Farmers Fund Started For Youth in Childress County
The Childress County Farm Bureau voted to give $50 to the Childress County Youth Project Fund created by the Childress County Young Farmers. President Stanley Terry of High Point hopes other county farms replicate this to build an effective fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Childress County
Childress County Young Farmers
County Farm Bureau
Stanley Terry
High Point
Farm Bureau
Childress
Truman Kidwell
FFA
Future Farmers of America
FHA
Future Homemakers of America
Terry
Childress Chamber of Commerce
Spain Premier Carrero Blanco Assassinated in Madrid Blast
Premier Luis Carrero Blanco, Francisco Franco's No. 2, was killed when a bomb exploded under his car as he rode to a cabinet meeting after Mass. The blast tore a street crater about 30 feet across, killing the premier, his bodyguard, and chauffeur. Police probed the debris while Franco summoned his cabinet. The attacker used a tunnel from a nearby house to trigger the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Wheeler
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Luis Carrero Blanco
Francisco Franco
Carrero Bianco
San Francisco de Borja Church
Carrero Blanco
United States
U.S
Franco
Henry A. Kissinger
Torcuato Fernandez Miranda
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Michelle Creamer New Lions Queen
Michelle Creamer, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill Creamer, was chosen Lions Club Queen at the annual holiday dinner in Fair Park Auditorium. First runner up was Miss Susan Brown and second runner up Miss Tina Fowler. Miss Congeniality was Patty Sprayberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Creamer
Lions Club
Ruth Fite
Fair Park Auditorium
Susan Brown
Tina Fowler
Patty Sprayberry
Sherrill Creamer
Bill Brown
John T. Fowler
Joe Sprayberry
Susan
Traffic crash summary for 1973 region reports no deaths in Childress area
No deaths or injuries in six crashes across Childress County last month per Sgt Jack Thornhanger. Collingsworth, Cottle, Hardeman and Hall counties report injuries in multiple crashes. Through 11 months in 1973 the region logs 52 no fatal crashes and 31 injured. November 1973 totals across 60 counties show 606 crashes with 25 deaths and 349 injuries, up from November 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Jack Thornhanger
Collingsworth
Cottle County
Hardeman
Hall County
Lubbock
Snowy roads cause few crashes in 48 hours
Very little traffic mishaps occurred despite light snow and slick spots on highways. The only notable incident involved a westbound semi truck jackknifing into a ditch on U.S. 287 about five miles east of Childress with no injuries. A separate minor crash near noon also produced no injuries as sun and warmer air reduced slickness.
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Department of Public Safety
U.S. 287
Childress
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Laird to quit as presidential counselor February first
Melvin R. Laird will resign as presidential counselor on February 1 and hand over congressional liaison and domestic policy duties to Vice President Gerald R. Ford. Bryce Harlow also plans to leave White House duties next year amid Watergate fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Bryce Harlow
White House
Laird
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
House of Representatives
Defense
House
Ford
Snow Fails To Slow Down Cotton Harvest
A winter storm slowed but did not stop cotton picking in the county with three gins operating. About 18 000 bales have reached gins. half of the crop is still in fields or ricks. Temperatures plunged toward zero in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas, worsening natural gas problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
City seeks federal funds for water tower and sewage plant
Childress requests 185000 in federal funds for a 500000 gallon water storage tower and 35000 for a new sewage plant at the Childress Municipal Air Field. Nortex Regional Planning Commission will consider the requests tonight. City aims for full funding, else local funds may be required. The water tower would double storage, planned southwest of the hospital near the country club. The waste water plant would serve nearby factories, businesses and residents.
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City of
Childress
Jacksboro
Nortex Regional Planning Commission
City of Childress
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Childress Municipal Air Field
Louis Sally
Sally
Childress General Hospital
Childress Country Club
Childress Air Field
Voluntary Controls Have Never Worked
AP writer argues that WWII gasoline rationing shows voluntary controls fail. History suggests persuading drivers to cut consumption fails. rationing with A coupons and bans later arose, despite wartime prices averaging 20 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library of Congress
Hunt Was Spy For LBJ Too
Watergate figure E Howard Hunt told Senate Watergate committee staff he spied on Barry Goldwater for Lyndon B Johnson during the 1964 campaign. He said he and a CIA team conducted surveillance while on leaves of absence from the agency under Allen W Dulles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Washington
E. Howard Hunt
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hunt
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Allen W. Dulles
Goldwater
Senator Baker probes CIA domestic operations in Watergate era
Senate Watergate panel vice chairman Senator Howard Baker Jr. investigates possible CIA domestic involvement in the Watergate break in and related operations. A Republican source says Baker and aides have questioned Hunt about CIA links and orders reportedly coming from Johnson via an unnamed intermediary.
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CIA
Howard H. Baker Jr
R.tenn
Watergate Panel
Baker
Hunt
Republican Committee
Fred D. Thompson
Donald Sanders
Johnson
White House
Childress County Tax Office Reports November Collections
U S Fromm Childress County tax assessor collector reports 74.73 percent of the 1973 ad valorem tax bill paid by county residents through November. November receipts totaled 27,200.92 in real and personal property taxes, with October at 61.8 percent of the 211,237 calendar year bill. The year to date total reaches 157,852.37 with taxes split among the county state and Childress Hospital District as discounts decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fromm
State
Childress Hospital
We Apologize For Today's Index Delay
The editors explain a late Index due to a breakdown in the body type setting machine, causing publishing delay. No other details provided.
Center Closure Notice for Outreach Center
The Outreach Center will be closed Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. This temporary closure affects regular services and operations.
Farm Administration Office to Close on Key Holidays
The Farmers Home Administration office will close on December 24 and 25 and December 3 and January 1. Chester Sinclair, the administrator, issued the orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer’s Home Administration
Chester Sinclair
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New Lions
Miss Fite
Nellie Agnes Kennedy
LaNeal Castleberry
Wiley Shires
Russell Jones
Harold Cheek
C. C. Broughton
E. V. Price
Dub Hodges
Patricia Henderson
Lion Alton Landrum and
Readers Digest Association
Ford Page
Walter R. Mears
LBJ
Childress High School
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