Hospital Admits and Discharges Notify Readers
A hospital daily list shows admitted patients for Friday through today including Tom Goff Anna Easterwood Kate Biggerstaff Clyde Taylor Jimmy Setters Minnie Watson and others. The discharges include il. T. Harris Kevin Moore Ada Nash and several others with mothers noted for newborns.
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Tom Goff
Anna Easterwood
Kate Biggerstaff
Clyde Taylor
Jimmy Setters
Minnie Watson
Raymon Canales
Bill Hall
Connie Colvin
Robert Hughes
Madge Culberson
R. J. Murphy
Gus Woods
H. R. Catherall
Tommy Sims
A. C. Howard Ocis Smotherman
Eddie Leach
Shana Finley
Gilbert Gilvertzascuer
Joe Trevino
Diane Hoover
Sarah Vinson
David Campbell
Patty Truesdale
Bobby Finchum
Margaret Campsey
Kelli Hackler
W. W. Heckathorn
Betty Jones
Jerry Fisher
Ray Barstow
Il. T. Harris
Kevin Moore
M. K. Wilcoxson
Ada Nash
Jack Shackelford
M. B. Morris
Two Are Tried In County Court For Dwi
Two driving while intoxicated cases were heard in County Court yesterday. Johnny Lee Banks pleaded guilty and received a $150 fine, $47 in court costs, and three days in jail. Dixie Carol Hall pleaded not guilty and had bond set at $750.
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Johnny Lee Banks
Dixie Carol Hall
Honesty the public demand during the speech
Judge Reynolds praised Jack for honesty and common sense while Senator Hightower pledged to represent voters’ wishes, saying he knows how Dallas Fort Worth people want to be represented. Richard Bird introduced the speaker as Master of Ceremonies, with Mayor Buckley and Rev. Joe S. Allen providing welcomes and invocation.
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Senator Hightower
Richard Bird
Glenn Buckley
Joe S. Allen
Voters in Five Communities Elect 1974 Committeemen
ASCS qualified voters choose committeemen in five county communities. Each community lists a chairman vice chairman and a member for 1974: A led by W I Lambert Jr with Max Foster and Wilbur Don Williams. B led by Arlie Key with Jerry McClain and Buster Garner. C led by Frank Campbell with Virgil Patterson and H R Mayhugh. D led by J N Helm Jr with N W Altman Jr and Cecil Phillips. E led by Howard Grimes with Edwin Wyatt and Harold Simmons.
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ASCS
Childress
High Point
Union Flat
W. I. Lambert Jr
Max Foster
Wilbur Don Williams
Kirkland
Garden Valley
Community Center
Arlie Key
Jerry McClain
Buster Garner
Arlie
Loco
Frank Campbell
Virgil Patterson
Blood Program Costs and Hospital Billing Overview
The Red River Regional Red Cross Blood Center serves 35 hospitals across Texas and Oklahoma with blood and products for over 350000 people. Patients pay only a portion of collection and processing costs. the rest is covered by Red Cross campaigns and donor gifts. Hospitals bill separately for cross matching and related services.
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Red Cross
Red River
Red Cross Blood Center
Texas
Oklahoma
United States
Four Winds RC&D proposal gains broad local support
The migration project aims to move population from the area with approval triggering soil and water conservation, watershed protection, and the development of recreational facilities and historic site preservation. Congressman Price Henry Black of Crowell chairs the RC&D executive committee with local members Keith Pitner and Leonard King Jr. monitoring for federal support.
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Four Winds Rc&d
Price
Henry Black
Crowell
Rc&d
Keith Pitner
Leonard King Jr
Lanchart Industries linked to Childress mobile home plant shifts
Ben Woody faced a cash offer from an eastern company but chose to accept a buyout plan over time and remain as a consultant for two years. Lanchart Industries, once Lancer Homes, operates plants in Childress Big Springs Graham and Wellington Kansas. Founded as C W H Manufacturing in Childress, the company grew to a public firm with 27 million in sales in the year to September 30, 1973 and a net profit near 750 thousand dollars. Woody, a Kent County Texas native, is a Wichita Falls High School graduate.
