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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1973
Page
1
Mayor John V. Lindsay entertained over 1,000 New Yorkers at City Hall as he wrapped up eight years in office. The event aimed to raise funds to pay down an old campaign debt and marked a spirited, final farewell.
President Nixon signs a two year daylight saving time law effective January 6 to curb oil use and aid the energy crisis. The measure, with an executive order for time zone exemptions, follows a broad energy bill passage in Congress and limits on Indochina petroleum exports.
Gov Dolph Briscoe orders a noon Tuesday special session to set Texas maximum highway speed at 55 mph to align with federal action. Highway chief DeWitt Greer expects signs to change in about two weeks at a cost of 300000 to 400000 dollars. The call limits this session to speed limit matters though others sought include offshore tanker terminals and oilfield unitization. Special session subject to state needs and federal funds implications.
Independent drivers kept rigs off roads as protests over fuel costs and speed limits continue. A two day stoppage targeted public attention with shortages reported by New England supermarkets and Midwest manufacturers while James R Hoffa voiced support for the independents.
The American Psychiatric Association trustees vote 13 to 0 with two abstentions to remove homosexuality from its mental disorder catalog. A three part resolution pushes repeal of sodomy laws in 42 states and the District of Columbia and calls for civil rights enactments to protect homosexual citizens. The board also plans to consider removing homosexuality per se from its official manual.
Graveside services for 93 year old Mrs Janie Clift former resident and mother of Herbert Clift of Childress were set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Childress Cemetery with Rev Marvin James of First United Methodist Church presiding. Memorial services were held Saturday at Lucas Funeral Home with Dr Jones of First Presbyterian Church in charge. The body lay in state at Newberry Funeral Home until 1 40 p.m. today before burial. Mrs Clift died Thursday night in All Saints Hospital Fort Worth. She was born in Mississippi.
Funeral services for Raymond Wayne Barstow 56 will be at 3 p m today at the First United Methodist Church. Rev Marvin James will lead rites and burial follows at Childress Cemetery. Barstow a professional club manager died at 3 15 p m Thursday in Childress General Hospital from an apparent heart attack. He was born August 21 1917 in Ithaca Michigan a World War II veteran moved to Childress from Fairbanks Alaska in October and had lived here previously. He married Lorene Moore November 7 1954 in Fort.
In Lubbock Texas farmers praise a bumper cotton crop with prices 3 times last year. Officials project 4.7 million bales in Texas, up 450000 from last year, with profits at 60 to 65 cents a pound for unc contracted cotton and high visual yields described as stunning across the plains.
J Paul Getty III the 17 year old grandson of the oil magnate was found in southern Italy after more than five months in captivity. He said the kidnapers released him three hours earlier and that he had not eaten for days. Police described him as weak and exhausted. News reports say the family paid about 2.7 million dollars but this has not been confirmed by the family. He was located 60 miles south of Salerno near a gas station.
In a rice paddy 12 miles south of Saigon, a team searching for missing U.S. servicemen was attacked by Communist gunners. One American was killed and four wounded as three unarmed helicopters landed and unloaded. Army Maj. Richard Laritz described the attack as a well carried out ambush and said a South Vietnamese pilot was killed while three Vietnamese were wounded. The embassy reported three Americans escaped injuries.
High winds last week slowed the cotton harvest as gins lagged behind bales in yards. Total bales ginned and in yards exceed 16 000 with unknown bales ricked and in fields. A gunner noted the difficulty in estimating ricked bales while north winds and a cold front bring showers and fog to coastal Texas.
The Childress Lions Club hosts the Ruth Fite Christmas Party and Queens Contest at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Fair Park Auditorium. Lion President LaNeal Castleberry will MC. Candidates include Susan Smith, Hazel Crawford, Susie Decker, and 18 others with sponsors Rhonda Cason and Janis Rothwell introducing the entrants.
Dick Risenhoover, Childress High School alumnus and longtime Texas Rangers broadcaster, will join the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame in Amarillo on January 6. Induction occurs at 2 p.m. in the Amarillo College Gym with Tom Higley introducing him. public invitation extended.
Childress City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Building council chambers to vote on five items. They include pumps and motors for a wastewater lift station serving the Childress Manor Apartments on North 7th Street, a new pump for the sewer plant, a Bradshaw Manufacturing plant contract, a second reading of a city employee retirement plan, and federal funds for widening and paving Ave I from the east city limits to U.S. 83.
The Bobcat Mothers will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Hospitality Room at West Texas Utilities. All members are urged to attend. A public singing is set today from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Veterans Building with singers from surrounding towns and new convention books available.
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