Fort Worth depot leased for industry use in Childress
City Council approved a 10 year lease of 90 by 375 feet around the old FW&D depot for 60 dollars yearly to Lancer Homes pending its plan to start with mattresses and springs and later build a plant. The council also approved a 6.42 percent rate increase for Lone Star Gas and discussed street and hangar projects and budget items.
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Old Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Kenny Peitz
Lancer Homes
Lancer
Peitz
Fort Worth
Fw&d
Lone Star Gas Company
Hearrell Scales
Lone Star
Old Ross Road
Avenue I
Texas Highway Commission
North Childress
Glenn Buckley
Palmer Massey
W.E. Helms
Bill Sager
Travis McCain
Planning Commission
Fifth Street
Gene Nelson
Charlie Moore
Guy Burton
Galveston
Homer Compton
Childress Air Field
Air Field
Wayne Shaw
FAA
Roy Hassell
Connally World Tour Fuels Nixon VP Speculation
President Nixon plans a 15 nation tour with John Connally as his envoy to explain China and Soviet trips. The itinerary includes Venezuela Colombia Brazil Argentina Bolivia Peru South Vietnam Australia Singapore New Zealand Bangladesh India Pakistan and Italy with a possible Southeast Asian stop.
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Don McLeod
Washington (Ap
Nixon
John Connally
White House
Connally
Peking
Moscow
Treasury
Washington
South Vietnam
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Ronald L. Ziegler
Key Biscayne
Fla
China
Soviet Union
Venezuela
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
Bolivia
Peru
Australia
Singapore
New Zealand
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Italy
Gerald L. Warren
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Feasibility study for two nuclear plants near major Texas cities
A tentative agreement was reached for a joint feasibility study of two nuclear power plants to serve the Houston Corpus Christi Austin and San Antonio regions. No trial date was set for John on the Houston AP report page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
Houston
Corpus Christi
Austin
San Antonio
John
NEWS
Church Rites Sunday In Hollis
Funeral services for Omar L. Church 48 of Hollis were held at 3 p m Sunday at the First United Methodist Church Hollis The pastor Rev Elbert Schumaker officiated Burial was in Fairmont Cemetery He died Friday in Altus Oklahoma He was born in 1923 Survivors include his wife Annabell two daughters Mrs James Elkins Altus and Cindy Church of the home his mother Mrs O L Church Hollis one sister Mrs Foster Childress and one grandchild
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Omar L. Church
Hollis
LoAnn Foster
Childress
First United Methodist Church
Elbert Schumaker
Fairmont Cemetery
Church
Altus
Oklahoma
Annabell
James Elkins
Cindy Church
Texas Oil Output Tops 1 Billion Barrels in 1971
Texas crude oil production reached 1,210,818,658 barrels in 1971, the seventh straight year over 1 billion, while reserves slipped toward 13 billion. Scurry County led county gains with 73 million barrels, and Gregg, Ector, and Andrews dominated cumulative totals.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Robert A. Buschman
Association
Scurry County
Childress County
Scurry
Ector
Andrews
Gregg
Mary Hutchings Dies in Fort Worth at Age About 80
Mrs Mary Hutchings formerly Mary Goundie died at noon in Fort Worth. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. She was about 80 and moved from Childress three years ago. Survivors include her husband and a nephew James Goundie of Childress. Other relatives not learned.
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Mary Hutchings
Mary Goundie
Fort Worth
Vernon Social Security Office change of visit to Childress
Wayne M. Klipping will not be at the Courthouse in Childress on Monday June 12. Henry Chustz will replace him in Vernon and be in Childress at 10:00 a.m. on June 19 to take social security applications in the usual meeting place.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
California
Montana
Mississippi
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Clifford P. Case
R-N. J
New York
Los Angeles
San Diego
Albuquerque
Houston
Oakland
New
Wayne M. Klipping
Vernon
Lions Club Installs New Officers at Noon Meeting
New officers for the Lions Club were installed today at noon. Installation officer L. W. McClendon praised the group’s service ethic. Tom Bailiff became President with LaNeal Castleberry, Harold Cheek, Weldon Davis as vice presidents and Cecil Pryor as secretary treasurer. Other officers included Howard Cook, Lions Tanner, Jim Moody, Fern Maddox, Weldon Hayes and newly sworn directors for two years.
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Lions Club
L. W. McClendon
Tom Bailiff
LaNeal Castleberry
Harold Cheek
Weldon Davis
Cecil Pryor
Howard Cook
Lion Tanner
Jim Moody
Tail
Fern Maddox
Weldon Hayes
Cox Services Held Here For Mrs. Minona Cox
Funeral services for Mrs. Minona Ruth Cox 76 were held at 3 p m Monday in the Newberry Funeral Chapel. Rev Tommy Nelson officiated and burial followed in Childress Cemetery. She died Saturday night in a local nursing home after a 33 year teaching career. She was born January 26 1896 in Cavilla Texas and married Guy Cox October 16 1945 in Lubbock. Survivors include her husband two sisters and a brother.
