Long-Time Childress Resident Tom Hardin Dies at 76
Tom Hardin, a longtime Childress County resident and 1940 ward winner, died at 5:00 am in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services are set for 10:30 am Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Frank Travis, followed by burial in Childress Cemetery. He held multiple local leadership roles, including Rotary president, school board president, and Chamber of Commerce board leader, and was survived by his wife Florence, a son Tom Hardin Jr, two daughters Mary Helen Sexauer and Jane Casebier, and four grandchildren.
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Tom Lawson Hardin
Childress
Childress General Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Travis
Plainview
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
W. T. Ross
Travis Walling
Gordon Graviey
Jim Martindale
Bernie Ste
Mr. Hardin
Terrell
A. J Hardin
Childress County
Southwestern Normal
Fw&d Railway
Dallas Metropolitan Business College
Santa Fe RR
Chicapo
Chamber of Commerce Board of City Development
First Prebyterian Church
Childress Rotary Club
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Rotary
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Veterans Government Loan Program
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Florence Roberts
Tom Hardin, Jr
Storms Hit West Texas As Severe Weather Looms
West Texas faces a new series of severe thunderstorms as a low pressure system from the Rocky Mountains collides with warm moist air. Heavy rains and large hail were reported across multiple counties, with at least one tornado near the eastern half of the state and several funnel clouds observed.
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United Press International
Texas
Weather Bureau
Austin
Barton Hills
Rocky Mountains
Waco
San Antonio
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Red River
Gulf Coast
Paris
Anahuac
Boerne
el Campo
Victoria
Winnie
Jefferson County
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
Two Held For Quanah Theft
Two Seminole youths were arrested by Childress City Police and admitted stealing a Quanah youth’s billfold containing 230 dollars. Chief Alvis Maddox said part of the money was recovered and the pair were held for Quanah Deputy Sheriff Chester Ingram. A Childress man was later arrested for intoxication and fighting.
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Seminole
Childress City
Quanah
Alvis Maddox
Chester Ingram
Maddox
Jaycee Legion Team Formed With Legion Support
The Childress Jaycees will form a summer baseball Legion team for boys ages 15 to 18 with assistance from American Legion Post. Legion member W L Dub Fikman invites Jaycees and interested youths to attend Tuesday 7 30 p.m. at the Veterans Building to organize and select players.
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Childress Jaycees
American Legion
Legion
W. L
Dub) Fikman
Veterans’ Building
Czewski Represents Childress at Boys State
Jimmy Czewski, a junior at Childress High School, left Saturday for Austin as Childress' representative at Boys State. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Czewski and was elected by American Legion Cox Farr Post 65 with funding from veterans organizations including VIW 40 and WWI Veterans.
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Jimmy Czewski
Childress High School
Austin
Childress
Boys State
Young Czewski
Woodrow Czewski
American Legion
Cox- Farr
Drivers Course Starts Today For Summer Session
Seventy four students enrolled for the summer Driver's Education course which began this morning with classroom instruction announced by Supt. J W Hamilton. Instructors are Bob Hart and Mrs Barbara Miller. Panhandle Motor Company provides cars.
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Supt
J. W. Hamilton
Bob Hart
Barbara Miller
Panhandle Motor Company
Jury Report Date Delayed To June 12
County Attorney Charles Reynolds announced that jurors listed for duty in County Court should report at 10 a.m. next Tuesday, June 12, instead of Tuesday. The change affects all jurors scheduled for the current week.
