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The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 44

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a night ttrau tte o( the Panhandle im, twicer, fee and there dropping widely varying a- In spite of Uft (break, the storm did daiufe except (or wind damage In the Plainview area and between Mow and Gruver, and lire near Hereford. Developing ahead of a cool front, the storms spawned In the northeast comer of Mew Mexico iad moved Mtttheut petto of Uie Oklahoma ilrip art into toe Texas Panhandle. Hie storm moved into UK Plalnvlew ana about 11:40 p.m with' Up to per hour la gtuti. Htny me blown down and there was con-' (lass bretkaje over the Gibton DUcounl Store In Plalnvkw, IM toot was peeled back oh the northwest comer at the building. Early estimate of damage to the store was between, J2.006 and $3,000.

Residents watched four funnel cloud', two. north vest of town and two Bortk of Halfway. The two to the northwert ildrted the north edge of Plalnview, toward Edmondwn City police said one came down on Texas 194 to Jutt Inside the city Unite, never quite touching the ground. Damage to Plalnyiew was from side winds 1C Edmondson also wuids which blew trees down across several cars, tore -down some power lines and caused considerable glass breakage, Power lines also, were down at Hale Center, and there were early reports of looting In the I town after winds broke out tev- eraj windows in the tenter of the community. The storm moved on to the southeast of Plajrifiew, but an oiher one built to the west of town.

Spokesmen fw several counties hi lhat area, reported they seeded (be second storm several times, but it built back repeatedly. It finally moved on south about 7 a today. The firkt reported funnel touched down for about two mlnules four miles west of the community, about is miles northwest of Hereford. It wit about p.m. The second twister wan seen at 10:45 two miles north and three west of Hereford.

was on "about sec- department Moving thriugfc the Hereford area, It left about .50 of an inch of rain. Lightning was credited with setting off a fire at Sugorland Yards, near Hereford, where 30 tons of hay burned. Five units from the Hereford Volunteer Fire Department were called to the scene about midnight and had the fire under control about a today, Dlaimllt reported .55 of an Inch of moisture and "lots of wind." but no problems from Ibe storm, Tulia received ,150 Inches, and Muleriioc reported one inch In town and possibly heavier amounts in the genera) area. Utility poles reported felled between Muloshoe and Earth, and Deputy Sheriff Era- melt Burrows said U.S. TO between those two communities was, under water in several places.

The highway was pass- able, however. Crop damage la the area had Apt been determined at mid morning Claude reported .10 inch and no received an Inch, along considerable clouds wore still quite heavy there early today. In the Upper Panhandle a cell produced' winds that tore down about a mile of telephone lines along the highway be tvyeen Morse and Gruver, clipping off Hie poles. In that area, Stinnett reported an Inch of rain, but Borger hail only of an Inch. To the cast, (See WEATHER on Page 12) AMARILLO GLOBE-TIMES 4Mb Year, No.

Running Out On Chess Champion Monday, July 3, 1072 Globe Hews PuWIUilnj componv, Inc Tri-State Edition REYKJAVIK. Iceland The world chess champion ship, was threatened with collapse today 24 hours before Bobby Fisiher's deadline to show up or forfeit his match with, Boris Spassky of Russia Fiicher, the A i a chcsS champion, was reported slicking to hh demand for more money. He told the New York Daily News he wouldn't yield. The six man board of the sponsoring Chess Federation was reported unan imousiy opposed to paying Fischer the extra money One board member called Accolade DON MASON For contributions -to the community and his trade which earned hini recognition as the Texas Healtor of the Year for 1972 In conferring thai honor on Mason, an AmaHllo'build- cr and real estate broker, the Texas Association of Realtors cited him for civic and professional work on national, stale and local levels Mason Is vice chairman of the nationwide 'America Belter" campaign of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He is also chairman of.that campaign in Amarillo, which won national recognition' last-year for its service to the city.

Active In number of Realtors groups, Mason, of 3205' has" also 'been a leader in the Ainarillo Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association, (he City Planning and Zoning Commission ami Ihe First Baptist Church. Tip oil Body Wins Prize J. J. Hodges of 3814 NE 7th Is. the first-place winner In the Globe-News papers weekly ncwstip contest.

Kodges, who will bo mailed a $10 check for his tip, was the tlrsl person lo notify the newsroom when the body of a Bell Helic6ptcr employe was found; west of A'mnrlllo' last Friday. His. Up resulted in a front page story, carry- Ing a $5 prize, have been awarded J. W. Green of Chnn- nlng who tilertcd the news, room .16 a fire In the Chan- nlrig fire station a week ago.

