Former Employer Families Inspect Old Abernathy Electrical Plant
Former workers and their families gathered at the Abernathy TUCO plant four miles north of town for an afternoon of tours, reminiscing, and a picnic. Retired maintenance chief Finis Robertson recalled engineers and the plant’s 4500 kilowatt output as Southwestern Public Service Co. now owns the land and water shortages threaten reopening.
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Perry Flippin
Avalanche Journal
Abernathy
Plairin
Tory
Vista
Texas
New
E. T. Beard
R. T. Price
P. H. Resize
R. E
Bob) Dyer
P. H. Sterrett
Willie Florence
Pitt
New Mexico
Robertson
Finis Ro
Southwestern Public Service Co
TUCO
Southwestern
Non
Finis Robertson
Wales Rations Sugar as Dock Strike Spreads
Britain feels the first pinch of the nationwide dock strike with sugar rationing in Wales and troop discussions for preserving perishables. Longshoremen press for higher pay while port operations adapt and panic buying spikes local markets.
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London
Britain
Wales
Downing Street
Edward Heath
South Wales
Northern Ireland
Liverpool
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Paralyzed Ohio Soldier Faces Return to Vietnam
Sgt. Larry Dawson, 23, of Olmstead Falls, Ohio, who broke his back in two places in a Vietnam helicopter crash and has partial paralysis, is slated for deployment to Vietnam about September 1. He had been refused reserve officer training in 1968 but Fort Knox officials say he is medically qualified for limited duty without geographic restriction.
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Cleveland
UPL
Ohio
Vietnam
Larry Dawson
Dawsen
Olmstead Falls
Dawson
Fort Knox
Pentagon
Allentown Bus Driver in Critical Condition After Wreck
District Attorney says Dave Daye 44 of New Jersey remains in intensive care after a fatal bus crash near Allentown. The bus carrying children from a Long Island school flipped off U S 22 in rain injuring 52. Doctors say Daye suffered a heart-related condition. investigators continue to probe the incident.
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Anh
Allentown General Hospital
David Albright
Dave
Pee N.J
Albright
Daye
Lehigh
Long Island, N.Y
U.S
Joseph
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Herelan
Seven Childent
Guantd Puare
Leonard Koch, M. D
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Hong Kong
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Tees
Harry Y Delaney
Kisvic Fashions
SAI
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Fon Meter
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Waco
Boston
Norfolk
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