Broadway Blackout Shuts Down 22 Shows Across New York
Broadway stalls 22 plays and musicals after union strike action prompts a citywide blackout. Actors Equity and League of New York Theaters remain far apart on pension plans wages and conditions as negotiations continue. About 5 000 theater workers face indirect layoffs and businesses fear heavy losses amid the stalemate.
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New York
Actors Equity
League of New York Theaters
National Road
Jackie Gleason
Mary Martin
Ethel Merman
Hayes Cleared Of Killing Wife in Amarillo Case
Melvin D. Hayes, cleared in the murder of his estranged wife found May 23 in a Tucumcari state park ditch, plans to leave for El Paso to fetch their son and assist in the investigation alongside New Orleans police and the FBI.
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Amarillo
Tex
UPI
Melvin D. Hayes
el Paso
Atty
Victor Breen
Tucumcari
N.M
Hayes
New Orleans
FBI
Childress
Hall County Man Released on Theft Charges
Frankie Longbine a Hall County farmer was released on 1500 bond after arraignment on theft charges. He admitted stealing seismograph equipment valued at about 500 from a car parked at the Veterans Building on Wednesday evening. The equipment was recovered and returned to the owner.
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Frankie Longbine
Hall County
Gaylon Smith
Longbine
Veterans Building
Smith
More Fashion More Quality Lower Prices Amid Furniture Sale
Johns Furniture Company promotes enhanced fashion and quality at reduced prices, inviting shoppers to explore a broader selection and bargain pricing across its showroom.
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Johns’ Furniture Company
Left Wing Tries To Block Johnson Nomination
Washington veteran says left wing aims to thwart Lyndon Johnson at the Democratic National Convention. He cites NAACP leader Roy Wilkins and labor figures as opposing Johnson while contemplating Rockefeller as a vehicle to block Nixon. Kennedy is cited as current front runner with Symington as possible compromise.
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John Herbers
United Press International
Biloxi
Miss
UPI
Washington
Mississippi Press Assn
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Lyle C. Wilson
Richard M. Nixon
Wilson
Association
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Johnson
New York
Nixon
Sen. Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jacob S. Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Rockefeller
Sen
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Syminton
Democratic Action
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower in Paris Summit Session
Soviet Premier Khrushchev launches a blistering personal attack on President Eisenhower calling him irresponsible and dangerous. He says Eisenhower refused German unification and mocks Adenauer as fit only for a straitjacket. Khrushchev warns rockets will strike bases violating Soviet air space.
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Henry Shapiro
United Press International
Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Camp David
Germany
Washington
White House
Paris
Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
America
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Defense
Rodion Malinovsky
Malinovsky
City Council approves gas rate hike and housing loan
The council passed the second reading of a gas rate ordinance in Childress. Rates rise 5.4 cents per thousand cubic feet after a third reading. A resolution to borrow up to 42,500 from the Federal Housing Authority was approved, subject to a survey. A loan and bills committee was named, and a lakes supply purchase was tabled. Pete Hamilton received 65 dollars for rain damages. The Childress Kart Club got lakeside permit.
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Public Housing Authority of
Childress
Federal
Public Housing Authority
Louis Sally
Charles Mock
Frank Dakis
Paul Ord
Muin
Pete Hamilton
Gasoline Price War Hits New Low in Childress
Childress sees a second gasoline price war this year with regular gasoline posted at 20.9 cents per gallon. Premium gas generally averages five cents more.
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Childress
Arbitrators Grant Pay Boost to Railroad Engineers
A six member arbitration board awarded U S railroad engineers an across the board base pay raise totaling 11 1 3 cents an hour over two years plus 17 cents an hour in cost of living allowances. A 2 percent increase becomes effective July 1 with another 2 percent on March 1 1961 totaling about 1 33 cents an hour. The decision affects 30 000 BLE members and raises in miscellaneous rates and guarantees scale with base pay. The award runs through Nov 1 1961 and costs railroads about 13 863 300 dollars yearly.
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Chicago
UPI
Arbitration Board
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
Unce
Water Skiing Moves to Lake Childress After Baylor Lake
City officials announced at the council meeting that water use switched from Baylor Lake to Lake Childress for city supply. Pumping from Baylor Lake was halted and Childress pumping stopped due to a sink hole risk. an engineer will assess whether to fill the hole.
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Baylor Lake
Lake Childress
Louis Sally
Cariker Suffers Mild Heart Attack at Home
Dr. Fred H Cariker, reported by a family friend, improved this morning at Childress General Hospital after a mild heart attack struck him at his family home Thursday afternoon. He remained on oxygen as officials described his condition.
