Nixon Names Mayo Budget Director Ahead of Cabinet Reveal
President elect Richard Nixon announced Robert Mayo as director of the Bureau of the Budget. Mayo, a former Treasury official and current Continental Illinois executive, will join Nixon and Spiro Agnew in a prime time cabinet reveal from Washington. Nixon also created a new Council on Urban Affairs and named Daniel Moynihan as assistant for urban affairs.
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Eugene V
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
Washington
Mayo
America
University of Washington
Council On Urban Affairs
Daniel P. Moynihan
Center For Urban Studies
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William P. Rogers
Eisenhower
North Vietnam ready to discuss troop withdrawals in Vietnam
North Vietnam said it is prepared to discuss mutual troop withdrawals from South Vietnam once the Paris Viet Nam conference begins. Hanoi spokesman Nguyen Than Le told reporters that talks must start first, despite U S Defense Secretary Clifford suggesting withdrawals could begin within 40 days. The remarks came amid South Vietnam rejecting direct talks with the Viet Cong and hints of French mediation being sidelined.
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George Libera
PARIS
IPI
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen Than le
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S. Defense
Clark M Clifford
Washington
Saigon
National Liberation Front
NLF
Traffic Survey Planned For Childress Area
An origin and destination traffic survey is scheduled for Tuesday December 17 on all major highways out of Childress. The Texas Highway Department will field about 40 employees from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. No emergency vehicles or buses will be stopped and interviews should take under 30 seconds. If weather is bad the survey moves to the following day.
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Childress
W. J. McGee
Texas Highway Department
Fite Services Set For Horace Wilson Fite
Funeral services for Horace Wilson Fite 70 will be at 4 pm Thursday at Parkview Baptist Church with Reverend Charles Hayes and assistants. Burial follows at Carey Cemetery in Newberry. Died of apparent heart attack about 1130 a.m. Continued on page six.
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Horace Wilson Fite
Parkview Baptist Church
Charles Hayes
Wallace Strawn
Bowie Bible Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress First Baptist Church
Carey Cemetery
Newberry’s
Fite
Community Action Program meeting set at City Hall
The organizational meeting for the Community Action Program in Childress will be held at 7 p m on Thursday at City Hall. Amarillo area coordinator Meade Michael will attend along with directors Louie Sally Dr Jack Fox Morris Higley Howard Murchison Glenn Buckley Louise Bowers Tom Bailiff Mike Hernandez Virginia Hernandez Booker T Jackson and Ruby Lee Smith. Executive Director and aide qualifications will be announced at the meeting.
One Killed In Collision Near Shamrock
A head on collision just south of Shamrock killed Clyde Wands Kelley a 71 year old Mobeetie farmer. He died at Shamrock General Hospital. Frank Gonzalez Martinez 36 a Shamrock farm laborer is listed in serious condition with internal injuries at Shamrock General Hospital. The crash occurred on U S 83 when Kelley driving northbound 36 feet south of the Shamrock city limit collided with Martinez driving south. Highway Patrolman Dave Wright of Wellington investigated.
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Shamrock
Clyde Wands Kelley
Mobeetie Farmer
Shamrock General Hospital
Wright-Denison Funeral Home
Wheeler
Frank Gonzalez Martinez
Dave Wright
Wellington
Kelley
U. S. 83
Shamrock City 1
Martinez
Inspection of Vehicles Should Be Done Now
Chester Fant of Qu anah information officer for the Department of Public Safety says inspections of motor vehicles are falling behind with winter coming. He notes there are only 5 500 inspection stations in the state for over six million vehicles and urges motorists to complete inspections now to avoid a last minute rush. Robby Chaffin serves as the local DPS inspection officer.
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Chester Fant
Quanah
Department of Public Safety
Robby Chaffin
DPS
Cotton Market Quota Referendum Wins in Childress County
Childress County farmers vote 597 to 19 in favor of the 1969 Cotton Market Quota Referendum announced by ASCS supervisor Gene Frisbie. Ballots counted by county committeemen after December 2–6 mail voting. state and nation to tally final results.
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Childress County
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
Childress
New Chil dress Hospital to Hire 110 to 125 Staff
At today's Rotary Club meeting Charles Dunn of Dallas outlined that the new Chil dress hospital, when fully operational, will hire between 110 and 125 employees. He noted a memorial fund program overseen by the Hospital District Board of Managers. He cited national daily costs at 54.08 and Texas at 50.49, and that average stays have fallen 25 percent due to better facilities and medicine.
