Questions Answered On Water Bond Issue
The Index will not take a stand on the December 20 water bond vote but provides facts for voters. It covers bond totals, debt impact, tax effects, water quality, taste, softness, filtration, and whether the project solves Childress water needs, with figures on bonds, payments, rates, and projections.
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Childress
Michie Sandhills
Mickie
United States
W.A. Hardenbergh
City of Childress
Traffic On Avenue F Faces Growing City Traffic Strain
City officials warn US 287 inside town handles about 9,400 vehicles per day while outside limits 3,430. Masssey notes 63.5 percent more traffic in town. Proposals include raising medians by shifting 16 feet of side parking to center to improve sight lines and create left turn refuges. Parallel streets Avenue G and E could absorb more traffic as congestion rises.
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Palmer Massey
Wilson School
Wellington Police Chief Urges Courage at Rotary Talk
Wellington Chief of Police Troy Marsh urged officers to show courage determination and integrity and to handle long hours and tickets with a smile at a Childress Rotary Club meeting. Local and area highway patrolmen attended as special guests.
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Troy Marsh
Police of
Wellington
Childress
Joe Blackwell
Amarillo
Dan Dowdy
Bob Stinnett
Vernon
Jack Higginbotham
Chester Fant
Bobby Thane
Eldon Thane
Quanah
Bud Johnson
Paducah
Martin Exum
Preston Thompson
Memphis
Don Collins
W. A. Richardson
H. D. Capps
Bobby Chaffin
Alvis Maddox
Odis Burrows
J.M. Crews
Parking Spaces At Premium Downtown
Downtown Childress parking is tight as new parking lanes remove four spaces per block. A Main Street merchant urged employees to park off street to free spaces for customers, saying the business climate suffers from the shortage.
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Childress
Farmers Back Cotton Allotments in 1961 Referendum
Farmers across Childress County approved cotton allotments by a wide margin in a 1961 referendum. Local totals show strong support across districts Chil dress Carey Tell Harrell Chapel Gilpin Kirkland and Loco with votes ranging from 0 to 55 for. Nationwide, Upland cotton and rice producers favored continuing marketing quotas for 1961 crops by about 90 percent in most states with Upland cotton 96.6 percent yes and rice 91.2 percent yes.
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Childress County
Childress
Carey
Tell
Harrell Chapel-Gilpin
Kirkland
Loco
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Texas lawmakers face session over money and redistricting
In a UPI survey, Texas legislators say the 57th session beginning January 10 could extend into summer due to money issues and redistricting. If the legislature fails to redraw districts, the board must act within 90 days after adjournment, possibly leaving Texas with an at large U.S. House representative.
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Pat Conway
United Press International Austin
UPI
Texas
United Press International
House of Representatives
Sam Parsons
Henderson
British Foreign Office reports possible Ethiopian coup
The Foreign Office said Addis Ababa radio claimed Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown and Crown Prince Asfa Wosen Haile Selassie in government. Officials said the situation is confused and awaiting word from contacts there. A British ham radio operator confirmed a coup report from Addis Ababa.
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London
UPI
Foreign Office
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Asfa Wose Haile Selassie
Washington
Asfa Wosen
Brazil
Asfa Wosen Haile Selassie
Cow Elk Return Planned After Escape Near Fair Park Zoo
The cow elk that escaped weeks ago near Fair Park Zoo is expected to be returned home next week. C of. C . BCD Manager Jeff Henderson said she is tame enough to be shot with a transilizer pellet, with Dr. Bob Jones to perform the procedure.
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Fair Park Zoo
C of. C . Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Bob Jones
Break-ins Reported in Turkey Memphis Clara Don and Claude
Sheriff Gaylon B Smith says a series of break ins targeted service stations in Turkey Memphis Clara Don and Claude last night. He notes a consistent pattern suggesting a single thief or group may be responsible for the incidents.
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Turkey
Memphis
Claradon
Claude
Gaylon B. Smith
Larry Bettis Wins Index Christmas Color Contest
Larry Bettis age 10 wins first and grand prize in The Index Christmas Coloring Contest. Runners up Mary Ann Felton Pamela Winter and Billy Dan Johnson also receive prizes. Entries may claim prizes Thursday afternoon and eligible colors were submitted to the National Contest. Honorable mentions listed and all entries may visit the Palace Theatre box office for free movie passes.
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Larry Bettis
Jim Bettis
Ave. E
Southeast
The
Index
Mary Ann Felton
Rt. 2
Kirkland
Pamela Winter
Billy Dan Johnson
Northwest
Larry
Mary Ann
Pamela
Billy Dan
Mary Ann’s
Mary Dee Meinzer
Cheryl Ann Wilson
Vernon
John Marlin Baker
Linda Mobley
Terry Bettis
Shirley Taylor
Kathy Hill
Nancy Baker
Pat Craig
Beverlye Ann Weatherbee
Charlotte Czewski
Frank Stepp
Ivan Ray Crouch
Jo Ann Murphy
Denise Sterling
Larry Joe Goodman
Danny Lane
Ross Butler
Billy Ray Frazier
Jimmy Frazier
Kirk West
Suzy West
Ann Harmon
Geraldine Jackson Casey Session Jr
Doris Marie Barker
Palace Theatre
Rowden Cordell
Phipps-Layton Theatres
Re Painting Fair Park Auditorium Interior
The interior of Fair Park Auditorium is being re painted according to City Manager Louis Sally.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Louis Sally
New Location Sought For Greenbelt Damsite
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority seeks a new dam site on the Salt Fork of the Red River after core drilling shows the original near Hedley is unfeasible. Bureau of Reclamation finds another downstream location more economical, with a larger proposed pond and unchanged water content.
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Salt Fork
Red River
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Kenneth Tooley
Paducah
Hedley
S. H. Townsend
Greenbelt Authority
John C. Thompson
Amarillo
Bureau of Reclamation
Thompson
Bureau of Recalamation
Orginal
Tion
U.S. Department of Health
Texas
State Board of Water Engineers
We Goofed Yes We Did Letter to Chamber and City Board
A corrected paragraph from a letter to the Childress Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development was intended to urge churches Parent-Teacher Association civic clubs and other groups to support projects that avoid creating an unfavorable and unwholesome environment for children youth and all citizens now and in the future.
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Childress Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Childress County Ministerial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Street Markers Being Made New
City employees are forging and erecting new street markers. Erection will begin within weeks with work by city staff during spare time. First marker will be placed on Avenue Bow.
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Louis Sally
Sally
Avenue Bow
Firemen Extinguish Air Conditioner Fire at Tiny Puff Hop
Firemen answered a call yesterday afternoon to the Tiny Puff hop and found wiring in an air conditioner burned out. Fire Chief John Ballew stated the wiring caused the outage and was disconnected.
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John Ballew
Warmer Weather Is Coming Warms Texas Storm Toll
A winter storm from West Texas and New Mexico dumped up to five inches of snow in mountains and moved into Northern Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. In Dallas Fort Worth sleet fell then rain as a warming trend eyed the state while four Houston residents died in two rain related crashes. Canadian air from the Pacific Northwest was expected to push Texas temperatures to new lows later in the week.
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United Press International
West Texas
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Big Bend
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Houston
William R. Collins
William L. Mason
Charles Brotherton
Pacific Northwest
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