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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1971
Page
1
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie gains momentum as Democratic leaders endorse him ahead of crucial primary campaigns. A campaign lieutenant says endorsements push undecided Democrats off the fence and toward the Maine senator. Gov. John J. Gilligan of Ohio weighs in.
Oil billionaire H L Hunt says he will give his children something simple for Christmas with Ruth to decide the gifts. He endorsed Muskie at a Columbus news conference as Muskie seeks support among Ohio delegates in the 1972 race. The Gilligan endorsement adds liberal Democratic backing as Muskie builds a broad coalition before his Jan 4 formal announcement.
U S air strikes closed in on Hanoi with a radar station hit 73 miles from the capital and a second attack 82 miles away. Shrike missiles reportedly destroyed the target near the Laotian border while B52s hit eastern Cambodia as Cambodian forces report a relief of Peam Chhkork and moves near the Mekong.
The Nixon administration expects a temporary surge in living costs as the nation transitions from the wage price rent freeze. President Nixon's advisers say inflation will rise during the thaw period following the freeze.
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey of California becomes the first presidential hopeful officially entered for New Hampshire's March 7 primary. He filed certified signatures and a $500 filing fee with Secretary of State Robert Stark, via campaign chairman Robert Reno, as the filing window runs through January 6.
Irish troops confronted rock throwing youths as violence from Northern Ireland spills into the Republic. Police arrested three IRA leaders in Donegal and moved them to Ballyshannon, where mobs seized the town in protest.
The Agriculture Department announces a new mandatory DES certification program taking effect January 8. Stockmen using the synthetic growth hormone must prove it was withdrawn from cattle and sheep at least seven days before slaughter or that it was not fed at all.
Houston AP reports 34 year old Anthony D Cox will serve time in Harris County jail this Christmas. The brief note directs readers to News Page 12 for additional details about the case and sentencing.
The Associated Press reports widespread fog and occasional drizzle across much of Texas, with a dividing line from Abilene to Del Rio creating two weather patterns. Temperatures ranged from 31 in Marfa to 53 in Galveston and Houston, with 74 in Alice and 76 in Brownsville inland. Fog expected again tonight and Friday in central and southeast Texas as skies clear later.
The State Board of Education in Austin says it will not hear further protests at the January meeting about the 1971 state textbook adoptions. Board Chairman Ben Howell ordered a poll, showing a majority oppose hearings either before the full board or a special committee.
A San Diego teenager and another man died after an attempted hijacking of a shrimp boat off the Texas coast. Royce Bolin of Poway and David Dillman of San Diego were killed when crew members shot the hijackers aboard the 61 foot Mr. Tucker. Rhoda Schultz was hospitalized in serious condition. Julie Dillman said Bolin was persuasive and spoke of liberating people in Mexico and Central America.
The bribery conspiracy case of Representative John Dowdy is in a four day Christmas recess and will resume Monday with more rebuttal witnesses for the prosecution. Judge Roszel C. Thomson expects to begin final arguments in the seven week trial.
Detroit broadcasts and the Detroit News report that former Teamsters President James R. Hoffa will be released from federal prison today. Hoffa, at Lewisburg Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, has eight years remaining on a 13 year sentence for jury tampering and pension fund fraud. He has been in prison since 1967 and was denied parole three times by the Parole Board.
Families in Alabama and Nebraska react with relief as 18 American servicemen held by the Viet Cong in North Vietnam are confirmed alive. The released names came via Cora Weiss and a committee aiding families, after years of uncertainty for many captives and some believed killed.
The note states that Sunday’s Index will be published and delivered Friday to enable employees to have Saturday and Sunday off.
Royal Sing King 77 died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday at 5th Street and Avenue Ne. in Childress. Born March 11, 1894 in Mississippi, he married Rosie Cargill in 1937 near Estelline. He retired in 1959 after 14 years with the City of Childress and served in World War I. Survivors include Rosie, two sons Joe and Tommy, four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Funeral was at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. Bud King and Rev. Floyd Griffin officiating.
Dry sunny weather boosts cotton picking with three county gins reporting 3388 bales. A ginner warned farmers may not take Christmas time off if the favorable conditions persist.
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