Faubus Urges Stable Southern Governors Meeting
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus urged Southern and border state leaders to keep their conference from becoming a conflict over civil rights. Alabama Governor George Wallace attends with anti integration resolutions as students plan a Charleston protest demanding constitutional adherence. Faubus asks governors to avoid divisive issues and preserve unity at the Stey STE hotel gathering.
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Faubus
Charleston
W. Va
George Wallace
Maddened Moonshiner Hunted After Sheriff Kill Scene
A posse hunted Troy Thornton after he killed a sheriff and a police chief with a shotgun then wounded another officer. More than 250 officers used bloodhounds and submachine guns to track him as he fled with his teenage daughter.
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Littleville
Ala
UPDA
Troy Thornton
Thornton
Services Sunday At Estelline For L J Campbell
Funeral services for Lonnie J Campbell Sr 60 were held at 2 p m Sunday at Estelline Baptist Church. He died Friday at a brother s home in Petersburg. Burial was in Estelline cemetery. A World War I veteran born September 3 1902 he survived by two sisters and three brothers.
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Estelline Baptist Church
Lonnie J. Campbell Sr
Lakeview
Fred Nivens
Estelline
Campbell
Petersburg
Herbert Gipson
Amarillo
Mr. Campbell
Pleads Guilty To DWI Charges In County Court
Russell Benjamin Harrell of Ralls entered a guilty plea on DWI charges in County Court. He received a $125 fine three days in jail and a six month automatic driver's license suspension after a Highway Patrol arrest near here on Sunday.
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Russell Benjamin Harrell
Ralls
Highway Patrol
Here
Legion Post Meeting Discusses Fort Worth Convention
Commander Jeff Henderson announced a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday for the American Legion post Reports on the baseball team and the state convention held recently in Fort Worth will be heard during the session.
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American Legion
Jeff Henderson
Fort Worth
Buddhists threaten protests over body of burned priest in Vietnam
In Hue and Saigon Buddhist leaders threatened further crises if the body of a 17 year old novice who burned himself last week is not returned. The government says the body has been buried and denies religious persecution claims. Thousands at Xa Loi Pagoda staged a sit down hunger strike while Diem’s government and Roman Catholic leaders react.
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South Viet Nam
UPD
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thich Tri Thu
Here
Kim
UPI
Saigon
Thebig Xa Loi
Diem
Heavy Weekend Rain Delivers Widespread Gusts to 87 MPH
The first general rains swept the Childress area with varying amounts across communities. The Car-Vu theater area west of Childress logged three inches, while gusts reached 87 mph on Sunday. Hail appeared in River Camp, and rainfall totals varied from 0.32 to 2.22 inches at different gauges. The storm disrupted telephone service and boosted pasture lands and water tanks, with farmers noting potential for a fair cotton crop in some areas.
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Car-Vu Theater
River Camp
FAA
Air Field
Anderson Mitchell
Burlington
Shamrock
Wellington
Turkey
Troy Armstrong
Tell
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
Gaylon Smith
F. E. Biddy
Odis Smotherman
Clyde Hacklers
E. F. Adams
El Paso Lawyer Drowned as Flood Strikes Desert Region
Thunderstorm floodwaters swept through El Paso Sunday night drowning 36 year old lawyer Robert E. Wilson as a railroad train derailed east of the city. His daughter Sue, 11, escaped after Wilson tried to save the car and was carried away by the surge. The flood, aided by a cool front, brought heavy rain across the Panhandle with record lows in Dalhart Amarillo and numerous Texas towns reporting rainfall totals.
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Robert E. Wilson
Small
E Paso
Southern Pacific Railroad
Texas
Wilson
Sue
Cornelius Drive
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Shallowater
Sudan
Happy
Lehman
Lubbock
Goldsmith
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Quiet Weekend Reports From Police Department
The Police Department noted a relatively quiet weekend with five weekend guests in jail. The report said these individuals were jailed for drinking too much or disturbing the peace.
Bills Against Old Settlers Are Wanted
The Childress County Old Settlers Association seeks all outstanding bills. President Bill Goodson says directors will meet to reorganize on August 30 and asks that all bills be received and paid before that date.
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Childress County
Hodges to Represent U S at European Trade Fairs
Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges will be the U S representative at three international fairs in Europe next month. He will attend Zagreb Yugoslavia on Sept 7 Brno Czechoslovakia on Sept 9 and Bari Italy on Sept 10 providing U S trade promotion.
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Washington
UPI
Luther H. Hodges
U.S
Europe
Hodges
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Bari
Italy
Series On World’s Biggest Business Starts US Mails
Washington UPI reports on the Post Office as the world’s largest business by service scope and staff, delivering vast mail volume daily while facing public irritations such as sticky stamps and junk mail. The piece notes long-delayed letters and occasional mail misrouting as ongoing challenges.