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Fred H Cariker
Childress General Hospital
Pa Creed Dies Burial To Be Sunday
Pa Creed former Childress cafe operator dies at his Bentonville Arkansas home after weeks of illness. Funeral services set for Sunday at Newberry Chapel Childress with Rev Lennor Hester officiating. Interment in Childress cemetery. pallbearers named. Creed born in Fort Worth eighty six years ago. widow Ellie Hallie Creed survives.
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BE. W
Pa) Creed
Childress
Bentonville
Ark
Newberry Chapel
Lennor Hester
First Methodist Church
Earl McMinn
Harold Wright
Cecil Hayes
George Hill
Ben Hardison
H. C. Preslar
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Creed
Fort Worth
Creed
Commerce Street
Arkansas
Ellie Hallie Creed
Jerry Davis Heads to Boys State on Saturday
Jerry Davis local Boys State delegate and sponsored by American Legion Cox-Farr Post No. 65 will depart Saturday morning for Austin for the annual event. A bus from Amarillo will pick up delegates en route to Austin, with Miss Joan King also leaving by train for Bluebonnet Girls State and returning June 17.
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Jerry Davis
American Legion
Cox-Farr Post No. 65
Austin
Amarillo
Young Davis
Joan King
Bluebonnet Girls State
Lois Stiner to Judge Quanah Beauty Contest
Lois Stiner of Childress will judge the Wheatheart contest in Quanah tonight as 21 Quanah women compete for the 1960 title. The 8:30 p.m. beauty revue on Quanah theatre stage is sponsored by local merchants and the theatre, with the winner receiving a loving cup inscribed Miss Wheat Harvest of 1960. The winner will represent Hardeman County at Perryton on August 18, 1920.
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Lois Stiner
Childress
Quanah
The
Theatre and
Hardeman County
Perryton
Wheat Harvest Seen Better Than Usual This Year
Weather delays have slowed wheat work in the county but prospects point to a higher than normal yield. Early dryland fields like J J Goodnight’s 12 acre patch produced about 38.5 bushels per acre, with irrigated areas waiting for better timing. Elevator price around 1.70 per bushel. harvest may begin in full this weekend if conditions stay clear.
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Kirkland
Burlington
Childress County
J.J. Goodnight
Goodnight
Childress
Santa Rosa Roundup Directors to Meet in Vernon
Santa Rosa Roundup annual directors meeting will be held in Vernon on June 6. The show runs June 22 to June 25 in Vernon, announced by Keith Berry chair of the board. Local directors include J M Crews vice president Ernest Davis Morris Higley and Sam Privitt.
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Santa Rosa
Vernon
Keith Berry
J.M. Crews
Ernest Davis
Morris Higley
Sam Privitt
Khrushchev Accepts Invitation to Visit Cuba
The Tass News Agency reported that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev accepted an invitation to visit Cuba. Tass said the visit time will be agreed upon later.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Tass
Photographer and exfiring-squad member escape from Cuba
Jean Secon, a former New York model turned freelance photographer, and Capt Herman Marks, once Castro's firing squad chief, recount a sea escape from Cuba aboard a 33-foot motor cruiser. With a hostile Cuban crew, limited fuel and supplies, they fled toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as authorities pursued them for treason and espionage.
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Jean Secon
New York
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mexico
Herman Marks
Revolutionary Army
Gulf of Mexico
Castro
Marks
la Cabana
Principe Prison
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Isle of Pines
Keys
Pen
Run-Off Races Scheduled For Saturday
Two run-off elections are set for Saturday with local voters in Commissioner Precinct I choosing between incumbent C. T. Rothwell and Otis Smotherman, and a separate race for Judge of State Court of Bryan. Polls run 8 am to 7 pm at Courthouse Box 2 High Point Box 10 Carey Box 5 Tell Box 7. A total of 26 absentee votes had been cast in the two races at the county clerk’s office. precincts other than one may vote in the courthouse box for the judge race.
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Commissioners
C. T. Rothwell
Otis Smotherman
State Court of Bryan
Courthouse
High Point
Carey
Tell
Carroll Holleman
Two Injured In Fall At Car-Vu Drive In
Homer Baker and Willard Gray were in satisfactory condition at Childress General Hospital after a scaffold fall at the Car-Vu drive in. Baker had a mild concussion and neck and chest injuries while Gray suffered a fractured pelvis and arm injury. Both men worked for Phipps-Laytern Theaters and were painting about 20 feet up when the scaffold failed. A passer-by reported the incident and a Newberry ambulance transported them.
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Homer Baker
Willard Gray
Childress General Hospital
Baker
Gray
Phipps-Laytern Theaters
Car-Vu
Newberry
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Russia
United States
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bobby Chaffin
Highway Patrol
Cariker
Pa’ Creed
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