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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1971
Page
1
The Commerce Department authorized 162 million dollars in foundry equipment licenses related to Mack Trucks plans to build a fusion plant along the Kama River near Moscow. The move signals possible record level U S Soviet trade despite other policy tensions.
Mobs in Londonderry's Bogside pelted soldiers near barricades as troops used gas canisters to disperse crowds. Sniper fire intermittently hit forces in Belfast, wounding two soldiers in the Lower Falls at midday. The Protestant government rounded up over 300 suspected terrorists and Prime Minister Faulkner invoked emergency powers.
British raids on the outlawed Irish Republican Army provoke a swift wave of rioting, shooting and looting. Death tolls are unconfirmed with reports of up to 20 killed in Belfast Londonderry Newry and other towns as fire and explosions devastate homes and factories.
Directors of the Childress County Old Settlers Association announced a rodeo with horses for October 8 and 9. President W W E Helms Jr said details are pending but the event will be held. The July rodeo was disrupted by the VEE scare limiting horses used.
AP reports five color photos from Hadley Base show astronauts David Scott and James Irwin with the lunar lander Falcon and the moon buggy on the gray lunar plain. The images include the flag salute, footprints, and Apennine Mountains in the background along with the Endeavour in orbit.
The City Council approved the second phase of the Master Plan for Childress at a meeting. In other business the council leased the land housing the UDC building at Fair Park for twenty years. Mrs. L. L. Baker told the council the UDC would repair the building at its own expense.
Texas House Speaker Gus Mutscher appeared before a federal grand jury twice and was to testify again amid a probe into the Sharpstown stock and bank collapse. Other officials named include Dr. Elmer Baum and Rep. W S Heatly with aides Rush McGinty and F S Schulte. Gov. Preston Smith also profited from National Bankers Life stock bought with Sharpstown Bank loans.
Brice Blanchard Brown pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and faces a $142 fine plus jail three days. Raul L. Villareal pleaded guilty to DWI with a $142 fine and three days in jail. Mrs. Jack Albright admitted swindling by worthless check and received $62 fine plus one day in jail. Oliver Perry Milam Jr of Amarillo pled guilty to DWI with $142 fine and 15 days in jail plus six months probation.
Rains relieve drought in Childress County boosting cotton and row crops and pastures though drought persists. Reported totals include 6 inches in Newlin and Estelline Sunday night and 2.25 inches at West Ranch. Local measurements from Community Center and residents range 1.3 to 2.2 inches with scattered moisture elsewhere. FAA field recorded .76 inch.
Funeral services for R O Sisk Sr 69 of Amarillo will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in Amarillo under N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors He died Monday at his home 701 S Tennessee Amarillo He was a 23 year resident and a retired builder He was a Oklahoma native and a Methodist Church member Survivors include his wife Carl Holtman son of Mr and Mrs Rayford Holtman of Childress and a Southeastern State College sophomore in Durant Okla chosen to represent his college at the National Conference for Fellowship of Christian Athletes Aug 15 20 Estes Park Colo The conference will be directed by noted athletes this summer Carl has worked for the Texas Highway Department.
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin announced a $10 million expansion of cotton research and promotion. Funds combine with about $10 million raised by a $1 per bale grower contribution, doubling annual support. Projects run under agreements with the Cotton Board and Cotton Inc.
The Lions Club hosted the 22nd annual Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic at noon with Howard Cook introducing Harold Kitchens president of the Greenbelt Bowl. Kitchens introduced coaches Lloyd Taylor of Tarleton State College and James Cameron of Howard Payne.
Twenty nine units have been used at Childress General Hospital since April 30 and must be replaced. The Red River Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Childress Thursday from 1 to 5 30 p m at Fair Park Auditorium. Donors urged to give one pint during the visit.
Childress County Commissioners consider an all weather road from the airport north to U.S. Highway 287 due to Farm to Market funding limits. County Judge Harper Knight cites a costly right of way and utility relocations totaling far more than $17,500 with gas and water line adjustments.
The Childress Independent School District board reviewed and adopted the state's new immunization law for school children. They also approved a bus route policy to maximize riders and minimize trip times, with letters to parents clarifying the law.
Secretary of State Martin Dies Jr. announced a new interpretation allowing 18 to 20 year olds to register before March 1, 1972, enabling participation in local elections for the remainder of the year. Previously 19 and 20 year olds were barred, prompting potential litigation.
Clarence Otis Smith, 43, of Childress, charged in the stabbing deaths of Donna Fitzhugh and John Simmons at a Dog Bar campsite in Nevada County California, remains jailed in Brownsville with 70000 bond. Extradition fight decision pending as FBI involvement unfolds.
Woody Van Dyke, KVII-TV Amarillo sportscaster, will provide play by play for the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic this Saturday night. The 34 year old announcer has a career spanning Kilgore KCEN-Waco WFAA Dallas WWL New Orleans and Amarillo with four children.
Greenbelt organizers seek boats for the Queen's Parade at 4 p.m. Saturday and call for volunteers to supply boats for queens. People may contact the Chamber of Commerce or Eddie Leary and Mrs. Sam Carmack after 5 p.m. Cakes and sandwiches are requested for a picnic for players queens and their parents. Lois Stiner is asked to arrange catering.
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