Justice Department Moves Against U S Communist Party
The Justice Department prepares swift action against the U S Communist Party for failing to register as an arm of the Soviet Union by the Nov 20 deadline. Indictments against the party are expected today with potential daily fines and prison terms for officers and members failing to register. The case follows a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Subversive Activities Control Board order.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
U.S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Russia
New York
Supreme Court
Felix Franfurter
Gold Star Boy And Girl To Attend Banquet
Childress County's Gold Star Boy and Girl will attend the District 3 Gold Star Banquet for 4-H members Saturday evening in Vernon at the Memorial Auditorium. David Ratliff of Stamford will speak. Attending from Childress are Gold Star winners Larry Murphy and Barbara Sledge with their parents, county agents, district officers, and local 4-H staff. A council meeting precedes the 6 p.m. banquet.
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Childress County
Memorial
Vernon Sea
David Ratliff
Stamford
Chile Smith
Childress
Larry Murphy
Barbara Sledge
Pat Murphy
C. E. Sledge
Smith
Andy Scott
Paula Shaw
James Roy Austin
Feeding of Livestock Pens Proposed Near Childress
A group of about 40 farmers and businessmen at the Childress courthouse discussed forming a corporation to operate feeding pens for breeding stock. They voted to continue investigations and plan a follow up meeting within two weeks.
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Childress
Trailer homes moving into Childress increase activity
Several trailer houses have been moving into Childress this week and today with oil company involvement. Jeff Henderson, CofC Manager, reports five arrived today and more are expected from Sonora, Texas as indications point to continued arrivals.
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Childress
Jeff Henderson
Cofc
Sonora
Tex
Tshombe Blames U.N. For Recent Reatina Incident
Elisabethville—Katanga President Moise Tshombe blamed the United Nations for the beating of two top U.N. officials and the killing of an Indian U.N. soldier. He said U.N. elements sought to discredit Katanga and claimed U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd supported him during a news conference here.
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Elisabethville
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
U.N
U. N
Tshombe
U. S
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Balmy Weekend Weather Expected Across Texas
A warm and balmy weekend is forecast for Texas as a low pressure trough keeps temperatures mild. Humidity may make nights feel cooler, and a Pacific cold front failed to reach Texas, leaving skies cloudy statewide with overnight lows from 32 to 66 degrees and no rainfall in the past 24 hours.
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United Press International
Texas
U. S
Wink
Brownsville
Wichita Falls
Alpine
Vernon Man gunman in double deadly Wichita Falls incident
A drunken spree ends in murder and assault as Julian Price Webster, 38, fatally wounds Helen Best and Byrd Robertson after confronting Joyce Hedges in Wichita Falls. Webster, who later boasted of the killings, is arrested after a dramatic confrontation at an all night store.
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Vernon
Wichita Falls
Tex
UPI
Julian Price Webster
Sur
Webster
Joyce Hedges
Helen Best
Byrd Robertson
Robertson
William E. Best
Best
Miss Hedges
Dallas
Houston
Helen
Reds Launch U N Effort To Seat Red China
The United Nations debate opens as the Soviet Union, the United States, and China discuss seating Red China. Russia vetoed a Security Council recommendation blocking Kugait's admission, while the General Assembly considers two anti nuclear weapons resolutions amid Cold War tensions.
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Reds
U.N
Red
China
United Nations
N.Y
Communist World Today
United States
General Assembly
Valerian A. Zorin
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Russia
Security Council
Kugait
Council
Assembly
Britain
France
Negotiators Head Home From Nuclear Talks
In Geneva US and British chief negotiators Arthur H. Dean and Joseph Godber return home disappointed by the Soviet refusal to negotiate a controlled ban on nuclear tests. After four days of renewed talks bogged down in their fourth year, they will press Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin for a specific answer while others stay for formalities.
