Natural Resources in For More Taxes is New Move
A group of 47 Texas House members met in Houston to center more than 75 percent of a general tax bill on natural resource levies for oil and gas. Rep. Jim Bates said action stalled after private talks, with plans for a 1 cent per 1 000 cubic feet natural gas levy and a graduated oil tax.
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United Press International
Austin Upi
House
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Bates
Price Daniel
Daniel
George Hinson
Mineola
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Hinson
Senate
Revenue — and Taxation Committee
Nebraska Supreme Court Sets Starkweather Execution Date
The Nebraska Supreme Court scheduled Thursday for the execution of mass killer Charles Starkweather after the U S Supreme Court refused a last minute stay. The court acted quickly, setting the time between 12 01 a m and 11 59 p m on Thursday. Attorney General Back filed motions immediately upon notification of the stay denial.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nebraska Supreme Court
Charles Starkweather
United States Supreme Court
State Court
Midwest
Starkweather
Atty. Gen. C. S. Back
U. S. Supreme Court
Rains Raise Water Levels In Baylor And Childress Lakes
City Manager Louis Sally reports both Baylor and Childress Lakes rose one more foot after recent rainfall. Baylor reaches 31.4 feet and Childress 18.6 feet, highest levels since 1957, reflecting continued weather impact on local water bodies.
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Baylor
Childress Lakes
Louis Sally
Lake Childress
Sally
Rainfall Up To Five Inches In County
Rainfall overnight and into morning blanketed rural areas with 2.5 to 5 inches hitting cotton and feed crops. Reports from Tell and High Point and multiple farms show heavy totals with limited crop damage and several terraces broken. River Camp and area gauges recorded 2.6 to 4.1 inches, easing lawn water rationing and delaying mail delivery due to a derailment in Alvord. Allan Shahan reported six head of cattle lost during the storm.
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Tom Goff
Tell
Childress
Index
Floyd Biddy
High Point
FAA
Air Field
Carey
City
Union Flat
Richard Holeman
J. E. Kelley
Ernest Arn
Arthur Rothwell
L. B. Holman
Burlington
Alvord
Fw&d
Allan Shahan
Shahan
Hearing Set for Long Insanity Question in Louisiana
Earl K Long faces a public hearing on his insanity status after a habeas corpus writ ordered his appearance in Covington at 10 am on June 26. Long, 63, is at Southeastern State Hospital as a schizophrenic paranoid, with potential political consequences if he is legally committed. He cooperates with psychiatrists while officials fear unrest if he gains power. The petition alleges a hurried examination in a circus like scene in the back of a police car with a crowd and two doctors only briefly present.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Earl K. Long
Robert D. Jones
Long
Covington
Southeastern State Hospital
Jones
Rotary Club Schedules Special Installation Meeting
There will be no Rotary Club meeting Wednesday. Officers will be installed at a special meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at the hotel Chil dress Rotary Anns urged to attend.
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Rotary Club
Hotel Childress
Rotary Anns
Devastating Texas Rain Complex Strikes Fort Worth Area
Heavy rains and tornadoes swept through North Texas, washing out roads and two railroad bridges near Valley View and causing a Fort Worth and Denver derailment. The Trinity River swelled to menace Dallas as rainfall stacked up across towns from Amarillo to Corsicana with hail in the east, high water, and widespread flood effects.
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Valley View
Fort Worth
Denver
Trinity River
Dallas
Corsicana
Paris
Stamford
Canadian
Claude
Dumas
Shamrock
Quanah
Cetina
Denton
Newport
Slidell
Trinidad
Kennedale
Panhandle
South Plains
North Texas
Wichita Falls
Town
Holiday Creek
Amarillo
Texas
Pampa
Plainview
Clarendon
Hereford
Borger
Weather Bureau
Childress
Lubbock
Abilene
Red River
Fort Worth- Dallas
Austin
Beaumont
Riot at U.S. Prison Hospital in Springfield Holds Five Guards
More than 100 rioting inmates at the Springfield federal prison medical center seized five guards with homemade knives and refused to name demands. Warden Russell O. Settle said he would wait them out as guards were stripped to their shorts but unharmed. The hostages identified were Leonard Apple 55 Robert Rosendahl 38 William L. Fitch 45 Charles Allen 48 and Melvin Jung 57.
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Springfield
UPI
U. S. Prison Medical Center
Russell O. Settle
Settle
Billie Fitch
Leonard Appleby
Robert Rosen
Prison Break Seizure Ends With Demands Overnight
Rioters escaped at 9 55 pm prompting Leavenworth guards to deploy tear gas and a busload of officers. Warden Settle was warned entry would trigger harm as dawn broke over the hospital siege with riot guns and high powered rifles on scene. A list of demands emerged by 10 20 pm and food requests at 6 30 am.
