Shahan Found Shot in West Texas Utilities Lot
Thomas Allen Shahan was found shot to death about 30 p.m. Monday in the driveway at the West Texas Utilities maintenance shops in Abilene Texas. Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith said the shooting appeared accidental with the rifle fired while Shahan handled it near the open car door. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. at First Methodist Church with burial at Abilene Memorial Park Cemetery.
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West Texas Utilities
Avenue A
L. V. Shackleford
First Methodist Church
John English
Methodist
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Floyd Mitchell
Carl Hudson
W. J. Hembree
Herbert Clift
W. M. Moore, Jr
Dewey Smith
R. L
Cold Front Bakes Texas Panhandle With Chill
Clouds move inland from the Gulf as a new cold front edges into the Texas Panhandle. The U S Weather Bureau says colder air will drop temperatures to the low 20s in the Panhandle tonight, with Amarillo 25 and Dalhart 27 earlier today. Monday's high reached 69 at Laredo. Light showers expected only in East Texas.
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United Press International
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Laredo
East
The Fashion Shoppe Seeks This Week Exchanges
The Fashion Shoppe urges customers to complete all necessary exchanges within the current week to ensure smooth returns and updated merchandise.
Holiday Home Winners Named
The Chamber of Commerce announced five winners for most beautiful holiday decorations. Three out of town judges, C of C Manager Jeff Henderson, and contest chair Vern Rucker selected Bertha Crawford Harry Thaten Fay Eatherly George Johnson and C R Dugan. Winners receive a color photo of their home.
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Chamber of Commerce Today
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Vern Rucker
Bertha Crawford
Harry Thaten
Fay Eatherly
George Johnson
C. R. Dugan
AP apologizes for erroneous Kennedy dance report
The Associated Press apologized to President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy for a mistaken dispatch claiming Mrs. Kennedy danced the twist in Fort Lauderdale. The White House said the report was untrue and that Mrs. Kennedy spent the evening at home with the President. The AP issued a retraction and sent telegrams to newspapers to publish the apology.
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UPI
Associated Press Today
Benjamin M. McKelway
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Fort Lauderdale
Quiet Christmas Weekend Report From Childress
A very quiet holiday period in Childress reported with one minor accident at 13th Street and Avenue G NW at 4 40 PM Saturday. Donna Taylor driving south collided with Leland Cagle westbound, both uninjured, two autos damaged, traffic signs absent, no tickets issued, Highway Patrol noting no county accidents. Chief Alvis Maddox praised the unusually tranquil weekend.
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Childress
Highway Patrol
13Th Street
Avenue G Nw
Donna Taylor
Leland Cagle
Alvis Maddox
Three Knife Incident Leaves Man Critical in Childress
Andrews Simmons, a Black man, is in serious condition at Chil dress General Hospital after being stabbed three times in the chest on a northeast Childress street around noon Sunday. Samuel Harrison, 20, is jailed in Childress County on related charges.
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Andrews Simmons
Childress General Hospital
Simmons
Childress
Samuel Harrison
Ne- 20
Sheriff's Department
Five Killed In Head-On Crash In Texas
A two car crash on US Highway 79 near Hearne Texas killed five people and left two others in critical condition. The victims were Verge J. Jeffery 38 of San Antonio and four occupants of the second car Doug Ainesworth 25 Billy Gray Tyler 22 James Ray Carey 22 and his brother Michael Eugene Carey 21 all from the New Baden community near Hearne.
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Texas
U.S. Highway 79
Hearne
Verge J. Jeffery
San Antonio
Doug Ainesworth
Billy Gray Tyler
James Ray Carey
Michael Eugene Carey
New Baden
Double S and H Green Stamps At Rushing's Food Store
Rushing's Food Store offers double S and H Green Stamps promotion on Wednesday for shoppers earning stamps with purchases. Customers commend the added value as the program runs for a limited day.
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Rushing’s
Rushing
Rushing's
Younger Sister of LBJ Dies
Fredricksburg Texas UPI funeral services pending for Mrs Josefa Moss 49 younger sister of Vice President Lyndon Johnson who died Christmas Eve of a cerebral hemorrhage She spent the evening with the Johnson family around a Christmas tree at the LBJ ranch near Fredericksburg later died in her sleep Survivors include her husband Jim a son Rodney 13 two brothers the vice president and Sam Houston Johnson of Austin and two sisters Mrs C P Bobbitt of Austin and Mrs Birge Alexander of Fort Worth
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Fredericksburg
Tex
UPI
Josefa Moss
Lyndon Johnson
Moss
Johnson
LBJ
Jim
Rodney
Sam Houston Johnson
Austin
C. P. Bobbitt
Birge Alexander
Fort Worth
Chimney Sweepers Find 300000 Hidden in Chimney
In Cholet France two chimney sweepers found a small suitcase containing about 300000 in notes and bonds hidden in a chimney. Police suspect the stash belonged to Felix Levy a deported 1942 Nazi victim. Heir seeks the fortune and the find awaits a legal settlement with a portion to the finders.
