Kennedy pledges no atmospheric tests as Moscow talks loom
President Kennedy announced the United States will not resume atmospheric nuclear tests while other states refrain and will pursue high level talks with the Soviet Union and Britain in Moscow to seek a general test ban. He spoke at American University commencement after receiving an honorary degree.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Russia
Britain
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Harold A. Macmillan
American University
London
Former Childress Residents Exchange News in Sun City California
Mrs. Mortis Brooks and Charley W. Buster travel to Sun City to share news from Childress. Brooks, former Mrs. George Robertson, active in Childress Woman's Department Club. Buster, son of Northwest Childress couple, directs public relations for Del Webb retirement cities near Riverside and Bakersfield.
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Sun City
Calif
Mortis Brooks
Charley W. Buster
Childress
George Robertson
Woman’s Department Club
Robertson
Fort Worth
Denver
Buster
Frank W. Buster
Northwest Childress
The
Index
del E. Webb Corporation
Riverside
Kern City
Bakersfield
Charley Buster
Morris Brooks
Frank Buster
Brooks
Rainfall Reassures Farmers on Soil Moisture Levels
Rain from Saturday night boosted soil moisture across the county with amounts from over half an inch to an inch. Earnest Arm of High Point logged the largest total at about an inch, while other gauges reported .65 to .67 inches Saturday and small amounts on Sunday. Farmland is described as in excellent condition for planting.
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High Point Repor
Floyd Biddy
FAA
Hospital Retires Warrants and Funds Interest Option
Childress General Hospital paid 11 115 of 31 116 needed and 20 000 in five year warrants were paid none 5 000 is an advance on the warrants which draw four and a half percent interest Commissioners voted to place the 5 000 in First Federal to draw four and a half percent interest rather than pay a penalty for paying in advance A letter commending the Board of Managers and Administrator will be written Reports from local officials were approved U S Fromm authorized to hire extra help to type the tax roll Judge Leonard King authorized to renew the surplus food distribution contract starting September 1 The city will be asked to sign a similar contract A tie Court will meet as on board on June 17
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Childress
Commis
Warran
Feder
Justice of O Peace
U. S. Fromm
Leonard King
CAP Unit Tours Atlas Missile Site Near Frederick Oklahoma
Twenty Civil Air Patrol members from Childress CAP visited the Atlas ICBM site near Frederick Oklahoma on a Sunday with host Capt. L F LeBlank of the 577th Strategic Missile Squadron. They toured the launch control center silo crib and diesel generator area and viewed the Atlas F missile on the launch platform.
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Civil Air Patrol
U. S. Air Force
Frederick
Oklahoma
L. F. LeBlank
Altus Afb
Childress Cap
Silo Crib
John Dodgen
Bill Mae-Queen
Willard Copeland
Sherrell Creamer
Weldon Hayes
Noble Ingram
Truitt Ball
June Smith
Kathy Stephens
Laura Trent
Sue Miller
Janie Ragsdale
John Feasal
Garland Feasal
Jimmy Reynolds
Garrell Tate
Joe Moore
Alfred Stevens
Two Held For Murder Of DPS Patrolman
A Dallas man Jerry Anderson and Dorothy Fay Sanders are jailed in Cooke County on charges of murdering Texas highway patrolman Kenneth Harrison. Anderson admitted shooting the officer after a traffic stop near Gainesville while en route to Oklahoma with a car full of alleged intoxication. Harrison, an eight year veteran, died after being shot five times in the back. Sanders described the events and claimed no motive.
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Gainesville
Tex
UPI
Dallas
Cooke County
Texas
Kenneth Harrison
Jerry Anderson
Dorothy Fay Sanders
Anderson
Harrison
Aparolee
Arizona State Prison
Department of Public Safe
Perryton
Collision at Avenue H and North Main No injuries reported
Two cars collided at the gravel intersection of Avenue H and North Main Street around 5 p.m. Sunday. Max Henson drove north on Main. Frank Dakil drove east on Avenue H. Don Palmer rode with Henson. Dakil was alone. No stop signs were present. No injuries or tickets were recorded.
