Lightning Strikes John Sealy Hospital in Galveston
United Press International reports a violent thunderstorm struck John Sealy Hospital injuring no one though bricks were knocked from the north wall and windows shattered. Coast Guard Pelican Island station also suffered light damage as winds and three inches of rain drenched Galveston with higher totals forecast along the coast.
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United Press International
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Coast Guard
Bay
James Tadlock
Pelican Island
Tadlock
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Presidio
Texas
Roofers Expected Here By the Dozens
Hail damage in Childress County is pegged at over 100000 dollars with up to 1500 claims. CofC-BCD Manager Jeff Henderson warns of low quality outsider roofers and urges local investigation before repairs. A special adjuster crew is being deployed to handle the influx.
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Childress
Cofc-Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Henderson
Oldtimers
Greenbelt Bowl Directors Set Meeting at City Hall
Directors of the Greenbelt Bowl Inc sponsor of the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at city hall. It is described as an important meeting with all directors urged to attend. The game is scheduled for August 4.
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Greenbelt Bowl, Inc
City Hall
Area hailstorm damage reaches 560000 across region
The Childress area reports 400000 in property losses with totals over 560000 for the broader region after Monday storms. W J Bellahan of General Adjustment Bureau says an emergency storm office opens at El Rancho Motel to manage a surge of claims from Childress Quanah Estelline Memphis Lakeview and Chillicothe.
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Cildress
W. J. Bellahan
General Adjustment Bureau
Childress Area
GAB
el Rancho
Childress
Quanah
Estelline
Memphis
Lakeview
Chillicothe
Thor missile warhead destroyed after launch over Pacific
U S scientists destroyed a Thor missile and a one megaton warhead minutes after launch near Johnson Island. Debris fell on Johnston and Sand Islands with no injuries or ground danger. The test aimed to study high altitude effects on radio and radar, but the system malfunction led to destruction before detonation.
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Honolulu
API
Johnston Island
Sand Island
Hawaii
Joint Task Force
Johnson Island
Pacific
Kennedy
Russia
Sch’ile
JFTY
Hawaiian Islands
Mid-Pacific
van Allen Belt
Earth
City-Wide Spiritual Revival Planned for July
The Ministerial Alliance announces an eight night spiritual revival from July 22 to 29. New officers elected are Gordon Highfill president Lester Hill vice president H T Wright secretary and Charles Peterson treasurer. Churches involved include First Presbyterian First Methodist First Baptist Central Christian Church of the Nazarene Assembly of God King Memorial Methodist Calvary Baptist and St Luke's Episcopal. A planning meeting is set for 8 30 p m Sunday at Central Christian Church Friendship Square. Out of town speakers and song leaders will be sought and Fair Park Stadium is a likely venue. Rev Tom Norman calls it a potential finest revival for Childress.
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Gordon Highfill
Lester Hill
H. T. Wright
Charles Peterson
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
First Baptist
Central Christian
Church of the Nazarene
Assembly of God
King Memorial Methodist
Calvary Baptist
St. Luke's Episcopal
Friendship Square
Central Christian Church
Fair Park Stadium
Wright Named CAP Executive Cadet Officer
Cadet Captain Johnny D. Wright is named Squadron III executive officer at the Texas Wing Civil Air Patrol encampment in progress at Amarillo AFB. About 200 Texas cadets attend along with three fellow Childress area cadets. Highlights include a base tour, Air Force graded dress parade, a Palo Duro picnic, and a graduation ball on Friday June 22.
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Amarillo Afb
Johnny D. Wright
Texas
Civil Air Patrol
Wright
Childress Area
CAP
James Stanley Reynolds
Memphis
Darrell Blanton
Butch Baker
Childress
Amarillo
Air Force
Palo Duro State Park
Jeanette Coyle Injury After Fall From Car
Jeanette Coyle, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs A Coyle, remained hospitalized at Childress General after a basal skull fracture and chin laceration from a fall from a moving car on Avenue F in northeast Childress Tuesday night. She showed slight improvement this morning. several teenage friends were riding in the car at the time.