Dirrage amounted to destroyed Helder and a'hlackcn- td station and lire trucks, Ray Dohcrty of 2218 Mllam Is the Ihjrd-placc winner for his Up concerning an Amarillo youth seriously Injured In riding accident nt Red River, N.K., Dohtrty will receive a check for for tip. Other newstlppen Included; Fischer's gambil "a blatant' attempt at exUrtion." The board met until the early hours today lawyer, Andrew Davis. A spokesman said there was no progress. A3 the deadline approached, the. board was in 'session agatn to decide whether lo pursue negotiations with Dav Is, a man they saj has no i credentials from Fischer.

Some chess experts who have gathered here from distant parts of Ihe World for what promised to be the match of the century ex pressed a belief lhat Fischer, in, the would sabotage the championship. Among the more optimistic was Larrj' Evans, a former A i a champion who knows Fischer well. -He said, "I'd say there was a 50-50 chance he will come." One Swedish expert left for. home disgust Icelanders then may not believe; Fischer will come, have made no great rush to return the tickets they pur chased for the match. Fischer's 24 game match with the Russian world's champion wa? to haye begun Sunday, and the presidenl of tie world federation, Dr Max "EiHve, announced if Ihc failed to up by noon Tuesday he yrould risk' forfeiting his chance at the title Euuc said his personal opinion was that "Ihere will be no play at an." The Russians reluctantlr accepted Euwe's decision lo delay the match.

Asked what he thought of the situation, Spassky replied: "I came to play." An Icelandic chess player and longtime friend of Fisch- er, Freystrinn Thorbcrbergs- son, (lew to New York and said he would Iry lo persuade Fischer lo meet the Tuesday deadline. Fischer continued lo hide ouL from newsmen in New York but was reported to have stayed imlil' Friday at the home of friends on Long Island Icelandic Airlines bad four flights to Iceland Sunday nigiil but said Fiscjier was on none of them The airline has more flights on Monday night thai would put Fischer In Reykjavik early Tuesday, about .12 hours before Ihe deadline tor him lo start playing in Iceland requested the post ponehienl on (he' grounds that he was unable to play because 'of fatigue. But it wns generally assumed that the was part of Fischer's campaign to get more money out Fischer and Spassky have agreed to split a purse, winner taking five-eights, and are also to on Page I2 THE WEATHER Mostly cloudj and cooler with; a chance for'thunder- storms today through Tues- daj. High today near SO Low tonight middle 50s High Tiies- day middle 70s Wind variable to 16 miles per hour becoming gusts near the thunderstorms. Probability of rain 50 per cent today, 50 per cent tonight and 40 per cent Tuesday The low i A a i Ihis morning iwn's .63.

The higli Sunday was 91. SUNSET TODAY: 9:05 SUNRISE TUESDAY: 0:37 Violent Death Total Climbs By (he Associated Press With July 4 still to come, the violent death loll for the extended holiday weekend is off to a grim headstarl in Texas. The count stood today at 44 fatalities, including 27 in traffic accidents. Tabulaiion of the deaths began at 5 p.m. Friday and will continue until midnight Tuesday.

One of (lie worst auto accidents involved three cars just norlh of Liltlcfield and it claimed four lives Saturday. The dead were Robert K. Walker, 18, and Melissa Ellen Bailey, 1C, bolh of Irving, and Curtis Black 32, and his son Curtis 5, of Lubbock, Officers said two vehicles collided while one was passing a Waiting for the Demos --AP Air tJwshoHs Miami Beach hotels along Collins Avenue where most of the S3 Headquarters hotel is he Hui tdlncblcan I old, which is Ihe curved structure in the middle ground and the long horizontal section immediately above. See story on Page 25. Beef Goes Up For Nixon, Too 1.05 ANGELES (AP)-President Nixon got a first-hand demonstration about a topic on the minds of many Americans Ihe pasl few days: Ihe rising prices ol beef.

The president few. from the iWJJterriWSite'House al Siii 'Cfemenfe' Siitiday for dinner at Chasen's, one of his favorite restau- rank Jiere. When he ordered hobo steak--a large New York i i he frequently chooses there--Ihe waiter told, him Ihe price had gone up the nlgtil before, from $9 lo $9.25, California Votes Go to Court WASHINGTON porlers of Sen. George Me Govern said they would go to U.S. District Court loday, seeking to overturn a Democratic Credentials Commillcc decision thai look away 151 of his national convention delegates.

