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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1972
Page
1
Three days before the California presidential primary Sen George McGovern shifts strategy to project strength. The Associated Press reports he seeks to project momentum and appeal to key voter blocs ahead of the crucial election.
Wil Schaefer, once a Methodist minister, emerges from a year in seclusion to announce the Wheat Wine Mission Ecumenical Church. He says he was stripped over a romance and is now bishop with a board that includes his wife and a psychologist.
A hijacker bailed from a Reno flight while another forced a Western Airlines jet toward Algiers after a San Francisco leg with a New York refueling stop. The Seattle start and ransom demands tied to a Denver area case, with FBI involvement and multiple hostage releases.
Frederick W. Hahneman, named in a federal warrant, surrendered at the U S Embassy in Tegucigalpa Honduras. He had hijacked an Eastern Air Lines jet from Allentown pa to Washington, later diverting to Dulles and escaping with 300000 dollars in ransom before vanishing into the Honduras jungle.
An important meeting of the Childress Hospital District Auxiliary will be held at 1 p m Wednesday in the hospital. The meeting marks the first of the new fiscal year and will cover business for the summer until the August session. All members and potential new members are urged to attend.
British troops and police lock down Londonderry as Protestant Vanguard plans a protest near the River Foyle. Armored vehicles block Craigavon Bridge and 13 foot steel spikes seal Magazine Gate, while 2,500 troops stand by for an expected 30,000 marchers in a city with a Catholic majority.
Wichita Falls Texas AP reports the Texas Board of Health and Mental Retardation approved a 2.1 million dollar allocation for a Vernon Center South children’s academic center for treating young hardcore drug abusers. Other approved projects include remodeling at Rusk State Hospital 100 youths 63 thousand dollars a new observation tower 168 thousand dollars Terrell State Hospital recreation training building 506 thousand dollars Big Spring State Hospital maintenance building 121 thousand dollars Kerrville State Hospital physical therapy building 130 thousand dollars.
The Texas Rangers announce seven promotions for next week including free admission for women in hot pants after the June 13 game with Milwaukee. Contests reward most unusual and attractive hot pants as well as other categories.
US Air Force Captain Roger C. Locher, 28, of Sabetha Kansas, was rescued by a fleet of planes and helicopters after evading North Vietnamese troops for 23 days in rugged terrain northwest of Hanoi. He shot down three MIG interceptors, endured near capture at 20 feet, and landed at a Thailand base weighed down but recovering. The rescue followed confirmation of his position after pilots heard his radio beeper. The second crewman aboard the F4 remains missing.
Air Force Navy and Marine aircraft launched more than 250 strikes across North Vietnam destroying bridges trucks surface craft and storage facilities while escort fighters claimed downing a MIG19. In South Vietnam government forces and air artillery claimed 450 enemy fatalities as the offensive continued.
Wellington athletic coach Don Lacy is hospitalized in Phoenix Arizona after an automobile accident. His condition is not known. His wife has flown to Phoenix to be with him, and he is the son in law of Mr and Mrs John Hamilton of Childress.
Congressional leaders expect speedy ratification after a White House briefing on Nixon Kissinger accords. Mansfield and Scott said the briefing persuaded them though critics were excluded. One pact limits offensive missiles to current levels, the other requires two thirds Senate approval for antiballistic missiles.
A Justice of the Peace Court jury fined Danny Lee Westenburg $1 for failure to yield right of way, triggering an appeal to the County Court per the County Attorney’s report. Loyd Dale Neff of McAddo Texas was found guilty of speeding with a $15 fine, paid.
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