Debate Limits Put Senate Under Unaccustomed Strain
Washington UPI report on historic cloture limits shaping civil rights bill debate. Senate leaders push for passage within two weeks as Humphrey predicts 10 to 12 votes today. Johnson praises cloture as southern filibuster ends, while Dirksen and Russell warn battles remain. Final passage seen next week, with southern bloc still pivotal.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Johnson
House
Humphrey
Everett M. Dirksen
Sen
Richard & Russell
D-Ga
GOP Leaders Resist Goldwater Bid at Governors’ Conference
At the Cleveland Governors Conference GOP leaders, discouraged by political developments, show limited appetite for a Goldwater nomination in 1964. Eisenhower warned of a likely drag on Congress and state races, while Nixon and Rom notables weighed in before declines.
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Cleveland
UPI
Len Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Arizona
Houston
Thomas B. Dewey
New York
Robert A Taft
Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
White House
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Reds Will Join Space Venture
Geneva reports Russia agreed to join the American global space satellite system. Moscow will set up communication stations and a national grid to receive relay and transmit messages via satellites. There was no plan for Russia to buy COMSAT shares or add its own satellites. Countries will contribute funds to cover launch costs.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Moscow
United State Communications Satellite Corporation
Comsat
Good Opportunities For Two Year College Graduates
Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz says employment opportunities for junior college and two year program graduates are good in most areas and very good in many. Starting salaries for two year graduates range from 260 to 550 dollars per month, averaging about 400.
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Good Opportunities Washington
UPI
Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Childress Dr Pepper Plant Ranked High In Sales
The Childress Dr Pepper plant ranks second in Texas and third in the nation for per capita sales. The plant has led in per capita sales for several years and serves six counties from its location.
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Childress Dr. Pepper
Texas
Childress
Eee
Czewski Named to Dean's Honor Roll at SW Oklahoma State College
James W. Czewski son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Czewski of Childress is listed on the Dean's Honor Roll for the semester ending at Southwestern Oklahoma State College. He also made the first semester honor roll as a sophomore pharmacy major.
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Weatherford
Okla
James W. Czewski
Woodrow Czewski
Childress
Southwestern Oklahoma State College
Czewski
Henderson Rites Held Today in Hot Springs
Funeral services were held in Hot Springs Arkansas for Jefferson S Henderson 59 former manager of the Childress Chamber of Commerce and City Development Board. Burial followed at State Line Cemetery Texarkana Arkansas. He died Tuesday in St Joseph Hospital Hot Springs after a cerebral hemorrhage. He served in World War II and Korea and held several civic and military positions.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jefferson S. Henderson
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Childress
State Line Cemetery
Texarkana
Bert Hargrave
Richard Neyer
Henderson
St. Joseph Hospital
Mr. Henderson
East St. Louis
Ill
Texarakana College
Henderson Brown College
University of Arkansas
Methodist Church
Board of
Stewards
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Active Reserve
Mena
Cofc
Nocona
Cof- C-Bcd
Childress Clarinet Quartet Earns IIID Rating In State Contest
The Childress High School clarinet quartet Ron Dishman Linda Mooney Jan Harwell and Nancy Bohannon won a Division III rating at the state solo and ensemble contests in Austin Texas. They performed Caprice by Karl W Schabach with Norman Hemphill directing and accompanying on Tuesday at the University campus.
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Childress
Austin
Norman Hemphill
Ron Dishman
Linda Mooney
Jan Harwell
Nancy Bohannon
Karl W Schabach
Texas University
Hemphill
Fish and Game Hearing on Seasons Held
Weldon Fromm chief for Parks and Wildlife Department led a public hearing in the Commissioner's Courtroom on game and fish seasons and limits. About 20 attendees, mainly Red River Sportsmen's Club members, heard the session recorded on tape with aides Dick DeArment Wheeler Lonnie Peters Canyon and Jack Burrus Childress assisting.
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Weldon Fromm
Childress
Parks and Wildlife Department
Amarillo
Red River Sportsmen’s Club
Fromm
Dick DeArment
Wheeler
Lonnie Peters
Canyon
Jack Burrus
Jack Burris
Insure Your Crop Against Bail with Trusted Insurance
Andy Rogers at Childress Insurance Agency offers crop insurance options. Contact local agent for coverage details and policies designed to protect farmers against weather and market risks.
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Andy Rogers Childress Insurance Agency
Gas Board Chief Apologizes Overbill To Mrs Brokenshire
Wales gas board chairman T Mervyn Jones visited Mrs Evelyn Brokenshire to apologize for a massive overcharge on her gas bill. The error stemmed from a new 420000 computer intended to save time and manpower, the chairman said.
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Cardiff
Wales
UPT
Wales Gas Board
T Mervyn Jones
Evelyn Brokenshire
Jones
Maniac uses flamethrower at Cologne elementary school attack
Walter Seifert 42 wounded and two teachers killed as he sprayed liquid fire and stabbed staff at Volkhoven Elementary. The 280 students fled as the building burned. police captured him after a chase and he was hospitalized after a gunshot wound.
