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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1972
Page
9
Admitted on Friday were Bear Smith Friday E B Connor Lila Foley Beverley Ahuddell James Clark Susie Ord. Dismissed on Friday were Barbara Jones Lula Bays JoAnn Bigham Kenneth Evans.
Steam pouring from a house roof at 207 Fourth Street Southeast triggered a fire alarm. Childress Fire Department responded at 12 55 p m Friday with firefighters reporting the incident.
Four people were injured, none seriously, in a two vehicle crash at 4 30 p m Thursday at the intersection of Avenue 6 Nw and Seventh Street. Injured were Lance Keys and Mike Profitt along with Mrs Herman Herron and Mrs Sally Baxley in the Wygal car. Baxley remained in hospital Saturday morning and was expected to be released later that day. Keys drove north on Seventh while Wygal traveled east on Avenue 6. Wygal received a ticket for failure to grant right of way.
The Texas State Board of Education postponed action on a proposed six year shift to state tax financing for public schools. The plan, submitted Nov. 11 by the finance committee, would move the burden from local taxes to state funds over six years. The decision follows a federal court ruling that the current system favors richer districts and the case is on appeal to the Supreme Court.
In New York AP reports Life magazine will release its last issue on December 29 after 36 years. About 670 employees will lose work as the publication ends due to heavy financial losses from television competition and higher postal rates.
U S B52s conducted seven missions near the DMZ for a third straight day as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces overran a militia post south of Da Nang. South Vietnamese river crossings and armor supported Marine operations near Quang Tri as clashes escalate across the country with 83 incidents reported in the last 24 hours.
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual holiday dinner and program at First Methodist Church with 29 members and two guests present. Favors were knitted mittens by Mrs. Ben Robinson. Rev. Marvin James gave the invocation and Miss Kathy Sager was introduced with her mother and grandmother. Carols, a story reading, and handmade gifts marked the event.
The Democratic National Committee debated firing chair Jean Westwood to clear path for Robert Strauss. A motion to declare the chair vacant was placed by the executive committee amid an insurgent coalition split. If ousted, a one hour recess would precede a new chair election. Melvin Laird signaled base closures next year to cut waste without hurting readiness.
U.S. and Soviet talks result in control of interior work and 24 hour perimeter guard at Moscow embassies. Gentile explains tiny battery radios hidden in items like heels and drapery books as modern spying tools, with guards preventing long eavesdropping. No Americans implicated. agents likely from Communist services.
Anderson, with a sprained ankle, walked from the plane after the crash and recalls no panic. The log book of pilot W L Whitehouse was found among suspected dead as Chicago firefighters fought fires in several homes. FAA found no communications irregularities during approach.
Commander Cernan and geologist Schmitt aboard Challenger report the ship in good shape with one latch issue between Challenger and America. Evans stays aboard America conducting fluid experiments while the crew prepares for Taurus Littrow landing in 75 hours of surface work and 5:56 p.m. Thursday departure.
Houston AP reports Rice University signs a five year contract to retain head football coach Al Conover. University president Norman Hackerman states no coach sale this year and confirms Conover will remain at Rice through the next mid decade.
GM asked the Price Commission for authority to raise prices by three percent on 1973 cars trucks and options. The company cites rising costs since December 1971 for safety and product improvements labor and material prices.
More than 20 people charged with disorderly conduct after a midweek University of Texas at El Paso demonstration were released on their own recognizance. Justice of the Peace Al Mestan ordered 25 new releases pending Monday hearings.
The American Public Welfare Association urged government to stop threatening to withhold nearly 700 million dollars in welfare funds from state and local governments over ineligible and overpaid recipients. Coke Stevenson, former Texas governor, was reported in good condition at Shannon Hospital after an ICU precaution.
White House press secretary announced Yale Law professor Robert Bork will be nominated to replace retiring Solicitor General Erwin Griswold. Chicago attorney Jewel Lafontant is slated as deputy solicitor general, marking a high ranking position for black women in the second Nixon term.
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