Ford expects further price hikes even if current rise approved
Ford Motor Co. said it will seek additional price increases later even if the proposed 1974 model auto price rise is approved. Kenneth Merrill, Ford comptroller, told the Cost of Living Council that relief requests will follow. Ford joined GM Chrysler and American Motors at a public hearing on auto price plans. Stock prices edged up in thin trading amid the hearing.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
Kenneth C. Merrill
Ford
Cost of Living Council
U.S
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
C of C Ballots Mailed Today
Ballots for six new Chamber of Commerce Board members were mailed by Kenneth Peitz the president. Twelve candidates are named and members must vote for six to replace those leaving at Sept 30. Ballots due by Sept 4. Election meeting set Sept 12 to select officers.
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Chamber of Commerce Board
Kenneth Peitz
Chamber
Bill Bennett
Don Ray Crook
Fred Folk
Don McFarland
Charles Meisner
Gale Moran
Robert Proctor
John Robinson
Mitchell Rule
Ross Smith
Lowell Wakefield
Jim Weatherington
Lyndell Rogers
Howard Cook
Bert Hargrave
Gene Blackwell
Gerald Holeman
Chester Sinclair
Russell Jones
Bomb scare shuts off House of Commons amid London alert
Police sealed the House of Commons after a suspected cigarette pack bomb was found. IRA bombs trigger widespread alarms as 360 calls pour in for suspicious packages and tunings warn of more bombs. Heath heads to Northern Ireland as security tightens in London Belfast and overseas missions.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Northern Ireland
Commons
Paris
Washington
Foreign Office
Edward Heath
Royal Air Force Base
Belfast
William Whitelaw
Supt
Roy Habershon
Two Injured In Head-on Collision Near Childress
A head on crash on U.S. 287 about 15 miles east of Childress at 8 15 a m left one person critically injured and another with cuts and bruises. David P Davis 20 of Cortez Colorado was taken to St Anthony s Hospital Amarillo. Ronald Fox of Arlington was treated at Childress General Hospital with non serious injuries. Police said Fox drove into the wrong lane while traveling west on a two lane stretch.
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Childress
U.S. 287
Department of Public Safety
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
David P. Davis
Cortez
Colo
Childress General Hospital
Ronald Fox
Arlington
Fox
Rites Held for Mother of Local Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. R. A. Woods 95 of Lubbock, mother of Mrs. Deane Dodge of Childress, were held at 4 p.m. Monday in Lubbock. Mrs. Woods died Saturday night in Lubbock. Survivors include four daughters two sons and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. No other details available.
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R. A. Woods
Lubbock
Deane Dodge
Childress
Death at stock farm likely accidental calf incident
Dane Curtis Kennedy 68 was found dead in a cattle pen at his stock farm 12 miles northeast of Childress. Autopsy from Amarillo awaited. Justice of the Peace ruled the death accidental. Neighbor George Weatherbee found him after hearing a calf, with bruises suggesting a kick. Funeral services set for Thursday at Newberry Funeral Chapel.
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Dane Curtis Kennedy
Childress
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
J. Paul Goodson
Kennedy
George Weatherbee
Newberry Funeral
Jack Collier
Parkview Baptist Church
Dan Collum
Faith Mission Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Weatherbee
Kennedy Place
Kennedy Home
Public Favors Court Handling of Watergate, Harris Poll Finds
New York AP reports that 62 percent of those surveyed agree with President Nixon that the Watergate affair should be turned over to the courts while 32 percent disagree. The poll results were released Monday and noted the nation’s debate on handling the case.
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New York
Nixon
Harris
Schools Adopt Balanced Budget
Childress Independent School District trustees approved the final 1972 73 budget showing a surplus and adopted a preliminary 1973 74 budget with a surplus. The board changed policy concerning married and pregnant students and did not include girls basketball in the 1973 74 plan.
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Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
Jack Martin
Transportation Department
Claude Andrews
Martin
E. L. Kindle
Nixon reveals partnership in San Clemente property deal
President Nixon disclosed that close confidants C G Rebozo and Robert H Abplanalp were secret partners in a firm that bought most of his San Clemente estate in 1970. An audit found the Nixons financed the purchase largely with personal funds banks loans and Abplanalp loans. The partners’ holdings were not public until now and the source of financing was questioned.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
C. G
Bebe’’ Rebozo
Robert H. Abplanalo
San Clemente
White House
Abplanalp
New York
Coopers & Lybrand
B. & C. Investment Co
Los Angeles
Rebozo
Title Insurance & Trust Co
Abplanalo
Friends
Miles Services Held Today In Hereford
Funeral services for E. B. Slick Miles 81 were set for 1 p.m. at Gilisland-Watson Rose Chapel Hereford with Rev. H. V. Fields officiating and burial in West Park Cemetery Hereford. Miles collapsed at the Hereford Diamond Jubilee parade and died at Deaf Smith General Hospital. He moved from Alabama to Texas in 1894 and to Hereford in 1925. Surviving are his wife five sons a brother four sisters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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E. B. (Slick) Miles
L. L. Baker
Childress
Hereford
H. V. Fields
Lubbock
West Park
Miles
Deaf Smith General Hospital
Trickstone
Ala
Flossie L. Ivy
Collin County
Alabama
Texas
Baker
Maj
I. F. Miles
Montgomery
Wallace
Burkburnet
Eugene
Santa Ana
Calif
James
Huntington Beach
Francis
Norwood
Claud
F. A. Payne
Lockney
Lois Bowen
Dallas
C. W. Woodson
Greenville
Edd Kensale
Chillicothe
Norris Implement Burglarized in Quiet Break-In
Six chain saws eight tires cash from the pop box and several small items were stolen from Norris Implement. Police found footprints tire tracks and fingerprints. Entrance was gained by sealing a gas pipe and entering through an open window. No arrests have been made and investigators follow several leads.
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Norris
Jim Ross
Wayland Wright
Stocker Cattle Meeting Set for September 6 in Childress
Economics and health will be emphasized at a stocker cattle meeting on September 6 in the Courthouse Assembly Room Childress starting at 8 p.m. Ronny McNutt of the County Extension Office announced the program featuring Norman Brints and Dr. Dennis White. A separate obituary notes 54 year old Marcella MecMillion of Henrietta died in a highway crash east of Jolly on U.S. 287 Monday morning. she was a niece of Mrs. C J Lyons of Childress.
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Childress
Ronny McNutt
Norman Brints
Vernon
Dennis White
White
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Marcella MecMillion
Henrietta
Jolly
U.S. 287
C. J. Lyons
Divorce Granted to Patsy Smothermen in District Court
Patsy Smothermen was granted a divorce from Don Smothermen in District Court yesterday. The ruling confirms the end of their marriage and clears the way for final settlement arrangements.
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Patsy Smothermen
Don Smothermen
Vernon Social Security rep to meet at Childress Courthouse
Carl Beisner from the Vernon Social Security office will address residents at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. Tuesday September 4. The session was rescheduled due to Labor Day on September 3.
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Carl Beisner
Vernon
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C of C
Alli
By Fred Coleman
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
W. E. Helms Jr
Johnie Rucker
Roy Key
Lois Stiner
Colc
Frances Lewine
Gerald L. Warren
Childress Church of Christ
Greenbelt Industries of Childress
Thaten Brothers Construction
Church of Christ
Second Street
Stocker
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