22 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1970
Page
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Houston AP reports Mattel Inc. and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows Inc. will merge. The merger will proceed once both company directors and circus shareholders approve.
Senator Edward Kennedy announced that North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris handed an official list of 368 American prisoners of war. The list was given to John Noland and later to David Bruce, with Kennedy stressing uncertainty about its accuracy and calling for a government review under Geneva Convention procedures.
The Associated Press notes the first official day of winter in Texas is indistinct as freezing temperatures appear only in pockets. Low clouds and fog draped the Panhandle and West Texas while other areas saw clearer skies and temperatures in the upper 30s.
Government forces say more than 50 miles of Highway 4 to the sea are now open after a sweep that left heavy casualties among Communist led units. North Vietnamese troops had blocked the route to Kompong Som, the capital's only deepwater port, straining fuel supplies and air wartime needs. Brig. Gen. Sosthene Fernandez reported 400 to 500 enemy killed or wounded since the operation began.
Los Angeles AP reports that Sharon Tate murder trial defendants Charles Manson and his three women followers were ejected again for defying the judge as closing arguments continue amid tighter security. Spectators and reporters faced new search procedures before entering.
Senate backers of a faster-than-sound jet liner failed to break a filibuster delaying federal subsidies. The 44 to 42 cloture vote fell short of two thirds as SST supporters warned the Future of the United States hinges on 210 million dollars for development of an 1800 mph, 300 passenger supersonic transport, while opponents led by Senator Proxmire listed charges against the project.
The Agriculture Department sent detailed regulations to state and county offices guiding the $55,000 per crop government payment limit for individual farmers under the Agricultural Act of 1970. Proposals prompt debate over environmental impact and economic effects as political leaders discuss possible compromise.
Angela Davis, charged with murder and kidnapping in Marin County courthouse shootings, was flown from New York to California by National Guard plane. Sheriff Louis Mountanos expected her arrival today, with the plane departing McGuire Air Force Base at 5 30 a.m. EST for delivery to Marin County jail.
New York banks lowered their prime rate to 6 percent from 7 percent amid slackening loan demand, marking the fifth cut this year. Chase Manhattan initiated the latest round, soon followed by Bank of America and other major institutions.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rye B. Baldwin 74 of Amarillo sister of Mrs. Walter M. Smith of Childress were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Griggs Pioneer Chapel Amarillo Rev Delbert Serratt officiated burial was in Claude Cemetery Mrs Baldwin born in Claude died Friday at her home
The post office will be closed Saturday with no window service or city and rural deliveries. All preferential mail will be dispatched, according to Assistant Postmaster Littleton Havins.
Youth oriented political groups race to register millions newly enfranchised by a Supreme Court ruling lowering the voting age to 18. The Young Republican national chairman Ron Romans cites a national registration plan and a pilot in two states to computerize 18 to 21 year olds for a signup drive. The National Young Democrats join with other youth groups in a campaign to register voters whose vote could bring social change.
Friday's meeting secured continued Red Cross blood availability for Childress County residents. Childress General Hospital and the Childress County Chapter renewed their participating partnership with the Red River Red Cross Blood Center to ensure full regional coverage for all local blood needs.
Draft Board No. 20 issues a call for four registrants for induction and four for armed forces physical on January 19. The January draft covers Texas with 905 local boards filling the call from the Extended Priority and First Priority Selection Groups.
Bob Hope arrived at Camp Eagle Vietnam for a Christmas tour stop entertaining about 15,000 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division near Hue. He joked about marijuana and gardening while leading a troupe of performers at the base.
City Council in session last night rescinded a teardown order for the Reid Scott buildings on Commerce and voted to gain possession through a tax sale. They plan to sell once possession is obtained with new owners to restore the structures to be sightly and safe. Back taxes owed to all taxing agencies are about $10,000. The Greenbelt Municipal and Building Page 12.
The FDA ordered 39 toys off the market including dolls stuffed animals and lawn dart sets due to hazards from pins needles and sharp wires. Toy makers and retailers were notified to remove them from shelves or face federal seizure by FDA inspectors. Toy Town of Randallstown Maryland was named in the list.
Two senior Coast Guard officers Ellis and Brown retire to dodge courts-martial over involvement in a failed defection bid by Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka. Kudirka was pulled aboard a Russian vessel after leaping from the Vigilant near Martha's Vineyard, prompting congressional scrutiny and criticism from Rep. Wayne Hays.
A 6-year-old Wiltshire boy in Lima Ohio is reported by three doctors to be the first person in medical history to survive rabies. The doctors announced at a news conference at St. Rita’s Hospital on Monday following a bite on October 10.
Mrs Della Coldwell 91 of Sulphur Springs Texas sister of Mrs Claude Crain of Childress died Monday in Sulphur Springs Graveside rites set for Wednesday afternoon in Raleigh Springs Cemetery Born in Union Springs Alabama she moved to Texas aged seven and lived in Hopkins and Wood Counties Surviving son Earl Coldwell Quitman and others pdf continuation on Page 12
Mrs. Mary Beulah Lane 83 died at 3 20 a m in Bivins Memorial Nursing Home Amarillo where she lived about 10 years. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at First United Methodist Church with Dr J E Shewbert officiating and Rev R H Knight assisting. Santa Downtown Tonight features Santa Claus visiting 6 30 to 8 30 p m with children in streets and stores.
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