One of Man's Oldest Dreams Now Reality
President Kennedy pressed a button in Washington to launch a $1.25 million Freeport salt water to drinking water demonstration plant. Johnson led a delegation, saying the plant marks a stride toward harvesting fresh water from seas and could help arid regions as the government expands saline conversion with local and private partners. Udall cautioned it remains an experiment and could become a model for future, more advanced systems.
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Freeport
Tex
UPI
Kennedy
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stewart Udall
National Park
Conrad Wirth
Johnson
Udall
United States
Kids Baseball Program Shown on KGNC-TV
Childress summer baseball drive featured Monday night on KGNC-TV Amarillo with photos and information about boys and sponsors in the Little and Pony Leagues. Chamber of Commerce Manager Jeff Henderson announced the program. Photos showed boys from teams with sponsors such as Owen Henry Auto Parts Giants Elks Club Dodgers Sims Super Service Cardinals First Federal Phillies FW D Chix United Super Market Red Sox Greenbelt Lanes Yankees.
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Sims Super Service Cardinals
Dan Cawthon
Larry Moore
Paul Camp
First Federal Phillies
Tim Crone
Mike Reeves
Fw&d Chix
Joe Huff
Don Palmer
United Super Market Red Sox
Phillip Self
Dwight Sooter
Greenbelt Lanes Yankees
Road Contractor W B Woodruff Dies in Decatur
W B Woodruff of Cooper and Woodruff Inc died in his sleep Tuesday night at his Decatur home. The Amarillo based firm has three local construction projects. Engineer Palmer Massey learned of the death this morning. Funeral services set for 3 PM Thursday in Decatur.
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W. B. Woodruff
Cooper and Woodruff, Inc
Amarillo
Woodruff
Decatur
Cooper and Woodruff
Palmer Massey
Wichita Falls Fire Chief Demonstrates Rescue Equipment
Andy Andrews training chief, guest of the local Volunteer Firemen, spoke at a drill last night. He demonstrated the resuscitator and other emergency and rescue gear.
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Andy Andrews
Partment
Andrews
Dinner Honoring C. J. Lyons Saturday
Retired FW D general agent C. J. Lyons of Childress will be honored with an appreciation dinner at 7:30 Saturday night at Hotel Childress. Fort Worth and Denver officials and employees plan to attend from multiple Texas cities including Fort Worth Dallas Wichita Falls Amarillo Lubbock Vernon Quanah Memphis Shamrock and Wellington. Frank Barksdale chairs arrangements.
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Fw&d
C. J. Lyons
Childress
Hotel Childress
Fort Worth
Denver
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Lubbock
Vernon
Quanah
Memphis
Shamrock
Wellington
Frank Barksdale
City Spraying Alleys For Flies
City crews began spraying alleys for flies and other pests. City Manager Louis Sally said spraying only is used and there will be no fogging, ensuring the spray does not drift onto private property.
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Louis Sally
Memorial Services for Pioneer George Hare Held Today
Memorial rites for George W. Hare 84 longtime Childress resident were held at 2 30 p m at Newberry Chapel by Allen Hare pallbearers included Ray Toft John Turk Fowler Sam Privitt Frank Wallin Bert Hargrave and Jack Webb of Paducah Hare a Spanish American War veteran and founder of Swearingen died Tuesday morning in Childress General Hospital Interment will be Kirkland Cemetery He helped found Swearingen owned the town site of about 600 lots and visited in his Model A coupe He served in Cuba and earned a high school diploma rode as valedictorian later attended the University of Texas for one year and kept a pharmacist license He ran the Swearingen drugstore and aided Sam Privitt in plans for a pioneer museum He moved to the area around 1910 and built a drugstore next to Swearingen Bank He was postmaster of the Post Office at Swearingen until 1946 and later deeded the town site to his children He moved to Childress when ill to be near his physician and lived with a son.
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George W. Hare
Childress
Newberry Chapel
Allen Hare
Ray Toft
John Turk Fowler
Sam Privitt
Frank Wallin
Bert Hargrave
Jack Webb
Paducah
Hare
Old Town
Swearingen
Childress General Hospital
Kirkland
Cuba
el Paso
the Quien Sabe
Privitt
Swearingen Bank
Get Out or Get The
The United States demands Miroslav Nacvalac depart the United States or face deportation after revoking his diplomatic immunity. Czechoslovakia and U.S. accuse each other of espionage activity regarding the No. 3 U.N. diplomat, with Nacvalac labeled alien illegally in the United States.
