Justice Department seeks trial on mistreatment charges
In Cincinnati the Justice Department aims for a full trial over charges that white landowners in Fayette and Haywood Counties Tennessee are evicting Negro tenants who registered to vote. The Memphis judge denied a temporary injunction to halt evictions as a tent city of about 75 jobless Negroes, many children, formed on Shepherd Towles farm.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
UPI
U.S. Justice Department
Annessee
U.S. Jouit Court of Appeals
Brion Boyd
Memphis
Tennet
Yette
Haywood
Tennessee
FBI
Boyd
Shepherd Towles
John McFerren
McFerren
Sterling Stuckey
Chicago
Somerville
I. P. Yancy
Kennedy Fulbright clash over minimum wage bill at Palm Beach
Kennedy and Fulbright debated timing of a minimum wage increase as they met at Kennedy’s Palm Beach villa. Fulbright urged postponement to fix budget and payments problems while Kennedy administration leaders pushed 1961 wage legislation. The piece also notes Roosa named undersecretary of treasury for monetary affairs and Cox named solicitor general.
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Montana
Senate
Fulbright
Washington
Kennedy
Robert V. Roosa
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Roosa
New York Bank
Julian B. Baird
Spelling Bees to Host 142 Entrants in Local Event
A total of 142 students entered the Junior and Senior Spelling Bees to be held March 29 at Junior High. The Senior Bee includes seventh and eighth graders with 34 entries, while 108 students compete in the Junior Bee for fifth and sixth grades. The Regional Bee in Amarillo and the National Bee in Washington, D C are linked to the seniors. The winner of the junior bee may attend the senior bee in Amarillo. Spelling Bee books were ordered by The Childress Index, sponsor of the local event. Childress County has never produced a Regional Bee winner. Kenneth Hart in earlier years finished fourth nearby.
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Wade Kimbrough
Amarllo
Amarillo
Amarilo
Childress Index
Childress County
Kenneth Hart
Light Rain Recorded In Childress County
Light rain fell last night in Childress County. The Index gauge measured .05 inch while the FAA station recorded a trace. Temperatures varied only three degrees in the 24 hour period from yesterday noon to today noon, with a high of 35 and a low of 32 degrees.
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Childress County
U.S
FAA
Ice Snares Piper PA22 Forcing Crash Near Amarillo
Ice formed on the wings of a Piper PA22 caused a crash minutes after captain Robert Venedebetti, his wife Agnes, and four-year-old daughter Anna Marie survived with minor injuries. The trio were hospitalized at Amarillo Air Force Base in fair condition after attempting to land near the Pantex plant following a Wichita to Clovis flight.
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Amarillo
API
Air Force
Robert Venedebetti
Agnes
Anna Marie
Amarillo Air Force Base
Venedebetti
Wichita
Kan
Clovis
N. M
Amarillo Afb
Pantex Ordinance Plant
Eight Injured In Oil Fire And Explosion
In Bayonne New Jersey a Sun Gas Products Co incident produced a chain of eight blasts after a dump truck backed into a propane cylinder. At least eight people were injured and 300 residents were displaced as firefighters fought the blaze. Police and fire officials linked the initial spark to the truck contact with the four foot propane cylinder. The event drew parallels to a prior refinery fire aboard the Constellation.
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Bayonne
N. J
Sun Gas Products Co
Constellation
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Riots in Belgium as Baudouin Returns Amid Unrest
About 15 000 strikers marched through Brussels in a second day of demonstrations against Belgium's austerity plan. Gendarmes with sabers and armed police blocked routes to the royal palace and parliament while rioters smashed banks and a jeweler’s shop.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Baudouin
Fabiola
Royal
Gaston Eyskens
Hartleys To Hire New Manager Morris Takes Post
Lee Morris will become manager of Hartleys Shoe Store on January 1 succeeding Ben Munson who has led Hartleys for 10 years and will transfer to Lawton Oklahoma to head the Dixie Department Store shoe department.
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Lee Morris
Hartley
Ben Munson
Lawton
Dixie
Hartley's
Morris
Hartley’s
Okla
Dixie Department Store
Munson
Childress
Montgomery Ward
Munsons
First Methodist Church
Hutcheson Resigns as Texas GOP Chairman
Thad Hutcheson resigns today from the post of state Republican party chairman effective December 31, with the move announced by UPI sources in Houston. The leadership change comes as the party reorganizes ahead of upcoming campaigns.
