Texas Employers Face 19.5 Percent Workmen Insurance Rise
Texas employers would see an average 19.5 percent increase in workers compensation insurance rates under a staff proposal to the State Insurance Board. Some rates may rise or fall with the final date set between Sept. 1 and Sept. 15, delayed by Phase 4 anti inflation rules. San Francisco marks 100 years of its cable car system with an 11 day celebration featuring daily parades and birthday events.
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Austin
Texas
State Insurance Board
San Francisco
National Exposure For 4 Winds Project In Rural Development
Four Winds project gains national interest as a model for rural development. The story, part of a four‑county effort, will be showcased at the National Rural Development Leaders School in Lincoln Nebraska August 5 11 1973. Over 500 applications were received from 46 states with 120 leaders chosen. Ernie Larmer of Larmer & Associates will present the Four Winds narrative at the school. He has previously spoken at financing area development seminars in Austin and Hartford.
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Texas Industrial Commission
Four Winds Industrial Foundation
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Center For Continuing Education
Lincoln
Nebraska
Agriculture Department
America
Ernie Larmer
Larmer & Associates of
Fort Worth
Larmer
Skylab 2 Mission May Be Cut Short Over Propulsion Issue
Mission Control weighed shortening Skylab 2 on day six of 59 as a propulsion problem on the command ship prompted options. Astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma remain safe with no current danger while crews study whether to return soon or await repairs. The plan includes possible early reentry in the Hawaiian region or waiting to resolve the oxidizer issue, with Saturn 1B readiness considered for Skylab 3 as a rescue mission.
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Orbiting Lab
Hawaiian
Lunney
Earth
Space Center
Local Resident Named Executive Vice President of Jaycees
Mrs Bill Blackburn area IA vice president of the Texas Jaycee Ettes was appointed Executive Vice President by Mrs Billie Tustison during the Summer Board session in Victoria The event included the Five Outstanding Young Texans Banquet and a plan to admit 18 year olds for full membership The group approved all programs for the coming year and set Scrapbook judging for Lake Jackson next year State chairmen were appointed and a new scrapbook manual adopted Blackburn led clinics on scrapbook revisions over the weekend
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Bill Blackburn
Area IA
Texas Jaycee-Ettes
Billie Tustison
Victoria
Blackburn
Texas Jaycees
Jaycees
Jaycee-Ettes
Lake Jackson
Heat Persisting Across Texas With Cooler North
Steamy heat enveloped southern Texas while northern areas saw drier conditions and a cooler trend. A weak cool front lingered near the Upper Texas Coast bringing moisture and a few thundershowers in the Panhandle Plains. Early lows reached 57 at Dalhart and 79 at Corpus Christi with Wednesday highs around 100 in Alice and 101 in Kingsville.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle Plains
Corpus Christi
Alice
McAllen
Dalhart
Panhandle
Kingsville
South Texas
West Texas
Honolulu Stirred About Jap Remark
Honolulu leaders reacted to attorney John J. Wilson calling Senator Daniel K. Inouye a little Jap during Watergate hearings. Hawaii officials urged apologies and condemned the racial slur as a disgraceful remark affecting 36.7 percent of the population with Japanese ancestry.
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Bob Barr
Associated Press
Honolulu
James Brown
The
Hawaii Hochi
Hawaii
John J. Wilson
Washington
Daniel K. Inouye
Wilson
Islands
United States
GOP
Canla Coray
White House
H. R
Haldeman
John OD. Ehrlichman
Frank F. Fasi
Fasi
Oldest Bawdy House Faces Closure in Texas
Sheriff T J Flourney plans talks with Atty Gen John Hill and Gov Dolph Briscoe to reverse the governor’s move to shut Ednas Fashionable Ranch Boarding House, a bordello operating in La Grange since 1844. The historic establishment has drawn federal and state scrutiny amid prostitution laws.
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LA Grange
Tex
T. J. Flourney
John Hill
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Texas
Flourney
Edna
Butz Hints at Possible Beef Price Freeze End
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz told about 50 meat industry representatives in Washington that he would consider ending the beef price freeze before Sept 12 but stressed the decision is not his to make. President Kennedy aides and economists expect the Sept 12 cutoff to stand amid reports of shortages and planned plant closures.