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United States of America
Miroslav Nacvalac
Czech Aide Ouster Sparks UN Diplomatic Row
The United States urged the recall of Nae valac the No 3 Czech delegate after accusations he tried to seduce an American into spying for Communists. US envoy Noyes delivered a note naming Nae valac head of Czech civilian intelligence in the US. Washington released photos it says show Nae valac buying what he thought was secret information from a Czech born American.
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United Nations
Naevalac
United States
Charles P. Noyes
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
Washington
State Department
Nacvalac
Karel Hlasny
Heavy flood forecasts cloud Victoria summer start
Victoria officials prepared to move families as the Guadalupe River neared a 300 foot crest. The river stood 27.37 feet, well past flood stage, with isolation risks for the city’s Texas League park. Several major highways remained closed as rains lingered across South Texas. Summer arrived at 7:30 a.m. CST with below normal temperatures statewide.
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United Press International
Victoria
Guadalupe
South Texas
Cuero
Texas
Gonzales
Edna
Lavaca
Goliad
San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Man Disarmed By Policemen Here Today
A mentally disturbed man from Frederick Oklahoma, carrying two loaded pistols a 44 magnum and a .38, was disarmed by Chief Alvis Maddox and Assistant Chief Odis Burrows during a routine investigation north of the courthouse. He was taken into custody for evaluation awaiting his sister’s arrival.
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Frederick
Okla
Alvis Maddox
Odis Burrows
Maddox
Texas
Oklahoma
Public Invited To Attend Greenbelt Water Meeting
The Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority invites the public to a 8 p.m. meeting at City Hall. Dr. S. H. Townsend says a preliminary feasibility report on building a dam should be available within days and may lead to a bond issue to secure a permanent water supply.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
S. H. Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Scouters To Meet Thursday At Fair Park Rotary Bowl
Scout families and leaders gather for a 7 30 picnic supper in Rotary Bowl Fair Park to honor Bill McGlain new Boy Scout Field Executive and his family. Each group brings a meal and cold drinks provided.
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Rotary
Big catch at Fair Park Lake nets three and one quarter pound bass
Jack King reeled in a three and one fourth pound bass at Fair Park Lake Tuesday afternoon using minnow bait. A witness asked the price and King replied with a bold ten dollars.
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Jack King
Fair Park Lake
Young King
Rotarians Hear Texas Finance Status and Tax Plans
State Senator Andy Rogers told Rotary members the state has a 150 million dollar surplus but a broke general fund and faces balancing challenges in the July 10 special legislative session. He backed a selective sales tax compromise and noted education highways and welfare funding shares. He warned the tax would still be paid by customers and urged careful timing of sessions. Visiting Rotarians and guests attended the noon meeting.
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Texas
Andy Rogers
Rotary Club
Rogers
Price Daniel
Morris Higley
Park Kenner
Coronado
Calif
B. J. Thogmartin
Wellington
Ed White
Lubbock
Allen Jones
Mike Ehrle
Lester Hill
Muriel Dalrymple
Vernon
E. C. Esmondson
Denver
Former Local Resident Dies in Car Trip Rites Thursday
Former Childress resident Mrs. Freda B. Wymore 55 died of a heart attack about 2 p.m. Tuesday while traveling with husband Kent Wymore en route from Pampa to Truscott Texas. Services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Kingman Kansas with Rev. Tom Norman officiating and interment there. She had moved from Childress last November to Truscott and was a Central Christian Church member. Survived by husband, one daughter in Oklahoma City, and a son in Pennsylvania.
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Childress
Freda B. Wymore
Kent Wymore
Truscott
Tex
Pampa
Kingman
Kan
Tom Norman
Childress Central Christian Church
Freedom Riders Head to Jackson for Arrest in Mississippi
A mixed group of five Negroes, three white girls and a white man, leaving Montgomery for Jackson face certain arrest. They will ride the Trailways bus at 11 30 a m after testing lunch counters to probe integration. Police kept 500 white demonstrators outside the Greyhound terminal as 131 riders have been jailed in Jackson since May. A separate bombing damaged a Negro restaurant in Atlanta and a federal judge in Biloxi was to hear a petition challenging arrests of Freedom Riders as unconstitutional.
