Greenbelt Football Game Builds Local All Star Tradition
In 1950 Greenbelt Field hosted the first Greenbelt Bowl after snow disrupted a planned relays event. East led by Johnny Couch and Price provided the early offense, with West comeback hopes stalling in the 14-13 loss. The series grew with 1951 and 1952 matchups featuring Kirkpatrick and Tatum as standout players.
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Childress High School
Don Ezell
W. T. Nelson
Greenbelt Bowl Inc
Morris Hizler
Fair Park Stadium
Bobby Price
Haskell
Jimmy Jenkins
Clarendon
Melvin Eldridge
Phillips
Johnny Couch
Vernon
Price
Jenkins
Eldridge
Ad Billy Bookout
Wichita Falls
Contrest
Duming
Mac Taylor
Lubbock
Rick Spinks
Kermit
Billy Davis
Ronald Clinkscale
Fort Worth
Arlington Heights
Archie Johnson
Seymour
Post
Jack Kirkpatrick
Johnny Tatum
Exceis Amyett
New Rioting Breaks Out In New Jersey
In Paterson New Jersey several hundred Negroes rioted over a 25 block area and carloads of youths threw Molotov cocktails in Elizabeth authorities reported. Mayor Graves mobilized 200 cops with 310 on standby and planned talks with NAACP and CORE on housing recreation and rent controls.
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Paterson
N.J
UPI
New Jersey City
Elizabeth
Here
Francis X. Graves
Graves
NAACP
CORE
New Jersey
Jersey City
Arthur Jones
Third Ward
168 Club
Moe Kutner
Blue Moon
Top Game Is Predicted for Saturday Night
Rotary Club heard that the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic promises an excellent matchup. Coaches Bumgardner and Puryear were absent for Amarillo TV appearances while assistants Horne and Willis spoke to players and trainers. Trainers Spo on and Bumgardner, program director Zirkle, and Morris Higley led the event.
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Rotary Club
Max Bumgardner
Jim Puryear
Amarillo
Buddy Horne
Leland Willis
Truman Spoon
Quanah
John Bumgardner
San Angelo
Larry Zirkle
Morris Higley
Greenbelt
Forger Arrested in Paducah in Forgery Case
Rudy Chavez of Childress is in custody on forgery charges after admitting he forged Ray Grimes’s signature on a $23.50 check at a Childress grocery. District Attorney reports Chavez, who has farm work in the county, was jailed in Paducah for drunkenness and will be returned to Childress Monday after paying a fine.
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Rudy Chavez
Childress
Justice Court
Chavez
Ray Grimes
Paducah
Alvis Maddox
Nomination Of Directors Slated For Chamber Meeting
Nominations of directors for the Chamber of Commerce will head the agenda of tomorrow nights meeting. Ten directors are to be nominated and five elected. The meeting will be at the West Texas Utilities building starting at 7 30 p m. Other business includes reports of committee action and appointment of committees.
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Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Utilities
Coment
Ion
Ret
Grass and trash fire extinguished by Fire Department
Fire Department 7s I Ne extinguished a grass and trash fire reported yesterday at 4 45 p m. The incident involved a small outdoor blaze and was contained without injuries.
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Yestery
Lyndon Visits New York for ABA Address
President Johnson will visit New York for a three hour stop to address the American Bar Association convention. He arrives from Washington at 1 pm and speaks at 2 pm in the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom, with about 2,500 in attendance and 900 more in nearby foyers via closed circuit.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
American Bar Association
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
Teachers Attend Conference On Reading
Four Childress teachers attended the 12th Annual Reading Conference for the Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading at West Texas State University. Speakers included Dr Theodore Clymer of the University of Minnesota, who spoke on Reading Program to Public and Phonics-Ways and Means.
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Childress
Texas Association For the Improvement of Reading
West Texas State University
H. P. Powers
Buford Austin
June Stanford
O. K. Smith
Theodore Clymer
University of Minnesota
Currenly
International Reading Association
Johnson Urges Vote in November Civic Duty
President Johnson urged all eligible Americans to register and vote in the November election at a White House voter registration meeting. He said democracy demands practice at home as it does abroad and called voting the first duty of democracy.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Khrushchev urges farmers to sell direct to consumers
Premier Khrushchev tours the Soviet farmbelt and tells state and collective farms to improve efficiency and cut prices by bypassing distribution trusts. He proposes selling produce directly to consumers, a topic for debate at the November Communist Party Central Committee on agriculture.
