Flooding Rivers Could Wipe Out Small Towns
United Press International reports the Frio River flood crest near Fowlerton Texas, threatening 300 residents as evacuations loom. Forecasters warn heavy rain along coastal Texas with broad squalls from Oklahoma to Dalhart and no major damages reported yet.
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Fowlerton
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Friotown
Derby
Bryan Roberts
Frio
Hondo
Nueces
Crystal City
Turkey Creek
Cotulla
Carrizo Springs
Asherton
Calliham
South Texas
Ardmore
Oklo
Dalhart
Tex
Oklahoma
Weather storms produce brief heavy rain and possible tornado sighting
Rain and gusty winds swept the county with up to 55 mph winds and rainfall near a half inch. Tornado radar activity was reported between Wellington and Childress, with sightings of funnels but no ground touch confirmed. Multiple towns logged varying rainfall, including Shamrock and Hollis area alerts.
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Childress
CAA
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Wellington
Hollis
Okla
Louis Sally
Hollis Wilson
Dodson
Shamrock
Loco
Kirkland
Tell
Rains Hold Up Completion of Northfield Road
Heavy rains delay the completion of the Childress to Northfield to Matador road. The State Highway Department announced the project may not be finished by month end and plans for a opening ceremony are postponed until a definite date is set.
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Childress- Northfield
Matador
State Highway Department
Wheat Farmers Vote On Controls Friday
Wheat farmers in 38 states will vote Friday in a national referendum to decide if the 1959 crop will be under government marketing controls. Voting places open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eligible farmers include wives. about 900,000 to one million voters are eligible, with turnout typically under 250,000. A two thirds majority of votes is required to set quotas for 1959.
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Washington
UFI
Childress Asc
Tell Gin
Loco Gin
Kirkland Gin
Harrel Chapel
Gene Frisbie
Agriculture Department
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Instruction Courses Taken By 4 H Groups
Five 4 H participants return from District 3 Leadership Camp at Buffalo Gap. Girls Sherry Snider and Barbera Sledge join agents Mrs. Lou Jeffers and Mrs. C E Sledge with Anita Reed. Snider in records and leadership, Sledge in family life. Recreation group led by Elois Trigg Johnson Gerald York. Reed in recreation. plant life taught by Buford Hancock. Bill Moore joins plant life. Boys Larry Mosley Ronald McCoy Bobby Andrews take wildlife, plant life, and recreation roles. Camp for county 4 H Girls Clubs planned July 29 30.
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Buffalo Gap
Sherry Snider
Barbera Sledge
Lou Jeffers
C. E. Sledge
Anita Reed
Snider
Miss Sledge
Elois Trigg Johnson
Gerald York
Miss Reed
Sledge
Buford Hancock
Jeffers
York
Bill Moore
Hancock
Larry Mosley
Bobby Andrews
Ronald McCoy
May Enlist in Guided Missile Field
Qualified young men may enlist for the United States Army Air Defense Command to study in guided missile and electronic career fields. Recruits may be assigned to one of 23 metropolitan areas near large cities on the coasts and other strategic defense zones. Information may be obtained from Sgt. W A Schiesselman at Childress city hall each Tuesday.
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United States Army Air Defense Command
Army
W. A. Schiesselman
West Coasts
Continental United States
Schlesselman
Childress
Get That Beard Started Is Law From Jaycees
Two reports on participation in the July 70th Anniversary celebration were given at the noon Jaycee meeting today. All males of shaving age with no beard or moustache were warned to obtain an Old Settlers Shaving Permit badge by Saturday or face jail. Jaycees oversee the beard growing contest and a portable jail will be set up near the First National Bank.
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Jaycees
Iicenity
First National Bank
Howard Campsey
Bill Adams
Adams
John’ Monroe
Elk City
Oklo
E. K. Beckham
Abilene
Fort Worth Residents Protest Property Taxes At City Hall
About 450 east side residents gathered at Gateway Theater to plan a march on City Hall over 1958 property valutions. They demanded rescission of increases affecting roughly 12 500 parcels and urged a fairer valuation program next year while linking tax moves to a $42 325 000 municipal bond proposal.
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Fort Worth
UPI
East Side
Hoviehouse
City
Oassiders
North Side
West
South Side
East
Richker
Tax Department
F. L. Reynolds
Reynolds
Wheat Harvest Near Complete in County
Last night’s rain covered the county in varied amounts and farmers reported near perfect conditions. The wheat harvest is virtually complete while raw and cotton crops begin to need moisture. Six carloads of wheat were shipped in the last 24 hours, totaling 366 187 from Childress and 179 from Kirkland, with several carloads still stored in Kirkland and Childress elevators.
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Childress
Kirkland
Wheat allotment dips slightly for 1959 in Childress County
Childress County 1959 wheat allotment stands at 45 360 acres about one per cent under 1958. ASC Office Manager Gene Frisbie said new grower allotments require applications before July 1 and go to anyone who has not planted wheat in the last three years.
