Cabdriver Tricks Killer Into Mild Arrest In Houston
A Houston cab driver, forced at gunpoint to drive a suspect for three hours, lured George Laverne Trabing into surrender. Trabing, high on narcotics, is tied to a schoolteacher slaying, a near rape of a 14 year old, and a robbery. The manhunt claimed the lives of a Texas Ranger and a state lie detector operator in separate crashes as the case expanded.
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Houston
UPI
George Laverne Trabing
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
H. A. White
David Gallet
Trabing
Mississippi
Gallet
Richmond
River Oaks
Auditorium Hotel
Nike Zeus anti missile test marks sixth straight success
A Nike Zeus anti missile test at Point Mugu California scored a sixth straight success. The 48 foot solid fuel rocket performed at low altitude and high speed, with surface friction making it glow. Further tests at Kwajalein Island and Vandenberg AFB are planned to evaluate stages and engagement with Atlas ICBMs.
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Point Mugu
Calif
Zeus
Pacific
Kwajalein Island
Army
Russell Stover Candies For Christmas From Elliott Drug
Elliott Drug offers Russell Stover candies for Christmas as a seasonal display item. Local shoppers can find assorted boxes and gift assortments ready for holiday gifting.
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Russell Stover
Elliott Drug
Katanga Forces Attack U.N. Positions in Elisabethville
Katangese troops launched a massive night assault on United Nations positions in Elisabethville with the UN headquarters under heavy fire. A U.N. spokesman said jets were used to strike the attackers as fighting intensified in the five day old war.
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United Press International
Leopoldville, Congo
U.N
United Nations
Elisabethville
M. Moke
U. N
Katanga
Khrushchev Warns West of 100 Megaton Bomb Threat
Premier Khrushchev says the Soviet Union has nuclear bombs over 100 megatons and that space ships could carry them to any point on earth. He declares the West cannot win a Berlin settlement by force and urges genuine Berlin negotiations ahead of Paris NATO talks.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Berlin
World Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
NATO Council
Westtern
West
Andy Rogers to Speak Monday in Plainview
State Senator Andy Rogers will address a joint Plainview Lions and Rotary meeting after a banquet honoring him Monday night at Kress. The Swisher County teachers sponsor the banquet.
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Andy Rogers
Plainview
Kress
Negro Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Bootlegging Charges
Edna Jean Sims pled not guilty to possession of alcoholic beverages for sale. She was arraigned in County Court with bond set at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Jean Sims
Misdemeanor Theft Complaint Filed Against Curtis Armstrong
A misdemeanor theft complaint was filed against Curtis Armstrong at the County Attorney's office. He has not been apprehended, and the alleged theft involved SILI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Armstrong
Meeting Called by M-SQUAD Chamber of Commerce
Dy J J Westenburg calls a meeting of his M-Squad Chamber of Commerce for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hiway Cafe. The program of work and budget request will be discussed with members Tom Bailiff Nei Rogers Buddy Cordell Sam Privitt J D Michie Dick Preston Frances Stevens Wayland Mitchell and Grace Powell expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Westenburg
Chamber of Commerce
M-Squad
Hiway Cafe
Tom Bailiff
Nei Rogers
Buddy Cordell
Sam Privitt
J. D Michie
Dick Preston
Frances Stevens
Wayland Mitchell
Grace Powell
Meeting Called On Feed Mill And Feeding Lots
A public meeting to continue plans for a feeding lot and feed mill in Childress is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the District Court room. Temporary officers will be elected and initial stock subscriptions taken. Cattlemen from multiple Texas counties and Harmon County Oklahoma express interest in a Greenbelt Feeders, Inc. with about 20 acres of hard surfaced feeding lots and a capitalization between $100,000 and $180,000.
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Childress
Motley
Hardeman
Hall
Collingsworth
Texas
Harmon County
Okla
Greenbelt Feeders, Inc
Recovery Squadron Opens With Running Start Drill
The 9410 Air Force Reserve Squadron led by Lieutenant Colonel James Ragsdale began a two day drill at Childress Air Field with a planned recovery exercise to repair refuel and return an aircraft to flight in one hour. Weather at Fort Worth postponed the event as officers from San Antonio and Fort Worth observed the training involving 43 reservists from 13 area towns including Abilene Amarillo Lockney Memphis Wichita Falls Vernon Merkel Pampa Childress Estelline Electra Hedley and Wellington. The drill continues Sunday under Major Walter Lockhoof.
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Childress
Childress Air Field
9410
Air Force Reserve Squadron
James Ragsdale
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Walter Lockhoot
Childress Ear
Preston
Thenit
Abilene
Amarillo
Lockney
Memphis
Wichita Falls
Vernon Merkel
T've
Pampa
Estelline
Electra
Hedley
Wellington
DPS Estimates 173 Deaths During Holidays
A Texas DPS projection for the Christmas to New Year period predicts 173 violent deaths. Col. Homer Garrison Jr. says 88 traffic deaths 45 other accidents and 40 from personal crises and murders. The period labeled operation deathwatch runs 12:01 am Dec 23 to 11:58 pm Jan 1 to heighten public awareness of holiday hazards.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
Squadron Alert Postponed Due to Weather
The 940th Aw Recovery Squadron alert scheduled for yesterday and today was postponed Saturday because of bad weather in the San Antonio and Fort Worth areas. A new date will be announced later, per Commander Lt. Col. James Ragsdale.