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Minona Ruth Cox
Newberry Funeral
Tommy Nelson
First United Methodist Church of
Memphis
Childress Cemetery
John W. Smith
Aubrey Rogers
E. W. Fite
James Bartlett
Truman McFarland
John Forbis
Cavilla
Texas
Guy Cox
Lubbock
Fannie Lee Server
Lamesa
Estelle Daily
Temple
Clifford Walker
Buckholts
Bobcat Mothers Name Officers
Mrs. Robert Johnston was elected president of the Bobcat Mothers at a meeting last night. Mrs. Gene Blackwell was elected vice president, Mrs. Bill Brown secretary, and Mrs. Bruce Parr treasurer. Class representatives were elected: seniors Mrs. Henry Baker, juniors Mrs. Bill Wood, sophomores Mrs. Ethel Griffin, and freshmen Mrs. Ted Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnston
Bobcat Mothers
Gene Blackwell
Bill Brown
Bruce Parr
Henry Baker
Bill Wood
Ethel Griffin
Ted Shelton
John Deaver II Wins 100th Judicial District DA Race
John Deaver II of Memphis defeated incumbent Jack Boone in the district attorney election for the 100th Judicial District. Deaver won four of five counties, with Boone leading only in Carson County. Final tally across five counties: Deaver 3,701 to Boone 2,935.
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John Deaver II
Memphis
Jack Boone
Boone
Deaver
Carson County
Childress County
Collingsworth
Hall
Donley County
Briscoe Dominates Democratic Governor Vote in Childress County
Childress County backed Dolph Briscoe 1026 to 263 over Frances Fannethold for the Democratic nomination amid a strong statewide showing. Wayne Connally led Lt Governor race by a narrow edge, and John Deaver edged Jack Boone in the District Attorney runoff. Barefoot Sanders outran Ralph Yarborough 864 to 417, while Robert Calvert won State Comptroller support 738 to 522.
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Childress County
Wayne Connally
Dolph Briscoe
Frances (Sissy) Fannethold
Corpus Christi
Briscoe
Panhandle
Henry Grover
Fay
Barefoot Sanders
Ralph Yarborough
Jack Boone
John Deaver
Sanders
Robert Calvert
Injured Russell Moore in highway crash listed in good condition
Russell Moore of Childress, hurt in a highway crash at Lelia Lake, is reported in good condition at Hall County Hospital in Memphis. Teammate Jay Stone of Clarendon also in good condition with similar injuries after Moore attempted a turn on U S 287 and was struck by a semi hauling horses. Ten horses died. semi driver Paul Morris of Lufkin uninjured.
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Russell Moore
Childress
Lelia Lake
Hall County
Memphis
Jay Stone
Clarendon
Moore
U. S. 287
Paul Morris
Lufkin
Missing miners feared dead in Rhodesia mine disaster
In Salisbury Rhodesia a massive underground explosion at Wankie Colliery 200 miles north of Bulawayo trapped 435 Africans and 33 whites. Officials fear 468 miners dead with only four surface workers injured and no cause given. The mine supplies Rhodesia’s coal needs.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Wankie
Bulawayo
Wankie Mine
Anglo-American Group
Weatherbee Rites Held Here Today
Edith Elna Weatherbee aged 66 died Sunday night at Childress General Hospital. Services were held at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Bud King and Rev. Joe Allen officiating. Burial followed at Childress Cemetery with Newberry Funeral Home handling arrangements. Born December 10, 1905 in Hamilton County she moved to Childress County in 1912 with her family.
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Edith Elna Weatherbee
Childress General Hospital
Calvary Baptist Church
Bud King
Joe Allen
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Don Wilhite
Clarence Taylor
Charlie Kennedy
C. B. Roberts
Horace Sloss
Mayland Ford
James M Wilson Dies in Floydada at 85
Texas lumber dealer James M. Wilson died Monday in Floydada at age 85. A longtime civic leader he served as SMU trustee from 1930 to 1960 and chaired McMurry College board from 1934 to 1960. He earned a Freedom's Foundation award in 1961 and was former president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday at First United Methodist Church.
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Floydada
Tex
Texas
James M. Wilson
Southern Methodist University
McMurry College
Abilene
Freedom’s Foundation
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
United Methodist Church
Hearing Set For FW and D On Waste Control
Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company of Fort Worth seeks a Texas Water Quality Board waste control order at a public hearing June 13. The 9 a.m. session at Amarillo Municipal Building will review discharges from its Avenue C Northwest repair shop in Childress into an evaporative basin with no surface water impact. Local stakeholders are urged to attend and provide input.
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Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company of
Fort Worth
Texas Water Quality Board
Avenue C-Nw
Childress
Amarillo
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Colo
Cox
Bobcat
American Association of University Women
Marjorie Blank
Bryan
AAUW
Eugene Kollmeir
District VIII
ALUW
Lewis White
Jerry Dugan
Fellowship
Blank
Kollmeier
Wichita Falls
James Willson
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