District Judge George L. Ifart Jr. scheduled a hearing this i on a suit filed by California delegation backers of McGpyern. They argue that llie Creclen- lials Committee acted unconstitutionally last week when 11 set aside California's winner-lakc- all primary election rule and decreed the 271 delegates should be apportioned on the basis of percentages llie popular vote received by each candidate. McGovcrn finished first in the.

June 6 primary. The committee decision could block a McGovcrn iirst ballat nomination at. Ihe convention, which starts In Miami Bc.tcli .1 week from loday. Stephen Rolnhardt, Domocni- lic national commlllecmnn from California and a cocbnir- man of the state delegation, said McGovcrn approved lire legal move. "lie told us lie thinks we arc doing Ibe right Ihinf," Hein- hardl said.

In Los Angeles, California delegates for Sen. Hubert II. Humphrey, who were selected Hie Credentials Commit- lee decision, said Ihey were not concerned about Ihe court suit or a potenlial convention floor i over scaling of their slate. Eugene Wyman, Humphrey's top fund raiser In California, paid that "it's awfully lale for a judge lo gel involved in It." He said Ihc decision would be appealed if the district judge rules in favor of Ihc llcGovcrn backers. Earlier Sunday, in a television Interview, McGovcrn said he had not "the slightest doubt 1 that the full convention would reverse (he Credentials Committee decision.

He snid the convention was going lo be "the most open, the least bossed" in American history, and he said he was convinced lie was going lo be Ihc nominee. I am the nominee or not, if (he process is fair, as 1 fully expect it will be, I will be backing Ibe nominee of the Democratic party." McGovcrn said. McGovern by the stalcmcnl nppcarcd lo back slii! further away from his hint last week (hat lie nn'glil boll (ho parly if the California delegates he lost. (See CALIFORNIA on Pugc 12) Gun Victims Durieel PITTSBURGH, Tex. (AP) Victims of two scpiirale shonling dramas were laid (o rest in this Northeast Texas (own of nearly 4,000 Ihis weekend.

Saturday (urncd out for services at Erman Smith funeral cb.ipel for 63-year-old Dub Curlis, a menially retarded man known throughout the communily.for the (oy pistols he carried since childhood. Curlis was shol dead by a Texas Ranger who mistook him for a man being sought In Ihe dcalh of Ibe town constable. The Rev. C. Keaslcy conducted last riles for Cur- lis, wbo was burled in Macedonia Cemetery, mourned by one hrolher, John Curlis, and slslers, Mrs.

Adlcr Marshall of Pillsbnrg and Mrs. li, W. Smilh of Houston. Twenty-four hours later, on Sunday afternoon, Pittshurg mourned its constable, Dan Tubbs, 40, who was slain wblle investigating a report a man was pointing a rifle al passersby Thursday night, officers arrested lil- ycar-old mini about noon Friday In Tubh's death. The liincr.il for Tubbs took place al Kmamiel llapllsl Clmrch, of which Ihc constable wns a member.

II was coiitluc(cd by Ihe Rev. T. J. Qzbunrn. JJuri.il followed at floschill Cemetery.

Tubbs, who had been constable in Pillsburg for five years, was a native ol Georgetown, anil a World (Jar II veteran. Sun-Ivors are liis widow, Jeanne, one son David Wade of Pillsliurjjh; two daughters, Mrs, Chnrlcs Pelers and Wayne Atltiway, both of Pillsburg; Ills mother, Mrs Mary T. Tubbs of Bcllon; brothers, N. W. Tubbs of Bryan, Archie, Daniel A.

Wayne, nil of Bcllon; Ibrcc sislers, Belly Ann nob- erlson of Temple. Mrs. Mnry Alire Edgar and Mrs. Ella Ralslon, hnlb of Bellon. Don'I Forget Fireworks Sliotv Giving the recent i i displays rome competition, Ibe ISth Annual Globe-News Fireworks Show is set to nff Hie ground about p.m.

Tuesday. Admission In the show in Dick Bivlns Stadium Tri- Slate Fairgrounds Is free. A brief program is to precede' (he mnin show, Today's Chuckle There's one thing lo Ue said for children--tliry never pull mil plclurfs ol (heir grandparents. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Ul'I) --Former President Harry S.

Truman, pale and thin, was hospitalized Sunday with renewed stomach trouble. Dr, Wallace If. Graham. Truman's personal physician since (lie White House days, said the 33rd President was In "salisfaelory condition." A news conference was scheduled for 11 F.D'i' Uxlay. Truman, 88.

was taken by car from his Iwrac In nearby Independence, lo Research llosnilnl in Ktinsiis City. He enlcrcil in a wheelchair. Ills wile, Hess, 87, ne- tlesene Pair Story Koman victims as- in Washington, D.C. Slory nn Pnaje 1 1 if 65 years of morrl- aqe, flic F. K.

