Red River Authority Eyes Greenbelt Project Approval
Tom C. Foley of Wichita Falls, president of the Red River Authority, said the group is concerned with the Greenbelt Project and confident it will become a reality with city cooperation. The regional authority meeting was held in Childress on Thursday to seek information.
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Red River Authority
Tom C. Foley
Wichita Falls
Childress
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Authority
Foley
Texas
Red River
Ers
Greenbelt Authority
Fred Parkey
William A. Bond
Vernon
Jerome W. Johnson
Amarillo
Authority
Tom Foley
Dick Fowler
Memphis
Harry Frye
Shamrock
C. O. Glenn
Nocona
W. E. Dodson
Hereford
Evelyn O’keefe
Contiunea
Hoffa Arraigned as Not Guilty in Florida Fraud Case
Teamsters Union president James Hoffa and two associates pleaded not guilty to 12 count federal indictments charging misuse of half a million dollars in union funds linked to a Florida land development. Judge Devane gave 30 days to file motions and set March 6, 1961 for trial if possible.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters
Florida
Fuller Warren
Warren
U. S. Atty
T. Coleman Madsen
Miami
Dozier Devane
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Henry Lower
Devane
Recorders To Catch Talk Before Crashes
Washington UPI The aviation industry backs a government order requiring voice recorders in cockpits to capture last conversations after crashes. Air Line Pilots Association chief Sayen urges indestructible recorders in passenger cabins for insight into crash causes. FAA head Quesada notes cockpit recorders ordered to retain final moments to protect pilots privacy.
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Washington
UPI
C. N. Sayen
Air Line Pilots Association
Sayen
House Aeronautics Subcommittee
Federal Aviation Agency
FFA
Elwood R. Quesada
Quesada
FAA
Spelling Bee Scheduled for March 29 in Childress
County Supt Wade Kimbrough announced a March 29 spelling bee at the Junior High School with 34 senior spellers from 7th and 8th grade and 108 juniors from 5th and 6th grade entered. Juniors compete at 9 a m and seniors at 10 30 a m. The county winner must be certified by April 8 in Amarillo and the High Plains champion will be chosen there on April 29.
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Childress
Wade Kimbrough
Wilson
Amarillo
High Plains
The
Index
Kimbrough
Eisenhower Cuts Cuban Sugar Imports for 1961
President Eisenhower announces a three month halt on all Cuban sugar imports, setting the quota at zero. The move follows a prior reduction in 1960 and cites Castro's hostile policy and growing shipments to Communist countries.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Arrest Made From Kennedy Bomb Threat in Florida
A 73 year old Belmont New Hampshire man Richard Pavlick was arrested in Palm Beach Florida on a federal charge for threatening to become a human bomb to kill President elect John F Kennedy authorities said. Police found dynamite blasting caps and other bomb making materials in his car though no bomb was assembled.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Texas
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N. H
Pavlick
John Marshall
Miami
Secret Service
Washington
Post Office
West Palm Beach
New Hampshire
N.H
Reds Demand Dag Be Stripped of U N Power
The Soviet Union urged that UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold lose command over the Congo forces. An African Asian observer commission would monitor him and the UN command, reporting to the Security Council or General Assembly. Russia framed moves by UAR Guinea Ceylon Morocco and Indonesia to withdraw as a vote of no confidence while pressing Lumumba restoration.
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UPD
Russia
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Congo
General Assembly
U.N
Security Council
The
Assembly
United Arab Republic
Guinea
Ceylon
Morocco
Indonesia
Valerian A. Zorin
Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
Daniel Asks For Support For New State Industry
Gov. Price Daniel tours West Texas urging Texas cities be given authority to issue revenue bonds for building new industrial plants. He cites investment groups and city bonds as methods to spur jobs, offset declines in agriculture and oil, and attract consumer product industries. Attendees include E. B. Germany and several Texas officials. meeting held in Abilene with most participants returning to Childress.
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Harlingen
UPI
Price Daniel
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Industrial Commission
E. B. Germany
Daniel
A. J. Rogers
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
T. A. Shahan
TIC
Doyle McKinney
Childress
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Morris Higley
Texas Industrial Commission
Abilene
Kennedy names Robert Kennedy Attorney General and Dillon Treasury Secretary
President elect John F Kennedy announced his brother Robert Kennedy as attorney general and Douglas Dillon as secretary of the treasury. Byron White will be assistant attorney general and Harry Anslinger will remain head of the narcotics division. postmaster general remains to be filled with J Edward Day noted as a likely choice.
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Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Kennedy
Byron PA
Whizzer White
Denver
Harry Anslinger
Justice Department
J. Edward Day
Prudential Insurance Company
Georgetown
Robert Kennedy
Freeze Line Rips Deep Into Texas As Arctic Front Advances
A swift arctic air mass from Canada drives a cold front into Texas pushing the freeze line south toward Tyler Waco and Junction. Temperatures fall to the high teens and low 20s with gusts up to 20 mph and light coastal showers in parts of the Gulf coast.
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United Press International
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Mercury
Tyler
Waco
Junction
Gulf
Beaumont
Laredo
New Diet Pill To Be Released In Cincinnati
The William S Merrell Co introduces tenuate dospan a one a day pill claimed to suppress appetite for 12 hours. Dr John B Chewning explains the pill melts in the intestines releasing hunger-killing drug over a day and will be available by prescription.
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Cincinnati
UPI
William S. Merrell Co
John B. Chewning
Chewning
Fire Douses Bathroom Blaze in South East Area
The Childress Fire Department extinguished a bathroom fire at 407 Avenue G Southeast at 1 15 p m today. No additional details were available at press time.
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407 Avenue G
Childress
Selassie Back In London After Ethiopian Rebellion
Addis Ababa radio declared the rebellion against Emperor Haile Selassie crushed and rebels fleeing the country. Gen Merid Mengesha ordered arrests of rebels, many palace guards, as Selassie returned from Khartoum and Nairobi picked up the broadcast amid reports of loyalist victory.
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London
UPI
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Nairobi
Kenya
Merid Mengesha
Imperial
Lion of Judah
Brazil
Prince Asfa Wassan
Mengesha
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Ababa
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Jack V. Fox
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Columbus
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Ings
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Prospectork
Miller’s
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Rose Sweeney
Peter Bennett
St. Charles Seminary
Raymond Morgan
Cuba
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Times Square
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Reds
Higley
Robert
Dillon New
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Dean Rusk
Adli Stevenson
United Nations
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