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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1961

Page

3

Wichita Falls Coyotes Triumph Over Paschal in AAAA Finalists Bid

All-State fullback Larry Shields starred for Wichita Falls with an 81 yard rushing score and three other TDs as the Coyotes defeated Paschal 41 to 12 to reach the Class AAAA championship against Galena Park. Shields also had a 36 yard interception and Pasadena led 28 6 at halftime with Kenny Sims adding a 59 yard punt return setting the pace. Attendance reached 20 000 as WF totaled 287 yards with 252 on the ground.

Fort Worth Rex UPI Larry Shields Wichita Falls Fort Worth Paschal Coyotes Shields Mike Elly Galena Park Kenny Sims Sims Paschal Terry Cashion Doug Cates Dick Blake Sammy Milam Ken Aboussie R. Shields Cashion P—Blakeney

Galena Park Upsets Corpus Christi Ray in Class AAAA final

Galena Park Jackets beat Corpus Christi Ray 21-6 to reach the state AAAA championship. Geven Graham scored twice on a third‑quarter pass and a fourth‑quarter run. Mike Smith added a late five-yard TD as Johnny Cook booted all extra points. Ray led early but stalled, with Graham opening scoring in the third. The Jets meet Wichita Falls for the title.

Galena Park Tex UPI Geven Graham Mike Smith Corpus Christi Ray Yellow Jackets Jackets Wichita Falls Puddy Schorre Mike Devine Graham Mickey Holder Johnny Cook Smith Howard Twilley Holder Texans Kent Nix David Lyons Corpus Christi Ray Cook Cok CCR Devine Senorre

Retired Mortician Admits Fatal Mistake in Amarillo Case

Walton Wheeler Wilson, 55, of Boise City Oklahoma, a retired mortician, confessed to killing his ex wife Jewell Wilson, 52, in her Amarillo home by mistake while aiming at a suspected oil field roughneck. He said he entered the bedroom Thursday night and mistook her snoring for that of the man. He used a .22 caliber pistol.

Amarilo UPL Walton Wheeler Wilson Boise City Oklo Jewell Wilson Wilson

UN Cut Elizabet hville Rail On Mercy Train To Evacuate Civilians

United Nations said an agreement with Rhodesia and Nyasaland leader Sir Roy Welensky will open one mercy train to remove Europeans fleeing Elisabethville as heavy fighting rages in Katanga. Consuls will ensure the train arrives empty with no military use. Swedish and Indian jets guard U N cargo planes delivering troops and supplies. The bombardment concentrates near a rail tunnel with civilians seeking cover. Katanga reports six white deaths and ten wounded with additional African deaths feared.

United Nations Roy Welensky Rhodesia Nyasaland Katanga Manono U.N U. N Elisabethville Ojfive Muyumba UPI Neil Smith

Khrushchev Warns West of Crushing Counterblow in Space Race

In a nationwide radio and television address Khrushchev warned Western leaders that testing war will trigger a powerful Soviet counterblow and that the USSR can deploy superior megaton payloads. He rejected Kennedy's call for international control of West Berlin and outlined Soviet aims at Geneva. He defended nuclear tests as deterrence and warned that war would be no party.

Khrushchev Earth Soviet Communist Party Congress Germany Berlin West Berlin Kennedy Africa Asia Atin America Geneva Soviet Union

McGill Receives Bench Parole and Style Advice

Des Moines district judge Edwin Moore gave 18 year old Gary Dale McGill bench parole and blunt sartorial guidance noting that his ducktail haircut is not an asset and suggesting he visit a barber for a better style.

Des Moines, Iowa UPI Gary Dale McGill Edwin Moore McGill

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