Drownings, shootings, and deaths mark Texas July Fourth
AP reports a holiday toll of 28 deaths in a 30 hour period in Texas. Drownings include Louella Roberson 16 and Theresa Horton 13 in Sabine River. A Kilgore drive in shooting killed J.B. Simpson and wounded J.C. Simpson amid a feud. Harold Howe 44 drowned at Kemp Lake near Goldthwaite. Pedro Ontiveros 20 drowned at White River recreation center.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Louella Fay Roberson
Carthage
Theresa Horton
Dallas
Sabine River
J.B. Simpson
Kilgore
J.C. Simpson
Harold E. Howe
Florence
Kemp Lake
Goldthwaite
Ft. Hood
Pedro Ontiveros
Lubbock
White River
South Plains
County Plays Role In Oil Production
Childress County contributed to Texas 1972 oil output amid record state demand. County oil and gas valued at $246,000, with $31,000 paid to royalty owners and $11,300 in state production taxes. The Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association cites nine months at full rate and calls for open market restoration to boost expansion and refinery capacity.
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Childress County
Texas
Childress
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Robert A. Bushciman
San Antonio
Association
Buschman
Drowned youths and a fatal Dallas beating reported
James Howell, 19, of Dallas drowned while swimming at Bardwell Reservoir near Ennis in the Hi-View beach area. An unidentified 15 year old Dallas youth drowned on the Ellis Navarro County line in a private lake. Loddy Black, 72, was found beaten to death about 11 p.m. Wednesday in her Dallas home. Police said they had no suspects.
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James Howell
Dallas
Bardwell
Ennis
Hi—View
Ellis-Navarro
Loddy Black
Fourth of July In Red China
Chinese American friendship marked the first Fourth of July party in Communist China at the U S Liaison Office in Peking. About 75 Chinese officials and diplomats joined visiting American congressmen for the reception led by David K E Bruce who arrived May 14 to head Washington’s first diplomatic mission in the country.
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Ford Burkhart
Associated Press
Peking
China
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Washington
Kennedy says Nixon radical at Fourth of July rally
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy praised Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace and labeled President Nixon the nation's real radical at a Decatur event. The pair sparked questions about a 1976 Kennedy-Wallace ticket as Audie Murphy Award went to Wallace who stood with leg supports. Mayors Ford and Cooper presented Kennedy with citations for his and his family’s national contributions.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Decatur
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
America
Kennedy
Wallace
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
Democratic Party
Audie Murphy
Johnny Ford
Tuskegee
Jay Cooper
Prichard
Ford
Massachusetts
Holiday traffic deaths top 160 nationwide
A Fourth of July period toll reached 161 lives as the National Safety Council warned up to 240 deaths might occur on streets and highways from Tuesday evening to Wednesday midnight. In 1962 146 fatalities occurred in the same 30 hour span. Jacob A. Wingerter of West Orange New Jersey was elected leader of North America Shriners for 1973 74. Vatican reaffirmed Catholic infallibility saying all dogmas must be believed with divine faith in a 19 page document from the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Associated Press
Texas
National Safety Council
Atlanta, Ga
Jacob A. Wingerter
West Orange
N.J
Shriners
North America
Vatican City
Vatican
Sacred Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Camp Rites To Be Friday In Crowell
Funeral services for Ana Laura Camp 86 will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Crowell with Rev. Warren Everson officiating. Burial will follow in Crowell Cemetery. She lived in a local nursing home for six years and is survived by sons Harold in Childress Raymond in Phoenix and Wayne in Lubbock daughters Opal Morris of Phoenix Hazel White of Dallas and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Ana Laura Camp
First United Methodist Church
Crowell
Warren Everson
Womack Funeral Home
Raymond
Phoenix
Wayne
Lubbock
Opal Morris
Hazel White
Dallas
Spotted Showers Break Dry Spell in County
The first rain since the wheat harvest ended fell countywide in varying amounts. Carey reported the highest total at .70 inch, with .36 at the FAA air field and .60 at Tell and .60 at High Point. A sandstorm occurred just before the rain.
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Carey
FAA
Air Field
Tell
Community Center
High Point
Blustery Thunderstorms Rumble Through East Region
Blustery thunderstorms rolled through part of East as residents reported strong winds and scattered hail. Weather officials urged caution as power outages and localized flooding were possible in affected neighborhoods.
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Associated Press
East
Melton Rites To Be Friday In Quanah
Funeral rites for Peggy Melton 34 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at the Quanah Church of Christ with J B Lamb ministering Burial will be in Quanah Cemetery pallbearers are James Hassell Jimmy Morris Danny Rine Ralph Stockstill Kenneth Marsalis and Bud Henderson all of Quanah Mrs Melton died Wednesday morning at her Quanah home Born July 23 1938 in Childress she married Kenneth Melton in April 1956 They lived in Childress and Quanah since 1971 Survivors include her husband four sons Mike Todd Mark and Keith all at home her parents Mr and Mrs J C Campsey of Quanah and two brothers J C Campsey of Childress and Jack of Quanah
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Peggy Melton
Quanah Church
Childress
Kenneth Melton
Quanah
Mike
Todd
Mark
Keith
J. C. Campsey
Jack
Energy Crisis Likely To Last
Washington observers foresee a prolonged energy crisis shaping politics for 1974 and beyond. A government plan for mandatory petroleum allocation may spread scarce gasoline across the economy without pump rationing, aiming to protect farmers and maintain food production while signaling the broader, enduring challenge.
