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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1964

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Goldwater Signals Big GOP Role After Defeat

Sen. Barry Goldwater plans a larger role in shaping the GOP’s future. He will meet next week with Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in New York. Goldwater, rested after a Caribbean trip, criticizes extremism and urges governors to outline civil rights positions for the national committee.

Washington UPI Barry M. Goldwater New York City Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Arizona Capitol National Committee

Light Snow and Sleet in Childress Area Reported

Light snow and sleet fell overnight in Childress and surrounding communities with minimal moisture. FAA Station at the Air Field logged .01 inch before midnight and 18 inches total to 6 am. scattered slick spots and light frost noted, but no hazardous road conditions reported.

Childress Area Childress FAA Air Field Kirkland Tell Cee Wee Jerry Loter Community Center Floyd Biddy Robert Jones L. B. Holman River Camp

John William Stewart Buried in Turkey

Funeral services for John William Stewart 88 of Turkey were held at 10 a m in the Turkey Church of Christ with Claude Woods officiating. Burial followed in the Turkey Cemetery. He died Wednesday in a Childress rest home. A retired farmer, he had lived in Turkey since 1915 and is survived by two sons two daughters three sisters several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

John William Stewart Turkey

Mariner 4 set for course correction toward Mars

In Pasadena, a Friday morning maneuver aims to place Mariner 4 on a better path for its Mars fly by. If successful it would bring the spacecraft within 8 000 to 12 000 miles of the Martian surface next summer, instead of the 151 000 miles hoped for in July.

Pasadena Calif UPI Mariner-4 Mars

Tshombe Says Rebels Weaken As French aid Offered

Congolese troops loyal to Premier Moise Tshombe report Stanleyville secured amid mop up raids by rocket-firing government planes. Tshombe returns from Paris with vague French aid promises while Canadian official Hicks notes rebels appear to weaken as air attacks continue.

Leopoldville The Congo

Peron Ordered To Stay in Seville

Former Argentine dictator Juan D. Peron returned to Spain after a failed comeback attempt and was ordered to remain in Seville. A heavy police presence protects him at the Andalusia Palace Hotel while officials decide his future status.

Seville Spain UPI Juan D. Peron South America Andalusia Palace Peron Rio de Janeiro Dominican Republic

Poor Boys Riding Club Meets at City Hall Tonight

A meeting of the Poor Boys' Riding Club is scheduled for 7 30 p m today in City Hall with members urged to attend.

Poor Boys Club Poor Boys’ Riding Club City Hall

California UC sit-in arrests as 900 demonstrators taken from Sproul Hall

Berkeley police backed by sheriffs and highway patrol moved at 3 45 a m to remove 900 free speech sit-in demonstrators from Sproul Hall after they occupied the building since Wednesday afternoon. Robert Treuhaft leading activist in custody. Kerr says movement demands clash with university order.

Berkeley Calif UPI University of California Edmund G. Brown Robert Treuhaft Oakland Jessica Mitford Treuhaft Sproul Hall University Edward W. Strong Freedom Now Clark Kerr

Tempers Flare In Baker Case Senate Hearing

A partisan clash erupted as Senate hearings on the Bobby Baker case resumed. Democratic counsel accused Sen. John Williams of an unalterable untruth while Sen. Carl Curtis blasted the remarks as impertinence. Don B. Reynolds testified he was the bagman in the alleged scheme involving a $25,000 stadium contract and the 1960 Democratic campaign.

Washington UPI Senate Bobby Baker John Williams Carl T. Curtis Neb Lennox P. McLendon Baker Bagman Don B. Reynolds

Postoffice At Loco Closed After 75 Years of Service

G T Austin retired as Loco postmaster after 15 years and the post office closed. Mail service for the area will be provided from Childress and Wellington. The Austins plan to move to Childress. Only four post offices remain in Childress County.

U. S Loco G. T. Austin Childress Wellington Austins Kirkland Tell Carey

Mind Over Matter Debated In Psychokinesis Dispatch

UP dispatch surveys psychokinesis and dice tests at Duke University with inconclusive results. It details a Seaford Long Island case where a Hermann family experienced objects moving and a rapid spill action over five weeks in 1958, investigated by J Gaither Pratt for the Duke lab.

