Banking rate cut and Nixon trip fuel savings headline
First National Bank of Boston plans to lower its prime lending rate from 10 to 9 3/4 percent next Monday. President Nixon’s California trip saved up to 10 000 gallons of fuel for his jet, with backup aircraft unused.
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First National Bank of Boston
Washington
Nixon
California
White House
Los Angeles International Airport
San Clemente, Calif
Pat
Tricia Nixon Cox
Washington Lull Of Short Length
Congress is in recess as President Nixon retreats to San Clemente for a year end vacation. After a year of shocks and crises the nation enters a Washington lull likely to influence the 1974 elections. Issues from 1973 linger as energy shortages prompt calls for conservation and government action.
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Congress
Nixon
San Clemente
Charles McC. Mathias
Senate
Stand-by gasoline rationing plan announced by Hoover official
Federal Energy Chief William Simon announced a stand-by system for gasoline rationing and ordered three months of ration coupons printed. He said operation could start by March 1 if needed, with monthly per-driver coupons about $1, and said Congress may decide financing. He noted possible New England fuel diversions and revised oil shortage estimates.
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Federal Energy
William FE
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
New England
Nixon
California
San Clemente Estate
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Gasoline Allocation Rules Announced as Crime Rates Rise
Justice Department reports a 1 percent rise in serious crime in the first nine months of the year with regional changes. Violent crime up 3 percent, murders and rapes up with varying regional trends. City totals show mixed declines and increases across 100,000 plus populations.
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Washington
Justice Department
Robert H. Bork
Albuquerque
N.M
Amarillo
Tex
Austin
Baton Rouge
Bertha Nave Improves After Two Car Crash Near Hospital
Mrs. Bertha Nave of 611 Ave G N remains hospitalized in Childress General with serious injuries after a Monday crash near the hospital. John Richard Cates and son Richie Cates Jr. sustained minor injuries. Nave received a broken collarbone and a ticket for failure to yield. Police noted few Christmas accidents in six counties. the Nave-Cates crash was the most serious.
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Ave. G. N
Childress General Hospital
Cates
John Richard
Richie) Cates Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Nave
U.S. 83
Jack Thornhanger
Nave-Cates
Childress
Blackeye Pea Dinner Is Set
The Annual Veterans Blackeye Pea and Cornbread Supper will be held in the Veterans building January 1 at 7 p.m. All veterans and their guest are invited. You do not have to be a member to attend. Games and entertainment will be provided after the supper.
Israel Egypt disengagement talks slow and uncertain
Israeli chief of staff warns no full agreement on Suez disengagement before mid January or early February. Negotiations in Geneva remain preparatory with no working formulas. Outcome of December 31 elections could influence concessions and cabinet makeup. A deadlock risks renewed front line warfare. Further meetings planned under UN chair Ensio Siilasvuo and listed Egyptian and Israeli delegates.
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Navid Elazar
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Elazar
United Nations
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Cairo Suez Road
Egypt
Taha el- Magdoob
Copl
Ahmed Fouad Howaidi
Mordechai Gur
Dov Sion
Cotton harvest tops 20 710 bales in Texas county
Fair cold weather persisted in Childress as three gins operated at capacity and over 20 000 bales were in gin yards or ginned. Farmers hope for a touch of moisture as some cotton shatters in the dry harvest while small winter grains need rain. Temperatures across Texas fell into the 12 to 32 degree range with a Pacific front forecast to bring snow showers to the Panhandle Friday and milder weather elsewhere.
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New Mexico
Troops in Delta Gate Rice Harvest as Viet Cong Attack
In the Mekong Delta thousands of South Vietnamese troops push to defend the rice harvest after a Christmas Day Viet Cong ambush left about 18 dead, 42 missing, and 81 wounded. Reinforcements moved in as fighting continued and the Viet Cong suffered additional losses. In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge clashes near Phnom Penh continued with navy support helping repel a dawn attack.
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Associated Press
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South Vietnam
Mekong
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Prek Tameak
No Punishment As Yet for Terrorists
At least 28 hijackers and other Palestinian terrorists have surrendered to Arab governments this year but none have been punished. Governments and guerrilla groups condemn terrorism yet no Arab state has held trials or handed suspects to the PLO. Multiple cases across Sudan Libya Kuwait and Paris illustrate the pattern.
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Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Athens
Kuwait
Paris
Former Childress Resident Allen Preston Dies in California
Allen R. Preston 52, a former Childress resident and brother of Mrs. Virgil Weatherly, died Tuesday in Santa Cruz California. Born 1921 in Carey, he grew up in Childress County and married Rheba Rapp in 1942 Corpus Christi. A World War II veteran and railroad employee, he moved to Santa Cruz in 1946. Surviving sisters are Lois Arnold McAdoo Tex Minnie Mae Boykin Guam and Harvey Lee Weatherly Childress.
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Allen R. Preston
Childress
Virgil Weatherly
Santa Cruz
Calif
Preston
Carey
Childress County
Rheba Rapp
Corpus Christi
Lois Arnold
McAdoo, Tex
Minnie Mae Boykin
Guam
Harvey Lee Weatherly
School To Start Earlier Next Year In Childress
Childress schools will resume on January 7 on daylight saving time. Buses will run an hour earlier but drivers are urged to not arrive before 8:15 a.m. since classes start at 8:30 a.m. Supt. Jack Martin notes most drivers arrived by 8:00 a.m. or earlier.
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Childress
Jack Martin
Christmas Weekend Traffic Deaths Set Record Low
Holiday four day toll fell to 520 deaths the smallest since 1951 for such observances. The National Safety Council had predicted 550 to 650 fatalities and noted it may take weeks to gauge the figures' meaning. Service stations closed and traffic lighter than usual aided the outcome. Last year 656 deaths were recorded over a three day weekend.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
200 Jobs Are Available In Childress
Childress Chamber of Commerce manager Gene Merrifield told Rotary Club members that the city could fill 200 jobs immediately if workers were available. He cited a growing population, a new apartment complex but housing strain, and industrial income rising by 10 million dollars in 27 months. County farm and ranch income was estimated at 25 million dollars this year. Van Houser of Cayuga was a guest.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gene Merrifield
Rotary Club
Land of Opportunity
Merrifield
van Houser
Cayuga
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