Americans Held After East German Helicopter Incident
U S and State Department officials pressed Soviet authorities in Berlin for the return of nine Americans captured when their helicopter landed near Karl Marx Stadt in East Germany. The Soviet side offered no public response as U S Army spokesmen reported no real progress. The prisoners include Maj. James Zeller, with others unnamed, held by East German police after the craft crossed the frontier during a training flight.
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Berlin
UPI
U. S
East Germany
U. S. Army
Potsdam
State Department
U. S. State Department
Third Armored Division
Karl Marx Stadt
Chemnitz
U.S. Army
James Zeller
Midwest Wind and Tornadoes Cause Severe Damage
Tornadoes and heavy rains swept the Midwest causing at least two deaths. The storms hit Iowa Illinois and Indiana with roofs ripped off and power lines down. A Coca Cola? supermarket roof collapsed in New Castle Indiana and two cement buildings fell at Rensselaer. A fatal bus crash near Peru Indiana killed two and wounded eleven. Storms produced tennis ball sized hail near Morrison Illinois and rain totals exceeded an inch in many spots.
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United Press International
Midwest
U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kokomo
Rockford
Peoria
Kankakee
New Castle
Ind
Rensselaer
Cullom
Ill
Morrison
LaSalle
Peru
Dakotas
Nebraska
Pacific Northwest
Remodeling Underway in Downtown Childress
This week another remodeling job starts in downtown Childress as the old sidewalks at the Masonic Lodge building at Ave B and Commerce Street are torn up and replaced. Thaten Brothers oversee the sidewalk work while recent ground level window and seal renovations have been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Masonic Lodge
Ave. B
Commerce Street
Thaten Brothers
De Gaulle names Corsica prefect and cabinet ministers
Paris: General Charles de Gaulle appoints Guy Lamassoure as Corsica prefect to reassert Paris authority after a mutiny. Marcel Savreux is reassigned to Finisterre. Four middle road politicians and one civil servant join the cabinet as Malraux reports the 45 minute meeting.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Corsica
Andre Malraux
de Gaulle
Malraux
Tunisia
U. S
Amory Houghton
Guy Lamassoure
Indies
France
Lamassoure
Marcel Savreux
Savreux
Finisterre
Britanny
Algeria
Texas Rivers Claim Ten Lives Sunday
United Press International reports ten people died in Texas floods and swift currents Sunday. Victims ranged from Wharton to San Antonio, Abilene, Dallas, and McAllen, with drownings on rivers, lakes, and an irrigation canal.
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Texas
United Press International
Colorado
Wharton
Ephriam
Alinez
Guadalupe
Betty Longoria
Alinezes
Betty
San Antonio
Henry Molina
Raymond
Mary Gloria
Abilene
Jean Howard
Scott Howard
Baird
Civil Defense
Walter A. Schulz
Dallas
Trinity River
No Injuries In Accident Today
No one was injured and no tickets issued in a traffic accident involving two trucks this morning. A patrolman said the collision happened when a truck from Carson and Sons of Wellington, parked at the Livestock Commission building, rolled back onto Highway 287 into Roy Eldon Andrews of Wichita Falls who was driving the other truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson and Sons of Wellington
Livestock Commission
Highway 287
Roy Eldon Andrews
Wichita Falls
CAP Meeting Postponed to Next Monday Evening
The regular CAP meeting planned for tonight has been postponed to next Monday at 8 p.m. as announced this afternoon.
Tornado Hits Sweetwater Injuring Two and Sparking Damage
Winds of hurricane velocity ripped through Sweetwater causing extensive damage estimated at over 100000 dollars. Two people suffered minor injuries from flying glass while Vernon McMillan escaped death as his grain warehouse collapsed. A Chevrolet Auto garage was unroofed and utility lines were down as streets blocked by felled trees slowed cleanup.
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Ted Lambert
Lambert
Vernon McMillan
Chevrolet Auto
Cleburne
State Highway Patrol
Abilene
Waco
Perrin Air Force Base
Final Rites For Mrs. McLeod Held At Church
Final services for Mrs. Lillian Ora McLeod were conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Church of Christ with W. R. Craig officiating. She died Saturday afternoon in San Angelo and was a former Childress resident. Pallbearers were Claude Andrews Watts Leach W E Andrews LeRoy Gaines L 0 Inman and Paul Leach. Burial followed in the Childress Cemetery. Survivors include four sisters Mrs. Frank Taylor of Childress Mrs. Effie Lee Russell of Wichita Falls Mrs. Maggie Hill of Brownfield and Mrs. Pat Bowman of Lake Charles La.
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Lillian Ora McLeod
Church of Christ
W. R. Craig
McLeod
San Angelo
Childress
Claude Andrews
Watts Leach
W. E. Andrews
LeRoy Gaines
Inman
Paul Leach
Newberry Funeral Home
Frank Taylor
Effie Lee Russell
Wichita Falls
Maggie Hill
Brownfield
Pat Bowman
Lake Charles
Harvest Wheat Shipments Rise At Kirkland and Childress
The county wheat harvest continues to pour into Kirkland and Childress loading sites. Childress reported 43 cars shipped by 8 a m while Kirkland estimated 60 to 65 cars. Saturday total at Childress was 25 cars.
