Seven missing as tanker breaks in two off Norfolk
At least 28 seamen survived the stern half of the 10,417 ton Pine Ridge after a two part breakup near Cape Hatteras. Seven officers including the captain were missing. Helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge rescued survivors and hope remained for all aboard as bulkheads kept others afloat. The Keystone Shipping Company tanker, one of a class with a history of disasters, faced a grim night on the open sea with lifeboat sightings fading.
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Norfolk
UPS
Valley Forge
Clark Snyder
Havertown
Coast Guard
Esso
James Town
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Lewis
Pine Ridge
Keystone Shipping Co
Wilmington
Del
Artemis
Calf roping star Clifton Smith eyes National Finals
Clifton Smith of Tell ranks eighth among top calf ropers and heads to Dallas for the National Finals Rodeo December 26 through January 1. He has 9,498 points since 1960, won $1,776 at Fort Worth, tied fastest calf in 12.1 seconds, and holds indoor rodeo records. He also claimed several Average titles in Colorado and Missouri events. The National Finals results will be carried day by day via United Press International.
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Clifton Smith
Smith
Tell
Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Colorado Springs
Camdenton
Missouri
Loveland
Colorado
Longmont
Salt Lane City
Ogden
Antique dealer mails 50 Christmas cards by mistake
Dallas based antique dealer Stan Thomason mailed 49 Xmas cards before noticing one extra message hidden in the wrapper. The card wished a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the five of us. Thomason, a bachelor, recalls the 49 recipients and plans to call them. Remainder of Xmas Gift wrap and Ribbon 40% Off. Also Xmas Cards. Childress Office Supply.
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Dallas, Tex
UPI
Stan Thomason
Thomason
Childress Office Supply
Area Teachers To Meet Here In January
Area 3 of District 9 of the Texas State Teachers Association will hold its next meeting here January 18. Childress School Coordinator Fl don Sanders extended the invitation at Hedley. The meeting will be at Wilson School with Sanders and Wade Kimbrough in attendance. The program focused on proposed curriculum changes.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Childress
Fl Don Sanders
Hedley
Wilson School
Sanders
Wade Kimbrough
Romance That She Helped Ends In Death For Airman
Norman and Betty Steed, high school sweethearts from Mesquite Texas, married after high school. Betty moved to Denver to join husband at Lowry AFB but lived off base due to regulations. aided by President Eisenhower, she avoided weeks apart. After marriage troubles they agreed to divorce and Norman fatally shot himself as Betty entered the room.
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Denver
UPI
Eisenhower
Aquarrel
Norman
Betty Steed
Mesquite
Tex
Betty
Lowry Air Force Base
Man in Street Names Kennedy Victory Top Story of 1960
A United Press International poll of six U.S. metro areas found that the man in the street regarded Kennedy’s 1960 election as the top story. The list diverged from editors’ picks and added items such as the U2 incident, the Triton voyage, and Eichmann’s capture.
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Man In the Street
Kennedy
New York
UPS
United States
United Press International
Boston
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
UPI
Congo
United Nations General Assembly
U.S
Triton
Eichmann
Gas Prices Fall at Childress Stations Again
Regular gasoline dropped to 23.9 cents a gallon at most stations in Childress yesterday afternoon. Premium ranged six to seven cents higher. The year opened with a price war and today marked the sixth drop this year. A dealer said prices likely fall further before rising again.
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Childress
Royal Portable and Smith- Corona Portable Typewriters
Childress Office Supply presents Royal and Smith Corona portable typewriters as a cherished gift idea for boys and girls.
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Royal Portable
Smith- Corona
Childress
Israel Denies Misleading US on Negev Atomic Plant
Premier Ben-Gurion disclosed in the Knesset that an atomic reactor is being built in the Negev for peaceful research use. An authorized Israeli source rejected claims of a bomb-making link and said the plant would be completed in three to four years with a capacity of 24,000 thermal kilowatts to aid industry agriculture health and science.