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Cholet
France
UPI
Felix Levy
Levy
Dachau
Sehouse
Christians End 36 Hour Christmas In Bethlehem
In Bethlehem hundreds of Israeli Christian pilgrims returned from a Jordanian journey during a 36 hour Christmas truce at Mandelbaum Gate. Many visited the Church of the Nativity and nearby sites while shepherds and chimes filled the Christmas air. A few travelers fell ill or were unable to return in time but were promised entry back into Israel.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Mandelbaum
Jordan
Mandelbaum Gate
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Jesus Christ
Church of the Nativity
Christ
St. Catherine's
Rayburn Seat Runoff Begins Campaign Stage
State Sen. Ray Roberts of McKinney and Sherman attorney R C Slagle opened their campaigns for the 4th Texas district special runoff to replace the late Sam Rayburn. Runoff date around January 20. first non Rayburn successor in about 50 years.
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Sherman, Tex
UPS
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Sherman
R. C Sglagle
U.S House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Roberts
Sglagle
Texas
Slagle
Sam
Rayburn
Congress
Big Wheat Surplus Sale To Yugoslavia
The United States may announce a large surplus wheat sale to Yugoslavia, a move likely to renew questions about aid to Tito’s regime. The discussion follows past U S aid and arms deals and Tito’s 1948 split from Stalin, highlighting shifts toward Western trade and market reforms in Yugoslavia.
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Washington
UPI
United States
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Kennedy
Eisenhower
U.S
Tito
Stalin
Kremlin
Funeral for H. M. Jeter Held Today in Childress
H. M. Jeter, 76, died suddenly at Lubbock at 2 55 p m Saturday of an apparent heart attack at the home of his granddaughter Mrs F P Golden He collapsed while stepping from a car after arriving for a holiday visit Funeral rites were held at 2 p m today in the Childress First Methodist Church Interment was in Childress Cemetery J Newberry Funeral Home J Jeter had lived in Childress since 1904 and was a retired farmer He was born February 5 1885 in Carthage Texas and was a Methodist He married Elinor King December 15 1906 in Childress She preceded him in death April 14 1960 Survivors include two daughters Mrs J H Mitchell of Wichita Falls and Mrs Mollye McNeal of Mesquite two sisters Mrs Lennie Wimberly of Dallas and Mrs Emmie Montford of Bridgeport Texas two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
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Lubbock
Joe and
Rayford Jones
J. D. Murray
Michie Thaten
Milton Howard
Willie Moates
Billy Joe Bennett
Bill Dawson
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Jeter
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Carthage
Tex
Methodist Church of
Childress
Elinor King
J. H. Mitchell
Mollye McNeal
Mesquite
Lennie Wimberly
Emmie Montford
Bridgeport
Mountain Lion Killed by Billy McMinn Party Near Cimarron
Billy McMinn and companions from LeFors and Childress County killed a mountain lion near Cimarron New Mexico during a holiday trip. The party used eleven dogs to corner the animal and another lion was killed by the group. The hunters plan to mount the specimen.
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Billy McMinn
Bill McMinn
Childress County
Billy
Bruce
Richard Bull
LeFors
Cimarron
N.M
Kindle Rites To Be Held Wednesday
John Foster Kindle 74, dies after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Gordon Highfill and Jimmy Smith presiding. Interment Olympus Cemetery. pallbearers named. Born May 4 1887 in Mineola Texas, he retired from farming nine years ago and served Olympus as County Commissioner in the 1920s. He was Sunday School Superintendent of the rural Baptist Church.
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John Foster Kindle
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Calvary Baptist Church
Gordon Highfill
Jimmy Smith
Cee Wee Baptist Church
Lowell
Thurman Dement
Troy
Roy Rogers
Will H. Smith
Frank Mitchell
Olympus Community
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Kindle
Mineola
Smith County
Tex
Olympus
Baptist
Holiday weekend traffic toll tops 500 deaths
National Safety Council announced nearly final figures showing 519 fatalities during the long Christmas holiday weekend. The toll marks the worst highway slaughter since the 1955 black Christmas when 409 people died. The 78 hour period began at 6 pm Friday.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Blanche Cason Dies at 59 in Laredo Funeral Here
Blanche Leary Cason 59 died at 10 50 am Saturday in Laredo after a heart attack while visiting a daughter. Funeral services will be held at 10 am Thursday at Newberry Chapel with Rev John English overseeing and interment in Childress cemetery. Pallbearers include Forrest Preston Jack Preston James Eddy W J Sharp Gus Leftwich and Belves Bailey. The body arrives here at 6 45 pm today. She was born July 24 19.
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Blanche Leary Cason
Laredo
Newberry
John English
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Forrest Preston
Jack Preston
James Eddy
W. J. Sharp
Gus Leftwich
Belves Bailey
Childress
Cason
Former Carey Resident Dies at 76
Mrs. Mary Ellen Rich Tinsley 76 died at her Wheeler home. Funeral at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First Baptist Shamrock. graveside 3 p.m. Carey Cemetery. Survivors include sons E M Tinsley Shamrock and Murray Tinsley Healdton, daughter Vera Blachard Long Beach, sister Mrs. Seagraves, 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Mary Ellen Rich Tinsley
Wheeler
First Baptist Church
Shamrock
Carey Cemetery
Frank Beachamp
Methodist
Murray Tinsley
Healdton Okla
Vera Blachard
Long Beach
Calif
Seagraves
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