Twisters erupt as cold front barrels through Texas Panhandle
Severe storms sweep North and West Texas as a stalled cold front spawns tornadoes and hail. The U S Weather Bureau warned a 120 mile wide strip from Midland to the Oklahoma border of turbulent weather with several funnel sightings and downed trees. Deaths and injuries were reported in Wichita Falls amid high winds and heavy rainfall totals across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Midland
Oklahoma
Quanah
Saminole
Bie Lake
Fastland
van Alstyne
Lake Texoma
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas Panhandle
West Texas
Wichita Falls
Texas Department of Public Safety
Tulsa
Swisher County
Higgins
Quitaque
Silverton
Briscoe
Clyde
Abilene
Dallas-Fort Worth
Sham Moore
Happy
Tex
Hugh C. Black Named Chair at UC Davis Education
Dr. Hugh Cleon Black, former Childress resident and Rice University professor, is appointed Chair of the Department of Education in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Davis. The appointment, effective September, is announced as he and his family visit local friends. He is a TH. S. Black Abstractor executive, a Rice and Texas alumnus, with teaching stints at Nebraska, Texas, Illinois, and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Cleon Black
Childress
Rice
Department of Education
College of Letters and Science
University of California At Davis
Black
Shirley
Donald Black
TH. S. Black Black, Abstractor, Inc
Childress High School
University of Texas
University of Nebraska
University of Illnois
University of Houston
California
VFW Auxiliary Plans Hospital Drapes Purchase
VFW Auxiliary, with help from other groups, aims to buy material for new drapes at Childress General Hospital. Donations are welcome. contact Mrs. Delbert Wasson or Mrs. Loss Maddox. American Legion Auxiliary pledges support, hospital administrator John B. Martin says wholesale material is available. Sponsors must collect donations first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Childress General Hospital
Delbert Wasson
W. W. Boyd
Loss Maddox
American Legion Auxiliary
John B. Martin
Old Settlers Meet Canceled by Weather in Childress County
The Childress County Old Settlers Association meeting scheduled for last night was canceled due to weather. A new meeting will be called for Monday or Tuesday night at the court house, with Roy Hassell planning to resign as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
W. H. Tippett, Jr
Roy Hassell
Tornado Readiness Bulletins Available at City Water Dept
City officials said today that bulletins detailing actions to take when a tornado is present are now available at the Childress Water Department. Louis Sally, City Manager, noted the materials cover safety steps and emergency procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Three Vehicle Crash Near North Pease River Bridge
Damage was nearly total but no one was injured in a collision involving two dump trucks and a car on US 83 about 3:45 p.m. Thursday. Traffic halted for two and a half hours while officers, including Childress Patrolman Bobby Chaffin, moved the vehicles from the bridge. A Idalou student driver and instructor were in the car, with a loaded truck behind. guard rails were damaged as one truck crossed the bridge. Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pease River
US 83
Childress Highway
Bobby Chaffin
Trolman
Paducah
Chaffin
Idalou
Fifth Straight Rain Pummels Childress Area
Rain persisted for a fifth day in the Childress region with the heaviest fall yesterday evening. At the FAA station 1.45 inches fell by 6 am today and 0.14 more by noon. The Index logged 1.04 inches since yesterday. Lake run-off began with about six inches in both lakes and more expected. local towns recorded 2 to 2.25 inches in multiple sites. Wheat harvest remains 75 to 80 percent complete with little damage anticipated if showers subside, says County Agent Harry Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
FAA
Tell
River Camp
Carey
Northfield
Kirkland
Harry Cox
Kennedy Faces Key Vote at Massachusetts Dem Convention
Ted Kennedy fights for the endorsements at the Massachusetts Democratic convention as Edward J. McCormack Jr. presses for delegates. A roll call at 8 p.m. EDT will determine the outcome and potential fall primary entry. Kennedy counters with charges of political pressure and raises questions about McCormack’s evidence. The gathering fears possible violence as the convention proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
UPI
Ted Kennedy
Democratic State Convention
U.S
Edward J. McCormack Jr
Massachusetts
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Kennedy
Ted
Adlai Stevenson
Haskell Bryant Dies in Amarillo Funeral Planned