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Kirkland
Childress
Trace of moisture reported in Childress area Sunday night
A CAA report notes only a trace of moisture in the Childress vicinity during Sunday night. No significant precipitation is recorded, and the area reports lightwintry conditions with minimal impact on conditions.
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Childress
CAA
House Approves Emergency Cash for Unemployment Payments
The House passed 665.7 million dollars in emergency funds to loan to states to extend unemployment benefits for workers whose eligibility expired. States may extend payments by 50 percent. participation is voluntary and the measure goes to the Senate after a brief debate.
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Washington
UPI~ T
House
Congress
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Group
Macmillan And the Review Problems
Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan plan an Anglo American summit at the White House to discuss Russia France nuclear tests and trade. They will assess Russian sincerity and push for a rapid summit with the Soviets while urging stronger Western trade and economic action.
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Houghton
Washington
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
de Gaulle
UPI
Russia
France
Macmillan
White House
John Fost
Free World
United States
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Four-H Members Leave Tuesday For Roundup
Ten 4-H Club boys, three adults and one 4-H Girl will depart at 4 am Tuesday for the 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M. About 2,200 4-H youths are expected for a 12 district competition, with public speaking by Grace Holman. Teams include crops led by Donnie Anderson and Troy Adams, range by Archie Mahan and John Chapman, rifle by Harold Walkup and Gary Hassell, tractor operation by Tommy Garrison, and coaches Wade Kimbrough Bill Moore and Dewey Bushon providing transport.
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Texas A&m
Wade Kimbrough
Bill Moore
Dewey Bushon
Grace Holman
Archie Mahan
John Chapman
Butch Liles
Harold Walkup
Gary Hassell
Sammy Bushon
Donnie Anderson
Troy Adams
Tommy Garrison
Vatican Cardin als Debate Sainthood Causes at Consistory
Vatican City leaders gathered for the first consistory called by Pope Pius XII in over four years to discuss canonization causes. A secret and public session followed to review sainthood petitions and bishops appointed in the last four years.
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Vatican City
UPI
Pius XII
Pius X
Film Star Suzy Parker Hurt In Train Car Crash
Suzy Parker and her father died in a south Florida car train crash six miles southwest of St Augustine. Parker suffered both arms broken and her husband Pierre de Sale, a New York writer, was revealed as her secret spouse. Parker's film career may be delayed though she currently stars with Gary Cooper in Ten North Frederick.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
UPI
Suzy Parker
Hollywood
New York
Pierre de Sale
Miss Parker
George Lofton Parker
Florida East Coast Line
Here
Vernon Lockwood
Twentieth Century Fox
Gary Cooper
North Frederick
De Gaulle names Corsica prefect to restore Paris authority
Gen Charles de Gaulle appoints a new prefect for Corsica with orders to reestablish Paris control over the mutinous Mediterranean island. Washington expects Russia to return an army helicopter and nine Americans forced down in East Germany.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Corsica
Mediterranean
Washington
State Department
Russia
Germany
Firemen Warn Caution After Morning Grass Fires
Two large grass fires in the morning burned only wild rye and weeds with no property damage. Fire Chief John Ballew urged extreme care when burning trash or grass, noting damaged barrels with holes near bottoms that allow sparks to escape and spread fires.
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Highway 83
Avenue F
Childress
John Ballew
British impose curfews in Cyprus amid Greek Turkish clashes
In Nicosia and other towns British authorities enforce curfews to curb Greek Turkish violence sparked by the Turkish consulate information office bombing. Four Greek Cypriots were killed, several wounded including two British soldiers, as barricades divide the communities. Governor Foot tours Greek sector and warns curfew remains until further notice.
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Nicosia
UPI
Cyprus
Limassol
Famagusta
Sir Hugh Foot
Foot
American indicted in Tokyo hotel death case
Joseph Crowley, 48, an American businessman and former Yale football star, was indicted in Tokyo District Court for fatally beating his brother in law T A D Jones in an Imperial Hotel suite. Prosecutors say Jones died of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by an outside force after a May 8 incident.
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Tokyo
UPI
Joseph Crowley
Yale
Tad) Jones
Kenjiro Furukawa
Tokyo District Court
Crowley
Jones
Furukawa
Imperial
Tad Jones
Maryland
Frederick Kissinger
Tornado warning signal test in Childress at 6 p.m
City conducts a 6 p.m. test of the new tornado warning siren to familiarize residents with the alert sound. A continuous blast signals the mock test and is not cause for alarm.
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Childress
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Bonn
CAP
Sweetwater
Mountain OF Mercy
Mountain of Clothing
Colfax
Wis
Salvation Army
Macmillan and the Review Problems
Er Dulles
de Pauw University
Greencastle
4-H
Bulletins
Kissinger
Japan
Crowsley
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