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Executive Branch
Congress
Nixon
Tell Homecoming Set for July 22
The annual Tell Homecoming will be held July 22 in Fair Park Auditorium at Childress with registration at 9:30 a.m. A basket lunch is served at 12:30 p.m. Drinks plates and cutlery are furnished by the Tell Community Club. A memorial service is at 2 p.m. The opening event is the customary singing the evening before at 8 p.m.
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TELL
Fair Park
Childress
Tell Community Club
Ralston Rites Set Friday in Newberry Funeral Chapel
Lillian Blanche Ralston 54 died Tuesday after several months illness in Childress General Hospital. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. in Newberry Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe S. Allen of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. She was born September 11, 1918 in Olympus Community, daughter of Hugh Hassell, married Marion Ralston July 2, 1938, and is survived by husband, three brothers Bill Roy and H D Hassell, one sister Mary Lee Wilcox, and Beatrice Perkins.
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Lillian Blanche Ralston
Newberry Funeral
Joe S. Allen
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Ralston
Childress County
Olympus Community
Hugh Hassell
Marion Ralston
Childress General Hospital
Bill
Roy
H. D. Hassell
Childress
Mary Lee Wilcox
Beatrice Perkins
Paducah
Army Takes Over Rwanda After Bloodless Coup
The Rwandan army seized control after months of Hutu and Tutsi unrest and formed a National Committee for Peace and Unity to run the government. President Gregoire Kayibanda is said to be under protection as the coup proceeds. The plan and size of the committee were not disclosed.
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Natrobs
Kenya
Rwanda
National Guard
a_ National Committee for Peace and Unity
Gregoire Kayibanda
National Committee
ARMY
Pound Insurgents Near Phnom Penh
U S planes and Cambodian infantry pound insurgents who cut Highway 4 to the sea near Phnom Penh. Rebels hold the district headquarters fortress while government forces retake Prev Phhau market area. Bombing drives refugees from the village as B52s target supply routes through Srang Mountains. Highway 5 remains the only open road to Battambang.
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Dennis Neeld
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Prev Phhau
Srang
Kompong Som
Battambang
Hijacked Plane Lands In Cuba
A Argentine airliner with 26 aboard landed safely in Havana after stops in Argentina Chile Peru and Panama. The Boeing 737 departed Panama for Havana at 4 21 a m EDT and took on 3000 gallons of fuel before landing.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Panama
Federal Aviation Administration
Quiet Fourth of July in Childress Amid Calm DPS Report
Dispatches describe a subdued holiday with no vehicle wrecks and only one drunken arrest. A hijacked flight from Buenos Aires to northern Argentina landed in Panama after release of most passengers, while an Argentine pilot joined in Lima.
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Childress
Department of Public Safety
Police
Sheriff's Departments
DPS
Panama
Caribbean
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Santiago
Lima
Funeral for Bertha Privitt Friday
Final rites for Bertha Bernice Privitt 67 will be at 4 p.m. Friday at the Childress Church of Christ with minister J. R. Chism and Rev. Marvin James presiding. Burial follows at a local cemetery. Privitt died 11:50 p.m. Wednesday at Childress General Hospital. She was born January 4 1906 in Limestone County and moved to Childress in 1917. She was a UDC member active in civic affairs. She married A M Privitt in 1966. he died earlier this year. Survivors include son Clint Crawford of Childress brother Ernest Rea of Childress half-brother A T Finch of Plainview sisters Mrs Willie Lee Kimbrough and Mrs Pearl Wrinkle of Childress and four grandchildren.
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Bertha Bernice Privitt
Childress Church
Limestone County
Childress
Coleman County
Privitt
UDC
A. M. Privitt
Clint Crawford
Ernest Rea
A. T. Finch
Plainview
Willie Lee Kimbrough
Pearl Wrinkle
Financially Childress Sees Rapid Banking Growth
City of Childress reports strong year end growth in three local lending institutions. Assets rose from $32,769,483.74 to $37,198,060.09 and deposits from $28,410,765.59 to $32,881,769.30. First State Bank First National Bank and First Federal Savings and Loan all posted gains in assets and deposits.
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Childress
First National
First State Banks
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
First State
First Federal
Denver man Jimmie Taylor fined for DWI and assault
Jimmie Leroy Taylor of Denver Colorado was fined 147 dollars including costs for driving while intoxicated after pleading guilty. He received three days in jail and then pleaded nolo contendere to assaulting a peace officer with a 147 dollar fine.
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Jimmie Leroy Taylor
Denver
Colo
Nolo Contendere
Bobcat Boosters Meet for Election of Officers
The Bobcat Boosters Club will gather at 7 30 p m Monday in the West Texas Utilities Hospitality Room for a meeting and officer elections.
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Bobcat Boosters Club
West Texas Utilities Hospitality Room
Coffee for Dr Hart in Chaparral Sunday
Public invited to a 3 to 5 p.m. coffee for Dr Danny Hart of Los Angeles at Chaparral Restaurant. He will lecture July 11 12 and 13 in the Woman's Department Club.
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DR. Hart
Danny Hart
Los Angeles
Chaparral
Woman’s Department Club
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