1961 gradual recovery across nation's economy noted
United Press International reports a 1961 gradual recovery from 1960 setbacks with varied regional growth. Boston area shows steady expansion, New England manufacturing spends about 610 million on plants and equipment in 1961, and employment climbs later in the year. Overall optimism persists for 1962 despite high unemployment and slow growth in key sectors. Continued on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Florida
Southwest
Boston
New England
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
New England Council
New
Texas Christmas holiday violence toll climbs toward 200
United Press International reports 192 deaths in Texas since the holiday period began. Breakdown includes 52 traffic, 13 fires, and 37 homicides or related incidents. Notable fatalities occur in Hearne, Branchville, and various Texas towns before the Jan. 2 deadline.
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United Press Internatinal
Texas
United Press International
Hearne
Verge Jeffery
Doug Ainesworth
James Ray
Eugene Carey
Billy Gray Taylor
Branchville
Nathan W. Wells
Viola Wells
Lena Clay
Richard Waugh George
Floresville
Tex
Pleasaton
Cristobal Rodriguez
San Benito
Verdict Declares Allen Shahan Death Accidental
Funeral services for T A Allen Shahan were held at 10 a m at First Methodist Church with burial planned at 4 p m in Abilene. The 58 year old West Texas Utilities district manager died from a gunshot near the maintenance shops of the utility. Justice of the Peace Paul Goodson ruled the death accidental, praising Shahan as a valued employee and longtime community leader active in Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts, and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. (Allen) Shahan
First Methodist Church
Abilene
Shahan
West Texas Utilities
Paul Goodson
Allen Shahan
Cal Young
Childress
Allen
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Northwest Texas
Boy Scouts
Cofc
Advis
Laos Peace Talks Collapse Signals Possible Civil War Return
A 30 minute session of the three Laotian princes ends without a coalition. Souvannah Phouma and Souphanouvong arrive from the Plain of Jars while Boun Oum rejects further talks and denounces Zurich as finished. The move undermines plans for a neutralist premier and coalition government as fighting resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. Malloy
United Press International
Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Laos
Souphanouvong
Souvanna Phouma
Boun Oum
Plain of Jars
Bon Oum
United States
Sovanna Phouma
Zurich
Vientiane
Souvanna
Cotton Ginning Surpasses 30 000 Bales in Childress County
Total cotton ginned in Childress County climbs past 30 000 bales with five gins reporting 30 863 to date. A ginner says about 2 000 bales remain in the field and 35 000 could be reached, marking one of the best crops in a decade versus last year’s 50 000 bales in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Al Jennings dies at 98 last of Wild West outlaws
Al Jennings longtime Jennings gang leader died at 98 in Tarzana California. He escaped prison death with Theodore Roosevelt help after a 1895 train robbery sentence and later served as lawyer actor writer and evangelist. Jennings moved to Tarzana in 1939 and died of natural causes with his nephew’s wife by his side.
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Tarzana
Calif
UPI
al Jennings
Jennings
San Fernando Valley
T. W. Eggleston
Maude
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Scientists Propose New Science of Human Survival
At the AAAS meeting in Denver a committee recommends a science of human survival to avert self destruction from war. The position paper, signed by Barry Commoner and others, urges collaboration across disciplines to apply science to wartime obsolescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Commoner
Washington University
Aaas Committee On
AAAS
Commoner
Margaret Mead
T.C. Byerly
U.S. Agriculture Department
Agricultural Research Service
Lawrence , Frank
Belmont
Mass
H. J. Geiger
Harvard University School of Public Health
Frank W. Notestein
The
Population Council, Inc
Association
Firemen Respond to Two Weekend Grass Fires
Firemen answered two calls involving minor fires over the holiday weekend. The first occurred about 4 p.m. Saturday in Jim Parker's vacant pasture east of the drive-in theater burning about 200 acres of grass. The second, around 1 p.m. Sunday, was at Tommy Shelton's residence at 907 Ave. H NW where burning grass ignited a garage but the structure was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Parker
Tommy Shelton
Ave. H. Nw
Sister Of Mrs. Fite Dies In Springtown
Mrs Will Hutchenson a Springtown lifelong resident died in Springtown at 9 45 am today. She was sister to Mrs Edd Fite of Childress. Funeral arrangements at Springtown are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fite
Springtown
Will Hutchenson
Tex
Changes Announced for West Texas Utilities Local Office
Herbert G. Clift will become Childress local manager January 1, succeeding Carl Hudson who retires. Floyd Gilliland will replace Clift as District Auditor. Hudson, born 1896 in Denton, has long served Childress offices since 1926 and leads regional civic roles. Clift, a 27-year WTU veteran born 1905, has held multiple posts in Childress since 1934 and is active in Lions and church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Clift
West Texas Utilities Company
Childress
Carl Hudson
Hudson
Floyd Gilliland
Clift
CP & L
WTU
Denton
Childress County
University of Texas
Fort Worth
Denver
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas Central Power Company
The
Shamrock
Memphis
Velma
Harber
Ronald
Presbyterian Church
Childress Lions Club
Lions WT l
Lions International
City Development
Childress Boy Scouts
Gilliland
Seymour
WTA
Texas Dairy & Produce Company
Childress Index
Brown outlines Childress federal housing project
Executive Director Earl Brown told Rotary Club that construction on 50 federal housing units in Childress is expected to start around March 1. The project will cost about 645 611 dollars with savings of roughly 30 000 from land and expense controls. The units include 16 one bedroom 12 two bedroom 18 three bedroom and four four bedroom homes with annual taxes expected to rise to about 2400. A water lift pump for northeast Childress will aid sewage for J J Rhoads school and nearby areas.
