Tornado Clusters Roil Amarillo Tex Panhandle Night
A UPI report details a Thursday night outbreak of tornadoes across parts of the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo with at least a dozen twisters. Hail up to ten inch balls shattered windows and damaged crops while heavy rain flooded streets and underpasses. A trailer camp in Canyon suffered structural damage and rescues followed a boy swept by floodwaters.
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United Press International
Texas Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Amarillo
Tucumcari
Gage
Oklo
Borger
Dalhart
Dumas
Spearman
New Mexico
Bovina
Higgins
Oklahoma
Amarillo Canyon
Pecos Valley
Presidio
Francis Shell
Canyon
Rip Blackburn
Rip
Dick Cazzell
Cazzell
Stanley Blackburn
Jerry Jackson
Ford to shut plants nationwide amid Ohio stampings strike
Henry Ford II announced Ford assembly plants nationwide would shut next Monday for at least a week due to a strike at the Cleveland stamping plant. The stoppage, tied to a work standards dispute, may extend beyond a week as negotiations continue with unions. Ford cited booming sales despite the disruption while addressing 1,000 Ford and Lincoln-M Mercury dealers in Dallas. a similar meeting was planned in Kansas City.
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DALAS
UPI
Henry Ford II
Ford Assembly
Cleveland
Ohio
Ford
Dallas
Southwest
Middle South
Kansas City
Berlin border shooting claims 12 year old boy
West Berlin police said a Communist border guard shot 12 year old Wolfgang Gloede in an East Berlin garden across the wall from the U S sector. The boy died en route to hospital after bleeding for an hour. The incident followed a full Berlin garrison alert by the U S Army.
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East Berlin
Treptow
Neukoelin District
U. S
Berlin
Albert Bird Named Salvation Army Chairman in Childress
Dr. Albert D. Bird was elected chairman of the Childress Salvation Army Service unit, succeeding Rowden Cordell. The group set a $1,500 budget for the coming year and may seek state grants, with Treasurer James H. Eddy noting past year aid helped over 200 people. Other officers include Mrs. Hardy Jarrell, Alvin Maddox, Charles Reynolds, Paul Ord, Earl Preston, Gaylon Smith, Leonard King and C. J. Lyons.
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Albert D. Bird
Childress Salvation Army Service Unit
Rowden Cordell
James H. Eddy
Childress United Fund
Army
Eddy
Hardy Jarrell
Alvis Maddox
Charles Reynolds
Paul Ord
Earl Preston
Gaylon Smith
Leonard King
C. J. Lyons
More Fish To Be Shipped To City Lakes
City will receive an additional supply of fish for Lake Childress and Baylor Lake. City Manager Louis Sally said the Texas Game and Fish Department in Austin requested the fish, including yellow catfish that thrive on rough fish such as carp and suckers.
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Lake Childress
Baylor Lake
Louis Sally
Childress
Texas Game and Fish Department
Austin
G D Beard Dies at 80 With Funeral Planned
G D Beard age 80 and longtime Hall County farmer died at Zoe's Rest Home in Childress. Funeral services are set for Sunday at Newberry's with burial in Memphis Cemetery beside his wife who died in 1939. He was born August 24 1872 in Council Bluffs Louisiana. Survivors include two granddaughters Mrs Ed Knox of Pampa and Mrs Ellis Brown Jr of Altus and three great granddaughters. His daughter Mrs Malone Hagan died in 1945.
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G. D. Beard
Childress
Zoe
Council Bluffs
Ed Knox
Pampa
Ellis Brown, Jr
Altus
Malone Hagan
Unusual Charges Filed Here Against Randle
Two complaints filed with the county attorney accuse Childress Negro Earlhyst Randle of making false statements to Texas Unemployment Compensation officials to obtain about $400 in benefits while employed. He had not been arrested at filing.
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Childress Negro Earhyst Randle
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Randle
Harry C Holland Wins James Nelson Raymond Fellowship
Harry C Holland son of Mrs. Berta Holland of Childress receives the James Nelson Raymond Foreign Traveling Fellowship from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. The award totals $4,000 with six fellowships ranging from $1,250 to $4,000 for a combined $13,500.
