Neutralist Leader Warns Laos Crisis Could Spark Global War
Prince Souvanna warned in Vientiane that the Laotian crisis could touch off a global war if it escalates. He and Prince Souphanouvong sought a three princes conference, but Prime Minister Boun Oum refused to meet the rebel leaders. The breakdown halted progress toward a coalition and a neutral Laotian declaration at the 14 nation peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Vientiane
UPIL
Souvanna Ma
Souvanna
Ier
Souphanou Vong
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Boun Oum
United Press International
U.S
Winthrop G. Brown
Zurich
Switzerland
Geneva
Ence
Cox Named Childress County Agent in Texas
Harry R. Cox of Wichita Falls will assume duties as Childress County Agent on January 16. He replaces Chile Smith who becomes Swisher County Agent. Cox, 26, married with three children, was born in Bowie and educated at Texas A&M College earning a degree in Agricultural Education. He has been assistant county agent in Wichita County since October 1959 after Army service and work in Plains, Plainview, and with the Commodity Credit Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Cox
Wichita Falls
Childress County
Leonard King
Cox
Chile Smith
Swisher County
Commissioners Court
J. G. Simmons
Plainsman Elevators
Plainview
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wichita County
New Telephone Directory To Be Mailed Today
Southwestern Bell will mail a directory with about 3700 alphabetic listings for Childress and nearby areas on December 28. It includes Santa Rosa Telephone listings for Tell and Kirkland and advises recipients to remove old directory contents before disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Childress
Dub Deuschle
Southwestern Bell
Santa Rosa Telephone Company
Tell and
Kirkland
Deuschle
Childress County
Wildcat Drilling Below 2 800 Feet Near Childress
The O. P. Leonard Rhea No. 1 south of Childress is drilling below 2 860 feet. The test aims for 7 500 feet of oil or gas with a Ellenberger formation test. No new details on a second test near Kirkland where four wells already produce oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Leonard-Rhea
Childress
Ellenberger
Buck Owenby
Toolpusher
Kirkland
Babson’s 1962 Forecast From The Reader’s Eye
Roger Babson offers predictions for 1962 touching on industrial output stock prices retail trade advertising and housing. He foresees modest inflation a potential Washington scandal over CPI and notable shifts in real estate and automobile production as key indicators for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Roy D. Green Arrested Again For Cattle Theft
Roy D. Green, an employee of the 3-bar Ranch near Childress, remains in custody after a second cattle theft arrest. He had been released on bond for another cattle theft, bondsmen withdrew the bond, and authorities say he admitted stealing two calves from his employer Bill Reed, with earlier ties to a Bowie man in a separate theft of John Dodgen cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Green
Childress
Gaylon Smith
Green
Bill Reed
John Dodgen
Horse Falls on Dwayne Whitten in Tell
Dwayne Whitten son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Whitten of Tell suffered a fractured pelvis Wednesday in an accident and is in satisfactory condition today in Childress General Hospital. The boy about 17 was riding a horse which reared and fell back on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Whitten
Charlie Whitten
Tell
Childress General Hospital
Young Whitten
Negro Pleads Guilty in Aggravated Assault Case
Samuel Harrison pleads guilty to aggravated assault for stabbing Andrew Simmons. He was arraigned Wednesday and fined 100 dollars plus costs, with custody continuing as reported by the County Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Harrison
Andrew Simmons
Final Services For Mrs. Blanche Cason Held This Morning
Final services for Mrs. Blanche Leary Cason of Crystal City were held at 10 a.m. today in Newberry Chapel by Rev. John English District Methodist Superintendent. A former local resident Mrs. Cason died Saturday morning at Laredo. Interment was in Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Leary Cason
Crystal City
Newberry Chapel
John English
Cason
Laredo
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Randel Named Temporary District Manager for WTU
J C Randel district manager of West Texas Utilities at Quanah will temporarily head the Childress district after the death of Len Shahan. He will split time between Quanah and Childress while permanent arrangements are made. A meeting of local managers and department heads is planned in Childress with Randel in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Randel
West Texas Utilities
Quanah
Childress
Cal Young
Abilene
WTU
Len Shahan
Randel
Jim Longley
Nehru Defends Goa Action Amid Global Critics
New Delhi India Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru defended the 1961 Indian invasion of Goa saying he had full justification and that liberation excited Indians and Goans. He denounced Western criticism while noting Afro Asian support and tributes from bishops and Goan Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Goa
Nehru
Portugal
Graci
Bombay
Houseguest Forces Houston Couple to File Trespass Charges
Mrs. Ralph Snedeker said today that she and her husband finally had to seek trespassing charges to remove a self invited houseguest from their home in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Ralph Snedeker
Jealousy killer shoots teens near Covington Georgia
Two teenage brothers Thomas Henderson 15 and Donald Wayne Henderson 16 were shot dead and 16 year old J Michael Flanagan wounded after a 20 year old man Charles Byrd and two juveniles allegedly killed and dumped the bodies near a religious camp. Byrd is jailed for double murder while his younger brother and the girl were jailed with no charges.
