Crews Re-Elected Vice-President of Santa Rosa Roundup
JM Crews was re elected vice president of Santa Rosa Roundup at a Vernon meeting of directors yesterday. Four Childress men W T Ross Ernst Davis Morris Higley and Sam Privitt were re elected directors. Chiff Campbell Commissioner of Precinct 4 north of the river was re elected a director. The annual show will be held June 22 through 25.
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JM. Crews
Santa Rosa
Vernon
Childress
W. T. Ross
Ernst Davis
Morris Higley
Sam Privitt
Chiff
Campbell
Wheat harvest slowed as rains halt work countywide
Survey shows little wheat damage from heavy rains last night with most dryland wheat short and sturdy. Irrigated fields mostly green and likely to recover where knocked down. Harvest paused as rain averaged near two inches. elevators peg completion around 40 percent. Farmers plan replanting cotton where washdowns occurred. replanting few done.
Ertsaas To Give Speech Here Thursday
Karl Ertsaas city editor of a leading Norwegian newspaper will visit Childress for a noon Rotary and Lions meeting at Hotel Childress Thursday. He is touring the United States and will be Amarillo bound by plane the next day. His stay ends Friday.
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Ertsaas
Rotarians
The
Lions
Hotel Childress
Karl Ertsaas
Nor
United States
Childress
Texas
Amarillo
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Balloon sighted over Port Arthur in cosmic ray study
A giant balloon carrying cosmic ray instruments was sighted over Jefferson County near Port Arthur at 10 a.m. estimated 40 000 feet altitude moving west at 23 mph. University of Chicago and Navy technicians pursue its landing while the gondola will be returned to Chicago for two years of analysis.
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Port Arthur
UPI
Jefferson County
University of Chicago and Navy
U.S. Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Body Identified In Amarillo Wreck
Authorities identified Air Force Major Paul Kosko Jr., 45, of Portage Penn., as the victim struck and killed by a truck while walking along U S 287 six miles east of Amarillo. Kosko was commander of Headquarters Squadron, 3320th Installation Group at Amarillo AFB. The truck driver was Ted H Schlevach, 30, of Lone Star Tex. No charges were filed against him.
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Amarillo
UPI
Air Force
Paul Kosko Jr
Portage
Penn
Kosko
Amarillo Air Force Base
U.S. 287
Ted H. Schlevach
Lone Star
Tex
Heavy rains close highways and halt trains around Childress
Childress County received its heaviest rainfall in 1960 with over two inches from 2:25 a.m. to 7 a.m. Today three farm to market roads north and west of the area were closed after six to eight inches of rain. Burlington trains paused between Estelline and Memphis due to track-bed washouts though beds were not lost. Authorities expect repairs and resumed service this afternoon.
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Childress County
Here
Burlington
Childress
Memphis
Estelline
Fort Worth
Denver
District State Highway Department
Harrell Chapel
Hall County
Ox Bow
Red River
Wellington
Collingsworth
FAA
Tell
Tell L. B. Holman
River Camp
Bill Jones
Holman
A. V. Mote
Union Flat
Fred West Farm
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
High Point
Floyd Biddy
L. V. Keel
Baylor
Lake Childress
U. S. 287
Texas Highway Department
Turkey Highway
District Engineers
West Texas Utility Co
R. C. Lemons
Eisenhower Japan visit urged amid security treaty hearings
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that President Eisenhower should proceed with plans to visit Japan despite anti American demonstrations. He described the new security treaty as a defensive pact advancing peace and noted ratification by June in Tokyo faces uncertainty.
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Washington
UPI
Christian A. Herter
Congress
Eisenhower
Japan
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Rourke R. Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Northern Pacific
John Stennis
U.S
Mike Mansfield
D - Mont
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Tokyo
Howard Nemed elected Chef de Gare of Forty and Eight
Howard Nemed was elected Chef de Gare of Voiture 1059 for the 1960 61 term at a Forty and Eight meeting last night. The Voiture announced its quarterly Ladies Night on July 11 at Quana, with Scotty Clements as conducteur and other officers including M. & Watson, Sue Chef de Train, and Quentin Brown as Commissaire Intendant.
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Howard Nemed
Joe Howard
Quana
Scotty Clements
M. & Watson
Sue
Chef de Train
Howard Preston
Quentin Brown
Commissaire Intendant
C. M. Gravley
Rube Arnold
Aumonier
H. L. Reynolds
Commis Voyageur
Ray Mooney
Lampiste
Roy Allmond
Garde la Porte
Henderson to Return Today From Texas Chamber Meet
CofC manager Jeff Henderson will return today from Abilene where he attended a Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers meeting. He was accompanied by Mrs. Henderson.
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Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Abilene
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Henderson
Liberal Texans May Control House and Senate
A UPI survey forecasts Texas likely to have its most liberal Legislature in modern history. It predicts up to 80 Democratic House nominees voting liberal, with 76 votes needed to control. in the Senate, at least 13 of 31 may vote liberal, where 11 can block. The move hinges on November elections and party competition from Republicans and Constitution party candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Austin Upi
Texas
House
Senate
Republican
Constitution Party
Republi
Can
Constitution
UPI
Afl-Cio
Mrs Richardson Dies In Childress After Brief Illness
Mrs Neda Mae Richardson 48 died at 1 a m today at Childress General Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at King Memorial Church with Rev R C Copeland of Groom officiating. Interment in Childress cemetery. Survivors include husband L G Richardson a daughter Lola Richardson a son Don Richardson a brother James L Allison and two grandchildren. Born November 11 1911 in Jones County Texas she moved to Childress six years ago from Paducah and was a saleslady for a home products firm.
