India accuses Portugal troops of border violations near Goa
New Delhi says Portuguese troops from Goa crossed into Indian territory and fired on a passenger ship, wounding one man, and fatally shooting a fisherman near Anjado Island. India protests and recalls past incidents while keeping peaceful posture, amid broader Sino Indian border tensions.
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New Delhi
India
Bombay
Portugal
Goa
Tibet
Jawaharlal Nehru
Red China
Wright Pleads Not Guilty to Theft Charges
Horace Wright, a Black man, pleads not guilty to misdemeanor theft in County Court. Bond set at 750 dollars. he remains jailed. Charges filed by Nina Sims. Wright arrested by city police.
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Horace Wright
Nina Sims
Wright
Patrol Car Damaged In City Street Accident
A city patrol car suffered minor damage in an afternoon collision on Third Street between Avenue G and H. John Wilson, driving a tractor, pulled onto the street in front of Officer Joe Ricks’ patrol car. no injuries occurred and Wilson agreed to repair the vehicle.
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Third Street
Avenue G
John Wilson
Joe Ricks
Wilson
Ricks
Soviets Announce Big Budget Trash Hauling Charges Change This Month
City Manager Louis Sally announced new trash hauling rates for the business district in Childress. Charges rise overall with a minimum of 1.50 dollars and a maximum of 20 dollars per month. The actual bill depends on the amount hauled and the number of pickups per week.
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Childress
Louis Sally
Sally
Soviet Union sets record peacetime military budget for 1962
Soviet Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov announced at the Supreme Soviet opening that the USSR will spend 13.4 billion new rubles on the armed forces in 1962, about 14.47 billion dollars at the official exchange rate, amid NATO pressures.
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Nal Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Vasily Garbuzov
U.S.S.R
Supreme Soviet
Braniff and Pan American Plan Dallas to London Jet Service
Braniff International Airways and Pan American Airways announce a proposed interline one plane service linking Dallas and Houston with Chicago and London. The agreement, filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board, awaits CAB approval and would launch in spring 1962. Braniff crews would operate Dallas and Houston legs, while Pan American crews would fly London bound legs via Chicago.
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Dallas
Aps
Braniff International Airways
Pan American Airways
Southwest
Europe
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
CAB
Braniff
Pan American
Houston
Chicago
London
Great Circle
Arctic
Tickets On Sale For Quanah Jacksboro Playoff Game
Limited tickets for the Quanah versus Jacksboro playoff game arrive at the Wichita Falls tax office in the School Administration building. Prices are 2.00 for adults and 0.75 for students locally, rising to 2.50 for adults and 1.00 for students at Wichita Falls.
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Wichita Falls
Senate Hearing on Cuban Refugee Problems
Senate judiciary subcommittee hears from Robert Woodward assistant secretary for inter American affairs in Washington on Cuban refugee issues. The session aims to present a major Cuba policy statement and features Dr Jose Miro Cardona former Cuban premier in the Castro regime as a subsequent witness.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Cuba
Robert Woodward
inter-American Affairs
Curtis Johnson
Woodward
Jose Miro Cardona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Greenbelt Authority to debate dam feasibility reports
Feasibility reports on two dam sites for the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority will be presented at a Dec 19 meeting of Authority Directors. Dr. S. H. Townsend urged public attendance at 7 30 p m in the District Courtroom. Engineers Freese Nichols and Endress will explain the findings.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
S. H. Townsend
Townsend
Si Freese
Freese
Nichols and
Endress
Fort Worth
Defense Begins Case In Dallas Assault Trial
In Dallas the defense opened its case in the trial of Anthony Thomas Davis 41 a Negro accused of raping 22 year old Londoner Pauline Kathleen Sims a temporary hotel room encounter described as rape Sims testified she screamed for mercy and did not report the alleged assault until speaking with a priest Davis attorney questioned whether Sims sought publicity or favors for CORE through her charges Dr Earle Standlee testified he found Sims virgin before the attack
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Dalas, Tex
UPI
Anthony Thomas Davis
Earle Standlee
Pauline Kathleen Sims
London
Davis
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Freedom Riders
Texas
Tony Davis
Charles Tessmer
Miss Sims
Tessmer
County School Board Approves Textbooks and Bus Route Extension
The county school board approved the textbook committee for two county schools and extended a bus route. committee members include Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper and Mrs. Paul Shoults with Mrs. Bill Sarratt and County Sept. Wade-Skimbrough. The route adds pickup on the West Ranch property.
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C. C. Cooper
Paul Shoults
Bill Sarratt
Wade — Skimbrough
West Ranch
Rotary Information Program Reported By Childress Club
Palmer Massey immediate past president and Rotary Information Chairman presented a noon program for the Childress Rotary Club. E. E. Krigbaum was introduced as a new member. he had belonged to the club previously.
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Rotary Information
Childress Rotary Club
Palmer Massey
E. E. Krigbaum
Slaton Mayors Clash Over Pool Access For Braceros
Mayor L C Lemon calls mass meeting of ranchers to oppose a U S Labor Department order allowing Mexicans to use the Slaton swimming pool. He labels the move blackmail and vows to fight to keep braceros from being barred, citing potential loss of migrant labor.