National Harry Ferguson United Press International Duke University Duke James M. Hermann Seaford Long Island N.Y J. Gaither Pratt Duke Laboratory

Relative of Local Residents Dies in Altus

TM Carter of Altus Oklahoma, sister-in-law of Mrs Buster Halford and brother-in-law of Carroll Hunt of Childress, died at 1 30 pm Wednesday in Altus. He was 73 and had been ill. Funeral services set for 10 30 am Friday in Altus with burial in an Altus cemetery. Other survivors include the widow and a daughter.

TM. Carter Altus Okla Buster Halford Carroll Hunt Childress Carter

Snow Fails as Winter Slams Into State

United Press International reports heavy wintry weather across the Panhandle and High Plains. Dalhart and Amarillo roads iced with four inches of snow and ice as temperatures plunged, prompting caution and salt and sand treatments by Highway Department crews.

Dalhart Panhandle Guymon Rstal Panhandle Dallas Dalhart Texan Amarillo Trafic State Highway Department Highway Department Lubbock High Plains Swisher Childress Donley County Wheeler Center Collingsworth Bris

Prater Installed as District Deputy in Waco

R. R. Prater of Childress Masonic Lodge 695 travels to Waco for installation as Deputy Grand Master of District 95. He succeeds Willard Cope. Other attendees from Childress at the Grand Lodge meeting include A. A. Whitlock, A. A. Bass, W. W. Kinney, and W. L. Painter. District 95 includes Childress, Turkey, Estelline and Lakeview.

R. R. Prater Childress Masonic Lodge Waco Ann Need Willard Cope Childress Grand Lodge A. A. Whitlock A. A. Bass W. W. Kinney W. L. Painter Turkey Estelline Lakeview

Childress Students Get Early Dismissal For Christmas Break

Childress school will dismiss Tuesday December 22 at 2 30 p m for Christmas holidays. Classes resume at the regular time on January 4.

Childress School

AMA Plans New Attack on Medicare

The American Medical Association signals a renewed campaign against the Johnson administration Medicare program during its winter conference. Dr James Z Appel of Lancaster Pa was named president elect and will lead a December Chicago trustees meeting to solidify the fight. The group also liberalized its stance on birth control and vows to win support for Kerr Mills. Appel succeeds Dr Donovan F Ward in June.

Miami Beach API American Medical Association AMA James Z. Appel Lancaster Chicago Dee 13 Board of Trustees Johnson Kerr-Mills Kerr - Mills House of Delegates Appel Doctors’ Group Donovan F. Ward Dubuque Iowa

State VFW Head To Be Here Saturday

Registration for the 13th District Veterans of Foreign Wars convention begins 3 p m Saturday at the Veterans Building with Texas Department Commander E J Krenek of Austin as guest A social hour and a dance follow in the evening A Sunday joint meeting of men and women opens at 10 a m with District Judge Charles Reynolds giving the welcome The event includes lunch at 12 30 p m and both men and women meet again in the afternoon hosted by local officers.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Veterans Uilding Texas Department E. J. Krenek Austin Veterans Building Fred Shipman Plainview Naomi Finck Tulsa Charles Reynolds Woman's Department Club Donna Mills Finck

Johnson urges Western unity amid European vision

President Johnson appealed for renewed Western unity and warned of persistent peril to freedom. Speaking at Georgetown University after surgery for a skin thickening on his hand he praised European unity and Atlantic partnership and signaled willingness to discuss nuclear weapons control amid NATO debates.

Washington UPT Johnson West Georgetown University Georgetown John F. Kennedy Western Alliance U.S NATO France United States

Pope Paul VI Calls Interfaith Cooperation in India

In Bombay the pope clasped hands with leaders of India’s non Christian missions and urged inter faith cooperation to build the common future of the human race. He emphasized unity among diverse religious groups during his visit.

Bombay India

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Barry John Stewart Mariner Tshombe Industrial Water Authority Lelia Lake Creek Bob Baker Hermann United Press Internatonal Prater Medicare VFW
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