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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
1
The piece argues President Johnson's yearend budget rhetoric aims to set expectations for a costly 1958 1968 fiscal plan. It claims a $149 billion starting budget, hints at midrange future figures, accuses politicking, and cites Truman Kennedy and Johnson as applying a spend and elect strategy.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower plans to enter Walter Reed Army Hospital on December 8 for gall bladder removal. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Schulz (Ret) announced the stay would last about 10 days to two weeks before a winter vacation in Palm Desert, California.
Supt. J. W. Hamilton elected chairman of District 4 AAA executive committee with a term from the basketball season to the 1967 football season. He will also serve a three year term on Region 9 music executive committee of the University Interscholastic League. IL dates set include one act play March 31 or April 1, tennis April 7 and 8 at Hirschi High School Wichita Falls, golf April 8 in Brownwood, and track and field April 15 in Graham.
Funeral services for Mrs Billye Karen Smallwood 25 of Dumont will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Dumont Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Dumont. She died from injuries after being struck by an automobile on State Highway 70 near Matador. Police say Arlen Dale Kaiser 25 of White Deer was driving the car. his wife and the Meadors of White Deer were with him. Survivors include two daughters, her parents, a brother and a sister.
Betty Crain Wilson, 34, of El Paso and instructor Howard Reed Cole, 54, also of El Paso, survived a crash near Blythe California after takeoff. They were trapped in wreckage overnight and found conscious, Wilson reported in satisfactory condition at Daen Hospital, El Paso.
David Galligan and James Driver, roommates at West Texas State University, were named two of the five Outstanding Freshmen for 1966 67 in Guenther Hall. They were among 200 students considered from the Guenther residence group. Galligan is the son of Mrs Lorraine Galligan of Childress and Driver the son of Mr and Mrs Dale Driver of Kirkland.
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.m. today in the Chamber offices.
Jordan agrees to send a military delegation to the joint defense council in Cairo as urged by the Arab Unified Command to discuss moves against Israel. Rioting flared in Nablus over the government ban on a Jerusalem meeting of Jordanian Palestine leaders.
Rhodesia rejected Britain's final terms for Rhodesian independence crisis, risking United Nations sanctions and economic turmoil. Prime Minister Ian Smith refused a straight yes. Wilson demanded majority rule and warned of sanctions. Smith sought more time as London pressed for an imminent decision.
Attorneys for Joseph Dyre Morse, a part time janitor and father of five, expected to file motions for a new trial within 30 days after the jury convicted him of first degree murder in the slaying and rape of Elaura Jeanne Jaquette at the University of Colorado. Morse faces an automatic life sentence. Family members attended the six day trial.
Band Boosters take orders for holiday fruitcakes through December 15. Mrs Henry, chairman, urges orders via any booster or band parent or by calling 7 3775.
UPI dispatch reports intensified actions as American bombers faced Communist air resistance near Hanoi while a destroyer was damaged by shore batteries. In Saigon, tracker dogs helped repel a second attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase, with 12 Viet Cong killed. Armored units near Saigon seized 41 enemies, 278 suspects captured, and 14 killed total in Operation Atlanta. Mississippi action tallies 8 Viet Cong killed, 19 captured, 13 suspects. USS Ingersoll came under fire from shore batteries as air and naval operations continued and no US losses were reported.
Heavy fog drizzle and humidity disrupted travel across Texas causing a surge in highway crashes. The weekend death rate topped about one per two hours, with temperatures ranging from 29 to 81 degrees and a warming trend forecast through Tuesday. An emergency landing occurred near Cumby in Northeast Texas.
Robert Earl McIlwain received a 50 year sentence at 11 a.m. from District Judge Charles Reynolds for the murder of S. Sgt. Robert John Roeske. The trial occurred in Childress after a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the original death sentence from Amarillo. No appeal notice has been filed according to Reynolds.
The Jury Commission met to select the Grand Jury and Petit Jury panels for the December term. Juries not expected to be used until January. Commission members were Mrs. Bill Rothwell Bill Wolf and Bill Sager. Jury names to be announced later.
Burglars took 55 dollars from the Dave Brummett Service Station on Avenue F and Commerce last night. entry was gained by prying the back door. An attempted break in at W L Eikman’s Service Station, 1802 F N, was reported. Police urge merchants to remove cash from registers and leave them open for safety.
Soviet scientists reported weekend tremors in Tashkent seen as echoes of the subsiding wake that caused wide destruction in the city. No damage was reported.
Joe Henry Ward Sr. 71 died at 3 18 a m Sunday in Childress General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be 2 p m Tuesday at Newberry Chapel with Dr Burgin Watkins officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Ward of Neosho Missouri and Joe Y Ward Jr of Falls Church Virginia and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Belmont Beatiston Abilene for Mrs. M L Lawson mother of Jake Lawson of Childress Burial will be in an Abilene cied hiker
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