Estes testifies before Texas grand jury in death probe
Bille de Sol Estes appeared before a Texas grand jury to discuss the death of an Agriculture Department official. His lawyer withholds a habeas corpus petition that would block the subpoena. Estes arrived with John Cofer and Texas Ranger Capt. Clint Peoples as talks on rains and crops were noted. Proceedings are secret.
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Franklin
Tex
UPI
Bille de Sol Estes
Texas Grand Jury
Agriculture Department
Estes
John Cofer
Cofer
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Peoples
Judge Bean Indicted For Failing To File Federal Taxes
UPI reports federal grand jury Indicts Woodrow Bean a Texas Judge on five counts for not filing income tax returns for 1956 to 1960. Bond set at 2500 with potential penalties including prison and fines. the case involves campaign finance filings and possible ballot implications. Bean led his 1962 Senate race. wife not indicted. Continued on page three.
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Bean
Secretary of State
Atty
Riley Fletcher
Joe Pool
Dallas
Pool
el Paso
Austin
Internal Revenue
R. L. Phinney
Phinney
Norman Resigns as Central Christian Church Pastor
Rev. Tom Norman, pastor at Central Christian Church for three years, resigned at a Church Board meeting. The resignation takes effect on or before October 1. He came from Phillips University and previously served Childress as pastor and Jaycees secretary. He also held secretary treasury duties for the Childress County Ministerial Alliance and led the Silent Church March on Good Friday.
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Tom Norman
Central Christian Church
Norman
Phillips University
Childress
Childress Jaycees
Childress County
Hester Reagan Receives 10 Year Service Pin
Hester Reagan manager of the Furniture Department at White's Inc received a 10 year service pin yesterday. The pin came from the home office in Wichita Falls and was presented by Ralph Bryan, store manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Reagan
White's, Inc
Wichita Falls
Ralph Bryan
Two Cases Heard In County Court In One Session
County Attorney Charles Reynolds reported two cases heard Tuesday in County Court and one concluded today. The Whitehead case for driving while intoxicated led to a hung jury. Lawrence Mask was found guilty of selling whiskey in a dry area and fined 250 dollars with 15 days in jail. Olan R. McFarland pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and received a three day jail sentence, six month license suspension, and a 125 dollar fine.
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Charles Reynolds
T. R. Whitehead
Lawrence Mask
Childress Negro
Mask
Olan R. McFarland
CHS Columnist Joins The Index For Summer
Jennifer Johnston, CHS columnist, joins The Index staff for the summer. She will write the weekly column As You Like It for readers, with the first installment appearing in today’s issue. Johnston plans to be a CHS senior this fall.
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Jennifer Johnston
Corral Childress
The
Index
Miss Johnston
Childress High School
District Court Report Highlights Child Support Case
District Clerk H. D. Cordell Sr. said the only case heard in District Court Monday was a child support matter. The next regular court session is scheduled for September.
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H. D. Cordell Sr
Twisters Near Houston Raze Poles and Disrupt Roadway
A tornado ripped 16 utility poles near NASA's manned space flight center southeast of Houston along State Highway 3 east of Webster. Eight poles toppled, then eight more as the tornado hit again a half mile away. no injuries reported.
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United Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Space Flight Center
Houston
Webster
NASA Space Center
Clear Lake
Seabrook-Kemah
Texas
Dallas
Lubbock
Slaton
Alpine
Santa Fe
Presidio
Reese Air Force Base
South Plains
Canyon
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Texas Panhandle
89 905 Lunches Served In City Schools
At the close of the 1961 62 term 89 905 lunches were served in five elementary schools totaling 83 556 student meals and 6 349 adult meals. Junior High served 29 661 lunches Wilson 34 355 East Ward 8 805 Robert E Lee 9 324 J J Rhoads 6 076. Cash balance 2 026 05 cash due 1 745 and anticipated 3 771 43.
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Supt. J. W. Hamilton
Wilson
East Ward
Robert E. Lee
J. J. Rhoads
Storm Warning To Be Sounded Again Thursday
City Manager Louis Sally announced a dry run of the severe storm alert system will occur at noon Thursday. Eight long siren blasts will mark the test, with no all clear signal planned due to risk, and warnings to be sounded only during definite severe storms.
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Louis Sally
Sally
Navy Traps Reds With Periscope Spy Gear Photos
UPI reports Navy Neptune patrol planes tricked Soviet spy ships into exposing espionage gear in the Pacific. Photographs captured near a submarine periscope showed equipment and antennas as ships played volleyball to lure, then revealed advanced computers and communications gear.