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Childress
Ben Woody
Woody
Lanchart Industries
Lancer Homes Company
Wichita Falls
Big Springs
Graham
Texas
Wellington
Kansas
Lancer Homes
C.W.H. Manufacturing Corporation
Industrial Association of Childress
Kent County
Wichita Falls High School
Texan builds laundry chains and Funland to media and bank roles
Woody formed a Wichita Falls laundries chain in 1957 then built Funland amusement park. He started Woody Sales Company for coin laundry equipment and later diversified into construction and mobile homes. He served as director of Southwest National Bank in Wichita Falls.
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Midwestern University
University of Texas
Betty Brunson
Miramar
Woody
Wichita Falls
Woody Sales Company
Funland
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Southwest National Bank
Texas Weather Outlook Sees Front, Clear to Partly Cloudy
A cold front forms in western Texas and crosses eastward by Wednesday. Clouds cover West Texas with clear or partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Early temps dip to 23 El Paso 25 Amarillo 32 Lubbock 55 Brownsville. highs reach 70 Brownsville 51 Texarkana Tyler. moisture absent in long range forecasts.
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East Texas
West Texas
el Paso
Amarillo
Dalhart
Lubbock
Lufkin
Galveston
Brownsville
Texarkana
Tyler
Commission criticizes jail fees as a racket
Steed laments that commission fees let criminals post bond and avoid jail. He says non-lawbreakers are disadvantaged and appeals drain county funds. Carter comments on addressing crime without punitive penalties.
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Carter
County Commission Actions Brush Past Finances and Staffing
Commissioners approved paying all bills including a $117 invoice to Preston Insurance Agency but later withdrew it after discovering the firm owed county taxes. Debate over hiring clerks in Justice of the Peace Goodson’s office sparked tension. Bids for a new road grader were narrowed to $30,226, and plans for an unlit Nativity scene on the courthouse lawn were set. The panel also authorized $260 for brick to vault and approved larger courthouse transformers aided by $34,375 in federal funds for remodeling projects.
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Preston Insurance Agency
Childress
Knight
Carter
Childress County
Office of
Justice of the Peace
J. Paul Goodson
Goodson
Commissioners Court
Precinct Four
Plains Machinery Company
Allis Chalmers
Plains
Railroad Commission
Cliff Campbell
County approves use of Texaco storage tank for emergency fuel
Benham told commissioners a Texaco service station has been approved to fill a county storage tank with gasoline for emergency and Sunday use. A 300 gallon tank will be provided at no cost, to be drawn from each of the county’s four precincts. The sheriff confirmed use is limited to emergencies including out of town ambulances and the bloodmobile, and the commission approved the arrangement. Knight noted a request to the Texas Railroad Commission for a larger county fuel allocation was made four weeks ago with no word yet.
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Benham
Texaco
Childress
Sheriff's Office
Knight
Texas Railroad Commission
Amtrak proposes Houston to Seattle route via multiple rail lines
Alfred Ehm, TARP Acting Chairman, says the Houston to Seattle line would use Southern Pacific tracks to Dallas, then Pacific and Burlington Northern routes to Fort Worth Amarillo and Denver, with extensions to Ogden Portland and Seattle. He notes good track and station access, aims to connect four transcontinental Amtrak routes, and cites the system’s 1971 May launch.
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U.S
Southern Pacific
Houston
Dallas
Texas
Pacific
Fort Worth
Burlington Northern
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Denver
Amtrak
Ogden
Utah
Union Pacific
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Alfred Ehm
Secretary of Transportation
Ehm
Wichita Falls
Colorado
Pacific Northwest
U.S. Senate
Hospital grapples with Medicare cost reimbursements
Hospital officials say Medicare limits reimbursement by cost rather than actual charges and exclude some operating expenses. The director notes depreciation and bad debts raise costs, while Medicare now pays the lower of actual cost or charges. Board also weighs a plan to repair the air conditioning system after partial shutdown to speed work.
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Medicare
Meisner
W. Jackson Wisdom
Houston
Bill Leonard
Hospital system repairs lag amid board watch for improvements
Wisdom notes a breakdown in communications with the mechanical contractor and agrees the system must be improved at no cost to the hospital district. The board plans to complete needed improvements before hot weather returns and reviews the fiscal 1973 audit without action yet. Alpha Delta Omega Sorority presented a clock for hospital areas, and directors were invited to the Christmas Party on December 20 in the hospital cafeteria.
