Sinatra Jr Kidnapped At Lake Tahoe Resort
Frank Sinatra Jr. age 19 was abducted at gunpoint from Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Sunday night. FBI and California Nevada authorities issued an all points bulletin for two Los Angeles County suspects, linked to prior prison escapes and bank robberies. Roadblocks set as snow and high altitude hinder search. Sinatra, abductors remained at large 11 hours later.
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Finance Drive For Boy Scouts Opens Today
The Boy Scout finance drive opened with a kickoff breakfast this morning at Gay's. Workers report first at 4:30 p.m. then to Charlie Brown at the First National Bank. Drive chair Gene Smith said they hope to finish quickly. Attendees included Rev. Joe Allen, Leland Duckworth, A. V. McFarland, and Mel Smith, Chief Scout Executive for the Northwest Texas Area Council.
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Charlie Brown
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Leland Duckworth
A. V. McFarland
Mel Smith
Northwest Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts
Studebaker to Close US Auto Production
DETROIT (UPI) Studebaker Corp will shut down its US automotive assembly lines Tuesday ending more than 61 years as a major producer. Canada production and US market remain possible. About 5,000 workers will lose their jobs though other divisions profit.
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Burlingame
New York
Officers Named By Junior 4-H Riding Club
Junior 4-H Riding Club elected officers at a weekend meeting with about 25 youths aged 9 to 19. Mary Ann Townsend was named president, Nikkie Murphy vice president, Donald Vaughn secretary, Sheila De Voll reporter, Ronnie Tucker council delegate, and Marilyn Walker and Kay Winter safety officers. Members learned western riding and received permanent 4-H records to bring to the next meeting on January 11, 1964, when the program will cover horseback safety.
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Mary Ann Townsend
The-H Junior Horse Club
Nikkie Murphy
Donald Vaughn
Sheila Devoll
Ronnie Tucker
Marilyn Walker
Kay Winter
Square Dancers Meet Tonight at Community House Air Park
Square dancers will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Community House at Air Park, a spokesman announced.
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Air Park
City Council Meeting Tonight At City Hall
The City Council will meet this evening at City Hall. Officials urge attendance as agendas include local governance matters and public input.
Johnson Pushes Budget Cuts and Base Closures
President Johnson convened top planners to trim defense spending in the 1965 budget. He unveiled a survey to consolidate domestic installations and consider closing abroad aid sites. Meetings covered State Justice budgets and potential cuts, with security, CIA, and church delegation discussions. He also offered U S help to free four American officials held by Bolivian miners.
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Interior
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Dean Rusk
Edwin Martin
Bolivia
U. S
Rites Tuesday For Goundie And Andrews
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Andrews and George Goundie, killed in a Saturday automobile collision north of Childress, will be held Tuesday at Newberry's. Andrews at 10 30 a m with Rev. Luther Bradley. Goundie at 2 p m with Rev. Haywood Kube. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, three brothers, two sisters, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Masonic rites and graveside ceremonies follow for Goundie.
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Montgomery
Ala
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Amarillo
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Los Angeles
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Orlando
Fla
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Bert
Earth
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Mamie Bradshaw
Idalou
Haywood Kube
Calvary Baptist Church
Mr. Goundie
Childress Masonic Lodge
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Ark
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George
Wichita Falls
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Columbus, Ga
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McMary Band Schedule Change at Childress High School
The McMary Band will perform at Childress High School at 3 p.m. Wednesday instead of 2 p.m. The public is invited.
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Texas Remains Chief Cotton Producer Despite Dip in 1963
The Agriculture Department estimated the 1963 cotton crop at 15,548,000 bales with Texas again the leading producer at 4,635,000 bales, down 90,000 from 1962. Yields averaged 524 pounds per acre, above last year’s 457 and the five year average of 440.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
Texas
Crop Reporting Board
Warren Mitchell Dies in Hollis
Funeral services for Warren Mitchell former Childress resident will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Coley Memorial Chapel Hollis He died at 646 a m today at Hollis Hospital Burial will be at Olympus Survivors include his widow a son Kenneth two brothers C E Mitchell Winslow Ariz Truman Mitchell Bakersfield Calif a half brother Anderson Mitchell Childress three sisters Mrs LaRue Potter Mrs Mary Bartlett Mrs Agnes Graves all of Hollis and two half sisters Mrs Ada Muirhead Tulsa and Mrs Savoy Feexster Fort Worth
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Hollis
Ada Muirhead
Tulsa
Savoy Feexster
Fort Worth
Tippit Money Sent Off Today
The Childress Police Department sent $108 to the Dallas Police Department for Mrs. J. D. Tippit. Tippit, a Dallas police officer, was killed in the Kennedy assassination. The Tippit family fund nears $200,000 as community donations are acknowledged by Chief Alvis Maddox.
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John F. Kennedy
Tippit
Alvis Maddox
Cotton Marketing Quota Vote Set for December 10
Cotton farmers and their spouses in Childress County are urged to vote yes or no on the 1964 cotton marketing quota. The election runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at multiple voting sites including the Childress ASCS office, Tell Gin, Carey store, Kirk and Gin, Harrel Chapel Community House, and John Sheman's farm at Arlie. ASCS secretary Gene Frisbie emphasized participation regardless of vote choice.
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Khrushchev outlines vast chemical plan for Soviet growth
Premier Khrushchev announced an unprecedented seven year program to expand the chemical industry, building 200 new plants and reconstructing 500 others at about 46 billion dollars to boost farm and industrial production. He blamed Stalin and Molotov for prior grain sales and warned Western powers against conditions on Soviet wheat.
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Childress ISD Trustees Meet Tonight at 7 30 P M
The Board of Trustees of the Childress Independent School District will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p m today at the School Administration building.
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Childress Independent School District
Pickup of Wetbacks by Border Patrol
Two wetbacks from Old Mexico were picked up this morning here by the Border Patrol, according to Chief of Police Alvis Maddox.
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Border Patrol
Alvis Maddox
Scouts Will Meet at First Presbyterian Church
Boy Scout Troop 63 schedules a regular meeting at 7 30 p m today in the First Presbyterian Church facilitating troop activities and planning.
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First Presbyterian Church
Peace Corps Plans 1300 More Volunteers to Latin America
Peace Corps Director R Sargent Shr i ver Jr says 1300 additional volunteers will be sent to Latin America in 1964. He notes the corps already maintains 2700 volunteers in the region.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
Latin America
Shriver
Bill Johnson Re-Elected Head of Riding Club
Bill Johnson was re-elected president of the Childress Riding Club. Louis Eaton became vice president, Mrs. Ben Walker was secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Roy Moyers served as reporter. The Christmas Party will be December 20 at the Community Building in Fair Park starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Childress
Louis Eaton
Ben Walker
Roy Moyers
Shelia Devoll
Gail Eaton
Freida Johnson
Fair Park
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