Campers Marooned as 12 Inch Rain Strikes Texas Park
Rains up to 12 inches flood Garner State Park near Uvalde isolating campers and livestock. Air Force helicopters evacuate marooned families including Harold Kreie and his children after cars and camp gear are abandoned. Sheriff Kenneth Kelly notes many vehicles and gear left behind as floods rise.
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United Press International
Texas
South Texas
Air Force
Garner State Park
Uvalde
Garner Park
Uvalde County
Kenneth Kelly
Air Force Base
del Rio
Harold Kreie
Red Cross Fund Drive Set in September
Childress Red Cross plans a September 27 fund drive announced by board chairman Palmer Massey. A drive chairman will be named at a directors meeting this week. Massey says the county Red Cross is nearly out of funds and calls for stronger local support both moral and financial.
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Red Cross
Childress Red Cross
Palmer Massey
Childress County Red Cross
Massey
Beatles Forgiven in Detroit Crowd of 32000 Rejoice
In Detroit Olympia Stadium 32000 teens and some parents cheered the Beatles as rock icons. A lone Jesus supporter held a placard while Lennon recently said the group was more popular than Jesus, a remark he later qualified as a comparison for Christianity.
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Jesus
Detroit
UPI
Olympia Stadium
John Lennon
Chicago
WWII fighter pilot killed in Amarillo air show crash
World War II era F8F BearCat plane dived during rolls at Amarillo Aviation Day. Shelby M. Kritser, 52, former Globe News Publishing Co. general manager, died when the aircraft exploded on impact. Several thousand spectators witnessed the crash. no other injuries reported.
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Amarillo
API
Shelby M. Krittser
Globe News Publishing Co
Kruser
Tom Fleming to Receive Law Degree at Texas School of Law
Tommy Wayne Fleming of Childress will be among 115 candidates for the Echelors of Laws degree from the University of Texas School of Law on August 27, closing the summer session. Announcement was made public by Dean W Page Keenan, son of Mr and Mrs Dalby Fleming of Childress.
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Tommy Wayne Fleming
Childress
University of Texas School of Law
W. Page Keenan
Dalby Fleming
East Wins Greenbelt Bowl in a 14 to 6 victory
East squad dominated the West at Childress Fair Park Stadium in the 17th Greenbelt Bowl. Johnny Holtzinger of Dublin, Tommy Estrada of Wichita Falls, and Raymond Ater of Idalou keyed the East attack with 194 rushing yards to 19 for the West. Johnny Holtzinger was named outstanding back and Bobby Sims of Friona as outstanding lineman.
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Childress Fair Park Stadium
Johnny Holtzinger
Dublin
Tommy Estrada
Wichita Falls
Raymond Ater
Idalou
East Gridders
East Gridder
Bobby Sims
Friona
CHS Students To Attend Youth Conference
Childress High School students William Morgan Preston Danny Havins and Ben Bob Walker travel to Austin for the fourth annual Texas Youth Conference on the University of Texas campus. Sponsored by the Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Development Foundation the four day event aims to study projects for preventing juvenile delinquency. About 1300 delegates from Texas are expected to attend with local Rotary Club Elks Lodge and Scottish Rite supporting the students and expenses. Clarence Carter county attorney oversees arrangements.
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Childress High School
William Morgan Preston
Danny Havins
Ben Bob Walker
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Texas Law Enforcement and Youth Developemnt Foundation of
Earl K. Preston
Rotary Club
Littleton Havins
Elks Club
Ben Walker
Childress Rotary Club
Elks Lodge 113
Oes
Sco Rite Club
Clarence Carter
Airline strike rift widens after union walkout
Labor Secretary W Willard Wirtz blamed the International Association of Machinists for the failure to settle the 37 day airline dispute. He said a tentative deal was reached earlier but the union rejected terms when both sides met to finalize details. The IAM's Roy Siemiller walked out of the joint session as negotiations collapsed.
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Robert Buckhorn
United Press International Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
P.L. (Roy) Siemiller
International Association of Machinists
James Reynolds
Ovtermaete
Reg
IAM
Siemiller
Time Off Sought for Bloodmobile Visit in Fair Park
Employers urged to grant leave for Friday blood donations as the Red Cross Blood Center schedules a visit to Fair Park Auditorium in Childress from 12 to 6 pm. Mrs Charles Harrison notes donors turned away at 6 pm due to tight timing and finances fund the $117.50 per visit operation. Eight new chairmen announced include Mrs W L Riker and others from local churches and businesses.
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Childress
Fair Park
Charles Harrison
Red Cross
Red Piver Blood Center
Wichita Falls
Ray Hamilton to Receive BA Degree at McMurry
Ray Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs J W Hamilton of 1011 K NW will receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree from McMurry College during summer commencement exercises August 19 in Radford Auditorium on the campus. Approximately 85 persons will receive degrees. Honorary doctorates will be awarded Wagoneer Carr of Lubbock Texas attorney general who is to deliver the commencement address and Dr John Frederic Olson of Oklahoma City president of Oklahoma City University.
