Crook Named to Texas ASC Committee in Wichita Falls
Don Ray Crook of Childress has been appointed to the Texas State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee by Secretary Earl L. Butz. Crook, 41, farms 2,000 acres, raises cotton wheat sorghum and alfalfa, and runs a catfish operation with a family in Childress. Also named was Terrance Harman as Southwest Area Director.
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Italians May Move To Right In National Vote
Italians head to the polls after a tense campaign marked by clashes between leftists and neo Fascists. The outcome could yield a divided parliament or a shift to the right enabling a centrist postwar coalition.
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Masonic Lodge to Present 50-Year Pins Tuesday
Three members of Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 will receive 50-year membership pins at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the new lodge hall. Recipients are B F Blanton Henry King and Claude Dudley.
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Nixon rejects population commission calls for easing abortion laws
President Nixon denounced unrestricted abortion policies as a form of population control. He reaffirmed opposition to easing abortion laws, while officials in various regions reported competing views amid primary season activity and policy debates.
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Steel Imports To Be Held At Present Level
The White House announced that Japan and seven Western European countries will halt further inroads into the U S steel market through 1974 under a three year voluntary agreement. They will limit their share to the present 15 percent level. President Nixon said the pact improves on prior years and will help domestic producers plan with confidence and protect American steel jobs.
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Five Americans rescued from burning Vietnam helicopter crash
Field reports say five of ten Americans presumed killed when a helicopter was shot down in the central highlands were rescued today. The survivors, two in fair condition and three seriously injured, had been without food or water for 13 days after the April 24 crash near Dak Ta and Tan Canh.
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Rainfall Averages An Inch In Area
Weather across Texas brought ground soaking rain Friday night and Saturday. Childress saw about an inch while Northfield recorded an inch and a half. FAA Station Kirkland Tell West Ranch north of Red River and Community Center reported inch or more. The rain eased drought but did not affect primary voting.
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Value Of Dollar Goes Down Monday
The United States will formally devalue the dollar at noon EDT Monday after a late December bargain with major non Communist nations. Treasury Secretary John B Connally will notify the IMF that the new par value is one thirty eighth ounce of gold, down from one thirty fifth, an 8.57 percent devaluation. This formal step completes the United States commitment to devalue and follows months of market adjustment as nations treat the dollar as devalued.
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Crash Victim Is Buried In Kirkland
Fred Vernon Clark 70 pioneer resident of Kirkland is killed in a fiery I-40 crash west of Conway. Funeral at Newberry Chapel. burial in Kirkland Cemetery. Survivors include wife Edna, four sons, a sister, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren. He was Elk of the Year 1970.
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Childress ISD Board to Meet at 7 30 PM
The Childress Independent School Board schedules a regular meeting at 7 30 p m in the school administration office.
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Enemy Wrecks Pleiku Headquarters in High Highlands Battle
South Vietnamese troops beat back a major assault near Pleiku as enemy forces using tear gas rockets and mortars hit a brigade headquarters at Fire Base 42 on Highway 14. An American adviser Maj. Michael Haynes was killed. 80 government defenders were killed or wounded and at least 27 dead on the enemy side were reported.
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Fire Extinguished in Chair at 909 Ave H NW
The Childress Fire Department extinguished a chair fire at 909 Ave H Northwest at 7 30 a m Friday morning.
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