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R CHA]LER was written in the book of 66Richard
I[ "1 Rise to Power" this week when Vice-President Spiro
.admitted to being a liar and resigned his post, putting
in the position of being the second vice-president ever to
told the world and me via his fire-storming news
ees that he was totally innocent and would prove it in the
He said he had been framed by the news media, and
¢One out a knight in shining armour.
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I was one of the few people to believe him, and just as I
[1 that the news media and the Justice Department are
nail an innocent man, he up and resigns, pleads no
to income tax cheating charges and pays a $10,000 fine
t t:°ytars's amg:n probation.
that the nation's number 2 man is indeed a dirty
d see evidence that he was doing illegal deeds up until
the Justice Department started its investigation just a
_...'ska who has denied any wrongdoing, then turns
and lets us know he s been lying and is indeed a crook.
fallowing points come to mind:
lt'lw has denied all these things and finally admits to
k)iar, then maybe the denials made by Nixon about
e are also big lies and the evidence linking him with
Iglki'ce may be authentic and he may too need to resign. We
public official who has broken the law should either
[ll'n or be stepped down upon, and if Nixon is guilty, he
1 the same.
I
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with fire all around him, had to do something so he
[ as a sacrificial lamb to try to get the heat off his own
lVestigators are saying that Nixon is a crook, so by
Spiro as a crook and making him resign, maybe the
he off Nixon's tail and he can go on to the more
t things in government."
ust be a mighty poor judge of men, or maybe he's a
lUence on his people. Agnew is one of several Nixon aides
been indicted on criminal counts. If all these advisors
., how can Nixon keep from being a crook?Is it the aides
Nixon a crook or is it Nixon making the aides crooks?
/?garently is the most corrupt administration in history,
[Ik.'Tmet members, advisors and the vice-president being
ft and right for wrong-doings. This hits this writer
e.en the teeth, since we supported Nixon and Agnew in
gidential election. But facts are facts, and the facts
a presidential administration more corrupt than
and Nixon and aides have scarred the office of the
and it may take years for the executive branch to
eSpectable again.
/ goodness our man John Connally didn t bite at the
vice-president. He would have been dead for sure in
' it is now, he can go ahead and live a clean life and be
e over the messed-up office of the president in 1976.
fright, Mary Cooke and Clarence Hamilton?
G THOUGHT: When the second-highest leader in
i l. J is given a probated prison sentence and admits to
ll', and Congress and courts of law dig up evidence
t i highest man in the land with dishonest behaviour,
t L of shape has our country gotten itself into?
light bulb sale
'door in order to raise money for eye conservation.
will go for canes and eyeglasses and some will be
an eye bank.
s will start taking orders from businesses today, and
r t door-to-door sales campaign Tuesday. The bulbs are
t l.$2.75 for a package of eight. The package consists of
bulbs, four 100-watt bulbs and two 75-watt bulbs.
' la a will take special orders if the customer needs a
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Clarendon, Donley Count]/, Texas "Sunday, October 14, 19731 ,,, V01umo II-No. 30 "
Bronchos 'patriotic,' keep sco
against hapless Valle
H
h Patriots
BRONCHO JERRY HOLLAND shakes Iooso from some Valley High defenders Friday night. WAIT A , don't get me until I get to the goal. Kenneth R looks at the goal line
Clarendon won the game, 33-7. [Press Photo by Richard Allen] as he puts his hand out :to stop a Valley High defender. He made the touchdown. [Press
Photo by Richard Allen]
Greenbelt to seek
rights on more water Bronchos beat Valley High, 33-7
The Greenbelt Water Authority Board of Directors, in a
meeting Thursday night, voted to make application to the state
for another 2.94% of the water rights at Greenbelt Lake.
The application will be heard before the Water Development
Board on October 24 in Austin.
The water In Greenbelt Lake is jointly owned by Greenbelt
Water Authority and the State of Texas. According to a
Greenbelt spokesman, the state is seeking to get water
authorities to buy the state's interest in various lakes on a
gradual basis. The state asked Greenbelt to buy this percentage
of tl water now, for a total cost of $100,000, The state will
finance the purchase. The same procedures will be used in other
lakes around the state.
The board also listened to presentation by a salesman of a
retirement program for Greenbelt employes, but no action was
taken.
New barbeque, pizza
restaurant opens here
A new barbeque and pizza restaurant has opened in
Clarendon. The announcement appears in this issue of The
Clarendon Press.
The new restaurant, Western Barbeque, is located in the
yellow restaurant building on Highway 287 West, across from
the old Super Save grocery store.
Owners and operators of the new restaurant are Mr. and Mrs.
Ford Newkirk, who have been operating Ford's Restaurant here
for the past year.
The restaurant, completely redecorated, features barbeque
plates and barbeque sandwiches, all flavors of homemade
pizzas, old-fashioned hamburgers and other fine foods. The food
can be eaten in the dining room or taken out,
The Newidrks have designed their menu for all ages, but
especially invite the high school and college sets to eat pizza with
them.
"We would like to invite residents of Clarendon to come out
and try our barbeque and pizza," Newkirk said.
such as a flourescent lamp.
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college, hospital districts
Board offers to collect tax
/ndon Public Schools board of education voted The school district, under their proposal, would collect taxes
_ight to offer to collect taxes for the Clarendon College in the best way they see fit.
the Donley County Hospital District for a charge of The school board had discussed a proposal that called for
ear for each district, hiring a full-time tax collector-assessor, and had laid out the cost
called for the collection fee to be paid on or before before the college and hospital boards. The college board agreed
/' 1974, and that all unpaid charges by the hospital to go along, but the hospital board wrote the school a letter,
Paid on or before that date. saying that it would not go along with the proposal.
