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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1964
Page
1
Editorial reflects on making the most of 1964 by choosing a proactive stance. It cites Kennedy's call to serve and urges readers to define personal and civic aims, shaping the year with intention rather than passivity.
Bulldozers and a crane cleared rubble after a fireworks blast that collapsed a grocery roof in North Charleston. Five people died and 14 were wounded, with a sixth body feared. four victims were local teenagers Julius Gaillard Robert McCoy Johnny Brown and Nathaniel Swinton. Aaron Herman Fine of Savannah also died, and owner Herbert Livingston was injured. Fire officials believe a fireworks truck caused the explosion and trapped victims inside the burning store.
Herb Reavis, son of Mr and Mrs H H Reavis of Childress, was elected president of the Texhoma Chamber of Commerce for 1964 and will serve as president during the year. He is manager of the Western Public Service Company at Texhoma and will be installed in January.
Grace Ewing Warren, formerly of Childress and Tell, died December 16 in St. Helena California. She and husband lived in both towns in the early 1950s before his death. A close friend of Ora Givens, she is survived by a daughter living in Washington.
The 1964 New Year began cool and mostly clear in Texas with minor fog at Childress and scattered clouds at Abilene. Lows reached 20 at Texarkana and 40 at Laredo as a warming trend was expected to develop and the Panhandle faced slightly cooler temperatures tonight.
Census Bureau estimates a year end population of 190 695 000 with 2 633 000 added in 1963. Women outnumber men 100 to 97.1, and nonwhite groups reached 22 078 000 or 11.7 percent, marking the highest nonwhite share since 1900.
First Federal Savings and Loan Association reports total assets of 6 728 504 60 as of December 31 1963 up 28 percent from a year earlier. Net savings gains total 1 149 276 09 raising savings to 5 771 636 26 and a record dividend of 228 838 38. Mortgage lending rose to 1 231 285 75, about 66 percent above 1962.
The year 1963 closed with Goodyear as the last quoted issue on the NYSE tape. Stocks posted record gains across major indices with the Dow up 110.85, rails up 37.50, utilities up 9.76, and the S and P 500 up 11.92. Market trading reached a record 1.146 billion shares.
Archbishop Makarios charges Turkish government with meddling in Cyprus and calls to abrogate the 1959 treaty guarantees and alliance. He warns of further action as violence erupts with the killings of three Greek Orthodox monks near Omorphiza and fires in the Omorphiza area amid the island dispute.
Amarillo patrolman Jerry Cawthon aged 25 was shot to death on a backyard porch after a chase. Nurses from a nearby osteopathic hospital saw him run toward the rear of a house before a single gunshot. Six suspects were rounded up but no charges filed immediately.
Donald R. Shanor describes New Year scenes from Asia to Europe. Temple bells bloom in Asia while Italy sees flying dishes and Londoners plunge into icy fountains as nations observe cease fire in Quemoy and Matsu.
1963 brought 16.42 inches of rainfall at the FAA station in Childress County. No month was extremely wet, with June at 3.88 inches as the peak. Monthly totals ranged from trace December days to 2.97 inches in August and 2.48 inches in September.
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Khrushchev exchanged New Year messages pledging to push for improved relations in 1964. Johnson urged action beyond talk and called for continued steps toward world peace, also sending New Year wishes to South Vietnam’s Gen. Doung Van Minh and stressing stewardship of peace.
The W. L. Pickens No. 1 C E Perkins drilled through the Canyon Reef with no oil showing. Nearby wells in the Canyon Reef produce oil at about 4600 feet. The test is planned to reach the Palo Duro formation near 5800 feet. Today's depth was 4840 feet.
The city of Long Beach California topped the sweepstakes at the diamond anniversary Tournament of Roses Parade with its flower-decked float. The win highlights the parade’s celebratory pageantry and Long Beach’s standout entry among many annual contenders.
Childress schools will not reopen until Monday January 6. Some college students left today for schools that will reopen Thursday while others will depart Sunday for campuses that will reopen Monday.
A red haired girl was born at 11 25 a m today at Childress General Hospital to Mr and Mrs Bobby G McLain. She weighs eight pounds four ounces and measures eighteen inches. The baby is Childress County’s first newborn of 1964 and the first for the McLain family. The father is stationed at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene Texas. Grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs
Filing for precinct county district and state offices will close February 3 1964. Poll tax receipts required by January 31. Poll tax sales totaled 666 by yesterday. Commissioners Court appoints election officials February 10. Last day to pay filing fee February 6. County Executive committee sets primary costs February 10. Last day to pay assessments February 15. Tax collector to prepare certified voter list by February 29.
New York union leaders and transit officials reached a contract for 38 000 subway and bus workers avoiding a citywide strike that would have hit 4 million riders The agreement provides a 35 cent per hour pay rise over two years but does not grant a 32 hour work week Mayor Wagner and a three member mediation board announced the settlement as a two hour delay on the strike deadline approached and then paused.
The New Year's holiday traffic death count rose past 100 as a severe Southeast snow storm battered highways from the Gulf to New England. By 1 p.m. EST, United Press International tallied at least 107 traffic deaths since Tuesday, with 125 total including fires and miscellaneous causes. Howard Hoffman, 56, brother-in-law to Van McCoy of Childress, died in Borger while visiting relatives. he resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, funeral arrangements pending.
Cotton gins in the county produced over 2,000 bales in the past week despite rain snow and fog. Total ginned reach 18,493 bales, well above the initial 17,000 estimate. county outlook sits near 19,000 bales. Last week’s tally was 16,166 with reports from Tell Kirkland Farmer's Co-Op Tindall and West Texas gins.
Texas Department of Public Safety patrols here logged 63 total accidents in 1963. Four fatal crashes killed six people, 29 personal injury incidents injured 40, and 30 property damage accidents caused about 54 975 dollars in losses per Sgt. Dan Dowdy.
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