Thaten Nominated for Childress Director of W T Chamber
Harry Thaten, partner in Thaten Brothers Construction and Thaten Brothers Lumber, is nominated as Childress director for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce replacing Doyle McKinney. The nomination, by a committee led by Roger Denton, will be voted on by local members in Abilene region offices within weeks.
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Harry W. Thaten
Thaten Brothers Construction Company
Thaten Brothers Lumber Company
Childress
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Doyle McKinney
Grand Prairie
Roger Denton
Fay Eatherly
H. W. Shirley
Thaten
Abilene
West Texas
Thaten Brothers Construction
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Country Club
West Childress
Burkburnett
Harry Thaten
Tornadoes and Hail Sweep Texas Panhandle and South Plains
Severe storms lashed the Texas South Plains Panhandle and North Central Texas with tornadoes hail up to hen egg size and heavy rain. Forecasts warned of damaging winds and hail through the evening while communities from Pampa to Muleshoe reported heavy damage to roofs windows and crops.
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United Press International
Texas South Plains
Panhandle
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Plains
Abilene
Sherman
Dalhart
Big Spring
Department of Public Safety
Muleshoe
Fiona
Pampa
LeFors
McClellan Lake
King’s Mill
Celanese Corp
Lamesa
Wink
Kermit
Burl Moore
Draw
O'Donnell
Prairie Dogs in Fair Park Warned Against Pet Hazards
Jeff Henderson of CBCD warns children near Fair Park prairie dog colonies to keep hands out of burrows. He cautions that touching or pulling prairie dogs could result in painful injuries and bites.
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Fair Park
Jeff Henderson
Cbcd Manager
Fair Pack
Police Department Pushes Quiet Car Campaign
The Police Department announced an anti-noise campaign led by Chief Alvis Maddox to curb loud tailpipes on vehicles driven by youths. Drivers are urged to remove noise makers or reduce volume to lessen disturbances.
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Alvis Maddox
Housing Authority to Meet Monday
Directors of the Housing Authority of Childress are scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the Authority offices for the regular monthly meeting.
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Housing Authority
Housing Authority of
Committee Report To Council Monday Preview
Citizens Committee will highlight Monday night’s city council meeting announced by City Manager Louis Sally. The council is scheduled to meet at 7 30 p m at City Hall.
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Citizens Committee
Louis Sally
Methodists Name New Pastors Here
The North West Texas Methodist conference in Lubbock announced new pastor assignments. Rev. L L Hill becomes pastor of First Methodist Church here, with Rev James Merrell at King Memorial and Rev John English remaining superintendent of the Childress District.
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L. L. Hill
Seminole
First Methodist Church
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Lubbock
King Memorial
James Merrell
John English
Childress
J. C. Arnold
J Lennol Hester
Phillips Church
J. A. McDonald
The
Tell Church
Dee Wee - Dumont
Thomas Hatcher
Tell
William McQueen
Estelline
James Futch
Chillicothe
Kenneth Wyatt
Clarendon
J. W. Patterson
Crowell
John Fitzgerald
Dodson-Keily
J. F. Michael
Fargo - Wildcat
Kenneth Metzger
Goodlett
H. P. Consler
Lakeview
Crosby Patterson
Lelia Lake
C. R. Hawkins
Margaret Medcine
Bill Williams
Memphis
O. B. Herring
Odell - Farmer's Valley
Charles Byers
Paducah
Grady Adcock
Quanah
Walter White
St. Luke
R. M. Crain
Thalia
Weldon Stephenson
Truscott-Foard City
Thomas Taylor
Vernon
H. Doyle Ragle
Texas Street
Thomas Bandy
Wellington
Davis Edens
Trinity
J. W. Read
Wesley Chapel
Noah Armpriester
Franklin Weir
M Squad of CofC Plans Mop Up Effort to Add Members
The Childress Chamber of Commerce M Squad will meet this week to launch a mop up campaign to recruit new members. Dr. J. J. Westenburg, chairman, says letters were sent to nonmember businesses in Childress. Members include Guy Hibler Don Cawthon Bill Hajek Sam Carmack and two women.