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Cologne
Germany
UPI
Walter Seifert
Adolf Hitler
Sigmund Germann
Volkhoven
Siefert
Ursula Kuhr
Seifert
Gertrud Bolenrath
Anna Langehr
400 Acres Will Be Developed for Homes in Childress
A group of Wichita Falls businessmen plan a 400 acre residential development north of Childress on U S 8. The land will be subdivided into five to 10 acre tracts to be FHA approved and sold with cash or low down payments. Utilities including water will serve the site. Full details to be announced in Sunday's Index. This will be the largest real estate project for home sites in Childress.
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Childress
Wichita Falls
Michie Thaten
U. S
Restraining Order Dismissed in Dallas Cafeteria Picket Case
Dist. Judge Dallas Blankenship today dismissed a temporary restraining order forbidding civil rights demonstrators to picket the Piccadilly Cafeteria. He also dismissed the cafeteria's contempt motion against five demonstrators after the cafeteria's lawyers failed to provide sufficient allegations. The case involved White and Negro demonstrators picketing for 13 days and the Rev. Earl Allen stated it would be piketed again.
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Dallas
Blankenship
Blair sworn as ambassador to the Philippines
William McCormick Blair Jr a longtime associate of U S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson was sworn in as ambassador to the Philippines His prior post was ambassador to Denmark
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Washington
UPI
William McCormick Blair Jr
U. N
Adlai Stevenson
Phiippines
Blair
Denmark
Queen Elizabeth II May Visit the Soviet Union Next Year
London sources say Queen Elizabeth II could extend her 1965 travel to include a formal visit to the Soviet Union. No official confirmation, but invitations and private negotiations would precede any public announcement.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth II
Soviet Union
Ethiopia
West Germany
Prince Philip
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Britain
Yuri Gagarian
Philip
Russia
Actor Peter Sellers Buys Ferrari During Recovery
London reporter says Peter Sellers recovering from a heart attack disclosed purchasing a $19,600 Ferrari 330, his 83rd car, joking about a prolonged mechanical adolescence as he recovers.
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London
UPI
Peter Sellers
Sellers
Rain and dust sweep through Childress area with mixed rainfall
Rain accompanied by winds up to 40 mph and dust drenched the Childress region. Rain totals ranged from .70 inch north of the river to 1.60 inches on the Cletus Terrell farm, with 1.10 inches at the FAA air field and .95 at Index gauge. Wheat harvest halts continue as 90 to 95 percent is complete and 91 carloads of wheat have shipped from Kirkland and Childress.
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Childress
Cletus Terrell Farm
FAA
Carrie Hardin
Glen Stiner
Harry Cox
Kirkland
Bill McKee
Burlington
Wellington
Shamrock
Clarendon
Memphis
Kirkland and
Community Center
Northfield
Tell
High Point
Rivercamp
Pilot Leaves Note Before Crashing Plane
A Cessna 140 crashed near a Negro housing development in Fort Worth killing pilot J Harold McGregor 42 a General Dynamics supervisor. The note to his wife and daughter said I am going all the way and God will forgive me. Police and investigators treated the crash as a fatal incident with no witnesses and the note later sent to the crime lab.
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J. Harold McGregor
General Dynamics
Fort Worth
McGregor
Charlie Wilkerson
AW Aircraft Corp
Luck Field
South Fort Worth
Wilkerson
Jo Thomas
Vance to Stand Trial for Perjury in June
Wichita Falls Texas sheriff Hammett Vance, reelected by a two to one margin, is set for trial June 22 on two perjury indictments. A county grand jury also charged him with forgery. Vance denies the allegations and heads the Texas Law Enforcement Association.
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Wichita Falls
UPI
Wichita County
Hammett Vance
Vance
Texas Law Enforcement Association
Florida
Marie Carvett
Arlington
Chamber and City Development meet at city hall tonight
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development will gather at 7 30 p m at city hall to discuss current affairs. The Agriculture committee will meet at 7 p m to review farm program matters.
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Chamber of Commerce
Board of City Development
Agriculture Committee
Flag Day Set For Sunday Nationwide Observance
Flag Day designated for Sunday with a call for all homes and businesses to display the flag. The Index offers The American Flag and a smaller Texas flag with pole and bracket for display.
Chidress Vernon Legion Game Delayed to Evening
The Chidress Vernon American Legion baseball game, set for 7 30 p m today, was postponed this morning due to wet weather and will be rescheduled as announced by team manager Iley Shires.
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Chidress-Vernon American Legion
Iley Shires
Rains Dent Texas Heat Across Panhandle
Torrential rains and hail battered the Texas Panhandle overnight with strokes of up to two inches, dousing crops near harvest. Marble to golf ball sized hail hit Amarillo and nearby towns while scattered showers lingered across the region. Temperatures remained hot with forecasts calling for more thundershowers and continued warmth through Friday.
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Texas Panhandle
Pringle
Amarillo
Fritch
Stinnett
Borger
High Plains
Panhandle
South Plains
Wichita Falls
Possum Kingdom Lake
Texas
Dalhart
Galveston
Washburn
Childress
Dumas
Lubbock
Masterson
Central Texas
Presidio
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Reds
Space Venture
Maniac
Bulance
Elizabeth
Ferrari
Childress Area
Civil Aeronautics Board
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