Tarleton State Coaches to lead Greenbelt East team in Bowl
Tarleton State College head coach Johnny Dunn and line coach Clarence Dierking were named co coordinators for the Greenbelt East team in the Green belt Bowl Football Classic on August 12. Dunn, in his second year at Tarleton, guided the Plowboys to a 4-4 record amid rebuilding. Dierking, a former Baylor guard, is praised as a top Tarleton line coach.
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Johnny Dunn
Tarleton State College
Bob Jones
Clarence FE. Dierking
Tarleton State
Dunn
TSC
Tarleton
Stephenville High School
Texas Christian University
North Texas — State College
TCU
Bryson
McCorkle
Horned Frogs
Air Force
Carswell Bombers
Carleton State
Dublin
Stephenville
Dierking
Baylor University
University High School
Waco
CofC-BCD Board Agenda Highlights Childress Prospects
The 21 item CofC-BCD Board meeting agenda for Thursday at Jean's Steak House includes a potential new industrial site for Childress and a pants company plant, plus reports on Home Show, a federal judgeship bid, Cotton Festival, Quarter Horse Show, and plans for awards, decorations, and a banquet speaker.
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Childress
Cofc-Bcd
Home Show Committee
Texas A&m Century Council
R. Wright
Armstrong
R. D. Gunn
Boy Scouts To Leave Saturday On Outing
Troop 61 will leave for Arkansas Saturday June 10 for a week of camping, fishing and swimming. Scout leader Clais Rowland and assistant Ted Henderson will accompany the boys with Jencie Brown helping with cooking. Fifteen scouts plan to attend with trips to the Ozarks Hot Springs and other places in the state. They will travel by scout bus.
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Arkansas
Clais Rowland
Ted Henderson
Jencie Brown
Ozarks
Hot Springs
Firemen Head to 85th State Convention in Austin
Three firemen and their wives depart Sunday for Austin to attend the 85th Annual Convention of State Firemen and Fire Marshalls from June 13 to 15. Attending are Chief and Mrs. John Ballew, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Maddox.
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Austin
John Ballew
Charlie Moore
Alvis Maddox
Communists Seize Padong as Laos Conflict Escalates
Communist backed rebels capture Padong in a night battle forcing Royal Laotian and Meo forces to retreat. Washington reports the fall as Geneva talks are canceled amid cease fire violations with casualties rising and airlifts underway from the Padong area near Nieng Wichouang.
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Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Padong
Laos
Geneva
Nieng Wichouang
U.S
Stove Fire Report No Damage Found Early Morning
No fire damage occurred after a stove caught fire at 5 11 and a half. a fireman’s report notes the incident at about 7 25 this morning.
Auxiliary election delayed by nominating committee
American Legion Auxiliary officers election postponed at the Tuesday meeting as the nominating committee had not completed its list. Current officers present declined re election. Committee to meet again this week. Membership and finances reviewed. Shamrock convention minutes discussed. No delegates named for August Houston convention.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Shamrock
Houston
Dry Weather Needed to End Harvest
Weather delays harvesting as farmers expect little cutting of wheat by tomorrow. Elevators report fields remain wet and muddy, hindering combines and vehicles. Many farmers fear deep ruts and furrows if mud persists.
United States pressed for long term foreign aid program
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Kennedy’s Vienna lessons heighten urgency for a $48 billion aid authoriza tion. He warned Russia and China push for economic influence and said aid can offer the developing world a non totalitarian path. Kennedy called the aid plan a crucial obligation to raise living standards and education.
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United Press International Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Vienna
U. S
Rusk
Congress
Rus
Sia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Soviet Union
China
Russia
United States
Tornado Toll Exceeds Thirty In Texas Panhandle
Tornadoes and severe storms battered the Texas Panhandle prompting alerts across the region. No deaths or injuries were reported though thousands sought shelter in multiple towns. The system then moved into Oklahoma with warnings extended along a broad swath into North Central Texas. A reporter narrowly escaped a tornado near Buena Vista as it passed within five feet of his truck.
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United Press International
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Tucumesh
N.M
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Sherman
Texas
Bonham - Farmersville - Lewisville - Rhome - Graham - Nocona
Fort Worth
Dallas
Dave Arnold
Amarillo Globe News
Buena Vista
Two More Accept Invitations for Greenbelt Bowl
Vernon Eubank announces two more area stars have agreed to play in the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic on August 12. James Guy Campbell of Matador, 180 pounds, 6 feet, fullback, All District All Regional All South Plains, to play East. Charles R. Mitchell of Tulsa, 180 pounds, 6 feet 2 inches, end, All District All Regional Honorable Mention All State, to play West.
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Vernon Eubank
James Guy Campbell
Matador
South Plains
Charles R. Mitchell
Tulsa
Leasing for Oil Continues in Childress County
Leasing for oil progresses rapidly in Childress County with eighteen leases filed this morning. The first producer O P Leonard E V Perkins No 1 remains shut down while pumping awaits Texas Railroad Commission orders. Pure Oil and Superior Oil are prominent in the filings and an offset well near Kirkland must start before July 1.
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Childress County
O.P. Leonard E. V. Perkins No. 1
Texas Railroad Commission
Kirkland
Pure Oil
Superior Oil
District Court Session Set for June 12 in Local Court
District Attorney John Forbis says non jury cases are scheduled for a June 12 District Court session. No Grand Jury will be called. Court convenes at 10 a.m. on that date.
