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The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • 1

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4 iHicrnld 1 41 So Bi i ft 8 St i If 1 Sales Tax ovation from the members for: year cent levy Dallas received One Hurt One In Jail A I Tom Emerson 4 CALL 542 2611 During May there were new purchases of Series and United States Savings Bonds amounting to 34931 accord ing to County Bond Chairman Andrew Eubanks Jr Sales 4 i if 'X of the Texas Safety Assoc latlon had to say about this safety record which is some where between astonishing and' The topic speech in Kiel Auditorium In St Louis was the "US today and the Sln the future" 1 75235 call When the two officers arri ved they were joined by Miss Morgan and Pug Morrow a witness who used to live in the house now occupied by Miss Morrow One of the fugitives came th rough the front door and leaped off the front porch striking officer Young and knocking him to the ground A He kicked Young and then str fl fl uck Miss Morgan several tim fi fi VOL 74 N0 90 yfM vt tt was being considered (2400 ac ft) was found to be an taad equate source of water after the early IS 90s in the event of a drouth The two mayors feel that with this source of water and modern recreational facilities for local families and vlsl WYLIE Lorene Jane Morgan dispatcher for the Plano Police Department surprised two burglars in her home near Wylie Wednesday night near midnight She had just returned from a washterfa when she notic ed someone in her bouse She called for help and Collin County Deputy Sheriff red Thomas and Wylie Police of ficer Youngansweredthe 'i About sixty five employees attended the sumptuous tanch eon which Mr Leonard and the LIVESTOCK mK PICTURE Ift 1 at Kerrville the high school choral department trophies for the invitational track meet each spring and numerous local health youth and welfare organizations During the year the club purchased 36 pairs of glasses for needy children 7 to supplement their fi Ing Closets" and participated with donations to various other agencies He announced that the 50th birthday will be fittingly observed next October After accepting the reigns of office for a new year ed with a sing song led by presented the past followed pin to Lion Madill 6 i alt rorct carrying inc rrssiatiu ana ms wire rat to San Clamant CaUfM landed at Scott Air orce Base across the Hltataippt River from St Louis at 10:40 ajn CDT Regretfully The Reports contact the bag as they go about their daily routines Commercial ready llled bags can be our chased from live' stock supply houses Horn flies make cattle restless and that means dollars and Cents to the owners in lost weight honoring them on Wednesday af the Town House page 9) 4 (C Photo By red Dickinson) i x'r 4 4 1 Kh Denham guests of James Ste wartJobn Lindsey of Calif ornia guest of Joe Bates Charlyese McGee guest of A McGhee David Griffin guest of Lee Vickers Turrentlne guest of Audio Turrentine Constable Grady Mills guest of Bill Proctor High Low TP 1' Noon Temp ogb Hr Rata Trace air and warm MidTOato 4 Alstyne have reported that acquisition of water rights from the Texas Water Com mission is the next step to ward installation of Site 41 A If events proceed as plan for the first five months tola ned thls multi purpose struc led 34 per cent of the 1970 goal of $420000 New 'purchases of and Savings Bonds and reed om Shares over the nation during May amounted to $385 million while sales for the first five months of 1970 were0 08 per cent be low a year earlier Excha nges of Series for Series Bonds amounting td $101 million were reported for the cent Increase over the $78 imillion exchanged tn 1969 es according to reports from Wylie Police Chief Jim Hud son He was finally subdued and was taken to Collin County Jail by Thomas where he was Identified as 23 year old Ru dolph Garcia Deputies said be tyd been charged with DWI and AWOL in 1967 and tiat be had paid a fine for DWI He is being held to be char ged with aggravated assault assault and battery on a Po lice officer and breaking and entering Chief Hudson said his part net fled the scene on foot? Miss Morgan was treated and released for minor injur ies at Wylie Clinic and Hos pltal Officer Young Was admitted to Wylie Clinic and Hospital for treatment of his injuries which were not believed to' be serious a giO Hint Goverment Takeover Of Rails WASHINGTON UPI Transportation Secretary John AVolpe says the only alternative to a government takeover 'Of the railroads is government backed Ioans remember discussing anything besides nationali zation outside the measure we have sent to Volpe testified Wednesday measure would authorize $750 million In government guaranteed loans to financially ailing railroads ailure to secure a $200 million government loan guar antee pending passfage of the bill was a contributing factor in the bankruptcy of Penn