Omnibus Farm Bill Approved by House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee passed an omnibus farm bill 21 to 10 amid strong administration opposition. It would overhaul price supports for cotton wheat dairy products corn grain sorghum and rice with many provisions requiring referenda by affected growers before taking effect. Representative Poage noted it has a good chance of passage but no assured approval.
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Washington
UPI T
House Agriculture Committee
House
W. R. Poage D. Tex
Tornado Inflicts Heavy Damage In Muleshoe Area
West Texas storm damage reported around Muleshoe includes at least 100 yards of hangar destruction and $10,000 plus losses from a shattering of three private airplanes. Utility poles down and power cut in the town as a tornado sighting near Olton prompted residents to seek cover. Rainfall totals varied with Muleshoe recording .65 inches in 24 hours while other towns logged lighter totals.
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United Press International
West Texas
Muleshoe
Robert Knight
Gil Lamb
KMUL
Sheriff's Office
Lamb
Ira Martin
Olton
Orion
Texas
East Texas
Dalhart
Amarillo
Presidio
van Horn
el Paso
Harvest Tally Shows 253 Cars Shipped From Texas Posts
More than 253 cars of wheat and barley have been shipped from Childress and Kirkland to date per Fort Worth and Denver Railway Co figures. About 80 percent of the 1958 harvest is complete despite a car shortage at Kirkland with 20 cars idle. Rails officials expect movement to resume by night as grain already in elevators awaits transport.
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Childress
Kirkland
Fort Worth
Denver
Storms and Floods Strain States From Tornadoes to Rains
UPI reports continued severe weather across Kansas Illinois Indiana and North Carolina with tornado activity heavy rains and rising flood threats. In Indiana 5000 homeless after last week storms as rivers crest in 15 years. A tornado near Masonboro Sound damages homes along coastal North Carolina beaches.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Grass Fires Keep Childress Firemen Busy
Grass fires continued to plague the Childress Fire Department with calls to 800 1000 blocks in Ave A east and the B Williams farm west of town. An air conditioner fire at 304 Ave F N and a stockpens alarm were reported false. About 40 grass fires kept crews busy in the past week.
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Childress
Ave. A. Se
B. T. Williams
Ave. F. N
Dr J J Westenburg Becomes U S Citizen in Amarillo Ceremony
Dr J J Westenburg, who moved to Childress in 1955 and trained in the Netherlands and California, appeared before Federal Judge Joe B Dooley in Amarillo to receive his naturalization papers and become a U S citizen. He is a Presbyterian deacon and member of the Jaycees Lions Five County Medical Association. He married Margaret Calhoun in 1954 and later settled in Childress.
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J. J. Westenburg
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
United States
Dr. Westenburg
Childress
Bloemendaal
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Royal Dutch Army
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Kansas City
U. S
States
Trinity
Southern Pacific Hospital
San Francisco
Calif
State Board
California
Galveston
John Sealy Hospital
Margaret Calhoun
Ft. Stockton
Texas
University of Texas Nursing School
Sealy Hospital
G. C
Jack Fox
Presbyterian Church
Jaycees
The
Lions Club
Five- County Medical Association
Westenburg
John Ballew Heads Masonic Officer State
John Ballew was named Worshipful Master of Childress Lodge No. 695 AF&AM at the annual election. Allen Harp Senior Warden, Bob Goundy Junior Warden, Willard Williams Treasurer, Harold Wright Secretary, Earl Swain Tiler. Installation set for June 26 with W. T. Ross on the building committee for three years.
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John Ballew
Childress Lodge No
Af&am
Allen Harp
Bob Goundy
Willard Williams
Harold
Hap) Wright
Earl Swain
W. T. Ross
Clinton McGhee
Harry Thaten
Additional Classroom Planned for Rhoads School
Plans are under way for a new classroom at the Rhodes School to add a fifth teacher, enabled by an 88.44 average daily attendance in 1957 58. The building is being repainted this summer in preparation for the 1958 59 term starting in August, says Superintendent J W Hamilton of the Chil dress Schools.
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Rhodes
J. W. Hamilton
Childress Schools
Firemen Return from State Convention
Mr and Mrs John Ballew Guy Burton and G A Williams returned Thursday night from San Antonio where they attended the State Firemen's Convention June 10 12 The next meeting will be held in Fort Worth Bill Zorn of Del Rio was elected Fourth Vice President.
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John Ballew
Guy Burton
G. A. Williams
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Bill Zorn
del Rio
Singers to Meet at King Memorial Church Sunday
The Childress County Singers will meet at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon in King Memorial Methodist Church. Merrell Conn, president, announced the gathering which will include several out of county singers.
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Childress
King Memorial Methodist Church
Merrell Conn
Senate Votes Pay Boost For Federal Workers Today
The Senate approved a 542 million dollar annual pay raise for about one million civil service workers. The 10 percent increase is retroactive to the first payday last January and mirrors a prior raise for postal workers.
