Citizens of Childress Are Praised
A letter to the editor from Mr and Mrs James A McShane of Montebello California praises Childress Texas citizens for aid after a July 18 fire. The couple lost a new car about $17000 in clothes furs and jewelry plus a lost contract of about $40000 injury left them destitute. They escaped but were drenched in gasoline and faced wind driven flames.
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Childress
James A. McShane
Montebello
Calif
Texas
Utah
Plains
Dallas
35 Students Sign for DE Program at Childress High
Thirty five students at Childress High School will enroll in the Distributive Education program next term. Instructor Z J Harmon says they will join on the job training if hours and jobs can be arranged with local firms. Students will split time between classroom instruction and afternoon work in distributing merchandise or providing services.
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Childress High School
Z. J. Harmon
Childress
Harmon
Radio Center Building Plans Due Here Thursday
Plans and specifications for the Radio Communications Center to be erected east of Childress on U S 287 for the Texas Department of Public Safety will arrive here Wednesday afternoon. Construction was authorized months ago and bidding firms may secure plans at the local Public Safety District Office in the courthouse.
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Radio Communications Center
Childress
U. S. 287
Texas Department of Public Safety
Department of Public Safety
McNamara Fights Ban as U S Maintains Nuclear Edge
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told Senate the United States has tens of thousands of atomic warheads and is manifestly superior to the Soviet Union in nuclear power. He said a limited test ban would slow Soviet progress and prolong U S superiority, while acknowledging Moscow may lead in multi megaton designs. He argued U S focus on smaller megaton weapons remains more practical.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Russia
U. S
McNamara
Senate
America
Sahara
Peyrefitte
Maurice Couve de Murville
Moscow
Soviet Union
France
West Germany
City Considers Selling Irrigation Water From Local Lakes
City officials authorize a study by City Manager Louis Sally on selling irrigation water from Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority sources near Lakeress and Baylor Lake after a council vote. Water shortage limits lawn watering to odd even day schedules for homes.
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Childress
Lake Ress
Baylor Lake
Louis Sally
Michie Thaten
Sally
Thaten
Panhandle
France Plans Nuclear Tests Ahead Despite Moscow Pact
Paris reports say France will continue its nuclear test program despite the Moscow partial test ban. Alain Peyrefitte, the Minister of Information, announced the cabinet discussed the issue and will hold another meeting August 21 under President Charles de Gaulle.
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Paris
UPI
France
Moscow
Alain Peyrefitte
Elysee Palace
Charles de Gaulle
Peyrefitte
Algiers
Sahara
French Atomic Energy Commission
Six Teachers Hired By Childress Schools
Childress School Board accepted four resignations and hired six new teachers in a regular meeting on Monday night. Resignations included B. J. Stinson and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Hunt of J. J. Rhoads and Mrs. Helen Carter of East Ward. New hires include Ivey Murchison at Rhoads, Raymond Campbell at Rhoads, Barbara F. Kyle for junior high physical education, Carolyn Miller for high school English and Spanish, Ray Don King for junior high and athletics, and J Frank Inman of Chil (Continued On Page 3)
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Childress School Board
B. J. Stinson
Franklin D. Hunt
J. J. Rhoads
Helen Carter
East Ward
Ivey Murchison
Rhoad
Huston-Tillotson
Austin
Italy
Raymond Campbell
Floydada
Rhoads
Texas College
Tyler
Lufkin
Barbara F. Kyle
Wilson
East Texas State
Commerce
Galena Park
Sherman
Carolyn Miller
Childress
Estelline High
WTSC
Canyon
White Deer High School
Ray Don King
Paducha
Colorado Springs
Hardin-Simmons
Community Center Club Hosts Public Bingo Night
The Community Center Club invites the public to a bingo party at the old school building at 8 p.m. Thursday. Members and residents are welcome to join this social event and enjoy the game.
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Community Center Community Club
Pleads Guilty To Aggravated Assault
Sam Davis pled guilty to aggravated assault on a female. A $50 fine plus costs was imposed. he remains in County jail. No medical treatment was required. Davis lives near the Harden County line and was arrested by the sheriff's department.
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Sam Davis
Childress County
Davis
Hardeman County
Hideaway of Robbers Located
Scotland Yard says the hideout for the royal mail train looters was Leatherslade Farm, 25 miles from Cheddington. Empty mail bags were found. no money recovered. Police seal off the site for days and bring in fingerprint experts.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
George Hatherill
Leatherslade Farm
Cheddington
Hatherill
Lubbock Man Arrested for Burglary
Charley Albert Mitchell of Lubbock was arrested at the bus station this morning by Chief Maddox and Odis Burrows on charges of burglary of a coin operated machine. He admitted taking 14.70 in coins from Hartleys Shoe Store front machine after breaking in. Bond set at 1500 dollars. held in County jail.
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Charley Albert Mitchell
Lubbock
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
Odis Burrows
Mitchell
Hartley
Justice Court
Roy Tippett Wins Two Events at Dumas Rodeo
Roy Tippett won the goat-tying contest in 2.9, and the hoop the stake in 20.9 at the 4-H Little Britches Rodeo in Dumas. He also placed fourth in bull riding to earn the All-Around Cowboy title. accompanied by his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tippett Jr and Mrs. Mary Lou Tippett.
