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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1973

Page

6

Large Cast Set For Senior Play at Junior High

The 1973 graduates present Tuned Out by David Rogers at 8 p.m. in the junior high auditorium. Director Hal Miller with student Denise Rasberry and Paula Parr oversee a large cast many playing multiple roles including Joe Holland Ronald Plancuch Terri Loter Emily Plancuch Danny Lancaster and others in a lively comedy.

David Rogers Hal Miller Denise Rasberry Paula Parr Joe Holland Ronald Plancuch Terri Loter Emily Plancuch Danny Lancaster Boom Boom Brannigan Steve Bird Richard Wright Tanya Starnes Bobby Blackwell Yueh Tsu Frank Stepp Genug Ray Overbey Tonio

Today in History highlights and famed anniversaries

May 17, 1973 marks key events from 1954 ruling on school segregation to the NYSE founding in 1792 and the first Kentucky Derby in 1875. Notables include Fidel Castro’s prisoner exchange offer in 1961 and JFK's Italy visit plans a decade earlier.

Associated Press U.S Supreme Court Britain France New York Stock Exchange Richard French John Hawkins New Jersey Louisville Egypt Suez Canal Fidel Castro Cuba John F. Kennedy John XXIII Italy Alexei Kosygin Prague Czechoslovakia West Germany Soviet Union Poland Birgit Nilsson Peter Mennin Herbert Spencer

Digging Money Out Of Digger Digging Money Out Of Digger

A critical review of George V. Higgins Knopf novel The Diggers Game. The tale follows Jerry Digger Doherty a small time hood who runs a bar and launders money through crooked schemes. A Vegas gambling debt triggers a tight plot about how the mob extracts repayment and the dangers of street smart criminals.

George V. Higgins Knopf U.S District of Massachusetts Underworld Eddie Coyle Higgins Jerry Digger) Doherty Digger Las Vegas Phil Thomas Associated Press

Watergate hearings reveal White House links to Nixon campaign

Odle testified that White House aides influenced the Committee for the Re election of the President while the campaign director came from the Justice Department. Senator Talmadge and others pressed for clarity on ultimate authority as Watergate disclosures fuel distrust and calls for thorough investigation.

James W. McCord McCord Sen Herman Talmadge Dga Odle White House Talmadge Justice Department Atty John N. Mitchell Democratic Jim McCord Nixon Committee Nixon Sam J. Ervin Jr D-N.c H. R. Haldeman Mitchell Sam Dash Maurice Stans Stans Herbert W. Kalmbach Campaign Finance Committee Kalmbach California Ervin Howard H. Baker Rtenn Baker Lowell P. Weicker Jr Rconn Senate America Robert E. Cushman E. Howard Hunt Jr Hunt Central Intelligence Agency Cushman CIA Armed Serviced Committee John D. Ehrlichman Ehrlichman U.S. District Court FBI L. Patrick Gray III Watergate Earl Silbert Gray Watergate Grand Jury Roy Sheppard

George III Rehabilitated as a Diligent Monarch in New Study

In a new biography Alfred A. Knopf provides a nuanced portrait of George III. Stanley Ayling argues the king endured porphyria and mental illness yet governed conscientiously amid Britain and America tensions over taxation and representation. The work reframes a historical villain into a hardworking sovereign.

George the Stanley Ayling Alfred A. Knopf George III Britain United States George

Gas mileages and a mixed news snapshot span EPA study and court notes

The EPA reports small imported cars show better miles per gallon than many American makes in a cross section testing 1973 air pollution certified engines. Amid unrelated items, Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers case ends with dropped charges due to government misconduct. Edmonton sees 1972 inquiries slightly down. Don McLean’s Killin Me Softly song ties to Lori Lieberman’s story and Roberta Flack’s hit status.

Environmental Protection Agency EPA Don McLean Los Angeles Roberta Flack McLean Norman Gimbel Charles Fox Lori Lieberman Miss Lieberman United States

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