Joe Norman Named Basketball Coordinator
Joe Norman takes the new Kids Basketball program post. A Highway Department employee and Childress High School 1954 alumnus, he will oversee eight to 14 year olds in Shetland and Pony Leagues with games at Junior High and the High School gym. Participation costs $1 but no boy will be turned away. uniforms supplied, shoes needed.
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Joe Norman
Norman
Highway Department
Childress
Childress High School
Index
Joe Warren
Dick Powell Suffers Setback in Cancer Battle
Beverly Hills UPI reports actor Dick Powell, 57, shows a setback in his cancer fight. Dr. John Sharpe says Powell is not terminal and recent cobalt treatment may not reflect his overall condition. Powell remains very ill and may have a possible malignancy linked to back pain.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Dick Powell
Powell
John C. Sharpe
Sharpe
Frank McFadden
June Allyson
Wilshire Boulevard
Ucla Medical Center
Rotary Club Meeting Suffered Health Incident
A man identified as Joe Sooter reportedly suffered a heart attack at a Rotary Club meeting today. He was taken to Childress General Hospital in fair condition after saying he felt unwell on arrival and declining to eat.
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Joe Sooter
Rotary Club
Childress General Hospital
Biggest Week Recorded In Cotton Harvest
Clear dry weather in Childress County spurred the biggest cotton harvest week of the season with 10 543 bales ginned this morning versus 5 747 last week. Reported by Tell Kirkland Farmers Co Op West Texas and Tindall.
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Childress County
Tell
Kirkland
Farmers Co-Op
West Texas
Tindall
Third Coats Oil Test To Start Today
Mann Drilling Company of Wichita Falls began erecting equipment to drill the British American test in the oil producing area southeast of Kirkland. Kirkland Pump Company set surface casing for the test at 372 feet and started the water well. Oil is expected to be found. five producing wells exist in the area and this test is an offset to an O P Leonard producer on the Oda coe Sat property and is expected to be the third producer.
Kennedy Macmillan meet in Nassau on Skybolt dispute
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan opened talks in Nassau Bahamas focusing on East West tensions and the Skybolt missile setback. The leaders prepared to assess Congo risks amid U S concern over Soviet moves and Britain’s nuclear deterrent.
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Bahamas
UPI
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Britain
United States
New Providence Island
Congo
Macmillan
George Ball
Defense
Robert McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
U. S
David K. E. Bruce
Llewellyn Thompson
Lord Home
Peter Thorneycroft
Skybolt
U.S
United Nations
Katanga
Cyrille Adoula
Soviet Union
Adoula
London
Explosion at Happy Elevator Kills Man in Texas
Steve Huseman, 55, of Happy, died in Amarillo hospital from head injuries and burns after an explosion at Happy Elevator No. 1. Two other workers, Lawrence Webster and John Phillips, sustained burns and were listed in satisfactory condition. Fire crews from multiple cities battled a two hour blaze that destroyed a 35 000 bushel wooden storage bin and damaged eight concrete and five steel units. Authorities cited grain dust spontaneous combustion as a possible cause.
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Amarillo
APS
Steve Huseman
Happy
Tex
Lawrence Webster
John Phillips
Happy Elevator No
Huseman
Pete Whitlow
Lena Walberg
Tulsa
Canyon
Dimmitt
Hereford
Whitlow
Rotary Club Christmas Songs Program
Christmas numbers were sung at the Rotary Club meeting. Participants included Carolyn Mooney at the piano School Music Director Norman Hemphill Rebecca Cheatheam Linda Holland and Sandra Dement. Miss Cheatheam sang a solo Buford Austin led the program Ross Smith was introduced as a new Rotarian Johnny Wright attended as student guest.
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Rotary Club
Carolyn Mooney
Norman Hemphill
Rebecca Cheatheam
Linda Holland
Sandra Dement
Miss Cheatheam
Buford Austin
Ross Smith
Johnny Wright
Light Sprinkle Falls Today in Cotton County
A light sprinkle fell in Childress around 1 p m today. Moisture was spotted. A cotton farmer said a little moisture will help stop harvest losses. Nearly 5 000 bales of cotton have been ginned in the county in the past seven days.