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Avenue H
North Main Street
Max Henson
Main
Frank Dakil
Don Palmer
Henson
Dakil
Meeting on Museum Is Called Off
The meeting to discuss a museum for Childress has been postponed. Garland Terrell the chairman of the County Historical Survey Committee is out of town and will be away several days. The regular monthly Committee meeting set for Wednesday is also postponed with new dates to be announced after Terrell returns.
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Childress
Cofc-Bcd
Garland Terrell
County Historical Survey Committee
Terrell
City council and school board meet tonight in Childress
City Council gathers at 7 30 p m in City Hall. Board of Trustees of the Childress Independent School District convenes at 8 p m at the School Administration Building. A public hearing on game regulations by the Texas Game and Fish Commission starts at 8 p m in the courthouse with landowners and sportsmen invited.
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Childress Independent School District
The
Texas Game and Fish Comission
Macmillan Returns From Trip To Face Sex Scandal In Empire
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returns from Scotland to face a growing sex scandal threatening his government. Lord Dilhorne prepares a rare postwar inquiry as Dr. Stephen Ward is held without bail for living off earnings of prostitutes amid links to Christine Keeler and John Profumo.
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Macmillan
Empire
UPI
Harold Macmillan
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Britain
Labor
Lord Dilhorne
Stephen Ward
Ward
Scotland
Lord Hailsham
London Daily Mail
Mail Today
Arran
Eugene Ivanov
London
Ivanov
Profumo
Miss Keeler
Rail Strikes Threaten as 30-Day Cooling-Off Nears
Washington CAPS United States rail workers face a looming nationwide strike as a 30 day cooling-off period under the Railway Labor Act expires at 10 p.m. CST Tuesday. Negotiators, with Labor Secretary Wirtz present, meet again amid warnings that work rule changes could force a walkout on about 195 major railroads affecting 200000 operating employees.
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Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
Winkler Man Denies Guilt as DWI Second Offense Charged
A $1,000 bond was set in Justice of the Peace Court for Lynn Dale Wright of Winkler County after a Highway Patrol arrest for driving while intoxicated, second offense. Wright pleaded not guilty.
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Lynn Dale Wright
Winkler County
Justice of the Peace Court
Wright
Highway Patrol
Wallace's Army Maintains Order In Alabama Stand
Gov George C Wallace prepared to fly to Tuscaloosa to block two Negro students Vivian Malone and James Hood from enrolling at the University of Alabama. Police and National Guardsmen totaling about 1500 were deployed to keep order on the eve of the registration.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Gov
Se C. Wallace
Montgomery
UPI
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Vivian Malone
James Hood
Final Holbert Services Set For Today
Funeral services for Roscoe H. Holbert 39 of McLean were held at 3 p m at Memphis Assembly of God Church with Rev. T E Gibson officiating. Burial followed in Lakeview Cemetery. Holbert died of a heart attack Saturday at his McLean home. He was born December 7 1923 in Atoka Oklahoma and married Pauline M New June 5 1946. He worked as a driver for a dairy company after moving from Memphis to McLean in January. Survivors include his wife a son Jimmy his parents Mr and Mrs John Holbert of Cee Vee seven sisters and three brothers.
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Roscoe H. Holbert
McLean
Memphis
Jimmy
John Holbert
Cee Vee
Patsy Garrett
Childress
Loyce Holbert
Bertha Rasoc
Dimmitt
Mary Ruth Sutherland
Amarillo
Maurine Rasoc
Plainview
Childress Riding Club to Meet at City Hall at 8 P.M.
The Childress Riding Club will hold a meeting at 8 p m Tuesday in City Hall. The announcement was released today.
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Childress Riding Club
Quoting business sale winds down at Little Ages Shop
A local notice announces the shutting of business with all stock and fixtures up for quick sale. The shop at a known address offers clearance prices as owners liquidate remaining inventory and close operations.
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Butler
Lord Poole
Cuba
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Winkler
Robin Druray
James Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Old Bailey Court
Gordon
British Labor Party
NEA
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