Jury Awards Wallace Butts 3 Million in Post Suit
A federal jury in Atlanta ruled for Wallace Butts against the Saturday Evening Post over a March 23 article. The panel awarded $60,000 in general damages and $3 million in punitive damages, saying the piece implied he leaked Georgia football secrets to Bear Bryant before the 1962 game. The ruling follows nine days of testimony and lengthy deliberations.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia
Wallace Butts
Saturday Evening Post
Butts
Alabama
Paul
Bear) Bryant
The
Post
U. S
Lewis R. Morgan
Morgan
Clay Blair Jr
Governors Change Rules To Sidestep Civil Rights
Southern governors at the Southern Governors Conference voted to require unanimous approval for resolutions, altering the rule from a three-fourths threshold. The move, seen as easing anti integration proposals by Alabama Governor Wallace and other staunch segregationists, followed efforts by Arkansas Governor Faubus to limit clashes within the group.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
UPI
Alabama
Wallace
South Carolina
Donald Russell
Miami Beach
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Southern Governors Conference
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Faubus
Elbert Carvel
Delaware
John Connally
Texas
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Barnett
Carvel
Russell
Jimmy Davis
Louisiana
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Davis
Fading cool front drops into Texas relief
A fading cool front brought summertime relief to East and Central Texas with light showers near Waco and Marfa. Temperatures cooled to 59 in Amarillo and 72 in Wink, while Laredo reached 103 as scattered showers continued in West and Southeast Texas.
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United Press International
Texas
Waco
Pecos Valley
Amarillo
Wink
Tyler
Memphis Man Charged With Aggravated Assault
Ernest P. Berry of Memphis was charged before the County Attorney this morning with aggravated assault on his wife and pled not guilty. Bond was set at 750 dollars. Police arrested Berry here around 12 05 a m. He allegedly struck his wife who is lying at Childress with a child's toy baseball bat. She required local medical attention.
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Ernest P. Berry
Memphis
Barry
Childress
Paving To Start In Two Weeks In City Streets
Resident requests for paving under the city program must sign and deposit funds at the City Manager's office. City Manager Louis Sally said recent rains delayed the contractor Cecil Farley of Quanah, who handles paving as well as curbing and gutters, but paving preparations will begin within two weeks.
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Louis Sally
Cecil Farley
Quanah
Sally
Board Hires J. J. Rhoads Science Teacher Coach
At a special called meeting the School Board hired Dave Milliner as science teacher and basketball coach for J. J. Rhoads School for the next term. Milliner, a Buship College Marshall graduate, has four years as a substitute in Dallas area schools and serves as a service major. The 1963-64 budget was reviewed and a public hearing date set for September 9 at 8 p.m. in the school offices. Mrs. Baird's Bread Co. won the lunchroom bakery products contract.
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Dave Milliner
J. J. Rhoads
Buship College
Marshall
Dallas
Mrs
Congressmen push one year extension for farm worker program
UPI reports lawmakers from states employing Mexican farm workers agreed to seek a one year extension of the expiring entry program. The move aims to ease labor shortages and keep agricultural operations running.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Football Players Asked To Meet Wednesday
A meeting of men interested in a semi pro football league is urged for 8 p.m. Wednesday at city hall. About 30 must sign before a team is formed. Fourteen have agreed so far. If organized, games will mostly be Sundays.
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Claude Lane
Kitchens Earns Master of Education At North Texas
Vernon C. Kitchens of Childress is among 282 candidates applying for master's degrees at North Texas State University this semester. Commencement exercises are set for 8 p.m. August 22 at Fouts Field. Kitchens is the son of Mrs. J. W. Kitchens of Childress and has applied for the Master of Education degree.
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Denton
Vernon C. Kitchens of
Childress
North Texas State University
Fouts
Kitchens
J. W. Kitchens
G. Nw
Clothing Appeal Seeks Baby and Child Garments
Mrs. Margaret Hipps Red Cross secretary appeals today for baby clothes, a baby's playpen, and clothing for pre school and school age boys and girls. The drive seeks items to aid families in need.
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Margaret Hipps
Red Cross
Miners Trapped in Pa Mine Face Long Rescue
A 60 ton drill works to reach three miners trapped 31 feet underground after a cave in. Two trapped men Fellin and Throne speak via microphone, while Bova remains separated and uncontacted. Rescue teams enlarge a contact hole, with hopes of reaching all three before nightfall.
