Christmas holiday traffic toll tops 105 lives in AP report
Early weekend weather and icy roads slowed travel across the Northeast Pacific Northwest and the Rockies. The AP notes travel hazards persist after midweek snow and rain as the national death toll from accidents climbs toward a Friday 6 p.m. update and a Saturday midnight count. In Cambodia Khmer Rouge forces skirmished near highways to Phnom Penh as government troops held the capital area.
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Associated Press
Northeast
Pacific Northwest
Therthern
Central Rockies
Zardous
Ioswest
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
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Nom Penh
One Spot Where There's An Old Fashion Christmas
In Denny California a tiny mountain town with one phone no electricity and a burro Santa Claus hands out gifts at a candlelight Christmas party for 35 of 45 residents. Residents say isolation strengthens family ties and they share whatever they have as miners once did.
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Denny
Calif
San Francisco
California
John Swan
Ron
Connie Sanders
Swan
Santa Claus
Santa
Melody
North Pole
Jasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Dander
Blitzen
Rudolph
Lowrie Gifford
Johnston Lewellen Honored Ataman Amarillo Groups
High school stars Charlie Johnston and Tim Lewellen earned regional honors after Childress High School's 10 3 season. Johnston was named Panhandle coach of the year for guiding the Bobcats to district titles and state playoff runs while Lewellen earned Defensive Player of the Year honors on the Panhandle Plains Super Football Team. Lewellen posted 14 tackles per game with 10 fumbles caused and 10 recoveries, plus 4 blocked field goals and three interceptions as a senior fullback and middle linebacker.
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Bobcats
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Lewellen
Amarillo Globe-News
Globe News
Johnston
Paducah
Southeast Oklahoma State
Durant
Bobcat
Ll-L
Alamogordo
N. M
Childress
Childress Independent School District
Shy Hughes Rumored Bahamas Residence Amid Vesco Extradition News
Freeport Bahamas reports say Howard Hughes has relocated to a Bahamas hotel two weeks after financier Robert Vesco avoided U.S. extradition. Vesco, 38, faces federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges, plus a civil stock fraud suit, but was deemed not extraditable under a 1931 treaty. Potential legal action against Hughes may follow.
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Freeport
Bahamas
Howard Hughes
United States
Hughes
London
Robert L. Vesco
U.S. - Bahamas
Vesco
Nixon
Costa Rica
1974 Winter Wheat Crop Seen At Record 1.5 Billion Bushels
The Crop Reporting Board projects 1974 winter wheat production at about 1.5 billion bushels, about 19 percent above this year’s record. If spring types add 400 million, total 1974 wheat could reach 1.9 billion bushels, aided by strong exports.
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Washington
Nixon
Crop Reporting Board
Agriculture Department
Crisis May Not Be as Bad as Feared
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz says energy trouble may be more manageable than three weeks ago as Americans cut back on usage. A proposed excess-use tax on gasoline aims to curb consumption, with details to Congress after the New Year. Defense seeks to limit diverting 1.5 million barrels of military fuel to civilian use.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Shultz
William Johnson
William E. Simon
Consumers Advisory Committee
Johnson
Congress
Defense Department
Federal Energy Office
Pentagon
Simon
Conviction Of Calley To The President
The U S Court of Military Appeals upholds Army Lt William R Calley Jr murder conviction for the My Lai massacre pressuring final decision to President Nixon Calley killed at least 22 Vietnamese civilians and faces possible clemency review by the White House.
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Washington
William R. Calley Jr
Nixon
Calley
My Lai
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
William H. Darden
Darden
Israel Egypt peace talks plan rapid disengagement group
The two day opening phase of the Middle East peace conference ends with a pact to form a military working group of Israeli and Egyptian experts under UN supervision to discuss disengagement at the Suez Canal. Russian observers may join. Kissinger expresses happiness at the quick progress. Syria boycotts the talks.
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Elias Antar
Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Middle East
Suez Canal
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mideast
Syria
Israel
Andrei A. Gromyko
Egypt
Jordan
Eban
Ismail Fahmy
Beirut
Clear Skies Across Texas With Warmer Dawn Temperatures
Texas skies were generally clear at dawn as forecasters expect a warm day. Overnight temps rose from recent days with subfreezing readings fading, the coldest spots recorded 13 degrees in El Paso and 15 in Marfa.
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Associated Press
Texas
el Paso
Marfa
Rio Grande Valley
Bostick Rites Held Here Saturday for William F. Bostick
Funeral services for 72 year old William Floyd Bostick were held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Newberry Funeral Chapel with Rev. Truett White officiating and burial in Childress Cemetery. He died Thursday night in a local nursing home. Surviving relatives include a daughter Pat Coldsmith of San Angelo and three sons in California and Colorado. Pallbearers were nephews L D Portwood Jr. and Gary Farr among others.
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William Floyd
Bill) Bostick
Newberry Funeral
Truett White
Calvary Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
L. D. Portwood Jr
Robert Portwood
Gary Farr
J. A. Farr
Curtis Bostick
Dan Forlines
Bostick
Pat Coldsmith
San Angelo
O. W.W
Vallejo
Calif
T. V
Amarillo
John L
Cokedale
Colo
L. D. Portwood Sr
Childress
Frances Hill
Fresno
W. T. Blair
C. M. Blair
Gardena
R. W
Nortex Approves City Water Tower and Sewage Plant Grants
Nortex Regional Planning Commission's executive committee recommended City of Childress receive 185000 from FHA and EPA to fund a 500000 gallon water tower southwest of Childress General Hospital and a new waste water treatment plant at Childress Air Field. The grants total 185000 with no city funds.
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Nortex Regional Planning Commission
Childress
Jacksboro
North Texas Commission
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Childress Air Fielld
Childress General Hospital
Federal Housing Administration
Child Killed in Automobile Crash Near Holidays Route
Two year old Carmen Michelle Casados, granddaughter of former Childress residents, died in a Friday night or Saturday morning car wreck. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Casados of Del Rio were en route to Dumas to visit Mrs. Casados' parents. Mrs. Casados was driving. conditions of survivors unknown. Services expected in Dumas. She was the great granddaughter of Mrs. E. D. Griffin and the great niece of Ethel Griffin of Childress.
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Carmen Michelle Casados
Childress
Freddy Casados
del Rio
Dumas
INDEX MONDAY PRINT SCHEDULE FOR HOLIDAY WEEK
The Childress Index will publish Monday edition this week to grant staff Christmas day off. Thursday edition will appear on its usual date with no change to content.
Fire crews quell grass fire on Ave H in Childress
The Childress Fire Department extinguished a grass fire in the 1100 block of Ave H Ne at 10 20 a m on Friday. One fire truck was used and no financial loss was reported.
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Childress
Ave. H. Ne
Federal offices closing for two Mondays this December
All federal offices in the agriculture building at 3rd St NW and Ave B will be closed on Monday December 24 and Monday December 31. Affected agencies include the ASCS FmHA SCS and APHIS.
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3Rd St
Ave. B
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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