Wet and cold Texas area weather and political notes
Texas weather reports show scattered rain across the Panhandle and South Plains with lows around freezing in several towns. Nationally, warm southwest trends contrast with cold eastern readings, while storm warnings extend into New Mexico and Colorado. West Texas Chamber of Commerce opposes constitutional revision and endorses specific amendments and a scholarship.
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Wichita Paso
Hereford
Sterling City
Big Spring
San Angelo
Midland
Idalou
Silverton
Amarillo
Friona
Littlefield
Morton
Muleshoe
Aspermont
Seminole
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
McAllen
Corpus Christi
Gulf Coast
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
California
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Cajon Pass
Mason City
Iowa
St. Cloud
Minn
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Rockies
Middle West
Plane Crash Kills Seven in Big Bend
A Piper PA24 crash near the Colorado River at Big Bend River Ranch killed seven people from San Saba including Melissa six and Mrs. C T Carpenter and Christi Carpenter seventeen. Ranch foreman Santos Salazar described hearing a rumbling sound then engine failure before the wrecked bodies were found. An NTSB investigator is due Saturday to lead the probe.
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Melissa
C. T. Carpenter
Christi Carpenter
San Saba
Carpenter
Christi
McCall
Colorado River
Big Bend River
Joe Weatherby
Brownwood
Santos Salazar
National Transportation Safety Board
W F Upton Dies After Long Illness at 78
W F Frank Upton, 78, died at Brownfield General Hospital after a long illness. He joined the International Order of Odd Fellows in 1923 and served in every office, including past captain of the Plains canton. He married Mable Worsham on June 16 1913 and is survived by his wife and two sons John of Plainview and others, plus a daughter.
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Plains
W. F
Frank" Upton
Brownfield General Hospital
dHe
International Order
Odd Fellows
Canton
First Baptist Church
Mable
Worsham & Joe
John
Ae Vole
al Lee Pot Ugirs
Hulett
Brownf
Funeral Pends For Mrs Marguerite Smith
Funeral services are pending for Mrs Marguerite Smith 52 a former resident of Byton and relative of four in Louisville Kentucky She died Thursday in Louisville Her mother Mary Neagle and siblings are listed among the survivors
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Margueriteth
A Byton
Thursin
Louisville
Mary Neagle
A Ray
Agile
Agle
Sters
Three Injured In City Wreck In Drizzling Rain
At Parkway Drive and Quirt Avenue two cars collided Friday evening. Ann Holden age 56 of 2004 29th St Wagner age 34 of 3507 78th Drive were admitted to St Mary of the Plains Hospital in fair condition. Wilton Howell age 22 of 4117 Brownfield Highway was treated and released. The crash occurred during a period of high accident volume between 7 am and 8:45 am.
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Parkway Drive
Quirt Avenue
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Fair
Ann Holden
Eho
Wagner
Wilton Howell
Brownfield Highway
St. Mary's
Ave
Po- Mee
Friautes
Iccidents
Tony Anthony
Fred the Kitten Learns to Eat and Grow
A family cares for a tiny black kitten named Fred learning to feed him by trial and error. They devise a feeding formula, weigh him, and adapt bottles as he grows. They wonder if a mother cat is nearby while noting odd superstitions around Friday the 13th.
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Fred Friday
Miss Hinson
Fred
Mother
Allgood-Hinson
Albert Chalk Dies After Illness in Clovis
Albert Chalk 84 died early Friday at Clovis Memorial Hospital after an illness. He moved to Portales in 1911 and Clovis in 1913. A retired hammersmith with Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, he is survived by his wife, a son Delmer Eugene Chalk of Dallas, a daughter Jewel Willey of Downey California, a brother Tom Chalk of Clovis, five grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral services arranged by Steed Todd Funeral Home.
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Clovis
Steed-Todd
Albert Chalk
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Portales
Hammersmith
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Delmer Eugene Chalk
Dallas
Jewel Willey
Downey
Calif
Tom
Talks in Saigon Press for Interim War Halt Accord
Reports say talks between Thieu Kissinger in Saigon push an interim agreement possibly including a partial bombing halt or cease fire. Thieu blasts a tripartite government as a Communist scheme while mounting a campaign for a free internationally supervised election and asserting no acceptances of non elected regimes. Government troops clash with infiltrators near Saigon as fighting flares in areas north and east of the capital with reported losses on both sides.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Thieu
Saigon
Ing
Nixon
Kissinger
White House
Washington
Bung Cau
Dahlen
Eney
Ben Cat
Nguyen van Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
Bung
Vo Cong Tri
City and county officials spar over burning tree limbs and waste disposal
Wellington officials press for alternatives to burning yard waste while arguing state rules and local costs. County leaders debate permits for limited burning, sanitary landfills, and a regional recycling plant as a solution to solid waste management and pollution concerns.
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Wellington
Coleman
Geoffrey Stanford
Winkler
Texas
Stewart
Locklear
Mgr
Noble
Dimmitt
Revenue Sharing Council Members Named and Amounts Cited
The report lists million figures for 1973 1974 1975 and 1976 and names members of the Revenue Sharing Council including Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes Speaker Rayford Price Comptroller Robert S. Calvert with local officials such as Houston Mayor Louie Welch Seguin Mayor Alfred Koebig Victoria Mayor Kemper Williams Ector County Commissioner Kellus Turner Nueces County Judge Bob Barnes and Bexar County Commissioner Frank Vaughn.
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New ‘Revenue Sharing Council
Ben Barnes
Rayford Price
Robert S. Calvert
Houston
Louie Welch
Seguin
Alfred Koebig
Victoria
Kemper Williams
Ector County
Kellus Turner
Nueces
Bob Barnes
Bexar
Frank Vaughn
Revenue Sharing Plan Signed By President
President Nixon signs into law a revenue sharing plan that returns funds to states cities and localities to fund hospitals policing drug control recreation and transportation. He emphasizes local decision making and minimal red tape as Agnew and governors look on.
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Nixon
Washington, D.C
Spiro T. Agnew
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Warren Hearnes
Missouri
Louis Welch
Houston
Peter Wilson
San Diego
Gladys Spellman
Prince Georges County
Agnew
Arnica
Niles
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Castro County
Hart
Plainview
Abulene
Childress
Dalhart
del Rio
Lubbock
Palaci
West Texan
George Fernext
Sauially
Burlegan
Coness
Anoney Burleson
Burleson
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Country Club
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Constitutional Revision Commission
WTCC
Commissioners Court
Board
Lamar
W. Stangel
Texas Tech University
Atangell
Garoe
Cat Burleson
Lhocm
Texas’ Chamber of Commerce
Lubbock Country
Don Work
W. F. Upton
Mrs. Smith
Spinich
Pat Allgood
Kathy Hinson
18Th ‘St
Fred Veal
Clovis Hospital
Eatin Nixon
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