Grandma Moses Dies at 101 in New York Village
Renowned American painter Anna Mary Robertson Moses known as Grandma Moses died at 101 in Hoosick Falls after a fall and pneumonia. She began painting at 77 and created more than 1,200 works earning wide museum showing and Christmas card reproductions. Funeral planned for Eagle Bridge with burial at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
UPD
Grandma Moses
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Vienna
Paris
United States
Kennedy
Hoosick Falls
Eagle Bridge
Clayton E. Shaw
Shaw
Moses
Maple Grove
Grandma
Louis Calder
New York
Meeting Set For Tonight On Feedlot
The public is invited to the organizational meeting of the Greenbelt Feeders Inc held at 7 30 p m in the district courtroom of the courthouse. The group plans a 5000 capacity commercial feed lot and mills in Childress and urges livestock men from Colings worth Hardeman Donley Mot ley Cottle Hall and Childress counties to attend.
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Greenbelt Feeders, Inc
Childress
Colingsworth
Hardeman
Donley
Motley
Cottle
Hall and Childress
Wildcat Spudding Planned Near Childress This Week
The O P Leonard Rhea wild cat south of Childress will be spudded within two days. The test aims for 6500 to 7500 feet and is drilled by the Leonard Oil Company. No new news on drilling the fifth producer south of Kirkland. four wells now produce the allowed 100 barrels per day, three by Leonard and one by British American.
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O. P. Leonard-Rhea
Stevens Declines FHA Post in Childress Council
Warner Stevens, acting postmaster of Childress, says he cannot serve on the Federal Housing Authority. He would violate state and federal law if he accepted the two-year appointment made by May Ord at Monday's City Council meeting.
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Warner Stevens
Index
Federal Housing Authority of
Childress
Stevens
Paul Ord
NATO Told U S Surpassing Russians In ICBM Strength
NATO officials were told Russia could have several hundred intercontinental rockets by 1963 while the United States would outpace them. West Germany proposed an Allied nuclear striking force to counter Moscow's medium range missiles, a proposal referred for urgent study. The briefing noted U S troop buildup since the Berlin crisis and sought broader Allied military effort.
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United Press International Paris
UPI
Russia
United States
Europe
Council of Ministers
Strauss
West Germany
NATO
Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
Predicted Flu Outbreaks Hit In Wide Areas
Predicted influenza outbreaks have closed schools in Colorado and Missouri and reduced activities in Illinois with absenteeism rising in California factories. The first towns hit include Potosi, Ignacio, Durango and Pagosa Springs, with Potosi reporting 75 percent of its 1,200 students ill and about 1,500 total cases.
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United Press International
Colorado
Missouri
Illinois
California
American Medical Association
U.S. Public Health Service
Potosi
Ignacio
Durango
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Mississippi River
Wolf Lake
Los Angeles
Catholic Study Seeks Federal Aid To Schools
Washington UPS The National Catholic Welfare Conference releases an 82 page legal study arguing there is no constitutional barrier to church related schools receiving general federal education aid. The NCWC replies to a Health Education and Welfare memorandum challenging broad grants to church schools and urges non discrimination for Catholic schools if a federal program exists.
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Washington
UPS
National Catholic Welfare Conference Today
NCWC
Legal Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U. S. Catholic Bishops
Kennedy announces $700 million civil defense plan
Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric outlined a $700 million civil defense program under the Kennedy administration. The plan subsidizes shelter construction in schools and hospitals to protect about 20 million people, with funds available to public and nonprofit health education and welfare institutions. Kennedy to request the funds from Congress in January, more than double last year’s civil defense budget.
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Washington
UPI
Kenedy Administration
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Kennedy
Congress
Directors Meet On December 19 For Water Project Review
The meeting of the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority directors is moved to December 19 from November 19. The public is urged to attend as a feasibility report on the water project will be presented.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Katanga Prepares for Likely United Nations Offensive
Katangese forces dig in as Moise Tshombe vows to defend freedom in an expected U.N. offensive. U.N. sources say an immediate attack is unlikely, though Katanga leadership believes reinforcements signal a looming clash at Elisabethville.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Free World
U.N
Pony Joins Convent Children for Christmas Season
Honeybun the shaggy Shetland pony will stay at the Convent of the Good Shepherd for the holidays after a local attorney intervened with the health department. The pony won over 20 resident children and nuns led by Mother Mary of Saint Columbia, despite prior removal orders for two mules.
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Memphis
Tenn
Honeybun
Convent of the Good Shepherd
Health Department
Mother Mary of
St. Columbia
Dink Barron and W M Cross Attend Farm Placement Course
Dink Barron and W M Cross were in Amarillo on Wednesday and Thursday to take part in a farm placement course for the local Texas Employment Commission Office. They planned to return this afternoon or tonight.
