Supreme Court Bans Lord's Prayer in Public Schools
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that the Lord's Prayer and Bible readings in public schools violate the First Amendment and the state must remain neutral toward religion. Justice Stewart dissented. Justice Clark stressed church-state neutrality. The case involves Madalyn Murray and William Murray II in Maryland and Edward and Schempp in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Tom Clark
Clark
Congress
Potter
Stewart
New York
Baltimore
Madalyn E. Murray
William J. Murray II
Board of School Commissioners
Maryland Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
Edward L. Schempp
Abington High School
Macmillan Faces Confidence Vote in Sex Scandal Debacle
London reports show Prime Minister Harold Macmillan seeking a House of Commons confidence vote amid the Profumo scandal. Harold Wilson frames the debate around a moral crisis and a possible “underworld network” tying to Christine Keeler and Eugene Ivanov, while ministers pledge support. The affair tests the Atlantic alliance as observers predict a government struggle.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
John Profumo
Wilson
Emanuel Shinwell
Labor
William Deedes
Capt
Eugene Ivanov
Christine Keeler
Ivanov
Deeds
Shinwell
House
Annals of Commons
Stephen Ward
Society Osteopath
Scotland Yard
House of Commons
Mac
Daily Herald
Atlantic Alliance
Commons
Profumo
13 Year Old Childress Native Is Buried Today
Mrs Eppie Lee Robinson a 73 year old native of Childress died at 3 50 am at Childress General Hospital Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the First Methodist Church in Childress with Rev L L Hill in charge Burial was in Childress Cemetery Pallbearers named Survivors include four sons two daughters two brothers one sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren from Carey Levelland Crane Portales NM Childress Petersburg Kermit and other Texas communities
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Eppie Lee. Robinson
Childress
Childress General Hospital
First Methodist Church
L. L. Hill
Childress Cemetery
Robert Jones
Rayford Jones
Glenn Buckley
Clint Robinson
J. H. Mitchell
Joe Jones
James Jones
F. B. Golden
Kermit
Hei King
Joe King
Ildress
Jelats Jones
None Injured In Sunday Wreck
A 39 year old Borger man and his son escaped injury in a one car wreck 2.1 miles west of Childress on U S 287 Sunday at 7 35 p m The driver Walter Junior Hanner and his son Michial were westbound and attempting to pass when the other vehicle moved right forcing the Hanner auto off the shoulder into a barrow ditch Minor damage was reported to both vehicles by a Texas DPS trooper.
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Borger
Childress
U. S. 287
Walter Junior Hanner
Michial
Hanner
Texas Department of Public Safety
City Judge Acted In Place Of Vacationing Peer
City Councilman W L Eikman filled in as city court judge this week while Judge Bud Copelin was away. Councilman Charles Mock delegated to the Texas Municipal League convention in Corpus Christi and City Manager Louis Sally also traveled there.
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W. L. Eikman
Bud Copelin
Charles Mock
Corpus Christi
Texas Municipal League
Louis Sally
Hollis Man Pleads Guilty To DWI
Daniel R. Garcia of Hollis pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in County Court this morning. He was fined $125 plus court costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his driver's license suspended for six months. Garcia was arrested yesterday by the Highway Patrol.
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Daniel R. Garcia
Hollis
Garcia
Highway Patrol
Prize winner from bazaar in Middletown Connecticut
Edward Kulmaer aged 45 who has never owned a car won a vehicle at a weekend bazaar in Middletown Conn. The event featured a prize drawing and drew local residents.
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Middletown
Conn
UPD
Edward Kulmaer
Texas Gal Expresses Bitter Disappointment Over Woman in Space
Dallas homemaker Mrs. Jerry Sloan 33, one of a dozen women picked for NASA space tests, voices disgust that American women did not beat Russians into space. She notes tests were postponed and the program later fizzled, despite high marks by the women. She remains fit for a space mission and plans to attend an August air race in Michigan.
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Dallas
UPD
Jerry Sloan
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Albuquerque
Air Services
Addison
Sloan
Soviet Women Astronaut Near Spacecraft Rendezvous
Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky piloted twin Vostok ships in near three mile proximity during their orbits. Bykovsky entered his fourth day in space with 49 orbits while Tereshkova completed 18 orbits. Khrushchev sent congratulations as the world praised the first woman in space.
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Moscow
UPI
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery F. Bykovsky
Russia
Moscow Radio
Bykovsky
Tass
Earth
Tereshkova
Mier
Nikita S. Khrushchev
City Official and Ex Official In Street Fight
City Court heard fighting charges after a morning in which Mayor Michie Thaten pled guilty and paid a $20 fine. Ex Mayor Paul Ord pleaded not guilty while City Judge Bud Copelin set Ord’s trial for next week after vacation. The affray occurred in the alley between Main and Commerce and Avenue B and C around 10 am.
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Michie Thaten
Paul Ord
Bud Copelin
Ord
Main and Commerce
Avenue B
The Black Muslims in America and Their Leader Elijah Muhammad
The piece describes Elijah Muhammad as head of a large Black Muslim movement in the United States, detailing beliefs such as separatist aims, religious faith in Islam, and practices. It notes Mokt: membership estimates across major cities, attitudes toward Christianity, and statements by Malcolm X about lack of hate, plus Lomax’s view of withdrawal from American political life.
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United Press International
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Poole
North America
the Devil
Malcolm X
Elijah
Muhammad
Mohammed
Mecca
America
United States
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Louis E. Lomax
Grass Fire Near Childress Scorches Rail Right-of-Way
Fire department responders battled a grass fire three miles west of Childress on the railroad right of way at 8 30 p m Sunday. No damage was reported.
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Childress
Floyd Fine seeks two escapees after drunken jail break in Noel
City Marshal Floyd Fine reports two men jailed for drunkenness escaped from an unguarded Noel office cell when the door was unlocked Sunday. A third person is also sought in connection with the incident.
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Noel
Upid
Floyd Fine
Floyd
Nora Key Dies At 90 In Childress County
Nora Emeline Key 90 of Kirkland died at 5 05 am at Childress General Hospital She lived in the county since 1916 Funeral set for 4 pm Tuesday at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev Johnny Tims in charge Pallbearers will be grandsons Burial near Tyler beside her husband who died in 1906 Survivors include six sons two daughters 22 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren
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Nora Emeline Key
Childress General Hospital
Kirkland Baptist Church
Johnny Tims
Bullard
Tyler
Key
Jasper
Ala
B. L
Jess
Vernon
Arlie Key
Kirkland
Claude Key
Lubbock
Roy Key
Childress
Lillie Roddy
John Allen
Stolen Purses Recovered by City Police
Two ladies reported purses stolen from a car on a downtown street Saturday afternoon. Police recovered the bags Sunday near a culvert on Avenue A South. Contents were intact apart from scattered items and no cash was missing according to one owner.
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Avenue A
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Philadelphia
Stewsart
Eikman
Dwi
Valery Bykovsky
NEA
Consid
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