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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1969
Page
2
Governor Preston Smith vetoed the one year budget bill after promising a two year plan. Administrative aide Larry Teaver said about 500 letters were received, with 491 supporting the veto. Smith aired the veto in a statewide telecast and touted potential 10 year tax savings on a two year budget.
John Wayne described Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal as a publicity seeker over Pentagon access during The Green Berets production. He defended costs billed to Batjac Productions for using government equipment, a camp on base, and 70 days of extras largely paid to Army personnel and dependents. Rosenthal criticized Ft Benning facility use for the film.
LA reports the loss of a 9 ton, $130000 street sweeper after driver Turner Tay Roberts left the engine running during a coffee break. The vehicle vanished from Main Street downtown, ignition key in his pocket. Earlier this month LA recovered a similar incident where a sweeper ended up in Aurora, Colorado, then returned after investigation revealed the serial number.
Governor Preston Smith thanks Morris for support of vetoing the one year appropriations bill and urges the Legislature to pass two year appropriations in a summer special session. He asks constituents to contact their senator and representative. Planes shot down over Haiphong reported by North Vietnamese News Agency.
Newport Rhode Island faces a clam surge as billions of baby clams wash ashore and strand on beaches. Beach Director Gerry Nevins says the source is unknown and the city has moved millions to the dump while offering clams to residents and visitors amid rising tides and a growing foul odor.
Treasury data for the year ending in June shows withdrawals and deposits totaling nearly 199 million dollars with a cash balance of about 7.46 million and a public debt around 365.8 million. Separately, UPI reports a 107 degree high in Presidio Texas and lows of 34 in Dillon Montana Rock Springs Wyoming and Reno Nevada.
In the Panhandle corner of Texas a search for Indian sites reveals artifacts from Fresno and Harrell points to Waco sinkers and possible Clovis like points. Local collector A V McFarland notes burial sites and dugouts with little artifacts, while Terry and Isbell and others continue fieldwork near Childress.
A collection of wry quips and curiosities. It includes lines about business, real estate and golf courses, a gag about a goldfish blowing bubbles, and a note on syzygy the line of sun moon and earth alignment.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles will share a kiss of fealty in a Caernarvon Castle ceremony that invests him as the 21st Prince of Wales. The event, televised, features the coronet, sword, ring, rod, and purple mantle as he swears loyalty and takes his place beside the queen.
A reader letter claims Black Panthers pass out coloring books urging violence against white police and links the effort to Sacred Heart Church. The writer calls for arrests and trials, then shifts to British royal pageantry with Scotland Yard guards and a medieval queen’s procession at Windsor Castle.
London reports a Nigerian mother received a three month sentence after beating her son with an electric cord believing he was a black magic spell that kept him small. She had pleaded innocent.
The famous composer Handel rests at Westminster Abbey. He was born in Germany and became an English subject.
Houston police test a new computerized speed trap built by Ling Temco Vought Aerospace. The device photographs a car and license at speeds up to 130 mph and may be tested on the Dallas Fort Worth Turnpike. The system costs about 13000 dollars and is described as compact and experimental.
Between March 4 1861 and January 18 1862 five ex-presidents of the United States were living: Van Buren Fillmore Pierce Buchanan and Tyler.
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