Train collision in Mindsull Vernon kills 18 in Britain
Rescue teams worked in snow to free victims from a holiday train wreck on the Mid Day Scot express near Mindsull Vernon. Eighteen people died and over 60 were injured as the rear cars of the waiting Liverpool to Birmingham train were struck. A U.S. serviceman was reported among the dead.
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Liverpool
England
UPI
British Railways
U.S
Mindsull Vernon
London
Gisgow
Birmingham
Britain
Lewisham
Post Office Sets New Mail Site Regulations
Post Office Department imposes size and shape limits effective January 1 1963 for envelopes cards and self mailers. Envelopes must be at least 3 inches wide and 4 1/2 inches long and rectangular. Wideness exceed 9 inches or length over 12 inches or width to length ratio below 1 to 1.414 are not recommended. Noncompliant items will not be accepted for processing or delivery.
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Post Office Department
Childress
Warner Stevens
Stevens
Home Repair Survey Planned in January Countywide
The Bureau of Census of the U S Department of Commerce announces a January Quarterly Household Survey gathering expenditures on home alterations and repairs. Conducted in 333 sample areas during the first ten days of January, the survey will cover painting plumbing roofing flooring and related projects. Mrs Doris Clements will supervise the survey locally.
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Bureau of Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Doris Clements
Fire causes minor damage at Homen Meat Company
A fire at about 3 30 a m today at the Homen Meat Company caused minor damage. The blaze started when a belt slipped and sparked, authorities reported.
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Homen Meat Company
Inventory control requires exchange before Jan 1
Fashion Shoppe states inventory control requires an exchange by January 1. Please assist with completing the transaction and updating records accordingly.
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Fashion Shoppe
Former Resident Transferred To Amarillo Hospital
Nora Harris of McLean, a Childress resident, was transferred Wednesday from Childress General to St. Anthony's in Amarillo for further examination by a neurosurgeon of injuries from a car wreck near Hollis Oklahoma on Christmas Eve. The patient, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M A Tate, was in a semi conscious state with a possible head injury and neck fracture and paralysis of one arm.
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Childress
Nora Harris
McLean
Childress General
St. Anthony’s
Amarillo
M. A. (Boss) Tate
Hollis
Okla
Nuclear blasts reported by Russia at Arctic test site
The Atomic Energy Commission says Russia conducted a "number" of nuclear explosions over the Christmas holidays at its Arctic test site. Duke University researchers report using motion picture film to record blood flow inside the eyeball to aid diagnosis and research.
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Washington
Medical Aid
Durham, N.C
UPI
Duke University
French Auto Exports Rise 15 Percent to 560,000
Paris reports French automobile exports climbed 15 percent this year to about 560 thousand cars, marking a record year below 1969 highs, as industry officials note 1959 saw a peak of around 604 thousand exports.
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Paris
API
Winter Eases Grip Across Most Texas
United Press International reports that cold weather softened across Texas with subfreezing readings confined to the Panhandle and northern regions. Highs were forecast mainly in the 40s and 50s, while Dallas Waco marked 31, El Paso 32, and Galveston 45 as warmest readings overnight. Bright skies returned to parts of the Panhandle and South Plains as a new cold surge loomed.
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United Press International
Texas
Mercury
Upper Panhandle
Dallas-Waco
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Dalhart
Amarillo
Alpine
Lubbock
Midland
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Abilene
San Angelo
Dallas
Waco
el Paso
Galveston
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Teague Rites Will Be Held Here Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Teague 83 were held at King Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Joe M Moore officiating and burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include sons W M Teague and Maj Weldon W Teague five daughters 13 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. She married E A Teague October 14 1900. Mr Teague died April 7 1944.
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Martha Teague
King Memorial Methodist Church
Joe M. Moore
Walters, Okla
Joan English
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
D. R. Waltermire
Harold Camp
James Lawrence
Henry T. McLane
James D. Smith
Joe
1963 License Plates Arrive for February Sale
License plates for 1963 have arrived and will go on sale February 1, 1963. The Tax Assessor-Collector's office announced the new plates start with AR-1200 and feature black letters and numbers on a white background, opposite the 1962 colors.
New Year Holiday Traffic Deaths Estimated
The National Safety Council projects 420 to 480 highway deaths nationwide over the four day New Year weekend starting Friday night. They also warn more than 40,000 deaths will end 1962, with 18,000 to 21,000 seriously injured. Alaska New Hampshire and Wyoming report no deaths.
