West Texas Utilities makes manager transfers in 1971
Howard Cook, longtime Vernon and Gilliland area manager for West Texas Utilities, is transferred to Munday as local manager. Paul Hawkins, Vernon serviceman since 1962 and appliance service supervisor since 1968, is reassigned to Childress as local manager. Public notice by A D Green notes Cook’s 1943 farm roots and Gilliland origins.
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Howard Cook
West Texas Utilities Company
Childress
Munday
Paul Hawkins
Vernon
Cook
WTA
Vernon Service Department
A. D. Green
Panhandle
Gilliland
Texas
High Grain Prices Should Spur 1974 Planting Levels
Government officials express optimism that elevated grain prices will lift planting next year. The Agriculture Department outlines a 1974 feed grains program with a target price aimed at 6 percent more corn sorghum and barley than this year, and an 89 million acre allotment guiding harvests and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Department
Congress
Wallace Named to Texas Railroad Commission
Mack Wallace of Governor Briscoe's staff was chosen to succeed Byron Tunnell on the Texas Railroad Commission, effective Sept. 15. Wallace, 43, heads the Governor's Criminal Justice Council and previously served Briscoe as legal counsel. He will serve the remainder of Tunnell's term and must run in November 1974.
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Athens
Wallace
Henderson County Junior College
Baylor University School of Law
Henderson County
3Rd Judicial District of Texas
Briscoe
Tunnell
Jaycee Rest Stop Opens Friday for Labor Day Weekend
The Childress Jaycees open their Texas Jaycee Holiday Rest Stop at 6 p.m. Friday August 31 and operate through midnight September 3 offering free coffee drinks cookies maps and other conveniences. About 1200 travelers are expected. Rest Stop chairman Bill Blackburn notes local merchants donate items and the motto Take Ten Minutes Every Two Hours aims to save lives.
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The
Childress Jaycees
Texas Jaycee
Jaycees
Bill Blackburn
Rest Stop
Sirica Bars McCord From Watergate Lecture Tour
Judge John J. Sirica moved to curb the Watergate related tours by James W. McCord Jr. after his lawyer Bernard Fensterwald sought 17 lectures nationwide next month. Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox opposed the tour citing risk of pretrial publicity.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
Watergate
James W. McCord Jr
Jeb Stuart Magruder
McCord
Bernard Fensterwald
Sirica
U.S. District Court
Archibald Cox
VFW Provides Flag for Valley School Dedication
The David Brown Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars supplied the flag for the Valley School dedication at 10 30 a m. Past District Commander Dennis Holland delivered the dedication. District 13 provided the flag pole and equipment with Ray Mooney and James Bartlett in attendance. Booklets about flag respect were distributed. Valley School unites Quitaque and Turkey schools between the two communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Valley
Dennis Holland
Dodson
District 13
VFW
Ray Mooney
James Bartlett
Quitaque
Turkey
Burge Rites Set Friday in Newberry Funeral Chapel
Funeral services for Rebecca Jane Burge 91 will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Newberry Funeral Chapel with Rev. Luther Bradley officiating. Burial will follow in Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers are Jack Dillard Ray Fitzer Gary Kellison Billy Fitzer Jerry Fitzer and Bobby Hobanks. She died Wednesday in an Amarillo rest home. Born January 12 1882 in Arkansas she moved to Childress in 1927 from Durant Oklahoma and to Amarillo about six years ago. Her husband Melvin Thomas Burge died June 18 1954. Survivors include two sons Ray Fitzer and Leo Fitzer two daughters Mary Lee Coffey and Lela Arruda twelve grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
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Rebecca Jane Burge
Newberry Funeral
Luther Bradley
Bible Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Jack Dillard
Ray Fitzer
Gary Kellison
Billy Fitzer
Jerry Fitzer
Bobby Hobanks
Arkansas
Childress
Durant
Okla
Amarillo
Melvin Thomas Burge
Iowa Park
Leo Fitzer
Grover
Mary Lee Coffey
Lela Arruda
Morrilton
Ark
Paving Program Delayed to 1974 by City Council
The city postponed its 1973 paving program until 1974 after learning only six and a half blocks were definitively signed for paving. A contractor required a total of 10 signed blocks, and councilmen said time was insufficient to complete the project.
Watergate Tapes Ruling Sparks Privacy and Access Debate
Wednesday’s decision by Sirica in the White House Watergate tapes case underscores the tension between presidential privacy and the public’s right to evidence. The ruling affirms judicial prerogative while highlighting limits on disclosure of sensitive materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirica
White House
AFL CIO seeks all to stay in line amid reform push
AFL CIO officials say a major reorganization would keep local affiliates from backing a presidential candidate while the federation remains neutral, citing past 1972 tensions and disputes over presidential privacy versus judicial power in Watergate matters.
