Court delays Brown sentencing as attorney misses hearing
U S District Judge Lansing Mitchell postpones H Rap Brown sentencing likely to Friday because his defense attorney cannot appear today. In a separate update, Gov George Wallace suffers a bullet wound near the spine, with wife Cornelia Wallace stating it will remain unless infection occurs. River desk brief notes ten Americans killed last week in Saigon and 35 wounded, raising two month combat toll to 416. A splinter group of union delegates is reported in Houston.
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New Orleans
U. S. District Court
Lansing Mitchell
H. Rap Brown
Brown
Los Angeles
Alabama
George Wallace
Cornelia Wallace
Merv Griffin
Saigon
U. S
May Rainfall Doubles County Totals in Drought Month
May rainfall reached 3.75 inches per FAA records at the air field weather station, more than double the combined 1.58 inches of January through April. The county remains under drought conditions despite May’s above average precipitation.
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FAA
Air Field
You have a choice for a change vote John Deaver District Attorney
A political appeal urging voters to choose John Deaver for district attorney. The notice frames the race as a call for change and highlights Deaver as the candidate to support.
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John Deaver
Blackout Caused By Burned Wire in Citywide Outage
A 35 minute blackout hit downtown Childress and nearby areas on Wednesday after a power line burned through north of the First Baptist Church. West Texas Utilities manager Howard Cook urged people to avoid the area noting the live line could have killed someone if it touched a car or person.
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Childress
First Baptist Church
Howard Cook
West Texas Utilities
Nixon ends 13 day summit tour with arms accord report
President Nixon flies from Warsaw to Andrews Air Force Base after a 13 day tour of Austria the Soviet Union Iran and Poland. He will address Congress at 9 30 p m about what has been accomplished in Moscow and the new arms limitation accords with the Soviet Union and what remains to be done.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Warsaw
Nixon
Congress
Nations
Soviet Union
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Austria
Iran
Poland
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Moscow
Nixon Hosts Polish Leaders in Warsaw and Talks Trade
President Nixon hosted a luncheon for Polish leadership before leaving Warsaw where he pressed expansion of U S Polish trade and technological cooperation. A communique noted disagreement on Vietnam policy but mutual intent to boost commerce and tourism.
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Warsaw
Nixon
Congress
Poland
United States
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Vietnam
Gierek
Council of Ministers
Henry A
SVN Eyes Trap on North Vietnamese Regiment Near Hue
More than 1,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers with tanks and APCs pressed a sweep northwest of Hue to trap a North Vietnamese regiment as U S forces battled units of 100 or more men. U S aircraft claimed two MIG 21s shot down near Hanoi while a Phantom crash near Thailand left two crewmen unharmed.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Hue
U. S
Plains
Campainn
North Vietnam
U. S. Command
Hanoi
Thailand
Newport News
Waddell
Navy
Holger Jensen
Briscoe Calls Farenthold Water Plan Move Phony
Dolph Briscoe in Dallas labeled Frances Farenthold as participating in phony accusations about his use of wet back labor on a South Texas ranch. He pressed that the allegations are a publicity stunt and criticized her West Texas water plan stance. Briscoe spoke in Lubbock urging support against a West Texas only plan.
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Associated Press
Dolph Briscoe
Dallas
Frances Farenthold
South Texas
Briscoe
Sen
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
Justice Department
la Raza Unida Party
West Texas
Lubbock
TB Tests Scheduled at Community Action Center
Tuberculosis skin testing will be offered at the Community Action Center on Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Coordinated by Rowden Cordell, the program encourages all residents to attend though not required for some school children. The free clinic also conducts readings on Wednesday during the same hours.
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Rowden Cordell
J. J. Westenburg
Only Two Voting Boxes In County
County Clerk reports turnout for the June 3 Democratic run-off was 46 absentee ballots with no Republican absentee votes. Two election boxes will be used county wide for the two run-offs. The Democratic box is at the courthouse and the Republican box at Wilson School. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Wilson School
Shewbert Honored by Northwest Methodist Conference
The late Dr. J. E. Shewbert, pastor of Childress First United Methodist, was honored among 10 ministers who died in the past year in the Northwest Conference during a memorial service at the Lubbock meeting. Mrs. Shewbert and church secretary Mrs. Alvis Maddox attended the service. Appointment notes for Seymour District include Dr. Marshall E. Rhew as District Superintendent and several assignments for Childress and nearby churches.