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Childress County
ASC
Gene Frisbie
Cyprus Offered Limited Self Government by Britain
Britain proposed seven years of limited internal self government for Cyprus with two separate Houses of Representatives for Greek and Turkish communities. External affairs and defense remain reserved to the governor, who will cooperate with both communities, while a plan to halt violence and ease emergency rules was also announced.
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London
UPI
Britain
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
North Atlantic Council
Paris
House of Representatives
Macmillan
Childress County Joins Grasshopper Control Effort
Agriculture Commissioner John White announced expansion of a grasshopper control program to include Childress County and 25 other Panhandle counties. The plan shares costs among federal state and county funds and launches aerial spraying across 750000 acres with planes and ground crews aiding operations.
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Childress County
John White
Chester Hufstedler
Bill Moore
The
Index
Childress
Austin
White
Panhandle
Dallam
Republicans Question Usefulness Of Adams
Sen ate Republican Leader William F Knowland urged President Eisenhower to weigh whether Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams has harmed his usefulness by taking gifts from Bernard Goldfine. GOP leaders pressed for Adams resignation while Eisenhower met with 43 state chairmen and party officials who avoided the issue at the session. Rep Peter F Mack Jr demanded a Justice Department probe, while the department declined comment on his call.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Californian
Congress
Adams
Knowland
California
Peter F. Mack Jr
Justice Department
Goldfine
Department
Mack
Lodging Sought for 15 Foreign Students Visit
Mrs J K Givens hosts Lions Club to find homes for 15 foreign students touring the United States. Richard Bird chairs hospitality plans for their arrival Monday June 30 at 7 pm. The goal is two students per home for Monday and Tuesday nights before the tour continues from Childress Wednesday morning. The group includes 11 boys and four girls.
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J. K. Givens
Lions Club
United States
Richard Bird
Bird
Childress
Jack Rabbit Roping Event Set at Childress Arena
A Jack Rabbit roping show is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at the Childress Roping Arena with admission of 1 dollar 75 cents and 35 cents. Local roping fans and entries were informed today. Top area ropers are expected, but entry is open to anyone.
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Childress
Doped Seaman Describes Killing Drunk Playgirl
Frank Harris, 32, told police he strangled Connie Sublette in a North Beach alley after a drunken encounter. He claimed heroin and whiskey dulled his senses as he removed her clothes and pressed a handkerchief to her mouth. Harris was detained aboard the Gaffey awaiting naval transfer to Japan.
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San Francisco
UPI
Frank Harris
North Beach
Connie Sublette
Portland Ore
Beatster
Bagel Shop
Harris
Gaffey
Japan
Miss Sublette
Albert Sublette
Connie
New Manager Named for Vamore Co
John B. Monroe of Elk City Oklahoma has been named manager of the Vamore Company in Childress. He plans to move his family to Childress around July 1 and succeeds Keith Cunningham who moves to Hugo Oklahoma. Billy Edwards of Altus Oklahoma will move to Childress as service man. Monroe has been Elk City theater manager and served as field engineer for Mesa Microwave and Vamore divisions of Video Independent Theatres Inc. The Monroe family has four children and is active in the Methodist Church.
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John B. Monroe
Elk City
Okla
Vamore Company
Monroe
Childress
Keith Cunningham
Hugo
Billy Edwards
Altus
Mesa Microwave Company
Video Independent Theatres, Inc
Methodist Church
Williams And Walker On WTSC Honor Roll
Jimmy Ray Williams of Childress and Barbara June Welker of Estelline are among 94 WTSC spring honor roll students named by Dean Walter H. Juniper. Williams, son of Lois Pryor, will be a senior in business management and is in Tau Tau Tau. Walker, a 1955 Estelline High School graduate, will be a senior in business education and is daughter of R J Smith in Bells Texas.
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Tau Tau Tau
Walker
Estelline High School
R. J. Smith
Bells
Tex
Wreck at Highway 287 Tenth Street Intersection
One person cited for negligent collision after a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Highway 287 and Tenth Street Northwest at 12 05 p m. Billy Lee Brown and Milton Ray Havins were involved. both vehicles sustained considerable damage.
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Highway 287
Tenth Street Northwest
Billy Lee Brown
10001
Northwest
Brown
Milton Ray Havins
Route 2
Childress
Montreal detectives to serve warrant on Margreta Goode
Three Montreal detectives were scheduled to fly to Toronto to serve a warrant on Margreta Goode aged 46 charging her with the kidnapping of Joel Reitman a 22 year old heir to a clothing firm fortune.
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Toronto
UPI
Montreal
Margreta Goode
Joel Reitman
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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United Press International
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Hemphill, Roberts
Gray
Hemphill
Oldham
Potter Carson
Wheeler
Deaf Smith
Randall
Armstrong
Donley
Collingsworth
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Castro
Swisher
Briscoe
Hall and Childress
Jack Rabbit
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WTSC
Havins
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Inglewood
Calif
Albert Clark Reed
Timothy
Soviet Community Party
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Marshal Tito
Imre Nagy
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