Texas Traffic Deaths Drop 8 Percent This Year
CAPSL: Sixty four fewer Texans have died in traffic accidents this year than in 1975. DPS reports 764 traffic deaths since Jan. 1, down 8 percent from 828 a year ago. Fatal accidents fell from 724 to 664, a 8 percent drop. ACAPULCO: The 20th floor of the Hotel Princess, Hughes last HQ, reopened as a tourist draw. Tourists flocked to see the penthouse where he stayed before dying April 5. MINOT: Heavy rainfall over 1.5 inches affects Souris River area.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Acapulco
Mexico
Princess
Howard Hughes
Runoff Election Set for Childress Police Chief Contest
Absentee voting continues in City Managers office from 8 30 a m to 5 p m daily. The City Hall runoff between Wayland Wright and Odis Burrows will be held 8 a m to 7 p m on Friday April 30. Absentee ballots end at 5 p m Monday April 12 in City Hall.
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City Hall
Wayland Wright
Odis Burrows
Childress
Champion Play To Be Presented Here Tuesday
Childress High School presents its District and Area champion One Act drama A Company of Wayward Saints at Childress Junior High auditorium Tuesday night April 20. Final dress rehearsal before regional Arlington contest. Curtain at 8 p.m. General admission fifty cents.
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Childress High School
Wayward Saints
Childress Junior High
Arlington
Childress
Love Services Saturday for Mrs Clara Love 74
Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Irving for Mrs. Clara M. D. Love 74 who died Friday after a weeks long illness. Born August 1, 1891 in Dawson she was married until 1958. Survivors include three sons J. D. and Billy Ray of Irving Morris D. of Winnsboro one daughter Mrs Earl Connor of Irving a sister Mrs Guy Burton two brothers B. L. and A. H. Lankford all of Childress and seven grandchildren.
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Clara
M. D. ) Love
Childress
Colonial Chapel
Irving
Texas
Irving Cemetery
Love
Dawson
J. D
Billy Ray
Morris D
Winnsboro
Unsinkable Ocean Express Capsizes Off Corpus Christi
Seven men escaped a sinking drilling platform capsule after waves up to 25 feet battered the Ocean Express, 50 miles off Corpus Christi. Thirteen crew members drowned when the hatch failed and seawater flooded the life capsule. fourteen others survived aboard a second capsule. The platform, owned by ODESCO of New Orleans and contracted to Marathon Oil, sank in 187 feet of water as two tugs towed it in a storm. Coast Guard rescued supervisor Peter Van De Graaff.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Odesco Company of
New Orleans
Marathon Oil Co
Peter van de Graaff
Coast Guard
Odesco Spokesmen
New
Capsule capsizes in Gulf rescue attempt killing crew
Orleans calls the event a freak accident as a $70,000 capsule used for offshore rescue capsizes in high winds and rough seas. Twenty men inside were strapped to a circular bench when the craft flipped, hatch opened, and some were forced into the sea. Dudley Boudreaux and Terry Jones describe the capsizing and rescue moment as crew scramble to safety after the capsule tilts against a tugboat.
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Orleans
Dudley Boudreaux
Abbeville
Miss
Tornado Hits Crowell as West Texas Storms Lash Region
Tornadoes struck Crowell in Foard County early today causing three houses to be destroyed and other buildings damaged. No injuries reported as power lines fell and the First Baptist Church was unroofed amid widespread hail and heavy rains across West Texas.
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Associated Press
Texas
Crowell
Foard County
Department of Public Safety
Emmett Howard
First Baptist Baptist Church
West Texas
Abilene
Sweetwater
Gulf
Jackie Jones Named Chairman of Childress County Republicans
Mrs. Jackie Jones was elected chairman of the Republican Party for Childress County at a special Friday night meeting. She announced the county primary would be held at Wilson School on May 1 and the Precinct Convention would follow at 7:30 p.m. at Wilson School.
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Robert
Jackie) Jones
Childress County
Heart Group Elects Officers
New Heart Association officers were elected at last week’s meeting led by president Paul Ord who was re elected. Alton Ryan becomes vice president Mrs Perry Morren is secretary and Keith Pitner takes the treasurer post. Directors named are James Driver Sam Miller Jim Moody and Cecil.
