Texas crime up 15.5 percent in first quarter 1966
FBI figures show Texas crime rising across all seven categories from January to March 1966, led by Houston where robberies more than doubled. Statewide totals climbed to 23,700 from 20,567 a year earlier, with murders, rapes, robberies, and burglaries all above 1965 levels. Houston and Dallas show mixed changes across cities.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin
Amarillo
el Paso
Lubbock
Beaumont
Marchers plan to enlarge Mississippi voting drive
Leaders of the Mississippi freedom march said they will dispatch voter registration workers by car to Philadelphia to stage a demonstration. The plan includes possible presence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Floyd McKissick amid ongoing tensions in the delta region.
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James K. Cazalas
United Press International
Belzoni
Miss
UPT
Philadelphia
Herb Callendar
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Core
Mississippi Delta
Delta
Robert Green
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Floyd McKissick
Martin
More Than 150 Youth Fed At Harris Home Barbecue
More than 150 colored youths aged 1 to 15 attended an outdoor barbecue at Mr and Mrs Mayfield Harris 509 Avenue G Northeast. The Harrises hosted and served meats beans potato salad bread pickles onions and punch funded by donations totaling 41.45 with insights from Harris and thanks to contributors including Mrs Willie Mae Phillips Mrs Willie Mae Taylor John Robinson and Ted Smith. Harris said the event is annual and intended for white children as well with plans to continue as long as donations allow.
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Mayfield Harris
Avenue G. Ne
Harrisses
Willie Mae Phillips
Willie Mae Taylor
Harris
John Robinson
Ted Smith
H. H. Courtney Dies Today in Texas
H. H. Courtney known as Cy, about 62, formerly of Northfield, died at 2 30 a m in Como Texas after a heart attack. Funeral services scheduled for 3 p m Tuesday at Sulphur Springs funeral home. Survivors include son Hal Courtney of Oklahoma and brother Leslie Courtney of San Diego with several nieces and nephews.
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Northfield
H. H
Cy) Courtney
Como
Tex
Sulpher Springs
Courtney
Hal Courtney
Oklahoma
Leslie Courtney
San Diego
Calif
Legion Meet Tuesday to Nominate Officers
American Legion members will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Veterans Building for nomination of officers.
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American Legion
Veterans Building
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for High Level Talks
French President Charles de Gaulle lands at Vnukovo-2 in Moscow on an East-West peace mission just 11 days before his NATO withdrawal deadline. He is welcomed with a 21 gun salute as Soviet leaders Podgorny and Primier greet him after a four hour Paris to Moscow flight.
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Joseph W. Grigg
United Press International
Moscow
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
de Gaulle
Vnukovo-2
Paris
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei
Ed Wynn Dies of Cancer at 79 in Beverly Hills
Comedian Ed Wynn known as King of America’s Jesters for 50 years died in his sleep at age 79 in Beverly Hills. Born Isaiah Edwin Leopold he rose from a wartime vaudeville start to fame in stage radio and TV as The Perfect Fool and earned Emmy nomination for Requiem for a Heavyweight. He later appeared in The Great American Hoax Marjorie Morningstar The Great Man and earned an Oscar nomination for The Diary of Anne Frank. His son Keenan Wynn was at the apartment 20 minutes before the death grid. He had surgery last year for a neck tumor and had long health struggles.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Ed Wynn
America
Wynn
Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Marjorie Morningstar
Anne Frank
Keenan Wynn
Wilshire Boulevard
New England
Five Prisoners Escape Jail in Fort Worth
Five inmates escaped Tarrant County jail in broad daylight using a sheet. Two were recaptured within minutes two blocks away. One escaper, likely Clarence Sonny Evans, fled with others toward the Birkley Apartment Hotel after assaulting a taxi driver. Evans faced rape and robbery counts with a September trial pending.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Clarence
Sonny) Evans
Tarrant County
Sidney Moss
Milan Rodolfo Villaricenzio
Tijuana
Mexico
Evans
Birkley
J. FE. Adams
Aubrey Lee Abbott
Moss
Villaricenzio
County 4-H Co-Op Team Wins A First
The Childress County 4-H Co-Op Team led by Lewene Mullins and Susan Cross won first place and the blue ribbon at the Round-Up in College Station. Ex tension Service corrected an initial third place listing after a judge's alert.
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Lewene Mullins
Susan Cross
Childress County
College Station
Mary Scott
Colorado official recalls golf start in Greeley
Sterling Colorado athletic business manager W C Lam told Sterling Country Club members that his first public speaking lesson is to look at the sign post on the way into town. He noted it was 29 years since he played this golf course in Greeley.
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Sterling
Colo
UPI
W.C. Lam
University of Colorado
Lam
Sterling Country Club
Greeley
Guerrillas Seize Hue Enclave as War Widens Across Vietnam
Guerrillas entered Hue and overran a government enclave killing the district chief and 10 guards while bombing nearby buildings near the U.S. headquarters. Across the coast, 50 fighters attacked a U.S. Marine gun emplacement but were repelled by defenders. In Chu Lai and the Central Highlands, heavy fighting continued as U.S. forces and Vietnamese units clashed with large guerrilla formations. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter engaged a 125 ton Communist vessel 80 miles southwest of Saigon, forcing it aground after a three hour battle. The wave of offensives followed Buddhist led antigovernment protests that had weakened defenses in the city.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Hue
U.S. Marine
Chu Lai
U.S. 101St Division
Saigon
U.S. Coast Guard
Labor Survey Opens in Childress Area Today
A labor survey begins in Childress with R. C. Burle from the Texas Employment Commission office in Austin overseeing. The study aims to gauge local labor supply for industrial prospects, focusing on men, covering Qua nah, Paducah, Wellington, Memphis, and Hollis, with about 400 positions expected.
