Rackets Group Promises Lawmen A Chance to Speak
Senate investigators promise hearing for Knoxville police officials Joe Kimsey and Elmer Dyke on charges of looking the other way at Teamsters violence on highways. Nashville Teamster figure Smitty Smith, once linked to disputes, will testify along with two other officials.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee
Teamsters
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Knoxville
Joe Kimsey
Elmer Dyke
Nashville
Tenn
W. A
Smitty Smith
Smith
Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamster
William Reynolds
Perry Cannady
James R. Hoffa
Galveston News Publishes On Schedule Amid Strike
Galveston Texas oldest newspaper the Galveston News issued new editions for a sixth day of strike with a half staff. General Manager Dave Leavell said the paper published one day an hour earlier than usual. About 55 printers from Typographical Union Local 28 walked out demanding a $5.75 weekly raise three weeks vacation and other fringe benefits. Company executives and staff kept both editions rolling on schedule.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston News
Texas
Dave Leavell
Typographical Union Local 28
The
Tribune
Hoffa case could be dropped over wiretap ruling
U S government may drop perjury charges against James R Hoffa as Supreme Court limits use of state obtained wiretap evidence in federal trials The ruling could also help Frank Costello seek to set aside his tax evasion conviction from 1954 and affect related prosecutions The decision prompts prosecutors to reassess evidence against Hoffa and Costello in light of the new legal constraint
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New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Frank Costello
U.S
Paul W. Williams
Justice Department
Hoffa
New York District Attorney's
Detroit
Costello
John F. X. McGohey
Edward Bennett Williams
McGahey
Radar Evasion Device Under Study for ICBMs
London reports Russian scientists are developing a device to render intercontinental missiles invisible to radar, potentially evading detection from launch to explosion. Western researchers may have a lead, but details remain secret. if feasible it would force major shifts in defense planning and radar reliance.
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London
United Press
United States
Russia
Rural Phone Expansion Report For Childress County
A Lion Club noon meeting featured Carl Freeling and Dub Deuschle detailing rural phone development. Kirkland and Tell exchanges will join Childress local service. future additions include Cee Wee Northfield and extending to Hardeman and Hall counties.
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Childress County
Lion Club
Carl Freeling
Santa Rosa
Tell
Childress Exchange
Kimbell 5
Childress
Santa Rosa Coop
Cee Wee
Northfield
Hardeman County
Hall County
Southwestern Bell Freeling
Cee Wee Deuschle
City Council Eases Smoke by Ginners Burning Burrs Outside Limits
The City Council agreed after talks with gin managers to halt city smoke by moving burns of cotton burrs outside municipal boundaries. A special meeting last week set further discussion for Monday night and a letter of appreciation was planned for longtime Fire Department member Vo Al McCoy who retires for health reasons. The panel also renewed a 70 acre lease near Baylor Lake with M M Long, paid the 2200 balance on a boiler machine, and rejected a field boiler bid from a Lubbock school.
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M. M. Long
Baylor Lake
Lubbock
Vo A
County Votes $20 Per Fire Run For Wellington Dept
Childress County Commissioners approved a $20 per trip payment to the Wellington Fire Department for each call into the county. They noted frequent calls to fires near Wellington and outside city lines. Transfer of funds and routine morning bill payments were also handled.
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Wellington
Inito Childress
Childress
MD Fund Drive Nets $152 In Childress Effort
A house-to-house canvass in Childress raised 152.72 for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. The drive, sponsored by the Volunteer Banks, was conducted through local business houses and will be continued next Monday. G A Williams credited contributors and thanked Alton Landrum and his Boy Scouts.
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Childress
G. A. Williams
Fire Department
Williams
Alton Landrum
Boy Scouts
Nation faces possible wartime mobilization as crisis looms
Senate leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged a full wartime mobilization in a June Texas address 30 miles south of Dallas. He warned the United States may need a 40 hour week and sacrifice to match Sputnik and avoid Communist threats, calling for solidarity across all sectors to survive.
