Bomb Threat Sparks Civil Rights Protests at Fisk University
A bomb threat evacuated about 120 female students from Fisk University in Nashville, heightening the week’s demonstrations over segregated dining. Police found no explosives as leaders like Rev. Cordy Tindell Vivian and Fisk President Stephen J. Wright urged restraint and continued sit-ins amid broader Southern protests.
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Nashville
Cordy Tindell Vivian
Fisk
Stephen J. Wright
Pioneer of County Dies In California
Long time resident Mrs. Jessie Alverson 76 wife of William A. Alverson died in El Monte California after a three week illness. She had visited daughters Mrs. Burl Mullins and Mrs. Loren Austin and had been in poor health about three years. Survivors include five daughters Mrs. Mullins Mrs. Austin Mrs. Michael Dzambi Mrs. Bill Collins Mrs. Robert Riker a son H W Alverson a sister Mrs A F E Stephens and a brother A G Hargrave.
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Jessie Alverson
William A. Alverson
el Monte
Calif
Mullins
Austin
Michael Dzambi
New Jersey
Bill Collins
Dennison
Robert Riker
Lubbock
H. W. Alverson
San Diego
A. F E. Stephens
Childress
A. G. Hargrave
Gresham Rites In Floydada For Former Carey Coach
Funeral services were held at Floydada First Methodist Church for L. F Fate Gresham a former Carey resident and Floydada coach. He died of a heart attack in a truck on his Floydada farm. Survived by wife Diana daughter Pam mother and siblings. Burial followed in Floydada Cemetery.
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Floydada First
Carey
Diana
Pam
Floydada
W. D Gresham
Jack
Rex
Frances Clifton
Childress
Students Return After Illness Weather Delays In City
Students resumed classes on schedule after illness and weather delays last Wednesday. Absenteeism appears down in most city schools and the term will not be affected, ending May 24. Public School Week features a daily 3 05 p m radio broadcast by Nellie Kennedy's class and the 2nd annual Science Fair at Fair Park Auditorium Friday.
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J. W. Hamilton
Nellie Kennedy
Fair Park Auditorium
Special Meeting Of School Board Tonight
The School Board will meet at 7 30 tonight at the School Administrative Office to discuss further study of the School Survey Committee recommendations. Several other items will be discussed and photos will be taken for the high school yearbook.
Cub Pack Meeting Cancelled at Elks Building
Mrs. Columbus Lewellin announced that the Cub Pack meeting for Tuesday night at the Elks Building has been cancelled.
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Elks Building
Columbus Lewellen
Homer Gibson Dies at 77. burial planned Tuesday
Homer Gibson 77 died at 10 20 am at his residence 1206 Avenue D Northwest after several weeks illness Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at the local Church of Christ with ministers Travis Boyd and E L Garner conducting Pallbearers include Bill and Elbert Kelley Jess and Vernon Key John Barrett and Carl Miller Interment in Childress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home Born February 24 1883 in Freestone County Texas moved from Oklahoma to Hardeman County in 1913 then to Childress County in 1941 farming in Kirkland until retirement Survivors include wife Caroline five sons Ben Plain T C Stinnett Homer Jr Bell Walter Ft Sill eight daughters Ruby Kennedy Ester Beaty Margaret Morris Vivian Allen Annie Thornton Ona Fay Vaughn Kirkland Una Belle White Amarillo Helen Bolton Kress one brother Charlie Gibson McCloud Oklahoma one sister Eula Barron San Marcus Tex 32 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren
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Quanah
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Freestone County
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Oklahoma
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Childress
Caroline
Ben
Frank
T. C
Stunnett
Homer, Jr
Bell
Calif Walter
Ft. Sill
Okla
Ruby
Melvin Purvis Found Dead In Florence Home
Florence police report Melvin Purvis a famed FBI man who hunted John Dillinger shot himself today at his Florence residence. He died en route to the hospital with a .45 pistol found at the scene. Purvis aged about 56 was described by his physician as in bad health and despondent. He had lived in Florence after a Washington D C law practice and ran radio station WOLS.
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Tennessee
Burford Ellington
Alabama
John Patterson
Ellington
Nashville
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial University
Patterson
Alabama Board of Education
H. C. Trenholm
Alabama State College
Montgomery County
Florence
S. C
UPI
Melvin Purvis
FBI
John Dillinger
Purvis
WOLS
United Press International
Walter Meade
Timmonsville
S.C
Washington, D. C
Joint Meeting Called by Chamber of Commerce
A joint meeting of the Industrial and Tourist committees of the Chamber of Commerce is set for 4 p.m. today at city hall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower greeted by cheering Chile crowds in Santiago
President Eisenhower arrived in Santiago after a two hour and sixteen minute flight from Bariloche. He was greeted by Chilean President Alessandri and a festive crowd as four Communists were arrested for painting pro Cuba slogans along the parade route.
