Tower Leads Narrowly in Texas U S Senate Poll
A Wichita Falls poll shows John Tower with a small lead in the U S Senate race to replace Lyndon Johnson. William Blakley and Jim Wright trail, with Tower drawing more Republican and independent support. No candidate holds a clear edge as the campaign opens.
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U. S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Wichita Falls
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Dallas
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
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Senate
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Blakley
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
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Martin Dies
Congress
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John Connally
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A Thad Hutchesor
Joe Kilgore
Wright Morrow
Ben Rameey
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Allan Shivers
Will Wilson
Olin Teague
College Station
Frank ‘Ikard
Ed Gossett
Ballas
Henry Gonzales
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
County 1961 Cotton Quota Increased in Childress
The ASC office released the 1961 cotton allotment for Childress County, up about 17 percent from 1960 to 59 787 acres. Farmers will receive individual allotments by Friday December 2, with mailings also to Soil Bank farms. Farmers may release non Soil Bank acreage at the ASC office to keep county totals. Local referendum on 1961 cotton marketing quotas set for December 13 and wives of eligible farmers may vote.
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ASC
Childress
Gene Frisbie
Frisbie
Missing cow elk found again near Fair Park zoo
John Ballew, chief fire fighter of Childress, is credited with locating the missing cow elk that escaped its new home at Fair Park zoo over a week ago. Officials plan to tranquilize and relocate her if she does not leave the area again.
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John Ballew
Childress
Fair Park Zoo
Kennedy urged to press West Germany on dollar drain
President-elect Kennedy was told the Eisenhower administration wants continued pressure on West Germany to curb the drain on U.S. gold and dollar reserves. Treasury Secretary Anderson discussed the plan with Kennedy aides and urged Ford Motor Co to halt a $359 million stock purchase, a move Ford denied. Anderson and Nitze briefed Kennedy on Bonn talks with German leaders and the troop-cost issue, with no public Kennedy reaction yet.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
West Germany
U.S
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Kennedy
Anderson
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Detroit
Paul Nitze
Ander
Son
Bonn
Douglas Dillon
Nitze
School Leaders Meet at Claude County District Nine
County Superintendent Wade Kimbrough and district coordinator E A Sanders attended a District 9 leaders meeting at Claude yesterday.
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Wade Kimbrough
E. A. Sanders
Childress
District 9
Claude Yeserday
UT Students Charged Over Bomb Incident
Dist Atty Les Procter says he will present the case against two University of Texas students suspected of throwing a bomb at an interracial meeting outside the YMCA near campus. One suspect confessed to the act. both were jailed after police arrest.
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Caracas
Andres Bello High School
Rocket debris possibly fell on Cuba in 1959 space test
UPI reports Defense Department officials could not rule out wreckage from a Thor-Able-Star rocket destroying over the Atlantic may have landed in Cuba. Fragments with English labels and date Aug 4 1959 were found near Holguin, prompting concern amid tense US Cuba relations.
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United Press International
Cape Canaveral
UPI
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Atlantic
Cuba
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Holguin
Omerite
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la Victoria
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Peronal
Mayari
Colonia San Jose
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Per
State Department
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Earth
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Antarctic
Cape
Africa
Attempted assassination in crowded Dallas schoolyard
Five shots were fired into a Crozier Tech High School courtyard as students dove for cover. Teenager Tony Cipriano 18 and accomplice Johnny Villareal 17 fled in a stolen car. Cipriano claimed self defense. No one was hurt. a textbook was damaged by a slug in Armando Sareta’s book.
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Dallas
API
Armando Sareta
Crozier Tech High School
Tony Cipriano
Johnny Villareal
Walter Schiebel
Grand Jury Released List for Upcoming Session
Sixteen persons were notified to report for Grand Jury service at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, with Judge Luther Gribble presiding during a regular District Court week. Names include James S. Brewer, James Ray Hackler, Clifton Garner, Harold Scott, A. Coyle, John Campsey, George Walter Payne, Mrs. Raymond B. Scott, T. E. Carter, R. C. Mayhughs, Mrs. Jewell Terry, John Turk Fowler, Jess Key, Mrs Arlie Key, Carl Denny and Mrs Bruce Parr. Twelve will serve.