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Associated Press
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
New York City
Swift & Company
Chicago
Helms Denies CIA Involvement In Watergate
Former CIA Director Richard Helms told the Senate Watergate committee that Cuban American Eugenio Martinez was on a 100 dollar monthly retainer at the time of the break in but urged no agency involvement. He said Martinez lived in Florida and was kept on a loose arrangement to report on Cubans who might have information for the agency and that Martinez was dropped from the retainer once his burglary role became known.
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Labor Department
Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate
Watergate Committee Today
Florida
Ubans
Helms
Martinez
James Driver Named for Honor in Outstanding Young Men
Edinburg Texas resident James Curtis Driver has been selected for listing in the 1973 Outstanding Young Men of America. He is the son of Dale and unnamed mother, a Childress High School and West Texas State University graduate, employed by Southwestern Bell in Edinburg, and nominated by the Edinburg Chamber of Commerce. He is married to Althea Gayle Allison of Childress.
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James Curtis
Edinburg
Tex
Driver
Dale Driver
Kirkland
Young Driver
Childress High School
West Texas State University
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Rainfall Remains Above Average in Childress
Official records from Childress Air Field show July rainfall at 2.44 inches, bringing yearly total to 16.31 inches. The annual average is about 21 inches. previous months’ totals are listed as January 1.31, February 0.62, March 4.54, April 3.05, May 1.27, and June 3.08 inches.
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Childress
FAA
Kelley Rites Held Here for David W. Kelley
Funeral services were held for 83 year old David W. Kelley at Newberry Chapel with ministers Doug Morton and J R Chism officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Ann Casey and six grandchildren.
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David W. Kelley
Newberry Chapel
Doug Morton
Central Christian Church
J. R. Chism
Church of Christ
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Kent Rasberry
Jim Parker
George Weatherbee
Bill Rothwell
Howard Andrews
Robert Custer
Lodge 695
Kelley
Veterans Hospital
Amarillo
Nacogdoches
Tex
Childress
Fort Worth
Denver
Mary Ann Casey
Masonic Lodge
American Legion Post
Billie Weatherbee
S. C. Kelly
Burbank
Calif
Velma Sitter
Arleta
David W. Jr
Simivalley
May Rudd
Ima Jean Alexander
Davis, Okla
Cherri Rapp Named to U S All College Team
Former All America guard Cherri Rapp, of Wayland College Queens, is chosen for the U S All College Team for a World Wide tournament in Moscow August 15 to 25. The Texan standout was the sole Texas selection, joining three peers Janice Beach of Oklahoma Brend Moeller of Iowa on the roster.
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Cherri Rapp
U.S
Moscow
Boston
Miss Rapp
Queens
Wayland College
Plainview
Texas University
Janice Beach
Oklahoma
Brend Moeller
Iowa
J.B. Rapp
Specialist To Be Here August 9
Texas Agricultural Extension Service Recreation Specialist Frank Barksdale will visit Childress on August 9 at 7 p.m. in Fair Park Auditorium for a meeting with 4-H leaders parents and 4 H'ers to discuss building a better county recreation program. County Agent Ronny McNutt notes recreation is a big part of 4 H activities.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Frank Barksdale
Childress
Ronny McNutt
Fair Park
McNutt
Truck overturns near U S highways in morning incident
A truck loaded with cottonseed and hulls overturned when turning from U S 287 onto U S 83 north, crossing the median. The trailer remained upright and damage was extensive with no injuries reported. The crash occurred at 11 40 a m today.
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U.S. 83
U.S. 287
Fourth Annual Quanah Rodeo at Pioneer Days Visits Childress
A caravan advertising the Fourth Annual Quanah Rodeo and Pioneer Days arrived in Childress yesterday, promoting events set for August 9 through 11. The tour emphasized local entertainment and community celebrations.
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Quanah
Childress
Grass fire at Bungalow Courts causes no damage
Fire Department reports no damage from a grass fire at the Bungalow Courts at 7 25 p m Wednesday.
Divorce Granted in Wyvone Nail v Clayton Nail case
District Court granted a divorce in Wyvone Nail versus Clayton Nail. The former name of Hughes was restored. Richard Lawhorn of the Vernon Social Security office will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday August 6 to accept social security applications.
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Vernon
Londa Cameron
Julia Leonard
Bread
Ronda Cameron
Wyvone Nail
Clayton Nail
Hughes
Richard Lawhorn
Vernon Social Security Office
Childress
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