Free Havana Predicted By JFK At Miami Rally
President Kennedy told about 40 000 Cuban exiles at the Orange Bowl that Brigade 2506 will one day see a free Havana. Jacqueline Kennedy spoke in Spanish as survivors and relatives filled the stadium in a tense emotional mass gathering. The Bay of Pigs veterans, freed in a Castro prisoner exchange, cheered Kennedy and praised his support while Castro denounced the gesture.
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Miami
UPI
Kennedy
Havana
Jacqueline
Orange Bowl Stadium
Bedlam
Viva Kennedy
Tomas Cruz
Abrazo
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro
Palm Beach
Castro
Ismael Lungo
Invaders Brigade
Robert King High
Jose San Roman
The
Invaders
Roman
Estes Faces Multi-Count Trials In 1963
Billie Sol Estes, the famed Texas swindler, faces multiple trials in 1963 after a 1962 shows he can be jailed. He received eight years on one state count and now confronts three more four count indictments plus federal charges in El Paso and Dallas.
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Pecos
Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Estes
Tyler
Amarillo
el Paso
Dallas
United Nations Seizes Elisabethville in Katanga Push
U N forces captured Elisabethville after heavy fighting as Tshombe fled. The UN seized the National Bank of Katanga and key city facilities while Ethiopian Indian and Irish troops advanced toward Kipushi. Casualties were not disclosed though several Ethiopians and one Indian were reported killed.
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Elisabethville
Katanga, the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Katanga
U. N
Lusira
Jadotville
U.N
Kolwezi
Oth U.N
National Bank of
Cent
Leo
Kipushi
Leopoldville
Elis
Indictments In Fort Worth: Robbery and Car Theft Cases
A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Ponce de Leon on armed robbery charges. Two weeks earlier the same panel returned a four car theft indictment against four defendants named Julius Caesar.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Tarrant County
Grand Jury
Ponce de Leon
Julius Caesar
Champion Liar of 62 Top Tale at Burlington Club
Walter Lewis of Williamsport Ohio won the 1982 world champion liar title at the Burlington Liar's Club contest. Honorable mention went to Joe Sage of Oceanside California for a flea on a dog story. Other contestants included Emil Clementson Howard South Dakota and Francis Carroll Nevada with tall tales about dams, clocks freezing, and Grand Canyon wear from tourist photos.
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Burlington
Wis
Walter Lewis
Williamsport
Ohio
Lewis
Liar’s Club
Joe Sage
Oceanside
Calif
Sage
Howard
S. D
Emil Clementson
Missouri River
South Dakota
Clementson
Harry Shapeero
Seattle
Wash
Chevyenne
Wyo
Francis Carrol
Boulder City
Nev
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
Funeral services set for Nova Jim Harris
Funeral services for 31 year old Nova Jim Harris of Childress will be held at 2 p.m. in Newberry Chapel with Jack R. Hackworth officiating. Burial will follow in Childress Cemetery. Harris died Friday night in Amarillo after a head injury from a Christmas Eve car wreck between Altus and Hollis Oklahoma. She had worked at Maine Foundation Garment Company in McLean. Survivors include her son Terry Rex Harris and daughter Rheta Carlene Harris, her parents M A Tate and Boss Tate, and sister Rheta Kanagy.
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Nova Jim Harris
Childress
Newberry Chapel
Jack R. Hackworth
Church of Christ
Emmett Beal
Joe Allen Thomas
Jerome Trosper
Lonnie D. Garrison
Gerland Mills
Don Gallagher
Childress Cemetery
Altus
Hollis
Okla
Amarillo
Childress General Hospital
Northfield
Childress High School
Maine Foundation Garment Company
McLean
Terry Rex Harris
Rheta Carlene Harris
M. A. (Boss) Tate
Rheta Kanagy
Skybolt test labeled complete success despite overshoot
Aj Force experts prepared to tell congressmen the Skybolt missile test last Saturday was a complete success despite a one mile overshoot of the theoretical target. The missile carried no protective nose cone and burned up in the atmosphere, lacking the final power adjustment device.
