Nixon irked by Senate tax bill okays vote in Senate
The Senate approved its tax reform 69 to 22, sending the plan to a conference committee with House Republicans who differ. A 15 percent boost in Social Security benefits and higher personal exemptions were opposed by Nixon, who threatened a veto if major changes were not made. The Senate raises the personal deduction while the House favors earlier rate cuts. a compromise is awaited.
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House
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Tax Bill Opens Loopholes Beyond Philadelphia Nun Exemption
Senate tax reform closes the Philadelphia nun loophole used by Mother Katherine Drexel to shield inherited wealth from tax. The bill also creates new exemptions benefiting major firms like Uniroyal McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed, with criteria rather than named beneficiaries.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington
Mother Katherine Drexel
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Mother Katherine
Senate
Uniroyal
McDonald Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed Aircraft
Katerine
Congress
Anthony Drexel
J. P. Morgan
Katherine
Lockheed
Rites Today For Former ALCS Committeeman Bartlett
Funeral services were held in Wellington First Baptist Church for Luther Milton Bartlett 62 who died Wednesday in St. Josephs Hospital Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery Kelso Funeral Home Bartlett born in Collingsworth County and served as director of the Rolling Plains Production Credit Association and an Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service committeeman for Childress County Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Virgil Patterson of Wellington and others mentioned The Childress PCA office is closed today
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Wellington
First Baptist Church
Luther Milton Bartlett
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Fairview
Kelso Funeral Home
Bartlett
Collingsworth County
Rolling Plains Production Credit Association
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Childress County
Childress Pca
Georgia Goforth
Virgil Patterson
24 Soldiers To Be Charged In Massacre
Army sources say most of the 24 soldiers and former soldiers tied to the My Lai massacre will face charges. The probe may take four months as evidence is gathered. Nine soldiers and 15 former soldiers are likely to be charged, with Lt. William L. Calley Jr. awaiting court martial for murder of at least 109 Vietnamese.
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Washington
My Lai
11Th Infantry Brigade
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning, Ga
Army
Peers Commission
Marketing Quotas For Cotton Approved
Washington reports upland and extra long staple cotton growers approved 1970 crop marketing quotas by large margins. Preliminary mail referendum returns show 96.1 percent support among 266,808 upland cotton farmers.
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Washington
Leaders Gone Panthers Fight for Survival
Eldridge Cleaver seeks return to the United States after a Chicago shootout left the Black Panther Party without clear leadership. In Algiers he pursued a passport or identity certificate while police pressure tightens, as a Los Angeles raid further weakens the group.
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John S. Lang
Associated Press Writers
Washington
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
Ary
Chicago
Cleaver
U.S
Algiers
America
Panther
Los Angeles
Farm-to-Market Road Proposals Discussed by Court
The Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 10 a.m. to discuss three Farm-to-Market road sections tied to U.S. 287 east and west of Childress, with a third section along Ross Road past the new high school joining U.S. 287 near Sixth or Seventh Streets.
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Commissioners Court
U.S. 287
Childress
Childress Cemetery
U.S. 83
Ross Road
A A Taylor Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Arthur Albert Taylor 77 will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Newberry Chapel. He died Wednesday at home after a months long illness. Rev. J. E. Young of Wellington Fundamental Baptist Church will officiate. Burial follows in Childress Cemetery with pallbearers E. A. Beaver Lloyd Luck and Pete Hes.
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Newberry Chapel
Arthur Albert Taylor
J. E. Young
Wellington Fundamental Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Santa Claus Schedule Visits Childress Across Daytime
Santa Claus announces planned appearances in Childress with street visits in the business district Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 30 p.m. He will then visit stores Monday to Friday from 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. and, on Saturday December 20, circulate in the business district during the afternoon.
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Santa Claus
Childress
Nerve Gas Leak Triggers Evacuation at Dugway Base
A one ton container released GB nerve agent into the earthen floor of a storage building at Dugway Proving Ground Utah prompting evacuation of about 300 people. Army specialists sprayed the area and rendered the agent harmless.
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Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Legion Leader Henry H Hill to Visit Childress Post 65
Henry H Hill state American Legion commander will guest tonight at Childress Cox Farr Post 65. A social hour reception for the State Commander and Legion members is planned at the Veterans Building starting 7 30 p m with surrounding posts officers and 18th District officials expected. Commander Weldon W Teague urges all local members to attend.
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Department
American Legion
State of Texas
Childress
Cox-Farr
Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Building
Weldon W. Teague
Clear Skies Across Texas With Cold Mornings Ahead
The Weather Bureau reports high pressure over Texas bringing clear skies and dry air. Morning temps dip into the 20s in West Texas with near freezing along the Upper Texas Coast. Top daytime highs range from 54 in Amarillo to 76 in Brownsville as winds fall below 10 mph.
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Associated Press
Texas
Brownsville
Amarillo
Marfa
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Lufkin
el Paso
Wink
Longview
Alice Pryor Services Held in Fort Worth
Mrs. Alice Semple Pryor a former Childress resident and sister in law of Cecil Pryor died in a Fort Worth hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at Matthews Memorial Methodist Church and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth. She and her husband Richard lived in Childress for several years.
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Alice Semple Pryor
Childress
Cecil Pryor
Here
Fort Worth
Matthews Memorial Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Explosion at Milan Bank Kills 13 Injures 90 Near Cathedral
AP reports a deadly explosion at the Banca Nazionale Dell Agricoltura in downtown Milan kills 13 and wounds 90. A second round of blasts hits central Rome about an hour later as Italian authorities investigate the incidents.
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Milan
Italy
Banca Nazionale Dell Agricoltura
Rome
Allan Walter Dies Rites Saturday
Allan Dale Walter 29 a member of the Childress police force died about 3 30 p m Thursday in Groom hospital after a illness of several months Funeral services will be in Walker Funeral Chapel Dalhart at 3 p m Saturday conducted by Rev Grandel Forehand Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Walkers Walter joined the local force March 3 1969 He was born August 21 1940 came to Childress from Colorado He and his wife Sandra Darlene resided at 800 Third Street Southeast They have one child He had been a patient in Childress General Hospital for about two months and was taken by ambulance to Groom last Friday for operation
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Allan Dale Walter
Childress
Groom Hospital
Walker
Dalhart
Grandel Forehand
Colorado
Sandra Darlene
Third Street
Childress General Hospital
Wichita Falls
Coed Found Slain Near Blanco River Bridge
Corpus Christi student Martha Sue Thompson, 21, a Southwest Texas State senior, was found slain Thursday in the Blanco River near an Interstate 35 bridge in San Marcos. Police had no clues about the killer and noted that youths commonly parked along the riverbank near the scene.
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Corpus Christi
Blanco River
Martha Sue Thompson
Texas
C. D. Chenat
Austin
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