Terrell Sees National Principals Meeting Highlights
Terrell returned from a Detroit meeting of more than 7,000 principals at Cobo Hall. Key speakers included David Henry and Rev Robert Pierce with focus on individual student competence and parent teacher student conferences. He plans to report to the school board and address teachers and civic groups during Public Education Week.
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Garland Terrell
Detroit
Cobo Hall
David D. Henry
University of Illinois
Robert Bruce Pierce
Detroit Metropolitan Methodist Church
Stephen Romine
University of Colorado
Lloyd S. Michael
Evanston, Ill
Township High School
W. E. Pate
Bolton High School
Alexandria
Terrell
Lions Club
First Shipment Of Pecan Trees Is Delivered
A total of 481 pecan trees were sold in an hour and a half yesterday at Greenbelt Supply. Jeff Henderson of CofC BCD announced the first shipment. About 1,000 trees remain to be delivered next Thursday weather permitting. Time and specifics to be announced. Buyers should bring cash and a cloth sack and be on hand early at Greenbelt.
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Greenbelt
Cofc -Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Frances Hughes Joined B and PW in Thursday Meeting
Frances Hughes was welcomed as a new member of the B and PW club at Thursday night’s gathering. Jean and Joan King were named girls of the month and guest Mrs. Clara Mae Galbreath of El Paso attended.
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Frances Hughes
B and
Jean
Joan King
Hap Wright
Clara Mae Galbreath
el Paso
Giant Crane Topples Into Missile Silo in Roswell Tragedy
A 35 ton crane toppled into an Atlas ICBM silo at Roswell New Mexico killing six workmen and injuring fourteen. The site under construction near Carrizozo and Walker AFB forms one of twelve underground launch pits. The operator escaped, others were swept to lower levels amid a blaze with gas tank explosion.
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Roswell
N.M
UPI
Leonardo
N.J
Carrizozo
Walker Air Force Base
U.S. Highway 70
Monkey Fired For Refusing To Monkey Around
SAN ANTONIO (UPI) Abu the orangutan was fired from the city zoo after failing to court Aneline a lonely female. Despite Annie's attempts to attract him he stayed aloof and even hid or fought her at times. He was crate-shipped back to a New York dealer who plans to keep him at Antwerp Belgium in another zoo as a "woman-hater."
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San Antonio
UPI
Abu
City Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Aneline
Annie
Stanley
Zoo
New York
Europe
Anni
Antwerp
Belgium
Clean-Up Week Planned by CofC-BCD Directors
CofC-BCD directors met at city hall to plan a May Clean-Up Paint-Up and Fix-Up Week for Childress. They discussed declaring Childress a depressed area, promoting the Home Show, and investigating a highway marquee sign for upcoming events.
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Cofc-Bcd
Texas Municipal League
Childress
Kennedy
Boy Scouts
Fort Worth
Denver
Fair Park
Tornado Warnings Issued Across Texas and Oklahoma
United Press International reports the first 1961 tornado forecast from the U S Weather Bureau covers North Central Texas and the Eastern Panhandle along with a three state severe weather outlook. Severe storms bring large hail damaging winds and potential tornadoes amid floods along multiple rivers.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Panhandle
Fastern Panhandle
Abilene
Tex
Tulsa
Oklo
Houston
First City National Bank
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
College Station
McComb
Lobbyists Pack Capitol as Texas Considers Gas Tax
Austin lawmakers and lobbyists crowd the Capitol as Gov. Price Daniel pushes a 3 percent temporary tax on natural gas to raise 22.5 million dollars and plug a 63 million dollar general fund deficit. Daniel also defends an abandoned property bill amid bank objections.
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Austin
UPI
Price Daniel
Daniel
Violence Roils Congo As Lumumba Rebellion Grows
Massive unrest sweeps Bukavu and Leopoldville with attacks on missions priests and nuns. Lumumbist youths kill and mutilate a priest in Bukavu while Stanleyville mobs beat a critic of Gizenga. Kasavubu shifts to support Hammarskjold and deploys paratroopers as UN efforts seek to quell the chaos.
