Nixon to address postwar role and economy on TV radio
Washington reports President Nixon will deliver a major 9 p.m. EST address on America’s post Vietnam role and the domestic economy. The administration also pursues a dual prime rate to aid small business, home buyers, farmers, and consumers. A renowned heart surgeon questions the future of heart transplants. Dr Michael DeBakey, 63, of Houston spoke to a local chapter.
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Washington
Nixon
America
White House
Nixon Administration
Pittsburgh
Michael DeBakey
Houston
Death course draws 150 students at Fife High School
In Sumner Washington, 150 of 700 Fife High School pupils chose a death curriculum as part of English class taught by Mrs Thelda Bevens. The course explores burial cremation crypts and vaults and even homicide and personal crisis reports in a popular elective.
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Tom Reedy
Associated Press
Sumner
Wash
Thelda Bevens
Fife High School
Tacoma
Thunderstorms Pound Broad Texas Area Into Night
Thunderstorms swept through Central to East Texas during the night then eased to scattered showers on the Panhandle west side and light drizzle along the Upper Texas Coast. Fog reduces visibility near Dallas Fort Worth and along the coast. Bond sales in Childress County rise with 27 701 two months total and Texas February sales exceed previous year.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Austin
Victoria
National Weather Service
Dallas
Fort Worth
Childress County
Gene Frisbie
City Plans Light Upgrades and Traffic Changes in Childress
City leaders approved a program adding traffic signal upgrades in downtown Childress and five blocks paving on Avenue I under TOPICS. A study of indenture parking on Avenue F was ordered and speed limits on FM Road 401 were recommended by the Texas Highway Department.
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Avenue I
North Childress
Texas Highway Department
Childress
Avenue F
Virgil McGee
THD
Ross Road
Hillcrest Street
Avenue L
Avenue S
U.S. 287
Air Field
Lanehart Industries
W. E. Helm
Bill Sager
Harold Cheek
Charles Moore
Lanchart Industries Wins Governor's Industrial Expansion Award
Lanchart Industries Inc chosen as one of five Texas companies to receive the Governor's Industrial Expansion Award for 1972 announced by the Texas Industrial Commission. Award presented May 10 in Austin. April 5 dinner at Childress Elks Lodge marks event with $4.50 tickets. Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce Agricultural and Industrial committees. A state-wide speaker is to attend.
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Lanchart Industries, Inc
Texas
Texas Industrial Commission
Lanchart
Lancer Homes of
Childress
Lanehart
Austin
Childress Elks Lodge
Agricultural and Industrial Committees
The
Chamber of Commerce
Changes in DL Office Hours and Local Industry Awards
Driver's License office hours will shift effective April 1 with tests on Mondays and closures on Wednesdays and the first, third and fifth Fridays each month. Bill Ricks outlines manager travel to Wellington Memphis and other towns. several local firms receive awards for economic and civic contributions. Lanchart in Childress reports growth in payroll, employment, and 1973 projections, plus new plant expansions and spin offs including Fiberglas of America.
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Bill Ricks
Childress
Ricks
Wellington
Memphis
Clarendon
Paducah
Landhart
Fiberglas of America
Childress Investment Industrial
Credibility Gap From Watergate Deepens With Testimony Fight
Washington AP reports a renewed credibility gap as Watergate espionage and wiretapping unfold in court and Congress. Nixon invokes executive privilege to withhold testimony from John W. Dean III, while claiming Dean may provide pertinent information. Senator Byrd suspects a White House coverup despite Nixon’s assurances.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Dean
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Low voter interest noted in local elections
News brief reports minimal turnout with two city races and a hospital race unopposed and an absentee count of four for the Childress Independent School District Board of Trustees race. One race features two candidates while others have none.
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Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
Williamson Rites Held In Morton
Funeral services for Tye Kern Williamson aged 50 were held at the First Baptist Church in Morton with Rev. Paul McClung officiating. Burial followed at Morton Memorial Cemetery. He died at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after living in Morton with his wife Odessa and son Warren. survivors include his mother Maude Williamson and sisters Billye Winder and Marie Walker.