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Childress
Earl Brown
Rotary Club Today
Brown
M. K. Wilcoxson
Boone McClure
Canyon
C. W. Crawford
Bryan
C. Boone McClure
K. Mack Fink
Santa Monica
Calif
John Edmondson
Denver
Peron Secretly Marries 28 Year Old Secretary in Exile
In Madrid the 65 year old former Argentine dictator Juan Peron is reported to have secretly wed his 28 year old secretary Isabelita Martinez in exile. Friends say Christmas cards were sent as he introduced her as his wife at a midnight Mass.
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Madrid
YPI
Juan Peron
Isabella Martinez
Juan Domingo Peron
Isabelita Martinez de Peron
Peron
Isabelita
Miss Martinez
Panama
Eva
Man Pleads Guilty To Driving With Suspended License
David Mailich Coke Jr of Sulphur Springs pled guilty in County Court to driving a motor vehicle while license was suspended. He was fined $25 plus costs. arrested Sunday by Children? Highway Patrolmen, per County Attorney report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mailich Coke, Jr
Sulphur Springs
Childress
Aggravated Assault Charges Filed Against Samuel Harrison
Samuel Harrison is to be charged with aggravated assault after allegedly stabbing Andrew Simmons with a pocket knife on Sunday. Simmons received three stab wounds and was hospitalized, then released from Childress General today. Harrison remained in jail this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harrison
Andrew Simmons
Simmons
Childress General
Harrison
Traffic signal outage hits Childress central district
Traffic signal lights in the central business district of Childress were off for several hours this morning due to electrical troubles. Power company crews were working to restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Power Company
FBI Adds Murder Suspect to Ten Most Wanted List
FBI places 36 year old Francis Laverne Brannan on its ten most wanted criminals list. Brannan is accused of a shotgun slaying of a 7 year old clergyman's widow in Rushville Illinois on October 23. He is described as 5'11" tall, 160 to 170 pounds with light brown hair blue eyes and freckles. He has a shoulder scar a gold tooth cap and favors cashmere sweaters and white collar work. He is considered armed and extremely dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Francis Laverne Brannan
FBI
Brannan
Rushville
Ill
Oil Test Drilling Near Childress Continues Wildcat Prospect
The O. P. Leonard Rhea No. 1 resumed drilling yesterday and is now below 2 680 feet. Located about three miles south of Childress the test will reach 7 500 feet for oil or gas. It is not part of the Kirkland area but is considered a wildcat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Leonard-Rhea No. 1
Childress
Kirkland
Raney Suffers Heart Attack in Dallas Home
I G Raney son of Mrs Ina Raney of Childress suffered a severe heart attack about 11 p m Tuesday at his Dallas home. By 1 p m today his aunt Mrs Montie McMinn said his condition was satisfactory and he was responding to treatment at St Pauls Hospital in Dallas. Raney was born and spent early years at Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Raney
Dallas
I. G. Raney
Ina Raney of
Childress
Montie McMinn
St. Paul's Hospital
Raney
Britain warns of increased tensions in Middle East
London officials say Britain will heighten readiness with precautions as British forces, including the Centaur and Plymouth, sail from Mombasa amid reports of troop movements near Kuwait. Iraqi threats and Kuwait crisis echoes of last summer deepen regional strain and alert levels.
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Britain
Middle East
London
UPID
Defense Ministry
Centaur
Plymouth
Mombasa
Kuwait
The
Daily Mail
Hashim Jawad
Iraq
Jawad
Eal
Beirut
Abdul Karim Kassem
Kassem
Sheik
Sir Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabbah
Kuswait
Arab League
League
Strategic Reserve
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Switzerland
America Souphanouvong
Outlaws
UPS
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Scientif
Morrison and McCall
Childress Electric and Ice Company
Central Power and Light Company
Tyler Commercial College
Davis Auto Company
Burlington Railroad
Childress Cotton Oil Mill
Herbert G. Cliff
Man
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