Escape Artist Johnson Shot While Fleeing Barbed Wire Fence
An accused bank robber, James Kenneth Johnson, 34, was critically wounded by a shotgun blast as he climbed a barbed wire fence and was captured by officers from two states. He received emergency surgery in Ardmore while Dallas police treated a wounded officer and a businessman for injuries from the same manhunt that began when Lloyd Ross alerted authorities near Marietta.
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Ardmore
Okla
James Kenneth Johnson
General Hospital
Ain
Oklahoma City
Johnson
Bland
Jim Sigler
Oklahoma
Purcell
Dallas
Claude W. Standridge
Parkland Hospital
Lloyd Ross
Marietta
Texas Line
James Wenneth Johnson
Arciere
Births and Auction Noted in Multinational Notices
A string of local notices reports births in Georgia and Malaysia with weights of newborns and parent occupations while a separate event notes a fundraising auction where Lai Ban Chai, a goldsmith, won the bid for a Chinese school group to finance a new building.
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Kuala Lumpur
Lai Ban Chai
Atva
Canyon seminar set April 15 on vote rules
West Texas State University government department hosts an April 15 seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Activity Center to train counts clerks tax assessor collectors party chairmen election clerks and judges on state election laws and party rules. A Democratic panel and a Republican panel will discuss party rules and conventions with WTSU faculty chairing. Registration is 5.00 including lunch in the East Cafeteria.
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Canyon Spon
Dale Mirra
Pinas
David Matthis
WPSU
Chaapiman
Jack
Rutty Osborne
Ienioirates
Walter Shelley
WTSU
Hub Groseclose
West Texas
Don Reavis
Tom Price III
Randall County
Seldon Hale
Potter County
LeRoy Hatton
Rendall
Ritter
Hitter
Wtsu East
Shakes Avalanche South of Nal and A Fred
Fragmentary text indicates an avalanche event near Nal and A Fred with vague references to J P W Bo and a Berood area. No clear dates, locations, or outcomes are discernible from the readable lines.
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Avalanche
Fred
Lubbock Avalanche
Ted al
Sui Avenge J. P
Spelling Bee Winner Reported With County Victory
Betty Hook, a 2 year old from Scurry County, is named winner in the 197 Scurry County Spelling Bee at Cen alto school. She beat several county competitors including Sarah Sullivan of Travis High. Betty Lou Hook is credited with school library work and piano playing. her parents are Mr and Mrs Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Tan Hook
Dupuhter Wo Mroo
AC. Hook
Tyson
Scurry County
Ides Toe
Sarah Sullivan
Travasduiior High
County Sees 80000 Car Tags Sold Ahead of Deadline
In Lubbock County 80 000 car tags were sold as of Thursday according to Tax Assessor Collector Russell Hardin. The office will stay open in the courthouse and Slaton annex until noon Saturday, the last day to operate vehicles with 1971 plates. The change to 1972 tags must be completed by midnight Saturday. Hardin credited new computer cards from the Motor Vehicle Division for smooth distribution though long lines may form today and Saturday. Unregistered motorists were urged to bring the computer card or the 1971 receipt and vehicle tag.
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Lubbock County
Russell Hardin
Hardin
Slaton Annex
Texas
Motor Vehicle Division
Texas Highway Department
Odessa College Regents Election Set With Five Odessa Candidates
Five Odessa candidates vie for three six year terms on the Per mian Basin Junior College System Board of Regents in Saturday elections held with local school races. Incumbent Midland official Jack Huff runs unopposed.
Search resumes for missing twine engine airplane near Odessa
Civil Air Patrol restarts its hunt for a missing twine engine airplane and Fort Worth man Douglas Carter after weather delays. The mission focuses south and east of Odessa with 20 CAP aircraft and 100 ground crew members, aided by pilots from Lubbock and neighboring states as snow and fog threaten takeoffs.
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Odessa
Civil Air Patrol
Douglas Carter
Fort Worth
Group 16
Joe Johnson
Carter
Hobbs
Nom
Midland Air Park
CAP
Louisiana
Arkansa
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Lubbock
Doug ‘Boren
Johnny Berry
Johnny ‘Williams
Tom Scarborough
Phil Kirkus
Bill Wilkerson
Cows Increase Milk Production in Sealed Air Conditioned Space
California Farm Bureau reports cows produce about 20 percent more milk when their heads and necks pass through flexible seals into an air conditioned space. UPI notes this finding reflecting farm efficiency and animal comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
California Farm Bureau
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Levelland
Cactus Avenue
Sherman Street
Joe Don Buckner
Milton Adams
Frank Tandsin
North
Marsa Hospital
Uo Navy
Levediand
Tharei
Mire Rovteas Krackenie
Wernin
Thureday
St Mary Hesital
Father i
Tervan Tech
Fred Gastan
Lubbark Osteopathic Hospital
Wolf's Liqua
Canyon
Spada Bee
Cvarripien
Acsath
Cenaltilementars School
Faety Dan Emersred
Fone
Ehiable
Ramsey
Odessa College
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
UTPB
Arthur Green
Midland
Odessa Public Schools
Austin
Dr. Green
Galveston
Medical Center
Sewell
Sewell Motor Company
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
Arthur Opperman, JR
Po. A
Joan Y. Ervin
Gall Campaign
Pdl
Pal
TVS SP Nl
YN Trelia
5. S. Kresge Company
First State Bank
Ree Bie
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