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Hazleton, Pa
UPI
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Anna
Fellin
Throne
Louis Bova
Bova
Ranch foreman sues over cattle prod use in horse theft case
Orval Brasuel, a Jeff Davis County foreman, sues for 150000 alleging Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association inspector Sam Cox used an electric cattle prod more than 50 times to coerce confession about missing horses. Brasuel says lie detector showed innocence and FBI is examining.
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Association
Brasuel
A. R. Eppenauer
Jeff Davis County
Cox
Davis Mountains
Frank Coffee
Denton matriarch dies at 81 in Bryan area
Mrs. A W Denton of Childress dies at 2 30 p m in College Station her home Funeral services are set for 10 a m Wednesday at Hiller Funeral Chapel Bryan with burial in Bryan She is survived by her daughter Mrs Fred Hickman of College Station and three grandchildren
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A. W. Denton
Roger Denton
Childress
College Station
Bryan
Hiller
Fred Hickman
Walters appointed to U.S. Senate after Kefauver
Herbert S. Walters a conservative Democrat and self made millionaire was named to the U.S. Senate filling the late Estes Kefauver's seat. Birmingham moves toward desegregation of high schools in 15 days signaling end of public grade school segregation in the Deep South. Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade for a family vacation but emphasizes renewing the Soviet Yugoslav alliance. Dallas warns of possible special session if courts order Texas redistricting. Castro claims motorboats attacked a Santa Lucia plant in Pinar del Rio Province. Dillon urges swift action to curb the outflow of U.S. dollars.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Herbert S. Walters
U. S. Senate
Estes Kefauver
United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
Deep
South
Havana
Santa Lucia
Pinar del Rio
Fulenwider to Receive ACC Master of Education Degree
Abilene Christian College will award Ray Fulenwider the Master of Education degree at the August graduation exercises. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Fulenwider of Childress and a 1957 Childress High School graduate. He majored in secondary principalship and minored in American studies. About 50 master’s degrees are expected, a school record.
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Abilene
Ray Fulenwider
H. R. Fulenwider
Childress
Abilene Christian College
Childress High School
Wichita Falls Insuranceman Pennell Faces Jail Term
UPI reports Truman Kenneth Pennell a 40 year old Wichita Falls insuranceman faced five years in prison and a $25 000 fine after pleading guilty to mail fraud and securities violations Judge Sarah T Hughes cited a preacher and local officials in urging leniency and noted Pennell used Securities Enterprises to manipulate stock sales American Life Underwriters and related holdings were involved in the scheme with profits claimed at up to 275 percent for some stock resales
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Dallas
UPI
Truman Kenneth Pennell
Wichita Falls
Pennell
Graham Purcell
Dtex
Sarah T. Hughes
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
John J. Gavin
Hughes
Carl Leroy Linn
Securities Enterprises, Inc
U.S
Goldwater Signals Interest in Senate Role and 1964 Outlook
Senator Barry Goldwater told college students in Washington he is inclined to stay out of state primaries if he seeks the GOP presidential nomination but has no intention to run. He praised the Senate as the place where the people’s will is best expressed and voiced support for the planned August civil rights march, noting it should be controlled by responsible Black leaders. He suggested Republicans need not court the segregation vote in the South and predicted six million Southern votes in 1964, while criticizing communism and noting no proof against the John Birch Society’s actions.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Senate
Congress
Ft. Myer
Arizona
South
Republican Party
John Birch Society
Piano Soloes Entertain Lions Club
Piano soloist Sammy Russell entertained the Lions Club at noon today. The nine year old is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Russell. Glenn Stiner arranged the program and John Gay attended. President Truman Webb led a brief directors meeting setting the Lions Club Annual Fall Carnival for October 14 to 16. Charlie Brown, the vacationing tail twister, was welcomed back with playful pranks.
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Lions Club
Sammy Russell
Sammy
I. D. Russell
Glenn Stiner
Truman Webb
John Gay
Charley Brown
Three men charged in hot check swindle case
Three persons were filed on this morning in the office of the County Attorney for the same offense. Charges of swindling by bad checks were filed against L. Birmingham, Roy Underwood and B. L. Nichols.
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L. Birminghma
Roy Underwood
B. L. Nichols
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