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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
1
Kellogg Idaho AP reports 11 additional bodies discovered in the burned Sunshine silver mine raising the death toll to 58 after nine days. Smoke, gas, and limited communications hinder deeper search for 33 missing miners.
Randy Barber was named Fund Drive Chairman for Childress Girl Scout Service Unit 61 after the Nor CenTex Council meeting in Wichita Falls. Details will be announced later by Barber. Representatives will visit Childress to aid in drive plans, with campaigns planned in Childress Chillicothe and Paducah.
Lisa Fowler will attend Bluebonnet Girls State this year as a delegate with Jennilynn Sprayberry. Diane Holtman will be an alternate. The three CHS Junior Class girls will travel to Seguin June 13 23 for sessions at Texas Lutheran College with auxiliary funding and activities.
A. B. Simpson, Northfield Community pioneer, died at 9:45 a.m. today in Childress General Hospital. The body was taken to Matador where funeral arrangements will be announced. No other details were learned.
A Bridging Ceremony for Childress Girl Scouts of Service Unit 61 will be at 7 30 pm Friday in Fair Park Auditorium.
Secretary of the Interior Rogers C Morton announced authorization to construct the 800 mile Trans Alaska pipeline to Valdez with Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. as applicants. Environmentalists warned of risks from earthquakes and spills and suggested a Canadian route. Morton said national interest favors the Alaskan path, despite environmental costs.
The Bloodmobile will visit Childress on June 7 from 2 to 6 p m at the Fair Park Auditorium. The Postal Employees' Wives announce a quota of 70 units and Ruth Fite along with Sharon Smotherman will call individuals to set donor appointments.
Rains haunted Texas with heavy downpours from the Panhandle to the coast. Dalhart reported 1.81 inches while Laredo saw 9.2 inches in places, hail pounded Dalhart and Edinburg, and a flash flood warning covered multiple counties as a warm front moved north and a cold front neared from New Mexico.
The special election to fill Place No. One on May 16 has a rapidly approaching deadline. By this morning 11 voters had cast absentee ballots.
The Retail Activities Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will merge Bargain Day with the Early Summer Side Walk sale. Chairman Tom Lemen said the combined event is set for Monday June 5.
City Council and the Commissioners' Court held a joint dinner meeting Tuesday to discuss mutual interests and problems. County Judge Harper Knight and Mayor Glenn Buckley issued a joint statement praising the relationship and promising coordination to benefit Childress and Childress County.
President Nixon held a surprise session with Nikolai Patolichev and Anatoly Dobrynin alongside three top aides. The White House called the meeting a courtesy call and suggested it may ease concerns about a possible impact of Hanoi moves on the Moscow summit set for May 22.
U S forces reported mined Haiphong entrances will explode after 7 p m Saigon time, prompting several freighters including Soviet-flag ships to leave Haiphong harbor. Bombardment intensified with U S air and naval forces striking North Vietnam while pilots claimed multiple MIGs shot down.
World War I Veterans of Ed Crady Barracks 678 will hold an election for officers during a Saturday meeting. Members gather at the Veterans Building for lunch at 11 30 a.m. with the election slated for the afternoon.
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