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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
1
Washington UPI reports the 1966 Texas cotton harvest is forecast at 3,175,000 bales, down 1,490,000 from 1965 and 245,000 below the Nov. 1 projection. National output is set at 9,627,000 bales, amid reduced plantings under a federal program and weather and insect damage.
Three former Childress Bobcats and two 1966 Greenbelt Bowl players gain college recognition this year. Angelo State junior Bobby Meason earns his third football letter. freshmen Roy Farmer of Lubbock and Bobby Sims of Friona also receive letters for the Angelo State team. Childress guards Billy Cannon and Robert Gilmore join West Texas State University freshmen basketball, with Cannon and Gilmore on the Stompers under coach Gail Simpson after participating in the Clarendon JC Tournament and senior showings.
In Ilminster England a television hypnotist claimed to induce sleep with a snap of his fingers. Sixteen year old William Welch, watching 120 miles away, reportedly fell into a deep trance at home. Doctors later revived him after four hours of treatment.
A fast moving cold front cuts temperatures across Texas with rains in the north central east and south central regions. Forecasters warn of subfreezing 26 degrees in the northwest Texas Panhandle tonight with scattered snow flurries Friday. Temperatures range from 32 in Lubbock and Amarillo to 73 in Brownsville as the front moves through Paris Waco San Antonio and Laredo.
A new radio station built by Communist China opened in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. The 100 kilowatt facility cost 560000 dollars and aims to broadcast messages of encouragement and support to oppressed peoples worldwide per President Julius Nyerere.
A Greek steam ferry carrying 226 aboard sank in a gale off Milos in the Aegean. The Ministry reports 45 survivors as rescuers search debris and orange cargo while authorities investigate and mourn national loss.
UPI reports Guam based B52 bombers dropped heavy ordnance within 25 miles of Saigon as U S infantry moved in and killed eight Viet Cong, with nine captured and 127 suspects rounded up. No US casualties.
Maurice Bray 57 a former SMU and Pittsburgh Steelers lineman was killed by a shotgun blast during a burglary at his Tahoka Texas auto dealership. Police say a burglar pried open a rear window and Bray confronted him alone before dying near a parts area table. Bray starred as an SMU tackle in the early 1930s and played for the Steelers 1934 to 1936.
District Scout roundtable slated for 7 30 p m tonight at First Methodist Church. Local scouting leaders and volunteers will discuss upcoming den and troop activities and share program updates with attendees.
Nationwide survey shows 308 of 831 schools in two states increased lunch prices by about 5 cents. Factors include higher labor and food costs and reduced federal food donations. Howard Davis notes possible further hikes in rural and small-city schools due to the new federal minimum wage starting January 1. The average lunch costs just over 50 cents, with about 28 cents paid by students or local sources.
Correction states the fire at the Tell Gin stand was a pile of burrs burning, not the stand itself. Murray Sanders, manager, says workers extinguished the blaze at the gin.
Suburo Manazawa, a staff member at the Japanese Embassy, was killed in a Wednesday car collision with a truck on the highway between Madrid and Barcelona. Investigators stated the crash occurred during travel between the two cities.
About 3,000 university students marched in silence through the city to protest the rise of Neo-Nazism. They carried signs condemning the National Democratic party gains in Hesse and Bavaria after recent elections.
A gas stove explosion and flash fire tore through the Yesildere barracks near Erzurum, collapsing the roof. Sixty five soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured, many in serious condition, as trapped troops panicked and late-arriving firemen fought the blaze.
The George Hale home two miles southeast of Community Center was destroyed by a fire around 10 p.m. last night. Hale who lives in Wichita Falls escaped with no injuries. High winds also charred a box car barn and farm machinery with a pickup nearby. Hale suspects faulty wiring as the cause. An electrician had been working on the wiring the previous afternoon.
Britain seeks oil embargo and broader sanctions on Rhodesia as UPI reports a security council push led by Foreign Secretary George Brown. U.S. backs limited export boycott while Afro-Asian nations demand tougher measures and possible military intervention. Rhodesia, led by Ian Smith, rejected as illegal and not officially recognized.
Don Gage presented an orientation program for all new Jaycees members at today’s noon session. Jer was a guest, sharing insights with attendees through a concise briefing.
American military police seized and arrested Saigon mayor Col. Van Van Cua after a night of heavy drinking and firing a submachinegun near riverfront nightspots. The incident provoked Vietnamese protests, with U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge expressing regrets without an apology.
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