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Jerusalem
Israel
API
United States
Negev Desert
David Ben-Gurion
Negev
Knesset
Peace
Ben-Gurion
Avraham Harman
Ben- Contiunea
Gold Outflow From United States Tops Four Billion In Summer
The Commerce Department estimates a summer average outflow of 4.129 billion in gold and dollars from the United States to England, West Germany and other European markets due to higher foreign investment returns. The nine month deficit in international accounts runs at 3.2 billion, with potential for higher year-end shortfalls. House Banking Committee members Reuss and Johnson say dollar and gold resources remain strongest globally and some outflow aids other nations’ reserve positions.
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United States
England
West
U.S
House Banking Committee
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Byron L. Johnson
D-Cole
Red River Pollution Risk From Oil Dumping
C. O. Glenn of Nocona warns that oil dumped into Oil Creek by Fort Worth and Denver Shops travels through a lake to Scatterech Creek to North Pease River and into Red River. He says pollution will worsen unless stopped and Fort Worth and Denver officials plan a new disposal method soon.
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Red River
C. O. Glenn
Nocona
Glenn
Fort Worth
Denver
Senators Press Kennedy on Algerian Independence Policy
Three senators returning from Africa urged President-elect Kennedy to back independence for Algeria to curb Communist influence. Senator Frank Church warned Africa watches Washington and that failure could push African nations toward the Soviet and Chinese blocs, calling the French Algerian conflict the continent’s most critical issue.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Africa
Algeria
Kennedy
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Church
Goldwater to pen weekly column for The Index
U S Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona will write a thrice weekly column for The Index starting soon with editions on Monday Wednesday and Friday. The conservative leader born January 1 1909 in Phoenix will donate all column earnings to Arizona charities.
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Barry Goldwater
U. S
The
Index
Senator Goldwater
United States
Arizona
Sen. Goldwater
Phoenix
Margaret Johnson
United States Army Air Force
U. S. Department of Interior
Indian Affairs Commission
United States Senate
American Association of Indian Affairs
American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Institute of Foreign Trade
Shriner
Eta Mu Pi
Sigma
Cars Needed To Take Children To Party
Several more cars are needed to bring children to the annual Elks Party for Needy Children at 2 pm Saturday at the Elks Lodge. Exalted Ruler Wood Czewski announced. Call J D Sweeney at 72695 to volunteer. Pickups begin at 1 30 pm and Sweeney will arrange pickup details. A second Christmas Party will follow at J J Rhoads School for Negro children.
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Ruler Wood Czewski
Elks Lodge
J. D. Sweeney
Sweeney
Czewski
J. J. Rhoads School For
Grocery Stores in Childress to Close Early for Christmas
All Childress grocery stores will close at 7 p m Saturday and remain shut all day Sunday Christmas. Some stores will reopen Monday while others stay closed.
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Childress
Parking Meters Return to City Banks Front and Sides
City Council Wednesday night voted to reinstall meters at the First National and First State Banks front and side locations. Three council members present prevented drawing a new ordinance. Propositions for Waterworks bonds were defeated 808 to 161 and 864 to 111. Parking rules for the hospital and old style street parking were addressed with no action and tabled requests.
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First National
First State
J. M. Crews
Clarence Harp
Herman Smith
Paraguay Repels Border Raid Near Argentine Post
Paraguayan forces smashed a raid at a border outpost four miles south of town. Rumors said Stroessner opponents planned attacks along river borders. Survivors burned two cars and fled into Argentina as casualty figures remained unavailable. The government blamed Argentina for prior raids and warned of protests in Buenos Aires.
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Alfredo Stroessner
Stroessner
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Truck Car Wreck Kills Two Near Chillicothe
Two Spearman, Texas men, Harold Gene Bangs 18 and J G Beneau 65, died when their car collided with a semi truck on Highway 287 near Chillicothe. The truck driver Kenneth Wayne Reed of Wheatland Colorado escaped unharmed. Police said the fatalities will not count toward the holiday death toll until midnight.
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Chillicothe
Tex
UPI
Spearman
Harold Gene Bangs
J. G. Beneau
Kenneth Wayne Reed
Wheatland
Colorado
Texas Highway Patrol
D. R. Dowdy
Commerce and Main Street Treated Not To Torn Up
Wil ey Shires announced that Commerce and Main streets will not be torn up for the new underground telephone lines in Childress. He said the work was completed years ago when the cable was laid beneath those streets and service over the new lines should be ready around year’s start.
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Childress
Wiley Shires
Shires
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