West Germany to sign partial nuclear test ban treaty
Chancellor Adenauer said West Germany will sign the partial nuclear test ban treaty amid U.S. guarantees no backdoor recognition of East Germany. The statement followed a meeting with Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Bonn. Britain reports record cash robbery on a mail train, with $7.25 million stolen and Scotland Yard seeking the mastermind.
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United Press International
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
U.S
Dean Rusk
London
Scotland Yard
Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
New China
Peking
Congo forces move on Kasenga to crush Katanga renegades
Elisabethville dispatch confirms 600 Congo lese army troops advancing toward Kasenga on the Luapula River to wipe out the last Katangese renegades. More than 2,000 fighters have hidden in the bush since UN action against former Katanga President Moise Tshombe’s secessionists earlier this year.
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Elisabethville
Kasenga
Luapula
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Helicopter crew chief wounded in Viet Cong battle near Saigon
A U S Army helicopter crew chief was wounded during a clash with Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam. The firefight, 130 miles southwest of Saigon, left 18 Viet Cong dead as South Vietnamese regulars fought alongside the helicopter.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Abilene man eyed on worthless check swindle charges
County Attorney's office said charges of swindling by use of a worthless check were to be filed Saturday against Claud D. Franklin of Abilene.
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Claud D. Franklin
Abilene
Viet Nam village strafed after naming ceremony
An American helicopter accidentally strafed a South Vietnamese strategic hamlet named Don Tin for outgoing U S Ambassador Nolting. One child was killed and four injured. The ceremony occurred days after the tragedy with Nolting and Ngo Dinh Nhu present but villagers kept a wary, reserved stance.
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Saigon
Aps
Cer
U.S
Frederick Nolting Jr
Nolting
South Viet Nam
Don Tin
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Ngo Dinh Diem
Notting
Nhu
United States
Directors For Red Cross Are Announced
Richard Bird announces the newly appointed Red Cross Board for Childress County. Named are Ralph Bryant J Ross Bell Jr Leland Duckworth Dr Jack Fox Mrs Doris Hamm Earl Harwell Mrs Rheta Kanagy Walter Lockhoof John B Martin Palmer Massey Cecil Park Janet Smith Lois Stiner and Dr Jack Quisenberry. First meeting planned after August 25 with A W Voight ABC Field Director to attend.
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Richard Bird
Childress County
ABC
Rogers Honored in Petersburg for Outstanding State Senate Service
Sen. Andy Rogers was honored in Petersburg with a plaque by the Petersburg Jaycees at their Austin Report meeting for outstanding state senate service. He and Mrs. Rogers and their children attended the Caprock Bull Sale Association barbeque in Clarendon and joined the Hall County Electric Co-Op water melon feast in Memphis.
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Andy Rogers
Petersburg
State Senate
Petersburg Jaycees
Austin Report
Rogers
Caprock Bull Sale Association
Clarendon Country Club
Memphis
Hall County Electric Co-Op
Eisenhower to Return Home After D Day Film Trip
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie left Caen for Le Havre aboard the liner United States. They will return to the United States after five days in France and England where they worked on a documentary about the D Day landings.
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LE Havre
France
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
U. S
England
Eisenhower
Mamie
Caen
Ticket Issued After Accident In Memphis
A ticket for failure to grant right of way was issued Saturday morning to Wesley Austin, a Memphis resident, after a minor collision with Senator Andy Rogers at the intersection of Third Street and Avenue C Northwest. Both cars sustained light damage as Austin attempted a left turn.
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Wesley Austin
Memphis
Andy Rogers
Third Street
Ave. C
Austin
Rogers
Sniper Fires At Billie Sol Estes Home
A 22 caliber bullet struck a thermal two pane window at promoter Billie Sol Estes and his brother Bob as federal charges loomed. The shot occurred Friday night with Estes on a sofa and his brother nearby. Estes faced $10.5 million tax claims and looming prison sentences totaling 23 years.
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Pecos
Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Bobby Frank
Astronaut Lee to Speak at Carr Youth Conference
Dallas native Elliot M. Lee Jr., an astronaut, will headline the Youth Conference hosted by Attorney General Waggoner Carr on August 17. The event aims to inspire youths with remarks from a prominent spaceflight figure.
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Austin
UPD
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Dallas
Atty. Gen
Waggoner Carr
Estes Kefauver Dies at 60 After Heart Attack
Senator Estes Kefaufer from Tennessee, known for fighting big city vice and monopolies and twice seeking the presidency, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 3:40 am EDT after a heart attack. He entered hospital Thursday for indigestion. He leaves wife and four children.
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Washington
UPI
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Colorado
Local Legion Post Shows Strong State Performance in Fort Worth
Childress American Legion Post Cox-Farr No. 65 earned second place in the press scrapbook in the Texas state convention in Fort Worth. The post also won the 1962-63 child welfare award, Adjutant Frank Buster was elected first vice president of the State 100 Club, and Henderson served on the Rules and Credentials committee as 215 posts and 2,138 delegates were represented.