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Washington
UPS
Aj Force
Air Force
Britain
Cape Canaveral
Air Force Skybolt test underscored by policy shift to Polaris
An Air Force briefing suggests the overshoot of the bomber launched Skybolt missile was intentional to gain data, with the Nassau meeting prompting Kennedy and Macmillan to replace Skybolt with Polaris. Test flaws cited include PR overstatement and lack of thrust reversal, noting the missile flew 991 miles after a 40,000 foot launch.
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Air Force
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Air Force Headquarters
Pentagon
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kennedy-Macmillan
Nassau
Courthouse Will Have No New Faces In 63
For the first time in modern history of Childress County there will be no new faces at the courthouse when officers assume four year terms January 1. All elected officials will receive a pay boost with raises of about nine to ten percent. Officials installed include County Judge Leonard King and others. salaries rise from 4175 to 4500 for key roles and from 110 to 120 for the constable.
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Childress County
Leonard King
Ben Hardison
Darrel Holieman
Harold Cordel
Cliff Campbell
John Turk Fowler
Wade Kimbrough
Gayton B. Smith
U. S. Fromm
Charles Reynolds
John T. Foerbis
Luther Gribble
Odis Smotherman
Wilmer Rutledge
Charles Bis
Holiday Death Toll is Down
Traffic death toll eased by evening as incidents slowed from earlier peaks. Reports indicate a lower overall pace despite a brief uptick to around 15 deaths per hour before subsiding.
Basketball Program Eyed for Winter Decline
The Kids Winter Basketball program may be dropped this winter if parental interest fails to rise in the next days. Joe Norman, the coordinator, said there have not been enough boys registered to justify organizing the season and the program cannot be operated without sufficient participation.
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Joe Norman
Norman
Building Permits Set New Record In 1962
In 1962 issued permits reach a record amount with $612,809 issued through Saturday and expected to top a million in actual costs. Housing dominates the figures with $500,900, including $370,000 for 50 low rent units for the Childress Housing Authority. Largest housing permit went to Dr P A Preslar for $20,000. Business remodeling and new construction peak at $36,595 and $18,000 respectively, with Thaten Brothers financing a $18,000 service station. Total city permits cover housing, business, remodeling, garages, sidewalks, and incidental tasks totaling over $612k so far, with residents seeking $26,159 in housing permits and $31,665 in remodeling business permits.
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Childress Housing Authority
P. A. Preslar
United
Thaten Brothers
1963 Election Outlook for Childress Area
The year 1963 is expected to include a city council election with three seats and two school board posts in Childress Independent School District. Additional elections possible for dam project funding and a liquor referendum may arise, pending legislative actions and constitutional amendments.
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Childress Independent School District
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Gifts Ready For First Baby Born in 1963
The Childress County stork race begins at midnight December 31 with the first Caucasian baby born after midnight named Mr or Miss 1963. Local merchants prepared many gifts for the baby and parents, with details listed in an advertisement in today’s paper.
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Childress
Pay Check Shrinks in 1963 as Social Security Tax Rises
Washington reports a $2 billion annual Social Security tax increase takes effect Tuesday, reducing take home pay for over 55 million workers. Self employed face delayed tax until 1964. The 1963 rate remains 35 percent on earnings up to $4,800.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Red Cross Seeks Iron and Desk for Loan
Mrs. Claude Hipps of the Red Cross reports Saturday a need for an electric iron and an unused office desk to loan to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hipps
The
Red Cross
Oil Test Drilling Beyond 2 600 Feet Near Kirkland
A drilling test on Oda Coats Estate in the area southeast of Kirkland targets the Canyon Reef formation as the sixth oil producer nearby. Mann Drilling Company operates the well for British-American Oil Company, with anticipated formation reach in about ten days and current depths below 2 625 feet.
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Kirkland
Canyon Reef
Oda Coats
Mann Drilling Company
British- American Oil Company
Chief of Police Urges Safe New Year Driving
Childress residents and visitors were praised for careful driving during Christmas. Chief of Police Alvis Maddox urged continued safe habits through the New Year holidays.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
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BSE
NEA Telephoto
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America
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