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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1971
Page
1
A federal judge ruled that the 1971 draft law did not need a 90 day waiting period before inductions and ordered nine young men drafted. Judge Woodrow Seals stayed the order 48 hours to allow appeal to the Fifth Circuit.
The Associated Press reports India claiming sweeping East Pakistan victories with the Pakistani army in retreat and calls for surrender. It notes setbacks in Kashmir where Chamb was abandoned and fighting is heavy. Radio Pakistan says Yahya Khan seeks a civilian government with two politicians appointed.
Nurul Amin a rightist from East Pakistan was offered the prime minister role with former Foreign Minister Zulfika Ali Bhutto as deputy prime minister. A Pakistani army source in Dacca said India could not make further headway though fighting was heavy at Jessore and Indian advances at Hilli were repelled with tanks and planes backing them.
In a Senate speech Edward M. Kennedy challenges the administration for not condemning the Pakistan Army’s repression in East Bengal for eight months while criticizing India’s actions last week. He attributes the crisis to Pakistani actions starting last March.
In San Antonio Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and Dolph Briscoe campaign for governor. Barnes pledges to listen to farmers before policy, while Briscoe calls for reform and says Texans demand state government with fair play and integrity. He decries public trust abuses for private gain.
About 1500 Pearl Harbor Survivors Association members gather in Honolulu for services at the attack site and nationwide ceremonies honoring 2409 Americans killed on December 7, 1941. Admiral Bernard Clarey presides over a 7 55 a m sunrise service. Senator Daniel Inouye attends sunset ceremonies atop the resting place of the battleship Arizona.
Wayne M. Klipping, Vernon Social Security Office manager, will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday to accept social security applications.
The Houston Post reports a $60,000 loan application linked to aide Rush McGinty tied to a controversial League City Semi Tropical Gardens utility district bill. The district spans nine tracts over 95 acres and has unusual powers, drawing scrutiny from water district experts.
The Childress Junior High School Band led by Andy Anderson will perform popular and Christmas music at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Junior High Auditorium. Admission is free.
Rotary Club announces its Christmas party will be held Thursday night. The regular meeting is set for Wednesday noon at Hotel Childress, per president Ross Smith.
Officials pursue three hippies who roughed up and robbed 300 dollars from 50 year old Amarillo man Bill Luker on Highway 83 near Hollis cutoff at 1 30 a m. Luker, suffering a light heart attack, was driven to Shamrock General Hospital. He and a passenger stopped as fog reduced visibility when approached, assaulted, and robbed Luker before fleeing.
Houston AP The Dirty 30 visiting University of Houston urge students to back candidates vowing House rule reform. Frantic about Speaker Gus Mutscher's influence they decry highhanded tactics and the altered deliberative process. Rep. Angley says reform needed to end returning patterns.
Inflation and tax resistance push districts from Ohio to Washington to reduce services and even close. Chicago votes to borrow for 1971 to avoid year-end cuts, seek new state or federal aid, facing a 26 million dollar deficit. Kansas City considers a 54 cent tax hike for schools and libraries to prevent further cuts.
Royce Tippett and Ronda Cameron will be honored at the Vernon luncheon as Gold Star recipients from Childress County. They are among District 3’s 23 counties’ outstanding 4-Hers and will receive Gold Star certificates. A District 4-H Council meeting precedes the event at 10 a.m with Terri Jones, Bryan Crook, and Londa Cameron serving on the council.
Powell accepts a Senate vote confirming his Supreme Court seat by 89 to 1. The panel considers William H. Rehnquist for a second vacancy with Sen. Birch Bayh leading opposition and not setting a voting date. Powell, of Richmond Virginia, says he is aware of high expectations and fears not meeting them.
Billie Ruth Prickett of Amarillo was arrested Saturday by city police and arraigned in J P Court on the charge of passing a forged instrument. She was released on a $2000 bond.
A local department store reports rising shoplifting incidents in Childress. Middle aged, young and elderly criminals target health beauty and small items. Hats, radios and jewelry are taken as shoppers act like nothing is wrong. Local retailers cite peak theft during Christmas and summer, plus price tag switches.
The Soviet news agency Tass reports an unmanned capsule from Mars 3 achieved the first successful Mars landing. A descent craft parachuted to the southern hemisphere and sent brief signals before ending contact while the mother ship orbited Mars every 11 days.
The Childress County Pork Producers meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in Gate City Electric Co-Op to discuss the pork business over the next five years. Dr. Gilbert Hollis of Lubbock, swine specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, will speak on swine health, feeder pig and slaughter hog marketing, futures hedging, and pig production choices. County Agent Ronnie McNutt notes the event is sponsored by the Livestock Sub-Committee and County Extension Service Office.
Charles Fodor of Fort Worth representing the West Texas Division of the American National Red Cross will meet the Childress County board of directors tomorrow at 5 30 p m in the courthouse assembly room.
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