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M Squad
Childress
Bill Hajek
Sam Carmack
W. J. Sharp
Cal Hampton
Louise Bowers
Santa Rosa Directors Will Meet Monday
Five Childress directors of the Santa Rosa Round-Up plan to attend the annual meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Vernon. The Round-up takes place June 21 to 24 in Vernon. Local directors include J. M. Crews, vice president and executive committee member, and Bill Ross, W. E. Davis, Morris Higley, and Sam Privitt.
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Childress
Santa Rosa
Vernon
J. M. Crews
Bill Ross
W. E. Davis
Morris Higley
Sam Privitt
Red Hopes for Understanding Soaring After Khrushchev Kennedy Talks
Soviet optimism rose at the end of the first Khrushchev Kennedy summit as Soviet officials called the discussions fruitful and frank. Officials signaled desire for a calmer international climate to enable a future summit and a negotiated path on Germany while pursuing Laos and a nuclear test ban.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Henry Shapiro
United Press International Vienna
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mikhail A. Kharlamov
Pierre Salinger
Khrushchev
Laos
Germany
Court of Honor Set for Monday by Troop 61 Scouts
A Court of Honor will be held by Troop 61, Boys Scouts, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Scout house at Fair Park. Receiving second class awards are Paul Camp, Mike Henderson, Gene Clements, Russell Harmon, Rusty Jones, and Alfred Stephens. Jerry Henderson will receive the Music merit badge. Troop officers will be installed: Larry Murphy senior patrol leader, David Galligan assistant patrol leader, Jerry Henderson scribe, Bobby Roland, Mike Henderson, Don Palmer patrol leaders. Refreshments will be served. all scouts and families are urged to attend.
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Fair Park
Paul Camp
Mike Henderson
Gene Clements
Russell Harmon
Rusty Jones
Alfred Stephens
Jerry Henderson
Larry Murphy
David Galligan
Bobby Roland
Don Palmer
Radar Speeding Case Is Tried in Childress County
Sanford Leslie Kelly of Denton was found guilty of speeding by radar in Childress County. A jury assessed a $25 fine plus costs with Mike Wilson serving as foreman and the panel including Otho Sims L C Cramer Clyde Keplinger Jack Norman and Chile Smith.
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Childress County
Sanford Leslie Kelly
Denton
Charles Reynolds
Mike Wilson
Otho Sims
L. C. Cramer
Clyde Keplinger
Jack Norman
Chile Smith
Postpone Showing of Birth of a Nation in Montgomery
A showing of the controversial 1915 film Birth of a Nation has been postponed a year in Montgomery Alabama due to racial tensions. The delay was agreed by the Museum of Modern Art and the Montgomery sponsor planning the event next week.
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New York
UPD
Glontgomery
Ala
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Montgomery
Trujillo Jr Regime Seeks Stabilization After Assassination
Rafael Trujillo Jr appeared to reclaim control amid reports of mass arrests and torture following his father’s assassination. Exile sources claimed Gen. Juan Diaz led an armed group in the mountains while U S forces moved into the Caribbean to deter peril. Trujillo Jr vowed limited power and pro US relations, denying broad arrests and stating 200 people had been jailed with 50 to 60 still held.
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United Press International
Ciudad Trujillo
D. R
UPI
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Rafael L. Trujillo
Trujillo
Caracas
Venezuela
Juan T. Diaz
Diaz
United States
Trujillo Jr
U. S
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Continuea
Republicans Plan To Organize In Childress
Local Republicans announce plans to build a strong open campaign in Childress, aiming to form a precinct and county level organization and invite free-thinking Texans to participate. A meeting will be held in coming weeks to start the effort with public disclosure of all actions.
