Heavy rains sweep Texas Panhandle and South Plains
Severe weather drenches the Texas Panhandle and South Plains with more than four inches in Bovina and Morton, three to four inches in other areas, and widespread reports across Midland Abilene Lubbock and Electra. Rainfall continues as a cold front shifts across the state with a tornado sighting reported in Brooks County but no major damage.
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Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Bovina
Palmer County
Midland
Morton
Littlefield
Friona
Abilene
Lubbock
Plainview
Muleshoe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Norias
Rachel
Brooks County
Post
Weather Bureau
U.S. Highway 241
Enochs
Department of Public Safety
North Central
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Court Refuses Stickney Appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Dist. Judge Cullen W. Briggs request for Stickney district court trial records. Briggs sought broader access before a habeas corpus hearing, but the three judges telegram indicated no necessity to transfer records and urged reporting any new facts to the court within ten days.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Charles
Stickner
Bob Looney
Houston
Stickney
Shirley Barnes
Appeals Court
Howard Stickney
Nueces County
Corpus Christi
Huntsville
Cullen Briggs
California Braces as Heat Wave Sizzles Coast to Coast
A nationwide heat wave sent California temperatures to record highs while New England cooled to 40s. Readings topped 112 in Marin County and over 100 in areas outside San Francisco, as coastal low pressure amplified heat amid thunderstorms from Texas to the Gulf Coast and Great Plains.
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Texas
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Nevada
Oregon
Marin County
San Francisco
San Francisco International
Southwestern Bell reports seven months of work in Childress County
A luncheon brief details Southwestern Bell projects in Childress County over seven months. Long distance lines east of Childress were underground, as were rural lines in the Rustler's Creek area. Maintenance chief Bob Miers described air pressure to shield lines from weather. District manager C A Deuschie and supervisor Wiley Shires attended. Childress exchange gained 71 customers since year start.
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Childress County
Southwestern Bell
Childress East
Rustler's Creek
Bob Miers
Wichita Falls
Miers
C. A. Deuschie
Vernon
Wiley Shires
Humorous speaker Boyce House speaks on life values in area
Humorist and author Boyce House lectured at the noon Jaycee meeting in Childress as part of a regional tour. He urged that money cannot buy true friendship or life’s deeper joys, sharing a tale about a Nevada mining town and Mark Twain to illustrate misfortune turning to fortune.
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House
Childress
Vernon Jaycees
Wellington Rotarians
Memphis
Lions
Rotarians
Childress Rotary Club
Jaycee Huncheon
Nevada
Virginia City
Mark Twain
City Receives State Inspection Of Water System And Fire Dept
A State Health Department inspector conducted an inspection of the city water system and fire department this week. City Manager Louis Sally said it is the first such review here in eight years and a report is expected in about ten weeks.
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State Health Department
Louis Sally
Three Local Girls Enroll At Draughon's Business College
Three graduates enter Draughon's Business College in Lubbock for summer courses. Miss Martha George, Miss Sue Close, and Miss Charlotte Ann Shipman are majoring in secretarial work and are daughters of local families.
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Three Childress
Draughon's Business College
Lubbock
Martha George
United States Urges end to Communist propaganda and threats
In Geneva the United States bluntly told the Communist bloc to quit propaganda speeches and military threats and to pursue reali...
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UPI
United States
United States presses detailed Laotian peace drafting
At the 17th session of the Laos talks, U S delegate Harriman urged paragraph by paragraph drafting and workmanlike progress amid denials of cease fire violations. The ICC report cited nine royal casualties at Vientiane with no verified Pathet Lao losses.
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W. Averell Harriman
United States
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Harriman
International Control Commission
Padong
Andrei Gromyko
Geneva
India
Poland
Canada
Pathet Lao
Reval
Xieng Khouang
ICC
Vientiane
Paksane
Continnead
Sportsmanship Guidance in Kids Summer Baseball
A local sports leader urges better conduct at youth baseball games. He cites parents’ poor sportsmanship as undermining coaches and players and suggests parents either stay home or model proper behavior to improve the program.
Average Man in San Antonio Sparks Citywide Uproar
San Antonio residents were stirred by a domestic dispute involving Joe Smith 21 and his wife Linda 20 and their 20 month old daughter. A note Linda left triggered a scene that captured local attention and led to tense threats over a high jump. Joe works at a nearby service station after leaving the Air Force.
