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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1976
Page
1
In Pasadena, AP science writer Richard Saltus describes knobs, windswept ridges, craters and bright linear marks on Mars that resemble highways or fault lines. He questions whether any surface feature could serve as a Viking landing strip and notes the interpretation debate among scientists.
AP reports Johnny Mercer longtime lyricist behind Laura That Old Black Maun Jeepers Creepers Moon River died Friday at age 66. San Diego notes a Marine drill sergeant court martial hearing resumes Monday over a recruit’s death in a training drill. Mars landing site team claims a smooth 144 by 60 mile zone with wind cut formations seen in new photos.
KVIL-TV news director Bill Tell Zortman will host the Miss Spirit Of 76 Pageant. The Childress Kiwanis Club sponsors the event at Childress Junior High School Auditorium, starting at 7 pm on Saturday, July 3, announced by Charles Christy.
District Engineer Lewis H White says state approval is granted to extend FM 680 through Hooleyan in Har deman County from 1.18 miles north of US 287 north and west 58 miles to create a 20-foot asphalt surface. If funds allow work may start by late summer under Resident Engineer James G Freeman in Childress supervision.
Reports from Christian radio say the fighting centered on two refugee camps southeast of Beirut with heavy artillery and shells reaching around 200 per hour. A leftist station claimed 90 Christian militiamen killed and 135 wounded in 12 hours while security officials noted 190 additional deaths in other Lebanon clashes.
Eugene Brandon 25 of Childress received eight years in the penitentiary after a six to six person jury found him guilty of kidnapping. The verdict followed a three hour deliberation. The original aggravated kidnapping charge carried five to 99 years and a possible fine, with no state fine pursued. Brandon has 10 days to appeal. Witnesses included Alvis Taylor 43 and Alvis Maddox 67, police and chief injured in the abduction. The trial moved to Panhandle on venue.
Officials release a day long event schedule for the Happy Birthday USA Celebration at Fair Park Auditorium on Monday July 5 from 10 am to 7 pm. Displays include Tell Home Demonstration Club canning and 4 H butter churning, antique show by High Point club, blood pressure checks by Heart Association Outreach Center and West Texas Home Health, art show by Le Atelier Club quilts by Home Arts Club, first aid booth by Hospital Auxiliary craft stalls, and a bake goods contest open to all.
Tom Lemen, chairman of the beard growing contest, announced Saturday that shaving permits are available for the July 5 event tied to the Happy Birthday USA celebration. Long hair doesn’t count in the contest and permits cover beard mustache or shaving options.
Mrs Ona Kay Stephens 89, a former Childress resident, died Monday in an Amarillo nursing home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held 10 am Thursday in Amarillo, with burial at Llano Cemetery. She was born in Tennessee in 1887 and married Willie Lee Stephens in 1905. The couple moved to Childress County around 1920 from Electra.
Delma J Banuelos, project director at Regional Education Service Center in Wichita Falls, announces the Bilingual Preschool Roundup for June July and August the third year of federal funding for the Bilingual Preschool Home Tutoring Project. The program serves children ages 3–5 in a bilingual Konglish Spanish home based early childhood approach aiding limited English speakers preparing for Fanglish speaking public schools. Recruitment for 1976 197% project year underway, referrals requested by writing or calling collect to Delma Banuelos at 2014 Old Seymour Road Wichita Falls TX 76309 or 817 311 2501. home tutoring positions available through same contact.
The AP report notes a Macon native offers Georgians traveling to New York tips on culture, language, and food. He highlights dialect quirks, confusing menu terms, the subway, and taxi etiquette while advising to bring peanuts and avoid teasing locals.
Dr Robert Jones of Childress selected as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention set for August 1919 in Kansas City. Ma joth Jones and his wife Jackie will attend. Jones was chosen during the State Convention at the Torrent County Convention Center in Fort Worth.
Washington psychologists and female staffers discuss why some congressmen seek extramarital liaisons. They cite pedestal effects, pressure, and desire for control, noting cases like Hays and Howe. The piece notes lack of broad government data and recalls Jefferson and Cleveland as historic examples.
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox begins Thursday at the Palace theater with showtime information and seating details for patrons.
The headline notes that TL Will begins a run at the Palace, with Sunday opening plans announced for the venue.
Bond sales for Series and H bonds rose above quota in 1976, per Gene Frisbie chair. April county sales totaled 11,339 reaching 46,737 for the year to date, 47 percent. Frisbie notes July Bicentennial issuance on July 4. Texas sales April reached 21,912,800 with four months at 95,165,176 and 35 percent of the yearly goal.
Work in the Fellowcraft Degree is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday evening in the Masonic Hall testful schedule.
The deadline to submit pictures of children for the Cutest Kid contest is Monday. Final pictures will appear in Tuesday's Index.
The DeMolay Cookout planned for Saturday night and Sunday at the Hackler farm has been cancelled.
The Community Action Summer Youth Program opens Monday at the Center for children aged four to 13. Activities are supervised, the schedule begins at 9 am, and lunch will be served.
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