Democratic Forces Win Election Victory in Venezuela
In Caracas early returns show Raul Leoni of Democratic Action leading the seven contender field with 275,078 votes with Jovito Villalba and Arturo Uslar Pietri close behind. Pro Castro sabotage attempts and gunfire injured a UPI cameraman Carl Warner as authorities maintained security and voting continued.
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Romulo Betancourt
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Social Christian Party
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Democratic Popular Force
Raul Ramos Giminez
Democratic Action- Opposition
German Borregales
National Action Party
Carl Warner
Miami
Movement of the Revolutionary Left
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FALN
Fidel Castro
Elec
Sportsmen To Meet Tuesday
The Red River Sportsmen's Club holds its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 p m at the West Texas Utilities building. All members and prospective members are urged to attend per president Leland Duckworth.
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Red River Sportsmen’s Club
West Texas Utilities Building
Leland Duckworth
Dancing Tonight at Fair Park Communist Building
Dancers will meet today at the Communist Building in Fair Park for an evening gathering. The event invites local dancers to participate in a session organized at the venue.
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Fair Park
Family Night Party for Veterans Tonight
Veteran members and families will hold their annual pre Christmas party at 7 30 tonight at Veterans Buildings.
Two Grass Fires Reported Near City Parks
Two minor grass fires were reported yesterday to the Childress Fire Department. One at the Fort Worth and Denver Shops at 11 a.m. and the other in the park at the colored addition at 3:55 p.m. Both fires were extinguished with no damage.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Death Toll From Thanksgiving Weekend Tops 540
Final UPI tally shows 544 traffic deaths during the holiday period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, with 69 other accidents totaling 694 deaths overall. California led with 58 traffic deaths, followed by Texas 36 and Illinois 29.
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United Press International
California
Texas
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
North Carolina
New York State
Ohio
National Safety Council
Grace Kelly to Visit JFK Grave This Week in Philadelphia
Princess Grace of Monaco said on arrival in Philadelphia she will visit President John F. Kennedy's grave this week and call on Mrs. Kennedy. She noted the visit to the former First Lady would be at Mrs. Kennedy's convenience.
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Monaco
John F. Kennedy
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Grace Kelly
Moisture Below Average In County In 1963
The county faces a dry spell with rainfall totals through October at 15.76 inches. The FAA station lists November moisture days including 0.03 and 0.41 inches, totaling 1.72 inches for November and 1.72 inches so far in November. Year to date rainfall sums include May 2.44 inches and June 3.88 inches while October records 0.43 inches.
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FAA
Translator TV Group To Meet Tuesday Night
The Red River Valley TV Translator Association schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the courthouse. President Charles Mock urges any converter owners to attend, stressing the community ownership and need for broad financial support to cover ongoing engineering and operating costs.
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Red River Valley TV Translator Association
Charles Mock
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Childress
House To-House Red Cross Drive Tonight
The Red Cross drive begins at 6 p m tonight with porch light participation to aid local relief. Volunteers will knock on doors to continue outreach as requests for shoes medicines and a baby formula arrive seeking social security eligibility checks. Fire siren to signal start. chair Rita Kanagy notes urgent local need and Richard Bird urges generous support.
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Gene Smith
First National Bank
Walter Lockhoof
Rita Kanagy
Kanagy
Margaret Hipps
Hipps
Richard Bird
Welfare Office Set to Move Within Courthouse
The Childress County welfare office will relocate tomorrow to the courthouse office vacated by the Texas Department of Public Safety district offices. The TDPS space will shift to the new Radio Communications Center east of Childress. The Justice of the Peace office will also move into the current welfare office space.
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Childress County
Texas Department of Public Safety
TDPS
Radio Communications Center
Childress
Justice of the Peace
Fire Department to Hold Regular Meeting at City Hall
The Fire Department will hold a regular meeting at 7 p m Tuesday in City Hall. American Legion and Auxiliary will hold regular meetings at 7 30 p m Tuesday.
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Fire Department
American Legion and Auxiliary
LBJ urged to have crash effort in civil rights field
President Johnson faces a push from Whitney Young and the Urban League to launch a vigorous civil rights plan including a public works program to cut Negro unemployment. Young says 15 percent of the Negro labor force is jobless and the league, with 65 city affiliates, seeks faster action. Johnson, who previously led the equal employment opportunity effort, shows keen interest and will consider recommendations, while NAACP leader Roy Wilkins voices strong backing. Johnson plans meetings with budget and defense officials as he prepares the 1965 budget and will present the Enrico Fermi Award to J Robert Oppenheimer.
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Johnson
White House
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Johnny
League
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Wilkins
New York
Kermit
Open House Held for Texas Public Safety Radio Center
About 500 to 600 people attended the open house at the Texas Department of Public Safety Radio Communication Center in Children yesterday from 2 to 4 pm. Col. Wilson Speir spoke at the ribbon cutting and noted the center is one of 22 statewide. He said the TDPS has 2,300 employees since becoming a state agency in 1935 and stressed public support and citizenship responsibility. State Senator Andy Rogers praised the installation and referenced past doubts about completion. County Judge Leonard King introduced speakers, with attendance from officials in Amarillo Lubbock Ranger Vernon Vernon and other regional representatives.
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Col
Wilson
Pat) Speir
TDPS
Center In Children
Department of Public Safety
Col Speir
Andy Rogers
Col. Speir
Sen. Rogers
Texas
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J. W. Blackwell
Amarillo
J. A. Dumas
J. A. Stathis
Austin
Death of TV actress Kupcinet investigated as strangling
Hollywood detectives questioned friends and neighbors of Karyn Kupcinet after her nude body was found in her apartment. An autopsy cited manual strangulation and a broken neck bone. Four friends were subjected to lie detector tests as investigators pursue a lead.
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Andrew Prine
Walsh
William Mamches
Carl Vaughn
Mamches
Rubin
Hathawa
Kupcinet
Prine
Vaughn
Sharon Farrell
Miss Kupcinet
Chicago
Irv Kupcinet
The
Sun- Times
Mark Goddard
Robert Taylor
Detective
Court to Meet Washington for Opinions After Kennedy Death
The Supreme Court meets today to hand down opinions and resume postponed work after President Kennedy’s assassination. The court will have one more week for opinion writing before a December week of arguments begins with the Dec 9 Delaware Legislature reapportionment challenge. Cases from New York Alabama Virginia and Maryland have already been heard.
Smith Receives Minute Man of the Year Award
The Reserve Officers Association will honor Sen. Margaret Chase Smith with the 1964 Minute Man of the Year award at a Washington banquet in February. Brig. Gen. James E. Frank announced the selection, praising Smith as a colonel in the Air Force Reserve for her significant contribution to the stability and effectiveness of the armed services.
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James E. Frank
Pickens No 1 C E Perkins oil test staked near Kirkland
A Palo Duro formation oil test named W L Pickens No 1 C E Perkins is staked in Section 417, Block H, near Kirkland, about 2,173 feet from the south and west lines. The test will be a wildcat testing a new formation, with oil production nearby at Canyon Reef around 4,600 feet. Palo Duro expected to be reached between 5,700 and 5,800 feet.
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Section 417
Block H
Waco
Northwestern
W. L. Pickens
City Hall Rooms Being Painted denoted by City Manager
City Manager Louis Sally announced that several rooms in City Hall are undergoing painting today. The update confirms ongoing maintenance work within city government facilities.
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Louis Sally
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