Indians Defy Federal Order as Abductor Seizes Dallas Girl
Police in Highland Park, Dallas, search for a white man in his 40s driving a gray car who abducted 14 year old Leslie Ward as she walked to Highland Park Middle School. Investigators pursued a license number as a lead while her family awaits ransom updates. The case follows similar past kidnappings tied to prominent Dallas figures.
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Red News Services
Dallas
Leslie Ward
Highland Park
W.H. Gardner
Lieved
Garner
Highland Park Middle School
Fletcher Ward
Ward
Food Service
Sallie English
Henry Engish
Dallas Trucking Malnate
Are
Amanda Mayhew Dealy
University Park
Joe M. Dealy Sr
Dallas Morning News
Phillip Ross Terry
Richardson
Tex
Bus Tragedy Probed Near Bakersfield
A bus and a westbound truck collided near Bakersfield three miles west of town killing seven or more and injuring others. The crash on Tunis Creek Bridge left 23 injured, with five dead at the scene or en route to hospitals. Names remain incomplete as investigators seek identifications. Three burned passengers were airlifted to Brooke Army Medical Center and Brooke General Hospital. The truck jackknifed and struck the bridge abutment before both vehicles burst into flames.
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Bakersfield
Tex
UPI
Texas Department of
Public Safety
Francisco
West
Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center
Kernan Cordes
James Simon
Brooke General Hospital
Highway Department
el Paso
City approves full containerized garbage plan expansion
Lubbock officials move to bid for mechanized collection at 1.8 million dollars after a pilot, funded by federal revenue sharing. Council backs schedule and staff says job losses will be offset by natural attrition.
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Vaughn Hendrie
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Carolyn Jordan
Comci
Canyon Lakes
Tentaively
Lubbock Power_and Light
USDA Bungle Charged in Soviet Grain Sale
Senate Agriculture Committee charged the Agriculture Department with missteps in a grain deal with Russia. Comptroller General Elmer Staats said the GAO found no law violations or excess profits by the firms but noted poor analysis of foreign crop conditions and an inefficient system. Secretary Butz defended the deal as the largest grain sale in history.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer B. Staats
U.S
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Formance
Russia
Earl L. Butz
Staats
Justice Department
Nolother Five
Butz
Chicago
Half of POWs Return To U S Soil In Homecoming
More than half of prisoners of war were back on U S soil Thursday as Operation Homecoming resumed with arrivals at three air bases. Navy Cmdr Richard A Stratton 41 led the welcome at Travis Air Force Base California after a long captivity. others landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington and Kelly Air Force Base in Texas.
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Associated Press
America
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Navy
Richard A. Stratton
Hanoi
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Stratton
Planeside
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, DC
Kelly Air Force Base
Tex
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez Jr
North Vietnam
Travis
Hawaii
Rate Review Urged By Kenneth May
A rate increase request by Southwestern Public Service Co for an 8.6 percent average hike is to be reconsidered by the City Council after they resolve LP&L expansion questions. LP&L expansion is labeled critical, and council members want a full presentation rather than a second reading approval.
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Kenneth May
Southwestern Public Service Co
Bob Brummal
Lubbock Power and Light
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Morris W. Turner
Hollingsworth
Bryce Campbell
Carolyn Jordan
Lp&l
Weather Outlook for Lubbock and Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of showers or thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Highs in the mid 60s and a low around 40 tonight.
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Lubbock
Tentative Approval Given Ethics Bill
AUSTIN AP lawmakers and officials amended the ethics bill amid sharp debate. Speaker Price Daniel opposed parts of the measure, saying the financial disclosure provision remains weakened. The House passed an amendment 71 to 68 funding stronger disclosure if final passage occurs today.
Prayer Reflection Blessing at Every Table
A reader offers a brief prayer thanking God for divine presence at every table and for abundantly providing for all children, ending with Amen.
Deadline to Leave Expires at Wounded Knee
The 10 day occupation at Wounded Knee ends with a government deadline that nonresidents face arrest if they stay. Negotiations resume and a cease fire is declared though gunfire is reported after the deadline. FBI and Justice Department officials pledge enforcement without immediate force, urging militants to surrender during daylight hours.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice Department
James A.armstrong
Aberdeen
FBI
Pine Ridge
Ralph E. Erickson
Wouniied Knee
Washington
Erickson
AIM
Grumman Navy settle F14 price dispute over 48 planes
The Navy and Grumman Aerospace reached a compromise on a 1963 contract allowing 48 additional F14 fighters without a price increase. The agreement preserves the possibility of future price hikes if more aircraft are ordered, ending months of disagreement over terms and losses.
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Washington
Navy
Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Grumman
Fides
Menninger Rebukes Apathy At Texas Tech Talk
Dr Karl Menninger former Freud associate and founder of the Topeka Institute of Psychoanalysis addressed mental health attitudes at Texas Tech. He traced the history of mental illness treatment from inaction to belief in cure and urged action as the Mental Health Association reports a 1500 dollar center fundraising.
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Celeste Loucks
Avalanche-Journal
Karl Menninger
Sigmund Freud
Topeka Institute of Psychoanalysis
Texas Tech
Marianne de Diaz
Mental Health Association
Menninger
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