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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1971
Page
1
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin drove the lunar Rover I on a bumpy five mile tour over Hadley Base and Hadley Rille using rear wheel drive after steering loss. They collected rock and soil samples and performed seven experiments despite front wheel issues.
An Austin poll of 64 Texas Democratic leaders finds 57 believe the stock scandal damaged the party. The survey also reports 59 favoring resignation of State Democratic Chairman Elmer Baum after his involvement with a $125,000 profit from National Bankers Life Insurance stock in 1969.
U S Command reports two new attacks inside North Vietnam under self defense. A Navy A6 bombed a SAM battery 92 miles northwest of the DMZ after radar tracked the plane. Artillery hit a rocket launch site in North Vietnam near the DMZ with no casualties. General Minh appears publicly at Saigon dispensary dedication.
House Senate negotiators approve a two year draft bill urging Nixon to negotiate a final withdrawal date but reject the Senate nine month deadline. Antiwar senators plan filibuster to block passage until September. Senator Mansfield weighs whether to bring the bill up before recess. Senate conferees led by John C. Stennis resist the deadline and resolve the draft deadlock.
Funeral services for Dewey Maroney a former Childress resident will be held at 2 p m Monday at Kelso Funeral Home in Wellington Interment will be in Wellington Cemetery Mr Maroney died at Wood Nursing Home in Vernon at 1130 p m Friday after a lengthy illness No other details were known at presstime
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Gladys Matheson aged 62 were conducted at 2 p m Saturday at Newberry Funeral Chapel with Dr J E Shewbert of First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery with pallbearers Troy J B Garland Collins Steve Collins Larry Parrish and Earl Harwell. Burial and death occurred after arrival at Childress General Hospital from natural causes.
Jack L. Ashcraft from the Vernon Social Security Office will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday to accept social security applications.
Tickets for the 22nd Annual Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic go on sale Monday at the Chamber of Commerce and Eubank Park Drug. Reserved seats cost 2.50, general admission 2, children 1. The game is set for 8 p.m. August 14 at Fair Park Stadium.
West Texans urged Congress to create a rural development bank to bring jobs to smaller towns and reduce urban migration. C. G. Scruggs proposed partnership funds with local capital, while Roy B. Davis highlighted Plains area demand for textile mills to process cotton. Lubbock County dominated state cotton output. Dr. John Gradford urged university fiber research support.
The House approved a 250 million dollar loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft Corp after scrapping a broader 2 billion loan plan. The 192 to 189 vote followed a bipartisan compromise and moves to the Senate amid a filibuster and ongoing debate over broader credits.
Three automobiles were burglarized Wednesday night at two motels in town. The sheriff's department reports two cars at the Holiday House Motel were broken into with tape decks tapes and cameras stolen. A third car at the Rawhhouse Motel was also hit.
Jack Ashcraft a Social Security Representative in Vernon is promoted to Field Representative and moved to the San Angelo office. He is familiar to Childress residents for weekly Social Security help and previously worked in Big Spring Texas and Clinton Oklahoma before joining Vernon in 1968. A representative will still visit Childress weekly to serve the area.
United Transportation Union strikes push rail disconnections across the country as 10 lines shut down and 41 percent of the national system idles. Nixon and Congress face exhausted legal options with new legislation needed to halt the walkouts. About 120,000 rail workers are off the job.
George Trent 23 son of Mr and Mrs Ben Trent was taken by Childress Ambulance to Bethania Hospital Wichita Falls after a motorcycle crash in the 600 block of Avenue Fi Ne at 8 30 p m. He struck and killed a bird dog owned by Earl Scarbrough was thrown from the bike and sustained a broken leg and multiple abrasions and is in room 322 at Bethania.
About 25 positions eliminated at Burlington Northern here due to a strike affecting other lines. Freight trains reduced to one daily in each direction. A spokesman said all workers will likely return when the strike ends. operations could be shut if BN and FW and D are struck.
Apollo 15 schedule lists astronauts David Scott James Irwin waking at 3 27 a m aboard Falcon and Alfred Worden at 6 04 a m aboard Endeavour. Scott and Irwin start a seven hour lunar traverse at 6 44 a m to probe the Apennine base collect cores dig a trench gather rock samples and document each find by photo.
President Nixon dedicated the $2 billion Rathbun Dam and Reservoir at Centerville Iowa and urged reviving the countryside through revenue sharing. He cited Iowa's first year general revenue share of over $74 million and framed funds for rural development education transport and law enforcement as key to restoring the farmer’s prosperity.
Hollis Jones of Decatur announces construction of a Dairy Queen at 900 Avenue F NW. Leonard Trosper will build a 40 by 70 foot masonry unit on a 140 by 150 foot lot, with 75 seats and a drive through. About 15 locals will be employed. manager to train at Henrietta location. Jones owns Dairy Queen outlets in Henrietta Olney and Decatur.
Col Sidney Key, former resident and son of Mr and Mrs Jess Key, was aboard the 747 jumbo jet that was damaged during a Friday takeoff attempt in San Francisco. The left landing gear struck an approach light causing the four wheel assembly to retract violently and crash into the passenger compartment. Several persons were seriously injured while Key was not injured.
Funeral services for Paul Pierce 85 a Childress pioneer will be held at 5 p m today in the First United Methodist Church with Dr J E Shewbert officiating burial will be in Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home Pallbearers are John Paul Wright David Pierce Edd Fite Jimmy Williamson and Frank Lightfoot Pierce saddlemaker for many years died at 415 a m Friday in Childress General Hospital He was born July 26 1886 in Lavaca and married Ruby Bush November 25 1909 in
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