Ford To Release Highway Funds Amid Economic Drive
President Ford will announce the release of 2 billion dollars in impounded highway funds. The action aims to accelerate road projects and create an estimated 140,000 to 300,000 new jobs nationwide.
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Jay Perkins
Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Midwest
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Jennings Randolph
D. W.va
Randoph
Federal Highway Administration
Cotton futures slip as prices drop in New York markets
New York Cotton Exchange reports declines in strict low middling spot cotton with midday prices down several cents per bale across the ten leading markets. March 39.15, May 40.10, July 41.16. Also notes potential highway funding actions and job projections tied to federal aid and construction spending.
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NEW York
New York Cotton Exchange
Cooperative Forms Greenbelt to Coordinate Special Ed
Memphis joins four Texas districts Childress Quanah Crowell to form Greenbelt Cooperative for Special Education in the Memphis area. Supt Jack Martin says TEA approval received. target enrollment around 3000 students across four districts. Board will be the four superintendents administering the program.
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Memphs
Greenbelt
Childress
Jack Martin
Quanah
Crowell
Memphis
Texas Education Agency
Martin
Museum Committee Forms to Plan Childress County Museum
A new committee organized Sunday to build a Childress County museum. Officers include A V McFarland president and Mrs Gene Smith vice president. Committees cover Rules and By Laws Ways and Means Building and Equipment and Publicity with a $7.50 annual membership fee. Discussions on site options and old library roof need.
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Childress County
A. V. McFarland
Gene Smith
Clinton McGee
J. C. Scott
D. C. Nash
Alton Landrum
Delbert Wilson
Delbert Wilson. Mrs. McGee
Scott
Morris Higley
McFarland
Childress
Dedication Sermon Set For Sunday At Local Methodist Church
Bishop Alfie Carleton of Albuquerque will preach the dedication sermon for the new sanctuary at First United Methodist Church in Childress. The 6 p.m. service follows a debt payoff on all church properties, with nursery, reception, and participation by Rev. Jim T. Pickens.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Childress
First United Methodist Church
Jim T. Pickens
Seymour
Bishop Carleton
First Methodist Church
Big Spring
University Park Church
Dallas
N. FE
Perkins School of Theology
SMU
N. W. Texas
New Mexico
Chi Alpha
Wll
Marvin James
Ford proposes energy rebate for farmers in Topeka address
President Ford told the Kansas legislature he will back an energy related tax rebate to aid farmers and said the farmer will receive the fuel he needs. He ordered drafting of a rebate program to offset higher energy costs from conservation. Ford left details for a few weeks and highlighted the issue as top priority.
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Topeka
Kan
Ford
Kansas
State
Commissioners Complete Long Agenda
Childress County Commissioners in regular session cleared many items from the agenda. The court amended the budget for $50 extra operating costs and $150 annual rise for the ambulance service escrow, approved a no cost Soil Conservation Service erosion study, and OK’d a south courthouse hand rail. They authorized payments to Willyard for plumbing and service line work, named First National Bank of Childress as depository, and paid County Judge C A Williams for three cases. Also approved were expenses for the County Service Officer to Waco, set boxes for the April 22 constitutional amendment election, and authorized a district clerk shortfall cleanup payment. The audit was accepted and a grievance committee named. annual dues to the County Judges and Commissioners Association were approved.
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Childress County
Childress
Soil Conservation Service
Willyard
First National Bank of
Collinsworth Hired As Girls BB Coach
James Collinsworth was hired to coach the new girls basketball program at Childress High School this fall. He currently teaches in the district and is a former coach at the school. Junior High girls coaches Bob Halencak and Taylor Johnson remain. Plans call for Varsity play with freshmen eligibility not restricted to newcomers. Contracts for principals and staff were extended. executive session held with Hayes family. no action disclosed.
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James Collinsworth
Childress High School
Collinsworth
Bob Halencak
Taylor Johnson
Bill Underwood
Bobby Hart
Bobby Crooks
Lamar and
Wilson
Charlie Johnston
John Tunnell
Herman Vinson
Weldon Hayes
Hayes
Russell
House Passes Retirement Teacher Boost
The Texas House approved a one time $102 million pension increase for retired teachers by a 127 to 3 vote. The measure returns to the Senate for a minor amendment before it goes to Gov. Dolph Briscoe for signature as an emergency bill.
Butz Expects Food Prices To Decline With Record Crop
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz predicts price relief in the second half as the 1975 wheat crop may exceed 2 billion bushels, up from 1.7 billion in 1974, though he cautions labor deals keep costs from falling sharply and notes farmers receive only a small share of the consumer dollar.
