Labor Peace For Steel Assured For Two Years
Ameri can basic steel industry and United Steelworkers Union finalize a 21 month contract with an extended vacation plan expected to create up to 25 000 jobs. The deal avoids wage increases for job security and takes effect August 1 1964.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Americas Basic Steel Industry
United Steelworkers Union
Washington
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Emmie Barnes to be buried in Tell Cemetery
Emmie Jane Barnes 80 a former Childress resident died Thursday in a Wichita Falls hospital. Funeral at Newberry Chapel Saturday at 2 pm with Rev. William F. Bleakly officiating. Interment in the Tell Methodist cemetery. Pallbearers named. Survivors include daughter Velma Branscum and six grandchildren.
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Emmie Jane Barnes
Childress
Wichita Falls
Newberry Chapel
William F. Blakely
Beverly Drive
Assembly of God Church of
Tell
Buster Halford
Johnny Rucker
Woodrow Boyd
Bill Murray
Joyce Cheatheam
S. L
Greenbelt Water Authority project approved by club
The Childress Business and Professional Women's Club unanimously approved the proposed Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority project at its Gay's meeting. Lois Stiner and Mamie Green were elected delegate and alternate to the National Convention in Dallas July 14 18. Thirteen members will attend the Wellington inter-city meeting June 25. The club will meet once monthly at the cafe, with twenty members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Business
Professional Women’s Club
Lois Stiner
Dallas
Mamie Green
Wellington
Relative of Local Resident Dies in Bovina
Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Bovina First Baptist Church for Mrs Bessie Drucilla Wilkerson 68 of Bovina who died at her home Thursday Survivors include a daughter Catherine Hill of Childress her husband four sons three other daughters one sister 38 grandchildren and one great grandchild She had lived in Bovina 27 years moving from Childress Interment will be in Bovina
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Bovina First Baptist Church
Bessie Drucilla Wilkerson
Bovina
Catherine Hill
Childress
Wilkerson
First drowning of year shocks Childress area
A nine year old boy, Wayland Tucker, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Tucker of Northeast Childress, drowned at the lake area while swimming. Fire police and hospital staff worked to revive him after rescue from seven feet of water but he was pronounced dead at Childress General Hospital around 12 45 p m. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Childress
Wayland Tucker
Charles Tucker
Northeast Childress
Childress General Hospital
Theo
Red) Fenter
Charles Ray Smith
806
7Th
John B. Martin
Jerry Lynn Jones
Robert Jones
Newberry’s
Witnesses For And Against Federal Aid Debate Hits Senate
More than 20 witnesses testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Kennedy's 45 billion dollar foreign aid proposal. The U S Chamber of Commerce urged a 913 million cut while a Citizens Foreign Aid Committee spokesman urged elimination. The League of Women Voters and the Cooperative League voiced support. Emilio C Collado of Standard Oil New Jersey spoke on the Latin America Alliance for Progress.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Foreign Aid Committee
Chamber
League of Women Voters
Cooperative League
Emilio C. Collado
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Cardinal Montini Elected Pope Paul VI at Vatican
Vatican City announced Giovanni Battista Montini was elected pope on the second ballot and chose the name Paul VI. The 65 year old former Archbishop of Milan is seen as forward looking and lasting reforms ally. He will be crowned within days amid crowds in St Peter’s Square and a world radio address.
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Vatican City
UPT
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Paul VI
Montini
Milan
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican Palace
Kennedy
Rome
Vatican
Pope John
St. Peter
St. Peter’s Basilica
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Radio
Pius XII
John
Pius
Pope Paul VI
Vatican Secretariat of State
Pope
Concesio
Brescia
Ludovico
Francesco
Giovanni Battista Montini
Pope Pius
Kennedy Civil Rights Plans Threaten Other Legislation
Washington UPI report says President Kennedy faces a split in Congress as civil rights proposals threaten support for economic and social measures. Southern leaders and lawmakers weigh strategic votes while awaiting Senator Russell’s return to Washington.
