Castroites Raid U S Mission in Venezuela
In Caracas, Castroite attackers raided the U S military mission, forcing six Americans and four Venezuelan guards to strip, disarming the guards, looting a gun from the safe, and setting the building on fire causing $20 000 in damage. Three assailants were captured nearby. The raid echoed a year old Puerto Cabello revolt.
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Caracas
UPI
U.S
George Washington
Puerto Cabello
Romulo Betancourt
James K. Chenaut
Corpus Christi
Tex
Bernard Gardner
T. C. Blevins
Jose Augustini
Archivaldo Saenz
Kenneth Smith
Rudolph Felix
Chenault
Masses of mourners stream past Pope John XXIII bier
A steady flow of humanity passed the Pope’s bier through the night and into the day, with estimates near a million and possibly two. The late pontiff’s will disclosed details of his burial wishes. Police noted no large incidents as crowds lined the vast St. Peter’s Basilica, while a secret conclave for a successor was set to begin June 19.
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Vatican City
UPI
John XXIII
Basilica of St. John
Lateran
St. Peter's
Christendom
Moscow
John
Vladimir
Zvenigorod
Pope John
Rome
St. John
St John’s
John the Baptist
John the Evangelist
Rock Thrower Damages Childress High School Doors
A rock and bricks were thrown at the south doors of Childress High School. Police Chief Alvis Maddox said the act added to taxpayer costs but no entry or injuries occurred and no one was harmed.
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Childress Independent
Alvis Maddox
Childress
Maddox
County Wheat Harvest Near 80 Percent Complete
Childress County's wheat crop is about 80 percent complete, a grain dealer estimated this morning. Fort Worth and Denver shipped 95 cars of wheat from the county, most from Kirkland, more than last year. The total to be shipped could reach 120 cars. harvesting should finish early next week with fair weather.
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Childress County
Fort Worth
Denver
Kirkland
Addresses Are Needed for WWII Air Field Soldiers
Andy Rogers announces a July 23 reunion linked to the 75th founding observance. The Cham ber of Commerce seeks help locating over 100 soldiers stationed at the Air Field, with Gen John W White expected to attend.
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Andy Rogers
Childress
Air Field
Chamber of Commerce
John W. White
Sticker campaign to brand traffic violators in Santa Monica
Municipal Judge W Blair Gibbens announces that any traffic violators convicted after today must display a six by four inch sticker on their windshields for 30 days. The sticker bears the message I violator satanics Malic Couct.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
W Blair Gibbens
Gibbens
Kennedy Leaves El Paso Heads For West Coast
President Kennedy received a rousing sendoff in El Paso as he flew to California and Hawaii to push his education legislation and address racial tensions. He rode past cheering crowds at the Cortez Hotel and El Paso Airport, shaking hands before departing for San Diego and later Honolulu.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Kennedy
California
Hawaii
San Diego
Calif
Cortez Hotel
Texas
Alexander Martinez
San Jacinto Square
U. S. Air Force Academy
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
White Sands
N. M
San Diego State College
White House
Honolulu
National Mayors Conference
Texas Weather Destroys 800000 Acres of Cotton in South Plains
Tornadoes hail and heavy rains across 23 Texas counties wiped out more than 800000 acres of cotton over a 10 day period. Losses run into millions with replanting under way as fields dry. growers expect to replant and face shorter seasons with June 20 deadline for a profitable yield.
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United Press International
South Plains
Lubbock
UPI
Texas South Plains
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Hootnanny Benefit Set For Fair Park June 19
A hootnanny talent show will be held at Fair Park Auditorium on June 19 to support the Old Settlers Association. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. prizes will be awarded. Applications are available at the CofC-BCD office or at the door. Proceeds defray expenses of the association.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Old Settlers Association
Bill Godson
Cofc-Bcd
Childress
Bill Johnson Injured Near Wellington
Bill Johnson manager of Montgomery Ward is in Childress General Hospital with deep lacerations to head and face after a pickup crashed into him north of Wellington late yesterday. He reached hospital after emergency care in Wellington and his head went through the windshield. Details remain unavailable.
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Bill Johnson
Montgomery Ward
Childress General Hospital
Wellington
Johnson
Childress
Meeting Set For Greenbelt Water Authority Directors
The Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority directors engineers and the Childress City Council meet at 7 p m today in city hall to hear the public. City Manager Louis Sally invites all news media and interested residents to attend and listen with a public meeting to follow later.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Childress
Louis Sally
Wallace vows to defy federal injunction over UA admissions
Gov. George Wallace said he will resist the federal court order allowing three Negroes to enter the University of Alabama despite a Birmingham injunction. He urged Alabama to keep peace and warned violators would face arrest. civil or criminal penalties could reach 10 years.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPID
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Wallace
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Alabama
Paul Young addresses Jaycees on Civil Rights Crisis
KFDA Newsman Paul Young spoke to the Childress Jaycees at noon about the Ole Miss enrollment crisis. He described injuries to federal marshals and Mississippi National Guard from rioting and noted 70 percent to marshals and 30 percent to Guard. Larry Zirkle and Perry Morren were elected directors. A work party set for Saturday at Gay's Cafe will start the Operation Childress Clean Up program. The club plans to sell fireworks again this July.
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America
Kfda-Tv
Paul Young
Childress Jaycees
Young
Ole Miss
Amarillo
Jaycees
James Meredith
Mississippi National Guard
Larry Zirkle
Perry Morren
Gay's Cafe
Operation Childress
Childress
Ruth Fite
Dick Preston
Old Settlers Meet Friday Saturday? City Hall Event
Childress County Old Settlers Association directors hear committee reports at a 7 p.m. Friday meeting at city hall. President Bill Goodson urged chairmen to attend and bring their reports.
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Childress County Old Settlers Association
Bill Goodson
Goodson
Fallout Shelter Supplies Arrive in Childress
Louis Sally announces arrival of 1100 pounds of fallout shelter supplies for Wilson School including food and medicine. The materials have been on order about seven months and more stock is expected.
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Childress
Louis Sally
City Civil Defense
Wilson School
Mrs. Kate Wehrman Dies. Services Friday in Dallas
Former resident Mrs Kate Newell Wehrman dies in Carthage and graveside rites are set for Friday at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dallas. She is the mother of Mrs Mark Graham, now living in Temple, and no further details were released.
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Dallas
Kate Newell Wehrman
Mark Graham
Temple
Wehrman
Carthage
Hillcrest
Two Childress County 4H Girls Place Third At Roundup
Lila Holman and Donna Bearden from Northfield earned third place as a team in vegetable production and marketing demonstration at the College Station Roundup this week. They are coached by Mrs. W. W. Holman.
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Childress County
Lila Holman
Donna
Lene Bearden
College Station
Northfield
W. W. Holman
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Don Gage
Glenn Buckley
Ronald Slover
Donald Johnson
KFDA
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