Central the railroad Volpe said He said three or four other railroads" face financial problems slmllar to those of Penn Central and that it is essential for Congress to act immediately to allow the government to boost railroad borrowing power by guarantee tag the tams4 rv lag Burner Gets our Years DALLAS UPI Gary Allen lawyers say they will appeal a four year prison term banded Deeds by a Dallas jury which found him guilty of burning an American flag The jury of six men and six women returned the sentence Wednesday after delibertating for five and a half hours The prosecution had asked for 25 years in prison Defense attorney John Nelms asked the Jury to consider motivew Nelms said the 19 year old North Dallas boy was deeply opposed to involvement in the South east Asian war and since he could not vote he felt he had no other way to express himself Tornado Sucks Baby Out Of Crib A tornado dipped out of the 'hardest rain 1 have seen any where Wednesday night and devastated a trailer court two miles east of Bishop A 9 day old boy was sucked out of his crib and killed by the twister was a driving raint said police patrolman George Gomez saw the trailers strewn everywhere Some were torn into small pieces torn completely A The twister first hit A farm bouse and injured Hal 1Ba6vell ltA theii struck the Golden Acres Trailer Park Ten persons were injured by' fwister'The Ktags vfile Naval Air Station Security orce sent 160 sailors to search through the mud for the child who was at first thought to be washed away by flash floods However a relative said he saw the child being sucked out Of bls crib and the The child was found in a pool of water a dozen yards from his trailer Sunday In the Statfa? in the Notion and in the World 1 As reported by United Press International LeaMd Wire service to the Courier Gazette jA Today is Thursday June 25th the 176th day of 1970 with 189 to follow The moon is in its last quarter The morntag stars are Mercury and Saturn 1 The evening stars are Venus Mars and Jupiter On this day in history: 'h In 1876 Gen George Custer and his force of 208 men were killed by Sioux 'Indians In the Battle of Little Big Horn In Montana In 1942 the US War Department announced the formal establishment of a European theater of operations under: the command of MajGen Dwight Eisenhower' 41 In 1950 North Korean Communists invaded South Korea In 1962 the Supreme Court handed down a decision interpreted as barring prayer in public schools employees Clint Bergman plant manager presided Ed Simons is Saias Manager of the operation The silver plaque was ac cepted by Manager Bergman and several of the employees for the whole croon is just people help tag Mr Leonard told the group eeesaf (Can't page Saving Bond Sales Total $11 $981713 Austin received $951522 and San Antonlde ceived $2077848 Of local interest Mc share was $4294640 for the first quarter which compares with $4291794 for the same period in 1969 This is an increase of $2846 ac cording to City Manager Lee Vickers The last quaret of 1969 end ing Dec 31 was $5383734 The above figures for Me Kinney indicates that the economy has leveled off oras some would say lt has Plano according to Clty Manager Ken Lambert re ported that they received $4106958 for the first quar ter of 1970 ending March 31 They received $3590658 during foe same period of 1969 an Increase of $5163 The last quarter of 1969 ending Dec 31 was $4107353 Comparison At A Glance 1st Quarter of 1970 $4294640 Plano $4106958 1st Quarter of 1969 1 McKinney $429174Q Plano $35 90658 Last Quarter of 1969 "4 $53 83734 1 fine shows that CollinCounty is as we all know itfe Doctors Change Abortion Rule CHICAGO UPI A revision of the American Medical code of ethics which would free physicians to perform abortions in states where the operation is legal has been recommended by an AMA Reference Committee The proposal sent to the policy making House of Delegates Wednesday modified an AMABoard of Trust recommendation that the decision to terminate pre gnancy be left solely to a doctor and his patient AMA policy forbids doctor to perform abortions except for therapeutic reasons despite liberalization of abort ion laws ta a few states The 244 member house today considers the proposal one of a the most controversial before the 119th annual AMA convention' 3 Trying to Get Peace in Near East WASHINGTON upr? Secretary of State William Rogers announced today the United States has submitted a new peace proposal in the Middle East to encourage the Arabs and Israelis stop shooting and start talk under the auspleces of the United Nations Roger told a new conference that the objective of the American plan was encourage the parties to move towards just and lasting peace which takes fully Into account the legitimate aspirations and concerns of all governments and peoples of foe Train Hits Gasoline Truck" at Tyler TYLER Tex UPI A Cotton Belt freight train