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Erate
Lyndon B ‘Oltwon
United States
Jettieon
Dallas
Senate
Russia
Winston Churchil
Johnon
Texas Democrat
Third Attempt Planned To Launch ICBM At Cape
Reported plans for a third attempt to launch the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral this week amid Navy Vanguard failure fallout. Army Jupiter C activity at Huntsville and Redstone towers is noted as part of the broader ICBM testing push.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atha
Jupi
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Cape
Redstone
Mie
Air Force
Career Day Here To Include Juniors As Well As Seniors
Police searched northern counties for clues after a week of a missing seven year old, while a separate case led to the arrest of Donald Arbuckle in Rockford for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Lent Toll, found unharmed in Arbuckle’s car, had been taken to a movie after being picked up near Rockford. The Maria Ridulph kidnapping case spurred roadblocks as officers suspected the killer may still have the girl’s body. Career Day planning in Childress will include juniors as well as seniors next year, with 9:30 start and venue to be decided.
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Sycamore
Trapr
Trinoig
Maria Ridulph
Rockford
Donald RO Arbuckle
Lent Toll Lent
Arbuckle
Lent
Maria
Gir
Vna
Childress
John W. Hamilton
County Court Hears One Case and Postpones Others
County Attorney Charles Reynolds says only one case proceeded this week as other trials were postponed due to juror exemptions. A local Negro woman changed her plea to guilty on transporting beer in a dry area, receiving a $225 fine plus costs.
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Charles Reynolds Leuis Jones
Reynolds
Red Turner Visits Abilene for WTCC Directors Meet
J E Red Turner attends a West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors meeting in Abilene today. Turner was named a WTCC director replacing Doyle McKinney.
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Red Turner
Abilene
WTCC
J. E. “Red
Turner
West Texas
Local Coloring Contest Winners Displayed for Judging
Entries in the local Little People's Coloring Contest are being judged with first second and third place prizes funded by The Index. The top two pictures will be sent to Cleveland Ohio for the nationwide contest later this month.
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Cleveland
Fire crews quell small blaze at 1007 G Northeast house
Firemen report a minor fire at 1007 G Northeast Monday night caused by a rubber hose connection in the home. The blaze was extinguished about 6 to 7 o clock, with no injuries noted.
Cold blast grips Texas with freezing temps in Panhandle
A new blast of cold air swept into Texas from the northwest. Forecasters warned of freezing or subfreezing temperatures statewide, with coastal regions spared. Gusty northerly winds up to 50 mph could whip up dust as the front moves through the High Plains, dropping lows to near 20 degrees in the Panhandle and upper South Plains and 20 to 36 elsewhere.
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Texic
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
High Plains
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Dalis-Fort Worth
Salt Flat
Corpus Christi
School Board Considers Insurance and Textbook Committee
The School Board met Monday night to discuss insurance for steam boiler systems after a risk inspection. Charles Sweeney and Bill Adams explained the policy while a proposed textbook committee was approved. The board also authorized servicing donated or purchased equipment, hired Dave Brummett Jr. as bus driver replacing Mrs. L L Decker, and approved trading welding equipment to better fit vocational agriculture needs.
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Charles Sweeney
Bill Adams
Childress
John Hamilton
Perryton
Seymour
Wilson School
PTA
Dave Brummett, Jr
Hamilton
Mrs. J. L. Holden Dies In Childress General Hospital
Mrs. J. L. Holden 85 died about 4 30 am at Childress General Hospital after several days illness. Funeral 1 30 pm Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev Luther R Bradley officiating. Burial in Fort Worth under Eudy Seale Funeral Home Matador. She leaves sister and two nephews, all Matador residents.
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J. L. Holden
Childress General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Luther R. Bradley
Fort Worth
Eudy- Seale Funeral Home
Matador
Eugene Smith
J. B. Smith
John Childers
Estel McCarver
Werner Best
Dale Privitt
Holden
Childress
Plans To Shoot Coyote Ends In Self Inflicted Wound
Cleo Boren an Oklahoma City resident and former Shamrock resident was en route to his Shamrock area ranch when he reached for a 22 caliber rifle in the back seat and the weapon discharged striking him in the temple. He was taken to Shamrock General Hospital for surgery.
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Shamrock
Tex
Cleo Boren
Oklahoma City
Boren
Bus Dorman
Shamrock General Hospital
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H. B
Dusty) Rhodes
Reagan Brown
Texas A & M
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Cannady
Kenneth Whitley
Whitley
Robert V
Woodbine Radio Cab Co
Frank Reed
U.S. Supreme Court
Herbert Clift
Ruth Fite
Clift
Wiley Shires
U. S
Navy
Lutte
Braska
Robert McDowell
Nashville, Tenn
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
McDowell
NEA
Coyote
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