Stickney Held for Texas Extradition in Double Murder Case
UPI reports 20 year old Texas Away Department draftsman Howard Stickney was held pending extradition to Texas for the double murder of Shirley Elaine Barnes, 26, and her husband Clifford Barnes, 26, in Houston. Authorities say both died from head injuries with a lug wrench found nearby.
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ERTH
N. B. Upi
Howard Stickney
Texas Away Department
Iton
Tex
Houston
Stickney
Royal Indian Mounted Police
Gaspe
S. Shirley Elaine Barnes
Fedal Bureau of Investigation
Barnes
Clifford Ccarnes
Rs. Barnes
Uston
Harris County
W. C. Doss
Texas
Eddie Oliver
Perth
Royal Canadian Police
C. H. Bayfield
Mounties
FBI
Highway Department
Mrs. Helen Ward Dies Former Childress Resident
Former Childress resident Mrs. Helen Ward wife of Joe H. Ward of Fort Worth died in Fort Worth after a several weeks illness. The funeral is set for 10 a m Monday at Newberry Chapel with Dr E E White officiating and burial in Childress cemetery. Survivors include her husband two sons four sisters a brother and several nieces and nephews.
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Childress
Helen Ward
Joe H. Ward
Fort Worth
Newberry Chapel
E. E. White
Childress Cemetery
Arch T. Ward
Balmorhea
Joe H. Ward, Jr
Dallas
C. C. Badgett
Lynn Laswell
Waxahachie
Pope Johnson
Alvarado
Elsie Todd
Wisconsin
Bert Chastain
Georgetown
A. D. Ward
Antique Show Sought for Old Settlers Celebration
E. J. Huddleston was appointed by Old Settlers president T. R. Whitehead to gauge public interest in an antique show during the observance week of July 13. Jaycees report shave permits sold out with a new supply coming next Saturday.
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Old Settlers
E. J. Huddleston
Huddleston
T. R. Whitehead
Childress Jaycees
Kremlin to Tighten Satellite Control Soon
Widespread Western outrage over Hungary’s Nagy execution persists as reports from Warsaw claim the Kremlin plans tighter satellite oversight. Gomulka may be ousted for a staunch Stalinist, with Mazur as possible successor. Western protests flare in Bonn Paris and Athens amid new diplomatic tensions.
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London
UPI
Imre Nagy
Stalin Kremlin
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Czechoslovakia
Franciszek Mazur
Poland
Radio Moscow
Lead
Wheat Quotas Okayed For 1959 By Farmers Vote
Wheat farmers across 38 states voted on extending the government marketing quotas for the 1959 crop. National results show about 107 088 farmers or 79 8 percent in favor with 26 966 opposed. Several major states did not reach the two thirds needed for continuation.
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Childress County
Childress Community
Tell
Harrell Chapel
Kirkland
Loco
Washington
UPI
Midwest
New York
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylania
Illinois
Alabama
California
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Indiana
Texas
North Carolina
Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Colorado
Tempo in Texas Politics Increases During Week
A brisk campaign pace marked Texas politics ahead of the July 26 primary. Governors candidates O Daniel and Daniel spoke in Austin Dallas Beaumont and San Angelo while Sen. Gonzalez and Joe Irwin campaigned in West Texas. Yarborough Blakley Grif f in and Rothmann also promoted their races with events in Mason Longview Anahanc San Antonio and El Paso.
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Texas
W. Lee O’ Daniel
Austin
O'Daniel
U. S
Price Daniel
Dallas
Beaumont
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
West Texas
San Angelo
Sherman Adams
Joe A. Irwin
Bellaire
U. S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Llano
Sherman
Yarborough
Mason
Waco
Seaton Hall
Temple
Washington
William A. Blakley
Anahanc
Griffin
Blakley
Glenn Rothmann
el Paso
Rain Touts Brief Showers Across Childress Area
A brief Saturday shower across the Childress vicinity left moisture traces. The CAA logged rain from 1 40 a m to 4 20 a m with a trace at the air field and CO B Union Flat correspondent Mrs A V Mote reported half an inch. Index gauge recorded 0 20 inch while Burlington noted 46 at Quanah.
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Childress
CAA
Union Flat
A. V. Mote
Burlington
Quanah
Integration Delayed at Little Rock Central High Until 1960
Federal Judge Harry J. Lemley granted a 2 and a half year suspension of integration at Central High School amid public opposition. The order delays court-ordered desegregation to mid 1960 61, citing financial strain and need for guards if integration continues next term. NAACP appeals loom as seven Negro students face possible return.