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Dink Barron
W. M. Cross
Amarillo
Texas Employment Commission
Santa to Visit Childress Saturday Parade
Santa Claus visits Childress Saturday afternoon riding Sam Privitt’s Chuck Wagon. He will depart the courthouse at 3 p.m. down Commerce Street and up Main Street, led by the Junior High School Band.
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Childress
Santa Claus
Santa
Sam Privitt
Commerce
Main Street
Talk Given On Telephones To Jaycees
Glen Scott of Bell Telephone Company spoke to Childress Jaycees about the new electronic system and its role in the space age. Junior Jaycees of the week were Sammy Bushon Ronald Bruce and John Bragg. Dick Mitchell led the program.
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Bell Telephone Company
Glen Scott
Childress Jaycees
Scott
Jaycees
Sammy Bushon
Ronald Bruce
John Bragg
Dick Mitchell
New CofC-BCD Aviation Committee Outlines Plans
The Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development aviation committee met Wednesday to map goals for the year. They seek improved airfield grounds and buildings, a new FAA building with lobby, a Childress stop for a commercial line, and a Texas Air Tour visit in October. Jerry Ross leads the group which requests 709 dollars for a unicorn radio and a spring air show breakfast. The panel will coordinate with the Air Recovery Squadron and Civil Air Patrol and invite area executive pilots to use the field. Quanah businessmen plan a Fort Worth caravan to explore relocating the FAA.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
Chamber
Federal Aviation Agency
Childress
Texas Air Tour
Jerry Ross
BCD
Air Field
Civil Air Patrol
Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Henderson
Hani
Quanah
Fort Worth
Three Residents Hurt in Home Fire and Falls
Three Childress residents were injured in home accidents yesterday and last night. J C Roper suffered severe burns from an accidental fire at 402 Seventh Street Southwest and was taken to Childress General Hospital. Mrs F B Hudson, 604 H Northwest, was hospitalized after a robe caught fire causing burns to the right hip and legs. Mrs Ben S Purcell, who fell at home Wednesday night, sustained at least two hip fractures and was moved to Northwest Texas Hospital with companions.
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Childress
J. C. Roper
7Th St
Childress General Hospital
F. B. Hudson
H. Nw
Northwest Texas Hospital
Ben S. Purcell
Bill Purcell
Alen Murray
Childress General
Meany Emerges Powerful From AFL CIO Confab
George Meany left the AFL CIO convention in Miami Beach with expanded powers to settle inter union disputes and confront race discrimination. The 67 year old will begin a fourth two year term as head of the 12.5 million member federation after unity showed at the meeting. Meany forecast greater harmony once a new plan for settling internal squabbles starts January 1 and said the federation’s arbitration plan would curb divisive matters to focus on organizing and politics. Reuther supported the plan while Meany and Reuther praised its potential to reduce raid conflicts and free resources for growth. Meany also made peace with A Philip Randolph over civil rights issues amid lingering tensions.
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Miami Beach
UPI
George Meany
Aflcio
Bronx
Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers
Reuther
World disarmament talks resume after six months of bargaining
A half year of tough bargaining between Moscow and Washington brings the United Nations in New York to the verge of resuming world disarmament efforts. The report cites renewed momentum and heightened urgency in the stalled negotiations with key actors continuing to push for a workable framework and verification mechanisms.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
Moscow
Washington
Train Hits School Bus at Rural Crossing in Colorado
A passenger train collided with a school bus carrying children at a rural crossing near Greeley Colorado. At least 18 people were killed and others injured in the crash prompting emergency responses and investigations.
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Greeley
Colo
U S Consulate Halts Travel Permits Over Riots in Santa Domingo
U S consulate in Santa Domingo reports it is stopping travel permits to the United States due to anti American riots that forced the mid town office to close. Local authorities did not specify when normal service would resume.
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Santa Domingo
D.R
UPI
U. S
United States
Gilpatric Says Reservist Mobilization Might Be Wrong
Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell L. Gilpatric told reporters that military planners likely misjudged the need to mobilize reservists to confront Cold War crises. He cautioned against automatic mobilization policies.
Four Yugoslav Airmen to Get Training at Lowry AFB
The Defense Department will provide four additional Yugoslav airmen with technical training in the coming weeks at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver Colorado.
440 Man Draft Call Issued for State January Draft
State Selective Service announces a January draft call of 440 men, 121 fewer than December. About 4,900 men will undergo pre induction physicals next month, down from 6,155 in December, with the quota filled by volunteers except delinquent cases for those 22 and older.
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Austin
UPI
Selective Service
Morris S. Schwartz
Albanians Leave Moscow Under Limited Chinese Help
Remnants of the Albanian colony slipped quietly from Moscow with 53 diplomats students and families among them. They were seen off at the airport by two minor Chinese embassy officials and Western correspondents. Some read Pravda and Chinese officials froze when asked about the Soviet Albanian rupture.
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Moscow
UPI
Pravda
Albania
U. S
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