Plane hijack targets flight from Sao Paulo to Brasilia
Gunman hijacked a jetliner from Sao Paulo to Brasilia demanded 1.3 million dollars and freedom for 10 political prisoners threatening to blow up the craft. Agency reported 69 aboard. Tornadoes and high winds killed four and injured over 100 in southwestern Oklahoma. Altus, Mountain Park, Duncan faced fatalities amid severe storms with mobile homes destroyed and power outages.
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Brazil
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Altus
Okla
Oklahoma
Ehrlichman Denied Jail Time Paints Fight for Indian Aid
Washington AP reports former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, set for prison after Watergate, was denied jail and seeks to aid impoverished New Mexico Indians. Judge Sirica imposes 2% to 8 years. Haldeman Mitchell and Mardian receive sentences. Omaha beef buyers resume cattle purchases for the first time since the Turn To NEWS Page 9.
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John D. Ehrlichman
New Mexico
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Robert C. Mardian
Omaha, Neb
American Beef Packers Inc
Local Man Arrested On Rape Charge
A 19 year old Childress man identified as Dennis Corbin was charged with statutory rape after an alleged incident at a Childress motel Thursday night. He remained in Childress County Jail Saturday under a $2,000 bond, arrested by Wayland Wright and Finis Wrinkle of the Childress Police Department.
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Dennis Corbin
Corbin
Wayland Wright
Finis
Sandlin Rites Set for Paducah Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Louise Sandlin 89 of Paducah will be held at 2 p m today at Missionary Baptist Church with Rev J M Stringer and Rev Tonnie Harris officiating Burial will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah She died at 9 25 a m Friday in Richards Memorial Hospital after a long illness Born November 9 1885 near Winnsboro she and Edd Sandlin married January 14 1909 They farmed near Mt Vernon Mt Pleasant and Harrison County before settling in Cattle County in 1919 Mr Sandlin preceded her in death in 1943 She moved to a Paducah nursing home in 1970 and was a Missionary Baptist Church member for 74 years Survivors include six sons Jim Fred Price and Frank among others
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Paducah
Missionary Baptist Church
J. M. Stringer
Tonnie Harris
First Assembly of God Church
Garden of Memories
Sandlin
Richards Memorial Hospital
Winnsboro
Edd Sandlin
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Pleasant
Harrison County
Cattle County
Fred
Price
Frank
Sandsin
Milk and Oil Prices Seen Rising Soon
The Associated Press reports milk prices are likely to rise, with a government forecast predicting higher milk costs and tensions over Ford's $3 a barrel oil tariff. The CPI shows January price gains slowing, while GM announces price cuts on nine small cars.
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Associated Press
Ford
Briscoe Rejects Expert Ideas On Local Tax Increases
Gov Dolph Briscoe rejects a proposal by education expert Dr Richard Hooker to require low tax effort districts to raise taxes. Briscoe supports local autonomy and favors a weighted pupil approach to set foundation costs while avoiding mandatory tax raises.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Richard Hooker
Briscoe
Hooker
Local Center Planned For Senior Citizens
Kathy Scheid aging coordinator for Nortex Regional Planning Commission visited Childress Friday to discuss a proposed Senior Citizens Center. Committees were formed to study the project and future meetings will be announced. Call Mrs Nolan Evans at 937-3184 to help with suggestions. Also present were Jack Sheehan and a Nortex aging program advisor.
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Wichita Falls
Nortex Regional Planning Commission
Childress
Miss Scheid
Nolan Evans
Regional Advisory Commission On Aging
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Nortex
Nolan Fvans
Fvans
Jack
Tutor Services Will Be Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Tutor will be held Tuesday in Fl Monte California. Mrs. Tutor wife of W M Tutor and sister of Jack Tutor of Childress died at 2 a m Friday. Survivors include husband two sisters and two brothers. No other details learned.
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Fl Monte
Calif
W.M. Tutor
Jack Tutor
Childress
Judge Upholds Ford Oil Tariff for National Security
Federal judge John Pratt upheld President Ford's 3 per barrel oil tariff despite Northeastern opposition. The ruling supports national security justification, while nine states and Massachusetts argued to block the measure. Bellotti vowed to appeal as Congress considered delaying the tariff.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ford
U.S
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Massachusetts
Francis X. Bellotti
Minnesota
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White House
Congress
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Hazardous Driving in Childress as Storms Hit Texas
Rain sleet and snow Friday into Saturday caused hazardous driving in the Childress area with 19 inches of moisture and one inch of snow at the FAA airfield station. Gusts peaked at 37 mph as weather worsened from damaging winds to blizzard conditions across the South Plains northward. Flash floods were possible for parts of Northeast Texas and eastern North Central Texas.
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South Plains
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Texas
North Central
Weeklong observance set for DeMolay across chapters
David F. Jackson chapter joins 2400 chapters in International DeMolay Week from March 16 to 23. Rick Morgan notes the 56th anniversary of DeMolay founded by Frank S. Land and nine youths on March 18, 1919 in Kansas City Missouri as nearly three million members pay tribute.
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David F. Jackson
Order of DeMolay
Rick Morgan
Childress
Frank S. Land
Order
Kansas City
Missouri
Bentsen Seeks Broad Appeal In Presidential Bid
Senator Lloyd Bentsen pursues a centrist image for the Democratic nomination while highlighting economic issues. He relies on Texas backers for over a million dollars and questions labor impact after AFL-CIO stayed out of early politics.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Texas
Senate
Capital Hill
Henry A. Kissinger
Democratic Party
Bentsen
Afl-Cio
Senator enters race citing business, legislative service
The senator announced his campaign last Monday citing 16 years in business, four in the Senate and six in the House. He argued that frustrated voters should support him because he offers a non Washington viewpoint and believes a different perspective is an asset.
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House
Washington
Bentsen
Daylight Saving Time Returns Tonight Across Nation
Most Americans must set clocks forward one hour as DST returns, shifting daylight from morning to evening for eight months. Arizona Hawaii and part of Indiana in the Eastern Time Zone do not observe the change.
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Washington
Arizona
Hawaii
Indiana
Childress Voters Set April Elections For City Council
Voters will choose four city council seats including Places One Two Three and Four at City Hall on April 1 with 8 am to 7 pm voting. Incumbents Lockhoof Helms seek re election while Sager not running. Absentee ballots available March 28 at City Manager office 8 am to 5 pm.
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Bill Sager
City Hall
Quarter system gains advocate in Texas lawmaker
Rep Dan Kubiak of Rockdale, author of the 1972 law mandating the quarter system, studied 13 districts that adopted it and found high satisfaction. He reports reduced dropouts, better morale, improved grades, and expanded course options, especially in urban high schools.
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Austin
Tex
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Kubiak
House
Atlanta
Joint City Council and Planning Commission Meet Thursday
A joint meeting of the Childress City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission is set for 5 p.m. Thursday in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
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Childress City
Girl Scout Leaders Meet in Childress at 7 30 P M Tuesday
Childress area Girl Scout troop leaders and assistants plan a meeting at 7 30 P M on Tuesday at the Girl Scout facility. Daylight Saving Time begins Monday statewide per Superintendent Jack Martin with schools including Childress shifting clocks.
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Girl Scout
Childress
Dallas man Rayburn Stocker pleads guilty to DWI
Rayburn Lee Stocker of Dallas pleads guilty in County Court Friday to driving while intoxicated. He is fined 147 dollars, sentenced to 15 days in jail, and placed on six months probation.
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Rayburn Lee Stocker
Dallas
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