Haskell Charles Hack Bryant 54 of 824 Mississippi Amarillo died 8 p.m. Thursday at North West Texas Hospital after a probable mild heart attack. Funeral at 4 p.m. Saturday at San Jacinto Church of Christ with ministers from Amarillo and Sunray. Interment in Amarillo. Survivors: widow Lois West Bryant two sons Jerry and Robert Bryant a daughter Mary Kennann a brother Fred Bryant three sisters Georgia Brown Pearl Powell Roxie Bryant. He was born July 1 1907 in Gatebo Oklahoma. He worked at The Childress Index and Whitney Printing Company and was a member of the Church of Christ and the typographical union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Charles
Hack) Bryant
Mississippi
Amarillo
Northwest
Texas
San Jacinto Church of Christ In
Raymond West
Harrell Collard
Pat Powell
Sunray
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Mr. Bryant
Whitney Printing Company
The
Typographical Union
Jerry
Robert Bryant
Mary Kennann
Cherry Point
N. C
Fred Bryant
Georgia Brown
Gatesville
Pearl Powell
Henderson
Roxie Bryant
Commerce
Senate Approves Surplus Food Aid to Red Countries
The Senate approved a 4.6 billion foreign aid bill permitting surplus farm products for Communist nations including Yugoslavia and Poland. The vote 56 to 34 backed an amendment exempting shipments from a total aid ban, a change praised by President Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mike Mansfield
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Kennedy
Senate
Siz
34 All Stars Agree To Play In Greenbelt Bowl
A total of 34 All Stars from Texas and Oklahoma accepted invitations to compete in the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic to be held August 4. Players are split 18 to the East and 16 to the West with 44 invited overall. Tickets are available at the Chamber of Commerce and later in downtown Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Cecil Park
Chamber of Commerce
Childress
Republicans Rally in Childress For Party Building
Buddy Hedges of Olton and Frank Hinkson of Muleshoe visited Childress to bolster the Republican Party. They plan to return next week to meet local leaders and discuss campaigns for Governor Jack Cox and Congress nominee Jack Seale. Hinkson announced a congressional bid and then withdrew in favor of Seale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Hedges
Olton
Frank Hinkson
Muleshoe
Childress
Jack Cox
Jack Seale
Hedges
Hinkson
Republican Executive Committee
Congress
Seale
Screwworms Reported in Childress County Texas
County Agent Harry Cox confirms screwworm cases in Childress County. Funds to eradicate the pest in Texas face delay as about $800 of $3,000 goal has been raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Harry Cox
Texas
Police arrest Stamford man on suspicion of cash register theft
Stamford man John Littlefield, 58, is held in Childress City Jail after being arrested at City News Stand on suspicion of attempting to take money from the cash register. Police say he entered through a back door screen while the store was vacant around 5:45 p.m. Littlefield denies the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Childress
Alvis Maddox
John Littlefield
Bob King
King
Littlefield
Maddox
WWI Veterans Schedule Special Meeting
World War I veterans will gather for a special meeting at 7 30 p.m. Monday with Commander Frank Buster urging full membership attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WWI
Frank Buster
East German Ship Captured in Daring West Berlin Escape
Eight East German crew members drank the captain and engineer into stupors on the Friedrich Wolf and escaped to West Berlin with five women and a child under gunfire from Communist guards. West Berlin police aided the refugees after a brief pursuit. the craft later returned to East Berlin under police escort. One refugee identified as Peter C described the waterborne escape, the first since the wall went up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Peter C
East Germany
Freidrich Wolf
Spree
Friedrich Wolf
Landwehr Canal
Grepos
Beegan
Oberbaum Bridge
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United Press International
Dalhart
Alpine
Com
Lubbock
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Brownwood
Texarkana
Carrollton
Hugh C. Black
VFW Auxiliary
Old Settlers
Twister
Demos
Joan
William C. Hartigan
John McCormack
Haskell Bryant
Routh
Austin
South
All Stars
Dale Hensarling
Jacksboro
John Edward Vaughan
Altus
Okla
Monore Allen Page
Wheeler
J. B Darland, Jr
Electra
Don Guiley
Memphis
Billy Don Lane
Turkey
Tommie Lee Eustace
Archer City
Gary Davenport
Chillicothe
Jimmy Hamm
Jerry Lynn
Setliff
Crowell
John Calvin Hargrave
Graham
William Stratton
Snyder
Harold Wayne Garvin
Kenneth Rue
Olney
Billy Tom McCarty
Seymour
Norman Naron
Jim Mack Gafford
Larry Snider
Hollis
Mike Blackmon
Anson
Jim Meador
Erick
Jerry Anthony
Richard Norman
McLean
Leon Gibb
Clarendon
Robert Anthony Monk
Stinnett
Jess Sheets
Canyon
Dale Coxon
White Flat
Ronnie Forbis
Wellington
Glenn Beal
Don Barker
Jerry Weather
Eddie Fisher
Las Vegas
Elizabeth Taylor
Fisher
Hollywood
Juliet Prowse
the Cocoanut Grove
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