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J. E. Shewbert
First United Methodist Church
Childress
Northwest Conference
Lubbock
Shewbert
Alvis Maddox
Seymour
Marshall E. Rhew
Elmer E. Ward
Aspermont
Avoca
Marvin James
Childress First Church
J. B. Stewart
Vernon Willard
Chillicothe
Crowell-Truscott
Elbert
Luther Helm
Estelline Tell
Fargo
D. C. Read
King Memorial
Goodlett
H. O. Abbott Jr
Haskett
Paint Creek
B. J. Foster
Knox City
Benjamin
S. M._ Bean
Leeders
Phil Widner
Paducah
Wheat harvest exceeds sixty percent nationwide update
The wheat harvest is about 60 percent complete with per acre yields up slightly from initial estimates. Most farmers report about 10 bushels per acre and a few as high as 15. Some growers plowed under wheat land after winter grazing.
A Man You Can Believe Vote Briscoe Saturday
Local voters prepare for Briscoe as a trusted candidate in Saturday balloting. Supporters urge turnout and emphasize integrity and steady leadership in a tight campaign cycle.
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Man
Briscoe
Farm Price Index Up 3 Percent in May
Government data show a 3 percent rise in the farm price index in May led by livestock. Beef cattle averaged 33.10 per 100 pounds, a new record, up 1.20 from April, while hog prices climbed 11 percent to 24.90 per 100 pounds amid smaller supplies. The Crop Reporting Board noted farm product prices were 10 percent higher than May last year. Farm expenses leveled off, lifting parity to 73 percent, up from April.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Turn-table Missing Belongs to Tommy Shelton
Senior Play sponsor E L Bolden reports a turn-table taken after the Senior Play is missing. Bolden says the item is personal property of Tommy Shelton and not the school's. He urges return and warns the class may need to replace it. contact Bolden or Shelton with any information.
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E. L Bolden
Tommy Shelton
Bolden
Shelton
Be Hot Affair In Childress
A Monday event combines First Monday Bargain Day with a Side Walk Sale in Childress. The Retail Activities Committee of the Chamber of Commerce arranged the double event. Tom Lemen notes hot bargains on many items and hotter bargains on others as The Childress Index offers 100 percent newspaper distribution at no extra charge to merchants.
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Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Lemen
Childress Index
Alyeen Ater Dies In Sweetwater
Miss Alyeen Ater longtime Childress businesswoman and civic leader died at 3 a.m. in Sweetwater Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Friday at Roscoe First United Methodist Church with Rev. Weldon Rives officiating Burial will follow in Roscoe Survivors include two sisters and a niece all of Roscoe Born November 18 1906 in Roscoe she educated at Texas Christian University and the University of Texas Her work included Fashion Shoppe ownership community roles and leadership in the Texas and local Business and Professional Women clubs
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Alyeen Ater
Childress
Sweetwater
First United Methodist Church
Roscoe
Weldon Rives
Miss Ater
Texas Christian University
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Committee
Cofc
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
American Cancer Society
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Texas B&pw
Ater
Minnie L. Moffett
Thelma Hendrix
Velma Kriedel
Phil Haynes
Methodists Refuse Homosexual Minister Address at Conference
Southwest Texas United Methodist delegates barred F. Gene Leggett of Dallas from speaking at the annual conference after tabling a special report on homosexuality. Leggett, suspended as a minister for disclosing his sexuality, said he remains a Methodist, awaiting his status.
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San Antonio, Tex
Southwest Texas Methodists
Southwest Texas United Methodist Conference
F. Gene Leggett
Dallas
Leggett
Methodists
Divorce Filed in District Clerk Office
A divorce case, Sarah Jo Lancaster versus E J Lancaster, has been filed in the district clerk’s office. The Bobcat Mothers meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the West Texas Utilities conference room to elect officers for 1972 73. All mothers with freshmen sons at Childress High School next year are invited.
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Sarah Jo Lancaster
E. J. Lancaster
Bobcat
West Texas Utilities
Childress High School
Bill Wood
Food and Bake Sale 4 Elect Briscoe for Texas
Community bake sale and fundraiser promoting Briscoe for Texas on June 3. Event includes baked goods and light refreshments at 228 Main, advising voters to support Briscoe in the June 10 election.
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Briscoe
Texas
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