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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1961
Page
1
UPI dispatch from Ciudad Trujillo reports Dominicans mourn Rafael Trujillo, as two men wielding power in the post regime era. Citizens mix praise and fear while examining the implications for future leadership and national policy.
Harold C. Reynolds resigns as Paducah Schools superintendent effective June 30 to become Vernon Schools superintendent starting July 1. Reynolds previously served as Childress High School principal and moved to Paducah in 1959 from Chil dress under a two year contract.
City Manager Louis Sally will depart Sunday for Austin to participate in a city managers conference. The trip aims to discuss municipal issues and best practices with peers.
Tornadoes hail and heavy rain battered Texas with three twisters near Snyder and in the Waco area. Forecasters predicted relief for the Panhandle and South Plains while Central Texas faced continued storms and power outages. Weather battered Lubbock area, Texarkana, San Antonio, and Dallas with flooding, hail, and wind.
City lakes receive 120000 small black bass for re stocking in Lake Childress and Baylor. A State Biology Team surveyed the lakes and examined samples, with a report expected within several weeks.
Sheriff Bill Decker charged farmer Frank Ellis Borchardt and pressman Vernon Crane with aggravated assault on four boys who entered Borchardt's barn to view kittens. The youths, ages 9 to 13, were whipped with bullwhips causing welts and a broken arm. Two beagles died and a third dog was missing. The men face up to $1,000 fines and two years in prison. bond set at $300 each.
The Chamber of Commerce Board considered inviting U S Senator John Tower to address the annual banquet. They discussed continued efforts to secure a federal judgeship for Childress and reviewed a letter from Judge Joseph Dooley. The group planned trophies for the Greenbelt Bowl Queen nominees and discussed Translator memberships.
James H. Alston 61, unemployed carpenter, taped two sticks of dynamite to his stomach and blew himself up in a Amarillo street. The blast rattled windows for blocks and killed him. bystanders, including Debra Pigg and Mrs. James Culp, witnessed the explosion with injuries to a boy but no other fatalities. Debris included a wristwatch stopped at 7 39 p.m. The incident left neighbors shocked as the article notes the scene continued on Page Six.
Regular school board meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. June 12 has been postponed to June 19. Superintendent John W. Hamilton announced.
Washington reports a wide racketeering case tied to stolen U S savings bonds. Joseph Guardabacho, with no prior record, faced charges in Newark for conspiracy and in Nashville for forging endorsements and cashing bonds. Secret Service links counterfeit Tennessee licenses to a Miami gang, with banks warned to verify ID to avoid Treasury losses.
The Tractors for Freedom Committee planned a first shipment of 100 tractors to Fidel Castro by June 22 in exchange for Cuban soldiers captured in April. Castro gave a long Havana speech with no mention of the deal while Sen. Barry Goldwater criticized the accord for bypassing the federal government.
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, from Argentina on the third stage of a three week tour of the Americas. He was to meet President Eduardo Haede and Foreign Minister Homero Martinez Montero as part of a busy day of conferences. Talks were expected to focus on economic matters ahead of the inter American economic conference scheduled for next month. A six hour marathon conference with President Arturo Frondizi in Argentina wrapped up his Argentina visit.
A brief thunderstorm from about 3 p.m. to 4 45 p.m. Thursday caused damage in the county. Lightning killed two calves owned by Odis Burrows east of Fair Park lake dam. Rain varied from 0 5 to 1 5 inches in several areas with heavy hail reported near Community Center and other locales.
Eldridge A. Bounds of Childress was killed about 1 p.m. when his automobile overturned on U.S. Highway 83 about five miles north of Childress. He was 52 and alone. the body is at Newberry Funeral Home.
A case worker said a caller, described as Negro, threatened her life in a recent telephone talk. Black residents reported similar calls with curses or death messages. Officials warned phones can be monitored and will be if harassment continues.
There will be no Riding Club meeting tonight as President Johnson is out of town.
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