Kennedy pins hopes on Washington visit after endorsement
Ted Kennedy clinched Massachusetts Democratic endorsement for the US Senate in Springfield and predicted a future in Washington. He faces Edward J. McCormack Jr. in a fall primary with Lodge as a Republican rival, while Kennedy vows to unite the party and defeat the GOP in November.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Ted Kennedy
Washington
Massachusetts
House
John McCormack
Kennedy
McCormack
US Senate
Rain Falls Here For Sixth Straight Day
For the sixth straight day rain fell in the Childress area on Saturday. Total rainfall varied with areas reporting over seven inches. Baylor Lake held a foot and a half of water, while Lake Childress saw about one foot. Childress proper endured the heaviest showers overnight. The Index gauge recorded 1.10 inches and the FAA station .54. Mrs. Floyd Biddy reported .95 inches on her farm. Winds at the FAA station reached 46 mph.
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Childress
Baylor Lake
Lake Childress
FAA
Floyd Biddy
Whites to Visit Childress Brig Gen White and Wife
Brig Gen John W. White and Mrs. White arrive in Childress Monday for a brief visit. He once commanded the Childress Army Air Field for about three years and is now stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio. He is being transferred to Kirtland AFB New Mexico. They will stay with the Morris Higleys.
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John W. White
Childress
Childress Army Air Field
Gen. White
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Morris Higleys
Farm Bureau Opposed To Legislation In Congress
Claude Andrews president of the Childress County Farm Bureau urged members to oppose HR 11222 by writing or calling Congressman Walter Rogers. The bill, passed by the House Agriculture Committee, could remove price supports for feed grains and wheat if quotas are disapproved and allow large grain dumps. Andrews warned the Senate has already passed it and urged action to halt further farm control.
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Childress County Farm Bureau
Walter Rogers
Claude Andrews
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Parimutuel Issue May Not Be Dead In State
From El Paso to Brownsville Texans push for local option horse betting as Rep. W. E. Berry predicts new legislation after May 5 referendums. Voters favored parimutuel wagering in several cities and Panhandle counties, with margins varying on constitutional and legalizing measures.
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Austin
UPI
el Paso
Brownsville
Rio Grande
W. E
Red
Berry
San Antonio
Texas
Laredo
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
Harlingen
Port Arthur
Victoria
Galveston
Beaumont
Harris County
Panhandle
Hartley
Oldham
Hutchinson
Carson
Gray
Potter County
Amarillo
Three Vehicles Damaged In Collision At City Intersection
Three vehicles were damaged in a Saturday evening crash at Avenue A and Main Street at 6 p.m. No injuries were reported. Grady Gilliland's northbound car struck Ronnie Reynolds's southbound vehicle, pushing it into a third car driven by Robert Innstead from Chicago. Reynolds was ticketed for no driver's license.
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Avenue A
Main Street
Grady Gilliland
Ronnie Reynolds
Avenue A No
Gilliland
Reynolds
A. J. Rushing
Robert P. Innstead
Chicago
Wyoming Man Pleads Guilty to DWI and Court Costs
A typographical error in Thursday’s issue misstated Bobby R. Hays of Wyoming as fined 15 dollars. The correct assessment was 125 dollars plus court costs for his DWI guilty plea.
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Bobby R. Hays
Wyoming
First Cotton Bale Is Ginned At Mission Texas
The first bale of the new crop cotton in the United States was ginned at Mission. Grown by Ray Barnick of Mission, a repeat first bale winner, it typically comes from the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and brings cash prizes and premium auction prices up to 5000 dollars. The Harlingen Chamber of Commerce sponsors the contest and the 1962 bale was delivered to Harlingen Saturday after the 23rd annual American Cotton Congress meeting.
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Mission
UPI
United States
Ray Barnick
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Harlingen
Tiffin Youth Pleads Guilty to DWI Charge
Tiffin Young pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated charges filed last March in County Court. He was fined 125 dollars and costs, given three days in jail and six months automatic suspension of his driver's license.
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Tiffin Young
US Commander condemns Communist firing on East Berlin refugees
US Major General Albert Watson II protested Soviet border guards firing on refugees in East Berlin and on the excursion boat Friedrich Wolf crossing the Spree. He warned Washington would view such acts as crimes of the most serious order and said they threaten US Soviet relations.
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East Berlin
Andrei V. Solovyev
Watson
United States
Soviet Union
Friedrich Wolf
Spree
Freedom Boat
West Berlin
Moscow
Investigators Focus on Billie Sol Estes Link to Marshall Death
Franklin Texas UPI investigators probing Henry Marshalls death widened the inquiry to Billie Sol Estes whose cotton allotments Marshalls probe touched. A dent in Marshalls pickup door and a possible link to the Estes case are being examined as Estes is subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury.
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Marshall
Billie Sol
Franklin, Tex
UPI
Henry Marshall
Rand
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Franklin
Peoples
Robertson County
Morgan Harlan
Bryan Russn
Wilson
Russ
Atty
Connally Wins Democratic Governor Nomination in Texas Runoff
John Connally carried 141 of 254 counties to Don Yarborough in the Democratic runoff for Texas governor. Yarborough won 113 counties. Connally edged ahead by about 26,000 votes, with narrow county-by-county margins in Victoria and Williamson. Yarborough held Gulf Coast and East Texas strongholds.
