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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1963
Page
1
Senate leaders push toward action on the loan shark bill after a 15 to 14 adjournment delay. The measure splits House and Senate versions by loan size and includes steep rate changes for small loans. The Monday vote could determine the bill’s fate as both chambers prepare to act.
Port au Prince denounces a U S plot to destroy Haiti that allegedly spurred the crisis, accusing the United States of behind the scenes meddling as U S residents are evacuated to Miami while a curfew remains in effect.
President Kennedy flies to Cape Cod to meet Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson and patch up differences across defense trade resources and other issues. The pair plan informal talks at Hyannis Port after welcoming ceremonies at Otis AFB.
Mrs. Joan Naron formerly Joan King, a Childress student at West Texas State College, is named in the final selection of student counselors for the next school year to aid freshmen with study habits and problems.
Harmon Lee Boykin of Waco pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in county court. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, ordered three days in jail, and had his driver's license suspended for six months. Boykin was arrested yesterday by the Highway Patrol. initial bond was set at 1000 dollars before he changed his plea this morning.
The May 10 1963 Texas Legislature session notes a bitter remark from Sen Frank Owen opposing a loan shark control bill. It records a unanimous House vote approving Senate amendments to a shell dredging measure and spotlight on Rep J C Hitfield’s push for equal rights for women through Jim Cotten’s amendments.
Homer Compton reports a rough week beginning with his eight year old son Terry bruised by a car in front of their home and a Cessna 172 damage incident at the airfield. He estimates repairs at five to six thousand dollars after a gust lifted the grounded plane onto its nose and back with no one aboard.
The Chess Club will meet at 7 30 p m today in the Veterans Building. The event invites members to gather for an evening of games and discussion.
A team of psychiatrists reported at the American Psychiatric Association convention that a survey of 50 ninth grade boys who grew up into well adjusted couples found their marriages dull and mundane. The researchers noted the couples would spend a $5 million windfall on a house or investments, suggesting limited imagination.
Firemen and several wives travel to Friona for a one day Panhandle Association meeting led by Chief John Ballew with attendees including Charles Mack Kenneth Loter Bennie Hawkins Alvis Maddox and other members. The event features the association mascot Alvis Payne and the Maddoxes’ grandson.
Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr testified as a witness in a U S income tax evasion trial tied to state land Commissioner Jerry Sadler and a 125258 93 tax bill. Sadler was recalled to the stand amid heated cross examination as a Fort Worth attorney and government lawyer sparred over alleged fees and integrity claims.
The Public Health Service reports 926 more new active tuberculosis cases in 1962. The increase marks a continuing alert for national health officials.
A federal grand jury indicted Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and six associates on charges of attempting to influence jurors in Hoffa s $1 million conspiracy trial. Indicted along with Hoffa were Ewing King Allen Dorfman Larry Campbell Thomas Ewing Parks Nicholas J Tweel and Lawrence W Medlin. Each faces up to 25 years in prison and fines up to 25 000 per count if convicted. Hoffa surrendered in Philadelphia and vowed to plead not guilty.
West Germany reports 90.4 million bottles of champagne consumed in 1962, an 18 percent rise from 1961 per the Federal Statistics Office. In other dispatches Fidel Castro visits Samarkand to a crowded welcome, while Bavarian metal workers secure a wage increase averting a strike.
Maj. Gen. James H. Masters Jr. assumed command of the 3rd U.S. Marine Division in Naha Okinawa on Friday, succeeding Maj. Gen. Henry W. Buse Jr. Masters’ brother John, a brigadier general, serves as assistant commander of the same division.
Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower underwent removal of a small non malignant tumor from the back of her neck at Walter Reed Hospital Monday. A spokesman said she is recovering well and expected to leave in a few days.
Air Force Major L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is scheduled for a 22 orbit Mercury flight next Tuesday from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas rocket. Faith-7 will carry a television camera for live images to viewers in the United States and Europe via Telstar-2 and other networks. The mission aims for about 34 hours in orbit with a landing in the Pacific late the next day.
Texas skies clear as forecasters predict another scorcher. The U S Weather Bureau says highs will reach 105 in the extreme southwest with a weak cool front cooling the northern Panhandle by nightfall. Overnight lows range 55 to 76.
Mary Brummett of Childress, a sophomore on the West Texas State College women’s rifle team, helped the squad win medals at Hardin-Simmons University. Brummett placed third overall in the competition.
Gov. John Connally said the tense climate in Crystal City Texas should return to normal if outsiders stop trying to run local business. Rangers remain in place under orders to maintain order and let residents govern themselves. Connally contrasted the situation with broader events, noting Holliday’s prison board appointment as significant. He outlined plans for an education committee and potential railroad commissioner successor timing.
The fifth annual Greenbelt Quarterhorse show opens at 9 a m Saturday at the Rodeo Grounds Fair Park in the new arena with senior and junior cutting, reining and open cutting. Johnny Burleson of Silverton judges. Rosettes to top six, trophies to Grand and Reserve Grand Champions.
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