Girls Break Longtime Tradition At Suburban Church
Four eighth grade girls served as altar girls at St Matthias Church in Bala Cynwyd before the Archdiocese of Philadelphia halted the practice. Msgr Noone had permitted them but the archdiocese said current law forbids girls from serving mass. Regina Durante 14 led the effort with Cathy Herold 14 Lee Ann Kieser 14 and Marion Schreiber 13. About 46 girls signed up to learn altar service.
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Philadelphia
Archdiocese of
Bala
John J. Noone
John J. Miller
Commission For the Sacred Liturgy of
Archdiocese
Universal Church
Regina Durante
Cathy Herold
Lee Ann Kieser
Marion Schreiber
Atar
Commission For the Sacred Liturgy
Matched Roping Contest Slated
Tuffy Thompson of Happy and Wade Lewis of Hereford will rope at 2 p.m. in the Cobb Wheeler Mote Arena as the eighth annual Memorial Day steer roping kicks off Sunday at 2 p.m. A western dance with Tiny Lynn of Clovis, N M wraps up today's events. Entri es accepted through today by Ken Cook Swisher County agent and Corky Berry roping chairman.
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Tulsa
Tuffy Thompson
Happy
Wade Lewis
Hereford
Cobb-Wheeler-Mote
Here
Thompson
Jim Prather
Post
Troy Fort
Levington
N. M
Walter Arnold
Silverton
Ken Cook
Swisher
Corky Berry
Tiny Lynn
Clovis, N.M
Historic Elm Tree Inn to reopen in Tulia after sale
The Elm Tree Inn in Tulia, built in 1906 and long known as the historic hotel, is set to reopen Monday after changes in ownership. M T Carter will manage the hotel and restaurant with new Plainview and Lubbock investors. restoration mirrors early 1900s gas-light era.
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Tulia
Elm Tree Inn
Plainview
Lubbock
M. T. Carter
L. Dean Butler
Amarillo Driver Hurt In Crash
Jerry Giles, 25, of Amarillo, was injured in Plainview in one of six Friday accidents when his truck rolled after a turn. He was trapped about 20 minutes and in satisfactory condition at a Plainview hospital. The loaded meat truck was heavily damaged, meat scattered, and a smoky fire threatened gasoline. One unit from the fire department attended. No other injuries were reported. two wrecks were blamed on bad weather.
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Plainview
Jerry Giles
Amarillo
Giles
Prisoner Families Call War End Urgently
Families of missing and captured U S servicemen in Indo china accuse all sides of using prisoners as pawns and demand an immediate end to the war. They criticize Nixon Vietnamization and a residual force, urging a date for prisoner releases and full U S withdrawal within 150 days after an accord.
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Washington
Harold Kushner
Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
Kushner
Danville
Louis F. Jones
Fairfax County
Laos
United States
U.S
Births Report From Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Leon Mendez welcomed a son weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces at 7 45 a m in Lauf Clinic Porter Hospital. Several other families in Slaton Brownfield Amherst Levelland and Lubbock area announced births with weights from 6 2 to 8 4 pounds and times ranging from early morning to afternoon.
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Leon Mendez
Rt. 2
Box 132
Slaton
Lauf Clinic
Porter Hospital
Charles Denton Smith
West Texas Hospital
Santa Fe Railroad
Bill Harlien
59Th St
Methodist Hospital
Amnett Brokerage Co
Manuel Valdez Jr
St. St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Booth Plains College
Levelland
James Allen McCrady
Brownfield
Highland Hospital
U.S. Army
Brussels
Belgium
James Lindsey
Amherst
South Plains Hospital
Frank Molica Jr
Furr’s Inc
Neil Carlson
Oxford Ave
Travelers’ Insurance
Mario Gatica Adame
The
Borden Co
James Simpson Vittum II
Fiidlay
Latham’s
Three West Indians At State Institute
At Texas State Technical Institute in Waco three West Indian students study water utility operations under a World Health Organization fellowship. Hudson Dujon of St Lucia Norbert Calliste of Grenada and Dennis Mounsey of St Vincent are enrolled at TSTI.
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Waco, Tex
Texas State Technical Institute
Hudson Dujon
St. Lucia
Norbert Calliste
Grenada
Dennis Mounsey
St. Vincent
TSTI
World Health Organization
Snelson Signals UT P B Four Year Plan Likely Dead
Midland Senator W E Pete Snelson plans to let the UT P B in Odessa four year status bill die this session. He may see district changes moving Odessa out of his Midland Odessa heartland. In a related move he will push a House approved act validating the northeast Odessa UT P B site to shield the UT system from a land title suit.
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Midland
W. E
Pete’ Snelson
Snelson
Ed Costello
Odessa
University of Texas
Permian Basin
West Texas
Senate
H. J
Doc” Blanchard
Lubbock
Ector County
Blanchard
UTPE
Senate State Affairs Committee
Ace Pickens
University of Texas System
Pickens
State Affairs Committee
Etna Eruptions Threaten Sicilian Towns Amid Lava Flows
Mount Etna spewed lava in bursts threatening FORNAZZO and nearby Ciarrà and Macchia de Giarre. Evacuations loom as a northward lava flow advances while Sant' Alfio remains spared. Eruptions, now in their 53rd day, raise fear as vulcanologists warned of renewed danger.
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Fornazzo
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Alfredo Rittman
Etna
Ciarra
Macchia de Giarre
Sant’ Alfio
Bloomington youth donates $850 to EDF via car sale
An Impromptu letter to the Environmental Defense Fund from a Bloomington Indiana young man states he will sell his automobile and donate the proceeds. Enclosed is a check for $850.
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Anti-Auto New York
Environmental Defense Fund
Bloomington
Ind
EDF
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