Planks of Canyon still look ahead. Mor.v nn I'njji' ttlt former Me knows odds nrc slim but refuses to give up fight: Story nn 11.1 companied him and stayed at bis bedside, "He is doing quite well but a is indicated periodically," Graham said in a statement issued shortly after Triunmi wns admlllcd at 3:05 p.m. a Graham described Ihe aii menl as "a lower gastrointestinal problem related (o his previous admission and to check his status with his con- ditioii wlieii be n-ns hospitalized in 1971. Routine a i a tions arc plflnnptl to include sinclies of (he lower gastrointestinal tract." It was the seventh lime ii was hospitalized since he left Ihc White House in 1933. His last Illnesses --In 1971 and I960--stemmed from stomach disorders, Hospital spokesman John Droves said Truman was "in good spirits ami talked with hospital personnel as lie was laken lo his room in a wheelchair." Truman spent less Ih.in (me hour al Research Hospital Wednesday niter complaining of back pains vesultlns from a f.ill nl his home on Tuesday.

He was released alter X-rays, Trnnians's most serious Illness since Washington came in 1954 when he tmilcrwcl gall Madder surfi- third auto, which then was slruck also. George i i a Ogan told peace officers lie found llie bodies of liis parents and a sister i side by side Saturday in Ihe back yard al their farm home east of Sle- Pnenville. They were George W. Ogan C7; Ills wife Opal, abonl CO, and ilauglilcr Belly Jo, 2T. Texas Hanger George Roach said il apparently was a case of double murder and suicide.

Among Ihe other dead were: Three-year-old Anna Harris of Irving died Sunday night of injuries suffered earlier in the day as two ears collided in fn'ing, Jim Lcc Henderson, 24, was shol and killed at a Brownwood pool hall Sunday night. Officers said the shooting followed an argument in which another man, held witlioul immediale charge, suffered a broken nose. Max Weslerman, 68, of Hollandale, died Sunday as Iwo care crashed on Inlcr- slale 2D in Van Zandt County. A two-car collision in Del Rio killed three persons Sunday. They were Allredo Lopez.

Amaparo Vasqnoz, and Emily Hernandez Lopez, 30, all of Del Rio. Charles W. Kellis. 2. wandered inlo a duck pond and drowned Sunday at a Gladewater park.

David Jinienz, XI, was killed Sunday in a hit-and-run accident on Farm Itoad 151. four miles soulb of Mouldoon in Fayctle Counly. -Martin J. Kenavides, 50, of Odessa died Sunday when his car rolled over Uircc miles east of Odessa on Die Bankhead Highway. Lynn Dale Baker, of Houston was killed south of Longvjciv on U.S.

259 when her car struck a bridge abul- menl. Willie Favors, 70, was killed when he was struck by a car al a Houston slrccl intersection. Milchcll D. Enright, 24, was killed when the car in which he wns a passenger slruck a lixed ohjccl otf Interstate 10 iti Houston. Morris Miller 33, of Houston was killed lale Saturday night when struck by a hil-and-nin driver on a cily street.

An unidentified foreign Rtu- dcnl nl Ibe University of Texas in Austin drowned Saturday evening in the Pedernalcs River while swimming in Hamilton Pool. Christinn Meurer, 5, of Austin drowned Saturday in a (Sec DEATHS un Page 12) Triiinaii Ails cry. He was in crilicnl condition for several days following a severe reaction to antiibo- tics. He was hospitalized Jan. 21.

1971, for 12 days with colitis, infjnnimalion of the large intestine. Cmululates Join Forces i TOKYO I A I Foreign Minister Takco Kiikncl.Vs three op- lnmrnts in Ihc race for prime minister have agreed In up agiiinsl him. The agreement is believed to improve the chances nf Katnei Tanafci, the ininlslcr of international tr.ide and industry, Tnnak.i and the olhcr two randidalcs former Foreign Ministers Masayoshi Ohira and Takco Miki, agreed lhal if no- Iwdy wen on the first ballot Wednesday al the convention of the I.ilicrnl Democratic party, Ihe hlRh man among Ihe three will gel the support of the olhcr two on Hie next ballot. Fukucla and Tanaka are considered Ibe leaders In the race lo succeed Kis.ikti Sato, who is retiring niter nearly eight yc.irs as prime minister. Ntcly.Uwndti i IniuronM.

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