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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1962

Page

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Deviational Drilling Tests Delayed In East Texas Field

Attorneys for Humble Oil agreed to delay until Friday tests for deviational drilling on two of three East Texas leases. Tests proceed today on the third lease as Humble faces suits by Charles Stubblefield and H L Long in Tyler. A federal case and a Tyler district suit seek to restrain well surveys and plugging on various leases and parcels in Rusk County.

TYLER API Humble Oil and Refining Co East Texas Dist Otis T. Dunagan Humble Charles Stubblefield H.L. Long Stubblefield Mary Smith Rusk County Long Dungan Continental Oil Joe Sheehy Shell Oil Association Drilling Co R. W. Smith Frank Barr William M. Clark Daryl R. Gaumer

Directors of CofC and BCD Meet Thursday

The CofC and BCD board meets at 8 p.m. Thursday with twelve items on the agenda. Accounts include a financial report and a nomination of new directors for next year, plus reports on Air Force Recovery Squadron activity, Air Show and Quarter Horse Show, Home Show, decals for next year’s membership, and Civil Defense meeting in Santa Fe New Mexico. There are updates on industrial activities, a $50 payment to the Texas Industrial Board in Austin, and plans for Greenbelt Bowl football games and trophies for Queen contestants.

Cofc-Bcd Board of Directors Air Force Recovery Squadron Civil Defense Santa Fe N.M Texas Industrial Board Austin

Fire ignites play house at residence on 807 t d St NE

Firefighters were summoned about 1 30 a m to 807 td St NE where a child's play house inside a residence caught fire causing alarm and minor damage.

Jack's Donuts and Fried Pies on 405 41st Street N W

Local bakery JACK'S DONUTS offers fried pies at address 405 41st Street N W. The listing notes the shop as a possible street-front vendor with emphasis on doughnuts and fried pies.

Stock Market Rises as Tax Bill Excerpt Sparks Rally

New York stocks moved higher before the third hour led by gains in electronics with IBM, Beckman, Fairchild and Litton. savings and loan shares plus steel names also climbed. The rally followed news that the Senate Finance Committee eliminated the dividend and interest withholding provision from the tax revision bill.

New York UPI Senate Finance Committee IBM Beckman Fairchild Camera Litton Texas RCA Zenith Motors Financial Federation First Charter Great Western Youngstown U.S. Steel Republic

No Tire Request Made After Fair Park Blowout

Mrs. Taylor says B. B. Taylor did not ask the city to pay for a new tire after he hit a hole in Fair Park. The couple says the city was informed so the hole could be filled, and an adjustment was received from the tire company, not city payment.

B. B. Taylor Fair Park Louis Sally

Two Tornadoes Strike in Texas

Two tornadoes tore across West Texas causing damage to a 60 foot house trailer and two automobiles while a bolt of lightning killed Ricardo Robles near Springlake. No injuries were reported. The storms also knocked down utility poles and disrupted areas near Crane Big Spring and Presidio as record heat and thunderstorms persisted across the state.

United Press International West Texas U.S. Weather Bureau Tex Crane Odes Big Spring Texas Highway Patrol Ricardo Robles Alice Robles Springlake Amarillo Presidio Lubbock San Angelo Weather Bureau Texas Laredo Wink Wichita Falls Mineral Wells Midland Junction and Childress Fort Worth San Antonio Galveston

Telstar Telecast Sparks Transatlantic TV Push From Andover

American scientists hailed the first live television to Europe and plan a coast to coast telecast tonight around 5 p.m. CST. ABC NBC and CBS will stand by to relay a test from Pleumeur-Bodou France as Telstar reaches Europe. The event, seen in Britain and France, speeds hopes of global TV by space. Telstar’s 11th orbit reaches both continents about 4 45 p.m. CST with tune up tests under way.

Andover Maine UPI Europe ABC NBC CBS Pleumer-Boudou Brittany France U. S Telstar Telegrah Co Yves Montand Paris Atlantic U.S Britain Washington Solar System Earth Space Radio and Television Industy

June Water Use Declines Amid Heavy Rains

City Manager Louis Sally reports June's water use fell to a total 36,594,000 gallons, averaging 1,219.80 daily as rains reduced demand. Lake Childress stood at 16 feet and Baylor Lake at 27 feet at month end.

Louis Sally Lake Childress Baylor Lake

Siren At Compress Sent To Amarillo For Repairs

City Manager Louis Sally reports the siren at the compress is moved to Amarillo for motor repairs. The unit will be raised to a 60 foot pole and remains part of the fire station system and severe weather alert network.

Amarillo Louis Sally

Barry Goldwater Sweatshirts Sold in National Review Ad

A full page National Review advertisement offers Barry Goldwater sweatshirts with the promise you’ll be first in your precinct to own one. The copy claims wearers will delight in watching liberals recoil in terror.