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Charles Reynolds
Many New Faces Will Be Seen In Austin For Next Legislature
In the Texas Legislature elections held Saturday, three state senators defeated Democratic runoff opponents while 11 incumbent representatives lost to newcomers. Harrington and Richter won Democratic nominations for open Senate seats, Republicans field 76 nominees for 150 House seats.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Rep
D. Roy Harrington
Port Arthur
Walter Richter
Gonzales
House
Glasing
Lindsey Rodriguez
George Preston
Paris
EB. M. Edwards
Clarksville
Tom Andrews
Aransas
Leroy Wieting
Portland
Virginia Duff
Ferris
Bill Satterwhite
Ennis
Sam Parsons
Tyler
Guy McDonald
Atlanta Shaken By Paris Air Crash Toll And Mourning
Atlanta mourns after a Paris Air France jet crashed on takeoff, killing 121 members of the Atlanta Art Association and 130 people overall. City leaders, citizens, and families react with grief, aid, and prayers across a shocked metropolis.
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Atlanta
UPS
Atlanta Art Association
Air France
Paris
Hamilton Enters Youth Caravan
Lyle Hamilton will be employed this summer with the Northwest Texas Conference Methodist Youth Caravan. He was recently elected president for the junior class at McMurry and will join other caravan members in the conference area to organize plan and promote Methodist youth work.
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Lyle Hamilton
J. W. Hawuiton
Northwest Texas Conference
Methodist
Caraven
Hawiton
McMurry
LCB Agent Stationed in Childress Texas
A Texas Liquor Control Board agent has headquarters in Childress and reports to duty Friday. Tom Pope, 25, from Fort Worth and formerly a deputy sheriff in Fort Worth, will oversee several nearby counties. He is unmarried and the first agent stationed here since James Hicks transferred.
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Texas Liquor Control Board
Childress
Tom Pope
Fort Worth
Pope
Edinburg
James Hicks
School Board Meets Tonight And Regularly Next Week
The Meetings School Board will hold a meeting at 8 o clock tonight at the school administration building Regular meeting is set for next Monday Women's Golf Association announces a one day tournament at 8 am at the Childress Country Club Wednesday Out of town women golfers invited President Mrs Earl Glenn said today that several young men may be needed for caddies American Legion Auxiliary regular meeting at 7 30 pm Tuesday will elect new officers members reminded today A meeting of the Childress Federal Housing Authority will be held at 5 pm today at the FHA office Earl Brown announced
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Women’s Golf Association
Childress Country Club
Earl Glenn
American Legion Auxiliary
Childress Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Earl Brown
Late Returns From Texas Election Totals by County
Final returns to the Texas Election Bureau show 254 of 254 counties reporting by noon with 241 complete. Total votes 1,103,558 including Governor Connally 564,731 Yarborough 538,827 Lieutenant Governor Smith 553,344 Turman 502,737 Attorney General Carr 610,960 Beavley 445,677 Congressman at large Bean 448,857 Pool 571,225 Civil Appeals 24 counties Ferguson 40,204 Phillips 48,329.
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Dallas
UPID
Texas Election Bureau
Connally
Yarborough
Smith
Turman
Carr
Beavley
Bean
Pool
Ferguson
Phillips
Don Yarborough
Texas
Democratic Party
Two Survive Wreck of Boeing 707
Paris authorities identified the 130 victims of the Air France Boeing 707 crash at Orly Airport and near a carnival village. Two survivors, French hostesses Jacqueline Gille and Francoise Authie, were listed with burns and shock as investigators, including U S officials, examined wreckage and potential sabotage while Atlanta officials arranged repatriation of local victims.
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Paris
Upl
Rafael Garcia
Orty Field
Villeneuve le Roi
Air France
UPI
Atlanta
Orly
George W. Haldeman
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Ivan Allen Jr
Jacqueline Gille
Francoise Authie
Miss Gille
Miss Authie
Washington
American Airlines
New York
Connally Faces Cox In Bitter Texas Governor Race
Democrat John Connally won the Texas Democratic nomination for governor in a tight runoff over Don Yarborough and faces Republican-turned-Democrat Jack Cox in November. Unofficial totals show Connally leading Yarborough as Republicans label him liberal, while Cox vows to expose the Connally-Johnson alliance.
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Dallas
UPI
John Connally
Jack Cox
Texas
Navy
Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Houston Law
Cox
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