Indonesia Signals Open Door to Negotiations on New Guinea
Eastern army commander Lt Col Busjiri said hand-picked commandos practice amphibious landings near Dutch New Guinea and will be prepared for every eventuality. Sukarno pledges to faithfully carry out the final command to raise the flag, while diplomacy continues and the Dutch are urged to negotiate.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UPI
Dutch New Guinea
Busjiri
Mand
Molucca Islands
Kennedy
U. N
Thant
Sukarno
U. S
Howard P. Jones
Subandrio
Holland
Parliament
Cold air drives from Texas as bitter freeze lingers
North to south winds push a mass of bitter cold eastward from Texas while warm air from the south spreads across western Texas. Temperatures drop to 16 in Dalhart and 51 in Brownsville as the Weather Bureau forecasts 2 to 10 degrees below normal statewide with light rain possible in North Central and Northeastern Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Weather Bureau
Housing Group Sets Meeting Thursday
A special meeting of the Childress Federal Housing Authority is set for 10 30 a m Thursday to discuss final plans for 50 housing units. Architect R B Pardue of Wichita Falls will attend.
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Childress
Cotton Harvest Nears Finish as Gins Operate Steadily
County Agent Chile Smith notes several more days of favorable weather could near the 1961 cotton harvest finish. Today's survey reports 29,422 bales with 28,464 bales last Wednesday. Gins in operation include Tindall West Texas Kirkland Co-Op and Tell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile Smith
Tindall
West Texas
Kirkland
Co- Op
Tell
Index Will Be Published Early Saturday
The Childress Index will not be published on Monday December 25 Christmas Day but will appear on Monday January 1 1962 New Year Day It will be published this Sunday December 24 Sunday’s Index will be published early Saturday to allow employees a longer holiday and time for Christmas shopping
Mrs. Mills Critical After Pneumonia Treatment
Mrs. M. A. Mills remained in critical condition at Childress General Hospital where she has been a patient for about a week. Friends said she showed slight improvement yesterday after several days of illness with pneumonia.
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M. A. Mills
Childress General Hospital
Friends
Water experts urge Greenbelt to plan for scarce Texas surface water
Otho Dent of Austin warns limited surface water in area as Texas boards say all water will be allocated in 20 years. Marvin Shurbet urges Greenbelt to borrow for project at lowest rate with TWDB loans up to 15 million dollars. Interior and Red River Valley officials pledge assistance to promote the worthwhile project.
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Otho Dent
Austin
Texas Board of Water Engineers
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Ane’ S
Dent
Texas
Marvin Shurbet
Petersburg
Texas Water Development Board
John Thompson
Amarillo
Department of Interior
Fred Parkey
Wichita Falls
Red River Valley
Tax Guides For Farmers Are Available At County Office
Free tax guides for farmers are available at the County Agent Chile Smith office. Key dates are January 15 1962 February 15 1962 and April 15 1962. The January 15 1962 deadline covers estimated returns for year ending December 31 1961.
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Chile Smith
Smith
Gambling Charges Hit County as Sheriff Nabs Suspects
One man faced gaming operation charges while two pled guilty and paid fines. several others were charged and posted $200 bonds. Deputies arrested at Orlean Jones’s residence in Northeast Childress. Granville Taylor and Tommy Brown paid $24.50 fines. Numerous inmates remained in the county jail on bond.
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Sheriff's Department
Orlean Jones
Childress
Granville Taylor
Tommy Brown
Bailey Jones
E. M. Mayfield
Clarence Gatewood
Joe
Kennedy Macmillan Talks Still Scheduled Despite Father's Illness
President Kennedy plans to meet Harold Macmillan in Bermuda or Palm Beach as his father Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. shows slight improvement after a cerebral hemorrhage. Doctors report initial progress and the White House confirms the meeting will proceed with location depending on the elder Kennedy's condition.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
White House
Bermuda
St. Mary’s Hospital
West Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
Macmillan
Death probe in Welcher case tied to Oklahoma authorities
A month after J. J. Welcher, a Memphis man, died from head injuries after a tavern fight near the Oklahoma line, local investigators say only Oklahoma authorities can pursue further actions. Autopsy linked death to a blow near the temple, with witnesses at the Cow shed tavern.
