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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
1
The FTC announced warnings must appear on cigarette packages and ads starting Jan 1 1965 and July 1 1965 for advertising. The rule follows a blue ribbon advisory report linking smoking to fatal illnesses. Some details to be determined.
UPI reports US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge quits his Saigon post to assist Gov William Scranton in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Lodge refuses a draft and will depart within days. President Johnson names Gen Maxwell D. Taylor to replace him as the Vietnam situation continues.
New York crowds along the Hudson watched a Store fireworks display turn deadly when a rocket misfired above a launching barge. Coast Guard cutters and fireboats responded as four men leaped aboard the tug Creal, with Tug Captain Leo Davis reporting a sudden explosion and blaze.
Mrs. L. C. Rhodes 52 of 3504 West East Street Inglewood California died Monday from a heart attack at home. She was born Frances Ann Scott a Childress High School alum who was named Most Popular Girl in 1929. Survivors include her two daughters Christina and Pamela, her mother Mrs. Scott of Inglewood, and her brother R B Scott in Hawaii. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Inglewood.
The Hootenanny planned for Friday is postponed due to many people on vacation. Bill Goodson states another event will be held at a later date.
Farmers Home Administration staff will attend a district meeting in Amarillo Thursday and Friday causing the local office to close. Attendees from Childress include J. J. Roan Jr. area supervisor E. Leon Thurman county supervisor and Alice J. Copelin county office clerk.
The Childress Chamber of Commerce votes on relocating its offices from the city hall. Voting turnout is light with a deadline of July 1 for members who have ballots to mail them promptly.
New York reports a rare vanishing eclipse due to Mount Agung ash from Bali. Scientists expect a unusually dark eclipse as ash dims the reddish earth shadow. past dark eclipses followed Krakatoa in 1883 and Katmai in 1912. Visibility spans about 6:30 p.m. to after midnight with South Africa offering the best view.
A Formosan commando unit raided a Communist village in Kwangtung Province Saturday night and withdrew without casualties. They claimed to have killed more than 20 Communist soldiers.
Capt Richard Carroll, navigator for a B52 crew, left the cockpit with a coffee pot and returned to the cabin at 33 000 feet. The pressure system failed as a hatch blew off, contributing to Carroll's death during the SAC mission over North Texas.
The 75th Anniversary Edition of The Childress Index won fourth place and first honorable mention in the 1964 National Better Newspaper Contest by the National Editorial Association. The award was announced in New York with 2,469 entries overall.
The Childress Rotary Club announced committee appointments for the 1964-65 year at a meeting led by Mrs. Joe S. Allen who spoke on Home the Cradle of Strength The club also sent a memorial to the Rotary Foundation for Frank Weddington who died in Las Vegas. Perfect attendance pins were awarded to seven members. New officers will be installed next week with M K Wilcoxson as installing officer.
Jake Lawson district director of the Texas United Fund will attend a leaders workshop in Amarillo on June 30. He invited interested Childress participants to join and contact him. J M Whitcomb of Lubbock is Conference Chairman for the morning event set from 9 a.m. to 1 30 p.m.
York, a World War I veteran, remained in serious condition at Veterans Hospital in Nashville after a recent medical crisis. The report notes his ongoing battle with health issues and the hospital care he receives.
VFW Auxiliary will host an ice cream supper for the VFW Post and their families at 7 30 p m on July 13. The event was approved at the regular meeting Tuesday night. The Auxiliary will send a potted plant to Mrs Virgil Carlson in memory of her late father Mrs Henry G Carter.
In Philadelphia Mississippi a house to house search started for three missing civil rights workers Andrew Goodman Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney whose burned car was found near Bogue Chitto Swamp. Federal and state officers combed the area as NAACP leaders planned a large protest outside the Justice Department and Kennedy coordinated with Mississippi officials amid fears of foul play.
Childress business and professional women joined an inter-city meeting in Wellington Tuesday night. Judge Mary Lou Robinson of Amarillo analyzed equal rights for women, introduced by Mrs. Helen Gribble. The dinner, at the Community Building, was presided over by retiring Wellington club president Mrs. Ethel Coleman.
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor is named ambassador to South Vietnam with U Alexis Johnson as chief aide. The move is seen as a strong signal to Red China that Washington will deter further communist advances, uphold Laos Thailand and Vietnam independence, and project competence in on the ground U.S. diplomacy.
The Childress County Goldwater committee head Donald M. Gage announced crowds exhausted goldwater buttons and bumper stickers after the senate civil rights bill passage. He said a new shipment is coming and donations to the county fund are welcome.
A friendly neighbor hood baseball game is set for 8 p m at Fair Park between the Yellow Jackets coached by Dub Farnum and the Hornets led by John W Gay. Proceeds benefit the Summer Baseball Program with admission 50 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
Mary Willie Rea 83 died at 12 45 am in Childress General Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services set for 11 am Thursday at First Methodist Church with Rev Burgin Watkins officiating. Interment in Childress Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, three sons, a brother, two sisters, a brother in law, six grandchildren and one great grandson.
The condition of Mrs. Andy Rogers who was injured this morning in Paraman improved and she is expected to be returned to Childress on Friday.
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