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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1968
Page
1
U S Marines report 115 North Vietnamese killed and 9 Marines dead in a daylong clash around the Khe Sanh fortress. Allied forces say 47 Communists were killed elsewhere along the DMZ while a second U S FIA bomber was lost.
President Johnson will speak to the nation via television and radio at 9 p.m. EST Sunday to outline his decisions on Vietnam troop deployments and strategy after the Tet offensive. He hinted at a modest troop ceiling increase and a possible reservist callup while seeking congressional support for a few billion dollars to fund helicopters and other military needs.
At 1030 a.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Avenue F Northwest, Mrs Dave Brummett stopped for traffic and was rear ended by James Wesley Johnson, both of Childress. Brummett suffered minor injuries and was treated then released. Johnson received a ticket for following too close. Investigating officer Wayland Wright.
Funeral services for C. S. Sullivan 77 of Muleshoe father of Mrs. Martin Hall of Childress will be at 2 30 p m today at Northside Church of Christ Muleshoe with Frank Duckworth and Van McCormick officiating. Burial will follow in Bailey County Memorial Park. Sullivan born in Ardmore Okla moved to Muleshoe from Lon ney in 1924 and was a member of Northside Church of Christ and the Odd Fellows Lodge. He is survived by his wife Myrtle sons J F E and Tommy daughters Mrs Earl Owen Mrs Onay Terrell Mrs Charley Atchison and Mrs Clifford Cobb a sister 18 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Three men were sought after the abduction of a Virginia Military Institute cadet and another youth, witnesses to a burglary. The two girls were raped before escaping with the youths as police investigate the case.
Governor Lurleen B. Wallace, undergoing convalescence from a cancer operation, remained in serious condition Saturday as doctors treated a complication believed to be a blood clot in her lung, delaying her recovery progress.
Area ex-students are asked to join a 7:30 p.m. cleanup on April 9 at the Carey Community House to ready it for Homecoming on April 13. Registration starts at 2 p.m. Drinks are provided by the Carey Friendship Club. Dean Weatherly, a 1958 graduate, will MC. Gene Frisbie of Childress will share reminiscences. Call Lois Arnold or Bettye Estes to add names to the Carey Memorial List.
Congressman Bob Price told about 125 people at the Childress County Farm Bureau Pie Supper that Haiphong Harbor in North Vietnam must be destroyed for U S victory. He praised Johnson's war aims but criticized management while noting Japan as a major U S goods importer and urging support for troops.
A Childress area poll shows Lyndon B. Johnson preferred over Eugene McCarthy for the Democratic nomination with 92 backing Johnson and only five choosing McCarthy. The survey suggests Johnson would be renominated, with little interest in the alternative and readers urged to mail in their responses.
The United States Air Force reports a second F111A fighter bomber crashed on a Vietnam combat mission. Both crewmen were rescued, and a flight safety team probes the loss while possible grounding looms. Details place the crash in Thailand, with the prior loss linked to Laos.
Mrs Sally Etter a Kirkland Community pioneer died at 1 p m Saturday in Lanes Nursing Home Wichita Falls at age 92 Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Monday at the Childress Church of Christ with E A Sanders and Harrell Collard officiating Burial will take place in Childress Cemetery
Rodney Ross Copeland infant son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Copeland died at 430 PM Saturday in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo He was born at 640 AM Saturday at Childress General Hospital
Absentee voting totals 15 in city races and 25 overall with one polling place at City Hall open 8 am to 7 pm. Place 4 on the City Council features W L Dub Eikman challenged by W E Helms, with other posts and offices largely unopposed. Write in Odis Burrows discussed for Chief of Police amid slow interest in several school and hospital votes.
Washington Window recalls presidents views on women suffrage from Washington figures like George Washington James Madison and Abraham Lincoln through Calvin Coolidge and Warren Harding. The piece notes Coolidge supported voting while others warned of dangers of extending franchise.
The first session of an Oxy acetylene welding short course for adult farmers will be at 7 30 p.m. Monday in Childress High School vocational agriculture building. Instructor Charles H Yeates of the Texas Education Agency will teach. An entry fee of 10 covers four sessions Monday through Thursday evenings.
Schools in Childress will close Thursday afternoon April 11 and reopen Tuesday morning April 16 for Easter holidays announced Superintendent J. W. Hamilton. Classes end at regular time Thursday and resume on schedule Tuesday.
Saturday eliminations in the county courthouse assembly room selected two senior division entrants and seven juniors to advance to the District Eliminations on April 27 in Wichita Falls. Seniors Mary Dee Meinzer and Paula Marshall demonstrated methods in Management and things Education, while juniors Becky Trammel Lisa Fowler Paula Parr, Mark Parr, and Larry Cure, Ronda and Londa Cameron entered various topics. Judges were Mrs. Leon Henley and Ron Patterson with several additional participants and adults in attendance.
A steak dinner will be served for members of the 40 and 8 at 7 p.m. Monday at Veterans Building.
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