Court Rules On Tapes
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that former President Nixon is not entitled to control his White House tapes and documents, allowing public access under a 1974 law seizing nearly 5,000 hours of tapes and 42 million pages. The decision raises questions about future presidents and possible regulatory challenges from the General Services Administration.
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Supreme Court
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Congress
Nixon
General Services Administration
High Court
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
United States
Jaworski
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Atty
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H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Burger
Rehnquist
Paducah City Council stalls on mayor bid after resignation
Paducah officials failed in a special meeting to nominate a new mayor after Oran Mowrey resigned. Mayor Pro-Tem Yarbrough cites time and pay concerns while councilman Smith warns against choosing the wrong person amid housing project protests and street openings.
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Paducah
Oran
Mowrey
Douglas Yarbrough
Billy Smith
Paducah Housing Authority
Smith
Yarbrough
Lone Star Gas
Celebration planned for Fourth of July in Childress
The Childress Chamber of Commerce announces a day of activities at Fair Park and the city auditorium from 10 a.m. to evening. Children games led by Coach Charlie Johnston, a Square Dance Club program, a country jamboree, and a sunset aerial display are featured with proceeds aiding the fireworks fund.
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Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hazel O'Donnell
Fair Park
City Auditorium
Charlie Johnston
Order of Eastern Star
Frankie Blodgett
Elks Club
Rotary Club
Young Homemakers Club
Gas rate increase approved for Sherman customers
The railroad commission approved a Lone Star Gas rate hike in Sherman raising bills for a 10,000 cubic foot monthly user by about 23.4 percent on average. The action will effectively more than double some bills under the new structure.
Council debates gas rate hike and stalled project
A Paducah council member challenged a Lone Star Gas plan saying the city lacks a clear request and time for legal advice before the next meeting. The issue was tabled awaiting city attorney guidance with a possible special session, while Paducah approved a four percent Lone Star Gas rate increase.
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Paducah
Lone Star Gas
Ended Manhunt for Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Suspect
Authorities abandoned the ground search for Gene Leroy Hart after no productive leads. Hart, a 33 year old escapee and convicted rapist, is charged in the grisly sex murders of three Girl Scouts at a summer camp near Locust Grove Oklahoma.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Gene Leroy Hart
Rains And Winds Hit Childress Area With Hail
A pounding rain with hail and 50 mph winds struck the Childress area Saturday, with 1.21 inches at the FAA airfield and light cotton damage expected. Garden Valley saw heavy rain. overall West Texas thunderstorm activity resumed with no reported damage. Temperatures ranged from the 60s to the 90s across regions. forecasts called for more scattered storms and hot afternoons.
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Childress
FAA
Air Field
Carey
Garden Valley
Associated Press
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Gulf Coast
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
San Antonio
Galveston
Brownville
del Rio
San Angelo
Dalhart
West Texas
Hill Country
Big Bend
Dallas
North Texas
Jerome Davis
Texas Power and Light Communications
Funeral services for Claude Estes Dudley in Childress
Funeral services for Claude Estes Dudley 85 of Childress were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Cleveland and Rev. Bill Tynes officiating. Burial followed at Childress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home. Dudley a 60 year barber and longtime resident of Childress died Saturday in Veterans Hospital Waco. He was a member of First Baptist American Legion Post 65 Forty and Eight VFW Post 2512 and Masonic Lodge 695. Survivors include his widow two daughters four brothers a sister four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Earl Harwell Alvis Maddox E A Beaver Robert Custer Johnie Rucker and Johnny Rowell.
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Claude Estes Dudley
Childress
First Baptist Church
Bill Cleveland
Bill Tynes
Assembly of God Church
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Dudley
Seymour
Estelle Catheral
Memphis
Veterans Hospital
Waco
American Legion
VFW
Masonic Lodge
Rex Gardner
Chickasha
Okla
Vern Rucker
Fred
League City
Theodore
Pasadena
Alwin
Stephenville
Milton
Silverton
Arthur Sanderson
Earl Harwell
Alvis Maddox
E. A. Beaver
Robert Custer
Johnie Rucker
Johnny Rowell
Nowlin Case Moves Toward Higher Court After Writ Deadline
In Paducah 31 farmers push to perfect a writ of error to the 7th Court of Civil Appeals by Thursday after the Amarillo panel reversed a district court ruling in a suit against Vaughan B. Nowlin and others. The court ordered cases returned to defendants' home counties and lifted temporary injunctions on warehouse receipts. Over $375,240 in alleged worthless checks were cited, with criminal charges also brought for theft by check as Nowlin faced arraignment and a July 12 pre trial hearing. the 31 plaintiffs seek to have the appeals process completed and the case forwarded to the Texas Supreme Court.
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7Th Court of Civil Appeals
Vaughan B. Nowlin
First State Bank of
Texas Supreme Court
Appeals Court
R. J. Balch
50Th District Court
Cottle County
Nowlin
First State Bank
Childress
Balch
Tower Blasts Social Security Plan In Dallas Speech
Sen John Tower urged younger Americans to work longer and save more to avoid relying on Social Security. He criticized Carter era proposals funding benefits with general revenue and wage tax expansions, warning funds could run out by 1984.
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Dallas
John Tower
Tower
Congress
Carter
Wilks Services Scheduled For Wednesday
Bonnie Clara Wilks 85 of Childress died yesterday in Childress General Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Faith Missionary Church with Rev. Dan Collum officiating. Burial follows in Childress under Home. Survived by three sons, a daughter, three half sisters, 20 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. Her husband Frank Wilks died in 1967. she was a longtime Faith Missionary Baptist Church member.
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Bonnie Clara Wilks
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Faith Missionary Church
Dan Collum
Newberry Funeral Home
Childress Cemetery
Durant
Oklo
Frank Milton Wilks
Carson
Tex
Bonham
Robert M
Eldon C
Carl Odell
Lubbock
Verna Bell
Boydston
Duncan
Okla
Opal Galyean
Austin
Ruth Reed
Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Claude
Fred
Melton Wilks
Done
Joe
Roy Boydston
Stewart Rites In Chillicothe
Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Chillicothe First United Methodist Church for Mrs Mary Early Stewart 81 born July 16 1895 in Jackson Mississippi a 56 year resident of Chillicothe. Burial followed in Chillicothe cemetery with Rev Thomas Taylor officiating. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Clyde Morris Warsaw Missouri Mrs Leonard Danson Borger and Mrs R D Coleman Victor four sons Nathan Lake Whitney G M Amarillo Rev J E Shamrock L S Houma two brothers J G Montgomery Chillicothe Lester Montgomery Childress three sisters Mrs Ernest Trolinder Quanah Mrs Nannie Webb Vernon and Mrs W L Daniels Chillicothe 25 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great great
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Chillicothe First United Methodist Church
Chillicothe
Thomas Taylor
Chillcothe Hospital
Jackson
Miss
Clyde Morris
Warsaw
Leonard Danson
Borger
R. D. Coleman
Victor
Nathan
Lake Whitney
G. M
Amarillo
J. E
Shamrock
L. S
Houma
J. G. Montgomery
Lester Montgomery
Childress
Ernest Trolinder
Quanah
Nannie Webb
Vernon
W. L. Daniels
Supreme Court ad rules may strike at old ethical norms
The decision allows lawyers to advertise challenging a traditional profession standard and could set a precedent for price listings by doctors and other professionals. The ruling signals broader market-oriented changes in professional services.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cutest Kids Contest Closes This Thursday
Deadline for entering photographs in the Cutest Kids Contest sponsored by the Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Childress.
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Licensed
Vocational Nurses Association of Childress
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