September 28 Ballot Target For Greenbelt Water Project Vote
Childress City Council announced a tentative September 28 ballot date for Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority project voting. Jack Morris of R A Underwood and Company said no reason you vote that day, as legal requirements necessitate timing to inform voters. Morris outlined three proposed rate options to fund water purchase and retire debt, and offered to draft other structures for council review.
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Greenbelt
Morris
Railroads rebuff Mansfield on extension deadline
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged trains to run beyond the 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline to avoid a nationwide rail strike. J. E. Wolf of the National Railway Labor Conference rejected the appeal, calling past extensions a mistake that unions used to bolster their public relations.
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Washington
UPD
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
J. E. Wolf
National Railway Labor Conference
Wolfe
Two Miners Rescued After Two-Week Underground Ordeal
In Sheppton Pennsylvania two miners Henry Throne 28 and David Fellin 58 were evacuated from a chamber over 300 feet underground after 14 days. They were lifted through an 18 inch shaft drilled 309 feet and flown to Hazleton State General Hospital in good condition. Throne expressed willingness to return to mining and Fellin remained in high spirits saying he was not scared. Authorities hoped third trapped miner Louis Bova 42 survived, as drilling resumed nearby.
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Sheppton
UPI
Henry Throne
David Felling
Throne
Fellin
Peter ‘Aras
Anthony Fedullo
Louis Bova
States
Beecher Charmbury
Bova
Hazleton State General Hospital
Gordon Smith
Coney Island
Smith
Women Nominated for City Development Board
Three or more women have been submitted to the City Council for appointment to the Board of City Development. Lois Stiner of the Business and Professional Women's Club informs The Index that she has contacted Mayor Michie and urged consideration of women for public boards. Stiner stresses that B&PW members are not automatically qualified. Two B&PW women had previously been candidates for the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, but their names did not win in the last election, which was later voided by CofC directors. Vern Rucker asked to withdraw his name from the CofC-BCD slate.
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Board of
City Development
B&pw
B&p Club
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Cofc
Vern Rucker
Cofc-Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Coin Club Elects New Officers
The Childress Coin Club closed its first year with President Marvin Dabbs summarizing the year’s activities. New officers were installed: Jeff Henderson president D J Jenkins vice president Miss Marie King secretary and treasurer, with five new directors Herbert Clift Mrs Dabbs A Coyle Jimmy Longbine and Bill Howard.
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Childress Coin Club
Marvin Dabbs
Dabbs
Jeff Henderson
D. J. Jenkins
Marie King
Herbert Clift
A. Coyle
Jimmy Longbine
Bill Howard
Memphis
Quanah
Vernon
City Council Establishes Industrial Fund and Utilities Measures
The Childress City Council adopted an emergency ordinance creating an Industrial Fund funded by half a mill yearly to attract industry. They approved extending a water line to the Highway Patrol Radio Communications Center and studied electrical line regulations with West Texas Utilities. The council also closed an unused alley in the Country Club Addition and considered purchasing two police radios. Executive sessions discussed water rates with a public special meeting planned.
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Childress
Highway Patrol
Mike Wilson
Charles Mack
Michie Thaten
Bud Davis
Robert Johnson
West Texas Utilities
WTA
Country Club
Thaten
Crowell Declines Joint Vote on Greenbelt Water Plan
Crowell will not vote with other cities on joining the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority. The September 28 election date rests with local action, while state approval from the Texas Water Commission is required for Crowell to participate. The commission meeting on September 18 will not delay other cities' voting.
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Crowell
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
S. H. Townsend
Greenbelt
Texas Water Commission
Dr. Townsend
Numbered Letter Arrives At The Index
The Index received a letter addressed to a long numeric sequence. Donald Black notes the numbers reflect his life and jokes that they prove people are just numbers and postal workers are on the ball.
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Donald Black
Donald
Childress Post Office
Oil Showings Reported at Owens Test North of Red River
Three slight oil showings were found in a test on Steve Owens property north of Red River in Childress County. The drilling rig has been taken down but remains on site. No announcements were made about further tests. another rig moved into Kirkland with no notice. The O P Leonard Oil Company rig stayed on the Oda Coats property in Kirkland field.
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Steve Owens
Red River
Childress County
Anderson Mitchell
Kirkland
Perkins-Cobb
O. P Leonard Oil Company
Oda Coats
Jury Dismissed In County Court
In County Court this morning the jury was dismissed after motions for continuance by defendants Raymond Rowell and Charles L. Helmstettler were granted and trial dates set for September 25. Bonds were forfeited in two cases for failing to appear. An old case involved Ollie Ellis charged with negligent homicide from an automobile incident.
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Leonard King
Raymond Rowell
Charles L. Helmstettler
Ollie Ellis
Ian Te
Prescott
School Registration Reminder and Campus Assignments
Supt J W Hamilton reminds parents and students in Childress that elementary registrations start Thursday at 1 pm and classes begin next Tuesday at 8 30 am All campus assignments are listed by school Wilson district N W Childress addressees and 1962 63 grade transfers plus special education for retarded students Jr High covers grades 1 8 with S E address pupils and 5th grade East Ward 4th grade transfers plus 6th grade Jr High 5th grade transfers Continued on Page Five
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J. W. Hamilton
Childress
Wilson
N. W. Childress
Robert E. Lee
Wilson and
Jr. High
Ancing
S. E
Ed East Ward
Vanguard Arrives for Massive March on Washington
Tens of thousands of integrationists began arriving in Washington for a large march on Wednesday calling for jobs and freedom. Organizers expect up to 150000 participants and heavy traffic as crowds flock from across the country by bus car and even roller skate into the capital. Police imposed a wide no parking zone around central city landmarks ahead of the event.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Chicago
Men 21 35 Invited To Visit Highway Patrol
Local Patrolmen of the Texas Highway Patrol invite men aged 21 to 35 in Childress to meet at the Courthouse office Friday between 7 and 8 30 p m to try out for a Texas Department of Public Safety Patrol Service job. Candidates must be Texas citizens for at least one year and meet height and weight requirements. Salary starts at 453 dollars per month after 16 weeks of academy training and assignment within 100 miles of home. The posting emphasizes career security and a challenging role in protecting lives and property.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Childress
Highway Patrol
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dan Dowdy
Cotton Industry Slides Shown to Lions Club
Colored slides of the cotton industry in Childress County were shown and narrated to the Lions Club by Sim Vaughn. He illustrated defoliating through machine gathering ginn ing lot storage compressing and loading onto ships. Walter Chambliss and Johnny Glover were initiated and Don McManaman attended as guest.
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Childress County
Lions Club Today
Sim Vaughn
Vaughn
Walter Chambliss
Johnny Glover
Lapel Pi
Don McManaman
Four Teens Hospitalized After City Wrecks
City police logged three crashes since 3 45 p m Monday with the latest at 9 45 a m today sending four Childress girls to Childress General for minor injuries. Linda Waltermire 17 Nancy Harrington Pat Street and Rita Valenzuela were treated and held for further examination after a two car collision at 10th Street and Avenue F N W.
Freshmen Registering Wednesday at High School
All students entering high school as freshmen are asked to register Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon. The office secretary reported today that all freshmen can register during the same morning hours instead of returning in the afternoon as previously announced.
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Railroads
Bull McKee
Fort Worth
Denver
Burlington
BCD
Coin Club
Vanguard
Texas
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