysitting
Mrs Lois Townsley of 114 Ursuline St sustained burns to her hands at West Texas Hospital after a gas line mishap while burning tree stumps. A child she was babysitting caught fire but was not injured.
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Lois Townsley
Ursuline St
West Texas Hospital
Asphalt Tank Blast at Col-Tex Refinery Shocks Colorado City
An asphalt tank at the Col-Tex Refinery exploded in mid afternoon in Colorado City Texas, shattering windows and rattling houses. No injuries were reported as refinery workers sprayed foam to control the blaze. The 30 foot tall tank burned for hours, its top blown off and debris blocking a road for two hours. Large black smoke plumes rose overhead. the tank, about one fifth full, had a 5000 gallon capacity and there is no damage estimate yet.
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Colorado City
Tex
UPI
Col-Tex
Gun Believed Used In Crosbyton Sheriff Shooting Found
Deputies located an early model .38 pistol, identified and hidden in weeds near North Co op Gin, believed to be used in the Sunday night shooting of Crosbyton Sheriff Fletcher Stark. Starkey said the weapon’s age is unclear as the wounded sheriff remains in serious condition at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital. Juan Rodriguez, 15, Brownfield, is held in Lubbock County jail on $25,000 bond for assault with intent to murder.
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Crosbyton
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
L. T. Starkey
North Co-Op
Starkey
Crosbyton Clinic
Lubbock County
Juan Rodriguez
Brownfield
Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics
Stark
City Woman's Brother Dies In Gainesville
C B Jack Schultz 74 brother of Mrs Oscar Nislar Lubbock died in a Gainesville hospital after years of ill health Funeral services 10 a m today at George J Carroll and Son Funeral Chapel Burial Fairview Cemetery Schultz a retired farm machinery salesman Baptist Church American Legion VEW native of Sherman Survivors include wife one son Sammy Baylor University son Sam Pecos sisters Mrs Walter Neely Myra and Mrs Della Stevens Clovis NM
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Gainesville
C. B
Jack) Schultz
Oscar Nislar
Lubbock
George J. Carroll
Three Escape From Seagoville Prison
Three men escaped Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution in Texas on Wednesday night. Rudolph Palmer, 26, and R. H. Hilleary, 24, both from Woodrow, Oklahoma, fled toward Seagoville while a third suspect remained unidentified. Palmer is serving 45 months for possession of stolen mail and bad checks. Hilleary was convicted of taking a stolen car across a state line.
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Seagoville
Seagoville, Tex
UPI
Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution
Rudolph Palmer
R. H. Hilleary
Woodrow
Okla
Palmer
Hilleary
Arnulfo Brother Pleads Guilty in Minor Assault Case
Crosbyton deputies report Arnulfo Brother, 19, arrested Sunday night and pleading guilty Tuesday to aggravated assault on a 13 year old girl. He was fined 50 dollars plus court costs.
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Arnulfo
Crosbyton
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U.S
Aldege Martin
Chester
Conn
Song Be
Sherwood Hargreaves
Dover
Tenn
Homer Biggs
Biggs
France
Terry Sanford
Sgt
Martin
Hargraves
Spur
Guthrie
Dickens
Mineral Wells
Irving
Presidio
Galveston
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Wink
Dallas
Fort Worth
West Haven, Conn
Upt
Army
Leo Arthur Messier Jr
Pawtucket
R.I
Johnson
Lubbock Chapter 44
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Robert Ferrell
DAV
Ferrell
Harmon Thompson
Harmon Thomps Son
Ted Ehrhorn
Rochester
Minn
Walter Ehrhorn
Ehrhorn
Ted Ehrehorn
Rochester Public Schools
Jack Tipps
32Nd St
F. M. Maddox
Main
Frank M. Maddox
Judy
Pancho
Maddox
Waco
Mackenzie Park
E. Broadway
Booker T. Ross
38Th St
Methodist Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
Main St
Woodson Campbell
Olive St
Tg&y Stores, Inc
Slaton Highway
R. Hunter Construction Co
Campbell
Rambler
Plains National Bank
FDIC
Peaie
National Bank
Soth ST
College Ave
American Motors
Campbell-Graves
Doan
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