New York UPI The National Review Barry Goldwater

Storm Furies Hit Kansas City Area with Torrential Rain

A massive thunderstorm struck the Kansas City metropolitan area bringing torrential rain and gale-force winds. Reports described a funnel cloud sighting as residents faced weather turmoil and local responders prepared for damage assessment.

Kansas City UPI

Tax Withholding Bill Killed in Senate Finance Panel

The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 5 to defeat the administration plan for a 20 percent withholding tax on dividends and interest. Kerr proposed a compromise to retain withholding with exemptions for low income and instant refunds, while refunds would be shortened to three to four days under the system.

Robert S. Kerr D-Okla Congress Senate Hubert H. Humphrey White House Treasury Kerr

Attitudes of Spenders Under Review By Texas Panel

The state Senate committee led by Sen. Louis Crump plans hearings on government spending. Crump says a 10 percent cut in administrative expenses is possible without reducing services. Members expect hearings to begin within two months, with Sen. Andy Rogers in Austin for the meeting.

Austin UPI State Senate Cost of Government Louis Crump San Saba Andy Rogers

Marshall Warned Of Abuses By Billie Estes

Senate investigators heard Henry C. Marshall warned a Texas agriculture committee that Billie Sol Estes was abusing the cotton allotment transfer program. Davenport testified Marshall's warning went unheeded and no action was taken while Davenport chaired the committee.

Senate Estes Texas Davenport Marshall Subcommittee John C. McClellan D-Ark Davenports

Kennedy Overwhelmed by Crowd of Foreign Students on White House Lawn

President Kennedy faced a crowded scene on the South Lawn as more than 2 000 foreign high school seniors sponsored by the American Field Service swarmed the White House for a speaking event. A girl fainted and several were briefly hurt as ropes fell and security moved to clear the crowd.

Washington UPI Kennedy White House Maj Ralph Stover Stover The American Field Service United States

Four Killed in Car-Train Crash at Hereford Crossing

A San Francisco Santa Fe Chief passenger train hit an automobile at a grade crossing in Hereford Texas killing four Latin American farm workers and injuring a fifth. All victims were from Rocksprings Texas and involved relatives. The car failed to move despite signals and the motor traveled far from impact.

Hereford Tex UPI San Francisco Santa Fe Deaf Smith County Hospital Steven R. Enriquez Jose Berrera Enriquez Tano Enriquez Jose Cantu Enriquez Vidal R

Box Scores on East Texas Oil Field Wells

The report from the attorney general’s office lists 54 total inclination tests 48 crooked wells 1 straight well and 4 junked wells plus 1 completely clean lease in East Texas oil field drilling investigations.

Austin UPS East Texas Attorney General's Office

Fire consumes grain elevator in Muleshoe blaze

A Tuesday night fire at the Interstate Grain Co. elevator on the west edge of Muleshoe burned for nearly two hours and caused about 150000 dollars in damage. Firefighters from area departments fought the blaze but could not save the structure. No injuries were reported.

Muleshoe Tex Interstate Grain Co

Churchill improves after blood clot in leg injury

London report says Sir Winston Churchill is making satisfactory progress from a blood clot in his broken left leg. Medical bulletin from Middlesex Hospital notes no further details to report.

London UPI Winston Churchill Middlesex Hospital

Gasoline Price War Continues in Childress

The ongoing price battle sees independents at 21.9 cents per gallon for regular while majors list 23.9 cents. Premium gasoline ranges five to six cents higher than regular across outlets.

Childress

Jack's Donuts Fried 9ies 405 41h St Nw

A brief item notes Jack's Donuts on 41th Street northwest fried something with a 9ies code. The notice provides no further details on date, ownership, or outcome.

St. N. W

Rusk Plans Berlin Talks in New Bid to Ease Crisis

Secretary of State Dean Rusk scheduled a 4 p.m. meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to probe a path out of the Berlin stalemate. The talks aim to see if Moscow will drop its demand for Allied evacuation and discuss a face-saving arrangement for access to West Berlin.

Washington UPI Dean Rusk Anatoly F. Dobrynin Berlin Dobrynin Rusks State Department Nikita Khrushchev Rusk New York Moscow Geneva Ing West Berlin U.S Khrushchev Norway Denmark Belgium Netherlands Czechoslovakia Poland

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Bobby Joe Keesee Federal U. S. Marshall T. P. McNamara Keesee Cuba NEA Telephoto Cofc BCD Playhouse Burns Jack’s By Peter S. Richards Joseph L. Myler Telestar Hale Montgomery Washington Harry F. Byrd Dva Jack’'S Donuts Billie Estes Helen Thomas Frick
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