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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1969
Page
1
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces push back in a broad offensive from the DMZ to Saigon. U S Marines and air units report heavy shelling and clashes with hundreds of enemy casualties. 37 U S GIs dead and 114 wounded, while enemy losses exceed 249.
Law and order candidates scored upset mayoral primaries as New York voters backed tough on crime and labor backlash. Incumbent Lindsay and former mayor Wagner lost to liberal rivals while Lindsay remains in the general election on the liberal line.
Severe morning hail damaged Tell area causing broken windows at homes including nine in Mrs. J. Garrison's house. Rain totals ranged up to 1.50 inches in places with 46 mph winds. Medrano sisters treated for cuts from shattered glass at Childress General Hospital.
The Rolling Plains Park Producers Association will discuss hog cholera eradication at an 8 p.m. meeting Thursday in the Gate City Electric building. Don Brothers of Paducah, president of the Texas Pork Producers Association, will be the principal speaker. Citizens are invited to attend.
Senate investigator read transcripts of Havana broadcasts by Black Panther leaders vowing to kill American policemen and officials and destroy factories airports and other facilities. The testimony named Bobby Seale Huey Newton and George Murray claiming guerrilla warfare to organize black people to assassinate officers.
Atty Gen Crawford Martin ruled that a cigarette tax stamp bill does not reduce current year revenue, placing the fate of the state budget and a teacher pay raise in Gov Preston Smith's hands. Comptroller Calvert had warned it could cost about 6 million next year, but August purchases must be paid by August 31, leaving Smith to decide on related revenue bills. An Amarillo distributor is asking a Travis County court to rule on the bill's constitutionality.
A three hour blaze Tuesday night in MONDAY Texas destroyed an empty hardware store a dry goods shop and the office of Dr Ayres Cermin causing about 300000 in damage. No injuries were reported. Mayor James Reeves estimated the loss and said the cause was unknown though firemen suspect the upper floor of the doctor's office.
Police confirm the body found in an isolated Wilton area is 10 year old Mary Mount missing since May 27. Autopsy at Norwalk Hospital confirms identification. exact cause and details not released. Mary is daughter of a New Canaan business executive.
A hospital board spokesman and the administrative office thanked young volunteers who folded and addressed brochures for the Childress General Hospital Memorial Fund appeal. Candy Stripers include Sheila Dill Mary Sue Hargrove Claudia Park Donna Drake Laura Walker Toni Key Redonna Barber Becky Trammel Deborah Smith Nancy Forbis Lydia Shelton Linda Carmack. Andrea Rogers also volunteered.
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin promised aid to Childress if FW and D management violates Texas law by moving railway equipment out of state for repairs when in-state facilities exist. County Attorney Clarence Carter sought action, but the AG stated no current violation and warned against removing rolling stock from Texas.
A polite but desperate gunman hijacked a Trans World Airlines jet with 87 aboard and forced it to Cuba. The 2700 mile flight ended with the hijacker, identified as J Davis, in custody. physicist Dr W Wallace Birnbaum of Berkeley was aboard and later commented to the FBI.
George Miller spoke to Childress Rotary about U S Scouting figures five million boys two and a half million leaders and 4000 professionals. He placed Childress in Region Nine Northwest Texas Area Council Western District with 191 registered of 1301 eligible and urged starting a new Cub Pack Scout Troop and Explorer Post.
John Charles Fite 52, owner of an Anderson County restaurant, was killed by police at a roadblock after firing more than 40 shots at motorists from a pickup. He had just been released from his brother's osteopathic clinic for severe arthritis and may have sought death by own action. His brother Dr. Lynn Fite described the event as unbelievable.
A county convention of the Childress County American Party will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the assembly room of the courthouse. Delegates are those who signed the American Party precinct convention lists in the May 4 1968 secinct conventions and hold a current year voter registration certificate. All delegates urged to attend.
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