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Neda Mae Richardson
Childress General Hospital
Mrs. Richardson
Jones County
Texas
L. G. Richardson
Childress
Paducah
Lola Richardson
Don Richardson
James L. Allison
Odessa
J C West Appointed To C C School Board
The County School Board approved the appointment of J C West to the Community Center Board, filling the vacancy left by W R Hill who joined the County Board. Also approved were all bus routes in the county as operated during the last term.
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J.C. West
Wade Kimbrough
West
W.R. Hill
Desegregation in Galveston Delayed for Year
Galveston School Board receives another year before desegregation must be considered. Federal Judge Ben Connally postponed the suit filed by Patricia Ann and Bettie Joe Robinson and others until the January term. The district has admitted segregation violates the Constitution and abandoned gradual desegregation with no start date set.
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Galvaston Upi
Galveston School Board
Ben Connally
Patricia Ann
Bettie Joe Robinson
Galveston
Connally
Draft Quota Set For 290 Men In June
Selective Service director announced the Texas draft quota for July at 209 men all to serve in the U S Army. The quota will be filled with men at least 22 years old except for volunteers or delinquents who may be younger.
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Austin
Russia Proposes Arms Elimination Plan at Geneva Talks
The Soviet Union presents a basis for discussion at the disarmament conference. Valerian Zorin warns that Western overflights and aggressive rhetoric hinder agreement. Plan calls for 12 to 18 months to destroy delivery systems and total disarmament within four years.
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Geneva
UPI
Soviet Union
Valerian A. Zorin
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Zorin
Khrushchev
Moscow
Fredric M. Faton
United Nations’ Security Ecooncl
Sixty Injured In New York Tunnel Fire
A massive blaze in a Manhattan subway tunnel near Grand Central Terminal lasted 99 minutes injuring sixty people and drawing every city emergency unit. No fatalities were reported as passengers and crew led to safety amid dense smoke and rapid evacuations.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Subway
34Th St
Manhattans
Grand Central Station
New York Central
New Haven
City Subway
Lexington Ave
Interborough Rapid Transit Division
IRT
Crosstown
Lexington
ASC Officials Attend District Meeting
Three local ASC officials in Knox City attend District 3 Performance Procedure for 1960 Crops meeting through Wednesday. Attendees include Manager Gene Frisbie Grady Stamps county performance supervisor and Mrs Vivian Jones performance clerk.
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ASC
Knox City
Gene Frisbie
Grady Stamps
Vivian Jones
US Calls for Redoubled Efforts on Global Disarmament
The United States urged Russia to redouble efforts to find a world disarmament formula in a note to Moscow. It responded to Nikita Khrushchev’s plan for immediate scrapping of nuclear delivery systems and bases, promising careful study and urging constructive Western input. The note places discussion at the Geneva 10 nation disarmament conference.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Nikita S Khbrushchev
Khrushchev
Geneva
Moscow
Eisenhower
Strike Ties Up Four Key Bases
San Diego California UPI Convair machinists remain on a crippling strike at four key Atlas missile bases while other workers at the two Convair plants return to their jobs. The Assn of Machinists threatened to pull key workers to slow production and fund a strike relief for about 3000 maintenance and construction workers striking at Cape Canaveral Vandenberg Offutt and Warren Air Force bases.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Convair
More Fashion More Quality Lower Prices at Johns Furniture
Johns Furniture Company showcases updated styles with durable fabrics and modern cuts. Shoppers find affordable seating tables and bedroom sets featuring quality construction and on sale price reductions.
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Johns’ Furniture Company
Moisture Totals Eight Inches In Memphis
Thunderstorms dumped up to eight inches of rain across the Texas Panhandle, washing out roads and rail bed, damaging cotton and causing power line issues. Memphis logged six inches officially. towns like Brice and Bovina reported heavy totals while Amarillo and Dalhart saw lower amounts. Rain eased as storms moved east, with high temperatures forecast and isolated showers expected to continue.
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Texas Panhandle
Fort Worth
Denver
Memphis
Panhandle
Childress
Bill Combs
The
Memphis Democrat
Brice
Hall County
Bovina
Palmer County
Amarillo
Dumas
Claude
Hereford
Pampa
Canyon
Dalthart
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Central
Texas
East
North Central
Mercury
Presidio
Lake Dallas
Burglars Target Pampa Daily News Building
Burglars broke in between midnight Saturday and 6 a.m. Monday through a skylight over the composing room of the Pampa Daily News. They stole $2,686, including $1,600 in cash and the rest in checks, as part of a burglary prompting a week of heightened vigilance.
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Pampa
Tex
UPI
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Crews
Childress Rotary Club
Clayton
Tucumcari
N.M
By Rutherford Pears
Henry Table
Tula
BE. J. Huddieston
C.C
New York Tunnel
the Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Midland
Lubbock
Alpine
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