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Jeanette Coyle
Mrs. A. Coyle
Miss Coyle
Childress General
Avenue F
Childress
Republicans Strike Down Civil Rights Amendment in Farm Bill
In Washington the House rejected a civil rights amendment tacked to President Kennedy's farm bill. The roll call was 142 to 106, along party lines.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
House
Three Wrecks In City Tuesday Police Log
City police investigated three separate wrecks Tuesday with considerable damage but no injuries. At 1 am B L Adams of Carey collided with Jerry Dobbs on a scooter at 1th St and Ave Fow. scooter damaged. At 3:40 pm Mrs Louie Shirley backed from a curb at 224 Ind St NE hitting Willian Griffin’s pickup. Griffin’s vehicle sustained considerable damage. Shirley received a failure to grant right of way ticket. At 2:30 pm Harry Edwin Cooper of Dallas turned left on Ave F6 and 12th St NW when struck in the rear by William Heckathorn of Childress. both vehicles suffered heavy damage. Heckathorn cited for following too close.
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B. L. Adams
Carey
Jerry Dobbs
1Th St
Ave Fow
Ind St. NE
Louie Shirley
Willian Henry Griffin
Childress
Shirley
Harry Edwin Cooper
Dallas
Avenue F6
12Th St. Nw
Grand Jury Seeks New Charges Against Estes Associates
A federal grand jury in El Paso met to consider new indictments against Billie Sol Estes and three associates Coleman McSpadden Harold Orr and Raal Alexander. Subpoenas were issued as the panel, empaneled by Judge R H Thomason, reviews possible refinements to the 57-count fraud case involving altered chattel mortgages and the ammonia fertilizer scheme with possible forgeries. Estes, arrested in Pecos March 28, is jailed on bond set at 100000 after a prior 500300 bond was reduced.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Billie Sol I’stes
West Texas Agriculture King
R. EF. Thomason
Asst. Dist
Fred Morton
Estes
Coleman McSpadden
Harold Orr
Raal Alexander
McSpadden
Orr
Alexander
Hidspeth County
West Texas
Los Angeles
Calif
Pecos
Texas
Thomason
Kennedy De Gaulle meeting eyed by Americans
UPI reports Kennedy may hold a year end meeting with Charles de Gaulle to ease tensions. French officials call the speculation premature while Dean Rusk cites a productive talks session with top French leaders. Continued on page five.
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Paris
UPI
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Opment
Dean Rusk
Rusk
de Gaulle
Officers Nominated For American Legion Officers
Nominees for the next term were announced by the nominating committee at the American Legion meeting held Tuesday night at Veterans Building. Jeff Henderson was named Commander, George Spear first Vice Commander, Joe Hardison second vice commander, Frank Buster adjutant, Scotty Clements sergeant-at-arms, Rev. James Merrell chaplain, and Albert Toler to the house committee. The meeting also heard a favorable report on the Jaycee-Legion baseball team and plans to complete a picnic area at Fair Park.
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American Legion
Veterans Building
Jeff Henderson
George Spear
Joe Hardison
Frank Buster
Scotty Clements
Amarillo Firm Wins Low Bid for 50 Rent Units
The High Plains Building Company had the lowest bid of 362000 for 50 low rent housing units in Childress after eight firms bid. Highest bid topped the low bid by 87000. Bids opened at a Local Housing Authority meeting at city hall and accepted. Construction land clearing to begin July 1 with actual work starting July 15. Executive Director Earl Brown notes ample local labor through the Texas Employment Office.
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The
High Plains Building Company
Childress
Earl Brown
Texas Employment Office
Carrie Hardin Named President of Old Settlers in Childress
Mrs. Carrie Hardin assumed duties as president of the Childress County Old Settlers Association replacing Roy Hassell who resigned. A planned meeting drew only three attendees before a hail wind and rain storm hit Childress. Hardin announced plans for the year’s celebration set for July 18. Mrs. W. H. Tippett Jr. serves as secretary.
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Carrie Hardin
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Grover Fox Month Set By Rotary Club
The Childress Rotary Club designated July as Grover Fox Month announced by Incoming President James Ragsdale. Dr. Fox attended the meeting after hospital release and will celebrate 30 years of perfect attendance in July.
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Grover Fox
Childress
Strip Joints Replace Gold Coast Businesses
Miami crime chief tells Senate committee strip joints have replaced houses of prostitution on Florida's Gold Coast. He calls modern venues clip joints where customer cheating, padding bills, patron robbery, drink substitution, and exploited intoxicated patrons are common under a coercive system. He cites AGVA links to hoodlum night clubs and police knowledge.
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Washington
UPI
Miami
Crime Commission
Senate
Florida
Gold Coast
Daniel T. Sullivan
Non
Commission
Sullivan
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGVA
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Whitt
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Pacific Ocean Islands
Tom Norman
Raymond Cook
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Tennessee
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Santa Fe
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