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Dallas
UPI
John Connally
Texas Election Bureau
Connally
Don Yarborough
Victoria County
Yarborough
Franklin County
Williamson County
Gulf Coast
Texas
Harris
Houston
Jefferson
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Galveston
Orange
Lubbock
el Paso Travis
Austin
McLennan
Waco
Texas road toll climbs with 690 fatal crashes this year
Texas reports 690 fatal traffic accidents causing 820 deaths so far this year, up from 693 crashes and 856 deaths in the prior year, according to the Department of Public Safety.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Turbulence Strikes Texas With Severe Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms soaked East and North Texas on Saturday while new turbulence built in West Texas. A 120 mile wide strip from east of Tucumcari New Mexico to Fort Stockton faced a severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast between 5 p m and 10 p m. Thundershowers were reported at Longview in mid afternoon. Henderson.
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East
North Texas
West Texas
West
Texas
Tucumcari
N.M
Fort Stockton
Tex
Longview
Henderson
Four Attend CAP Camp At Amarillo AFB
Four cadets from the Childress Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol depart for Amarillo Air Force Base for a two week CAP Summer Encampment. The group includes Childress members 1st Lt. Johnny Wright and Ale Butch Baker and Memphis officers 2nd Lt. William McQueen and 2nd Lt. James Reynolds. Cadets from across Texas join the training under Captain John Dodgen as senior commander.
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Childress Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Amarillo Air Force Base
CAP
Childress
Memphis
Johnny Wright
Ale Butch Baker
William McQueen
James Reynolds
Texas
Amarillo Base
Wright
John Dodgen
Boneheads Return From Houston Trip With Meet in Medicineville
The Boneheads Explorer Scout Post 65 returned Friday night from a trip to Houston. The group included a canoe raft trip at Medicineville and faced motor trouble that kept them in Conroe for two days. They were accompanied by Delbert Wasson and R. D. Waltermire.
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Boneheads
Explorer
Houston
Medicineville
Conroe
Delbert Wasson
R. D. Waltermire
Childress Airfield to Receive Five Year Improvements
FAA plans submitted to Congress call for scheduled improvements of Childress Airfield over the next five years. The total Texas airfield upgrades are pegged at 16.48 million dollars with Stamford Wellington and Kickapoo also listed. The Index reports the UPI story and will carry details Monday.
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Childress
United Press International
Texas
Stamford
Wellington
Kickapoo
UPI
FAA
Washington
Stamford Man Charged With Attempted Burglary
John Littlefield 58 of Stamford was charged in District Court with attempted burglary after police arrested him for an alleged attempt to rob the City News Stand Thursday. He has admitted prior prison stints and multiple prior offenses.
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John Littlefield
Stamford
Littlefield
Aggravated Assault Charges Filed Against DeWayne Bradford
Aggravated assault charges were filed against DeWayne Bradford by his wife, per the county attorney's office. Bradford had not been arrested by Saturday night.
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DeWayne Bradford
Childress Masonic Lodge to elect officers for new year
Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 will elect officers at 8 p.m. Thursday at the lodge building. Worshipful Master R. R. Prater currently serves, with H. E. Wright as secretary.
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Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695
R. R. Prater
H. E. Wright
J D Bradley Dies at 99 In Texas Farm Life
Jefferson Davis Bradley 99 died at 1:45 a.m. Saturday at his home in Childress Texas. Born September 15 1862 in Jiles County Tennessee he moved many times before settling on a farm in Cottle County. Funeral services at Bible Baptist Church in Milam County with Rev. Lester Royall and E A Sanders conducting. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include his widow son Rev Luther R Bradley and granddaughter Pauly. Pallbearers named Fensgin Henderson King McEndree West Fulenwider.
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Mr. Bradley
Ave. J. NW
Jiles County
Tensessee
Milam County
Texas
Fannie May Moore
Rockdale
Hedley
Childress
Luther R. Bradley
Pauly of
Lester Royall
E.A. Sanders
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Albert Fens Gin
Ted Henderson
Joe B. King
Walter McEndree
Herman West
Hoyt Fulenwider
Denney Services Set In Hereford
Funeral services for William Floyd Denney 66 were held at Gilliland Funeral Home Hereford with burial in West Park Cemetery Hereford. He died Friday in a Memphis hospital after a two year illness. Born March 4 1896 in Tennessee he married Betty Le Noir in Crosbyton October 14 1919. Survivors include his widow two sons Cliff New York City and Clay Tucumcari two daughters Mrs Lowe Memphis and Mrs J Porter Floydada one brother Arthur Hereford and several grandchildren.
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William Floyd
Bill) Denney
Rose Chapel
Gilliland
Homme
Hereford
West Park
Denney
Memphis
Childress
Tennessee
Betty Lenoir
Crosbyton
The
Baptist Church
Cliff
New York City
Clay
Tucumcari
Lowe
J. Porter
Floydada
Arthur
Beth Hennings
Dick Durham
Mer Durham
Utah
Chess
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Laurence Curtis
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John W. Whites
Farm Bureau
Kilgore
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Berlin
Bem
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Will Wilson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Barron
House Investigating Committee
Robert Manuel
Mouse Committee
NEA
Amarillo Afb
Tns WO
Michael Day
Hardin, Jr
Nettie Crawford
New York
Childress Airfield
Federal Aviation Agency
Congress
Jd. D. Bradley
Jefferson Davis Bradley
Bible Baptist Church
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