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Washington
Attorney Arrested For Hiring His Wife Killed
Police charged criminal attorney T Eugene Thompson with murder for hire in the slaying of his wife Carol age 34. Thompson allegedly plotted the insured death to collect over 1 million dollars as three men and an accomplice faced charges.
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ST. Paul, Mim
UPI
T. Eugene Thompson
Carol
Thompson
Ramsey County
Hig
Forest Lake
Dick W
Highland Park
Randall
Norman Mastrian
Minneapolis
Anderson
Reports To Be Heard at Old Settlers Session
Several committee reports will be heard at the Childress County Old Settlers Association meeting. President Bill Gosdon urges all committee chairs to report. The 8 p.m. session is at city hall and focuses on association business.
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Old Settlers
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Bill Goodson
Kennedy Defense Bill Gets House Backing
The House Appropriations Committee backed President Kennedy’s defense budget with 47 billion dollars for the new fiscal year July 1. It approved most Kennedy requests for Army Navy and Air Force funding while trimming minor items to root out waste.
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Washington
UPS
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Army
Navy
Air Force
House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Demonstrations Continue Peacefully in Savannah and Other Cities
United Press International reports another night of protests with no incidents in Savannah as more than 1,000 Negroes marched peacefully through a predominantly black district. Police face new accusations of brutality from rally leaders.
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United Press International
Savannah
St. Louis
Albany
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Southwest Georgia
Jackson
Miss
Allen Thompson
Wild Rain Storms Hit Texas Gulf Coast In Severe Weather
Heavy rain and high winds lashed the Texas Gulf Coast dumping over six inches in places. Galveston airport recorded 6.11 inches with Addicks at 7.45 inches. Thunderstorms, hail, and power outages affected Houston and surrounding areas as heat and storms sweep across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Houston
Addicks
Harris County
Hallettsville
Orange
Texas City Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp
Galveston Island
Alvin
Gulf Freeway
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Texas
Southwest
Presidio
Amarillo
Haskell Monster Identified as Mountain Lion
In Haskell Texas a large mountain lion is identified as the so called Haskell Monster. Mrs. Bobby Howard and Dale Haynes reported spotting the big cat crouched in tall grass beside Farm Road 24 and watching it jump across a barbed wire fence in two leaps. Local sheriff's officers confirm the sighting with the identification leaning toward mountain lion.
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Haskell, Tex
Haskell
Bobby Howard
Dale Haynes
Farm Road
Summer arrives with storms across the nation
May-like warmth is limited as readings fall to 50s in Chicago and 40s in the Great Lakes region with Marquette at 37. Summer begins at 9 04 p m CST while a wet pattern with thunderstorms spans the Northwest to the East Coast. Torrential Texas Gulf Coast rain and strong coastal winds follow as Florida and the Southwest report milder activity.
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United Press International
Chicago
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Marquette
Mich
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Plains
Tennessee
East Coast
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Texas
Florida
Desert Southwest
Violent Weather Harms Texas South Plains Cotton
Severe spring wind hail and heavy rains devastated about one million acres of Texas South Plains cotton. Farmers replant up to five times as plants wash out, with potential late harvest into 1963 if dry hot weather lasts three weeks. Agricultural spokesmen warned crop size cannot be estimated.
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Lubbock
UPS
Texas South Plains
UPI
South Plains
Kennedy Sees Europe Trip Essential to Reassure NATO Ties
President Kennedy reportedly believes a European tour is necessary to reassure American allies of continued support for NATO. Administration sources indicate the trip aims to strengthen alliance bonds amid Cold War pressures.
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Kennedy
Washington
UPI
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USW
Miriam Blake
Professional Photographers of America
Emmie Barnes
Tell Cemetery
Greenbelt
Negro Boyls City
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
JFK
Eral
Little Rock
Ark
Mastman
Sheldon S. Morris
McNamara
Gulf Coast
San Antonio
West Texas
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