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J. J. Welcher
Memphis
Childress General Hospital
Childress Law
Welcher
Texas
Oklahoma
John Forbis
Childress
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
Oklahoma State Line
Quanah
Raymond McFarland
Theunday
Golden
McFarland
Atlas Shot Sends Monkey On Space Hop
CAPE CANAVERAL UPS report a four pound rhesus monkey named Scatback rode an Atlas rocket to space at 17000 mph landing about 5000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral in a planned area. Recovery work off Ascension Island continued ten hours after launch with beacon signals not yet received. The test endured unusually rough conditions during reentry and high radiation exposure.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
Scatback
Air Force
Ascension Island
South Atlantic
Earth
Carl Hudson to Retire as West Texas Utilities Manager
Carl Hudson, longtime local manager for West Texas Utilities here, will retire January 1. Herbert Clift will be promoted to local manager and Floyd Gilliland becomes district auditor. Details will come from Abilene headquarters in days ahead.
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Carl Hudson
West Texas Uilities
Abilene
Herbert Clift
Floyd Gilliland
Clift
Moss Hart Dies at Palm Springs Producer of My Fair Lady
Moss Hart theatrical producer director and writer died in Palm Springs California at the age of noted. He authored or co authored many Broadway successes and more recently directed works including the staging of My Fair Lady and Camelot. Earlier plays were written with George S Kaufman.
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New York
UPI
Moss Hart
Palm Springs
Calif
Hts
Hart
Camelot
George S. Kaufman
Tshombe Adoula Meet Kitona for Peace Talks
Katanga President Moise Tshombe and Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula sat at a plain wooden table in a small air conditioned room on the Kitona military base to seek a lasting peace plan for the troubled nation. Their aides observed as the talks began in a disused building.
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Tshombe Adoula
Kitona
Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
UN Debates Tibet and Hungary in final preholiday Session
United Nations General Assembly opens a last round of East West clashes over Tibet and Hungary as it nears a three week Christmas recess with debates and votes in New York.
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U.N
Tibet
United Nations N.Y
UPD
General Assembly
Hungary
Postal rate hike clears final congressional hurdle
Washington reports a deal between the administration and Sen. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina appears to remove the last major obstacle in Congress to a postal rate increase.
U2 Pilot Powers Receives Christmas Cake in Prison
Francis Gary Powers, the U2 pilot held by Soviet authorities, was allowed one care package per month and received a Christmas fruit cake gum and other small items. The gift was approved by prison officials in Moscow.
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U-2
Washington
UPI
Francis Gary Powers
Dam Would Provide Good Water For Fifty Years To Nine Greenbelt Cities
The Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority proposes damming the Salt Fork of Red River to supply good water for at least fifty years. Engineers Freese Nichols Endress forecast 93,000 acre feet, with costs totaling about 14.2 million including dam, treatment and distribution. The plan covers seven to nine cities and suggests ad valorem bonds for financing, with a four percent interest rate and forty-year maturities.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Salt Fork
Red River
Freese, Nichols and
Endress
Fort Worth
Greenbelt Authority
Si Freese
Baylor Lake
Childress
Quanah
Paducah
Wellington
Memphis
Hedley
Clarendon
Shamrock
Crowell
Freese
Texas Water Development Board
Rotary Holds Meeting on Business in District 573
Rotary Club President Charles Reynolds led a business session noting the club ranked third in District 573 for extra Rotarian subscriptions behind Odessa and Memphis. January 10 marks nominations deadline for District Governor 573. Plans include Rotary Magazine Week January 21–27 and a program for World Understanding Week in March.
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Rotary Club
Charles Reynolds
Odessa
Memphis
PDG
Morris Higley
Childress Club
Rotary Magazine
Rotary International
M. K. Wilcoxson
Pat Patterson
Midland
Childress
Wellington
Shamrock
Lions Club
Dave Kelly
Burbank
Calif
Jimmy Hamm
Debates Set For 13th District Runoff Hopefuls
Republican Joe Bailey Meissner and Democrat Graham B Purcell will spar in four weekly TV debates on KSYD TV ahead of the 13th Congressional District runoff. The timing targets late January or early February, with prime-time slots possible.
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Wichita Falls
UPI
Joe Bailey Meissner
Graham B. Purcell
Ksyd-Tv
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Texas House of Representatives
James Turman
George Korkman
Housing Group
M. A. Mill
Ed Shinkle
San Francisco
Page
Henry Storm
Atlas Shot
Rotary
iIndia
C. S. Jha
Vasco V. Garin
Security Council
U.S
NEA Telephoto
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