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GET Smart
Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Communist
Communist Party Central Committee
DE Students Will Meet Thursday
Z. J. Harmon distributive education coordinator at Chil Dress High School urges all DE students for 1964 65 to meet him in the DE room at 8 am Thursday Harmon just returned from a Distributive Education workshop in Austin The workshop lasted over a week due to rapid growth of the program in Texas this year
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Z. J. Harmon
Childress High School
Harmon
Austin
Texas
District Court Set for September Third Week
The next session of District Court will be held during the third week in September, as announced today.
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District Court
Pickets march on US Embassy in Cyprus amid Turkish air raids
In Nicosia a 59 member protest outside the US Embassy blamed US support for Turkish aggression. Turkish reconnaissance flights paused after a UN appeal, with a Turkish jet sighted over Kokkina. Greek Cypriots rally,警戒 heightened as cease-fire wavers and troop movements rise toward northwest coast.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
United States
America
State Department
Mediterranean
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Geneva
London
Seton
Makarios
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Syria
U.N
Ian Fleming Dies Creator of James Bond
Canterbury England UPI reports author Ian Fleming who created the James Bond secret agent 007 died at Kent and Canterbury Hospital at 2 30 a m He was 36 and had served as naval commander and assistant to British naval intelligence during World War II Bond novels feature grisly deaths and careful prose with Fleming famed for cloak and dagger fiction despite his early death.
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Canterbury
England
UPI
Ian Fleming
James Bond
Kent and Canterbury
Fleming
Bond
Kilgore Alleges Telephone Tap Amid Senate Talk
UPI reports Rep. Joe Kilgore says his home line may have been tapped last January after he hinted at a Senate run. He heard a background discussion and quotes a coded exchange about lines and defense orders. The incident prompted complaints to the telephone company and the White House. Kilgore, a Texas Democrat, later pivoted away from a Senate bid.
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Washington
UPI
Joe Kilgore
D-Tex
Senate
Kilgore
Defense Department
Pentagon
Texas
House
Amarillo TV Interviews Set For Greenbelt Bowl Coaches Visit
Max Bumgardner of San Angelo and Jim Puryear of Cisco join Cecil Park and M. K. Wilcoxson in Amarillo today for the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic. Bumgardner coaches the West, Puryear the East, with TV Channel 4 and Channel 10 interviews slated for tonight’s sports casts.
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Max Bumgardner
San Angelo
Jim Puryear
Cisco
Cecil Park
M. K. Wilcoxson
Amarillo
Bumgardner
Puryear
Chance for Showers in Childress Forecast
Light sprinkles observed in Childress with a mood of rain. Forecast calls for possible thundershowers later in the day.
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Childress
RFK to Run for New York Senate Seat
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy plans a bid for the U.S. Senate from New York. He will formally declare next week and resign as attorney general. An endorsement from Mayor Robert Wagner could bolster his candidacy against Republican Sen. Kenneth B. Keating in November.
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RFK
New York Senate
New York
UPSM
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
New York Times
the Times
Kennedy
Robert F. Wagner
The
Times
Kenneth B. Keating
Keating
4-H Horse Club Members Thank Supporters for Rodeo Success
The Childress County 4-H Horse Club and sponsors express gratitude to all who helped make the 4-H Rodeo an outstanding success. The note thanks every person who contributed in any way.
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Childress County
No Surgery Needed on Frank Barksdale
Frank Barksdale at Scott and White Clinic Temple will not need brain surgery. He receives medication for an infection and is expected to return home in about a week, according to his daughter Mrs. Tomm erison. He is not in isolation and the infection is not contagious.
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Frank Barksdale
Scott and White
Temple
Barksdale
Tommyrison
Telephone group meeting at Tell to discuss system service
Patrons of the Santa Rosa Telephone System serving Tell Northfield and Cee Wee are notified of a meeting about service. Manager C G Freeling of Vernon will be present at 8 p m Friday August 24 at Tell Community Building to discuss problems and answer questions about the system’s operation.
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TELL
Santa Rosa
Northfield
Cee Wee
C.G. Freeling
Vernon
George Bush to Speak Here August 20
George Bush, Republican candidate for the U S Senate, will speak at a Childress Jaycees meeting on August 20 at Hotel Childress. The event starts at noon and is open to the public. Reservations are available through Jaycees members or by phone. The price is 1.25 dollars per person.
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George Bush
U. S. Senate
Childress Jaycees
Hotel Childress
Reycees
Texas Wheat Outlook Brighter in 1964 Forecast
The U S Department projects Texas winter wheat for 1964 at about 61.8 million bushels, roughly 3 million above last month and 21 million above last year. The national crop is described as larger, with the overall forecast rising from prior estimates.
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Washington ON
U.S
Texas
Department
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