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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
1
U S troops in Mekong Delta fought through night in swampy conditions and killed at least 46 Communist guerrillas after repulsing an ambush. Eighteen Americans died and 58 wounded with air support hampered by flooded terrain. Totals show rising casualties for all sides amid intensified January fighting across Vietnam.
Capsule roundup of UPI dispatches: Thantoot orders probe into Cu charges at the New York Mission. Johnson honors Air Force and Vietnam servicemen as savers buy bonds. Tass reports a head transplanted dog creating a twin headed animal. Polish government orders an American attache to leave while a Canadian officer faces scrutiny. Brown and Rusk note Hanoi signaling for peace talks. Archbold Ohio faces gasoline seepage threatening a bomb in its sewer system prompting evacuations and street closures.
Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Friday at the North Eighth Street Church of Christ for Lizzie Beatrice Johnson 48 a former Childress resident who died Monday night in Albuquerque New Mexico She is survived by her mother Tresie Simmons stepfather Andrew Simmons a brother Marshall Brown an uncle William Brown and an aunt Mrs Annie Brown all of Childress and a number of cousins Interment will be in Childress Cemetery under the direction of Newberry Funeral Home.
Absenteeism in Childress County edged down today after rising since last Friday. Yesterdays total absences were 160, and this morning the count stood at 148.
Monty Bradley of Estelline won Reserve Grand Champion with his Angus heifer at the Phoenix National Livestock Show in Phoenix Arizona this week.
Virgil Kellison of Childress and Robert Louis Stevenson of Memphis were released by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from life sentences in the 100th Judicial District. Kellison, 50, freed after 28 years for forgery and habitual criminal charges, will not be retried. Stevenson, serving his life term since Hall County conviction in 1965, will be retried in Hall County. Judge Charles L Reynolds’ findings followed Supreme Court rulings requiring free legal counsel for indigent defendants in habitual criminal cases. Kellison was convicted January 16, 1939, for forging instruments. Stevenson had prior felony theft convictions in Colorado without a lawyer.
Funeral services for Rayford Morris Owens age 59 were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Buffalo Methodist Church in Buffalo Missouri. He died Sunday of a heart attack and is buried in Buffalo. He moved from Childress to Shamrock then to Buffalo in recent years. Survivors include his wife Delven Rucker of Childress a son Lynn Owens of Amarillo a daughter Glenna Ruth Daves of Buffalo three grandchildren and brother-in-law Johnie Rucker of Childress.
Phnom Penh reports Prince Sihanouk and US envoy Chester Bowles reached an accord to keep Cambodia out of the Vietnam conflict and to prevent Vietnamese guerrillas from crossing into Cambodia. The talks stressed strengthening the International Control Commission to patrol the frontier and curb sanctuary use, with the United States pledging aid and non pursuit of fleeing guerrillas. Bowles planned to report optimism to President Johnson and return to India.
A farm income tax and social security meeting with out of town speakers is at 7 30 p m tonight in the high school vocational agriculture building. Sponsored by Childress Chapter of Young Farmers the meeting is free and open to the public. Norman Brints of the Texas A M extension service will cover farm income tax and Edwin Draughon of Vernon will discuss social security. A question and answer session follows.
The Jaycees will sponsor a dance featuring Jeky and the Hydes of Lubbock at the Fair Park Auditorium from 8 30 p.m. to 12 a.m. on January 26. Admission is 150 per person. Curtis Holeman received the Spoke Award for his first year as a Jaycee. Plans for the Miss Childress Pageant 1968 were discussed. David Carroll, president, reported on the chapter survey.
Approximately 250 attended the first performance of the Great Merlin Mystery Show at the high school auditorium. The second and final performance will begin at 8 p.m. tonight with admission 1.50 for adults 1.00 for students and 0.75 for children under 12.
Dora Thrasher 8, formerly of Turkey Texas, died in an El Paso nursing home. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Turkey First Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Tutor and Rev. Robert Gauer officiating. Burial follows at Dreamland Cemetery in Turkey. Survivors include a son Bour of El Paso a daughter Inez Flack of Waco a sister Walter Najl of El Paso and two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Final rites for Richard M. Hill 78 longtime Turkey resident were held at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church of Turkey with Rev. Robert Gauer and Rev. Dale Bryant officiating. Burial followed in Dreamland Cemetery. A native of Center Point Arkansas he died early Tuesday in a Dallas hospital. He was a retired farmer and had lived in Turkey for 60 years. Survived by wife Babe two sons Earl and Joe of Turkey a brother H G of Amarillo sisters Mrs L H Houston and Mrs Leo Stewart both of Turkey two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The four engine C54 transport with 18 aboard crashed on Mt Tobin Nevada after reporting icing and rapid descent. The crew plus 13 passengers including a warfare presentation team were en route from Buckley to Seattle via Lowry. No survivors were found as rescuers began ground searches from Battle Mountain and Lovelock.
Twenty two area students have registered to take the Scholastic Aptitude Tests at 8 30 a m Saturday in the high school. Principal James Icenhover, the coordinator, says twelve students are from Childress. At 1 30 p m the same day seven will take the Achievement Test and two the Writing Sample.
Cape Town doctors said heart transplant patient Philip Blaiberg showed unexpected complications nine days after transplant. Fluid around the heart required tapping, but doctors expressed optimism and noted he was improving after the procedure.
United Press International reports continued frigid conditions with light freezing drizzle along the Red River. A Pacific cold front will hit West Texas and the Panhandle late Friday followed by another Canadian outbreak, with temperatures not sure to dip as low as last weekend. Expect more drizzle and fog statewide, especially at night, as the front approaches. Overnight temps rose above freezing in many areas, with Amarillo and Dalhart in the 20s and Brownsville hitting 46. Flood stages remain a concern on the Nueces River but not expected to exceed banks without levees.
Pan American Petroleum No. 1 Coda Bevers near Childress is drilling at 7 450 feet toward the Ellenberger formation expected at about 8 100 feet. The test is conducted by GE Kadane and Sons of Wichita Falls.
Miss Lula Mae Carter was elected president of the Chil dress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Officers include Alyeen Ater vice president Cecil Park treasurer E A Sanders public education Robert Butler professional education Gene Blackwell crusade Nell Rogers memorials Aubra Hawkins publicity Charles Reynolds local crusade and directors Oma Whitehead Glen Stiner E A Sanders Howard Newberry Ralph Vallone Clarence Carter. Malone Hagan resigned as president. Dale Byerly announced a Leadership Conference January 29 and a District Crusade January 30 in Lubbock. Next meeting planned for February with Miss Carter.
Young people from Bible Baptist churches in Southwestern Oklahoma and North Texas will meet at the local church at 7 45 p m Friday for a Youth Fellowship. Evangelist Hoytte Lemmon of Altus Oklahoma will speak and a program of Bible Quiz and special music will be presented. Childress Bible Baptist women will serve refreshments at the close of the service. Public is invited.
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