Man Charged in Drowning of Two Brothers at Clear Lake
George Parker Geistwhite I, 36, unemployed former Natchitoches resident, denied bond in district court for allegedly pushing wheelchair bound brothers Tracy 11 and James 9 into Clear Lake near the Manned Spacecraft Center south of Houston. Tracy drowned. James was rescued. state seeks death penalty.
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BOND
Houston
UPI
George Parker Geistwhite I
Geistwhite
Natchitoches
Tracy
James Squier
Clear Lake
Manned Spacecraft Center
James
James L. Squier
Mesquite Teachers Earn Service Pins Across District
One hundred twenty five Mesquite School District employees received service pins for five to 25 years at a Mesquite High School ceremony. Awards honored 25 and 20 year recipients C. W. Beasley and Jewel Shankles, with numerous names listed for 15, 10 and five year milestones.
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C. W. Beasley
Jewel Shankles
Irene Leak
Marlene Saunders
Emma Cummings
Hughlene Henry
Sally May
Jan Dunham
Vernon Horsely
Jack Hicks
Serviceman Loses Tools in Mesquite Theft
Ronald Ray Stembridge of Dallas reported a theft from his unlocked car at 612 E Davis St Mesquite where he had parked his 1955 Chevrolet while servicing Army Reserve Center typewriters. Tools and parts valued at 216 dollars were stolen including typewriter repair wrenches a briefcase sockets and hammers.
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Mesquite
Ronald Ray Stembridge
Bridges St
E. Davis St
Army Reserve Center
Diamond Ring Reported Stolen in Mesquite
Kenneth L. Jacks reported a 1.2 carat diamond ring missing from his home on Ridgeview after leaving it in an ash tray. The ring valued at $875 was noticed missing when he returned from work Thursday.
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New Orleans
UPI
Austin
Charles D. Cameron
FBI
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cameron
Mesquite
Kenneth L. Jacks
Ridgeview
Sunnyvale Taxpayers Press for Equalization Board Hearings
Town residents file complaints over tax valuation hikes in Sunnyvale with over 500 notices mailed. City says hearings possible after special session or by June 12 with rates adjusted after budgets, noting revaluation aims to equalize taxes and lower overall bills for 1972.
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Sunnyvale
Runoff election set for Saturday in district 33-1
Local voters head to the polls Saturday for a high turnout runoff in District 33-1. McDonald and Wheeler compete for the Mesquite seat created after Dallas County districting. McDonald led the first primary with 3,456 votes to Wheeler's 1,144.
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Weldon Lacy
Earl Luna
Jim Jackson
Mesquite
T. H. McDonald
James Wheeer
Dallas County
Casa View
Dallas
Pleasant Grove
McDonald
Wheeler
Harold Green
Frances (Sissy) Farenthold
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Braecklein
Jack Blanton
Ron Clower
Fred Orr
Ken Keeth
Mesquite Area
Reepublicans
Ian Steelman
Robert Lyle
Earle Cabell
Teenagers Hurt As Autos Collide
Three teenagers rushed to Presbyterian Hospital after a two car crash at the Gus Thomasson Road and Live Oak Drive intersection. Joy Johnson 2703 Virginia Drive Dallas and passengers Kathy Chadbourne Genetha Dallas Sherry Johnson 2703 Virginia Mesquite were transported for treatment.
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Gus Thomasson
Live Oak Dr
Joy Johnson
Virginia Dr
Leon P. Price
Mt. Everest
Dallas
Johnson
Live Oak
Price
Voter sites listed for Democratic runoff in District 331
The notice lists Democratic polling locations in District 331 and extras in Baldh Springs 346 347 with election judges, plus Republican sites in Mesquite Sunnyvale and Baldh Springs. Names for judges are incomplete at presstime and some addresses appear misprinted or merged.
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Baldh Springs
Mesquite
Sunnyvale
Foul Fumes Trouble Sunnyvale as Sewage Dump Complaints Rise
Sunnyvale residents allege Garland sewer line overloads dump raw sewage into East Fork Trinity River below Lake Ray Hubbard dam. Reported odors force locals to describe worsening fumes and flows of raw sewage near Duck Creek Sewer line, despite prior complaints to Garland officials.
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Sunnyvale
Garland
Lake Ray Hubbard Dam
Trinity River
Tripp Road
Duck Creek
Junior Miss Cooking School Slated by Homemaking Group
Mesquite's Homemaking Departments of North Mesquite and Mesquite High plan a free Junior Miss Cooking School for ages 8 to 10 and 11 to 12. The event runs June 27 to 29 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Mesquite High School Homemaking Department. Leadership will be provided by teachers Maggie Birdsong and Rita Crump. Enrollment is via the Mesquite High School office at 285 8861.
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Washington
UPI
Gillis Long
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
City of
Mesquite
Mesquite High School
Maggie Birdsong
North Mesquite High
Rita Crump
MHS
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