Texas Faces Scorching 24 Hours With Extreme Heat
Texas endures century plus heat as the Weather Bureau forecasts another hot day. Readings peak at 113 in Presidio and Corpus Christi, 107 in Wink and Salt Flat, with other major hubs posting 106 to 100. Overnight lows range from 66 at Dalhart to 85 at El Paso.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Presidio
Corpus Christi
Wink
Salt Flat
Lubbock
Laredo
Childress
Amarillo
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
el Paso
Cotulla
Midland
High Plains
Panhandle
Beer Tavern Gun Practice Fatal To Cop
Houston police patrolman C E Posey, off duty in a beer tavern, was shot in the head by a .45 bullet fired during a distance shot at a beer can. Sgt Navin L Bullock, 31, faces a murder charge. Patrolman Joe D Knighten, 28, is a material witness. Coleman Tavern owner Arthur Coleman reports the group drank bourbon and Posey warned against shooting.
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Houston
C. E .Posey
Navin L. Bullock
Joe D. Knighten
Coleman's
Arthur Coleman
Coleman
Posey
Bullock
Knighton
Homicide
Det
D.M. Fults
Knighten
Firemen to Meet for Regular Association Session
Regular meeting of the Childress Firemen's Association will be held at 7 o'clock Tuesday night at the Fire Station. All members are urged to attend.
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Childress Firemen's Association
Death toll from Audrey to reach 350 in official count
Lake Charles officials said 246 bodies have been recovered after Hurricane Audrey with expectations the total will reach 350. Crews burn animal carcasses and prepare tents for the homeless at Cameron while authorities plan rapid federal help.
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Lake Charles
Audrey
Louis
Henry Ried
Ried
Cameron
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Civil Defense
Sup
Earl Long
Creole
Grand Chenier
Sam Mazilly
Sweet Lake - Big Lake
Cameron-Creole-Grand Chenier
NEA
Senate Aims Quick Action On Must Legislation This Week
The Senate plans swift action on several must bills before civil rights battles begin next week. GOP leaders and some northern Democrats push floor votes on Eisenhower civil rights bill, while Southern senators threaten a lengthy filibuster risking delay of other bills. If talk lasts long, military appropriations and FBI report access for defendants face delay. committees hold measures. House weighs session plans to adapt to Senate timing, possibly continue into August or recess until rights fight ends.
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Senate Gop
Eisenhower
Senate
FBI
House
Mrs. Alice Kiker 83 Dies in Childress Convalescent Home
Mrs. Alice Kiker wife of Bud Kiker of Rivercamp died at 11 20 p m Sunday night in a Childress convalescent home after years of illness She was born December 27 1873 in Hopkins County and came to Rivercamp in 1917 with her husband Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the First Baptist Church in Childress with Rev Ira L Parrack Rev Rollo Davidson and Dr EF White officiating Burial will follow in Childress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home pallbearers include Irby Teague Lester Hudson Homer Cawthon C B Roberts Homer Bennett and Charley Kennedy She leaves three sons Hubert Kiker of San Antonio Wesley Kiker and Robert Kiker of Childress one sister Mrs Georgia Littrell of Ridgeway six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Alice Kiker
Bud Kiker
Rivercamp
Childress
First Baptist Church
Ira L. Parrack
Rollo Davidson
EF. E White
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Daniel Calls On Board To Kick Out Rotten Apples
Daniel urged the Texas state board of insurance to expeditiously purge the industry of its remaining corrupters. He spoke after Joe Gibbs Seguin and David Irons Fort Worth were sworn in as board members before Chief Justice Hickman and others at the governor’s reception room.
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Austin
Guy Price Daniel
State Board of Insurance
Daniel
Joe P. Gibbs
Seguin
David B. Irons
Fort Worth
J. E. Hickman
Texas Supreme Court
Board of Insurance
Penn J. Jackson
William A. Harrison
Solar eruption marks IGY launch worldwide
A massive solar flare coincides with the start of the International Geophysical Year, causing radio and TV interference worldwide. A. H. Shapley notes the solar disturbance triggered a temporary shortwave blackout, with warnings issued to ships and aircraft relying on radio navigation. President Eisenhower welcomes the IGY effort as scientists begin a 18 month global study.
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Washington
Hartford
Eisenhower
IGY
A. H. Shapley
National Academy of Sciences
Shapley
Earth
Moscow
Virginia
Rites Held For Estelline Woman
Mrs. Madie McCollough 69 wife of Ralph H McCollough of Estelline died in Childress General Hospital Saturday. Funeral services were held Sunday in the First Baptist Church Estelline with Rev Joe Allison officiating. Burial followed in Estelline cemetery. Survivors include her husband a half sister Lena Mitchell Perryton three step brothers O C Edwards Houston Earl Edwards Fort Worth Finis Edwards Edmondson and two step sisters Mrs Ruby Bumpus Plainview and Mrs Lucille Couch Olton.
