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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1959
Page
1
City Council votes to pay 25 percent of curb and gutter costs for the Avenue Feast widening through Chil dress, with hearings set for 7:30 p.m. June 29 at city hall. Other items include charter revision discussion, bids for equipment, and a fire hazard issue at Oil Creek in Southwest Childress.
Rain squalls dampen the Texas coast as forecasters monitor a Gulf of Mexico area for possible tropical development. A reconnaissance plane was dispatched and a noon report expected on potential storm readiness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Verna Bos ter West a former resident of Childress were held in Wichita Falls. She died at 10 am Sunday in Wichita Falls aged 69. She was the daughter of J. H. Foster who moved the family to Childress County in 1891. Survivors include her husband four daughters and a grandson a sister and a brother.
Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith released a statement opposing a local drag strip for youths. He argues racing on public roads is dangerous and says any dedicated racing venue should be sponsor driven by parents, not public roads, to avoid encouraging reckless driving and protect safety on highways. Continued on page two.
Quanah resident and Knowles Funeral Home owner Robert L Knowles born June 2 1903 died at Memorial Hospital after a heart attack while inspecting his new funeral home construction a long time community leader active in the Methodist Church Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce Red Cross and Quanah Volunteer Fire Department Survivors include his wife and son two brothers a sister two grandchildren and his parents Funeral arrangements were pending to be held at Quanah Methodist Church
Thomas Jefferson Jones, 58, convicted of one murder, faces a second trial in Beaumont Texas for the shooting death of Alpha Bell Hill in the same case. He received a % year sentence after a brief jury verdict that followed a guilty plea. The double slaying occurred in the Hill woman’s apartment.
Truman Kidwell, the local Vocational Agriculture teacher, will lead year round farming programs with student on farm instruction and in the agriculture building. Supt. J W Hamilton notes summer duties match classroom work as current science data guides lessons. Fifteen delegates head to the State FFA Convention in Austin July 15 17 with one Lone Star Farmer Degree recipient.
Conferees from House and Senate remain at an impasse over a large tax measure focusing on selective sales taxes including a three cent cigarette tax. A 2:30 p.m. closed session is planned as the midnight deadline looms with Gov. Price Daniel poised to sign a bookkeeping bill to transfer 28 million dollars to cover the general revenue shortfall.
GALVESTON Texas. Long, 63, fights a habeas corpus move to leave John Sealy Hospital fearing if he returns to Louisiana he will surround himself with police and militia and refuse treatment. His family seeks to keep him hospitalized as doctors note possible improvement and a two month stay may be shortened. A judge will rule next Monday on the writ.
Pat Halverson of KSYD TV presented a Lions Club program using colored slides to tour the station and explain each department’s role in broadcasting. J D Michie led the session, with Alton Ryan noting directors approved new donations to Band Boosters and Kids in Summer Baseball totaling 50 dollars. Installation of 1959 60 officers is set for next Tuesday noon, and Walter Lockhoof will attend the Lions International Convention in New York City June 30 to July 3, with the couple to depart June 25.
Mrs C V Jones remained on the critical list but was in satisfactory condition this morning at Childress General Hospital following a heart attack. Her son Russell Jones said she was convalescing from surgery last week when the attack occurred about 9 p m Monday.
A US Navy patrol plane was attacked by two jet fighters with red star markings 85 miles east of Won san North Korea at 7000 feet over water. One crewman was seriously wounded. pilot Lt. Comdr Donald Mayer steered the crippled plane to Miho base Japan after six firing runs. The incident occurred June 16 Japanese time. the attack prompted a State Department protest.
City police morning operations result in the destruction of two untagged dogs amid a broader dog control push. Chief Alvis Maddox urges owners to vaccinate and tag pets and prevent neighbor disturbances. praised cooperative owners for reducing the nuisance.
Hollywood police report TV star George Reeves 45 died of a self inflicted gunshot wound from a German Luger in his Benedict Canyon home. Fiancee Leonore Lemmon 35 and writer Robert Condon from New York were present as guests when Reeves reportedly grew irritated by late hour visitors. Detective Jolson noted Reeves went to bed around midnight and the death followed a moment of rising tension with visitors, the bullet lodging in a wall.
The Childress City Council debated youth needs last night as a delegation urged a drag strip and summer camp near the city lakes. Officials said they would cooperate with the Northwest Texas Area Council of Boys Scouts, while the FAA has denied drag strip requests at the air field.
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko requested a meeting with U S Secretary of State Christian Herter at Herter's villa. Western and Communist sources described Gromyko as pressing for an immediate summit decision and resisting any recess while aiming to split the Allies and push toward an unconditional summit.
A southwest Chil dress community group presented 166 signatures to the City Council Monday night urging Lake Scott be declared a nuisance. They cite oil and debris from the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Shops, fires risk from oil, blocked spillways by trees, and oil-saturated ducks dying nearby. They request prompt action under city powers.
Arthur Cole of Quanah, brother to Mrs. Buddy Tramer of Childress, is listed in critical condition after exposure to poisonous sewer gas. Cole and a coworker were rescued from a 16 foot manhole last Tuesday, 45 minutes after being overcome, with doctors hopeful but unsure of his recovery.
A hot check charge was filed yesterday in the County Attorney's office against Jen Alexander of Dallas. A warrant was issued for the arrest after the check was given to a local merchant several months ago.
B R Sheffield of Brady faces trial July 15 in Austin on a forgery charge linked to involvement in a veterans land scandal per UPI.
The United Steelworkers Union backed down on its demand for individual company negotiations and agreed to resume industry wide talks today two weeks before its strike deadline.
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