Buckley Elected State Director at Area I-A Convention
Glenn Buckley, current intra. ub director for the Childress Jaycees, was elected state Jaycee director for Area I-A at the area convention in San Antonio. He polled 115 votes and was among two unanimous choices. Installation is set for the state convention in San Antonio August 11. Other Childress club members attending included Tom Bailiff Don Smotherman Don Gate Frank LeCroy Alan Gate Tom Heflin Charles Rogers and Dick Prestoff. Other directors were elected from Fort Worth Weatherford Big Springs and Haskell.
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Glenn Buckley
The
Childress Jaycees
San
Buckley
San Antonio
Childress Club
Tom Bailiff
Don Smotherman
Don Gate
Frank LeCroy
Alan Gate
Tom Heflin
Charles Rogers
Dick Prestoff
Fort Worth Weatherford
Big Springs
Haskell
West Services Held In Hollis
Funeral services for Claude W. West brother of John West were held at 2 30 p m today at Hollis First Baptist Church. West a retired farmer died Sunday in Harmon County Hospital after a long illness
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Claude W. West
Childress
John West
Hollis First Baptist Church
West
Harmon County Hospital
King of Diamonds Hits Fort Worth Heist Target
Police probe a $10,000 burglary at a Dallas suburb home linked to the famed jewel thief known as the King of Diamonds. Investigators report a cookie footprint on a window ledge and the thief escaping after taking a bracelet, two necklaces, a ruby ring, earrings and a pin from the house of Talco Drnline.
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Dallas
Sessums
County speeders warned by JP court article
In a Justice of the Peace court session Judge J. P. warned racers that those claiming qualifications to race on county roads would face heavy fines. Two offenders appeared, likely facing fines above the usual 16 50, after endangering public safety with excessive driving.
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Child County
Justice of the Peace Court
J. Paul
J. P
Meetings lineup for local clubs and groups
The Hootanny Men's Bridge plans a makeup meet at 7 p m Tuesday at Jeff Henderson's home. The Coin Club holds a 7 30 p m meeting and auction today in the Chamber of Commerce office at City Hall with the Texas district governor addressing members. Cub Scout Pack 61 meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Elk Lodge Club.
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Hootanny Men’s Bridge
Jeff Henderson
Coin Club
Chamber of Commeree
The
Texas Coin Group
Cub Scout Pack 61
Elk’s Club
Senate passes bill to form Little Hoover Commission in Texas
The Texas Senate approved a bill by Sen. Bill Patman to create a Little Hoover Commission to seek cost savings in state government by a 27 to 2 vote. Opponents were Sens. George Parkhouse and Tom Creighton who argued the measure wastes money and time. The panel would study efficiency while officials discussed related bills on colleges and public financing.
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George Park
House of Dallas
Tom Creighton
Bill Patman
Canada
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Texas Research League
Patman
Senate
Parkhouse
House
John Connally
House Education Committee
Jack Woods
Waco
Howard Green
Fort Worth
Senate Education Committee
San Angelo
Edinburg
Laredo
Odessa
Senate State Affairs Committee
Padre Island National Seashore
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Andy Rogers
Texas
William Patman
Little Hoover Commission
Negro Gantt Arrives Quietly at Clemson Campus
Harvey Gantt arrived at Clemson University to a peaceful welcome as South Carolina ends its segregation era. Police and SLED officers secured Tillman Hall while hundreds gathered. Gantt, 20, accompanied by his father and an attorney, planned to register and meet President Edwards.
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Clemson
S. C
UPI
Harvey Gantt
Clemson College
South Carolina
Gantt
Tillman Hall
Robert C. Edwards
Christopher Gantt
SLED
Columbia
Matthew J. Perry
Blue Ridge Mountains
Perry
Charleston
Grace
F. Mitchell Ott
Longshoremen and Machinists End Major Labor Strife
Stevedores and Lockheed machinists returned to work today after settlements in major labor disputes. Court orders kept Boeing and Monon Railroad workers on the job as city talks aimed to resolve widespread newspaper strikes. The longshoremen contract includes a 39 cent pay rise amid debates on crew sizes tied to automation.
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United Press International
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lockheed
Boeing
Monon
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
South Atlantic
Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Shipping Interrests
Labor Department
Houston
International Association of of Machinists
IAM
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed California Co
Missiles and Space Division
Cape Canaveral
Honolulu
Boeing Facilties
J. Lindberg
Cleveland Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
American Newspaper Guild
Locher
Teamsters
Brotherhood of Railroad
Monon Railroad
Arctic Cold Front Grips Texas With Snow and Freeze
An Arctic air mass moves into the Panhandle and expands across Texas bringing sub-freezing temperatures, snow, and freezing rain. The Weather Bureau warns of a statewide plunge by Tuesday with 50s in South Texas and readings around the high 30s to 40s elsewhere.