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Little Rock
Ark
Eisenhower
Lemley
Wiley Brranton
Pine Bluff
NAACP
New York Naacp
Thurgood Marshall
Virgil T. Blossom
Paul Rogers Hospitalized After Two-Car Crash
One driver remained hospitalized after a two car collision around 12 45 p.m. at Third Street and Avenue C Northwest. Paul Rogers suffered three fractured ribs while Dwayne Philpott was treated for bruises and cuts and released. Police said damage to both vehicles was considerable and tickets had not yet been issued.
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Third Street
Avenue C
Paul Rogers
Dwayne Philpott
Two A&M Scholars Named From Childress and Wellington
Charles Wayne Graham of Route 2 Childress and Dennis Ray Harris of 801 11th St Wellington are among 78 top high school graduates named four year Opportunity Award College winners. The award supports higher education for outstanding students across Texas.
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Childress
Wellington
Charles Wayne Graham
Route 2
Dennis Ray Harris
11Th St
Trade Extension Sparks Job Debate in Congress
Secretary of State Dulles and Senator Malone clashed at a three hour Senate Finance Committee hearing over extending the reciprocal trade program. Malone called the administration claim of 4 5 million jobs protected by the program poppycock while Weeks admitted a prior shift on tariffs. The measure would extend the program five years and broaden presidential tariff cutting authority.
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Washington
UPI
John Foster Dulles
George W Malone
R-Nev
Malone
Dulles
Senate Finance Committee
Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
Commerce
Youthcharged in theft from telephone coin box
A 14 year old from Childress faced juvenile court in Fort Worth after being caught attempting to rob a Southwestern Bell telephone depot pay phone. Special Agent H C Preslar led the case with police and SBI involvement. the youth admitted a scheme dating to May 26, 1958, with other coin box burglaries reported by the telephone company. A formal hearing is set for next Wednesday.
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Childress
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Fort Worth
Denver
H. C. Preslar
Preslar
Charles Reynolds
Leonard King
Police Department
Telephone Company
Reynolds
Hail Rain and Twister Hit Central Texas
Thunderstorms drenched South Central Texas pushing flood crests along the Nueces and Frio basins. A small tornado struck the Joe Watson farm near Brownwood uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings. Prairie weather warnings urged cattle removal from flood plains and noted continuing unsettled conditions across the state.
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United Press International
Texas
Brown County
Joe Watson
Brownwood
Zephyr
Corpus Christi Weather Bureau
Cotulla
Nueces
Middle Nueces
Turkey Creek
Lower Frio River
Fowlerton
Lower Frio
Perry Brothers Store Opens With Modern Redesign
The ultra modern Perry Brothers Store reopened for public inspection Saturday under Manager Dale Privitt. The remodeled space features a new front entry with wide display windows, new doors, permanent awning, self service checkout, reordered counters, and a refrigerated air system. A staff of five sales girls plus two extra clerks will assist, with praise for upcoming lines and an opening ad in The Index. Visiting executives from Lufkin, Brenham, Seymour, Haskell, and other locations assisted in preparations.
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Perry Brothers
Dale Privitt
Privitt
Lufkin
Billy B. Jackson
Oran Jackson
Sulphur Springs
W. A. Lengefeld
Coleman
D. A. Dale
F. M. McCain
Brenham
Billy McCauley
Stamford
Sonny Bounds
Haskell
Leon Aldrich
Seymour
James Banks
Memphis
Airmen Charged in Theft Ring Linked to Electra Stores
Two Sheppard Air Force Base airmen John E. Congdon 21 of Warners New York and Joe M. Thomas 19 of Big Foot Texas were arrested Saturday and charged with bursary in connection with thefts at an Electra liquor store and a Wichita Falls store.
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Wichita Falls, Tex
UPI
Sheppard Air Force Base
John E. Congdon
Warners
N.Y
Joe M. Thomas
Big Foot
Tex
Wichita Falls
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Joe Ward
Tedie Rushing
Rushing
Kremlin
Imre Magy
Pal Maleter
Paris
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Bonn
Athens
Italy
Andrei Gromyko
Hans Kroll
By Lloyd Larrabee
Little Rock High
UPIL
United States
Stalin
Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Europe
Khrushchev
Nagy
Central High School
A&m
America
Cofc
Chamber of Commerce
Helen's Shoppe
Childress Greenhouse
B&j Drug
Lois Stiner
M&m Hobby Shop
J. W. Hamilton
Chamber
Maude Gay
Doyle McKinney
Paul Ord
James Mitchell
City Hall
By Warren Duffee
Central
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