Nebraskan in Elevator Shooting Kills No One
Irvin Ostrander shot six people at a Farmers Grain Co op elevator in Rising City Nebraska before shooting himself. Victims included manager Val Foster and two other employees. Ostrander surrendered after the attack and no fatalities were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising City
Neb
UPI
Irvin
Shorty
Ostrander
Here
Val Foster
Farmers Grain Co-op
Omaha
Foster
Verl Winchester
Kenneth Crook
Crook
Mme. Binh
Keith Cook
Everett Haas
Doyle Fozzard
Bill Potter
Winchester
Potter
Mrs. Hans
Lincoln
Columbus
Texas Sees Four 100 Degree Readings As Heat Wave Surges
United Press International reports a heat wave across Texas with four sites reaching 100 degrees, including Presidio and San Angelo at 101, and readings in the 90s elsewhere. A Pacific cool front may cool the upper state, while a Plainview hail and windstorm damaged about 80 percent of homes and farms face crop losses valued around $500,000 to $2 million in total damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Texas South Plains
Panhandle
Presidio
San Angelo
Childress
Cotulla
Wichita Falls
Midland
Edwards Plateau
Plainview
South Plains
Budget Uncertainty As Texas Gov Delays One Year Bill
Gov. Preston Smith plans a late state address on June 20 to discuss the 61st legislature’s one year budget and a $61.9 million teacher pay raise, with officials saying revenues would still be short even if all tax bills are signed. Calvert notes bid to line item veto and fund transfers. attorney general opinion partially clears teacher pay bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert
Preston Smith
Smith
Comptroller
Atty
Crawford Martin
Austin
UPI
Public Service
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Delwin Jones
Teachers’ Professional Practices Commission
Texas
R. H. Coryn
Victoria
Vernon Crowell 1917 obituary notes numerous survivors
Vernon at Crowell September 15, 1917. They moved to Vernon from Childress in 1964. Survivors include her husband, four sons Toy of Dallas, Jessie Mack of Seattle, Andrew of Floydada and Robert of Vernon, four daughters Patsy Massey of Arkansas City Kansas, Mary Joe Smith of Pauls Valley Oklahoma, Arvilla Brewer of Los Angeles California, Beatrice Truly of Vernon, a brother Raymond Willis of Mineral Wells, a sister Elizabeth Wade of Pauls Valley, 27 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Crowell
Vernon
Childress
Toy
Dallas
Jessie Mack
Seattle
Wash
Andrew
Floydada
Robert
Patsy Massey
Arkansas City
Kan
Mary Joe Smith
Pauls Valley
Okla
Arvilla Brewer
Los Angeles
Calif
Beatrice Truly
Raymond Willis
Mineral Wells
Elizabeth Wade
Fighting Eruptions Narrow Israel Lebanon Border Risks
Israeli spokesmen report eight Arab guerrillas and five Israelis killed as clashes flare from the Suez Canal to the Samarian Hills. Beirut hints border fighting may spread risking derailment of Big Four peace talks in Cairo London New York. Israel warns it will strike back to halt losses amid U S Egyptian diplomatic moves.
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United Press International
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Samarian
Jerusalem
Beirut
Cairo
London
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Golda Meir
Mideast
New York
Gromyko
Jordan River Valley
Qantara
DPS Launches Jet Ranger Helicopter in Region 5
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced its new Jet Ranger helicopter, now fully operational in Region 5 including Childress County. It features two portable stretchers and an in-flight resuscitator for rapid medical transfers and other mercy missions. Major Bell urged officials to utilize this versatile tool to enhance public service and support law enforcement and civil defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Childress County
Bell
Farm Bureau training session opens with 80 secretaries
TFB President Sidney Dean of Victoria welcomed about 80 secretaries at the opening banquet. A history film on the Farm Bureau was shown. Baylor University official Thomas Turner spoke, with talks by G. M. Gorham, Ed Cumbie, Millard Shivers, Cliff Laywell, and Ada Lee Mutchler. Trainee diplomas were awarded at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TFB
Sidney Dean
Victoria
Farm Bureau
Thomas Turner
Baylor University
G. M. Gorham
McLennan County Bureau
Ed Cumbie
Bronte
Millard Shivers
Dallas
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Cliff Laywell
Ada Lee Mutchler
San Patricio County
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Ing
Algeria
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Dang Quang Minh
J. A. Stinnett
W. H. Tippett
W. C. Voyles
Edwin Wyatt
Tim Wyatt
Roy Wygal
Berry's
NEA, Inc
Opin
Oia
Thieu
Mercury
Childress, Texas
da Nang
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
James Nugent
Kerrville
Ace Pickens
D-Odessa
Jack Ogg
Houston
Dick McKissack
Joe Golman
James H. Clark Jr
Ddallas
Bird
Ben Atwel
Governor’s Committee On Human Relations
Chet Brooks
Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena
Barbara Jordan
D-Houston
Don Kennard
D-Fort Worth
David Evans
Dsan Antonio
Rep
Glenn Rothmann
San Antonio
John
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Alexandria
Washington
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Harry S. Truman
Doctors Hospital
Marcel Foret
John L. Lewis Jr
Baltimore
R. O. Lewis
Fort Myers
Fla
Edith Collins
Kansas City
Myrta Edith Bell
Iowa
Kathryn
Lucas
Abraham Lincoln
Dixie Cafe
Bill McCutcheon
Israeli
Lebanon
Ruby Watson
Ruby
Southwestern Bell
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