Red Cross Chapter Here May Close
The Childress County Chapter of the American Red Cross faces closure due to fundraising shortfalls. At a Tuesday directors meeting, audit results showed orderly finances but unmet quotas, with March funds totaling 2024.61 against 4576.00 needed. leadership changes and program shifts were announced, and Bloodmobile activity reported.
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Childress County
American Red Cross
Glen Stiner
Earl Harwell
Sim Vaughn
Stiner
H. E. Wright
Jack Quisenberry
H. P. Powers
Hagan
Bill Smotherman
Ruth Fite
Clifton Inman
Childress
Levi-Straus Company
Amarillo
Home Nursing
Barbara Waybourn
Dropping Vietnam Candidate Beaten and Arrested in Saigon
An antigovernment candidate Tran Tuan Nham was mauled and detained by police during a Saigon protest as South Vietnam neared week one end. Nham opposed President Thieu and U.S. presence, displaying a poster depicting Nixon with a fanged, mustached face and slogans about world peace and opposing the U.S.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Saigon
National Assembly
South Vietnam
Tran Tuan Nham
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Julie Nixon Eisenhower to leave teaching job for medical reasons
Julie Nixon Eisenhower resigns from her Florida teaching post due to a broken toe and a more serious injury than initially believed, announced by White House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The decision comes with extreme disappointment from Mrs. Nixon.
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San Clemente
Calif
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Florida
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Wilson Confirms Stock Purchase In Bank Probe
Justice Department official Will Wilson confirms he bought 1000 shares of National Bankers Life Insurance for the wife of federal bank examiner Ted Bristol in February 1968 at the request of banker-client Frank W. Sharp. Wilson says he did not know Bristol's job or Sharp's links. The case ties to Sharp's empire-building across financial institutions and SEC actions alleging stock manipulation.
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Peggy Simpson
Washington
Justice Department
Will Wilson
Frank W. Sharp
Houston
Ted Bristol
Sharp
State Bank
Wilson
Bristol
Nationnal Bankers Life Insurance Co
Austin
Tex
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Texas
Henry B. Gonzalez
Dtex
Road Runner Awards To Local Jaycees
Nine Childress Jaycees received the Texas Jaycee Road-Runner Award at a luncheon for travel and participation in Jaycee activities. Awardees: Gerald Holeman Larry Davis Charles Young Nick Christensen Henry Frost Bill Blackburn Jim Vaughn Delbert Wasson Dick Preston.
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Childress Jaycees
Texas Jaycee
Jaycees
Gerald Holeman
Larry Davis
Charles Young
Nick Christensen
Henry Frost
Bill Blackburn
Jim Vaughn
Delbert Wasson
Dick Preston
Amarillo
Blackburn
Holeman
Davis
Christensen
Paducah
Wellington
Bill Dill
Danny Nations
Lancer Homes, Inc
Stock Fraud Case Heads to Court in Texas
The Texas stock fraud case reaches court Monday before federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes after months of depositions and complex prep. The SEC alleges Frank W. Sharp used a get rich quick scheme to influence banking legislation benefiting Sharpstown State Bank. Names such as Gus Mutscher Jr. and Ben Barnes appear among officials tied to the case.
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Godfrey Anderson
Associated Press
Dallas (Ap
Texas
Sarah T. Hughes
Houston
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Frank W. Sharp
Preston Smith
Dallas
SEC
Sharp
Sharpstown State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Co
Hugh
Gus Mutscher Jr
Ben Barnes
Texas Atty
Justice Department
Will Wilson
Mutscher
Rush McGinty
Sonny”’ Schulte
Allen Shivers
Elmer Baum
Austin Osteopath
Bill Heatly
Paducah
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
Louie Welch
Doug Sanders
Jake Jacobsen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Cox
Jesuit Fathers of
NVN Launches High Level of Attacks in Elections Week
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong staged the largest attack surge in three months during the South Vietnam National Assembly election period. Reports cite 38 enemy attacks over 24 hours, including 19 rocket and mortar strikes, with four assaults on U.S. forces. Casualties include 2 Americans and 49 South Vietnamese soldiers killed, 5 Americans and 115 South Vietnamese wounded, and 18 South Vietnamese soldiers missing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
National Assembly
U. S
Jobs Needed for D E Students at Childress High
Distributive education instructor Z. J. Harmon says four female students at Childress High School still need DE jobs. Students may work 15 hours weekly, three hours daily. Employers with openings should contact Mr Harmon at the high school.
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Z. J. Harmon
Childress High School
D.E
Harmon
Directors Of CAP Postpone Meeting To Hear Bob Price
The Community Action Program directors postponed their meeting to allow attendance at a Town Hall with Congressman Bob Price at 7 30 p m in the Junior High Auditorium. Coordinator Rowden Cordell said directors may have questions and others want to hear Price, who faces Graham Purcell in the 13th District race. Price has planned several district meetings this week. Purcell has not announced upcoming area visits.
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Bob Price
Rowden Cordell
Price
13Th
Graham Purcell
CAP
Purcell
Cordell
Congress
Wage Freeze Eases for Most Teachers This Fall
Washington reports a new interpretation of Nixon wage-price controls allows most public school teachers to receive raises this fall. Officials cite equity while unions say the solution remains incomplete. The ruling could affect about 80 percent of the nation 2.1 million teachers with boards determining final contracts.
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Washington
Nixon
Office of Emergency Preparedness
National Education Association
Afl-Cio
American Federation of Teachers
Boards of Education
Cost of Living Council
School Budget For 1971 72 Over 800 000
The Childress Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted a 802 075 budget in a special meeting, the highest in system history, with a 4 154 surplus due to valuations rising from 14 740 453 to 19 085 769 about 25 percent. Earlier a 36 percent increase was requested. Last year’s budget was 792 401.
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Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
School Bus Routes Changed and Staff Changes Noted
A district special meeting approved new circular bus routes with morning picks largest group last and afternoon drops in order. Resignation of Maryann Fowler effective August 31. she was Childress High School speech teacher. Joe Hix II hired as Title I teacher aide. will assist reading program until Seawilla Marshall returns after a heart attack. Board also adopted the amended 1971 1972 budget.
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Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
Maryann Fowler
Fowler
Childress High School
Joe Hix, II
Hix
West Texas State University
Gus Leftwich
Seawilla Marshall
Marshall
Rental Project Planned Here
A rental housing project is planned for Childress aiming for comfortable living at reasonable rates. Chamber of Commerce manager Gene Merrifield says local opinions will determine feasibility, with information voluntary and non binding. Blank forms are available at the Chamber for interested residents to fill out.
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Childress
Gene Merrifield
Chamber of Commerce
Tornadoes Leave Minor Damage Across Texas Coast
A Beaumont Port Arthur tornado cut a tin shed and patio roof, then a ragged line of storms moved from Big Spring to Waco and the Upper Texas Coast. A house roof was damaged as the path stretched across the region.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Big Spring
Waco
Texas
May Force Witness To Testify In Medina Court Martia
A military judge will decide if a government witness who invoked the Fifth Amendment must testify in Capt. Ernest L. Medina's court martial. Fredrick Widmer, once in Medina's command group, testified he shot a wounded Vietnamese boy but invoked immunity concerns. John Smail testified earlier about Medina's proximity to the wounded boy during the incident.
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Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
FT. Mcpherson
Widmer
Gary Myers
John M. Smail
Kent
Wash
My Lai
Medina
Smail
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