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Houston
UPI
Thad Hutcheson
Republican Party
Soviets Seek Trade Accord to Avert Berlin Showdown
Soviet hopes for avoiding a Berlin crisis grow as East and West German diplomats near a ninth meeting over reviving a trade pact. The old accord expires January 1 and Western travel through the Soviet zone remains a flashpoint. An agreement could ease East West tensions ahead of Kennedy's administration.
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Berlin
UPI
Iron Curtain
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Kremlin
New Directories Mailed Here for Childress Residents
Childress residents receive the new Childress telephone directory today. Dub Deutschle of Southwestern Bell announces 4200 copies printed with gray cover for alphabetic pages and yellow pages for classifieds. Extra copies replace those in booths, photos or notes should be removed. The directory remains a popular local reference and aid for finding numbers and business listings.
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Childress
Dub Deuschle
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Deuschle
Officials Pay Their Own Travel Costs Ahead of Kennedy Inauguration
In the days before Kennedy takes office most Kennedy administration officials are paying their own travel expenses to reach Washington and Palm Beach. Pierre Salinger says by and large travelers to see Kennedy have paid their own way, with some expenses covered in a few cases.
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Washington
UPL
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Eight aboard car crash kills four in Waco
An auto carrying eight people crashed into a beer truck on U S 81 in Waco. Four members of a Dallas family died instantly and the remaining four were injured. In Lacolle Quebec a mother and 11 of her 15 children died in a home fire.
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WACO
UPI
U.S. 81
Dallas
Lacolle
Que
Marjorie Vosburg
Abel
Mapai Crises Stir Lavon Affair Rumors Of Ben Gurion Resignation
In Jerusalem sources say Mapai faces internal strife over the Lavon affair with chatter that Premier David Ben Gurion may quit. The crisis could force leadership changes within the ruling party.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Mapai
Lavon
David Ben Gurion
Texas Christmas Week Violent Deaths Top One Hundred
The Christmas holiday week violence in Texas rose above 100 fatalities with five members of a Dallas family killed in a wreck near Waco. Department of Public Safety and United Press International report 103 violent deaths since last Friday, 49 from traffic accidents.
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Texas
Dallas
Waco
Department of Public Safety
United Press International
Inside Job Robbery Nets 400000 From Rasdale Armored Car
In Tampa Florida a careful inside job robbed Rasdale Armored Car Service of about 400000 from a vault after a midnight break in. The thieves used a fired employee's name and code, timed the vault closure, and escaped with 19 bags of cash and checks. Authorities suspect two to four men were involved. protection service delays drew criticism.
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Robert S. McNeill
United Press International
Tampa
Fla
UPI
Rasdale Armored Car Service Inc
Rasdale
E. A. Rasdale
Protective Service
Brink’s Inc
Boston
Kennedy to attend concert and gala before inauguration
President elect John F Kennedy will spend half the evening before his inauguration at a classical concert and the other half at a gala with Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jr and other stars. The National Guard Armory gala aims to raise funds to help the Democratic party. Kennedy chose the Constitution Hall concert. Guests include Jack Dempsey Maria Callas Mort Sahl Jonas Salk.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr
Hollywood
National Guard
Kennedy
Constitution Hall
George Washington
Jack Dempsey
Maria Callas
Mort Sahl
Jonas Salk
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Dennis Crosby Found Guilty
A Los Angeles jury of twelve found Dennis Crosby father of Marilyn Scott's daughter after a seven day trial. The verdict by 9-3 followed civil law rules. Scott celebrated with her attorney Milton Zerin while Crosby planned an appeal. Judge Stephens set January 3 to consider child support for Denise Michele. Crosby previously paid $350 monthly under a temporary order.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dennis Crosby
Marilyn Scott
Big Crosby
California
Scott
Clark Stephens
Denise Michele
Dennis
Massacre Feared as Congo Train Attack Injures and Kills
Katanga officials fear scores of Bahiba and other passengers on a Elisabethville Kamina train carrying school children home for New Year may have been massacred by Baluba rebels armed with machetes bows and rifles. About 300 tribesmen attacked. only about 40 passengers reached safety. at least 20 killed and many wounded. The train was guarded by Swedes during the assault.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Elisabethville
Kamina
Kasai
Kennedy urged to push rules change for easier lawmaking
Washington sources report President Kennedy was urged to lead a campaign to alter Congress rules so a bare majority could pass laws, overcoming conservative road blocks after a victory with less than a majority of the vote.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Congress
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John B. Connally, Jr
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Hutcheson
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