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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1990
Page
4
Commentator argues environmental groups exaggerate blame, noting Coast Guard escorts for tankers and stressing transport damage exceeds offshore drilling. He questions Alaska seafood claims and warns against importing oil, urging focus on preventing future disasters while coastal politics and ads color public perception.
Gregg Griffin, 28, was riding on the Quail family ranch in west Collingsworth when his horse plunged over a canyon edge. He was airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock with severe bruises and abrasions but no broken bones or internal injuries. Paramedic Bryan Leeper led the evacuation. sheriff's deputies and locals helped extract Griffin. The horse and rider dropped about 75 feet. Griffin lay in the canyon about an hour before being removed. The helicopter reached the scene around 6:50 p.m. and flew Griffin to the ranch house for transport.
Former Wellington High School athletes remain in the public eye as Jackie McPherson wins the Oklahoma State AAU Boxing title and qualifies for Boston. Tim Hatch returns as right halfback for Texas Tech, while Ted O’Neil joins the traveling Tech basketball squad next year. Bus Dorman takes on Dukes management for Wellington as tryouts and workouts are set at Marian Airpark Diamond. About 100 district boxers from five schools edge toward weigh-ins and jackets for winners, with a team trophy and golden gloves for runners-up.
Letters from readers request contact with any living relatives of H C Stout known as Carl and his wife Nell who lived in Wellington in 1963 and ask for information from friends or neighbors who might know family names or current contact details.
GTE Southwest Incorporated notifies proposed CentraNet tariff revisions for 101 to 400 lines, renamed packages CentraNet 1000 2000 and 3000 with added features, effective June 23 1990. Docket 9251 proposes new rates and data base changes, public inspection available, intervention deadline April 9 1990.
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