Carr Is Top Choice For Texas Attorney General
Waggoner Carr of Lubbock, former Speaker of the Texas House, leads a field of five likely attorney general candidates. A statewide survey shows Carr with 55 percent awareness among those asked about the contenders, while overall voter opinion remains unsettled with 57 percent offering no opinion.
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Carr
Texas Attorney General
Waggoner Carr
Lubbock
House of Representatives
Texas
W. T. McDonald
Tom James
Les Procter
Tom Beavley
One-Car Crash Near Town Causes Major Damage
At 12:35 a m a single vehicle overturned southeast of town with extensive damage but no injuries. Don B Holman owner driver was eastbound and failed to make a turn near the rail road crossing four tenths of a mile from the safe barn. Passenger Weldon Jordan was listed in the report.
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Don B. Holman
Weldon Jordan
Hot Check Charges Filed Against Tommy Abram of Lubbock
"Hot check" charges were filed in the County Attorney's office against Tommy Abram of Lubbock. Abram allegedly gave a worthless check for 44 dollars to a local firm several months ago. He has not been apprehended, the report said.
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Tommy Abram
Lubbock
Abram
Firm Soliciting Memberships Not Approved
The Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development have not investigated the National Federation of Independent Business which is soliciting membership among Childress merchants. Manager Jeff Henderson says calls came in and no representative has contacted the office. Roy Key offered to chair the group but declined after learning it lacked CofC-BCD approval.
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Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
National Federation of Independent Business
Childress
Jeff Henderson
Merchants of
Kennedy Aims Legislative Guns On Nation's Agriculture Woes
An Eastern Air Lines four engine plane landed at Mitchel Air Force Base by mistake en route to Idlewild. Pilot Richard H. Hamann and 55 aboard were unaware of the mislanding until landing, then departed for Idlewild. FAA plans charges. Hamann could lose license. Eastern and FAA investigations continue as weather and base conditions differ.
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New York
UPI
Montreal
Mitchel Air Force Base
Idlewild
Richard H. Hamann
Hamann
Eastern
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Mitchel
Air Force
Hempstead
Long Island
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Dies at 89 in Washington
Mrs Robert Wilson widow of the World War I president dies at 10 45 p m EST in Washington at 89 after weeks of respiratory illness Hypertensive heart disease with congestive failure is listed as the cause Funeral services set for Monday at 11 a m at the Washington Cathedral Burial will be in the crypt with the former president Also noted as a powerful figure during Wilsons second term she helped control access to the president and remained active in world affairs.
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Washington
UPI
Woodrow Wilson
Potomac River
Wilson
United States
S Street
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Kennedy
United Nations
Kennedy
U.N
Edith Bolling
Wytheville
Norman Galt
U.S
League of Nations
Youth Robber Strikes El Rancho Motel In Childress
A young man, 24 to 28, blond with a crew cut, robbed the El Rancho Motel at 4:30 to 5 a.m. tying Mr. and Mrs. Stine and threatening to kill them. About $40 was taken. He fled in a late model car. no one harmed. Police linked the crime to a recent Haskell motel holdup and set roadblocks across North Central Texas. Two suspects seen in Vernon were cleared.
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Haskell
el Rancho
Childress
Roy Stine
Stine
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
Stines
Vernon
Texas
Car Truck and Trailer Crash Near Highway 83
No injuries reported in a crash about nine miles north of town on Highway 83. B J Teague of Route 1 Childress attempted a left turn onto a Farm to Market Road while Hershel Andrew Anglin, who was traveling north, tried to pass. Damages were heavy to both vehicles.
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Highway 83
B. J. Teague
Route 1
Childress
Hershel Andrew Anglin
Teague
Drilling Slow In Leonard Wildcat
The O P Leonard-Rhea No 1 wildcat is drilling below 3000 feet with slow progress due to slanting formation. Officials say drilling has leveled and should speed up. Further activity south of Kirkland awaits word from British American Oil Company.
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Leonard Wildcat
O. P. Leonard-Rhea
Kirkland
British American Oil Company
Unknown donor thanked for two books to Conty Library
Conty Library received two new books donated anonymously and left on the librarian’s desk with no donor details. The librarian hopes to publicly thank the benefactor and invites the donor to meet for a meal at 7 3233.