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Wallace
Charles Byrd
Byrd
Thomas Henderson
Donald Wayne Henderson
Covington
J. Michael Flanagan
Henderson Brothers
Flanagan
Atlanta
Hoover labels U S Communists as Moscow arm
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover describes the U S Communist Party as an inseparable arm of a Moscow directed conspiracy against God and freedom. He cites Soviet targets and the Red delegation's actions at the Soviet party congress, noting indictments for failing to register as a Russian agent and FBI accomplishments in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Communist Party
Hoover
Red
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
U.S.A
Justice Department
Russia
Eleanor Roosevelt Named World's Most Admired Living Woman
Eleanor Roosevelt was named the world's most admired living woman for the 13th time in 14 years in a Gallup poll from Princeton New Jersey. Jacqueline Kennedy ranked second followed by Queen Elizabeth I Mamie Eisenhower and Clare Boothe Luce among the top ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Eleanor Roosevelt
Gallup
Jacqueline Kennedy
Queen Elizabeth I
Mamie Fisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
Helen Keller
Chiang Kai-shek
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Maine
Pauline Frederick
Patricia Nixon
Safety Meeting Set for U S Highway 83 Construction
A safety meeting for the U S Highway 83 Childress south project was announced by Resident Engineer Bill Hamm. The 1:30 p.m. Wednesday session at the District Highway Department office will inform contractors and the public on the safest travel methods during the construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Highway 83
Childress South
Highway Department
Bill Hamm
United States Sues Louisiana Over Voter Test Law
The Justice Department filed a federal complaint in New Orleans challenging Louisiana's law testing prospective voters as unconstitutional. This marks the first suit to contest a state's voting regulation in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Louisiana
Justice Department
Federal District Court
New Orleans
Bargain Day on January 8 Announced for 1962
The First Monday Bargain Day will be held January 8, 1962 replacing January 1. Ads will run in The Chil dress Index on January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Childress Index
British Forces Move Toward Middle East Amid Kuwait Tensions
London reports say 3000 troops an aircraft carrier two frigates and a tank landing ship sail toward the Middle East after Iraqi Premier Kassem reiterates Kuwait's claim to his country. Defense officials say no immediate action planned as Arab League troops already guard Kuwait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Middle East
Kuwait
England
Kenya
Britain
Abdul Karim Kassem
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Kassem
Connecticut
Defense Ministry
Defense
Harold Watkinson
TV Star Chuck Connors Sued For Divorce
Los Angeles reports Chuck Connors known as the Rifle Man on television was sued for divorce by his wife. She alleges extreme cruelty and seeks custody of their four sons ages 5 to 11. The couple married 13 years and reached a property settlement. the wife would receive 2350 dollars monthly alimony plus child support and community property divided equally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Chuck Conners
Rifleman
U S Attacks Katanga Critics Over Congo Crisis
State Department officials G Mennen Williams and Carl T. Rowan challenged Katanga secessionists in speeches in Detroit and Philadelphia. They blamed local extremists and foreign mercenaries for Congo violence and accused Union Miniere of financing Katanga, arguing U S support for UN action counters colonialism and outside control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
State Department
U.S
Congo
Katanga
G. Mennen Williams
Carl T. Rowan
Williams
Sige Ma Delta Chi
Detroit
Moise Tshombe
Rowan
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Philadelphia
Union Miniere
Tshombe
Mr. Tshombe
Dornier
U.N
Africa
Texas Highway Death Toll At Standstill
A United Press International tally counts at least 114 violent deaths in Texas over a period ending New Year’s Day, including 53 traffic fatalities. Notable losses include Aubrey Teal and Mrs. Concepcion Ramos de Casares among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United Press International
Aubrey Teal
Humble
Tex
Concepcion Ramos de Casares
San Benito
Millie Clydene Hendricks
Mexia
Teal
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Yorktown
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Angel Stromberg
Texas Western College
el Paso
NEA Telephoto
Wildcat
Roger Babson
Horse
Blanche Cason
Oklahoma
Bruce Hickman
Norman Reynolds
Oklahoma City
NEA
Conny
Rockdale
W. T. Wallace
Bulletin
Donald May
United Press Internatioal
Hendricks
Casares
Elmer J. Vandeventer
Liberty
Gov
Price Daniel
Lake Sabine
Port Arthur
Glenn
W. H. Strange
Archie Willingham
Sweetwater
Bolivar Peninsula
Horace Wade Laughlin
Department of Public Safety
DPS
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