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Leopoldville
UPI
Congo
Bukavu
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
Kivu
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Dag Ham
Marskjold
U.N
Hammarskjold
Gizenga
Soviet Union
Devos
Saint Theresa
Katanea
Moise Tshombe
Riding Club Meeting Set For Tonight
Men women and children of all ages are urged to attend tonight's meeting announced by Bill Johnson. The meeting at 7 30 p m will be held at city hall with an open discussion on activities for a riding club.
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Bill Johnson
Johnson
Ike Kept His Secret Papers
New York Daily News reports former President Eisenhower holds long secret World War I and later conference proofsheets in personal custody. He says no records or recollections exist regarding the material. The papers include 1943 Cairo Tehran and 1945 Potsdam proofsheets classified as secret.
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New York
UPI
Eisenhower
New York Daily News
Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Ted Lewis
Washington
Fisenhower
Tehran
State Department
Mine Blast Traps Scores in South Africa Mine
A thousand pounds of dynamite exploded in a South African gold mine trapping or killing many native miners. Seven bodies recovered by noon while rescuers reported others missing or dead, with unconfirmed reports of at least 24 deaths including four whites.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPS
Von Braun Sees US Lag in Booster Power to Venus
Huntsville Alabama Wernher von Braun says Russia leads the US in booster power based on a Venus bound rocket but credits American advances in TV satellite and earth to earth communications. He warns against rushed programs and urges steady, long term space effort.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
Wernher von Braun
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
von Braun
Space Agency
Venus
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Earth
Addison Is Found Guilty of Securities Fraud
A U S district court jury found John Milton Addison and five associates guilty of conspiracy mail fraud and violations of the Federal Securities Act in a $1.5 million scheme. Addison received 15 years in prison and a $36,000 fine. co-defendant Miles White got seven years. The trial spanned 20 days with 100 witnesses, 67 government. The defendants included William Groom John Metz James Scoggins and Robert Olson.
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Dallas
UPI
John Milton Addison
T. Whitfield Davidson
Addison
Miles White
White
William Groom
John Metz
James
Bob) Scoggins
Robert Olson
Allmale
Benson
William F. Stroud
Long Beach
Calif
John
Christ
Milton Smith Promoted To Flight Commander
Milton Smith son of Mr and Mrs Gaylon B Smith of Childress has been promoted to flight commander in the Air Force ROTC unit at Texas Tech He is a senior industrial engineering major and a 1957 graduate of Childress High School
Explosions Rock Columbia Mississippi Oil Tanks
A series of blasts hit Columbia Mississippi coating the sky in flames. The first tank at the Texas Oil Company bulk station exploded about 1 p.m. local time, followed by several more near the town’s main thoroughfare. No injuries were reported as fire crews from Hattiesburg and Prentiss battled the blaze, which officials said was not under control at 1 58 p.m. The Texasco installation likely would be a total loss. The Pierce brothers own the facility.
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Columbia, Miss
UPI
Columbia
Iun
Texas Oil Company
Hattiesburg
Prentiss
Mississippi
Texasco
Ed and
W. J. Pierce
Opportunity Learn The Whole Duty Of A Christian
Sunday service offered at 10 45 A M at 210 2nd St S E Childress inviting parishioners to study the theological work The Whole Duty of A Christian with guidance and reflection provided.
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2Nd St. S.E., Childress
Santa Maria Returns Home After Rebel Seizure
The 20000 ton liner Santa Maria arrived in port from Recife with one American passenger, Howard R. Weisberger of Las Vegas, after a 12 day voyage under rebel command. Premier Salazar led crowds in celebration as captain Simoes Maia and crew greeted the cheers and the ship resumed its place in the Portuguese fleet. Weisberger called himself a victim and said he sees no hurry to go anywhere.
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Lisbon
UPI
Antonio Oliveira Salazar
Santa Maria
Recife
Brazil
Henrique Galvao
Simoes Maia
Galvao
Salazar
Howard R. Weisberger
Las Vegas
Nev
Weisberger
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United Press International
Houston Weather Bureau
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George Hinson
Mineola
Revenue and Taxation
House
Senate
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Charles Hughes
Sherman
Hinson
Communist Party
Benjiman Davis
Davis
Ike
Braun
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Milton Smith
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