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Conty Library
Childress Lions Seek Discarded Glass Frames
The Childress Lions announce a drive for discarded glass frames to aid the Blind and Light Conservation Committee. Donations from individuals with unused frames for children or adults are welcome by contacting Dr. J. J. Westenburg.
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Childress Lions
J. J. Westenburg
Katangese Take Seats In Congo Parliament
Katangese deputies entered the central government parliament in Leopoldville marking a rare step toward unity. A cease fire broke down in Elisabethville as Katanga forces exchanged gunfire with U N troops, wounding and killing gendarmes and drawing Swedish casualties.
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Congo
Leopoldville, the Congo
Leopoldville
Katanga
Kitona
Moise Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
A.uln
U. N
U.N
Elisabethville
Slumber Party Shooting in Keyes Wounds Three
Three people were wounded when a soldier invaded a teen slumber party in Keyes Oklahoma. Pvt Jose M Saenz also known as Joe Shearer confronted Evelyn Spradlin and was shot by the host's father while others were hurt during the incident. The sheriff said the investigation continues.
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Ft. Chaffee
Jose M. Saenz
John Key Vanatta
Shearer
McKnight
Shattuck
Okla
Spradlin
Elkhart, Kan
Vanatta
Keyes
Oklahoma Panhandle
Guymon
MiKoyan's Guinea Trip Seen as Kremlin African Base Bid
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan travels to Guinea Conakry next month amid Western fear of expanding communism in Africa. The visit is viewed as Moscow aiming to strengthen Guinea as a Soviet base on the continent.
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Conakry
Guinea
UPI
Anastas Mikoyan
Genea
Kremlin
Prince Souphanouvong Breaks Peace Talks with Laos Leaders
In Vientiane UPI reports Prince Souphanouvong halted negotiations with Laos' other princes and returned to his military base on the Plain of Jars, signaling a setback in the peace process.
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Vientiane
UPI
Souphanouvong
Laos
Plain of Jars
Specialist Sees Joe Kennedy at Palm Beach
A renowned rehabilitation expert, sought for guidance on President Kennedy's father, arrives in Palm Beach to advise on treatment options for his paralytic stroke recovery.
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Joe Kennedy
Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
De Gaulle to Plead for Unity in Radio Speech
President Charles de Gaulle is expected to appeal for national unity to halt terrorism inflation and the war in Algeria in a radio television address tonight in Paris according to UPI reports.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Freezes Hit Most Texas Regions Across State
Temperatures plunged to near freezing across Texas with the Panhandle and hill country posting the coldest readings. Junction dipped to 13 degrees while Corpus Christi reached 49. Dalhart 17, Lubbock 44, Wichita Falls similar. Coastal Gulf islands stayed warmer with Brownsville at 65. The Weather Bureau forecast continued cold nights and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies.
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Texas
Panhandle
Texas Hill Country
Junction
Corpus Christi
Dalhart
U.S
Lawson Named New Head of Industrial Committee
Jake Lawson was appointed chairman of the Industrial committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development by Gaines Highsmith president. He succeeds the late Allen Shahan who had been co chairman. Lawson will select his own co chairman.
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Jake Lawson
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Gaines Highsmith
Lawson
Allen Shahan
Kennedy plans stronger farm focus in 1960s program
President Kennedy outlined a new agricultural program for the 1960s and will emphasize farming in his economic message to Congress. Civil rights legislation for 1962 appears unlikely as the administration highlights progress against school desegregation violence and local cooperation.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Orville Freeman
Robert F. Kennedy
Freeman
Kenney
Congress Eyes Kennedy UN Bond Purchase Amid Congo Clash
President Kennedy seeks authority to buy up to 100 million in United Nations bonds as Congress begins a review. Lawmakers voice split views over U.S. funding for the UN Congo operation, with some urging restraint while others defend participation and prestige. If approved, the purchase would represent half of a 200 million UN bond issue authorized by the General Assembly.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United Nations
U.S
Russia
U.N
Congo
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen, II
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate Foreign Relations
J. William
Fulbright
Ark
Thomas J. Dodd
Conn
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
India
Goa
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Sparkman
United States
U.N. General Assembly
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