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Childress
Texas
Former Resident Louise Darnell McComb Dies in Odessa
Louise Darnell McComb 41 died in an Odessa hospital after a long illness. Funeral set for 5 pm at First Baptist Odessa with interment in Odessa Cemetery. Born January 7 1920 in Tell community she long lived in Childress County before moving to Odessa. Survivors include husband H E son Gerald brothers Mairl J C Donald Darnell and sister Mrs Buck. She was World War II secretary to J Edgar Hoover at the FBI.
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Louise Darnell McComb
Odessa
First Baptist Church of
Gibbs Benham
Andrews
Charles Meadow
W. L. Woell
M. L. Wright
Jack Tonalin
Marvin Hillhouse
Troy Mathews
R. S. Dudley
Lubbock
McC
Pampa
J. Edgar Hoover
The
FBI
Man Charged With Driving With Suspended License
Kenneth Jerome Trosper was charged Saturday by the Highway Patrol with driving while license was suspended. He had not been arraigned as of Saturday afternoon.
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Kenneth Jerome Trosper
The
Highway Patrol
Trosper
Wheat Harvest Reaches Peak During Week
Childress County wheat harvest peaked last week as hot dry weather ripened the crop. A total of 233 carloads were shipped from Kirkland 139 and Childress 94, with 65 to 70 percent harvested. If weather clears, most of the harvest will be gathered next week.
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Childress County
Kirkland
Childress
Thompson's felony charge reduced to misdeamer in county court
John Thompson had the felony charge reduced to a misdeameanor in county court Saturday morning. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 days in jail plus court costs. The case involved alleged theft of watches from Boles Jewelry.
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John Thompson
Thompson
Boles
Don Hardin Receives Pharmacy Degree at Houston University
Don Hardin son of Mr and Mrs Joe Hardin of Childress earned a pharmacy degree from Houston University in a Saturday commencement. He is a 1950 Childress graduate and 1955 TCU business administration alumnus. After 18 months in the Air Force he studied at Houston University and plans to join a Cleburne drugstore with his wife and daughter Julie.
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Don Hardin
Joe Hardin
Childress
Houston University
Hardin
Childress Schools
TCU
Air Force
Houston U
Two More Players Accept Bids To Greenbelt Bowl
Two more area football players have accepted invitations to play in the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic on August 12. Vernon Eubank, chairman of the Player Selection committee, announced that eight more players are needed to complete team rosters of 44. Jackie Brooks of Iowa Park will play halfback for the East Team, weighing 155 pounds and holding honorable mention All State. Don Case of Groom will play tackle for the East team, weighing 230 pounds and earning All District honors two years and Second Team All Regional.
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Vernon Eubank
Jackie Brooks
Iowa Park
Don Case
Groom
Eubank
Strip Teaser Abduction Tells of Brutal Nightmares
Terri Lynn, a 19 year old strip teaser in Texas, says she was kidnapped, tortured and starved for 13 days by three accomplices. She escaped by chewing ropes in a Richmond closet and swimming the Brazos River to safety. Police issued a statewide alert for Thomas C. Bush Sidonia Jeanne Johnson and Regina Bernard Laudig on charges of kidnapping and assault.
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Houston
UPI
Terri Lynn
Richmond
Tex
Brazos River
Thomas C. Bush
Sidonia Jeanne Johnson
Regina Bernard Laudig
Lynn
Miss Lynne
Bonnie Faye Greer
Texas
Brazos
Rainy Night Halts Wheat Harvest Across Childress County
Light rainfall stopped the rapid wheat harvest Friday night across Childress County. Rain was light but sufficient to pause work with downtown Childress reporting 0.20 of an inch, the airfield 0.05, and northwest areas about 0.60 of an inch.
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Childress County
Childress
Home Show Group Plans Final 1961 Meeting
The Home Show committee will meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the Glen Stiner Home to discuss a financial report for the 1961 show. Co chairwoman Mrs. Glen Stiner said the group aims to close the year with a clear financial update.
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Glen Siner
Glen Stiner
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Alexandre
Cleburn
Julie
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