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National Safety Council Today
The
Safety Council
United Press International
Alaska
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Secret satellite Ferret enters orbit to monitor signals
Newsweek reports a sensitive American satellite code named Ferret now orbits Earth. Developed by Lockheed and RCA, the robot inspector uses sensors to detect coded transmissions and relay them to U.S. listening posts. An exchange inventory is due January 1.
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New York
UPI
Newsweek Magazine
United States
Lockheed Aircraft and Radio Corp. of America
RCA
Ship Docks With Many Families Of Prisoners
A crowd of 922 relatives of Cuban invasion prisoners, aboard the African Pilot, disembarked at Port Everglades and Flanding in Miami for reunions with 1,113 inmates held by Castro. Nine measles cases. aid and health checks followed as families prepared to travel to Dinner Key Auditorium for the mass reunion.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Port Everglades
Here
Dinner Key
Brigade 2506
Giron Beach
Havana
Castro
Cuba
United States
Cuban
Fort Lauderdale
Manuel Artime
Marta Elena Rodiguess
Artime
U S
NEA
Gus E Hope Dies Retired Bricklayer Funeral Pending
Gus Eugene Hope 75 retired bricklayer died at 8 15 a m today at Childress General Hospital after weeks of illness Born January 26 1887 in Garrison Oklahoma he moved to Childress in 1917 from Ellis County Married Ella Banks in 1917 at Childress He was a member of the First Baptist Church Body at Newberrys with funeral services pending Survivors include his widow two sons Clyde Hope Artesia California and Willard Hope Norway California and two brothers Frank Hope Wilson Oklahoma and Everett Hope Artesia New Mexico
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Gus Eugene Hope
Childress General Hospital
Mr. Hope
Garrison
Okla
Childress
Ellis County
Ella Banks
Clyde Hope
Artesia
Calif
Willard Hope
Norway
Frank Hope
Wilson, Okla
Everett Hope
N. M
Kennedy weighs Skybolt fate as defense chiefs confer
President Kennedy and top defense officials meet in Palm Beach to decide the 1964 military budget and whether to terminate the Skybolt missile program. McNamara signals a recommendation to cut funds, while LeMay defends strategic forces. Kennedy also meets Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir and later plans talks with Cuban invasion captives. White House aides say tax reform top to bottom is approved.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Pentagon
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
LeMay
Golda Meier
Treasury
Douglas Dilson
White House
Pruett Sr. Former Texas Representative Dies at 77
Austin civic leader and businessman Harry D. Pruett Sr. died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 77. He authored a bill granting Austin rights to its river bed and 153 acres of the sand beach reserve.
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Austin
UPI
Harry D. Pruett Sr
Pruett
Texas pig crop shows slight rise in 1962 totals
The 1962 Texas pig crop reached 1,494,000 head, up from last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fall farrowings totaled 111,000, up 1 percent, and total fall pigs reached 777,000 with an average of seven pigs per litter.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Atty Charles Lieck Jr Fined For Driving Without License
Attorney Charles Lieck Jr paid a $50 fine after being cited for driving without a license on Wednesday. The incident notes a legal disposition without further charges or accompanying penalties.
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Atty
Charles Lieck Jr
Texas Death Toll Surges Beyond One Hundred During Holidays
Houston and surrounding counties report a spate of violent holiday deaths in Texas. Iris Wayne Hutchings, 43, of Burnet, dies in Henderson hospital after a two car crash that also killed her spouse and a family from El Dorado Arkansas. At least 105 violent deaths recorded since 6 p m Friday, with 57 highway deaths and multiple other fatal events across the state.
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United Press International
Texas
Iris Wayne Hutchings
Burnet
Henderson
el Dorado
Ark
Harris County
1963 Could Be Light Year For Elections
The county faces a quiet election year as only 459 poll taxes have been sold by today with a January 31 1963 deadline. If sales stay weak, fewer than 1000 voters could qualify, a record low. Upcoming items include a city council race three seats a Tell and Childress school election possible constitutional amendments and a vote on the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority. No liquor sale vote is indicated.
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Tell and Childress
Greenbelt
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Gus E. Hope
Texas Briefs
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R. W. Sims
Evelyn Sims
Charles Reed
San Saba
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San Antonio
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