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Childress
City Council Moved Meeting to Friday at City Hall
City Manager Louis Sally announced the City Council will convene at 7 30 p m Friday at city hall instead of Monday, adjusting the week’s schedule.
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Louis Sally
Fire Department Responds to Grass Fires Near Town
The fire department answered two grass fire calls yesterday. One was at 704 Avenue F South and the other about two miles east of town. No damage was reported.
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Avenue F So
Kelley Services Held for Mrs Jo Ann Kelley
Funeral services for Mrs. Jo Ann Kelley 86 longtime Childress County resident were held at 3 30 p m today at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Joe Allen and Rev Ira L Parrack. She died at 245 a m Tuesday at 110 Third Street Northeast after a several months illness.
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Jo Ann Kelley
Childress County
First Baptist Church
Joe Allen
Ira L. Parrack
Kelley
Third Street
Northeast
Walrath chosen to lead ICC next year
The Interstate Commerce Commission elected Vice Chairman Laurence K. Walrath as chief for the coming year. Other briefs note Peace Corps overseas losses and returns, Russia’s atmospheric nuclear tests, Christine McGuire's divorce, and a message from Indian Prime Minister Nehru to President Kennedy.
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Washington
UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
Laurence K. Walrath
Russia
Novaya Zemlya Test Center
Arctic
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
New York
Miss McGuire
Teeter
Nevada
Nehru Washington
Kennedy
Nehru
India
China
B. K. Nehru
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Porter Released In Murder Case
Lab results show no sexual assault in the strangling of Donna Kimmey a 22 year old stewardess found in a Kenner motel tub. A Negro waiter was released after two days as investigators pursue a swift and violent attack with few leads.
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New Orleans
UPI
Donna Kimmey
Jefferson Parish
George Gillespie
Gillespie
Huntington
Tex
Miss Kimmey
Trans Texas Airways
Lentini
Odom
Lions Club Presents Intercom to Ruth Fite at Christmas Party
Ruth Fite received an intercom system and Lions Club gifts at the annual Christmas Party held for members and the Lions ladies at Childress Hotel. The event featured 18 piece Dixie Land Band led by Norman Hemphill with MC L W McClendon.
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Ruth Fite
Lions Club
Lions Ladies
Childress Hotel
Lions
Miss Fite
Dixie Land
Childress High School
Norman Hemphill
Lion L. W. McClendon
Light Rain Patches and Dense Fog Hit Texas
A weak cool front brings scattered light rains to northern Texas while mild temperatures persist statewide. Thick east and south fog cancels flights in Houston and San Antonio, with Dallas Love Field reporting one mile visibility. The fog contributed to a fatal crash near Beeville. McAllen led Texas with 82 degrees as other cities recorded 81.
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Texas
Houston
San Antonio
Love Field
Dallas
Bruno Mathews Huebner
Berclair
Tex
Beeville
McAllen
Alice
Brownsville
Laredo
Presidio
Elks To Wrap Gifts For Needy Children Party
Elks Lodge No. 1113 members and wives are urged to wrap gifts at the lodge Thursday starting at 7 p.m. Floyd Mitchell, chairman, asks all who can help. The Christmas party for Needy Children is planned for Monday afternoon.
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Elks Lodge No. 1113
Floyd Mitchell
Merchants Left Off City Christmas Party List
A number of firms were omitted from the city Christmas party donor list. Names include Joe Howard Norris Hardware Buckleys Men's Store Whites Auto West Texas Utilities Lone Star Gas Jones Hardware Gordons Wholesale Auto United Mrs Ba Bread Gage Food and Dealer Motor.
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Joe Howard
Norris Hardware
Buckley’s Men’s Store
White's Auto
West Texas Utiliies
Lone Star Gas
Jones Hardware
Gordon's W ‘Era Auto
United
Mrs. Ba Bread
Gage Food
Dle Motor
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L. E. Byars
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Dr. Odom
Sam Pakan
Lions District
Shamrock
Rotary
James Ragsdale
Jaycee
Tom Bailiff
H. W. Fite
Ann Fite
Fern Maddox
Chester Hufstedler
Jerry Dugan
Richard Bird
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