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Childress
R. C. Burle
Texas Employment Commission
Austin
Quanah
Paducah
Wellington
Men Phis
Hollis
Walter Lockhoof
The
Chamber of Commerce
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty To Theft
Bobby D. Scott pled guilty in County Court to misdemeanor theft under $50. The sentence set includes five days in jail a $25 fine and court costs. County Attorney Clarence Carter’s records note Scott was picked up in Memphis and brought to Childress by the sheriff's department.
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Bobby D. Scott
Clarence Carter
Scott
Memphis
Childress
Stolen Papers Excluded From Dodd Ethics Probe
Senate Ethics Committee barred as evidence about 4000 documents Dodd says were stolen from his office. Chairman Stennis said copies were stigmatized and unusable. hearings examine Dodd Klein ties, with Dodd suing critics for libel.
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Steven Gersel
United Press International Washington
UPI
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Dodd
Klein
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
James P. Boyd
Stennis
Wichita Falls Man Dies in Farm to Market 368 Crash
Ernest W. Warren aged 58 of Wichita Falls died after a two-vehicle collision on Farm-to-Market 368 five miles south of Mankins Texas on Sunday afternoon. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Wichita General Hospital around 6 15 p m. Gregg Hargrave of Childress sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from hospital.
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Ernest W. Warren
Wichita Falls
Mankins
Tex
Warren
Wichita General Hospital
Gregg Hargrave
Childress
Texas
Hargrave
City Hall Set for 7:30 P.M. City Council Meeting Tonight
The City Council will convene at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall for a scheduled meeting tonight, outlining plans and decisions affecting the local community.
Would Be Free If He Would Admit Murders
UPI reports Dykes Askew Simmons of Fort Worth faces decades in a Mexican prison cell for murder after rejecting a U.S. embassy brokered deal. An official said a guilty plea and signed confession would have reduced his sentence and enabled parole, but Simmons insists on innocence and refused to sign.
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Terrance W. McGarry
United Press International
Mexico City
UPI
Dykes Askew Simmons
Fort Worth
U.S
U. S. State Department
Monterry
U.S. Cit
Izen
Mexico
Simmons
Rain Pours Over South Texas Drenching Rio Grande Valley
Rain drenched parts of South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley with standing water from weekend downpours while most of the state stayed clear to partly cloudy. Overnight lows ranged 57 to 78 degrees as forecasts called for continued clearing with scattered thundershowers. Rain totals for 24 hours reached over an inch in Houston and nearby areas, with Brownsville and Corpus Christi reporting measurable amounts and Belton seeing a cloud burst causing downtown flooding.
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United Press International
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Texarkana
Corpus Christi
Houston
Galveston
Palacios
Cotulla
San Antonio
Brownsville
Waco
Beaumont
Victoria
Alice
Belton
Texas
Fender Deep
Youth Corps Needs More Workers in Childress
After one week of operation the Youth Corps reports a shortfall of workers. Twenty five boys and five girls were approved for Childress, but only seventeen boys and four girls are currently assigned. Interested individuals should contact the Texas Employment Commission office.
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Texas Employment Commission
Annual Camp For 4-Hers June 27
Childress County plans a one day 4-H camp on June 27 at Fair Park from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. A Dress Review and awards program will cap the day at Fair Park Auditorium with dress judging at 2:30 p.m. in the courthouse. Special courses include swimming and isometrics led by Lewis Meinzer and Curly Hays. district leaders teach additional workshops under County Agent Ellis Helmers and Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Mary Scott.
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Childress County
Fair Park
Lewis Meinzer
Safety and Civil Defense
Curly Hays
West Texas Utilities
Ellis Helmers
Mary Scott
Brave Man Chu Lai Autographs Amid Sniper Fire
In Chu Lai Viet Nam a Communist sniper opened fire near actor John Wayne as he signed autographs for Marines. The star remained exposed but continued his public appearance, marking a rare moment of off screen danger.
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Chu Lai
Viet Nam
UPI
John Wayne
Riots Linked to Communist Party on 1965 campuses
Senate internal security subcommittee reports that the CPUSA and its front groups organized campus riots in spring 1965. Hearings found patterns of spontaneity giving way to deliberate fomenting and exploiting unrest, with links to Dubois clubs and Viet Nam policy protests.
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Washington
UPI
Communist Party
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
CPUSA
Dubois Clubs
Texas Liberals Weigh Senate Race policy shift
The Texas Liberal Democrats adopted a preliminary hands off stance in the U S Senate race between Atty Gen W Carr and incumbent John E but privately they must favor the Republican as they study records to see who espouses Democratic principles.
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Rea
Mississippi
Neshoba
Lawrence Rainey
Meridian
H. H. Courtney
King of Jesters
Lon Evans
Wea
Sen. Dodd
Mr. Klein
Largrave
South
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