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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
1
Washington reports tentative agreement on a relief package raising the personal income tax exemption to 750 with 15 percent Social Security boost. Details include prior years thresholds and standard deductions, plus a $1,700 ceiling for 1971. Nixon objected to a $100 minimum monthly payment.
A federal civil rights unit traveled to Crystal City Texas after Mexican American students led a boycott over alleged school discrimination. Three high school students called a dramatic pilgrimage to seek a federal investigation into unequal treatment.
In Saigon the U S and South Vietnamese forces were alerted for greater enemy activity ahead of two Communist anniversaries the 23rd anniversary of the war and the ninth of the Viet Cong founded. At Tan Son Nhut Air Base Viet Cong rockets struck twice wounding civilians and Americans before dawn. Four 100 pound rockets hit the base damaging a housing complex and U S military positions with casualties reported. Dawn patrols and sweeps by South Vietnamese troops followed.
County Attorney Clarence L. Carter warns Childress merchants that Art 2864 V. A. C. St. the Texas Blue Law on Sunday closing is constitutional and must be followed. Buying prohibitive items on both Saturday and Sunday is not illegal, but selling them on both days is a misdemeanor. Merchants were contacted and pledge compliance.
On two consecutive days Saturday and Sunday, any person who sells or offers for sale or compels sale faces misdemeanor under Section 1. The notice cites enforcement on the weekend and directs readers to Sunday page 5 for further details.
The Weather Bureau reports dense fog in much of East and Central Texas and along the coast for a third straight morning. A weak cold front edged south, bringing intermittent showers toward the Upper Texas coast and cooler air in the west and northwest. Temperatures ranged from 26 at Dalhart to 80 in Alice Brownsville and McAllen, with 45 at Childress and mid 60s at Lufkin and Galveston.
Congress hammered through appropriations and tax measures late into the night. President Nixon signaled a veto of the $21.4 billion Health, Education, and Welfare budget while the $69.8 billion defense bill clears to the White House with a Laos and Thailand troop ban. Conferees press on the $2 billion foreign aid bill and a coal mine safety measure heads to the President despite Republican veto fears over black lung federal payments.
In Childress three colors red green and black are printed on one newspaper page for the first time. Harry Thaten and Thaten Brothers Construction Lumber and Greenbelt Industries share the experimental costs. Morris Higley, Index publisher, says high grade printing is now available for firms locally or elsewhere. A singing will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Veterans Building with singers from surrounding towns expected to attend. The public is invited.
James T Pat Brady 74 a former Burkburnett resident and rural mail carrier who served 27 years on the only rural route out of Burkburnett died Wednesday in a Wichita Falls hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p m in Owens Brumley Chapel with Rev Don Youngblood officiating. Burial in Burkburnett Cemetery with military rites. Also notes schools dismissing at 2 40 p m today for Christmas holiday resuming January 5.
The Senate voted 52 to 37 against the Labor Department’s Philadelphia plan to boost Negro employment on federally financed building projects. The measure faced opposition over concerns of government quotas and program reach.
In Pass Christian Mississippi Shirley Carpenter decorates a doorway propped on a demolished slab from Hurricane Camille with a large red wreath and ribbon. A Christmas card depicts the devastated scene as the Gulf Coast from Pass Christian to Biloxi remains heavily damaged and desolate.
Investigators pursue leads to three companions seen with Edward Collins a 20 year old University of Tennessee swimmer before his body was found shot three times beside Texas 34 near Denton Texas. The sighting occurred about five hours earlier at a McKinney gas station when Collins and three other college age men left in a late model Chevrolet with Indiana plates and asking directions to Fort Worth.
Col W F Rankin nephew of Mrs A J Rushing of Childress and son of the late Mr and Mrs John A Dunn of Childress has been cited for meritorious service as the C 5 A System Program Director The CDA is the worlds largest airplane and one has been stationed at Altus Air Force Base Rankin is now stationed at Cape Kennedy He directed the development of the C 5 A Alpha Delta Omega home made candy sale 9 A M Saturday in front of Mc Haneys
Arab leaders gather in Rabat for their first summit in two years to forge a unified war strategy against Israel. President Nasser calls the meeting to move from stalemate toward a political settlement while reaffirming no recognition, no negotiations, and no peace with Israel. The summit follows the August 1967 Khratoum meeting and hopes to end the ongoing cease-fire violence.
Mrs. Joe Audry Marchant, 74, died at 6 15 am in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Dr J K Shewbert officiating. Interment will follow in Childress Cemetery. Born November 14, 1895 in Smith County Texas. Married to Joe Marchant on August 28, 1953. Pallbearers listed: Richard Bird Frank Dakis Alton Ryan Gene Frisbie Troy Hackler Jerry Dugan.
Brent Gray, 12, injured in a farm accident, had his arms reimplanted by surgeons in Oklahoma City but the left arm was amputated. Right arm healing with possible further surgery. City workers opened a relief fund for Brent and his parents, increasing to over $4,000, with donations accepted at City Hall or First National Bank in Henrietta.
Mrs. Vic Pryor Johnson 71 a Tell native died in Phoenix Arizona while visiting friends. Cremation planned with final rites in Lubbock Texas. She was born 1898 in Tell daughter of Charlie McDowell and Lizzie long time Tell post mistress. Survived by two cousins.
Congressman Graham Purcell urges USDA to rethink its plan to suspend 2 4 5 T, the primary spray for mesquite eradication in North Texas, while FDA delays tolerance decisions. The telegraphed plea warns that total suspension could devastate ongoing brush eradication programs.
Directors for the county wide Red Rain Water System have been named. Edwin Wyatt of Tell chairs the group. Members include J B Wyatt Carey, Jimmy Harman North Childress, Ralph Dides Kirkland, Kermit Waters North of the River, Jack Felton Community Center, Woodrow Hunter High Point, and Joe Lyles Shores Creek.
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