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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1976
Page
1
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 ruling that Congress cannot compel states to adopt federal wage rules for essential government functions. The decision limits federal power over interstate commerce in directing state administrative conduct.
President Ford asks Congress to cap busing remedies at five years and tie orders to official government acts. He stresses distinguishing state action from other causes and seeks a nonpartisan panel to assist schools in voluntary desegregation efforts.
Severe gusts reached 69 mph at 7 20 pm near Childress per FAA while lingering rain caused minor disruption. Local reports say Mrs Floyd Biddy at High Point logged 60 inches of rain with no major damage recorded.
Fires raged in Beirut suburbs amid clashes between right wing Christians and leftist Moslems and Palestinians. Both sides claimed success with heavy casualties as telephone and telegraph links to foreign capitals were cut for a second day. The clashes focused on refugee camps Jisr el Basha and Tal Zaatar on Beirut's eastern edge, where 5,000 militiamen battled Palestinian defenders for three days.
The theft trial of Rep Gres Montoya charged with pulling personal emoluments on his House payroll ended in a hung jury. Jurors deliberated into the night. further deliberations were unlikely to yield a verdict. One lawyer said a new trial was planned for June 29.
AP reports Vikings Mars photos spur debate among scientists about whether flowing water shaped features or violent winds created them. Close-ups show craters and channels with smooth plains and streaming islands. Viking orbiting craft will study nearby areas until July 1 before deciding whether to attempt the July 4 landing or shift to an alternate site.
Hazel O'Donnell announces a July 6 celebration at Fair Park showcasing over 1,000 photographs of Childress residents and late diplomats. The display, about 20 years old, spans the entire day with many events planned and a challenge for attendees to name the pictured individuals.
The House passed a 49 billion public works jobs bill and sends a strong signal it will become law either with President Ford signature or over his veto The Senate previously supported the measure 70 25 and it now awaits final action as Carlson says Ford will study the bill before deciding on a veto O Neil claims the bill would create about 100000 jobs financing local projects like offices courthouses libraries water and sewer lines streets and parks The measure revises a larger 62 billion package Ford previously vetoed
An Allegheny Airlines jet with 103 aboard broke apart in a freak storm near Philadelphia International Airport. Holland, a passenger formerly from Childress now living in Chatham New Jersey, sustained back injuries. One hundred treated, 26 admitted, 14 in serious condition. Pilot Carl Boyer is in critical condition with a fractured skull after the DCY Flight 12 from Providence to Memphis via Hartford and Philadelphia shattered and tail section separated.
Senate investigators say leads could connect Kennedy’s 1963 assassination to pro or anti Cuban groups. Senator Schweiker notes CIA and FBI failures to pursue key leads, while stopping short of proving a conspiracy. The report mentions a Cuban American with a strange travel pattern and a possible sighting in Dallas.
The second day of the Eugene Brandon trial opened as witnesses including Sheriff Benham and Garvin Speed were scheduled to testify. Taylor described the February 1 shooting and the events at the Childress County Courthouse and police station. he testified Brandon disarmed him, fired at Chief Maddox, and threatened to blow his brains out while forcing him into a patrol car.
Report from the Pink Bicentennial Olympics lists participants gathered to break records with various stunts and a large crowd at a two-hole outhouse venue. The event heads toward Saturday's closing ceremonies and features notable Pink figures and surmises for 1976.
Willan and Kroly Harris accuse each other to preside as both defendants and lawyers while prospective jurors face tough questions. Judge Brandler notes tensions and Harris seeks a detained, self representing stance. Eleven jurors remain to be seated as the process unfolds.
Directors of the Community Action Program will meet at 7 pm Monday at the Center per Chairman Booker Y Jackson Jr. It is the first directors meeting in several months and attendance is urged. Argus Burnett, Executive Director of the Texas Panhandle Community Action operation in Amarillo, will attend.
Pikth PNTINGUISHIED extinguished a grass fire along the railroad right of way at 5 pm Tuesday. No major damage was reported.
Mrs Gladys Cooper gives a cash donation to the Kirkland Cemetery Association in memory of Offie Cooper. The gift supports cemetery upkeep and commemorates the departed individual.
The cemetery fund receives new contributions in memory of Dr. Shell Townsend. Mrs Townsend Join and Mary Ann donate three memory trees, while Henry W King and family give two trees in memory of J T King, Elsie Inman, George Baker, and Paul Johnson.
The public is invited to the installation of officers of Childress Masonic Lodge No 695 at 7 30 p.m. tonight in the Masonic Hall.
The DeMolay cookout planned for Saturday night and Sunday at the Hackler farm has been cancelled, according to organizers citing cancellations.
The Community Action Summer Youth Program starts Monday at the Center for children aged four to 18. All activities are supervised. program opens at 9 a.m. and lunch will be served.
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