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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1954
Page
1
The House Agriculture Committee advanced a plan to raise dairy price supports to 85 percent of parity, reversing Ezra Benson’s April cut to 75 percent. If enacted, government dairy prices would rise about five cents a pound for butter and several cents for cheese, starting Sept. 1.
Frank Scofield former longtime Internal Revenue collector for Austin was acquitted by a federal jury on two counts alleging solicitation and receipt of illgal contributions. The trial focused on tickets sold for a 1950 Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Austin.
Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential candidate in 1952, will address Denver Democrats on July 2. George Rock, Colorado Democratic national committeeman, said tentative plans place Stevenson at a party lunch in the Shirley Savoy Hotel Lincoln Room during a Denver stop en route to the West Coast and Alaska.
Sen. Stuart Symington proposed in a letter to Sen. McCarthy that he testify under oath before a Senate committee on McCarthy finances if McCarthy also testifies under oath before a special Senate panel Nixon would name. McCarthy accepted conditionally and pressed for a committee to investigate alleged smears against him as the Army hearings continue.
James Roosevelt captures a landslide in California's 26th District Democratic primary with 5 418 votes to 989 as he campaigns amid infidelity accusations and National Committee pullback. Theodore Owings leads GOP race. Condon appears set to win in the Sixth District Democratic contest.
Gen James Van Fleet, former U N commander in Korea, on a military inspection trip refused to name his destination and to address a Drew Pearson column claim he urged President Eisenhower to renew the Korean War and join Indo China fighting. He said U S aid to Chiang Kai Shek in Formosa has been substantial and offered noNEW destination detail beyond Far East.
A Senate source says the United States is standing by for a possible emergency withdrawal of Americans and equipment from Indo China if the Red River Delta falls to Communist forces. The plan backs the Air Force mission, with 256 personnel on standby to evacuate B-26 crews and support staff.
H C Preslar mayor of Childress announced he would not seek the county Democratic chairman post after filing by petition. His withdrawal leaves H D Cordell unopposed, a ten year incumbent since 1944, with legal limits cited on holding multiple offices. Three names filed for county party posts before the July primary, including Preslar, Cordell, and Bill Leonard for Republican chairman.
June 9 report from Washington cites Dr. Arthur F. Burns and two Council of Economic Advisers members predicting a very soon upturn in factory employment and industrial production. Burns calls himself a chronic optimist about the outlook, while CIO President Walter Reuther urges quicker, vigorous government action to boost employment.
County Judge Richard D. Bird will attend a 2:30 p m June 18 Wellington meeting on a pilot watershed program and area water problems. Invitations came from Collingsworth County Judge R L Templeton with H N Smith or Paul Walter from the Texas Soil Conservation Service expected. Discussion will center on the Hope Aiken Small Watershed Bill and local water issues.
French planes bombed two Communist rebel bases used for raids on Hanoi’s lifeline to Haiphong. Infantry and tanks followed up on attacks seven miles east of Hanoi as part of a drive to clear the area within a 20 mile radius. Other raids hit the Ban Yen Nhan region near the Hanoi Hai Phong corridor. Fighting also flared 25 miles north in the Phuc Yen area near Danh Trhu as French Union militiamen repelled several assaults.
A U S Navy PBY seaplane with 17 aboard went missing over the East China Sea south of Japan while en route to Hongkong. It was last heard near Nagasaki at 6:55 a m with a distress call at 10:30 a m. The crew included seven naval officers two Marine officers and eight Navy enlisted seamen.
Delegations from 14 southern states reach Richmond Virginia for a meeting of governors to discuss school segregation following the Supreme Court ruling. Expected attendees include former Tennessee Governor Jim McCord and Ralph Casey, assistant to Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray, with Arkansas Texas and Kentucky among represented states.
District Judge A S Broadfoot considered a motion to dismiss the indictment against political boss George B Parr arguing he pleaded guilty and was fined 150 dollars for aggravated assault last March 25 in Duval County. Parr faces an assault to murder charge for striking Cristobal Ybanez with a rifle last August. Attorneys claim bias and note county records. The attorney general questions the guilty plea claim and criticizes Duval County justice.
Lt Col John P Stapp set a new ground speed record of 421 mph on a rocket sled in the New Mexico desert at Holloman AFB Alamogordo. The test aimed to study pilot survival during high altitude bailouts from supersonic aircraft.
Final services for Elmer Haslett a Lonie farmer were held at 3 p m yesterday at the Lonie community building by Rev Luther Ed Bradley pastor of the Bible Baptist Church. The body was taken to Hoxie Arkansas for burial there. Newberry Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Haslett a local resident for over 40 years died Monday in Childress General Hospital.
Geneva reports say Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov demanded terms that Americans say doom any acceptable peace. US sources accuse Moscow of stalling while Communist forces prepare to take Hanoi and the Red River delta. French officials chide Dulles for implying United States would act alone without Red China or Russia intervention.
May rainfall across Texas averaged 4.01 inches or 108 percent of normal, with regional variation from twice normal west of Wichita Falls to as low as one twentieth in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The Board noted the distribution was better than in many months, with totals above four inches north of a Midland to Port Arthur line and around five inches in Kerrville Llano San Angelo and Encinas south of the line.
Los Alamos scientists numbering 282 in the theoretical division protested to President Eisenhower over the loyalty suspension of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. They argued his record shows loyalty and warned against using personnel security to remove a loyal adviser.
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