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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1973

Page

8

Hospital Notes Admitted and Dismissed List

ADMITTED: Ronald Fox Tuesday Lucille Turk Tuesday Gary Chapman Tuesday John Preston Tuesday Mrs C D Overby Wednesday Mrs Danny Imhoff Wednesday Mrs Jess Benham Wednesday Coy Street Wednesday Danny Hutchinson Wednesday Pat New Wednesday. DISMISSED: Robert Hardaway Tuesday Velma Ricks Tuesday Lee Patterson Tuesday Ruby Cannon Wednesday Annie Hatley Wednesday Violet Hardin Wednesday Randy Barber Wednesday Russell Deaton Wednesday Lenna Samek Wednesday Ronald Fox Wednesday Martin Smith today.

Ronald Fox Lucille Turk Gary Chapman John Preston C. D. Overby Danny Imhoff Jess Benham Coy Street Danny Hutchinson Pat New Robert Hardaway Velma Ricks Lee Patterson Ruby Cannon Annie Hatley Violet Hardin Randy Barber Russell Deaton Lenna Samek Martin Smith

Local Residents and Travel Notes From Lubbock Visit

Collins Howard remains a patient at High Plains Baptist Hospital in room 588. Jimmy Gravely departs for Lubbock to enroll for Texas Tech fall semester. Mr and Mrs Gordon Gravley and Mr and Mrs Homer Compton visited in Lubbock over the weekend.

Collins Howard High Plains Baptist Hospital Jimmy Gravely Lubbock Texas Tech Gordon Gravley Homer Compton

Injuries Hit Bobcats Again During Scrimmage Prep

The Childress Bobcats endure further setbacks as senior Mark Brown suffers a badly bruised nose while Jeff Reed is ill. Previously, Kent Wood broke his left arm and is out for the season. Ken Buckley moves from B team to A squad. Coach Charlie Johnston considers Friday scrimmage versus Frederick.

Childress Bobcats Mark Brown Jeff Reed Kent Wood Ken Buckley Frederick Charlie Johnston

Gasoline price ceilings face renewed enforcement by council

An appeals court allowed enforcement of gasoline ceilings after a stay on a lower court order. The stay permits council action until a Sept. 17 hearing on wage price controls and the legality of the ceilings. Dealers had threatened Labor Day boycotts but may proceed pending further rulings.

Edward Allen Tamm Tamm

Local civic leader Cook dies after service in Childress

West Vernon in 1947 resident Cook, father of two, was active in civic work in Childress. He served as vice president of the Chamber of Commerce and belonged to the American Cancer Society, among other community duties.

Local Leaders Named In Vernon and Childress Institutions

Hawkins served since 1959 with WTU rising to local manager in Turkey and Vernon, later joining the Vernon Chamber, Rotary, and other groups. Gilliland advanced from bookkeeper to local manager and power salesman, with a background in Seymour and Childress. City actions include water tower and sewer plant funding requests, a street closure ordinance, and planning for oil leases and gas rate concerns. Sally authorizes expenditures for revenue sharing. Mike Schweikhard to become Lone Star Gas District Manager.

Childress Housing Authority Lions Club The Baptist Church Hawkins WTA Turkey Wellington Vernon Texas Tech University Red Raider Retta Joyce Bynum Methodist Church Vernon Chamber of Commerce Red Coats Rotary Club Agri Business Club United Fund Camp Fire Girls Girls Club Floyd Gilliland Alpine Gilliland Panhandle Childress Italy Alice Hatley Council of Ministries Family Life Allen Harp Ted Cates Austin Lone Star Assembly of God Church Elks Lodge Sally Hearrell Scales Mike Schweikhard Iowa Park Lone Star Gas Company

City weighs dump site to avoid rapid fill

Paving a study of 90 acres east of the sewer plant near Childress as a possible dump ground. The current Childress dump south of town would fill in weeks due to laws banning burning. City officials discuss closing and turning the area into a park with grass after filling.

Childress Massey Helms California Sager, Lockhoof Sally

Feed grain allotment seen as base for potential subsidies

ASCS officials privately note strong grain prices through most of 1974 and expect farmers to exceed their feed grain allotment. The 1973 corn output is estimated at 5.66 billion bushels while total use including exports is projected to surpass that level in the coming year. The 89 million acre allotment aims to cover 206.8 million tons of the three grains in 1974 75 with 1973 74 total use at 198.5 million tons, exceeding this year's production by 3.2 million tons.

ASCS

Wallace named to Texas commission in January 1965

Gov. Connally appoints Wallace to a Texas commission in January 1965 with Jim Langdon named in 1963 and Ben Ramsey appointed in 1961. Wallace will receive a pay raise from 28500 to 34000, and he says he did not seek the post. He notes no oil interests or prior law practice.