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Hawaii
UPI
Nav
Neptune
Pacific
Navy
U.S
Voyveykov
U.S. Navy
Civil Defense Purchases Await Federal Approval
Col Jesse Ward state civil defense officer recommends the city and county be approved by the federal government. He spent two days reviewing local programs after past charges of wasteful purchases halted spending. County Judge Leonard King and Mayor Michie Thaten pledged prudent approval only for necessary purchases.
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Col
Jesse Ward
Austin
Col. Ward
Commissioners Court
Leonard King
Michie Thaten
Relax Lady Its Just A Teenager In Wichita Falls
An alarmed woman called police Tuesday to report a man passed out at a telephone booth in front of the Midway Grocery. Police found a 16-year-old boy inside the booth talking to his girlfriend on the phone and sitting with his feet on the wall.
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Wichita Falls
Midway
Childress County 4-H Dress Review Set For Thursday
The 4-H Dress Review will be held in the Woman’s Department Club building at 7 30 p m Thursday. All members must attend at 7 p m. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.
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Childress County
Woman’s Department Club
4-H
General White Addresses Rotarians on Air Force Logistics
Brig. Gen. John W. White outlined the Air Force Logistics Command as a global procurement and support hub with over 2 million items and 150,000 employees, comparing 1955 operations to present. He noted efforts to cut costs while expanding reach from Dallas to San Francisco.
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Air Force Logistics Command
John W. White
Logistics Command
Wright Patterson
Special Weapons Center
Albuquerque
Childress Rotary Club
Air Force
White
Dallas
San Fransico
CAP Inspection Visits Childress Unit in town
Major Robert McMurray of the United States Air Force liaison for the Texas Wing Civil Air Patrol conducted an inspection of the Childress CAP unit Tuesday night. He arrived from Grand Prairie and was assisted by Sgt Eddie Lee. Major Lawrence from Clarendon also attended.
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Robert McMurray
United States Air Force
Texas
Civil Air Patrol
Childress
McMurray
Grand Prairie
Eddie Lee
Quanah
Lawrence
Clarendon
Amarillo Crop Duster Killed in North Dakota Crash
Sig Bjornson of Amarillo Texas, a pilot for Harvey Flying Service, was killed when his crop spraying plane crashed southwest of Harvey North Dakota while en route to load at the Harvey airport. The wreckage was found on the Herb Mathias farm. the plane did not burn.
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Harvey, N.D
UPI
Here
Sig Bjornson
Amarillo
Tex
Harvey Flying Service
Harvey
Herb Mathias
Three Alcatraz Inmates Vanish From Prison Escape
Three bank robbers Anglin brothers John 32 and Clarence 31 from Montgomery Alabama and Frank Morris 35 of New Orleans disappeared from Alcatraz after bypassing ventilation openings and pipes. Searches by land sea air with FBI and Army MPs followed near Angel Island and the Marin coast.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Alcatraz
John William Anglin
Clarence
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Lee Morris
New Orleans
Island
San Francisco Bay
Anglin Brothers
Morris
Bay
Angel Island
FBI
Marin County
Hamilton
Ohio
Columbia
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Angola
Slidell
Orleans Parish
Atlanta
Henry O Daniel Dies Tuesday
Henry Alvin O Daniel, 68, died at the family home 800 Avenue B Se at 11 45 p m Tuesday after over a year of ill health Funeral rites set for 3 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church with Rev Joe Allen and Travis Boyd officiating Interment in Childress Cemetery Pallbearers listed Survivors include widow Daskin four sons L W Kirkland George Billy Lyle five daughters and other relatives The article notes birth in 1893 Hope Arkansas and a family move to Chil dress County in 1927 with farming and cafe work prior to retirement
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Henry Alvin O’daniel
Avenue B. Se
First Baptist Church
Joe Allen
Travis Boyd
Church,of Christ
Acuff
Childress Cemetery
L. W. Russell
Donald Black
John R. Robinson
Hoarce Wilcox
Childress
Walter
Paris
George
San Gabriel
Calif
Parl Dennis
Earl Pittman Dies at 67 in Childress Clinic
Earl Pittman, 67, a farm laborer and Chil dress Negro citizen, died about 11:30 a.m. today at a Childress clinic, apparently of a heart attack. He is survived by a daughter of Amarillo. The body is at Newberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Earl Pittman
Childress
Childress Clinic
Pittman
Amarillo
Newberry Funeral Home
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Dist
John Barron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
NEA Telephoto
T. Norman
C. C. Church
Chester
Alton Cheney
Reds
Gen
John White
Childress Cap
USAF
Thio
Marina Green
Olin D. Blackwell
Henry O'Daniel
Penny Singleton
Senate
Washington
Entertainmere
Mise Singleton
Blondie
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