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New Heart Association
Paul Ord
Alton Ryan
Perry Morren
Keith Pitner
James Driver
Sam Miller
Jim Moody
Cecil
Turn To Heart
Baltimore Sniper Fires From Rowhouse Kills Officer
In a muggy Baltimore evening sniper fire from a West Lombard Street rowhouse wounded five others and a civilian before 19 year old John E. Williams surrendered. He faces homicide and assault charges as neighbors describe a quiet, untroubled youth amid the shootout and citywide fear.
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Baltimore
John E. Williams
Williams
West Lombard Street
Bobby Pelham
Virginia Ramey
Pelham
Happy Birthday U S A Bicentennial Celebration in Childress
A community Bicentennial event titled Happy Birthday U S A is set for Monday July 5 in Fair Park Stadium Childress with activities at 9 a m and a large fireworks finale at 10 p m. Attendance is expected at 2000 to 5000 from Childress and nearby areas featuring games displays antiques a museum opening and a food vendors while park access is restricted and arrangements include maps first aid and transportation for those in need.
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U.S.A
Childress
Fair Park
Glen Stiner
Childress Chamber of Commerce
Stiner
Mike Schweikhard
Chamber
Hazel O'Donnell
Schweikhard
Fair Park Stadium
Israel faces rising tensions as Arab unrest grows in territories
AP reports Israel grapples with mounting hostility from Arabs in the West Bank and inside Israel. Rabin pledges full integration of Israeli Arabs after clashes in Sakhnin and other Galilee towns amid land seizures and protests against occupation.
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David Lancashire
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
Middle East
West Jordan
West Bank
Jordan
Galilee
Sakhnin Arraba
Deir Hanna
West
Jenin Bir Zeit
Ramallah
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sakhnin
Rabin
Social Security Fund: Texas and Childress County Stakes
Department of Health Education and Welfare reports the Social Security trust fund holds about 44 billion dollars but will drop to around 59.14 billion this year as outgo exceeds receipts. Texas residents are estimated to hold 2.26 billion with Childress County at 1.13 million amid recession and 8 million unemployed reducing contributions.
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New York
Childress County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
State of Texas
Funeral set for Allen Milton Sims in Childress
Allen Milton Sims 79 died suddenly at his home from an apparent heart attack. Services held at First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include wife Liddie, three sons, two brothers, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Allen Milton
Bill) Sims
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Ronnie, Vance
David Sims
David Grimes
Jim Decker
Joe Bill Hardison
Sims
Ripley
Miss
Liddie Immel
Tulsa
Railroad
Childress
Amarillo
Dixie Cafe
Liddie
Otho
Billy E
Vernon
Milton
Petersburg
Tex
Claude
Jean, Tex
J. J
Patty Hearst Faces Easter Weekend in Hospital
Patricia Hearst remains in a San Francisco hospital for medical tests over the Easter weekend. Doctors report removal of an air tube from her chest but express concern about her overall health and possible liver issues. Her right lung had collapsed earlier in the week.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Patty Page
Childress County Singers Meet at Faith Missionary
The Childress County Singers will meet at 2 p.m. today at Faith Missionary Baptist Church located at 209 J. Sc. All are invited to attend.
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Childress County
Faith Missionary Baptist Church
J. Sc
Absentee Votes Tallied in Democratic and Republican Primaries
The County Clerk reports ten absentee ballots in the Democratic Primary and two in the Republican Primary through Friday. The election is scheduled for May 1.
Summer Reading Program Opens for Young Students
The annual Summer Reading Program for lower elementary grades begins June 1 and ends July 30 under Librarian Mrs. Cecil Mills. Certificates of accomplished reading will be awarded by the Library early in August.
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Cecil Mills
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Souris
Love Services
BY Gary Garrison
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Holmes Construction Co
Eddie Albrecht
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Greenbelt
Albrecht
Clarendon
Terry Jones
Springhill
FAA
Jackie Jones
Republicans
Heart Group
By Jim Wannamaker
James Brennen
Jimmy Halcomb
Happy Birthday
Mrs. O'Donnell
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Golan Heights
Syria
Hussein
Lebanon
Yitzhak Rabin
Lebaanon
Patty
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