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Childress American Legion Post
Cox-Farr No. 65
Fort Worth
Jeff Henderson
Index
Post
Texas
Cox-Farr Post
Frank Buster
Childress Post
Henderson
Midland Post
Hootenanny Friday at Fair Park Auditorium
Entertainers invited to perform at a Friday 7:30 p.m. Hootenanny at Fair Park Auditorium directed by Bill Goodson. The event benefits the Childress County Old Settlers Association with entry free for participants and prizes for winners. Contact the Chamber of Commerce for entry.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Bill Goodson
Childress
Course In Baby Care Offered To Nurses
Mrs. Pauline Rinker nursing services chair of Jackson County Red Cross invites registered nurses to join an instructor course on mother and baby care in Altus September 9 to 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applicants will teach two classes locally. Contact the local Red Cross Chapter or Mrs. Claude Hipps for forms. Rinker will teach care of the sick and injured later. contact details provided.
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Pauline Rinker
R. N
Nursing Services
Jackson County
Red Cross
Altus
Oklo
Water Purchase Contracts Move to State Board for Revision
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority contracts are with the Texas Water Development Board for revision. Authority President Dr. Shell H. Townsend says they will go before TWDB, then to city councils for action and an election date. Members include Childress, Paducah, Quanah, Clarendon, Hedley, Memphis, and Wellington.
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Greenbelt
Authority
Freese
Nichols and
Endress
Fort Worth
West Texas
Stamford
White River
Crosbyton
Hubbard Creek
Abilene
Colorado River
Childress
Kemp
Paducah
Quanah
Clarendon
Hedley
Memphis
Wellington
Ing
Texas Water Commission
Conmission
Crowell
Rainfall scattered through Childress area after brief showers
Regional rainfall measured in multiple communities around Childress with amounts ranging from trace to about an inch and a half. Reports highlighted notable totals at Cee Wee and several farms, with FAA and U S gauge readings cited.
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Childress
Cee Wee
W. W. Holman
R. C. Chapman
Union Flat
A. T. Fox
Tell
W. H. Tippett, Jr
Leta Henley
FAA
U. S
Arlene Is Petering Out Drifts Northeast Not Threatening Land
The Weather Bureau reports hurricane Arlene drifting northeast and expected to lose tropical force within 12 hours. The advisory states it should not threaten land in the next 24 hours and urges cautious shipping in its path. Time 4:56 p.m. EDT.
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Washington
UPI
Weather Bureau
Arlene
NTU announces August summer graduation in Denton
Mike Wilson of Childress is among 534 seniors applying for bachelor degrees at North Texas State University this semester. Summer commencement exercises are set for 8 p.m. August 22 in Fouts Field. Wilson is a candidate for the bachelor of business administration degree in marketing.
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Denton
Hollis Mike Wilson
Childress
North Texas State University
Fouts Field
Wilson
H. H. Wilson
Avenue F
Top Award Given To Kidwell For Vocational Agriculture
Truman Kidwell a Childress High School VA teacher received one of the top awards from the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. The Dallas ceremony recognized his seven years at the school and his leadership in state and district activities. He was elected chairman of the Greenbelt Vocational Agriculture Chapter serving Childress Hall Cottle and Collingsworth counties.
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Truman Kidwell
Childress High School
Kidwell
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Association of the Future Farmers of America
Dallas
FAA
Greenbelt
Childress
Hall, Cottle
Collingsworth
Texas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Aindex
Kennedy Buries Baby Patrick in Private Boston Funeral
President Kennedy and family held a quiet Mass of the Angels and graveside service for Patrick Kennedy who died after only 39 hours. Cardinal Cushing and Cardinal Spellman attended. The infant, born 54 weeks premature, died in a Boston hospital after a desperate fight for life. Jacqueline Kennedy recuperates from Caesarean at Otis Air Force Base where she could not attend the funeral. Caroline and John Jr. remained at Hyannis Port.
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Boston
UPS
Kennedy
Patrick
Mass of the Angels
Brookline
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Jacqueline
Kennedys
Caroline
John Jr
White House
Hyannis Port
John W- Walsh
Walsh
Otis
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Brighton
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Cardinal Cushing
Holyhood
Cold Front Brings Rain and Cooling Across North Texas
A cold front moved through North Texas on Saturday, bringing scattered showers and cooler air. Dalhart, Alpine, Amarillo, Childress, and Lubbock recorded rain. Dalhart saw three quarters of an inch. Temperatures fell with a cool high of 82 in Dalhart, while Wichita Falls reached 103 and Mineral Wells 101.
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United Press International
North Texas
Dalhart
Alpine
Amarillo
Childress
Lubbock
Mercury
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Laredo
Rita Conn Among West Texas State College Summer Graduates
Rita Conn of Childress is among nearly 200 candidates for degrees at West Texas State College summer convocation on August 22. She seeks a Bachelor of Music Education degree as the college transitions to university status September 1. Dr. David W. Mullins of the University of Arkansas will speak.
Water Well No 3 Recommissioned in Michie Sand Hills
Water Well No 3 in the Michie Sand hills, yielding about 175000 gallons daily, was put back in service on Friday afternoon. The restart was announced by local official Sally Chee Monnens.
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Michie
Lanete Ti
Chee Monnens
Sally
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Childress Airfield
Jack Stovall
J. C. Campsey
Joe Wade
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Ward
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Billie
Astronaut
Legion Post
State
Canadian River Authority
Townsend
R. A. Underwood Company
McCall, Parkhurst, Crowe, McCall and Horton
Physican
Childress Area
Mike Wilson
NTU
Rita Conn
WTS
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