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Ray Hamilton
J. W. Hamilton
McMurry College
Radford
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
Texas
John Frederic Olson
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University
Certificates For Readers Ceremony Set For August 25
Participants in the Summer Reading Program will receive their certificates at 7 30 p m August 25 in an informal ceremony at The Woman s Department Club The program is sponsored locally through Childress City County Library and Friends of Childress Library
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Woman's Department Club
Childress City- County Library
Friends of Childress Library
Giant Manhunt for Detectives After Fatal Shootings
London police launched a vast manhunt across the British Isles to track down gunmen who killed three unarmed detectives. About 18,000 officers searched London with rifles and tear gas. an army mine detector team aided at Wormwood Scrubs. The killers fled in a light blue van as roadblocks formed in northern England and Wales.
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Joan Deppa
United Press International
London
UPI
British Isles
Gaunt Wormwood Scrubs
Cotton Growers Set Meeting For Thursday
The Gate City REA building hosts a Thursday meeting for all Childress County cotton producers. Sponsored by Rolling Plains Cotton Growers, it is one of nine regional outreach sessions to explain RPCG goals and foster local improvement associations. Ellis Helmers will present an update on the latest cotton insect situation from RPCG survey teams.
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Childress County
Gate City
Rea
Rolling Plains Cotton Growers
Rolling Plains
RPCG
Focal
Bhevin
Ellis Helmers
Texas Department of Agriculture
De Gaulle NATO clash cited in Eisenhower letter
UPI reports State Department released a 1958 letter from President Eisenhower rejecting De Gaulle’s plan for a three nation directorate to run NATO. The memo outlines De Gaulle’s push for greater French influence, his July 1958 talks with Dulles, and France’s subsequent withdrawal from the alliance’s military structure.
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Norman Runnion
United Press International
Washington
UPI
State Department
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
de Gaulle
America
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Nice
U.S
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Senate
Christian A. Herter
Soi
Algiers
United States
John Foster Dulles
Polio Cases Reported in Texas Reach Forty-One
Forty-one paralytic polio cases have been reported in Texas this year, all in infants and preschool children. Most victims had not been vaccinated or were not fully immunized, and officials warned polio may continue without high community immunization levels.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Texas Department of Health
Local Resident Authors Pageant The Pioneers
Panhandle resident Tony Crone authored and presented The Pioneers a pageant by Panhandle Community Theater in the Carson County Agricultural Building. Crone a Childress native and Panhandle High School English and Spanish teacher wrote the 75 cast piece using material from A Time to Purpose by Mrs. Ralph E. Randel of Panhandle. He is married to Paulette Chewninger. they have one son Kevin.
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Panhandle City
Tony Crone
Panhandle
Childress
Carson County Agricultural Building
Crone
M. L. Crone
Ralph E. Randel
Panhandle High School
West Texas State University
Paulette Chewninger
Surplus Commodities Available August 17 and 18
George Spear announced surplus commodities will be distributed August 17 and 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 217 Avenue A Northeast. Recipients must bring their own container.
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Avenue A
George Spear
Amarillo Girl Crowned Greenbelt Queen in 1966
Miss Celia Lewis of Amarillo was crowned Greenbelt Queen 1966 during halftime ceremonies at the Greenbelt Bowl in Childress Fair Park Stadium. Runners up were Peggy Thigpen Has Kell and Beverly Davis Ida lou. Miss Cookie Nizzi won Miss Congeniality.
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Celia Lewis
Amarillo
Cere
Childrese Fair Park Stadium
Peggy Thigpen
Haskell
Beverly Davis
Idalou
Cookie Nizzi
Cecil Park
Greenbelt Bowl, Inc
Gordon Graviey
Evelyn Holland
Childress
Gene Keys
Marsha Carmack
Sue Vowell
Martha Galligan
Suzanne Thurman
Lauranette Craig
Carolyn Henderson
Rita Keel
Barbara Clements
Cheryl Decker
Sharon Walkup
Earla Carmack
Elks Club
Greenbelt
Judy Henderson
Rotary Bowl
Fair Park
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Cottle County
Diane Monson
Donald Monson
Cee Wee
Monson
Paducah
Queens
Vernon
Diane
Paducah High School
Shelby Kritser
Tom Fleming
CHS
Labor Department
Wag
Mr. Siemiller
Jim Wood
Bloodmobile
W. L. Riker
First Baptist Church
Susan
Billy Cross
David Galligan
Louis Sally
City Hell
Diane Mashburn
Tone Star
O Co
Monroe Hackler
Kirkland Baptist Church
R. A Yarbrough
Gate City Eelctric Co-Op
England
Wales
Flintshire
Lke
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Saigon
Viet Nam
Haiphong
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