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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
1
Vice President Juan Lechin offered to resign and release four American and 17 other hostages if the government frees three jailed Communist agitators. The move follows Lechin's surprise appearance in La Paz as Tin miners at Catavi fortify positions amid the government threat and the captives’ first week in captivity.
The Defense Department plan to close 33 bases from New York to California drew sharp protests in Congress with claims of false economy. McNamara framed the move as part of a broader economy drive, while critics warned of job losses and irrational cuts.
Leland Duckworth of the CofC Retail Activities committee urges shopping in Childress next week. Merchants offer hot deals from 7 to 9 pm each evening. Santa returns Monday evening with candy and gum for kids. Parking meters will be off. Plan now to shop in Childress next week.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flies to Paris with President Johnson's message for the NATO ministerial council and to urge Western unity. Defense Secretary McNamara and Treasury Secretary Dillon join for talks focused on East West relations and possible steps beyond the nuclear test ban pact.
Orbit program faces pushback as cracks in pneumatic lines force postponement of the Saturn-1 launch with a live second stage. NASA plans a late January rescheduled test while Titan-2 successes bolster unmanned Gemini prospects for February and 1962 lunar goals.
Four Breton pilots depart Prestwick in two 25 year old Messerschmitt fighters, relics of World War II with Nazi markings. Team leader John Hawks, ex RAF instructor, says the planes will be sold at journey's end after the 2,700 mile flight. Purchases include Aero Associates Inc and aviation journalist Martin Caidin.
Belgrade protests diplomatic insult after a remark by Chinese Deputy Premier Li Hsijen Nien at an Albanian embassy reception in Beijing on Albania’s national anniversary November 29. Yugoslavia handed the note Thursday to the Chinese chargé d’affaires to protest the remarks.
In Washington President Johnson hosts a White House meeting with top ranking diplomats to discuss U S foreign policy views. About 112 ambassadors ministers and chares des affaires are expected in the state dining room following a Truman precedent after F D Roosevelt’s death.
FBI disclosed the ransom serial numbers totaling 240000 dollars paid for Frank Sinatra Jr. as agents intensified the kidnapping probe. Hoover noted bills included 700 hundreds, 700 fifties, 400 twenties, 400 tens and 300 fives with five dollar notes as a mix of silver certificates and other forms. Investigators raided two San Fernando Valley homes while Sinatra Sr. marked his 46th birthday after posting the ransom. UPI's report cites sources but official comment was scarce.
Frigid Arctic air drives Panhandle temperatures near zero and heavy snow near the New Mexico line. Sleet and freezing rain hit North Central and East Texas while Dallas sees a 14-car pileup on treacherous streets. Weather Bureau warns the frost persists through Saturday with varied precipitation totals across the region.
Jeff Henderson, former manager of the CofC-BCD, is working in the advertising department of the Sentinel Record at Hot Springs Arkansas, per information received here.
4 H Calf Show set for Saturday morning in the Vocational Ag area with sponsors urged to attend. County Agent Harry Cox says the event showcases calf progress and honors sponsors. Hood Wills of Quanah will judge beef steers and heifers from 10 to 11 30 a m with ribbons only. The show is a project of the Agriculture Committee of the CofC-BCE chaired by Dr Bob Jones.
Continental Airlines Viscount with 38 aboard diverted from Midland to Dallas due to a jammed nosewheel. Pilot Fred White steered to Carswell AFB, where emergency crews met the plane as fuel ran low. Passengers and crew were moved to the rear while a foam precaution was laid and a Dallas bus ferried them from the base.
Kenneth Tooley sells the Paducah Post where he has been publisher for over five years. He also serves as secretary of Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority and represented Paducah on Greenbelt. Tooley sold the paper to James P. Lawrence of Hider son, planning to stay in Paducah until year’s end.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg ends shoe shines and brass polishing by new Corps of Cadets. President T. Marshall Hahn says the period is now set aside for study to reduce freshman dropouts. The main goal remains education.
The Childress Christmas Lighting Contest was approved by the Chamber of Commerce and City Development Board. Entries must be decorated by December 23 with judging that night. a first prize is an 8 by ij colored photo.
The 12th annual Turkey Shoot will be held Sunday starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until dark, announced by J Ox. of the Seni Rifle Club.
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