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UPI
Joe Smith
Linda
Joe
Air Force
Chapmans Win In Horse Show
John Chapman of Childress and his sister Jackie Chapman of Amarillo won blue ribbons and multiple prizes at two horse shows. In Canyon they earned first for Randall County Sheriff’s Posse Appaloosa, first in Stake Race 1961, plus a 5th in 1961 Colt and 3rd in Junior Reining. In Amarillo Golden Spread, they claimed a second for .961 Colt and a fifth for Aged Stallion.
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John Chapman
Childress
Jackie Chapman
Amarillo
Chapmans
Oklahoma
Cancer Crusade Nears Goal After Remaining Shortfall
Childress County's Cancer Crusade has raised $1,098.47 to date and remains about $400 short of the goal, announced by M. K. Wilcoxson. He urged clubs and organizations that typically donate to report their contributions.
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Childress County
M. K. Wilcoxson
Crusade
Courtesy boxes to collect parking fines installed downtown
City Manager Louis Sally announced today that courtesy boxes will be installed at downtown sites including First National and First State banks and City Hall. Motorists may drop fines for over parking into these boxes when meters are in effect.
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Louis Sally
First National
First State
Boat Club Offers Free Sunday Boat Rides at Baylor Lake
The Boat and Fishing Club will give free boat rides to the public from 2 p m to 3 p m Sunday at Baylor Lake. Club members organize the event to promote boating and fishing activities.
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Boat Club
Baylor Lake
German official to visit Childress for talks and speeches
Dr. Hans Filbinger, Baden Wuerttemberg interior and refugee affairs minister and CDU member, will visit Childress on Wednesday for a speaking tour and meetings as part of the Foreign Leader Program. Jeff Henderson of the Chamber of Commerce will greet him, per Washington source.
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Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Filbinger
Freiburg-Guenterstal
Bundesrat
Christian Democratic Union
United States
WU. S. Department of State
Freiburg
Munich
France
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Governmental Affairs Institute
Washington, D
Slow Rain Delays Cotton Planting and Wheat Harvest
Slow showers began about 7 a.m. and lasted into early afternoon delaying cotton planting efforts in the county while the wheat harvest neared completion at over 90 percent. Farmers expected rain would help moisture with minimal washing, FAA records at 1 p.m. showed .25 inches, similar rural readings noted.
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FAA
Air Field
Floyd Biddy Farm
High Point
Paving Program Signs Alleys For City Plan
Two alleys were signed and prepaid for the paving program as the deadline arrived. City Manager Louis Sally noted more residents showed interest but had not signed or paid. The issue will be discussed at the Monday City Council meeting.
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Louis Sally
Brig General William Skaer to Inspect Childress Air Field
Brig General William K Skaer commander of the Fourth Air Force Reserve Region will visit Chil Dress Air Field around July 10 to inspect the location. Skaer’s long career includes leading the 40th Bomb Group in the Pacific and participation in Operation Crossroads.
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Fourth Air Force Reserve Region
Randolph Afb
Air Force Reserve Recovery Squadron
Childress
Skaer
Childress Air Field
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Randolph Field
Kelly Field
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AAC
Air Corps
Second Air Force
Geiger Field
Wash
England
Xxth Bomber Command
China-Burma India
Yawata
Kyushu
Japan
Southeast Asia
40Th
Xxth Air Force
Marianna Islands
Shaer
Pacific
Air Force
Cotton Insect Meeting Called
A cotton insect program will be held at 9 a.m. Monday for farmers at the County Agent Chile Smith office. After the meeting, participants will tour local fields to identify common insects. The session will be led by John Thomas, Extension Entomologist from Lubbock.
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Chile Smith
John Thomas
Lubbock
Laboratory Set Up Today for Brucellosis Program
The laboratory for the Brucellosis control program in Childress County will be set up today temporarily in Fair Park. County Agent Chile Smith was told by Willard Copeland, State Livestock Inspector. Smith urged cattlemen to attend the 8 p.m. Friday meeting at the Childress district courtroom where two Animal Health Commission members will explain the unit and its work.
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Childress County
Fair Park
Chile Smith
Willard Copeland
Smith
Childress District
Animal Health Commission
Fidel Castro offers 1 173 prisoners for tractors in revised deal
Fidel Castro revised the exchange proposal offering 1 173 prisoners for as many as 10 000 light farm tractors. He stressed a fallback to swap captives for political prisoners from the United States Spain Guatemala and Nicaragua and specified three April invasion leaders for three U S prisoners.
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