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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1972
Page
8
In a July speech Thompson claimed radio reports show Jane Fonda urged U.S. personnel to desert and aid the enemy. He pressed the attorney general to file treason charges if true, while Fonda denied making the accusations during a Paris interview.
The list records multiple individuals with days of the week attached including Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday events. It notes transfers to Turner's Nursing Home for Effie Terrell and dismissals with Shelby Wilson and Bill Heckathorn among others.
Locals report visits to relatives across states with extended family trips. Gene Merrifield's nephew visit is noted by Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Reamer from Mannington Ww. Amarillo relatives return from El Paso Cloudcroft and Ruidoso New Mexico with Jim and Sherma Wade visitors. Frank Lightfoot remains in good condition after Bethania Hospital surgery and may come home this weekend.
Keith Wayne Mills, son of Mr and Mrs N C Mills, is named an honor student in the College of Engineering at the University of Texas for the spring semester, announced by Dean Earnest F Gloyna.
West Team Coach Richard Harvey said it will be one whale of a game at the Greenbelt Bowl. Greenbelt Bowl East Coach James Cameron praised the event and spoke of his honor to participate in the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic. Don Johnston arranged the program with Dr. Bob Jones introducing it.
The council approved a federal subsidy option allowing 20 percent of 50 apartments to be rented under the FHA program, with 10 units eligible. Harwell will contact the FHA to continue loan processing while a retirement-report ordinance receives its first reading. The meeting also covered leasing hunting rights on 3,000 city acres near Childress and Baylor Lakes amid competing bids.
Coaches players and trainers of the Greenbelt Bowl attended the Jaycees meeting. Dr. Bob Jones and Bill Wood, cochairman of the game, were also guests. Randy Barber won Jaycee of the Quarter and Gerald Holeman Jaycee of the Month.
Council weighs renegotiating Keel’s contract for five more years while awaiting Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations. The panel advised buying two school signs on Highway 287 and approved a subdivision plat for Mashburn on Avenue L. An irrigation waiver at Lake Scott was declined and two items were returned for action.
The United States debut of pianist Rudolf Firkusny turns 35 as he plans a 1972 3 season with coast to coast recitals Good festival appearances include Hollywood Bowl Blossom Ravinia and Saratoga He has toured 25 times in Europe 10 in South America 12 in Mexico two in Australia and three in Israel
A weather system drenched parts of Texas with heavy rains up to 2.82 inches in Dallas and 1.48 inches at Del Rio while gusty winds toppled power lines. No injuries were reported as storms caused brief road closures and widespread cloud cover, with cooler temperatures across the state after the warm spell.
Sailors and wives discuss Adm Zumwalt's plan to integrate women aboard warships. Some praise the move and doubt seasickness, while others fear morale and practicality aboard long deployments. A 1971 test on the carrier Constellation is cited as context.
Wives and children of Constellation crew tour the ship amid an extensive Bremerton overhaul. The group notes cramped facilities, long climbs, and limited general quarters drills as Adm. Zumwalt discusses whether Navy women will serve on warships under the equal rights amendment being considered by states.
Directors of Rolling Plains Production Credit Association join fellow PCA leaders from the Panhandle and West Texas for a Director-Manager Conference in Lubbock on Friday August 11. PCA president J R Gleaton notes FI C Bank of Houston funds loans for 33 PCAs and policies to be reviewed. Rolling Plains PCA had 18.7 million dollars in loans outstanding as of July 31 1972 and lends in Briscoe Childress Collingsworth Cottle Dickens Donley Foard Hall Hardeman Haskell Jones Kent King Knox Motley Shackelford and Stonewall counties.
Ford will not return President Nixon’s five ton armored Lincoln Continental until design features are adjusted. The Mercury Division spokesman said the car’s issues are not mechanical and the Secret Service wants changes before delivery. The limo, leased to the government for about $5 000 yearly, features retractable running boards and a complex communications system.
A bill makes handguns a federal crime for police and prison guards on duty and adds penalties for carrying or using a firearm in a felony. The Senate rejected an attempt to let dealers sell existing handgun stocks, while a Ted Stevens plan would allow sales of handguns meeting criteria if deemed suitable for self protection.
The Senate approved a bill authorizing reimbursements to Texas horse owners for vaccinating against Venezuelan encephalomyelitis last year. Eligible injections were between June 25 and July 15, 1971, with a reimbursement rate of four dollars per vaccination, and the measure moves to the House for approval.
Elsham and Associates of Christchurch will manufacture an acoustic fish lure for commercial and big game fisheries. Developed by Don York, the six pound device underwent initial trials last April in the Bay of Plenty. An aerial spotter located tuna feeding near anchovy pockets as a boat polled the fish with live bait. the lure drew the fish within range when activated and pushed them away when switched off.
Bombs and gunfire rocked Armagh amid Catholic protests over internment without trial. Two bombs damaged central areas, 15 shots fired at troops, one bullet lodged in a soldier's flak jacket. No casualties reported in Belfast AP wire.
The October 10 1911 uprising ends the long Manchu monarchy and establishes Asia's first republic, concluding a 4000 year imperial era in China.
Seattle AP Kurt Russell, 21, combines baseball in the Northwest League with acting. He aims for the Hall of Fame in baseball, not Oscars, and hopes to reach the majors after stints with Hawaii and Walla Walla. He idolizes Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris and values earning money through both paths.
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