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Harry C. Holland
Berta Holland of
Childress
James Nelson Raymond
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Estes Defiant In El Paso Creditors Meeting
Bill Estes faced creditors in El Paso with a detailed claim list showing debts near 38 million dollars to 564 claimants. He asserted no assets abroad and disclosed 12 U.S. banks for business and personal accounts, while an audit probes possible hidden funds in Switzerland.
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Stes
U. S
U.S
United States
Estes
Poage
Switzerland
Fstes
The
Baptist Foundation of Texas
Pecos
Tex
John
Henry Moore Jr
Moore
el Paso
From $1 A Week To $35 Million Inheritance
BRUNSON S C UPI Word he had inherited about 35 million failed today to join Walker P Inman Jr a 10 year old who is getting along just fine on a 1 a week allowance The boy is accustomed to the thought of having money his uncle and guardian Hugh Lightsey said today After all he got a similar amount at the time his father died a few years ago Skippers latest windfall came from his late grandmother Mrs Nanaline H Duke widow of the founder of the American Tobacco Co Mrs Duke 90 mother of tobacco heiress Doris Duke died here April 12 Doris who receives no cash from the estate was bequeathed personal property jewelry and clothing The bulk of the estate goes to Skipper after a gift of 5 million to Duke University Durham NC and other bequests totaling 800 000
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Nanaline H. Duke
The
American Tobacco Co
Duke
Doris Duke
Doris
Skipper
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Former Resident Dies In Roswell
Orville Johnson 76 of Dexter New Mexico died Thursday in a Roswell hospital. Funeral services are Sunday in Dexter with graveside rites at 4 p.m. Monday Newberry Funeral Home to handle arrangements Survivors include widow Mattie and four sons Elvin John J D J M three daughters Virgie Reeves Bernice Norris Marie Bizzell one brother J F Tulsa and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Orville Johnson
Dexter, N.M
Childress
Roswell
N. M
Dexter
Newberry Funnal Home
Mr. Johnson
Denton
Mattie D. Johnson
J.M
Elvin E
Norwalk
Calif
John F
Bellflower
J. D
Virgie Reeves
Bernice Norris
Chowchilla
Marie Bizzel
J. F
Tulsa
Annexation Set For September by School District
County Superintendent Wade Kimbrough returned from a summer conference and learned that the Community Center School district will annex to Childress Independent, effective September 1, 1962.
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Wade Kimbrough
College Station
Austin
Community Center
Childress Independent
Swindling Charges Filed Against Plainview Man
Swindling by worthless check charges were filed late Thursday against K. W. Keeton of Plainview, who had not yet been apprehended, according to the county attorney's office report.
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K. W. Keeton
Plainview
Estes Charged of Wiring Estes to the Gills in 1958
Rep Ross Bass accused Commercial Solvents Corp of wiring Billie Sol Estes to the gills in 1958 when it loaned him funds to enter grain storage. Wheeler denied collusion claims while Estes faced creditors in El Paso seeking a plan to liquidate assets and possibly divert funds to a 4 H Club trust.
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Washington
Kennedy Sees Laos Shift in US Soviet Relations
President Kennedy says Laos moves relations with the Soviet Union to a new plateau though not a summit yet. He cites Khrushchev's pledge to back a neutral Laos and notes Vienna patterns for Cambodia and Burma as a framework. He worries about Poland and Yugoslavia aid limits and discusses lobbying Congress with Kennan.
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UPI
Kennedy
Laos
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Vienna
Cambodia
Burma
Berlin
Senate
Poland
Yugo Slavia
White House
U.S
Yugoslavia
George P. Kennan
Congress
Kennan
Congressional
Kremlin
Flight Engineers Union rejects Kennedy arbitration appeal
The Flight Engineers Union rejected the president's call for binding arbitration in the contract dispute but postponed a threatened strike for at least 24 hours to allow three major airlines a chance to accept a counter offer.
Senate May Pass Debt Rise Bill
The Senate was seen as likely to approve a House bill to raise the national debt limit. The House approved Kennedy’s request to lift the ceiling to a record 308 billion dollars in a 210 to 192 vote. The measure would set a 305 billion ceiling after March 31 and return to 300 billion on June 24 1963.
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UPI
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Senate Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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