City paved alley behind Childress General Hospital
City Manager Louis Sally announced that the alley behind Childress General Hospital has been paved, improving access and drainage for nearby services. The project was completed this month by city crews and contractors.
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Childress General Hospital
Louis Sally
VFW Meeting Tonight With Commander Toler
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post holds a regular meeting at 7:30 tonight at Veterans Building. Commander Albert Toler announced the gathering.
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VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Veterans Building
Albert Toler
Explosion Behind Berlin Wall Sparks Wide Blow
A blue flame shot into the air near the Teltow Canal in East Berlin as a blast rocked the border zone on the eve of the Berlin wall’s second anniversary. West Berlin police reported border guards patrolling the area and possible gunfire, with no arrests confirmed and no cause determined.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Teltow
Butts Breaks Down As He Gives Testimony
ATLANTA UPI Wallace Butts faces a near end to his 10 million libel suit as John Carmichael testifies that Burnett notes cited as evidence differ from the copies shown earlier. Carmichael said he saw Burnett’s notes from a telephone call between Butts and Bear Bryant and Butts cried as he denied conspiring to fix the Georgia Alabama game.
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Atlanta
UPI
Wallace Butts
Butts
John Carmichael
George Burnett
Carmichael
Burnett
Georgia
Alabama
Paul
Bear) Bryant
Porcion 72 Dispute Moves To State Survey
In Edinburg Texas landowners in the Porcion 72 tract agree to let state appointed surveyor Byron Simpson examine the disputed 5000 acre area over mineral rights amid a 250 voter dispute at the courthouse. Survey results and a public hearing in Austin will follow for a state claim decision.
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Edinburg, Tex
UPI
Porcion 72
Spain
Edinburg
Byron Simpson
San Antonio
Jerry Sadler
Guerry Strong
Austin
State Land Office
Strong
Texas
Simpson
Sadler
McAllen
Charles Thompson
Cheerleaders Win Again In SMU Contests
Childress High School cheer leaders repeated victory at SMU Dallas winning first in group judging and the overall competition among 820 attendees as reported. The school closes Friday.
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SMU
Childress High School
Dallas
Negro Leaders Seek Supreme Court Ruling on Prince Edward Schools
In Richmond Virginia Negro leaders planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a Fourth Circuit ruling that Prince Edward County may legally abandon its public education system. The court held the issue is for state courts, leaving the county’s schools closed for a fifth year.
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Richmond
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Telstar Film Shown To Lions Club Audience
Telstar was the subject of today’s Lions Club noon program. A colored film traced Telstar’s birth, construction, launch, and first transmission. Wiley Shires arranged it, Sam Miller presided in Truman Webb’s absence, with guests E F Herzik Amarillo, Bert May, Jerry Newberry and John Bennett.
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Telstar
Lions Club
Wiley Shires
Sam Miller
Truman Webb
E. F. Herzik
Amarillo
Bert May
Jerry Newberry
John Bennett
Kennedy Tax Plan Wins Broad Democratic Backing
President Kennedy’s revised tax program would cut net taxes by 10.6 billion dollars for individuals and corporations, phasing in next year. The plan lowers rates by about 20 percent for individuals, reduces corporate relief, and avoids many of the earlier tightening provisions, drawing strong support from Ways & Means Democrats.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury
Douglas Dillion
Democrats
Rainfall at press time adds to total inches
At 2 p.m. Mrs. Carrie Hardin reports 0.2 inches of rain with a total of 23 inches so far. Brisk showers continue.
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Carrie Hardin
Panhandle Drenched as Front Drops Rain Across Texas
A Rocky Mountain cool front drenched the Panhandle with up to three inches of rain. In the south of the state Browns ville saw a light shower while Amarillo recorded 1.24 inches through the night. The system brought cooler temperatures and relief for parched lands.
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United Press International
Rocky Mountain
Panhandle
Brownsville
Texas
Amarillo
Dalhart
Rainy spell dashes hopes for late cotton crops in panhandle
Scattered rains varied across the Panhandle with Sam Weir's near Tell recording .70 inch. County Agent Harry Cox said about 15 percent of late cotton may yield no bolls regardless of rain and another 15 percent may produce around a quarter bale. Early dryland cotton should fare better, with gauge totals ranging from trace to .30 inch in spots.
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Childress
Panhandle
Sam Weir
Tell
Harry Cox
Burlington
Turkey
Quitaque
Silverton
F. E. Biddy
High Point
Andrews
Violence Flare Feared As Negroes Clash With Whites on South Side
Racial tensions in Chicago's South Side exploded early today as Negro youths hurled rocks at white boys and integrationists tried to set fire to a portable classroom. Police halted the melee after gas line threats and scattered arrests followed a Monday disturbance at a mobile school construction site. A white youth was treated at Mercy Hospital for injuries.
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United Press International
Chicago
South Side
Mercy Hospital
Historical Group To Meet Wednesday
The Childress County Historical Survey Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the courthouse. Chairmen of the subcommittees are invited to attend, per chairman Garland Terrell.
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Childress County
Fire Department Responds to Church Fire and Grass Fire
The Fire Department answered two calls this weekend. One Sunday at 1 p.m. a small church at 1003 D. Sw. reported an air conditioner fire. Monday a grass fire burned along the overpass right of way on s, Fire Chief John Ballew said.
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D. Sw
John Ballew
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J. Frank Inman
Chil
Roy Tippett
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Prince Edward
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JFK
Dillon
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