Carey School Board to deed land for Carey Cemetery site
A delegation from the Carey Cemetery Association met with the Childress Independent School Board to request about six acres of the Carey school site and the one story portion of the building for a community center. The two story portion will be sold at auction. The board unanimously approved the request and outlined bids for adding a new classroom to the J. J. Rhoads School. Leonard Trosper was hired to build the room, with an estimated total cost of 2450 dollars. The board also approved allowing the Estelline School bus to enter the county to transport 11 transferred students for the 1958 59 term and authorized sale by lowest bidder of three unused school buses. The district plans for Robert E. Lee School to operate with three to four classrooms next term to accommodate rising elementary enrollment.
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Carey
J. J. Rhoads
Leonard Trosper
Rhoads
Estelline
Estelline School
Childress
Robert E. Lee
East Ward
Flooding Rips South Texas With Overflowing Rivers
The Weather Bureau warns of major Nueces and Frio flooding from Uvalde to Crystal City as Alma remnants bring rains. Cotulla dam crest near 18 to 20 feet, towns isolated, hundreds evacuated, roads closed, and damages exceed six figures across Kinney Medina Bandera and surrounding counties.
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United Presse International
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Uvalde
Texas
Crystal City
Nueces River
Cotulla
Wesley Scale
Mathis
Tex
Eagle Pass
Leekey
Alma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Utopia
Menard
Bandera
Kinney
Medina
Alpine
Nueces
Frio
Uvalde County
Sabina
D’hanis
Medina County
Fort McKavitt
Menard County
U. S
Brackettville
Rayburn Skeptical on House Prospects for Labor Bill
Speaker Sam Rayburn said House leaders will push for the Senate labor reform bill but declined to predict its House fate. The Senate approved the measure 88 to 1, while AFL-CIO chief George Meany gave cautious approval and urged removal of unworkable provisions.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
House
Senate
Labor Committee
Sentae
Rayburn
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
USSR may have broken word to Nagy in 1956
Warsaw dispatch reports possible proof that the Soviet Union promised support to Hungary’s Imre Nagy in October 1956 but allegedly betrayed the pledge. It cites alleged tape recordings Nagy made with Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov and notes Nagy and others were executed after the uprising was crushed.
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Ussr
Hungary
Nagy
Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Imre Nagy
Anastas Mikoyan
Mikhail Suslov
Suslov
Mikoyan
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Buda
Grasshopper Killing Program Is Announced
Gov. Price Daniel outs a four point plan to curb a Panhandle grasshopper outbreak that threatens 26 Texas counties. The plan includes highway spraying by state crews, expanded spraying units, National Guard support, and shared costs with landowners and federal funds. Daniel cited Moore county as the worst affected and noted the need for rapid action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Tex
UPI
Price Daniel
Panhandle
Daniel
Dumas
Texas
State Agriculture Department
National Guard
Dallam
Land Office
Agriculture Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Moore County
Rotary Club Reports On Global Convention Event
Reports on the International Rotary Convention were presented at the Rotary Club meeting. Nearly 16 000 attendees from around the world participated. Herman Smith Ed White Jim Ragsdale and Jack Fox delivered the reports. Bob Ragsdale led the program. Next week's barbecue at the Rotary Bowl Fair Park will install 1958 59 officers. the Ladies Night gathering begins at 7 30 p m on Wednesday with Roy Fenley of Norman Oklahoma visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Herman Smith
Ed White
Jim Ragsdale
Jack Fox
Bob Ragsdale
Rotary Bowl
Fair Park
Chamberlain signs with Globe Trotters for record $65,000
UPI reports Wilt Chamberlain announced he will play for the Harlem Globetrotters next season for 65 thousand dollars, the largest sum ever paid to a college basketball star turning professional. Also reported are Greta Goode arrested on attempted extortion and suspected kidnapping of Joel Reitman, a Montreal heir, a Shreveport bank robbery, and General de Gaulle leading wartime anniversary ceremonies amid anti fascist tensions.
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New York
UPI
Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Harlem Globetrotters
Toronto
Police
Greta Goode
Joel Reitman
Montreal
Ottawa
Paris
UPN
Charles de Gaulle
United States preps action if UN fails in Lebanon
UPI reports the United States warns it may use swift military force in Lebanon if UN observers cannot restore order and stem rebel aid from Syria. Dulles cites possible contingencies with the Sixth Fleet ready and Marines aboard, and signals action to preserve Lebanon’s independence if UN efforts falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Mideast
United States
Lebanon
United Nations
U. N
Syria
United Arab Republic
UAR
Mediterranean
Camille Chamoun
John Foster Dulles
U. S
U.N
Dulle
Sixth Fleet
Dulles
Pentagon
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Chamoun
Eisenhower Calls Adams Imprudent in Relations
President Eisenhower stated Sherman Adams was imprudent in his dealings with Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine but defended Adams as an invaluable public servant. He said he would not fire his chief aide and read a prepared statement to emphasize Adams's integrity and honesty.