John Connally Jim Langdon Ben Ramsey Price Daniel Tunnell Connally Ben Barnes de Leon Wallace

AFL-CIO Considers Top-Level Reorganization Plan

The national federation seeks to centralize control over campaigns and lobbying by creating an Organization and Field Services Department. A new post, director of organization and field services, was offered to William J. Usery Jr., former assistant secretary of labor, potentially placing him third in the federation behind Meany and Kirkland.

McGovern National Federation Washington Aflcio William J. Usery Jr Federal Mediation and Counciliation Service Machinists Union Usery Nixon Afl-Cio Labor Federation Meany Lane Kirkland AFL- cIo George Meany American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations

Nixon Privately Traves Red Beach Visit At Camp Pendleton

President Nixon traveled with Pat and Tricia Nixon Cox on California freeways to Red Beach inside Camp Pendleton. Secret Service escorted the party and blocked media pursuit as the Western White House sought privacy.

San Clemente Calif Nixon California Pat Tricia Nixon Cox Secret Service Nixons Red Beach Camp Pendleton Marine Base White House Gerald L. Warren

Wallace ties oil ties amid Texas governor race

Wallace claimed no oil industry work beyond deeds and fuel purchases. He described himself as an advance of the people of Texas and noted his role as Henderson County campaign director for Briscoe. Langdon and Ramsey greeted him in the governor’s reception room as Briscoe prepared for a Japan export trip.

Wallace People of Texas Briscoe Athens Henderson County Langdon Ramsey Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency Uvalde Japan Bob Hardesty

Rainy Texan Day Prompted Tornado Sightings Across Coast

Showers and thunderstorms spread across the south half of Texas with two inch cloudbursts in McCook and Charlotte and 2.51 inches at Galveston. Tornadoes were sighted near Nueces Bay and Kingsville but caused no damage as warm, partly cloudy conditions were forecast.

Associated Press Texas McCook Charlotte Galveston Nueces Bay Corpus Christi Kingsville

Appeal ruling in Henley case over psychiatric exam

Lawyers for Elmer Wayne Henley Jr vow to appeal the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that allows a psychiatric examination to proceed. The case ties to Eight of 27 murders linked to Dean Corll in Houston during a mass killing spree.

Lee Jones Associated Press Austin, Tex Elmer Wayne Henley Jr Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Houston Henley State District Court William Hatten Ed Pegelow Texas Supreme Court Dist Atty Carol Vance Hatten Harris County Jack Heard Pegelow Texas

Public Safety Official Comments On Communications Loss

Arriaga of the Veracruz public safety office said that equipment ran out of gas and contact was lost. The remark underscores a breakdown in the retrieval operation and the ensuing communication gap.

Arriaga Veracruz

Preparing For Mao Leaving

Durable Chou En-lai may have forged a peaceful coexistence as China faces Mao Tse-tung's departure. The 10th party congress hints at a compromise between lines, with a move toward collective leadership while aging veterans hold power. A new central committee and possible defense minister Yeh Chien-ying point to military influence in future directions.

William L. Ryan Durable Chou En-lai China Mao Tse-tung Chou Communist Party Congress Mao Chous Lin Piao Lin Nixon Soviet Union United States Yeh Chien-ying

Skylab 2 Astronauts Cleared To Extend Mission

Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma are medically fit to continue the 59 day mission at least to Sept 7 on the long stay program. Medical reviews show no issues requiring curtailment as they perform telescope Sun studies and plan Earth observations including drought and locust areas in Africa.

Paul Recer Aerospace Winter Space Center Houston Space Agency William C. Schneider Alan L. Bean Owen K. Garriott Jack R. Lousma Schneider Charles Berry Life Sciences Bean Garriott Lousma Africa

Sudan Declared Africa’s Largest Nation

The Sudan stands as the largest country in Africa by land area, a defining geographic fact shaping regional influence and development considerations across the continent.

Sudan Africa

Quake Relief Efforts Bolt City to Shelter Crisis

After the worst Mexican earthquake, officials report 50 percent of Ciudad Serdan’s 22 000 residents homeless. Aid pours in from Monterrey volunteers as demolition continues and prefabricated homes are promised within days.

Alfonso Tabuara Housing Development Institute Red Cross Ciudad Serdan Monterrey Puebla Guillermo Morales Blumenkron Tehuacan Zongolica

Agricultural Civilization in Iran Around 4000 B.C.

Archaeologists identify an early agricultural civilization in Iran dating to about 4000 B.C. Evidence suggests settled farming communities, domesticated crops, and regional trade networks shaping later developments in the region. The discovery highlights early innovation in agrarian society.

Iran

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