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John Forbis
Hats at Fashion Shoppe Slashed Prices
Large selection of hats priced up to 16.95 now cut to 5.00 at Fashion Shoppe. Limited stock, hurry for deals.
Highlights of JFKs European trip report
Washington dispatch summarizes President Kennedy on his European mission. He stresses unity of the free world and lasting peace, notes frank talks with Khrushchev with no concessions or major decisions, and praises talks with de Gaulle and Macmillan. Laos potential accord noted.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Lightning Strikes Hit Several Homes Across Regions
Early Tuesday morning a lightning storm damaged at least two locations in the Southeast and one in the Northwest Childress area. The W. M. Stiner family logged the brunt of the damage, with a tree struck in the yard, two glass panes broken, a porch screen door loosened, a rocking chair part knocked off, a telephone line knocked out, and insulation damaged on the power line to the house. The family was awakened by the strike.
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Southeast
Childress
W. M. Stiners
Stiners
Relative of Local Resident Dies in Shamrock
R. W. Coleman of Shamrock died Sunday after a brief illness at Shamrock General Hospital. Funeral services were held today at 2:30 pm at the First Baptist Church in Shamrock with interment in Shamrock. Coleman was the brother in law of Orville K. Smith of Childress.
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R. W. Coleman
Shamrock
Shamrock General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Coleman
Orville K. Smith
Childress
Civil War Locomotive Found in Chattanooga Roundhouse
The General, the famed Civil War locomotive hijacked by Union spies, was found in a Lookout Mountain roundhouse after a night removal from Union Station. Officials declined to comment on the disappearance as reporters traced the engine to the site, where it was covered by canvas.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Union Station
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
T. Grady Gallant
Chattanooga News - Free Press
News - Free Press
Demont Wilson
Lookout Mountain
Roundhouse
Wilson
J. N. Neal
Louis- Continued
Texans Are Tops At West Point
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived at the U S Military Academy for 536 cadets graduation. Top graduates were Texans John L Hammerdiner and Howard Dwayne Graves, first and second in class, with Bazan Colon’s son Dominador also present in the reception group.
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West Point
N. Y
UPI
U. S. Military Academy
Texas
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
John L. Hammerdiner
Northwood
Alice
Howard Dwayne Graves
Philadelphia St
Amarillo
Johnson
Jose D. Bazan Colon
The
Republica of Panama
Dominador
Nomination Committee Named by American Legion Post 65
At a Tuesday night meeting Commander Dub Eikman appointed Scotty Clements to head the nominating committee to propose names for the next election. George Spear will attend the August Houston convention. A membership event was postponed until new commander and auxiliary president are elected.
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American Legion Post No
Nippert Name Mix Up in Texas League Game
A UPI sports note clarifies that Darrell Nippert used in a Victoria Rosebuds game is a different person from Derrill Nippert visiting Kirkland. The apparent typo caused confusion about who played last night.
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Darrell Nippert
Victoria Rosebuds
Derrill Nippert
Kirkland
UPI
Derrii Nippert
Anatomy program presented at Rotary meeting
Dr Jack Fox gave a talk on the anatomy of the human body using a standard plastic model at today's Rotary meeting. Dr Albert Bird was welcomed as a new member. Members enjoyed sandwiches with proceeds to the Rotary Foundation and an upcoming Rotary Anns meeting Monday at Hotel Childress will install officers with House of Fort Worth as principal speaker. Attendees included visiting Rotarian Sim Goodall of Memphis and guests George Bedsoe Neil Kruse Paul Timmons Amarillo Mike Ehrle Bill McKee and C J Lyons Jr from Kansas City.
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Rotary
Jack Fox
Albert Bird
Rotary Foundation
Rotary Ann
Hotel Childress
House of Fort Worth
Sim Goodall
Memphis
George Bedsoe
Neil Kruse
Paul Timmons
Amarillo
Mike Ehrle
Bill McKee
C. J. Lyons, Jr
Kansas City
Four U S Attorneys Nominated for Texas Posts
President Kennedy nominated four Democrats to U.S. attorney posts in Texas. William W. Justice for Eastern Texas, Ernest Morgan for Western Texas, Woodrow B. Seals for Southern Texas, and Harold Sanders Jr. for Northern Texas. Terms are four years with salaries of 17,500 annually, except Justice at 14,700. Senator Yarborough praised the selections as strengthening federal service in Texas.
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William W. Justice
Athens
U.S
Eastern
Texas
James Crawford Jr
Ernest Morgan
San Marcos
Russell B. Wine
Woodrow B.seals
Houston
Southern
William B. Buter
Harold (Barefoot) Sanders Jr
Dallas
William B. West II
White House
Justice
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
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Baylor
Inerking
Brenham
Theigh
Wildcat
Clarence
By Michael Malloy
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Carol Marcello
Jack Wasserman
New Orleans
Marcello
McAllen
Tex
Norman G. Cornish
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Pam Pa
JFK
Khrushchev
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Britain
England
Macmillan
Legion
Anderrill Nippert
Attorneys 'N
Senate
Wayne Gibson
Animal Control Shelter
Amarilo
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