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Afl-Ci0
Robert A. Dobkin
Washington
Afl-Cio
National Federation
Sen. George
AFL
Nixon Wins Privacy Ruling but Faces Setback in Court
An AP News analysis notes President Nixon wins a federal district court endorsement of his right to protect official privacy, yet Chief U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica recognizes a substantial defeat for the president as the court acknowledges the need for limits.
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Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Federal District Court
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
1000 Could Be Dead In Earthquake
Demolition crews level unsafe buildings while rescuers search for more bodies in the Puebla and Veracruz quake zone. About 500 bodies recovered. officials warn toll could reach 1,000 in a 300 square mile area as President Echeverria tours the disaster region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Puebla
Veracruz
Luis Echeverria
Rain Boosts Farms Across the Region
Rain fell across the area yesterday easing heat and aiding pastures, cotton, and small grains. Farmers expect field work to resume as land is prepared for wheat while dove hunting prospects decline due to wetter conditions. Reported rainfall included Aubrey Testerman 0.40, Mrs. L C Royall 0.50, FAA station 0.61, Mrs. Floyd Biddy 0.70 inches.
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Aubrey Testerman
Tell
L.C. Royall
Kirkland
FAA
the Air Field
Floyd Biddy
High Point
Reward total tops 2500 for King grocery shooting
The local reward for capturing the assailant who killed Herman King at his grocery on July 14 has reached 2500 dollars. Holman reports over 1500 raised locally and Channel 7 Amarillo adds 1000 through its Secret Witness Program. Mrs King's injury patient status improved at St Anthony's in Amarillo.
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Herman King
L. B. Holman
Channel 7
Amarillo
Lincycomb Rites Held at Kirkland Cemetery
Graveside rites for Garland F. Lincycomb 57 native of Childress County were held at 5 30 p m in Kirkland Cemetery by N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home of Amarillo Funeral services were earlier in Amarillo He died Tuesday afternoon in St Anthony s Hospital He was a truck driver and a member of the Buchanan Street Baptist Church Survivors include his wife Eva five sons Lowell Leroy David K Jessie Walter and Chris D all of Amarillo and Larry G of Guymon Okla two daughters Mrs Loreta Miller and Mrs Evalien Riddle both of Amarillo two brothers J A of Quanah and Herman of Pampa five sisters Mrs Jess Subia of Salinas Calif Mrs Clara B Quary Mrs Helen Pearce and Mrs Bessie Etherege all of Pampa and Mrs Donnie Ralston of Amarillo and 14 grandchildren
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Garland F. Lincycomb
Childress County
Kirkland
N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Home
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Lineycomb
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Eva
Lowell Leroy
David K
Jessie Walter
Chris D
Larry G
Guymon
Okla
Loreta Miller
Evalien Riddle
J. A
Quanah
Herman
Pampa
Jess Subia
Salinas
Calif
Clara B. Quary
Helen Pearce
Bessie Etherege
Donnie Ralston
Bargain Day Shifts to Tuesday for City Merchants
Merchants move the monthly Bargain Day from Monday to Tuesday due to Labor Day. Hot bargains are promised and advertising will run in Sundays Index. The Index will be distributed citywide at no extra cost to merchants.
Bobcat Mothers Set Friday Night Meeting at Fair Park Stadium
Bobcat Mothers announce a brief gathering Friday night at 7 30 in Fair Park Stadium. The plan is to discuss upcoming events and community support.
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Fair Park Stadium
Greenbelt Bowl Directors Meeting Planned in Chamber Office
Greenbelt Bowl Directors will convene Thursday September 6 at 8 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce office. The B Bobcats schedule a scrimmage with the A Hollis Tigers at Fair Park Stadium tonight per Athletic Director Charlie Johnston.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bobcats
Hollis Tigers
Fair Park Stadium
Charlie Johnston
Bobcats Scrimmage Frederick High in Fair Park Friday
The Childress Bobcats host Frederick High School in a Friday night scrimmage at Fair Park Stadium starting at 8 p.m. This game is the final interteam tuneup before the regular season opener on September 8 against Clarendon.
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Childress Bobcats
Frederick, Okla
Fair Park Stadium
Bobcats
Clarendon
Court visit by Vernon SSA rep rescheduled to Sept 4
Carl Beisner of the Vernon Social Security office will appear at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4. The date shift comes after Labor Day on September 3.
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Carl Beisner
Vernon
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R. Gregory Nokes
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Floyd Gilliland
Jaycee Rest Stop
Little Rock, Ark
Vaughan B. Nowlin
Palmer Massey
W. E. Helms
Harold Cheek
Kenneth Peitz
Lanchart Industries
Lancer
Kenneth Ellis
Louis Sally
Sally
Texas Quality Control Board
Ellis
Bill Sager
William T
Bill) McMinn
Stratford
Lions International
Childress Club
Mike Schweikhard
Lone Star Gas Company
Hearrell Seales
Burkburnett
Schweikhard
Lone Star Gas
Abilene
Clyde
Abilene Christian College
Carol
Scales
Paducah
Wellington
Memphis
Federal Housing Authority
Glenn Buckley
Sus Eee
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