Diaz Receives 40 Year Prison Term For Robbery By Assault
Benito Diaz aged 19 was given a 40 year sentence after pleading guilty to robbery by assault linked to the April 9 attack on a 14 year old in Big Spring city park. District Judge Ralph Patton imposed the term. Carmen Gonzales Jr., 24, was also indicted in connection with the incident but no hearing date was set.
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Big Spring
Benito Diaz
Diaz
Ralph Patton
Carmen Gonzales Jr
Twisters and heat mark Texas weather day
Severe weather grazed the coast with a waterspout near Corpus Christi and a tornado warning for Nueces County. Temperatures hit 90s in ten Texas cities while Laredo and Houston logged near 90. Heavy rain focused west of Lake Buchanan. No widespread damage reported beyond a trailer incident at Padre Island.
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Lubsbock
Texas
Nueces County
Mercury
Lubbock
The
National Weather Service
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Laredo
Houston
Bob Hall
Upper Padre Island
Karen Riviera
Lake Buchannan
Needles
Calif
Buckeye
Ariz
Guilty Pleas By Pair In County Court
Two defendants pled guilty in county court before Judge Denzil Bevers. Rudy Drive 27 received five days jail for driving while intoxicated with $150 fine and costs. Jose Urive 44 was fined $50 and costs for aggravated assault on a policeman. Bonds set for Josephine Delgado 26 for shoplifting and Mrs Walter Foley Jr 31 for check law violation. both pleaded innocent. Juan E Robles 23 pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. 15 days jail with 8 months probation and $100 costs.
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Denzil Bevers
Liaw No. 2
Rudy Drive
Ave. B
Jose Urive
Cornell St
Bevers
Josephine Delgado
Walter Foley Jr
Burglary Probed at Tower TV & Appliance and Nearby Stores
Police investigate thefts in Lubbock with six TVs plus two radios a tape recorder and a shaver taken from Tower TV & Appliance on 109th Street and University Avenue. Losses total about 210 dollars. tools worth 440 dollars also missing. Other incidents include a Prater's Turkey Farm break-in, a cash loss at Koko Inn Restaurant, and jewelry and cash missing from Gibson Discount Center.
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Tower TV & Appliance
109Th Street
University Avenue
Prater
Turkey Farm
14Th Street
Avenue P
Lubbock
Koko Inn Motor Hotel
Ave. Q
Gibson Discount Center
50Th St
Bomb Report Proves False at Texas Tech Campus
The Social Science building at Texas Tech University was evacuated Friday after a telephone bomb threat. Campus police searched the building and found no bomb. Classes had been dismissed about ten minutes earlier.
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Texas Tech University
Hereford Old Fiddlers Contest Features National Champion
About 40 fiddlers compete in the Hereford Old Fiddlers Contest part of the Old Settlers Celebration. Dick Barrett of Pottsboro, 1971 national fiddling champion, competes as the event awards 150 to the winner and a 500 total purse. The Deaf Smith County Bull Barn hosts eliminations at 9 a.m. with finals at 1 p.m. Lions Club sponsors the event. Charlie Riggin acts as emcee.
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Hereford
Dick Barrett
Pottsboro
Idaho
Deaf Smith County Bull Barn
Hereford Lions Club
Charlie Riggin
Hereford Riders Club
New Mexico Legislature Faces Safe But Open Races
New Mexico's 1972 primary could bring new faces but few leadership changes. All House members run again and most Senate members face reelection after reapportionment. House leadership remains, while Senate leadership may shift as Sen. John Eastham retires. Eight Senate seats remain intact under current maps.
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Max Coll
R-Canves
Senate
GOP
John P. Eastham
Rbernalillo
James L. Bruin
R-Chaves
Bob Wood
Curry
Roosevelt
Wood
Odis Eehels
D-Curry- Roosevelt
Wreck Victim Satisfactory in Hospital After Collision
MIDLAND special Oscar Lewis Haney age 50 remained in satisfactory condition at Midland Memorial Hospital Friday after neck and shoulder injuries from a two vehicle crash near Monahans Thursday. His pickup collided with a car driven by Michael Eugene Kors of Odessa as both headed east on U S 80 about 10 miles east of Monahans. Haney’s pickup overturned and he suffered a broken left collar bone several broken ribs and a broken left shoulder. The car driver was not believed injured.
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Midland
Oscar
Lewis Haney
Midland Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Michael Eugene Kors
Odessa
U.S. 80
Monahins
Hancey
Bond Denied for Man in Dockside Drowning Case
Houston AP report says 36 year old George Parker Geistwhite had bond denied after being charged with murders for allegedly pushing two boys in wheelchairs from a boat dock into Clear Lake near Seabrook on May 19. Tracy Squier 11 drowned. James Squier 9 was rescued. The boys were muscular dystrophy patients. Father Howard Squier testified and Geistwhite said he could not recall the incident. Prosecutor Rick Stover said death penalty possible. defense moved to restrict psychiatric interviews. Trial date not set.
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Houston
George Parker Geistwhite
Geistwhite
Tracy Squier
James Squier
Clear Lake
Seabrook
Tracy
James
Howard Squier
Labhbeck
Miron A. Love
Bob Tarrant
Phil Greene
Rick Stover
James L. Squier
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Edwin King
Dolph Briscoe
Heereford
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Merchants Assn
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Caprock
American Business Clubs
Johnson House
Evans Carter
Chester Holder
Bob Greenhill
Norman Pierce
American Business Club
Bart Russell
Coy Dean
Dayton Ward
Sam Hogan
Hutchinson Junior High
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