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Madie McCollough
Ralph H. McCollough
Estelline
Childress General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Joe Allison
Spicer Funeral Home
Memphis
McCullough
Childress
Three Childress Affairs Listed in Texas Calendar
The Texas Calendar of Events lists three Childress happenings for July August and September. The pamphlet aids tourists and is distributed at state line booths. Items include the July 4 fireworks July 18 Old Settlers Reunion and August 16 Greenbelt Bowl Game.
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Texas
Texas Highway Department
Childress
Highway Department
Parr Trial Enters Eighth Week in Houston
The George Parr mail fraud trial in Houston enters its eighth week with Archer Parr, former Duval sheriff and nephew of George Parr, set to testify. Co-defendant O P Carrillo and others are expected to testify as the case nears the two month mark and jurors receive a pay raise to ten dollars daily.
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Houston
George Parr
Duval County
Archer Parr
South Texas
Benavides
O. P Carrillo
Percy Foreman
Parr
Joe Ingraham
Wife of Washburn trial witness dies in San Angelo
Katherine L. Nelson 40, wife of Andrew H. Nelson the state's star witness in the Harry L. Washburn murder case, died Sunday in San Angelo after succumbing to breathing trouble. She had been staying at the American hotel near her husband, who is serving a life term. An autopsy was ordered as Justice of the Peace O. L. Miller withheld a verdict. Nelson testified he and Washburn bought dynamite before the bombing of Mrs. Helen Harris Weaver. Washburn received a 99 year sentence.
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San Angelo
Texap
Katherine L. Nelson
Harry L. Washburn
Justice of the Peace
O. L. Miller
Andrew H. Nelson
Nelson
State Women’s Prison
Tom Green County
Cecil Turner
Washburn
Dallas
Helen Harris Weaver
Houston
Nickerson Vows to Fight On for Missile Clearance
Col John C. Nickerson, stripped of top secret clearance, vows to pursue restoration through official channels and regain status as a rocket expert. He received a one year rank suspension a $1500 fine and a stern reprimand for leaking missile data and losing the right to work on Army top secret development. The Army had earlier rescinded his clearance amid a probe into leaked classified missile information.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson
Nickerson
Army
Air Force
Turbulent Weather Pounds Midwest And Canada
Storms sweeping the United States and Canada left hundreds dead or missing as Audrey churned through Ontario Quebec and western states. Floods drownings and tornadoes plagued Missouri Kansas Indiana Illinois and nearby regions while the death toll rose toward the 200 mark.
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Trenton
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Audrey
Canada
Montreal
Ontario
Quebec
Liberal
Kan
Wichita
Cuba Rebels Return Fire as Peace Rally Marred by Violence
Reports from Havana describe gun battles sabotage and bombings across Cuba after a government peace rally in Santiago. Five killed and three wounded in a Santiago clash between soldiers and car thieves. rebels attacked radio, cables cut, fires set. Batista calls the turnout a democratic lesson as arrests mount.
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Havana
Santiago
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Camaguey
Batista
Railroad ICC To Probe Crash Near Guthrie Ky
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Interstate Commerce Commission will jointly probe a collision near Guthrie Kentucky on Saturday. A Dixie Land streamliner hit by a Louisville Memphis freight killed 81 and injured 21, with crew blaming brake failure as dinner service occurred in the dining car.
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Guthrie
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Here
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Dixieland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Hotel Bomb Report In Dallas A Hoax
Three Dallas detectives searched the Statler Hilton hotel Sunday night after an anonymous call claimed a bomb was hidden in the grand ballroom. Detective Lt. T N Leonard called it a hoax, and Assistant Hotel Manager J Williams said the warning likely came from someone mentally unbalanced. Police were alerted as a precaution.
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Dallas
Swank
Statler Hilton
Grand Ballroom
T. N. Leonard
J. Williams
Odell Accepts Post At Pharr San Juan Alamo
Odell Newell Odell has accepted the superintendent post for the Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District in the Rio Grande Valley. He will depart July 9 to assume duties after resigning as Childress superintendent. Previously he led Cross Plains for two years and held administrative roles at Archer City Eula and other districts.
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Newell Odell
Pharr-San Juan
Eula
Indian sheepherder confession tied to Durango murder
Navajo sheepherder Comanche Sanchez 23 signed a confession after his arrest in Durango for beating to death a Navajo man identified as Shortie Blackie 55 near Farmington New Mexico. Authorities noted he washed blood from his body, a detail cited to explain the motive over a bottle of wine.
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Comanche Sanchez
Shortie Blackie
Blanco Canyon
Farmington
N. M. la Plata
Ralph Graham
Sanchez
Graham
Shiprock
N. M
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