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Chile
UPI
Eisenhower
San Carlos de Bariloche
U. S
Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez
Eisenwheer
Alessandri
Fidel
Argentina
Bariloche
Christian Herter
Arturo Frondizi
Llao Llao
Herter
Diogenes Tabaoda
Frondizi
U.S
C. U. T. Workers Union
Wilson Charges Carr Could Have Improved Penal Code
Atty General Will Wilson accused House Speaker Waggoner Carr of failing to advance much of the governor crime commission’s penal code reforms. Wilson spoke in Houston while Carr campaigned nearby for the May 7 primary and planned to attend the Fat Stock Show.
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Carr
Houston
Texas
Galveston
Harlingen
Houston Merchants Exchange
Charles Sowell
Harris County
Governor's
Contest of Bachelors in Today's Index In The Index
The Index runs a contest identifying 22 local bachelors from Childress County with scrambled pictures and names. An earlier report claimed it was open to all. it is for maidens only. Deadline for submissions is March 3 with cash prizes of 10, 6, and 4 dollars for the top three correct entries.
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Childress County
Snow Falls Across South Plains and Panhandle Texas
Snow and freezing rain spread across the South Plains and Panhandle as a new cold air mass moved in Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens in Dalhart Amarillo and Lubbock while coastal stations reached up to 59 degrees at Brownsville.
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United Press International
Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
Denton
Dallas
Dalhart
Amarillo
Childress
Lubbock
Brownsville
Upper Panhandle
Family Courses To Be Held At Wilson School
A series of Tuesday night study courses on Home and The Family will be held from 7 to 9 PM at Wilson School. The first session covers How to Study with H A Powers on March 1 followed by Mental Health by A Sanders March 8 Home Relations by Charles Reynolds March 15 and Our Health by Mrs Mary Scott March 22. Film strips and printed data will be used and a nursery will be provided for children.
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Wilson School
H. A. Powers
A. Sanders
Charles Reynolds
Mary Scott
Absenteeism Drops in Local Schools
Attendance in local schools improved with a total of 148 absentees, 102 fewer than last Wednesday when 275 were missing due to flu and bad weather. Absentees by site included 41 at the high school 36 at Junior High 39 at Wilson 11 at East Ward and 16 at Robert E Lee.
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Wilson
East Ward
Robert E. Lee
Pioneer Rancher of Estelline Dies Here
Zack Cowart Collier 76 died at 7 50 am in Childress General Hospital after several days illness. He lived on Collier Ranch south of Hulver near Estelline and had a second home at 2422 Washington Amarillo. Survived by wife Annie two sons William T Collier Childress and Jackson Collier Laurel Miss and three daughters Mary Allman Amarillo Laura Chapman Odessa Ruth Sherrod Lubbock.
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Town Bluff
Tex
Washington
Amarillo
Baptist Church
Annie
William T. Collier
Childress
Jackson Collier
Laurel
Miss
Mary Collier Allman
Laura May Chapman
Odessa
Ruth Sherrod
Lubbock
Cotton Meeting Set for Tuesday
Local cotton growers were reminded today by County Agent Chile Smith of the free cotton meeting scheduled for 7 30 p m Tuesday in district courtroom where a group of cotton experts will preside. Fred Elliott cotton specialist Glen Black associate cotton specialist John Box assistant agronomist C F Garner entomologist and Tom Hunter agent in farm management for District 3 will conduct.
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Chile Smith
Fred Elliott
Glen Black
John Box
C. F. Garner
Tom Hunter
Margaret Moore Suffers Fall at Hotel Childress
Mrs. Margaret Moore an employee at Hotel Childress fell in the lobby this morning. She rested at home this afternoon and medical examination found no broken bones though a pinched nerve was noted.
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Margaret Moore
Hotel Childress
Thor Blasts Off on Third Test Flight From Cape Canaveral
The Thor “Hot Rod” space rocket booster soared in to the sky from Florida on its third test flight. The planned flight covers about 1,700 miles over the Atlantic. The slender rocket, heavier than the standard Thor now on defense duty in England, left a brilliant white vapor trail through cold air.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPS
Firemen to Meet Tuesday in Childress Station
The Childress Fire Dept will hold a regular meeting Tuesday at 7 p m in Fire Station.
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Childress Fire Dept
Telkathon on Civil Rights Opened Today
The Senate opened an around the clock debate on a civil rights bill as Sen. Richard B. Russell led the southern bloc with a long opening speech. Army cuts were in place for firing members braced for the historic talkathon.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Defense rests in case of Dutchman Van Rie
The defense rested in the Willem Van Rie murder trial after police stenographer William Shanahan testified. Medical examiner Dr Milton Helpern argued the injuries could not have been from beating, while pathologist notes supported an accidental drowning scenario. Van Rie admitted intimacies with Lynn Kauffman during their 44 day voyage from Singapore but denied meeting her the night she died.
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Boston
UPI
Willem van Rie
Chicago
Lynn Kauffman
van Rie
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