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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Page
1
A Harris County grand jury returned four new indictments against two youths in the sex torture slayings case, bringing the total criminal allegations against Elmer Wayne Henley and David Owen Brooks to eight as 27 bodies have been recovered.
President Nixon asserts burglaries like the Elisberg case occurred on a very large scale during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Officials deny knowledge or authorization. Justice officials decline to confirm. Nixon defends his past actions and reiterates no resignation. The Senate Watergate probe continues with hearings set for Sept. 10.
A target price of 2.05 dollars per bushel for wheat in 1974 was announced by Gene Frisbie of the ASCS Office. If market prices average below target over July through November, producers receive the difference, with payments after December 1, 1974. The 1974 loan rate is set at 1.37 dollars.
Police warn residents it is illegal to discharge firearms such as .22 caliber rifles within Childress. A bullet grazed a home at 701 Avenue H as it entered through a storm and regular window. police suspect a rifle was fired at a dog or animal, with earlier reports of three shots heard nearby.
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce will honor Outstanding Man and Outstanding Woman of Childress at its annual banquet on October 9 in Fair Park Auditorium. The awards were approved at the banquet committee meeting led by Vaughan Nowlin with members Kenneth Peitz and others. Rev. Leon Hill of Amarillo is named principal speaker.
President Allende and Chilean security leaders discussed the Bolivian invasion threat amid unconfirmed troop movements on the northeastern frontier. Opposition congressmen accuse the leftist government of using reports to distract from widespread strikes.
J. W. Billy Patterson aged 51 died today at Wichita Falls General Hospital. Funeral arrangements by Newberry Funeral Home in Childress with services there. Born in Hill County, WWII veteran, he was a farmer. Surviving: four brothers Carl, Lee of Childress J T of Abilene Clan of Kermit. two sisters Mrs Brady Alexander of Houston and Mrs Lela Foley of Childress. three daughters and two sons.
July saw a spate of automobile crashes on rural roads with no fatalities. Hall County led with eight crashes and two injuries, followed by Childress five crashes and one injury, Cottle five with one injury, Collingsworth four crashes and three injuries, and Hardeman four injuries from four crashes. The six month tally for the county totaled 34 accidents and 27 injuries.
State Senator Jack Hightower called the recent session the best since he began serving, noting a new governor and leaders, a $9.7 billion expenditures total with a $70 million surplus, and a budget focus driven by the performance audit and no new taxes. He supported the death penalty and opposed a permissive drug bill legalizing four ounces of marijuana.
Edwin M. Gaudet, 29, a former New Orleans policeman, remains jailed in Bernalillo County on $100,000 bond after surrendering in northern New Mexico. Federal and local officers had searched the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for three days. Gaudet faces a possible fine and up to five years in prison if convicted. The Secret Service says no evidence links him to a broader conspiracy to kill the President. He was to appear before U.S. Magistrate Robert McCoy in Albuquerque with a further hearing scheduled for Aug. 30.
Rodney Copeland has been elected president of the Childress Kiwanis Club announced by retiring president George Spear. Copeland will start duties at the first October meeting. Claude Arnold is re elected first vice president with Earl Harwell as second vice president and Jerry Hassell as secretary treasurer. An installation banquet will be planned.
Funeral services for Robert Ray Sims 43 of Kirkland will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen and Rev. Jay Riley officiating. Burial in Kirkland Cemetery. Sims died Wednesday night in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a several weeks illness. Born July 30 1930 in Childress County he worked as carpenter and painter. Survived by wife Patsy, three children, siblings and one grandson. Custodian Wanted. Approximately 30 hours per week salary 3000 per year two weeks vacation contact Marvin James First Methodist Church.
The Nixon administration moves Henry Kissinger toward the state department top post to revitalize foreign policy. A State Department source says Kissinger would signal Nixon’s willingness to pursue policy on the fullest scale despite Watergate concerns about his commitment and morale.
Marshall Formby, District 573 Rotary Governor, will visit Childress next week. He arrives Tuesday for talks with President Don Johnston and Secretary Kenneth Fink, and leads a 7:30 p.m. club assembly at Hotel Childress. A Wednesday noon luncheon at Hotel Rotary will feature Formby as he outlines plans for the district’s 47 clubs with the theme Its Time Now For Action. Mrs Formby will attend a Wednesday morning coffee at Mrs Johnston’s home. Formby, a West Texan, has served as Dickens County judge and state senator.
Rowden Cordell coordinator for the Community Action Program announced help is available to complete the four page Food Stamp form. CAP offers free assistance and is located in the old East Ward School building.
Part of the downtown area lost power for about 50 minutes Tuesday afternoon after a primary burned through the back of City Hall. The outage affected the west side of Main Street Commerce Street and Second Street Northwest.
Carl R. Beisner of the Vernon Social Security office will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10:00 a.m. Monday to accept social security applications.
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