hit a gasoline truck 'at a railroad street intersection today causing an explosion and fire and a pileup of freight cars our persons were reported taken to hospitals The train hit the truck on the north side of the city 7 Smok billowed high above the burning truck and a witness said freight cars piled In a Texas Cattlemen Sue New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE UPI The court hearing over use of the controversial pesticide toxaphene begins today in Albuquerque' Texas officials have filed suit seeking to'? prevent use of toxaphene by northeastern New Mexlcd ranchers 1 The suit claimed that toxaphene could poison drtaking water in several West Texas communities 1 Stock Market Is Up Today YORK UPI Bargain hunting coming on the heels' of recent sharp losses helped turn the stock market higher today but In light turnover' i' Shortly before noon the UPI market Indicator measur 4 fag all stocks traded showed a gain of 0J9 per cent on 168 issues crossing the tape Of these 544 advanced and 443 declined Nixon Talks to JAYCEES 4 v'? President Nixon en route' to the Western WhlteHouse for a week of work and relaxation stopped in St Louis today to address the annual meeting of the United States Jaycees? 1 1 Ar I Anwwwinrt Min thHheVfoni end Ma wife Yfel jaee uiw mewwt 4e saw wuvj 4 Honors Plant or Gfat Safety Effort By red Dickinson The highly safety conscious employees of the big Dairies plant in McKinney were honored with a luncheon TractnnMingl juw 4 BiuuuiA at the lownHouseRestaunnL' drivers on the numerous dairy products Dairies tendered the' and a half million miles with 1 out a chargeable vehicle truck Jaccident 1 The plant went 428 days without a lost time accident from January 6 1969 until May 25 1970 is a lot of safety fa book for any industry operation and it will rank with the finest fa the United States fa the dairy A la uxiusiry i That is what Leonard 3x of Dallas Corporate Saf ety Director for Dairies and Vice President MAXWELL uneral services tor Maxwell 86 prominent ort Worth oil man who died there will LaM One thing that Is very waL 4 pm riday at Green parent is the demand for Dlaln 1 1 1 wood uneral Homeand ceme TX it AM A1Ia 4 TIZ MI4 1 At Miuo iiiv answer maw iery nis wne is me lormer be that they sell at lowefs Eugenia Hill of McKinney Jprlces 1 The local market here today I for stocker steer calves was very active and $1 higher than other markets we checked I The hassel goes on between I New Mexico and Texas cattle men over the use of pesticide toxaphrene used by the New Mexican cattlemen They now face a legal attack by Texas vA" Beef and dairy cattle can treat themselves' with safe approved insecticides to con trol the troublesome horn flies A self applicator bat' or a complete report on properly stocked with dust' all classes in the local market containing either 3 percent' note the column in this issue clodrin or a one percent Co 1 of the sponsored by the Rai located so the cattle wlir vvuw VUUUL riiAlJUlBU XMQKs 'rom Chicago market 550 cattle contributed to a slow? market steady to $25 lowert' Prime slaughter steers 1200 to 130 at $3L50 Other markets tn this area 1 so far this week shows steady price trend with some classes Princeton Area Struck 'ByS HigWiridsjvx 0 4 Dark clouds and high winds moved into the McKinney area around 7 Thursday and Ii! some varying amounts of rain were reported around the area Collin County Sheriffs de puties reported a wind force which str uck Princeton around 730 It broke lines knocked down trees tore off antennaes kn ocked off shingles andunroo fed a few buildings 1 There were no Injuries and heavy rain was the only re suit of the storm activity ot her than the light wind dam Local Library Offering ilms r' Go to where the action is! and the action is at the Me Kinney Memorial Public Li brary this summer The li special summer pro gram includes various films which have wide appeal in the community The movie this week is really two firns The films are Interviews with Dr Paul Dudley White the famous heart specialist and Pearl who has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize The films will be shown in the Dulaney Room at the Me Kinney Memorial Public Li brary at 7:30 pm on Thurs day June 25th Especially for the entire family Half and both Walt Disney nature films will be shown at the McKinney Memorial Public Library on July 2nd at 3:30 pm sure fowatch for an 'nouncements of fature movies to be shown at foe McKinney Memorial Public Library 1) The livestock market est much as $1 higher butcher abllshed at foe Moore Live cos being from 50 cents Jo stock Commission Cnmnanv I $1 over last week? nn WAHnocHfav wac eiaortv ae 617 head went over foe scales No sheep were offered how ever pairs continued to move with the better ktod at $275 Stocker steers went up to $45 High on hogs $2375 lightweight hogs at $22 and sows at $18 Cattle stocker cows $24 fat cows $2250 