Childress Rated High in National Retail Market Index
New York report based on the Survey of Buying Power ranks Childress County as a strong retail market. It notes $11,348,000 in local store sales and $11,768,000 in net earnings after taxes, equal to $4,903 per household, with an index of sales production at 120, twenty percent above the national average.
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New York
Childress County
United States
Sales Manage
Childress
UPI
Radio City Music Hall
Theate
Childress School Calendar Sets 176 Instruction Days
The Childress Public Schools announce a 176 day instructional year starting September 3 with early registrations for high school on August 26 and junior and sophomore schedules. The calendar includes pre start meetings, workshops, and multiple holiday adjustments, with makeup days if weather or illness reduces instructional days.
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Terrell
Teaer’s District IX
CHS
Rhoads
Former Tell Resident Dies in California
Mrs. F. P. Beierschmitt, a former Tell resident, died in a Fresno California hospital on Thursday. Funeral rites were pending in Caruthers where she lived. Born January 12, 1888, she is survived by four daughters including Mrs. J. E. Martin of Childress and Mrs. J. B. Lackey of Caruthers, four sons, five sisters, one brother, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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F. P. Beierschmitt
Tell
Fresno
Calif
Caruthers
Beierschmitt
J. E. Martin
Childress
J. B. Lackey
J. D. Hart
John le
TWC Endorses $911 Million Trinity River Plan
The Texas Waters Commission approved the Corps of Engineers master plan for Trinity River development, sending it to Gov. Connally. They urged no funding for navigation features until a new cost study is completed and called the plan practical and beneficial. Connally pledged prompt action and discussed restudying a Tennessee Colony Reservoir to Fort Worth Dallas pipeline.
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Connally
Texas
Carter
Tennessee Colony Reservoir
Fort Worth-Dallas
United States halts arms shipments to South Africa
In UN Security Council remarks Ambassador Adlai Stevenson announced the U S would stop all military equipment shipments to South Africa to curb support for apartheid. Ghanaian diplomat Alex Quaison-Lackey urged a full embargo while African nations debated sanctions.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
South Africa
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Security Council
Stevenson
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Moscow
U.S
Paratroopers Algerian Clash Injures Several
Police investigate a skirmish between paratroopers and Algerians that left multiple people injured and bruised Thursday. Details unclear as authorities assess the incident.
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Attache Sur
Bus Collision Claims Nine in Belgian Textile Region
A bus carrying textile workers collided with a truck near Renaix Belgium killing nine and injuring six others. Authorities investigated the crash and identified the victims and survivors.
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Renaix
Belgium
UPI
Greenbelt Directors Vote To Accept Crowell
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority directors voted to accept Crowell into the Authority pending Texas Water Commission action later this year. If approved, Crowell will hold a separate election to vote on water contracts.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Crowell
Texas Water Commission
TWC
Henry Black
Childress
Black
Jack Morris
R. A. Underwood Company
Greenbelt
No Rain In Sight In Texas Weather Forecast
An isolated thunderstorm drifted along the Guadalupe Mountains west of Wink, the only sign of precipitation on a sizzling day. Overnight temps ranged 67 to 79 across Dalhart Corpus Christi Dallas and Galveston. The U S Weather Bureau warned of hot conditions with a few isolated showers in the southeastern edge of the state.
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United Press International
Guadalupe Mountains
Wink
Texas
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Galveston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hartke urges probe into sale of morning glory seeds
Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana told the Senate Commerce Committee that teenagers are buying morning glory seeds for kicks. He warned the seeds contain a substance like LSD22 and called for investigation into whether their sale should be controlled as dangerous and potentially violent.
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Washington
UPI
Vance Hartke
Morning Glory
Hartke
Indiana
Senate Commerce Committee
Ward Kent Alive in coma as jury returns verdict
Dr Stephen Ward remains in a deep coma after taking an overdose amid a vice trial verdict. A hospital spokesman said the patient’s condition is unchanged after 48 hours, while his girlfriend Julia Gulliver alleges a crowd of friends let him down and may name them. Ward was found unconscious in a friend’s apartment and faces up to 14 years if he survives.
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London
UPI
Stephen Ward
St. Stephen's Hospital
Ward
Julia Gulliver
W. Mayne Butcher
Butcher
Federal grazing approval on soil bank land under drought rules
ASC official Gene Frisbie said federal approval to let farmers graze soil bank land under drought provisions is expected within a few days. He noted many inquiries and that the state has already approved the grazing provision.
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Drouth
ASC
Gene Frisbie
Princess Djordjadze reports handbag theft in London
Princess Djordjadze former Sylvia Hawkes reported to police a handbag theft in a London chain store. The bag containing valuables worth 16800 dollars disappeared after she set it down while shopping.
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London
UPI
Djordjadze
Clark Gable
Sylvia Hawkes
Bonehead Boys Plan Sunday Roaring Springs Picnic
The Bonehead Boys and guests travel by Bonehead bus to Roaring Springs Sunday for a day of swimming and a picnic lunch under adult supervision.
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Bonehead
Roaring Springs
Former soldier describes disillusion with Chinese communism
Lowell D. Skinner of Akron Ohio a former American Army corporal who stayed behind in Red China during the Korean War details life under Maoist policy from 1958 to 1960. He notes improved conditions since then but cites continued limits on work study and travel and recalls the Great Leap Forward failures and Soviet withdrawal.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red China
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
Skinner
Reds
China
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Tsiwan
Peking Communist Party
Moscow
Mater
Lawson Named Banquet Chairman By CofC-BCD
CofC-BCE Board of directors named Jake Lawson banquet chairman and he appointed Vern Rucker as co chair. Twenty five candidates were listed for director votes next year. Ballots will be mailed to members soon. J W Hamilton reported Civil Defense classes will start this fall and supplies are stored in Wilson School basement. Lawson also briefed on the recent industrial meeting held here.
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Cofc-Bce Board of Directors
Jake Lawson
Vern Rucker
J. W. Hamilton
Wilson School
Lawson
Kennedy backs test ban seek and Berlin security
President Kennedy voiced confidence that the Senate will approve the limited test ban treaty and suggested a potential non aggression pact with the Soviet bloc to bolster Berlin security. He favored NATO discussions with Khrushchev, offered nuclear aid to France if Gaulle signs, warned China could trigger WWIII, and endorsed underground tests while opposing a summit unless a crisis arises.
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UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Berlin
NATO
Nikita S. Khrushchev
France
Charles de Gaulle
China
Peking
Nnder
Moscow
United States
East Germany
Ved
Khrushchev
Ikkennedy
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