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Senate
United Press International
Senate Today
Eisenhower
Federal Aviation Agency
Congress
Eisenhower rejects demand to fire assistant Adams
President Eisenhower refuses to dismiss Sherman Adams amid calls from Rep. Mack and other lawmakers. Hagerty stated Adams will not be fired, citing Eisenhower's continued confidence. Adams admitted paying about $2,000 in bills for his family and arranging inquiries for Bernard Goldfine, while contacting the FTC and SEC in the matter.
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Hower
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Randolph McC. Pate
Marine Corps
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Peter F. Mack
Ill
Adams
Oren Harris
Capitol Hill
Goldfine
New England
Open Air Concert Tonight At Childress Fair Park
Tonight at 7 p m in Childress Fair Park an open air concert features two summer bands and multiple twirling groups from Green Belt Band School. A 5 30 p m Bar B Q meal hosted by the Childress Chowhands precedes in Rotary Bowl with tickets on sale until noon today. Participants include Cadet band Little Twirlers Beginner Twirlers Stage Band Intermediate Twirlers Childress Twirling Ensemble Advanced Twirling Green Belt Band Quanah Twirling Ensemble Wellington Ensemble and students from Wellington Quanah and Childress.
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Childress Fair Park
Greenbelt Band School
Childress Chowhands
Rotary Bowl
Childress
Greenbelt
Quanah
Wellington
Harold Jackson
New Device Saves Heart Attack Victim's Life
Doctors credited an electronic stimulator, a pacemaker, with reviving Mrs. Samuel Winsberg, 58, after her heart stopped at least 20 times over two days at Michael Reese Hospital. She showed no brain damage and was recovering, following a preceding coronary thrombosis.
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Chicago
UPI
Samuel Winsberg
Michael Reese Hospital
Trujillo Jr Denied Diploma by U.S. Army School
Lt Gen Rafael Trujillo Jr son of the Dominican dictator was refused a diploma from a U S Army staff school. The Senate Public Works Committee approved a compromise rivers and harbors authorization bill to replace President Eisenhower s vetoed measure of April 15.
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Washington
UPI
Rafael Trujillo Jr
U. S. Army
Army
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Rebellion Movement Grows in France and Algeria
Right wing groups threaten De Gaulle as Algerian factions push to spread their revolt to the mainland. De Gaulle plans a fireside broadcast to warn extremists while Soustelle visits Paris amid calls to end the Fourth Republic. Military and political leaders resist overtly.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Algeria
All-Algerian Public Safety Committee
de Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle
Committee of Public Safety
Algiers
Soustelle
Salan
Air Force
Lionel Max Chassin
Public Safety Committee
Pierre Poujade
Local 4-H'ers Place High In State Roundup
Childress 4-H members traveled to College Station for the state roundup returning with top finishes. Rifle Team finished second with Harold Walkup as second high individual and Gary Hassell fourth. Sammy Bushon and J C Benham served as team members and alternate. Range Team placed sixth with Butch Liles fourth in individual. John Chapman and Archie Mahan also on the squad. Tommy Garrison placed 17th in Tractor Operator. Accompanied by Bill Moore Wade Kimbrough and Dewey Bushon.
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John
Butch) Liles
John Chapman
Archie Mahan
Tommy Garrison
Bill Moore
Wade Kimbrough
Dewey Bushon
Arms smugglers push Lebanon border trouble higher
UPI reports Maj. Gen. Burns says sealing Lebanon borders against smuggling would require 5,000 troops with planes. He noted he could spare forces from the U N emergency unit only with New York orders. Fighting lulls continue as Tripoli and surrounding areas report casualties and rebel leaders refuse U N cooperation.
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Beirut
UPI
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Mideast
Lebanon
U. S
Robert C. McClintock
Commission
Egypt
Syria
Burns
Gaza
Aquaba
New York
Tripoli
Damascus
James E Hicks Named State Liquor Control Agent
James E Hicks of Garland has been named state liquor control agent for this district and will report for duty May 16. He is J L Hicks nephew and will move his wife and two children to Childress this weekend to live in northwest Childress. The town has been without a liquor control agent since Bill Lawrence was transferred six weeks ago.
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James E. Hicks
Garland
Change Minds About Release Of Americans
The Russians refused to release nine Americans held in the Soviet zone of Germany. U S officials had planned talks with East German authorities while seeking U S recognition of the East Berlin regime. The Americans were captured when a helicopter crossed the border and are held at a Strausberg red police station under interrogation but not mistreated.
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Berlin
UPI
Germany
U. S
East Berlin
Red Germany
West Berlin
der Abend
Strausberg
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Pierre Pflimlin
Des Gaulle
New Liquor Control Agent
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Theo
Red) Fenter
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E. J. Huddleston
Huddieston
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