Labor calls delay for Kennedy visit amid Profumo scandal
London labor MP Marcus Lipton urged Prime Minister Macmillan to ask President Kennedy to postpone the June visit as the Profumo affair unsettles Tory leadership. The House split 321 to 252 after a six hour debate, with calls for a full inquiry and ministers facing pressure over security fallout. Profumo resigned two weeks earlier and issued a brief statement through his lawyers expressing remorse.
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UPI
Labor
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Britain
Macmillan
House of Commons
Mac
Profumo
George Brown
Labor Party
John Profumo
Valerie Hobson
United States
Black Muslims criticized as anti white movement in US
United Press International reports The Black Muslims led by Elijah Muhammad are described as outspokenly anti white and racist in doctrine but nonaggressive unless attacked. orthodox Muslims refute their relation to Islam while Elias Muhammad travels to Mecca and gains overseas support.
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United Press International
Africa
Asia
Elijah Muhammad
Allah
Elijah
America
Federation of Islamic Associations
Ahmad Kamal
al Islam Humanitarian Foundation
Elijah Poole
Mecca
C. Eric Lincoln
Clark College
Atlanta
Amarillo Youth Drowns in Palo Duro Canyon
A 15 year old boy, Richard Lott, drowned while swimming in Palo Duro Creek amid a Texas rainstorm. Rescue attempts failed as others turned back, campers were stranded, and officials moved to clear roads after the floodwaters. The disaster followed record rainfall across the region with wind and water threatening canyon areas.
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United Press International
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Panhandle Canyon
Richard Lott
Palo Duro Creek
Lott
Houston
Gail Griffin
Toads
Palo Duro
Canyon
HolSkins
Tierra Blanca
Texas
Laredo
Lions Endorse Greenbelt Water Authority in Meeting
The Childress Lions Club voted unanimously to support and endorse the Greenbelt Water Authority at their noon meeting. They praised past and current efforts to secure ample and improved water for Childress. Guests at prior events included Rotary and BPW clubs, with Dr. S H Townsend, president of the Authority, outlining the Greenbelt program.
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Childress Lions Club
Greenbelt Water Authority
Authority
Childress
Lions
Rotary and
Business and
Jaycees
S H. Townsend
The
Delbert Wasson
Bonehead
Wasson
Canada
E. J. Huddleston
Fair Park
Police enforce 10 minute parking at Post Office
Effective today the Childress Police Department will enforce the 10 minute parking limit in front of the U S Post Office. Chief Alvis Maddox announced the rule applies to the entire half block, and vehicles exceeding the limit will be impounded.
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Childress
U. S. Post Office
Alvis Maddox
Commissioners Act As Equalization Board
Five firm representatives appeared before the Commissioners Court acting as a Tax Equalization Board. The court reconfirmed renditions with no changes announced by County Judge Leonard King.
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Commissioners Court
Two Childress Men Named Shrine Officers
Two members of the Maskat Shrine Temple at Wichita Falls have been named to the Potentate's staff. Robert L. More of Vernon, Potentate, named Pete Kinney and Alex Saied as Aids, it was announced.
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Childress
Wichita Falls
Robert L. More
Vernon
Potentate
Pete Kinney
Alex Saied
Patrick Green Pleads Guilty to DWI in County Court
Patrick Bernard Green pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in County Court this morning. He was fined $125 plus court costs, received three days in jail, and faces an automatic license suspension. Green was arrested yesterday by the Highway Patrol.
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Patrick Bernard Green
Green
Highway Patrol
Ray Green Insurance Motto and Services
Insurance is our business with service as our motto. Ray Green Insurance markets comprehensive coverage and customer focus for personal and business needs.
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RAY Green Insurance
Judges Named For Hootenanny At Fair Park
Judges for the Hootenanny set for 8 p m Wednesday at Fair Park Auditorium were announced by Bill Goodson president of the Childress County Old Settlers Association sponsors. Judges are Morris Higley Sam Carmack and Clarence Harp. Prizes have been purchased and door prizes will be given. Any musical instrument may be used. Admission is 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children and children under 8 admitted free.