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United Press International
Panhandle
North Texas
Texas
US Weather Bureau
Houston
Cotulla
Dalharts
Beaumont
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
South Texas
Brownsville
Two More Coin Telephones Are Stolen in West Texas
Clarendon and Hedley in the chain of thefts. Memphis and Childress police chief Maddox reports two pay phones stolen Saturday night from a 24 hour laundry on Avenue F NW and a service station in the 400 block of F. A coin box was found near the county line east of Childress on the highway. Parts of other phones found between Memphis and Hedley. Investigations continue.
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Clarendon
Hedley
Memphis
Childress
Alvig Maddox
Avenue F
Maddox
Hemphill Heads to Texas Music Educators Association Convention
Band director Norman Hemphill will travel to Houston for the Texas Music Educators Association convention. The event runs January 30 through February 2, with Hemphill expected to hear bands and engage with education colleagues at the gathering.
110 Bandsmen Are Selected For Greenbelt Honor Band Saturday
Students from Paducah Memphis Quanah and Childress took part in Greenbelt honor band tryouts. Two bands were chosen a high school band of 110 and a junior high band of 65. Clinicians Gerald Hemphill and Keith Carty will lead a February 9 clinic and concert at CHS auditorium with free admission.
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Paducah
Memphis
Quanah
Childress
Bill Bradly
Coy Cook
Doyle McEllroy
Norman Hemnhill
Gerald Hemphill
West Texas State College
Keith Carty
Texas Tech
CHS
Fort Worth Men Die In SH 183 One Car Crash
Two Fort Worth men Harm on L King and cousin Gary Lee King died when their car struck a utility pole on State Highway 183 Saturday night. The collision occurred in Fort Worth, leaving both victims killed instantly.
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Fort Worth
UPD
Harmon L. King
Gary Lee King
Vernon Troop Wins First Place In Boy Scout First Aid Meet
Vernon’s Troop 46 took first with 783 points at the Boy Scout First Aid event held in the high school gym. Two Patrols Falcon and Longhorn shared a first in their troop. Quanah’s Troop 58 placed second with 778 points. Childress troops filled third and fourth with 705 and 667 points. Rattlesnake Patrol of Troop 64 earned a second place, Bobwhite Patrol of Troop 61 a third. Vernon’s Troops 50 51 and 54 finished fifth sixth and seventh. Judges were Hart Lawson Jenkins Smith Chaffin Cook Privitt Wasson Hajek Harmon. District chairman Westenburg led the meet.
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Vernon Troop
Vernon
Quanah
Childress
Troop 61
Rattlesnake Patrol
Troop
Bobwhite Patrol
Troop 50
Bob Hart
Jake Lawson
Roy Jenkins
Ross Smith
Bobby Chaffin
Wayne Cook
Sam Privitt
Delbert Wasson
Bill Hajek
Jimmie Harmon
J. J. Westenburg
Health and Safety Committee
Marine Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing Saturday
A Cl17D two engine marine aircraft lost a motor over Childress and forced a landing at Childress Airfield. The crew of Marines and one sailor were en route to El Paso from Fort Leonard Wood. Most men were sent to Dallas Naval Air Station and others airlifted to Douglas Arizona. The aircraft remains on the ramp.
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Childress
el Paso
Fort Leonardwood
Dallas Naval Air Station
Dallas
Douglas
Arizona
Tax collection tally for poll taxes at Court House
The Childress County Tax Collector's office reports 943 poll taxes sold to date, stored in the Court House records.
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Childress County
Court House
Judge Allows Reeves County Hospital Hearing After Restraining Order
Dist. Judge W E Ward dissolved a temporary restraining order against the Reeves County Hospital Board allowing a Tuesday hearing on Dr John P Dunn's dismissal from the hospital staff Dunn 35 is a John Birch Society member who says he first tipped off the federal government about Billie Sol Estes Ward noted Texas law on agency hearings is unclear and the board will convene at 9 am in the county courthouse with the session closed to the press.
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Pecos
UPI
W. E. Ward
Reeves County Hospital Board
John P. Dunn
Dunn
John Birch Society
Billie Sol Estes
Ward
Texas
Harrison Beauchamp
Mother's March Tuesday in Childress for March of Dimes
The annual Mother's March for the Childress County March of Dimes begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Childress County
Texas Briefs: overdoses burns and a hospital addition
Yvonne Stone cipher aged 24 died at Parkland Hospital from sleeping pill overdose after arriving Jan 17. Clifton Deninger 69 died from burns after a bathroom heater fire in his housecoat. Mercy Hospital addition valued at 1.7 million blessed by Bishop Garriga. Willie Johnson 40 died from stab wound to leg and severed artery. Clarence Murray Jr. 28 charged with the slaying.
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Dallas
UPI
Yvonne Stone
Cipher
Parkland Hospital
San Antonio
UPD
Clifton Deninger
Deninger
Brownsville
Mercy Hospital
M. S. Garriga
Corpus Christi Catholic Diocese
Galveston
Willie Johnson
Clarence Murray Jr
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