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Tye Kern Williamson
First Baptist
Morton
Paul McClung
Morton Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Williamson
Kirkland
Methodist
Lubbock
W. W. Williamson
First State Bank
Odessa
Warren
Maude Williamson
Childress
Billye Winder
Marie Walker
Corpus Christi
Officers of Library Board Re-Elected
All officers of the Childress County City Library Board were re-elected at the Wednesday meeting. The board kept Mrs. Dan Davis as chairman, Mrs. Ernst Davis as vice chairman, Mrs. Bill Ross as secretary, and Mrs. Ted Henderson as treasurer. A total of 12 907 dollars was contributed to the Memorial Library Building Fund in six months.
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Childress County
Teague
Vernon
Mitchell Denies Slanderous Watergate Claims
Former Atty Gen John N Mitchell rejected slanderous statements that he approved wiretap plans at the Democratic National HQ. He denies prior knowledge or involvement in Watergate and rebukes hearsay reports from James W McCord Jr and G Gordon Liddy. The Senate committee heard the claim.
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John N. Mitchell
Washington Post
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Senate
Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
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Nixon
Ervin
McCord
Marijuana smoke linked to cancer risk in mice study
Dr Wolfgang Vogel and colleagues at Jefferson Medical College and the VA Hospital studied marijuana tar using tests from the U S surgeon general. In a five day skin application, 20 of 60 mice exposed to marijuana tar showed cancer signs, similar to 20 mice exposed to benzo[a]pyrene, while 20 untreated mice remained healthy.
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Philadelphia
Wolfgang Vogel
U.S
Vogel
Jefferson Medical College
Veterans Administration Hospital
Coatesville
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson
VA Hospital
John C. Cottrell
Leung S. Sohn
Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s
Funeral Services for Sidney D Jones Held in Oklahoma City
Funeral services for Sidney Dawson Jones age 70 were set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Kirkland Church of Christ with Eldon Sanders officiating. Burial followed at Childress Cemetery. Jones died Tuesday night in an Oklahoma City nursing home. He was born November 8, 1902 in Quanah and lived many years in Garden Valley, Childress County before moving to Oklahoma City. Survivors include his wife Florence and son Morgan D. Jones both of Oklahoma City, two brothers Moore Jones of Grover and Clifton Jones of Turkey, his mother Mrs Minnie Jones of Turkey, one grandchild and two great grandchildren.
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Sidney Dawson Jones
Kirkland
Florence
Oklahoma City
Morgan D. Jones
Moore Jones
Grover
Clifton Jones
Turkey
Minnie Jones
Fashion show at Fair Park to aid Memorial Library fund
A spring fashion show at Fair Park Auditorium starts 7 30 tonight, sponsored by Alpha Delta Omega of Beta Sigma Phi. Proceeds go to the Memorial Library Building Fund. Gene Galle ballet students perform intermission. Lamar Elementary PTO meets 7 p.m. Tuesday with a student program and officer elections. Public invited. Danny Nations awarded 100 by a district court jury in a car collision case involving Richard Bowen and Henry King seeking 4500.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Alpha Delta Omega Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Memorial Library Building Fund
Gene Galle
Lamar Tpo
Lamar Elementary
John Tunnell
Felton Lane
Danny Nations
Richard Terry Bowen
Henry Wylie King
Bowen
Nations
List at Chamber Offers Graduation Attire and Gift Ideas
The Chamber of Commerce office provides a catalog of clothing sizes for graduating seniors and suggested gift items. The listing includes available sizes and a range of practical gift ideas to accompany commencement.
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Chamber A
Chamber of Commerce
Three Divorces Granted In District Court This Week
District Court approved three divorces this week. Saundra Weir and Leeman Weir, Connie Jo Ratliff and Jerry Don Ratliff, and Gladys King and Aretas Vernon King Sr were the parties.
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Saundra Weir
Leeman Weir
Connie Jo Ratliff
Jerry Don Ratliff
Gladys King
Aretas Vernon King Sr
Service Unit 61 Meeting Set for April Evening
Adults in Girl Scouts will gather at 7 30 p m on April 5 at Mrs Charles Christy home to assign new Brownies troop numbers and plan Day Camp.
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Scout Service Unit
Girl Scouts
Charles Christy
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