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Braceros
Labor Department
Slaton
Tex
UPI
L. C. Lemon
U.S. Labor Department
Lemon
Harry Stokes
Tracy C. Murrell
Dallas
Murrell
Bureau of Employment Security
Department of Labor
Migrant Labor
Johnson States U S Strength in Cold War at Wichita Falls
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told a Wichita Falls dinner that the United States and the free world are winning the cold war and have military strength to deter a hot war. He paid tribute to Rep. Frank Ikard retiring December 15 and reflected on Kennedy administration progress.
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Wichita Falls
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Free World
Johnson
Frank Ikard
Congress
Ikard
Kennedy
Kennedy to seek Senate seat vacated by brother
Reports say Edward M. Kennedy will run for the U S Senate seat left by his brother John F Kennedy but he denies the plan He notes he must be 30 in February before announcing and has not held elected office He is an assistant district attorney in Suffolk County George Cabot Lodge son of Henry Cabot Lodge already seeks the Republican nomination
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Boston
Edward M .Tod
Kennedy
Senate
Suffolk County
Massachusetts
George Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
GOP
Cotton Crop Ginned Passes 1960 Season
Total bales ginned in Childress County this year rose past last year’s tally. As of today 27,782 bales have been ginned, with 4,022 bales processed this week amid fog and drizzle. Gins reporting include West Texas at Kirkland, West Texas at Childress, Tindall, Farmers Coop and Tell.
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Childress
West Texas
Kirkland
Tindall
Farmers Coop and Tell
Cold Front Brings Rain Then Clears Panhandle
A cool front along the Texas Gulf Coast caused drizzle and fog while a second front pushed into the Texas Panhandle bringing cooler air and ending the rain. Rainfall totals in 24 hours were modest with Dallas at .70 inch, Texarkana .64, Fort Worth .49 and Waco .10. Temperatures ranged from 27 in Dalhart to 65 in Galveston with fog reducing visibility in the southeast.
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United Press International
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
Galveston
Dallas
Texarkana
Fort Worth
Waco
Inez McFerran Dies Funeral Here Friday
Inez McFerran 85 of 807 Avenue F Northwest died at 9 45 am today in a Wellington rest home after a fall injury. Funeral at 10 am Friday at Chil Dress First Methodist Church with Rev. Lester Hill. Interment Childress cemetery Newberry Funeral Home. She was born June 22 1876 in Cumby Hopkins County Texas and married to the late Dr R W McFerran. Survivors include one sister three nephews and four nieces.
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Inez McFerran
Avenue F
Northwest
Wellington
Childress First Methodist Church
Lester Hill
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
McFerran
Cumby
Hopkins County
Tex
Grapevine
R. W. McFerran
Ft. Stockton
Sybil Johnston
Sulphur Springs
Ruth Cooksey
Moberly, Mo
Helen Newman
Kansas City
Kathleen Hargrave
Childress
Civil Defense Directors To Attend Texas Meeting
Jeff Henderson and Louis Sally will attend a National Shelter Survey meeting set for December 18 in Amarillo as county and city leaders join in a statewide program. The series aims to map buildings offering fallout shelter, with federal funds to support the survey. James H. Garner notes Texas cooperates with the federal program vital to national security. Building owners near attendance centers are invited to participate in orientation sessions.
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Jeff Henderson
Louis Sally
Amarillo
Henderson
Sally
Texas
James H. Garner
Civil Defense
Firemen and Wives Plan Muscular Dystrophy Drive
Firemen and their wives planned a house-to-house fund drive for Muscular Dystrophy starting at 6 p.m. Monday with the siren used to signal the start and to urge residents to light porch lamps. The meeting also included a $65 check from popcorn sales for a Boys Ranch fire truck and an additional $10 from Mrs. J. M. Crews.
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Rowden Cordell
Boys Ranch
J. M. Crews
Scout Meeting Set for Thursday at City Hall
Dr Gene Blackwell announced a district Scout meeting at 6 30 PM Thursday evening at City Hall.
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Gene Blackwell
City Hall
JFK Pushes Lower Tariffs for Europe to Boost Free Trade
President Kennedy urged replacing the reciprocal trade act with broad powers to cut tariffs for Europe, aiming to build an economic NATO against Communism. He spoke to NAM at their annual congress, praising the European Common Market but not advocating U.S. entry, and pledged a balanced budget while pushing investment tax credits and wage-price stability.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
Europe
NATO
West
United States
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Florida
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
U. S
NAM
Barbs on Education Costs in 1962 Forecast
The note argues that education costs pale beside ignorance and predicts many will advance on the morning of the first day in 1962 with a celebratory tone.
Complex ions emerge from tidy homes not cluttered bags
Home life improves when small details hum along and orderly surroundings keep things moving. Even when things seem messy the little orderly routines, like clean faucets and steady schedules, create a calmer atmosphere.
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Stewart Udall
Carl Bellinger
Twin Mounds
Westmoreland
Kan
Udall
Pottawatomie County
Bellinger
NEA
Portugese
Soviets
Henry Shapiro
United Press
Wera
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.N
Greenbelt Authority
County School Board
Rotary
U.S
JKF
Cold Front
Panhandle
JFK
Hal Cochran
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