: At that, the board set a fee for the collections, and promised to
district has been collecting taxes for both districts collect the taxes with the best procedure possible with the funds
of. $4,200 a year, but board members pointed out that available.
lolved in collecting taxes have risen drastically. The
mid, ease in costs include paper and labor. Some paper In other action, the board voted to pay all bills, approved the
ore than doubled within the past year, the school financial statement, approved a resolution concerning band
t out. And labor costs have increased, uniforms, and hired Robert Bell as a bus driver.
" I big as ever
[Cotton Festtva
Between the McLean band and the dance was a lecture by
Mrs. Norma Selvidge on the amphitheatre and the Donley
County preparations for the celebration of the Bi-centennial. She
illustrated her lecture with slides.
After the lecture, the street entertainment continued with the
John Thomas Family Band from Collingsworth County, Vicki
Wood from the Big Texan in Amarillo, Lou Barnes and Joyce
Howell, the Country Girls Trio (an old festival favorite), Tobe
Woodard's Cotton Pickers and Jeep Mills and the Tradewinds
from Memphis.
alive Friday as the 22rid annual Hedley Cotton
Under way with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at the Lion's
the A.T.T. Amusements had started operations
had the Senior class booth, the festival started
night with the McLean High School Band
entertainment. Later Friday night Jeep and His
Winds from Memphis provided the music for a
at the American Legion Hall.
College Singers sang at 4:00 Friday, along with
under the direction of Kern Pigg.
By DEAN SINGLETON
You might say the Clarendon Bronchos did their "patriotic"
duty in keeping the score down Friday night in their game
against the Valley High Patriots. That's probably the best way to
describe the game, in which the Broncs used every man on the
roster and kept the first string out of the game most of the time to
beat the Patriots, 33-7.
As the game drew to a close, the announcer in the Turkey
stadium said very graciously, "We certainly appreciate the
sportsmanship displayed by the Clarendon coach in keeping the
core low and making the game interesting to us Valley High
fans."
And interesting it may have been to the Patriot fans, who have
yet to see their kids win a football game since the school was
formed two years ago. They saw their kids play ball and even
make a touchdown there at the end.
"We know we can't beat anybody," said one Valley High
parent, leaving the stadium after the game. "But we sure are
happy to see a coach and team like Clarendon that tries not to
embarrass us in front of our own people."
And that's the way it was. Clarendon Coach Clyde Noonkester
shifted his first stringers back and forth, put in his younger
players, and shifted his team around to avoid a big rout of the
hapless Patriots, who will go back to Class B next year.
The most exciting part of the game was a fuss between the
football game announcer and a disc jockey sportscaster from
Memphis' KBGH Radio. From the start, the KBGH man raised
his voice to high levels with degrading remarks about the
Patriots. The remarks, made for a re-broadcast of the game,
were so loud that they carried over the PA system, and Valley
High fans got quite irritated.
Before the feud calmed, the KBGH man had shouted a shady
word, several Valley High fans were at his throat threatening to
take him out back, and school authorities were called to calm the
situation. Having been asked to leave, the broadcaster finally
agreed to quit rubbing it in on the Patriot fans, and the broadcast
continued.
Anywa.v, lmck to the ballgame.
The Bronchos didn't score on their first possession, failing to
ggt a first down.
/But on the first play from scrimmage on the second
/possession, Kenneth King broke loose with a 52-yard scamper to
[put the Bronchos on the board. The kick made it 7-0 with 5:20
,owing in the first period.
The Patriots couldn't move on the next possesion, and were
forced to punt. The punt sailed right into the stands, but gained
only 10 yards. Seven plays later, the Bronchos climaxed their
drive when Kenneth Reese ran 9 yards for a touchdown. The kick
was good, and it was 14-0 as the first quarter ended.
The Clarendon bunch took over on their own 47 after Valley
High couldn't move the ball. Gary Shields ran for 7, then
scampered 10 yards down to the 36. Randy Croslin ran for 10,
then gained 13 on a personal foul penalty. Jerry Holland ran 10
yards, and Shields went in for the touchdown from 3 yards out.
There was a bad snap on the point after try, and the score was
20-0 with 8:51 showing in the first half.
The Broncho defense held the Patriots to little yardage on the
next series, and another one of those grand stand punts gave
Clarendon the ball on the Broncho 45.
Johnny Gerner ran for 13 yards, Shields for 9, then Shields ran
again for 13 yards. Holland hit for 5, quarterback Kenneth Reese
kept the ball for 4, and Gerner went in for the touchdown from
the 11. The kick was no good, and it was 26-0 with the half
nearly over.
Valley High got on the scoreboard early in the second half
after Clarendon fumbled on the 9. On fourth down, Patriot Brian
Wheeler went over for the score. Steve Eudy's kick was good,
and it was 26-7.
Reese took the kickoff and ran it to the 50. From there, Croslin
ran for 5 yards, Shields 4, and Croslin again for 4. A screen pass
to Reese gained 36 yards and a touchdown, and it was 33-7 after
Lynn Floyd's kck.
It won't be fun and games next week, as the Bronchos take on
the Memphis Cyclones in the game that will probably decide the
district championship. But, the Broncho starting lineup should
be rested for that game, anyway.
THESE CANDIDATES for Hedley Cotton Festival Queen stand
by the bale of cotton that was given away Saturday. The girls
posed for the picture early Friday morning during the festival
breakfast. The festival was n huge sueeese Mote festival
ceverage Thursday. [Press Photo]