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Fair Park Auditorum
Bill Goodson
Childress County Old Settlers Association
Morris Higley
Sam Carmack
Clarence Harp
Rotary Information Dinner Tonight at Hotel Childress
A Rotary Information dinner will be held at 7 p.m. today at Hotel Childress for new members. The program will be conducted by officers of the club.
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Rotary
Hotel Childress
House Ways & Means approves curbs on itemized deductions
The committee backed a plan to raise about 500 million by restricting itemized deductions for state and local taxes including gasoline, auto tags, licenses, cigarettes and alcohol. Other taxes remain deductible. The rule takes effect January 1 next year, not for this year. Martha Griffiths urged broader limits as Kennedy proposed larger cuts.
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GTON
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
East Texas Faces Severe 55 Year Drought Crisis
A UPI report notes deep drought across 1 600 miles from Alabama to Idaho. East Texas suffers its worst in 55 years with crop losses in the millions, water rationing, and cattle being sold. Rainmakers profit while farmers replant after heavy losses in the South Plains.
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UPI
United States
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Texas
Oklahoma
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Louisiana
Arkansas
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Bogalusa
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Gulf of Mexico
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Kansas
Wyoming
Texas Agriculture
John White
Upper Plains
South
Homer Berry
Nashville
Ark
Berry
Memphis, Tenn
Little Rock
Louisiana Water Resources Corp
I. P. Krick
Denver
Krick
East Texas
South Plains
Gia Hate Eas
Lewisville
U.S
German Army honors US unit in Nürnberg ceremony
Mrs. Weldon Teague, wife of Major Teague, received a report in Amberg about the German Army bestowing its highest honor on the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. The May 24 1963 event in Nürnberg marked a historic first for an American unit in the Bundeswehr with a torchlight tattoo, drawing 30 000 attendees during German American Friendship Week.
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Weldon Teague
Childress
Teague
Reconnaisance
2Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Amberg
Germany
Cavalryman
2Nd Armored
Bundeswehr
Nurnberg
Federal Ministry of Defense
Bonn
Maddox Delivers AWOL Soldier to Fort Sill
Maddox returns from Fort Sill to hand over AWOL soldier to Army officials. Police arrest William Harper Jr of Paducah Saturday night at a residence in the 500 block of Avenue B Northwest for warrants at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
Fort Sill
Okio
Army
William Harper, Jr
Paducah
Joe Ricks
Andy Scott
Avenue B
Fort Benning
Soviet cosmonauts extend orbit records in space flight
Lt Col Valery Bykovsky pushed past all time and distance marks in manned spaceflight as Valentina Tereshkova joined in for day five of the mission. Tass reported Bykovsky within his 66th orbit and past 1.6 million miles while Tereshkova neared 34 orbits and 869 thousand miles, edging ahead of American Cooper.
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Moscow
API
Valery F. Bykovsky
London
Chaika
Hawk
Bykowsky
Bykovsky
Nikolayev
Tass
Tereshkova
Jonason Hazen
Pavel Popovich
Paint for Fence At Ball Field Is Picked Up
The Glidden Paint Company of Carrollton donated 60 gallons of green paint to the Childress Jaycees and the American Legion for the baseball park fence at Fair Park. The paint was picked up yesterday in Carrollton by Bill Goudson president of the Old Settlers Association and CofC BCD Manager Jeff Henderson and his son Robert. Jaycees members will volunteer to paint the fence.
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Glidden Paint Company
Carrollton
Childress Jaycees
American Legion
Fair Park
Bill Goodson
Old Settlers Association
Cofc-Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Robert
Jaycees
DeMolay Initiates David Galligan and Andy Scott Jr.
Hope DeMolay Chapter in Wichita Falls announces the initiation of David Galligan and Andy Scott Jr. during today’s ceremony.
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David Galligan
Andy Scott Jr
Hope
Wichita Falls
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