High Plains Hit Again By Hail and Flooding Rains
Severe weather pummels the Texas Panhandle with heavy rains and hail as a Pacific cold front pushes south. Traffic halts on U S Highway 87 near Happy, a light plane lands safely, and a dynamite blast at a Deaf Smith County salt mine sparks lightning.
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Indians Urge Modernization of 100-Year Policy
Thousands of American Indians from many tribes gather at the University of Chicago calling for scrapping the 1834 Indian Trade and Intercourse Act. They urge the federal government to reform policies and end the termination era as they seek better assistance.
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UPI
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REA Elects New Directors at Annual Meeting
Gate City Electric REA Co-Op announced the election of three directors by member vote at Fair Park Auditorium. New directors are O. T. Holmes of Car Deman County J. T. Summers of Cattle County and Carl Parrish of Childress. An estimated 300 to 400 member families attended.
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Fair Park Auditorium
O. T. Holmes
Cardeman County
J. T. Summers
Cattle County
Carl Parrish
Childress
Door topples at Edwards Feed Mill injures Santos Garcia
A strong gust blew a large wooden door from Edwards Feed Mill in San Antonio striking Santos Garcia, 48, the mill superintendent. He was hospitalized with head and body injuries as crews inspected the scene. The Department of Public Safe-
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Department of Public Safe
Trace of Rain Falls in Area
Light showers moved through Childress overnight and again early today, leaving only a trace of moisture. FAA Station at the airfield logged a trace around 9 a.m. scattered rural reports noted light showers, delaying fieldwork for farmers this morning.
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Population Survey To Be Taken Here By Mrs Doris Clements
The Current Population Survey will be collected from local families by Mrs. Doris Clements in ChilDress. The information will help compile national figures on employment and unemployment and will be gathered during the week of June 19, announced by James W. Stroud director of the U S Census Bureau regional office at Dallas.
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Childress
James W. Stroud
U. S. Census Bureau
Dallas
Power Failure Leaves New York in Darkness for Hours
A mechanical failure at a West 65th Street substation triggered a cascade of protective shutdowns collapsing NYC power, halting subway signals and trapping hundreds in elevators. Fire officials logged nearly 100 calls as traffic gridlock and stifling heat gripped Times Square to Central Park, with hospitals switching to emergency power and freezers losing contents.
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UPI
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Castro government terms exchange for invasion leaders
Castro regime says it will free three coup leaders Manuel Artime Jose San Roman and Rafael Fuentes only in exchange for convicted Cuban slayer Francisco The Hook for US Communist leader Henry Winston and for Pedro Albizu Campos former Puerto Rico party figure and for Francisco awaiting sentencing on murder charges This bargaining follows reports Castro will approve talks with American farm experts on tractors for 1 200 captured invaders Continued on Page Six
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Cuba
US Can Beat Russia to the Moon Says Kennedy Plan
UPI report quotes space planner Stanley Hall noting Kennedy’s push for a manned moon program as essential. Trevor Gardner warns a $79 billion outlay implies risks and many lives, but says the moon program could justify the cost and surpass Soviet efforts. Gardner calls it a technological war with real estate the moon offers.
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Gardner
Court Rules Spray Firm Must Pay Farmers
The Texas State Supreme Court refused to rehear the case by Aerial Sprayers Inc. over drifting weed killer from July 1956 sprays harming cotton in Childress area. The court previously ordered $9,018 in damages to 22 farmers for fields beyond Pitchfork Land and Cattle Co. The decision confirms the judgment and denies further review.
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UPI
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Childress
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Safety Meeting For Farm-to-Market Roads Project
A safety meeting held yesterday before a State Highway Department project gathered representatives from the Department of Public Safety, the resident engineer Howard Bartley, and construction superintendent A D Striebeck. Palmer Massey outlined traffic plans to cut hazards as work on Farm-to-Market roads 1033 and 104 near Kirkland proceeds.
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Howard Bartley
A.D. Striebeck
Palmer Massey
Kirkland
Cooper and Woodruff
Diplomat Scarbeck accused in Polish spy case at embassy
Irvin C. Scarbeck a trusted diplomat at the U S Embassy in Warsaw for three years faced charges of passing U S secrets to a 22 year old Polish woman who turned out to be a Communist agent FBI said he signed statements admitting sharing secrets January through May with no indication of vital military data involved officials said his bond was set at 50000 and a grand jury hearing was expected in about ten days
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Poland
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D-Ark
Kennedy's Back Improves Amid Crutch Reduction
President Kennedy shows progress in his back ailment as he begins to bear weight on both feet for the first time since using crutches last Thursday. Press secretary Salinger reports continuing improvement with ultrasonic and vibration treatments plus regular briefings on Viet Nam, Michigan economics, and NATO policy. Mrs. Kennedy will return to the United States Thursday night and may stay at the Middleburg Virginia estate over the weekend.
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Farm House Burns Near Childress Tuesday Night
A farm house belonging to Bob Collins about three miles south of Childress was destroyed by fire at about 7 30 Tuesday night. The house was occupied by a man and his wife. The woman said she heard a loud pop in a back room and the blaze spread rapidly.
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Childress
Community Can Incorporate To Hold Election
A West Texas town near Abilene won its case at the Texas Supreme Court reversing lower rulings. The court said residents in a 47 acre area legally held a 1960 incorporation election for the town of Impact. The high court ordered Judge Ingalsbe to certify the results and declare the vote.
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Yankees acquire Bud Daley in exchange for Ditmar and Johnson
New York Yankees obtain knuckleballer Bud Daley from the Kansas City Athletics for pitcher Art Ditmar and infielder Deron Johnson. In Stuttgart, a head on train collision kills 35 and injures 43 as officials cite a failed signal. In Laos, Royal Laotian forces retreat north as rebel infantry launch a large attack described as Korea like by an American adviser.
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Kansas City Athletics Today
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Adlai Stevenson Meets Chile Officials Amid Student Protests
UPI reports in Santiago that Adlai Stevenson heard Chilean ministers outline economic strains under Alessandri linked to reconstruction after earthquakes. The visit followed protests by 50 to 100 demonstrators, who stoned the U.S. Information Service office and damaged two windows in a show of support for Castro with minor damage and no arrests.
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Fidel Castro
Offset Wildcat To Be Spudded This Week
The wildcat offsetting the O P Leonard E V Perkins No 1 will be spudded within the next few days. The test aims to drill 1520 feet south of Childress County’s first producing oil well and sits on land owned by J T Perkins. Production resumption in the original wildcat awaits a Texas Railroad Commission permit. Tanks at the site have been filled.
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Childress County
J. T. Perkins
Texas Railroad Commission
New Bubble Top Lincoln limo prepared for JFK
Ford officials unveil a custom built 21 foot eight passenger Lincoln limousine for President Kennedy with an elevator seat top options including leather metal and bubble plastic, retractable running boards, dual radios with scrambler for secure conversations. The government will rent the vehicle for 500 dollars annually.
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UPI
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Wheat Harvest Totals Rise Across Childress and Kirkland
A survey shows 408 wheat cars shipped from Childress County with 38 more from Kirkland. Childress has 148 cars shipped and Kirkland 260. Overall harvest is over 9 percent complete with most elevator managers optimistic. A Kirkland manager believes the Kirkland area harvest is finished.
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