Relatives Advise Teens To Stay In Waco After Cash Find
Two Alice high school students were detained in Waco after a traffic stop of a newly bought 1977 Thunderbird. Officers found marijuana, an automatic pistol, and two suitcases with 486000 in cash. Juvenile petitions accuse one boy of marijuana possession and the other of a prohibited weapon. A Feb 24 hearing was set.
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Miller H. Bonner Jr
Associated Press
Alice, Tex
Waco
Ate District Court
Bill Loge
Alice
Two File For Council Race In Local Elections
Two for aldermen posts and one for school board were filed this week. No new names added to hospital board or Precinct 7 justice race which now has six candidates. Elections set for April 2 with city aldermen voting April 5.
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Hospital Board
Justice of Peace
Walter Lockhoof
Larry Moore
W. E. Helms
Pam Harpole
Fox Clinic
Robert E. Jones
E. A. Nelson
Ted Mink
W. L. Eikman
Alvin Ben Trent
Justice of Peace Post
Joan Wright
Childess County
Heart Group to Launch Annual Fund Drive Monday
The Childress County Heart Association will start its yearly business fund drive Monday with Bennie Foard as chairman. James Driver announced at a Tuesday meeting that a house-to-house campaign will begin on Heart Sunday in February. Memorial gifts may be made to the heart association via Miss Grace Powell. Attendees included Paul Ord Madge Culberson Genta Morren Grady Bowman Saundra Christy James Bartlett and Joyce Cargill from Wichita Falls regional director.
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Childress County Heart Association
Bennie Foard
James Driver
Heart
Larry Moore
Heart Association
Grace Powell
Paul Ord
Madge Culberson
Genta Morren
Grady Bowman
Saundra Christy
James Bartlett
Joyce Cargill
Wichita Falls
Muniz Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Ramsey Muniz, former gubernatorial candidate, pleads guilty in a conspiracy case tied to marijuana. He could face up to five years in prison and a $15,000 fine as sentencing looms in San Antonio Texas.
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Rick Scott
Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex
Ramsey Muniz
Corpus Christi
U.S
John H. W. Jr
Muniz
Raza Unida Party
Mexico
Medina County
Tex
San Antonio
Livestock judging Saturday at Childress Youth Show
Livestock judging at the Childress Youth Project Show starts 10 a.m. Saturday in the school bus barn east of the Junior High. About 50 swine four steers three beef heifers and 15 rabbits will be exhibited by FFA and 4 H members.
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Childress
FFA
Don Reeves
Wellington
Joan Marlow
Bus Collision Injures Several In Amarillo Texas
A bus carrying workers to jobs in Amarillo collided with a trailer truck injuring three people critically and nineteen others. The incident marked a second bus collision in Texas that day following a crash in Big Spring.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Big Spring
Dixon Apologizes to Nader Faces Ouster Calls
Federal Trade Commission official Paul Rand Dixon apologized to Ralph Nader after calling him a son of a bitch and a dirty Arab. Nader remains unsatisfied and groups urge Dixon's removal. The controversy strains the FTC's work as Dixon had initially refused to apologize but relented.
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Washington
Paul Rand
Dixon
Ralph Nader
Nader
FTC
Karen DeCrow
National Organization For Women
Carter
Docket Call Set in Childress County Court
County Court in Childress schedules a 10 a.m. docket call Friday with 22 cases to set for trial including 19 DWI charges. County Attorney Miss Ann Postma said defendants’ counsel will attend to set specific trial dates, and County Judge Harper Knight will preside. DWI cases make up about 75 percent of the docket.
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Childress
Miss Ann Postma
Harper Knight
Bloodmobile Visit Set for February Drive at Childress
The bloodmobile will visit Childress Fair Park Auditorium from 1 15 p m to 6 30 p m on February 16. Mrs James Driver chairs the drive as the local organizer. The unit serves Childress four times yearly with a February quota of 85 acceptable donors.
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Childress Fair Park Auditorium
James Driver
Childress
Winter effects spread faster across New England and Ohio
New supplies of natural gas flow east as winter hardships spread quickly. Layoffs are reaching into New England, an area previously spared due to low gas use, while Ohio and western regions face similar strain as frigid conditions persist.
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Associated Press
New England
Ohio
New
Cattlemen Trim Herds Amid Record Beef Glut
Washington AP reports U S cattle inventory fell to 122.9 million head on January 1, down 4 percent from a year earlier. The Crop Reporting Board notes the drop is the sharpest since 1948 and marks the second straight year of herd reductions in the current cattle cycle.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
U.S
Light Rain and Snow Amid Flood Fears and Energy Moves
Light rainfall in Childress totals 0.04 inch after January’s scant 0.24 inch, with frozen and thaw concerns rising across Pennsylvania and New York. A winter storm darkens the West while floods loom from potential rapid thaws. President Carter signs emergency natural gas powers to move supplies and avert outages.
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York State
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New York
Carter
Congress
Tax Seminar on Your Taxes Free Public Session Next Week
The Childress Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Administration co sponsor a tax seminar from 7 to 9 p.m. next Thursday in the Hospitality Room of West Texas Utilities Childress. SBA speakers Bill Ed Thompson and Millard Townsend from Lubbock will headline. Benny Foard of First Federal Savings and Loan will give opening remarks. The event is free and open to the public with a Q and A session following Thompson topic Your Income Taxes. Townsend speaks on The Rules of the Game. For info call Hazel ODonnell, chamber manager.
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Childress Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Administration
West Texas Utilities
Bill Ed Thompson
Millard Townsend
SBA
Lubbock
Benny Foard
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Childress
Thompson
Townsend
Hazel O'Donnell
First Skirmish On School Financing In Texas Legislature
In the Texas House the resolution to use two sets of property values to gauge school finance impact was defeated 53 to 85. Rep. Tom Massey argued for market value and agricultural productivity figures, while rural lawmakers opposed binding the state to governor figures.
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Massey
House
Senate
Fred Head
Athens
Local cemetery donations and memory trees announced
Contributions to the Cemetery Improvement Project are received in memory of Collins Howard from Olean Bearden and Zuma B Myers and in memory of Dollie Sims Dorman from Mr and Mrs Buford Taylor. Memory Trees are given in memory of Collins Howard by Mrs W D Felton and in memory of Fred Eugene Ratcliff by Mr and Mrs Carl J Moyers of Lubbock. A clinic Tuesday offers free immunizations for diphtheria tetanus whooping cough rubella measles and polio at the Community Action Center 501 Avenue B Ne from 3 to 5 p.m.
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Collins Howard
Olean Bearden
Zuma B. Myers
Dollie Sims Dorman
Buford Taylor
W. D. Felton
Fred Eugene Ratcliff
Carl J. Moyers
Lubbock
Community Action Center
501
Avenue B
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