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United Press International
Freedom Riders
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Trailways
Atlanta
Greyhound Terminal
Confederacy
Wyatt Tee Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Walker
California
Mississippi
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Freedom
Georgia
J.L. Jordan
Biloxi
Troop 61 Returns From Arkansas Camping Trip
Boy Scout Troop 61 returns from a weeklong trip to Arkansas including water skiing near Hot Springs National Park and visits to lakes Caralton Greeson Ouchita and a nature trail zoo and an alligator farm. Scoutmaster Clais Rowland and Assistant Scoutmaster A T Henderson accompany the group.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs National Park Area
Lake Caralton
Lake Greeson
Lake Ouchita
Hot Springs
Gainesville
Clais Rowland
A.T. Henderson
Bobby Rowland
David Galligan
Jerry Henderson
Joe Don Sledge
Mike Henderson
Russell Jones
Gene Clements
Russell Harmon
Paul Camp
Alfred Stephens
Wallace Campbell
Phillip McEndree
W. J. Copeland
Joe Moore
Tommy Eubank
Barbara Fields Hired by Canyon School Board
Miss Barbara Fields daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Fields of Childress was one of three teachers hired by the Canyon School Board Tuesday night. She will teach girls physical education in high school and girls basketball. Fields is a physical education graduate from Hardin Simmons University.
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Barbara Fields
Jim Fields
Childress
Canyon School Board
Miss Fields
Hardin-Simmons University
Cemetery Working Set at Estelline
Estelline Lions Club sponsors a cemetery work session Friday inviting all residents to participate in improving Estelline Cemetery grounds.
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Estelline
Estelline Lions Club
Preslar Heads to Washington for Short Business Trip
H. C. Preslar departed for Washington D C this morning to conduct several days of business in the nation’s capital.
More New York Docks Tied Up By Strike
More than 30 000 longshoremen walked off the job in New York harbors causing 135 vessels to be immobilized nationwide 85 ships idle elsewhere. The ILA protest followed pay losses amid cross picket lines and a national maritime strike now in its sixth day.
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New York
UPI
Waterfront Commission
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Battery Park
IIA
Atlantic
Gulf
West Coast
Constitution
U. S
United States
Washington
Kennedy
Eichmann Claims He Followed Orders Not Heeding Killings
Adolf Eichmann testified in Jerusalem that he was a railway timetable man who bore no responsibility for deportations or murders of Jews. He said he took orders from Heinrich Mueller and that the Gestapo chief dictated actions. prosecutors argue he was a key killer.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Heinrich Mueller
Nazi Foreign Office
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Servatius
Pickup
Forty seven new parking meters arrive tonight
City Manager Louis Sally said forty seven new parking meters should arrive tonight or tomorrow morning and be installed on arrival. The meters will go into effect Monday.
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Louis Sally
Kennedy Loses Fight Over 4 Year No-Down Mortgages
President Kennedy failed to win federal authority to underwrite four year no down payment mortgages for homes costing up to fifteen thousand dollars. The defeat limits government backing for home purchases and affects the housing finance program.
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Kennedy
Copelin Home After Surgery Returns to Recuperate
City Judge J E Bud Copelin came home to recuperate from recent Wichita Falls surgery and plans to return to work on Monday.
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J. E
Bud) Copelin
Wichita Falls
Grass Fire Extinguished Near 510 E. Sc
Firefighters doused a grass fire at about 4 p.m. Tuesday near 510 East Street. No damage was reported.
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E. Sc
Boyce House Laugh Line About No Smoking Sign
Ikey on a streetcar lights a cigar and argues the sign does not say positively. The conductor points to the placard reading No Smoking as Ikey insists the wording is unclear.
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Ikey
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Reed
Roy Perkins
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Roy Green
IPE
Globe
Kgnc-Tv
University of Texas
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United National, N.Y
Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Naecvalac
Volun
Naclavac
State of Texas
Canyon
H. C. Preslar
Washington, D. C
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Copelin
Boyce
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