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James Barr
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
White House
Old Settlers Parade details released by chairman
Parade information for the 70th anniversary Old Settlers Parade outlines four divisions floats clowns vehicles and mounted horses. Prizes range 2.50 7.50 with sections church school civic service clubs commercial best adult kid family etc. Honorary marshal Lon Alexander praised. US Army color guard provided by Amarillo station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Privitt
Privitt
Alton Ryan
Bill Adams
Bertha Crawford
We-7
John Ballew
G. A. Williams
J. T. Perkins
Will T. Smith
Lon Alexander
Childress County
United States Army
Amarillo
W. A. Schlesselman
Lovesick Soldier Is Behind Bars
Biloxi Mississippi UPI reports 19 year old airman Donald Keeton who AWOLed in a private plane after a doomed romance. He was returned by military flight and held pending full circumstances and pending investigation before trial. He planned to fly until fuel ran out.
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Biloxie
Miss
UPI
Donald Keeton
Texas
Keeton
Keesler Air Force Base
Rivers And Harbors Bill Passed By House
The House approved a revised rivers and harbors bill worth 1.556 billion in a 374 to 14 roll call. House and Senate negotiators aim to resolve minor differences quickly and send the final compromise bill to the White House this week.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate House
Congress
White House
Bride Chosen for Japan’s Crown Prince Akihito
Reliable sources say the engagement to Japanese Crown Prince Akihito may be announced soon with Hatsuko Kitashirakawa, 18, a former imperial princess, among the rumored favored brides for the next Empress.
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Tokyo
UPI
Akihito
United Press International
Japan
Hatsuko Kitashirakawa
Legion Installs Officers At Veterans' Building
Ameri can Legion Cox Furr Post No 65 installed new officers led by Commander Jack Arche Collins at the Veterans Building. Pete Hester is adjutant Les Brummett is first vice commander Guy Burton second vice commander James Laningham third vice commander Roy Allmond chaplain. They discussed a drill team and uniforms for a high school boys baseball team and voted to pay Junior Rifle Club registration for a National Junior Rifle Club Association meet in Lovington New Mexico late this month.
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American Legion
Cox- Farr
Frank Buster
Roy Allmond
Bob Ray
Jack Collins
Pete Hester
Les Brummett
Cox-Furr
Veterans’ Building
Jack (Arche) Collins
Guy Burton
James Laningham
National Junior Rifle Club Association
Lovington
Wheat shipments rise as harvest nears end in county
Burlington lines report 16 carloads more wheat shipped than yesterday. Total shipped to date reaches 360 carloads with Childress elevators at 183 and Kirkland at 177. Harvest nearly complete though some carloads remain stored.
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Childress
Burlington Lines
Kirkland
Sanders Named Blakley’s County Campaign Manager
G F Cowboy Sanders named county manager for the William A Blakley campaign for U S Senator in the Democratic primary on July 26. Announcement by Blakley’s state campaign manager James H Blundell notes Blakley’s plan to visit every county and meet citizens.
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G. F
Cowboy
City Chamber Discusses WICC Action and Anniversary Plans
The Board of City Development debated three CofC-BCD items including sending a wire to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce noting local support for the constitutional amendment on advertising funds for tourist promotion. The group plans CofC services for the 70th Anniversary and Thomson will attend the Chamber Managers Institute in Boulder July 6-11 and US Highway 287 Directors meeting in Landers July 12, returning July 14.
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Board of City Development
Bill Thompson
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo
WTCC
Cofc
Thompson
Chamber Managers’ Institute
Boulder
Colo
Landers
Wyo
Negotiations Fail Over Soldier Release in Berlin Talks
U S Army officers and East German officials failed to reach an agreement on releasing nine American servicemen held since June 7 after a helicopter crossed the frontier. Talks in East Berlin lasted 53 minutes and were labeled unsuccessful, with Washington rejecting a Communist drafted accord that emphasized East German sovereignty.
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Berlin
UPI
U.S. Army
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
East Berlin
U.S
Royal Arch Degrees To Be Conferred
Royal Arch Masonic Degrees will be conferred on five candidates tomorrow night. Ben Hardison, secretary of the Childress Chapter, announced the event. Irvin S. Johnsey, Grand R. A. C., Memphis, will supervise the degree team from District 40. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments to follow.
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Royal Arch Masonic
Ben Hardison
Childress
Royal Arch
Irvin S. Johnsey
Grand R. A. C
Memphis
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Carey Cemetery Association
Childress Independent School Board
Paul Efird
Ernest Ham Ae McGhee
Reuben Arnold
Robert E. Lee School
John W. Hamilton
South
Kinney County
J A. Sheedy
Tito
Russia
State Highway Department
Donley
Collingsworth
Hall
Wheeler
Gray
Carson
Armstrong
Randall
Potter
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Bulletins
Shreveport
Commercial National Bank of Shreveport
Ike
Legion
Sanders
Blakley
WICC
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