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New York
Earl L. Butz
Butz
National Agri- Marketing Association
Texas Governor Calls Ford Gas Tax a Disaster for State
Gov. Dolph Briscoe repeats that President Ford’s 37 cent per 1000 cubic feet natural gas tax would devastate Texas economy. He cites potential $1.68 billion cost and large dependence on natural gas for electricity, urging a shift toward coal incentives.
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Houston
Dolph Briscoe
Ford
Texas
Briscoe
Washington
State of the Union
David FE. Boren
County Tops Bond Sales in District One for 1974
Childress County led District One in selling Series E and H bonds in 1974, according to information received by Gene Frisbie, the local chairman.
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Childress County
Gene Frisbie
Five officers of troubled car firm surrender on grand theft
Five executives of the 20th Century Motor Car Co surrendered on grand theft charges in Los Angeles in response to a Dallas felony complaint alleging conspiracy. The company moved its headquarters from Encino to Dallas last month and seeks to market a 70 mpg two cylinder three wheel Revette. Authorities seek the president G. Elizabeth Carmichael and two others. The defendants may face extradition hearings and were ordered to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court to show why they should not be enjoined from selling stock options and dealerships.
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Los Angeles
20Th Century Motor Car Co
Dallas
Tex
Encino
Century
G. Elizabeth Carmichael
Samuel Schlisman
Leonard Katz
Joseph Comstock Jr
Andrew R. Farrell
Ronald P. Consoli
Antonio F. Chavez
Los Angeles Superior Court
Texas
California
McCoy Rites Planned for Mrs. Tula Mae McCoy
Funeral services for 86 year old Mrs. Tula Mae McCoy will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at King Memorial Methodist Church with Rev. D C Read officiating. Burial follows in Childress Cemetery. She died Monday at Hall County Hospital after several weeks illness. She lived at 609 Fourth Street Northwest and was born May 10 1888 in Red River County Texas. She married Bob McCoy August 26 1906 in Red River County. he died January 7 1960. Survivors include four daughters two sons a sister and a brother sixteen grandchildren seventeen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Tula Mae McCoy
King Memorial Methodist Church
D. C. Read
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Red River County
Texas
Bob McCoy
McCoy
Borger
Ruby Hutton
Agnes Dorsett
Vera Huffman
Ogden
Utah
Melba Jean Mondren
Hartley
Dewey McCoy
Bobby McCoy
Perryton
Maggie Crouch
Luther Sewell
Clarksville
Marcum Rites Planned for Sayre Resident
Funeral rites for Mrs. J. L. Marcum of Sayre Oklahoma are pending but will be held in Sayre. She died Monday evening in Sayre and is survived by her daughter Mrs. Tom DeShazo of Childress and son L. W. Marcum of Fstelline.
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J. L. Marcum
Sayre
Okla
Marcum
Tom DeShazo
Childress
L. W. Marcum
Fstelline
Infant Troy Keith Clark Jr. Laid To Rest In Graham
Funeral services for Troy Keith Clark Jr., four days old, were held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Graham. Burial followed at Pioneer Cemetery. He died at 4:50 a.m. Sunday in Childress General Hospital. Survivors include his parents Keith and [last name], a sister Kylah, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Cullie Like of Graham.
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Troy Keith Clark Jr
Keith Clark
First Baptist Church
Graham
Pioneer
Childress General
Kylah Clark
Childress
John Clark
Cullie Like
Legislators Seek Higher Pay As Session Opens
The Senate Finance Committee approved a plan to raise state legislators pay from 400 to 600 dollars monthly and per diem from 12 to 30 dollars a day during sessions. The measure already cleared the House. Rep. Ben Munson is noted in the report.
Housing Authority Eyes Additional Low Rent Units
Directors of the Federal Housing Authority in Childress voted to hire Wallace Associates to study potential extra low rent housing in Lewis Wallace of Dallas led the firm and met with the board.
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Federal Housing Authority of
Dallas Man Freed on Bond After Pleading Not Guilty to Drunk Driving
Forrest Franklin Francis of Dallas was released on $1,000 bond after pleading not guilty Monday in County Court to drunk driving.
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Forrest Franklin Francis
Dallas
Cancer Society Local Chapter Meeting Tonight
A local American Cancer Society chapter will hold a meeting at 5 45 p m today in the office of Gene Frisbie.
Cemetery donation from Childress Chamber of Commerce
The Committee to Improve Childress Cemetery received a donation from the Childress Chamber of Commerce as the latest contribution toward the cemetery project.
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Childress Cemetery
Childress
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