Man Holds Daughter at Knife Point In Hijack Attempt
A Buffalo man surrendered to an FBI agent after holding his 17 month old daughter Je tuan at knifepoint and threatening to kill her to hijack an American Airlines jet at Buffalo International Airport. He escaped capture briefly but boarded the empty plane with the child. no one aboard was harmed. The incident left the child's mother and another man in hospital in critical and fair condition respectively.
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Buffalo
N.Y
FBI
American Airlines
Charles Smith
Richard Ash
Smith
Buffalo International
Ash
Jetuan Smith
Deaconess Hospital
July 4th a cool record rimed Pecos and Texas
July 4th brought unusually cool weather across Texas with Pecos reporting 64 to 93 degrees. Morning gusts in the cool front surprised residents in light attire while clouds dominated most regions. Thunderstorms caused dark skies, a tornado near Tomball, and street flooding in Houston. Waco saw 2.58 inches of rain, with Cotulla reaching 99 degrees and Amarillo dipping to 54. More storms were forecast in South and West Texas, with temperatures generally rising into the mid 80s to mid 90s and 50s in the Panhandle at night.
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Pecos
Wink
Texas
Tomball
Houston
Waco
Austin
Capitol
Amarillo
Cotulla
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
del Rio
Galveston
Rio Grande Valley
Southwest
West Texas
el Paso
Panhandle
Don Howard Named Stamford High Principal in Texas
Don Howard, former Pecos Junior High principal, assumes the Stamford High School post in Stamford Texas. He led Pecos Junior High for two years and previously coached Pecos High from 1966 to 1963 and taught in Stamford from 1963 to 1969. Howard, long a Stamford native, previously resided at 1915 Wyoming Street in Pecos.
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Don Howard
Pecos
Stamford High School
Stamford
Texas
Howard
Wyoming St
Fireworks mishaps cause deaths and injuries at Bangs Lake display
Police in Wauconda Illinois report Edward G Bulger aged 24 was killed when a fireworks device exploded in a crowd watching a Bangs Lake display 40 miles northwest of Chicago. More than a dozen people were hurt across two Fourth of July demonstrations and five pyrotechnicians escaped serious injury in a third incident.
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Associated Press
Wauconda
Ill
Edward G. Bulger
Bangs Lake
Chicago
Lightning Strike Restores Telephone Service Townwide
West Texas Telephone Co. reports service restored to about 600 customers after a lightning hit damaged three cables on June 29. Openings were located and repaired, with old cable sections replaced. Five extra workers aided repairs, mainly affecting the west part of town within the 445 exchange.
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Ron Killion
West Texas Telephone Co
Killion
West Texas PCA Members Get New Credit Source
Olen Lane, chairman, says Western Production Credit Association will serve former West Texas PCA members. Central offices at Stanton, with Pecos and El Paso offices unchanged. Change stems from PCA assets frozen by slow land market. continue banking with the new PCA in existing counties. David Workman remains Western PCA manager.
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West Texas Production Credit Association
Olen Lane
West Texas Pca
Western Production Credit Association
Stanton
Lane
West Texas Pca Board of
Culbersa
Paso
Hudspeth
Reeves
Pecos
PCA
Jine
Wester
el Paso
Andrews
Crane
Ector
Glasscock
Howard
Loving
Martin
Midland
Reagan
Upton
Ward
Winkler
Western Pca
David Workman
Deadly July Fourth Toll in Texas Reaches Ninety Nine
A bloody Independence Day weekend in Texas ends with 99 deaths between Friday 6 PM and Tuesday midnight. Most fatalities were in traffic crashes totaling 60, plus 19 shootings and 13 drownings. An eight-vehicle Abilene crash killed several, and a gunfight at a Houston gas station left one teen dead. Names include Michael Renfro 16 Teresina Sherman 54 Jeffery 13 Herman Suiters 16 Brenda Walker 15 Curtis Renfro 18 Debra Bell 14 Kathy Livingston 14 Effie Williams 36 Everlinene Dykes 91 Marco Ybanez 55 Willie Caffrey 29. Police cite high speed rain slick roads and a station holdup incident in Houston.
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Abilene
Car
Herman Suiters
Brenda Joy Walker
Curtis L. Renfro
Debra Bell
Kathy Livingston
Pecos Municipal Airport appoints new manager John Warner
Pecos Municipal Airport has a new manager succeeding Joe Moore who resigned July 1. John N. Warner aged 58 arrives from Fort Worth area aviation roles. He holds a commercial pilot license and a ground instructor rating from the FAA and has long ties to aircraft dating back to Civil Pilot Training at Tarleton State College.
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Pecos Municipal
Joe Moore
John N. Warner
Pecos
Southern Airways of Texas, Inc
Fort Wolters
Mineral Wells
Federal Aviation Agency
Tarleton State College
Stephen
Southern Airways
U. S. Border Patrol
Armed Services
Warner
Varner
Pecis
Texas
Varniers
Roper
Moore
Farm subsidy checks totaling 1.1 billion go to 955000 farmers
United States officials announced early 1972 subsidy payments totaling 1.1 billion to about 955000 farmers for set aside programs in feed grain wheat cotton. Joints said most eligible farmers will receive checks by July end with final settlements bringing 33.7 billion in total payments. Local county offices also issued preliminary notices of payments as farmers seek income for costs.
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Washington
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Weather Dampens Rodeo Crowd Attendance
Unseasonably chilly weather cut attendance for the rodeo final, with about 1,300 paying fans Tuesday night. Top winners included Jim Bob Altizer in calf roping and team roping, Jim Moore in bareback and saddle bronc, and Spanky Brown in bull riding, with Jo Ann Whitehead leading the girls barrel race.
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Peggy McCracken
Jim Bob Altizer
del Rio
Jack Riggs
Jim Moore
Spanky Brown
Pat Riddell
Steve Taylor
Jo Ann Whitehead
Pam Powers
Anneette Duncan
Jackie Bob Riggs
Ross Chesser
Jim Kinney
Donald Creighton
Bob Altizer
Jim Dougherty
Carl Malone
Junior Martinez
Joe Gillespie
Dan Riggs
Pancho McMullin
Don Greely
Gerald Rogers
Bob L. Walker
Ken Trahern
George Anderson
David Merrill
Sandy Kirby
Johnny Trout
Ronny A
Hie
Bob Steiner
Mike Henderson
Booger Bryant
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John Warner
Marfaner
Michael Renfro
Teresina C. Sherman
Jeffery
Sherman
Roddy Lee Qualls
Effie Mae Williams
Everlinene Dykes
Hobbs
N.M
Texas 214
Morton
New Mexico Line
Isaac
Colton
Marco Ybanez
Corpus Christi
U.S. 181
Texas 35
Willie Caffrey
Guadalupe Rubio
Santa Rosa
Guadalupe
Manuel R. Rubio
Apollonia
Mauel Jr
Danny
Israel
Ismael
Trine
Teresa
Elizabeth
Eliser
Linda
Pee
Miss Hartgrove
Theresa Hartgrove
Howard’s
Studio Camera Center
Odessa
Theresa
Thomas A. Longman
Milford Howard
Permian High School
la Donna Gatlin
FAA
Canyon
Lycoming Aircraft School
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Cessna International Service School
Wichita
Kansas
Dyess Air Force Base
Southern Airways 1 1333
Sindy
Sherry
Donna
Vincent Duncan
Oldtimers
Rudolf Hoefs
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