canners and cutters $1950 butcher calves $30 Stocker steer calves $45 lightweight calves up to $53 stocker heifers calves $38 heavy bulls $2750 lightweight i bulls $25 dairy type calves (cow With There were not enough sheep or goats to establish a market guest ot Tom Allen Mack McLain was faitiat ed into the club as a new member by Paul Worden Lion annual re port showed membership at' ivities and climaxed the meet 108 with an average attend ance 01 percent past incoming included toe annual Halloween Cope carnival Chili Supper Choral Lion Proctor proved him estival and Track Meet pro self quite an entertainer as ceods from th(e annual he outlined duties of the new yents benefit the Tens Lions officers He challenged each Camp for Crippled Children to serve unselfishly and co operatively in projects which' the club will sponsor and the? noteworthy 1 community ser are noted Officers serving with Lion Cope are Rudy Palmer first Vice nrpsirlpnt Jack rramrif aublon third vice president Pat Simpson secretary Bill Christie Tail Twister Allen Lion Tamer Directors are Bill Tur rentine Clint Baskin James Tarvin and Copeland Al Alford is director for the Crippled Camp meeting open IaIIahjuI fl AvlAUWtKI by the invocation given by received a standing Linn JA Mrk lrnu Guests introduced were Bill his faithful leadership thepast aw Jim Stewart and Kathy By rancis Stogdilr On July 1 the McKinney Lions Club wil 1 begin its'' 50th anniversary year as one of foe leading service organ izations fa the area With the beginning of the new fiscal year is a corps of officers whrt nrnea JnefallAH in IHinCf ceremonies Wednesday by a Grady Pitt guest of Leah fellow Lion County Judge BUI mon Bryant and Carey Cox 9 miacI nf Tnm Anon rocior i The club met in the ellow ship HaUoi irst United Me th' 7 odist Church Bob Madill re OICERS INST ALLED Directing actlvtties of the McKinney Lions Club for the coming year tiring president briefly re hwrtnnfrHr Tiiiv I ar the above eroim of officers who were installed at club luncheon 'viewed the past act nui tiaaIa tneMilintw AtitHnlnfT tholr rftittac npw nfffcprfi for 197D71' i AJAVil WlAS XA WWS woo MiW au enai a IKa Lfotflnnav aIhK fa0 Ifaff ta rfffhf Ta rlr Pra mnfAn hv nroeonHniy second vice president Bob Madill ex officio Rudy Palmer first vice president Cope pto and gavel to the president BUI ChrlsUe taUtwlster and Tom Allen Liontamer Pat Simpson secretary and Lion Jack aublon thlxti vice president were not present (C Photo by Jonnle Newman) A an Als ty Proposes New Reservoir 1 3 li 4 '4 4 $34931 May Mayors BUIPowen of An na and I Gregory of Van 37I7EDV JV Ji ziAujiA 4 wrr'rae 7 7 a suvri a a a a ra a wrjwftwya i nil otsm aw VH 1 a 1 Estoblished March 4'1897' '5 MeKIHNEY TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE 2519707 W9 07 WEATHER TODAY i By Or I LMhi Wtothr Burov coopmtlv Ob Mrver far McKinney Still Up State Comptroller Roberts Calvert released' almost $31 million in 'City Sales Tax pay ments to Texas cities for the first quarter of 1970 ending Mdwnh through the optional Wylie racus Leaves cent levy Dallas received ture will serve as a flood con trol dam furnish adequate surface water for future gen erations of the two cities andprovide needed local recrea tion facilities The lake as presently plan ned wUl be engineered and constructed by the SoU Con servation Service with costs being shared by the SoU Con servation Service and the two cities The lake wiU have appro first i ujon ths a 30 per imately 300 3urfaeeacres of 4i AAomAAftni HiiArlwtnA pcjinauuuv waivx 3297 accumulative acre feet of water A smaller lake that WINNERS Leonard Jr Oeft) of Dallas Corporate Safety Director for CabeU Dairies and Vice 1 President of the Texas Safety Association presents a plant ayiam safety award forsafe driving and accident free days to nm Ma vo: nf CaholPa McKlnnev branch during a luncheon owtvary or omer hnnnrlna them rm Wodnefitav af tha Town House mottn relative to Circula tion CALL M14471 SA 1 NASTY A pickup truck driven by a carpenter was in collision with this semi traUer truck carrying asphalt rock from Bridgeport around 7 ajn Thursday at Highway 121 and 2478 near the Plano City Limits A lone boot leaves mute testimony to the force of the impact Storm clouds are shown in foe background as heavy rain moved into the area Both drivers were taken by McKinney emergency ambulance to CoUta Memorial Hospital where one Is suffering from a broken beck and the other has head injuries TheAccidwit was worked by Sgt Dpnnis Mni)oy of the Piano PoUce Department and State Trooper Jess Reed of the McKinney area branch office of the Texas Highway Patrol (C Photo By Jim Rose) lNY( CAZTT aJHm Xu'1 xl' JHmI jhl iX JBL JHmI JIHB J1 1 iM7 4 i I I Hi 1 771 i 7 flt 1 TV a I "I fl 1 lit i Sr JflWCftrtfcW WWHf 41 1 iWWs VP 1 7 7 'Vo'" WW'1 a a fl 7 47 ir 7 IrfrT 1 1 I A rrri 'fi fi'? 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