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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
1
Saigon faced widespread fires and heavy fighting as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces pressed fighting on the eve of Paris talks. U S reinforcements, tanks, and helicopter gunships battled to repel attacks while civilians fled burning blocks and sought shelter.
Rainfall last night boosted hopes for a strong wheat crop with many areas close to maturity by June 1. Reports vary by locale from two inches at Tell to minimal readings near community centers, while hail touched down in some spots but caused no damage. Funnel clouds threat noted on South Texas Gulf Coast as storms continue.
Dallas figures Eugene Locke and Wagstoner Carr, both from Lubbock, offer support to Lt. Gov Preston Smith in the June 1 Democratic gubernatorial runoff against Don Yarborough. The two had polled new backing after their unsuccessful primary bids and say Smith has their aid as the party fight continues.
A Secret Service agent guarding the President at a White House state dinner complained he did not receive adequate protection. He wore a borrowed tuxedo jacket with sleeves four inches too short after his own coat was stolen from his car near the White House. He planned to report the incident to police.
Jack Theda White pleaded guilty to theft of cotton in County Court yesterday, was fined 2 dollars including costs, and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He remains in Childress County jail and faces additional theft charges of 50 dollars with bond set at 2500 dollars. White allegedly stole multiple items over years and hid them at his residence in northwest Hardeman County.
Norman Hemphill announces the third annual Childress Junior High and Elementary Band Camp from May 30 to June 7. Sessions run 8 15 a m to 11 45 a m in the high school band hall area with a ten dollar tuition. Camp covers marching basics music theory sections and ensemble playing plus picnics games and swimming.
Gov. John Connally announced Kyle Thompson, former United Press International Austin bureau manager, as administrative assistant to the governor. Thompson's main duty will be coordinating press relations.
Murf the Surf Jack Murphy surrendered in a Miami parking lot amid murder charges for two bikini-clad Los Angeles firm secretaries found dead in Whisky Creek on December 8. Partner Jack Griffith, a karate expert, also indicted for the slayings and dumping. FBI says the victims stole about $500,000 in securities.
Campaign news from Nebraska centers on the Kennedy McCarthy contest with McCarthy pressing a man to man debate offer while Kennedy avoids an immediate reply. McCarthy plans to appear on a Lincoln TV show with Kennedy and Humphrey while Rockefeller pushes draft reform and peacetime economic plans.
Xuan Thuy arrived in Paris for preliminary talks and said Hanoi will pursue formal negotiations once the United States agrees to stop bombing the North. He met Soviet and Chinese officials en route after talks in Moscow and Beijing. U S envoys Harriman and Vance planned to join in Paris, saying progress toward peace remains the aim despite U S military activity.
William Carmichael Sloss of Childress a Shamhrock and Wheeler Counties pioneer died at 7 am in a local nursing home after moving from Dumas with his wife. Burial will be in Shamrock beside Newberry Funeral Home. Born December 5, 1887 in Saint Jo Texas he lived in Wheeler County 55 years as a farmer retiring in 1947 then moving to Childress. Survivors include wife Frances R of Childress four sons and four daughters, two sisters and other relatives.
The annual Jaycee Road-e-O needs more entrants with May 18 event planned in Childress. Bill Edwards chairs entrants and reports progress at a Jaycees meeting. Both boys and girls compete in separate divisions under age and license rules. State and national contests offer a $10,000 scholarship and a new Mercury Cougar for one year.
A Childress chapter of the Texas Retired Teachers Association was organized at the home of the first president Miss Lula Mae Carter. Officers elected include RE. A. Sanders first vice president Lillie Castleberry second vice president Velma Shoults treasurer Lorena Holliman secretary and Ernst Davis historian. Mrs Peter Van Hekken of Houston director for the National Association of Retired Teachers attended to organize the chapter. Meetings set for the first Friday of each month. Van Hekken will return June 7 for the charter presentation and officers installation.
More than 50 members of the Chapter 11 Texas State Society of American Medical Technologists and visitors from surrounding chapters will attend a 7:30 p.m. dinner meeting at Chateau Inn. Mary Helen Mack chairs the event with Jean Morris and Claudia Wilson directing registration and Welcome Bags. Speakers are Dr. Jack Fox of Childress and Phil Regan, chapter chairman from Lubbock.
William Ricky Hamm, son of Mr and Mrs Bill Hamm of Childress, has been elected to Phi Kappa Phi, the national academic honor for top students. He is a Texas Tech junior and must rank in the upper two percent of his class to be eligible.
Colorado Gov John Love said Wallace may push the electoral outcome to the House while Pennsylvania Gov Raymond Shafer disagreed. The GOP governors task force including Rhode Island Gov John Chafee and Nebraska Gov Norbert Tiemann are in Albuquerque for hearings to gather information for policy guidance.
All three parties meet Saturday at the Childress courthouse with Republican at 9 am, American Party at 10 am in the assembly room, and Democrat at 2 pm in the district courtroom. Mrs. L. L. Baker, county chairman of the American Party, notes attendees at AP precinct meetings become delegates to the county convention.
New Orleans prosecutors oppose further delay of the assassination conspiracy trial for Clay L. Shaw, set for June 11. Shaw’s attorneys had sought federal court relief to move the trial from New Orleans amid ongoing venue questions related to the Kennedy case. The Louisiana Supreme Court previously rejected Shaw’s change of venue motion.
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