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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1972
Page
1
President Nixon designated Thursday a national day of mourning for former President Harry S. Truman and ordered flags at half staff on federal buildings for 30 days following Truman’s death announced in Kansas City. The proclamation followed news of his passing.
Harry S. Truman, 33rd president, dies at 7:50 a.m. CST in Independence hospital after a period of illness. President Nixon orders 30 days of national mourning and half staff. Tributes pour in from Nixon, Johnson, and other leaders who credit him with shaping postwar policy and cold war strategy.
About 3,000 bales remain in gin yards while 13,183 bales have been ginned. Light rain touched Brownsville and McAllen with cloudy skies across eastern Texas. A cool front pushed south, bringing cooler temperatures from Lubbock to Amarillo and Abilene, with 23 to 32 degree readings and McAllen near 61.
Claude Dowis 79 former resident will be buried in Childress Cemetery at 4 30 p m after funeral at 2 p m in McLean where he died last night Details say little about his death He had visited relatives in Childress during Christmas and left yesterday to return to McLean Survivors include three sons C D Scotty Dowis Childress Robert Richardson Jack address unknown two brothers S L Dowis Childress Clyde Colorado two daughters Mrs James Holton Childress and Mrs Ruby Dousette Highland Calif
Nicaragua leader Gen. Anastasio Somoza says Managua survivors require food rather than medical supplies after a major quake. With 75 percent of the city damaged, 5 000 to 10 000 killed and 20 000 injured, relief efforts focus on feeding evacuees amid drought and high unemployment.
Mrs Florence Lee Begley 79 died at 10 30 am in Childress General Hospital Funeral services pending Newberry Funeral Home She was born November 16 1893 in Commanche County Texas moved to Childress 19 years ago She married J E Begley in Nocona March 11 1945 Survived by husband three sons five daughters a sister and two half sisters
National Safety Council tallies show 565 traffic deaths during the three day Christmas period, below 614 in 1971 and well under the 720 toll for 1965. The estimate ranged from 550 to 650 fatalities between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday.
Dozens of Texas deaths from auto accidents and violence turn Christmas into grief with 59 total fatalities 44 from traffic 11 homicides two fire deaths. Notable cases include two men found in shallow graves near El Paso and six men charged in the Bandidos killings.
Texan voters backed Harry Truman by about three to one in 1948 as he barnstormed Texas with whistle stop tours and packed Burnett Field in Dallas. In 1960 he roared into San Antonio at a rally against Nixon and JFK, uttering a infamous line that sparked apology chatter.
Mrs. T C Bailiff died this morning at High Plains Baptist Hospital Amarillo after a long career as a schoolteacher. Her body was sent to Childress for funeral arrangements with survivors Tom Bailiff of Childress and Alton Bailiff of Hobbs New Mexico.
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