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Post Office Department
Defense Department
Post Office
United States
Miners Freed as Rescue Food Reaches Trapped Trio
Three miners David Fellin Henry Throne and Louis Bove trapped for seven days in a Hazleton Pa mine were fed soup coffee and cream and received blankets and medical supplies as rescue teams drilled a second six inch hole for supplies and communication. Fellin told rescuers to keep the first hole open and to drill the second hole close to the first. Throne reported Bove was alive and fighting but out of contact.
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Hazleton
UPI
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Louis Bove
Throne
Joseph
Texas
Fellin
Gene Gibbons
Alabama Cities to Submit Desegregation Plans
Alabama's two largest cities Birmingham and Mobile must today report desegregation plans below the college level under federal orders. Both cities have not indicated plan content. Birmingham has desegregated some downtown facilities under a local agreement. Mobile has begun desegregating downtown facilities. Governor George Wallace planned to unveil anti integration resolutions at the Southern Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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United Press International
Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Schoo
South
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George Walace
Auto Owner Sought After Abandoned 1953 Chevrolet Found
Patrol officers search for the owner of a white over blue 1953 Chevrolet with license BN 4746 found abandoned and wrecked on US 83 between Childress and Wellington. Blood stains inside suggest injury or removal from the scene and possible later wander after striking a culvert. The car is said to be registered in Hale County.
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Childress
Wellington
US 83
Hale County
Yard dogs search Leatherslade Farm for royal mail theft clues
Scotland Yard tracker dogs were deployed at Leatherslade Farm to uncover evidence in the 7.2 million dollar royal mail robbery. The gang used the 200 year old Buckinghamshire farmhouse as a headquarters to count the haul.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leatherslade Farm
Royal Mail
Buckinghamshire
Violent Death Toll Rises in Texas Over Weekend
A United Press International survey records at least 28 violent deaths in Texas over the weekend starting Friday 6 p.m. Sixteen were highway fatalities and twelve were other accidents. Victims include Douglas Hinson 31 Adella Hinson 25 Ruby Hinson 69 Eddie Hinson 44 of Rusk Texas Carl Thomas 20 Jack Dot 20 Marathon Texas Joe Pena Sanderson Texas and Lynn P Jacobs Wisconsin airman.
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Texas
United Press International
Seagoville
Douglas Hinson
Adella Hinson
Ruby Hinson
Eddie Hinson
Rusk
Tex
Sanderson
Carl Thomas
Jack Dot
Marathon
Joe Pena
Lynn P. Jacobs
Wisconsin
Kennedy Returns to Washington with Family and Puppies
President Kennedy flies from Otis Air Force Base to Andrews, returns to the White House after a Cape Cod weekend with Jacqueline and children. Accompanying him are Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy, plus two puppies headed to Midwest homes.
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UPI
Kennedy
Cape Cod
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Hyannis Port
Butterfly
Caroline Kennedy
Pushinka
Jacqueline Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Caroline
John F. Kennedy Jr
Squaw Island
Otis Air Base
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Childress Man Reported Injured in Long Fall
Efforts continued to locate Don Wilson after an incomplete report of a serious injury. A relative in Childress received a 3 a.m. call that Wilson, a painter, fell from a scaffold about 175 feet near Farwell New Mexico, with a fractured pelvis.
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Don Wilson
Wichita Falls
Childress
Wilson
Farwell
N.M
Sheriff's Office
Two Teens Attend National Stage Band Camp in Denver
Pat Henry and Billy Hugh Price participate in the National Stage Band camp at the University of Denver in Denver Colorado. Both will start high school as freshmen this fall.
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Pat Henry
Owen Henry
Denver
Colo
University of Denver
Billy Hugh Price
Quanah
Tito Hopes to Meet Kennedy in United States Visit
Yugoslav President Tito said he hopes to meet President Kennedy in the United States this fall and attend the UN General Assembly in New York. Gov. Brown quoted Tito confirming the meeting and noting a prior encounter with Kennedy in the early 1950s.
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Belgrade
UPI
Josip Broz Tito
Kennedy
United States
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Tito
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Brown
Sen
Owen) Brewster
Havins Suffered Burns In Radiator Water Incident
M. R. Havins sustained first and second degree burns to his left arm and face when scalded by radiator water this afternoon. He was treated at Childress General Hospital. no other details were released.
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M. R. Havins
Childress General Hospital
Attorneys argue in Butts libel suit against Post
Atlanta UPI reports attorneys complete their arguments in the $10 million libel case filed by former Georgia athletic director Wallace Butts against the Saturday Evening Post.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia Athletic
Wallace Butts
Saturday Evening Post
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