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940Th
James Ragsdale
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Nuclear test near Carlsbad aims for deep underground blast
A U.S. conducted test plans an underground nuclear explosion of about 5 000 tons in a chamber 1 200 feet below near Carlsbad New Mexico. The detonation is scheduled for 6 am local time in a desert area 25 miles southeast of Carlsbad.
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Carlsbad
N.M
UPL
U.S
Estelline Ranch Wins Champion Black Angus Bull at WTAA Sale
Estelline special grand champion black Angus bull was shown by C. A. Rapp and Son at the West Texas Angus Association Sale in Lubbock Friday. Rapp's son Jodie showed the winning bull which sold to Lloyd Ainsworth for 785 dollars. Tuesday in Roswell the Rapps exhibited the winning second class Angus bull.
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C. A. Rapp and Son
West Texas Angus Association
Lupbock
Rapp
Jodie
Lloyd Ainsworth
Roswell
Rapps
Angus
Mrs. Ida Mae Loftis Dies in Dallas
Mrs. Ida Mae Loftis of Dallas, sister-in-law to Mrs. Pete Kinney of Childress, died suddenly of a heart attack there Friday. Funeral services for Mrs. Loftis, wife of Dr. E. L. Loftis, were pending Saturday.
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Ida Mae Loftis
Dallas
Pete Kinney
Childress
Loftis
E. L. Loftis
Riding Club Elects Officers And Sweetheart
Bill Johnson was re elected president of Childress Riding Club with Miss Mary Ann Townson as Sweetheart at City Hall. New 1962 officers include Al Devoll vice president Wade Kimbrough secretary treasurer Judy Eaton reporter and Dorothy Devoll Beulah Patterson as flower committee. Mary Ann replaces Kathy Stephens as Sweetheart and Freida Johnson narrowly won alternate Sweetheart. The club invites the public to a Christmas party December 21 at City Auditorium with a gimmick gift and a horse caroling outing and hayride for non riders.
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Bill Johnson
Childress
City Auditorium
Johnson
Santa Claus to Visit Childress Saturday Parade
Santa Claus will visit Childress on Saturday arriving at 3 p m at the Courthouse by Chuckwagon. He will lead a parade from Commerce to Main with the Junior High band, then give candy and nuts to children.
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Santa Claus
Childress
Cofc-Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Santa
Childress Courthouse
Up Main
Babson's 1962 Forecast to Be Carried in Index
Babson's Business and Financial Forecast for 1962 to be published in The Index shortly after Christmas. Babson, renowned commentator and investment adviser, credits religion and advertising in business and built Babson Institute and Webber College for Women with broad educational impact.
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Babson
Childress Index
Ivestment
Gloucester
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dallas Negro Acquitted In Assault Trial
A Dallas all white jury acquitted Anthony Davis a 41 year old Black businessman of raping Pauline Sims a 22 year old London secretary in a Dallas Negro hotel after a two week trial Davis thanked the jurors saying the verdict reaffirmed his faith in justice in Texas Sims who accused him was not present when the verdict was read and remains in seclusion Davis testified the encounter was consensual Prosecutor James K Allen urged a guilty verdict while defense counsel urged acquittal.
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Dallas
UPI
Anthony
Tony) Davis
Britain
Davis
Texas
Pauline Sims
London
Dist
Henry King
James K. Allen
Charles Tessmer
Miss Sims
3rd Generation Of Ragsdales Learns To Fly
Mike Ragsdale earned his first solo flight in Austin on Saturday becoming the latest in a multi generational line of pilots. The Ragsdale family includes Bob and Pearl Ragsdale of Austin, Bobby of Austin, James, William, and others pursuing aviation careers.
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Ragsdales
Mike Ragsdale
Austin
Mike
James E. Ragsdale
Childress
8. I
Bob) Ragsdale
Bobby Ragsdale
James
Ragsdale
William Ragsdale
Pampa
Air Force
Roswell
Bob
Bobby
Bill
Jim
Pearl Ragsdale
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McKinney Farmer
David H. Brown
NEA
Cabbie
Killer
C. K. Waycott
Waycott
Strugle
Waryccott
D. M. Fults
Trabning
Winifred
Krushchev
U.N. Command
Elizabethville
Gus Hall
Communist Party of the
U.S.A
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington, D.C
NEA Telephoto
Fort Worth Airport
Lietenant
James Williams
A. J. Wood
B. H. Fuller
George Curl
Kenneth Adcock
DPS
Bulletin
Estelline Ranch
Riding Club
Babson Insti
Roger W. Babson
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