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Wisdom
Ronny Leach
Ronny McNutt
Alpha Delta Omega Sorority
Two Childress Men Released In Hollis
Charles Ray Daves and Milton C. Wages from Childress were released on personal recognizance bonds of 1000 each after Friday night arrest in Hollis Oklahoma for second degree burglary at Jimmies Food Market. Their arraignment set preliminary hearing for Thursday at 9 30 a.m. Authorities said front plate glass window was broken to enter and 32 cartons of cigarettes were taken. Store owner Jimmie Trammell put damage at about 200 dollars.
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Childress
Harmon County
Hollis
Oklo
Charles Ray Daves
Milton C. Wages
H. K. Myers
Harmon County Sheriff's Office
Oklahoma
Davis
Wages
Jimmie
Jimmie Trammell
Kissinger Threats Force Tight Security Across Europe
U.S. officials confirmed threats on Henry Kissinger during his Europe Middle East trip. Security was unusually tight after a Baltimore Sun report of a plot to assassinate him. Scotland Yard described arrival security as very, very tight amid warnings from a foreign intelligence or police source.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
Middle East
China
Baltimore Sun
Kissinger
London
Scotland Yard
Baltimore
Global tensions and markets mix across brief AP items
AP dispatches report Kissinger backing US allies and plans for talks with nine Common Market foreign ministers. Earl Butz says no food shortage. US agriculture will satisfy demand with fair prices. Stock market mixed as energy concerns weigh on gains. Dow around 850. Oil and heating costs trend up in Boston as winter nears. Saigon reports Mekong Delta gains but Viet Cong attacks continue. casualties toll rising. Watergate committee probes ties between Hughes, Nixon crew amid burglary link rumors. Senate leader Erwin rebukes Nixon imagery and laments costs to public trust. Read the classifieds.
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New York
Center Near Clarendon Is Explained to Lions Club
Norma Selvage of Clarendon College outlined the Entertainment and Recreational Center project on 226 acres near Greenbelt Lake with slides showing an amphitheater and a reconstructed Pioneer Town. The Bi Centennial Committee aims to finish by 1976. no noon meeting next week due to the Ruth Fite Christmas party at Fair Park Auditorium. Visiting Lions from Pacucah Club attended with guests including Clarence Harp and Jimmy Kuhn of the Greenbelt Water Authority.
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Greenbelt Lake
Norma Selvage
Clarendon College
Clarendon
LaNeal Castleberry
Lions
Ruth Fite
Fair Park
Castleberry
R. A. Yarbrough
Pacucah Lions Club
Neal Parks
J. W. Polk
Phil Wedmer
L. M. McCarroll
Bernie Davis
Rusty Jones
Clarence Harp
Booker T. Jackson
Jimmy Kuhn
Greenbelt Water Authority
Automotive price hikes signal broader market adjustments
Ford and Chrysler announced average wholesale price increases of 150 dollars on cars and trucks with General Motors and American Motors expected to follow later. In the Middle East, Syrians and Israelis fought a two hour tank duel in the Golan Heights with Israeli losses reported at 12 to 15 soldiers. Cesar Cedeno of the Houston Astros was held for questioning in a shooting death at a Santo Domingo hotel. Skylab 3 astronauts plan 33 hours of space work, and Nixon submitted Sen. Saxbe’s nomination for attorney general to a likely Senate vote.
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Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
Associated Press
Golan Heights
Syria
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cesar Cedeno
Houston Astros
Cedeno
Alta Gracia de la Cruz
Washington
Nixon
William B. Saxbe
Senate
Ohio
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Charles Reynolds
Court of Civil Appeals
Jack Hightower
Veterans Building
U.S. House
Memphis
Charles’ Finnell
Holliday
Finnell
Commission
Nashville, Tenn
Earl Butz
Buzz
Harold Froehlich
House of Representatives
Froehlich
Wisconsin
Boston
Boston Consumers’ Council
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Kien Duc
Central Highlands
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Lawrence O’brien
Sam J. Erwin Jr
D— N.C
Space Center, Houston
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
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