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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
1
American prisoner of war who stayed behind the Bamboo Curtain arrives back in the West from Communist China and says another U.S. serviceman may be released soon.
Lowell D. Skinner, 32, of Akron Ohio a former corporal who has not seen the United States since 1950 stepped across the border into the British crown colony shortly after noon. It's about time to go back.
Skinner, in nine years in Communist China, says 21 Americans remained behind after Korea. Scott L. Rush, a Marietta lathe operator in Wuhan, may depart soon. Seven of the original 21 are believed alive in Red China including Adams, Dunn, Veneris, Webb, White, Wills, and Morris R. Wills. Richard Gordon left Hong Kong in 1958. the group was dishonorably discharged in 1954 and cannot face military prosecution.
Dr Stephe ward, a 50-year-old osteopath linked to Britain's sex scandal, underwent tracheotomy and remained critically ill in an iron lung after an overdose and conviction on vice charges. He introduced high-profile figures to call girls, sparking a national controversy as the trial concluded with guilty verdicts and pending sentencing.
Thomas Henry Brown 85 a longtime farmer in Tell died at 6 46 p m Wednesday at the family residence in Childress after a long illness He was born January 17 1878 near Greenville and came to Childress County in 1909 from New Mexico He married Cora Smith in Greenville August 10 1902 He was a Baptist Church member Survivors include his widow one daughter Mrs Vernon Crain of Tell one sister Mrs J H Crady of Childress and one grandson Tom H Crain of Dallas Funeral services are pending
A sunbathers association meeting in Sycamore Hollow Kansas sparked a plan to strip trespassers, dunk them in a pool, and force nude volleyball with opposite sex members. The nudist spokesman warned court action would follow the on the spot punishment.
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority directors plan a meeting at the Jeter Townsend Clinic to review Crowell City’s bid to join. H. Townsend, the president, noted a definite fee and said the fiscal agent will verify each town’s bonded debt before setting water rates and timing for election.
Seven Childress CAP cadets will depart Saturday for the Texas Wing Cadet Summer Encampment at Amarillo AFB. Participants are Sue Miller Jane Ragsdale Laura Treat Jerry Grantham James Reynolds Jerry Huddleston and Garrell Tate.
President Kennedy urged renewed public support for the Moscow nuclear test ban as Senate approval seemed likely. He said the United States will continue underground testing after signing and pressed for closer Franco American military cooperation while De Gaulle faced no sign on joining the pact.
New York stock market ends mixed as earlier gains fade. Dow Jones slips about 1.1 percent near the close while Standard and Poor s 500 dips slightly. Gains and losses are scattered among Ford Texaco Du Pont Amerada Union Carbide and others.
County Service Officer George West warns Korean veterans they must apply by September 13, 1963 to exchange RS policies for WS policies and receive a one time dividend averaging $100. Veterans should contact the service office in the Veteran's Building for details.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a foreign aid bill totaling 4,087,075,000 dollars, about 437 million below Kennedy’s request of 4,525,325,000. Chairman Rep. Thomas E. Morgan announced the figure after a closed session. a final committee vote is planned next.
UPI reports U.S and South Korean forces patrolling the Korean truce line faced a fresh surge of infiltrations by North Korean forces. Three skirmishes occurred Monday and Tuesday with four North Koreans and three Chinese agents killed, marking the worst incidents since the Korean War ended ten years earlier. Weather stayed hot with near 100 degrees as UNC said firing continued Wednesday as a warning. Chinese communists behind the flare-up aim to stir trouble amid their power struggle with the Russians.
Three fresh earthquakes hit Skopje as rescue teams count near 857 dead and fear a final toll up to 2000. Officials speed evacuations while dynamite blasts clear rubble and survivors vow to leave the city’s ruined center for a safer site.
Kenneth Ellis of Kirkland brought in the season’s first maize load about 5 p m Tuesday and sold it to Bartlett Feed Store. He delivered a second load this morning weighing 4500 pounds with 14 percent moisture and yielding about 4100 pounds per acre. The crop was irrigated twice and priced at 1.70 per bushel.
The London Daily Express profile sketches Stephen Ward as artist osteopath socialite and libertine. It notes his charm wit and wide social circle spanning Mayfair Bayswater Cliveden and the peer world. He discusses women art marriage sex and medicine and predicts the case will enter history.
Drilling has reached 7 730 feet at noon and observers expect the Ellenberger formation in the Kimbell Swich Ross No 1 J Rhea to be reached today. The wildcat lies about one mile south of Childress and aims to test the formation. Production from the O P Leonard Oda Coats No 3, hit on Monday, is anticipated in about three weeks.
Administrator John B. Martin announced donations totaling about 635 dollars from Masonic Lodge No. 695 and the Sabine Oral Vaccine fund committee to furnish and repaint two rooms at Childress General Hospital. The SOV committee also gave 250 dollars for a second positive pressure breathing unit, with a new rally ordered to arrive in six weeks.
County Health Officer Dr J J Westenburg warned citizens about risks from water not sourced in Childress. He said only distilled bottled water is approved and advised use of Halazone or Clorox tablets with directions. He urged caution when using external water for drinking or cooking regardless of taste or appearance.
Vogue Cleaners announces a vacation shutdown from July 22 to August 5. Customers are thanked for their understanding and asked to plan alterations and deliveries accordingly.
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