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Luther Gribble
James S. Brewer
James Ray Hackler
Clifton Garner
Harold Scott
A. Coyle
John Campsey
George Walter Payne
Raymond B. Scott
T. E. Carter
R. C. Mayhugh
Jewell Terry
John Turk Fowler
Jess Key
Arlie Key
Carl Denny
Bruce Parr
All-District Team Selected for 5AA
Two Childress Bobcats earned All District honors and two more were named honorable mention after a coaches meeting in Shamrock. The 1961 District schedule is published with the Sports pages of today’s Index.
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Childress Bobcats
Shamrock
Important Meeting On Soil Fertility In County
Tonight at 7 in the district courtroom farmers and businessmen will discuss an intensified Soil Fertility program. County Agent Chile Smith urges all to attend. agronomist Ben Spears of the Texas Agriculture Extension Service will speak as the meeting reviews proposed changes for administrator's certificates.
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Chile Smith
Ben Spears
Texas Agriculture Extension Service
Cold Front Moves Over North Atlantic
The Weather Bureau forecast new snow across the region as icy winds from a cold front sweep the mid-40s water of the Great Lakes. A foot of snow was expected in northwestern and north central Pennsylvania with wind-blown snow through Ohio Valley western New York and New England. Wind-driven drifts up to four feet threatened to paralyze Buffalo and Batavia.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
New York
New England
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Batavia
Bobcats Head to Vernon Lions for Friday Night Clash
The Childress Bobcats seek a third straight win as they face the AAA Vernon Lions in Vernon in a Friday night double header. The B game starts at 6 30 p m with a second game to follow. The Bobcats then travel to Bobcat Gym Saturday to meet the Pampa Harvesters, a strong AAAA club with state titles.
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Vernon Lions
Vernon
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Pampa Harvesters
Bobcat Gym
Cuba demanded action over UPI shooting of embassy official
The United States charges Cuban army captain Jorge Robreno Mariegos shot Wayne Henderson, a Havana embassy official, in a night club after a disputed counterfeit five dollar bill. Henderson, 24, is recovering in a Cuban hospital and remains a material witness.
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UPI
United States
U.S
Havana
State Department
Jorge Robreno Mariegos
Cuba
Wayne E. Henderson
Pasadena
Calif
Henderson
Intersection 83 and Ave B Sw Being Modernized
Roadwork at the intersection of Highway 83 and Ave B Southwest continues with new curbing and islands near the southwest city limits. City Manager Louis Sally notes the project progress and completion is near.
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Ave. B
Louis’ Sally
Mrs Morgan Dies in Childress Hospital Funeral Pending
Mrs. Willie L. Morgan age 77 died at 8 15 am today in Childress General Hospital Funeral services by New aoe are pending She was born September 9 1883 in Winsboro Texas and had lived in Childress ten years moving there from Lubbock Survivors include two daughters Mrs Ralph Shipman of Childress and Mrs Sandy Forrester of Climax Colorado four sons John H of Corpus Christi Bert of Abilene Leo of Dallas and M Sgt James A Morgan in Germany with the Armed Forces
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Willie L. Morgan
Childress General Hospital
New Aoe
Winsboro
Tex
Childress
Lubbock
Ralph Shipman
Sandy Forrester
Climax
Colo
John H
Kennedy Names Williams to Administration
President-elect John F Kennedy announced his choice of Gov. G Mennen Williams of Michigan as secretary of state for the new administration. The formal announcement followed a chilly windswept appearance at Kennedy’s home front entrance with Williams by his side.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Ica
Kennedy
Williams
Eisenhower Names Nixon GOP Leader for Next Four Years
President Eisenhower endorses Vice President Richard M. Nixon as the party’s titular head for four years. The White House announced Nixon’s appointment after a White House dinner with cabinet members and administration allies among about 90 guests.
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Washington
Goldwater Sees Eisenhower as GOP Leader Not Nixon
Senator Barry Goldwater said President Eisenhower remains the GOP leader, not Vice President Nixon, and that Nixon would need a public office to sustain his political platform. He declined to commit to the 1964 nomination but did not rule it out.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Republican Party
GOP
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Nixon
Algeria pushes UN for referendum on independence
Algerian rebels meet with a Afro-Asian committee in New York to draft a strong UN backed resolution demanding France permit a United Nations organized referendum on Algerian independence. The Afro-Asian draft could be ready by week’s end as the 99 nation main committee prepares to act.
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UPID
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General Assembly
Mohammed Yazid
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