Wheat loan rate set for Childress County in 1977
The 1977 wheat loan rate for Childress County is 2.27 per bushel, down slightly from 2.28 in 1976. Premiums and discounts shift with new protein requirements and storage deductions apply to the loan. A separate item notes sale documents for Ranchhouse Motel after bankruptcy auction in Lubbock. A NorCenTex Girl Scout Council chartering team will visit June 21–24 in Wichita Falls to review council information.
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Childress County
Gene D. Frisbie
ASCS
Vaughan Nowlin
Lubbock
Amarillo Nhn
Wichita Falls
NorCenTex Girl Scout Council
Clint Crawford
Jack Norman
Childress
NorCenTex Council
Burkburnett and
Iowa Park
Parker County Retired Teachers on Bus Tour Stops in Childress
About 40 representatives of the Parker County Retired Teachers Association travel by chartered bus to Canyon on June 23. The group will dine in Childress, tour the Childress County Museum, and attend the musical production of Texas.
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Parker County
Childress City Council to Meet in Regular Session
The Childress City Council will hold a regular session at 7 p.m. Thursday led by city manager Louis Sally. The 10 item agenda includes a public hearing on Avenue Ene assessment, a report on the Lancer lease conference in Albuquerque, a used grader purchase, airport T hangers, trash rate adjustments, solid waste containers, housing board report, planning and zoning committee recommendations, and appointments to airport advisory and housing boards.
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Childress
Louis Sally
Avenue Ene
Albuquerque
Housing Board
Harmon County festival opens with fireworks in Hollis
The third annual festival begins at 10 a.m. on July 4 at Edith Gatlin Park in Hollis. Festival chairman Mrs Earlene Brock promises entertainment all day with a large fireworks display that evening at the baseball run along with art exhibits crafts food games and turtle races. Sponsored by the Hollis Jaycees and Jaynes.
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Harmon County
Edith Gatlin Park
Hollis
Earlene Brock
Hollis Jaycees and
Jaynes
King Kong Starts Sunday See It at the Palace
The advertisement promotes a Sunday screening of King Kong at the Palace Theatre, highlighting a new show run with likely film encore expectations.
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King Kong
Don T Miss Freaky Friday Sat palace show
The Palace theater advertises the last showing of Freaky Friday this Saturday. Clint Eastwood star in The Enforcer begins Thursday at the same venue.
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Palace
Briscoe Signs $15.5 Billion Texas Budget Without Veto
Gov. Dolph Briscoe approved the $15.5 billion two year general appropriation bill to keep Texas in the black with no new taxes. The measure adds raises for state workers and funds for welfare, prisons, and courts while outlining new district and family courts and a statewide probation system. Briscoe expects to act on about 30 remaining bills before leaving for a European vacation.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Allan Shivers
Bob Bullock
Shackelford
Bess Truman Admitted After Fall in Independence Home
Bess Truman 92, widow of former President Harry S. Truman, is in satisfactory condition at Research Medical Center after a fall at her Independence home. She was admitted for observation and tests following the incident.
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Kansas City
Bess Truman
Harry. Truman
Research Medical Center
Independence
Mitchell and Haldeman Seek Supreme Court Review in Watergate Case
Former attorney general John Mitchell and ex White House aide H.R. Haldeman ask the Supreme Court to hear their Watergate cover up appeals. They filed petitions late Friday seeking review of their prison term challenges from the Nixon era.
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Washington
Atty
John Mitchell
White House
H.R. Haldeman
the Supreme
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
John J Sirica
Haldeman
California
Mitchell
Alabama
John D Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Supreme Court
High Court
National Public Radio
New York Times
Warren E. Burger
Cour
Nixon
Lancer Expansion Gets FAA Okay At Childress Airport
Lancer Mobile Homes wins FAA approval for a 700000 expansion at the south end of Childress airport. Construction starts Friday with main building due in six weeks and full facility ready after a further month. The project adds 70 to 100 jobs, boosting payroll beyond 2 million.
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Childress
Lancer
Federal Aviation Administration
Keith Finley
Finley
Childress County
FAA
Albuquerque
Louis Sally
Sally
Rural Texas counties report May traffic crashes with no statewide deaths
The Texas Highway Patrol log shows five rural crashes in Childress County during May with no injuries. Hall County reported no injuries or deaths on rural roads, while Hardeman had seven mishaps. Collingsworth had one death and two mishaps. Cottle four crashes with one death. The five month Childress total sits at 23 crashes with 16 injuries. May nationwide DPS region totals: 541 crashes, 18 deaths, 338 injuries, vs 1976 May: 517 crashes, 14 deaths, 268 injuries. an increase of 24 crashes, four deaths, and 70 injuries. Deaths in May occurred in Hartley, Briscoe, Castro, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Foard, Gray, Potter, Swisher, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Dickens, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, and Parker.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Childress County
Paul Clanton
Hall
Hardeman Counties
Hardeman County
Collingsworth
Cottle County
Lubbock
Hartley
Briscoe, Castro
Cottle
Dallam
Foard
Gray, Potter
Swisher
Wheeler
Wilbarger
Dickens
Hockley
Lamb
Parker
Clarification on Chiliress ISD Taxes After Legislature Call
The Chiliress Independent School District clarifies that taxes are not doubled. property values doubled but the local tax rate is not yet set. The rate depends on the Texas Legislature passing a school finance bill and state support, then the local rate will be determined to fund education.
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Board of
Chiliress Independent School District
Texas
Texas Farmers Face Prolonged Hot Dry Spell
Texas farmers confront a 30 day forecast of below normal rainfall with above normal temperatures in the north and near normal in the south and west. The drought threatens crops, hay production, and livestock forage, with potential losses if conditions persist and livestock markets already tightening.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Mercury
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Childress Receives Large June Sales Tax Checks
Comptroller Bob Bullock reports June sales tax receipts totaling 20 510.34 for Childress, part of 65 984 55 year to date. Houston led with 7 5 million, Dallas 4 8 million, Ft Worth 1 8 million. Roanoke smallest at 15 79. Total June city rebates 39 3 million, year to date 167 1 million, up 15.1 percent from last year. SB 110 delays syringes and medical needles from tax. effective Aug 29.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Childress
Estelline
Paducah
Bullock
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Roanoke
Dairy Surplus Purchases Rise Under Higher Milk Supports
Government purchases of butter cheese and nonfat dry milk by the CCC soar as milk price supports rise. May buy totals: butter 35.4 million pounds, cheese 13.3 million, nonfat dry milk 63.2 million, with large inventories of unsold products and options to donate or resell.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
White House
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