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Childress
Rotary Club
Charles Dunn
Dallas
Dunn
Board of Managers
Texas
Middle East fighting escalates as Israeli Jordanian clashes flare
Israeli and Jordanian troops exchange fire across the Jordan River for the first time in six years with tanks and bazookas amid rising hostilities. Beirut papers report anti American violence in Baghdad and Arab guerrilla support calls as regional tensions surge. No casualties reported.
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Eliav Simon
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Amman
Al-Majami Bridge
Jerusalem
Beirut
Baghdad
al- Bayray Today
Ahmad Al-Bakr
Jordan
Middle East
Israel
Kfar- Rupin
Beisan
Junior College Study To Be Continued
The Steering Committee studying a junior college in Childress voted to ask Jack Gray of Lubbock, representative of Dittmar and Company, to proceed with plans. Howard Murchison was named to the board, replacing H. Boykin.
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Childress
Jack Gray
Lubbock
Dittmar and Company
Howard Murchison
Hd Boykin
Services Here Thursday For B. F. Loveless
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Loveless Sr. 72 retired farmer will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating Burial will be in Childress Cemetery under Newberry’s direction Pallbearers include Claude Johnson Dee Etheredge Wesley Riker Hyatt King Roy Swain L C McCartney Paul Goodson and Truman McFarland Born March 5 1896 in Bardwell Tex he came to Childress in 1924 He was married to Myrtle Marshbanks March 5 1959 at Quanah Survivors include his wife six sons Benjamin F Jr of
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Benjamin Franklin Loveless Sr
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Claude Johnson
Dee Etheredge
Wesley Riker
Hyatt King
Roy Swain
L. C. McCartney
Paul Goodson
Truman McFarland
Bardwell
Tex
Roundtable Urged for Western District Scouts
The Western District Roundtable for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts meets at 7 30 p m Thursday in First Methodist Church. All scouters are urged to attend with emphasis on Pack 68 leaders Thomas J Lemen Emil B Schattell Raymond Love Jerry Dugan Crews Bell Olen Griffing Bob Richardson Clifton Inman Jr Mrs Harold Halford and Pack 61 members Richard D Bird Weldon Hayes Kenneth Mel further attendance requested.
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Western District Roundtable
First Methodist Church
Thomas J Lemen
Emil B. Schattell
Raymond Love
Jerry Dugan
Crews Bell
Olen Griffing
Bob Richardson
Clifton Inman, Jr
Harold Halford
Richard D. Bird
Weldon Hayes
Kenneth Mel
Bales of Cotton Stall at Farmers Cooperative Gin
Over 1,200 bales of cotton were parked on five blocks at the Farmers Cooperative Cotton Gin in southwest Childress, the largest such sight. Manager Truman McFarland noted a late night reduction to just over 1,000 bales as trailers grow in size and number, with this year's crop lighter than 1949 estimates.
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Farmers Cooperative
Truman McFarland
Childress
McFarland
Darrell Jerome Wanted in Oklahoma Under Hold
A hold order was issued for Darrell Jerome who is held in Hobart Oklahoma county jail as an accessory in an armed robbery. Jerome is charged with the crime and held on a five thousand dollar bond along with Donald Edward Lococo and others in the same incident.
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Darrell Jerome
Hobart
Okla
Jerome
Childress County
Donald Edward Lococo
Kenneth McClendon
Carolyn Martin
Joyce Eslick
Continued
Possible Hong Kong flu cases reported at local hospital
A local physician reports one probable Hong Kong influenza case and several questionable diagnoses at the hospital. Blood tests confirm Type A influenza, with further testing two weeks away to verify Hong Kong flu. Limited vaccine arrival will go to rest home residents and the elderly.
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Hong Kong
Childress
Rest Homee
Ford Services To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Everett Olen Ford, 54, grain elevator manager for 15 years, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Bible Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Luther R. Bradley. Interment will be in ChilDress Cemetery by Newberry's. Pallbearers are Jack Baggle, H. L. Hamner, C. J. Es, Joe Dean Smith, Billie and Lyle Glover. Ford died at 5 15 p.m.
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Everett Olen Ford
Bible Baptist Church
Luther R. Bradley
Childress
Newberry’s
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Larry Jones
Dale Inman
Ted Jones
Truman Kidwell
Kidwell
Suzy Smith
Clifton Smith
Tell
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Call
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Pennsylvania
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Red Sea
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Mafraq
B. F. Loveless
Oklahoma
Atlanta
UPI
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
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