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Geneva
UPI
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph Godber
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Goldberg Assures Labor No Wage-Price Control
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg told AFL-CIO leaders that the Kennedy administration will not impose wage-price controls. He urged labor unity as internal tensions between building trades and industrial unions surface amid Rep. Reuther’s criticism and past missile base wage campaigns.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
U. S
Goldberg
AFL - Cio Building Trades Department
Dc. J. Haggerty
Afl-Cio
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Detroit
Haggerty
Senate
General Strike Appears To Be Ending In Dominican Republic
A truckload of troops forced through a crowd of about one thousand demonstrators injuring three or four women as the general strike to topple President Balaguer faltered. Shops opened, communications returned, and the regime pressed for compliance with an ultimatum.
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Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
D. R
Independence Square
Joaquin Balaguer
Decision On Nuclear Testing Expected Soon
Washington reports indicate a presidential decision on resuming nuclear tests will come within weeks. Kennedy weighs Russia’s fall test series and conflicting military and analytic recommendations. Some sources claim initial fallout analysis shows no breakthrough while others warn of Soviet advances.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Kennedy
Russia
United States
U.S.S.R
County 1962 Cotton Allotment Drops 2.8 Percent
ASC announced a 2.8 percent reduction in Childress County's 1962 cotton allotment from 1961. The decrease applies to each cotton producing farm and allotments are being mailed today, per Office Manager Gene Frisbie.
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Childress
ASC
Gene Frisbie
Frisbie
District Attorney John Forbis Addresses Scottish Rite Club
District Attorney John Forbis spoke on This Changing World at the Scottish Rite Club dinner meeting. Ernest Hamm was welcomed as a new member and twenty members attended.
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John Forbis
Scottish Rite Club
Ernest Hamm
Spinster Leaves 6 Million Nest Egg in Kansas
Margaret Baker, 79, Kansas schoolteacher, died November 21 in Washington. Executors reveal 9 300 IBM shares worth 558 50 each at her death, with a later paper loss. Her estate includes 12 farms and multiple acres across western Kansas and Nebraska. taxes may take about half. The will lists 166 relatives and 40 farm tenants.
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Margaret Baker
Miss Baker
R. A. Lobaugh
New York Stock Exchange
Lobaugh
Soldiers of 45th Write Protest Letter
About 100 soldiers of the 49th Armored Division of Texas at Fort Polk sign a letter asking to be released from active duty. They criticize conditions at the base and question the draft call, while some say prior service and marriage affect their deployment status. Fort Polk, near Leesville, Louisiana, hosts the 148 795 acre post.
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Fort Polk
UPI
49Th Armored Division
Texas
James E. Vance
Texas National Guard
Vance
Polk
Louisiana
Leesville
Hunting Accident Victim Jack Kindle Admitted
Jack Kindle was admitted to Childress General Hospital at 3 pm with a shotgun wound. His condition was reported as satisfactory at press time. No other details were available.
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Jack Kindle
Childress General Hospital
Execution Date For Stickney Set Monday
The 13th execution date will be set at 9 a.m. Monday for condemned killer Howard Stickney. Judge Miron Love issued a bench warrant to bring Stickney from Huntsville to resentencing and set a new execution date. Stickney was convicted of murdering Shirley Barnes on a Galveston Beach in 1958.
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Houston
UPS
Howard Stickney
Criminal Dist
Miron Love
Stickney
Huntsville Penitentiary
Shirley Barnes
Galveston
Merchants Prep for Last First Monday Sales
Childress merchants prepare for what they hope will be their best First Monday sales of 1961. This Monday marks the year’s final First Monday. Special ads will appear in the Sunday issue of The Index to aid Christmas shoppers with gift items.
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Childress
The
Index
Barbs by Hal Cochran on mind wealth and a doctor's view
A doctor asserts real wealth is a state of mind while a playful column includes a remark about money. An Ohio girl has undergone eight operations, described as providing a lifetime of conversation and commentary.
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Ohio
Unclear read of home chairs and horse play
The text describes uncomfortable chairs in homes and a remark about horses in or out of the money. It presents a whimsical, mixed notion without a clear event or named entities.
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