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Sheriff's
Springfield
John Ben Brown Off Critical List
The 27 year old Altus man John Ben Brown was removed from the critical list at Childress General Hospital after injuries from a one car crash 18 miles north of Childress. His 23 year old bride died in the accident. He suffered pelvic fracture severe lacerations and a broken ankle.
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John Ben Brown
Altus
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Brown
Vanguard Satellite Fails To Orbit At Cape Canaveral
A Vanguard three stage rocket fails during second stage after a good first stage performance. The mission aimed to place a weather data satellite into orbit to study atmospheric heat and earth weather. The upper stages exploded, ending the test in the 100 million dollar venture.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
Insect Control Courses To Be Offered In Six Plains Area Schools
Insect control short courses are planned by the vocational agriculture department for six Plains area schools in June and July. Estelline Childress Hedley Clarendon Tulsa Cotton Center will host with H A Turney as instructor and the courses will combine classroom work and field practice under local vocational agriculture staff supervision.
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Vocational Agriculture Department
Plains Area
Estelline
Childress
Hedley
Clarendon
Tulsa
Cotton Center
Hale County
H. A. Turney
T. H. Seay
T. W. Kidwell
Turney
Astelline
Lions Officers Are Installed In 1959 60 slate
Dr L W McClendon installed the 1959 60 officers at the Lions Club noon meeting. Russell Jones was chosen to head the club withLeRoy Gaines Tru man Webb and Walter Lockhoof as vice presidents. W J Hughes was reappointed secretary treasurer and W J Hembree and Sam Miller joined the board.
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L. W. McClendon
Lions Club
McClendon
Lions
Russell Jones
LeRoy Gaines
Truman Webb
Walter Lockhoof
W. J (Billy) Hughes
W. J. Hembree
Sam Miller
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Cage must serve 10 year embezzlement term in Texas
Ben Jack Cage who fled to Brazil faces beginning a 10 year embezzlement sentence if he returns to Texas. The Supreme Court denied a hearing. Cage was convicted in Dallas in 1957 of embezzling 100000 from ICT Corpora tion and fled after skipping another embezzlement charge. His passport is marked return to the United States only. Brazilian civil suits were filed against him in a land development deal.
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Washington
UPI
Ben Jack Cage
Texas
Brazil
U.S. Supreme Court
Cage
Dallas
ICT Corporation
Henry Wade
State Department
United States
Texan
No Need For Water Rationing In Childress
City Manager Louis Sally said heavy rainfall removes any need for water rationing in Childress. He noted the city has ample water but lacks facilities to bring it into the city, and the rationing was only a consideration for neighbors.
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Childress
Louis Sally
Sally
Air Force Band to perform at Greenbelt Bowl game
The Amarillo Air Force Band will play at the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic on August 15. Congressman Walter Rogers reports the Defense Department approved the band’s appearance in Childress. Manager Jeff Henderson says all players have accepted bids except one and expects final acceptance soon.
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Amarillo Air Force
Walter Rogers
Rogers
Defense Department
Childress
C of
Jeff Henderson
Henderson
Reeves Death Case Reopened Over Will Disputes
Hollywood actor George Reeves known as Superman faced a reopened death inquiry after his will left most of a 50000 estate to film executive Eddie Mannix’s wife Toni Mannix. Reeves’ mother hired attorney Jerry Giesler to probe possible truth of a suicide and missing second will. Leonore Lemmon, engaged to Reeves, spoke of another will while executor Arthur Weissman confirmed no such document was found.
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Hollywood
UPI
George
Superman
Giesser
Reeves
Actors New York Cafe Society
Arthur Weissman
Leonore Lemmon
Toni Mannix
MGM Studio
Eddie Mannix
Miss Lemmon
Santa Rosa Round Up Opens with Parade in Vernon
The Santa Rosa Round Up starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. with a downtown Vernon parade and an 8 p.m. show. Judge Sam Privitt of Childress will take part as a parade judge.
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Santa Rosa
Vernon
Sam Privitt
Childress
Fuchs Released From Prison
Klaus Fuchs, who supplied Western atom bomb secrets to the Russians, was released from Wakefield prison after nine years. Under heavy security he flew from London Airport to East Berlin aboard a Polish airliner, with Scotland Yard secrecy shielding the departure.
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London
UPI
Klaus Fuchs
East Germany
Fuchs
Wakefield
Scotland Yard
East Berlin
31 Foes of Fidel Arrested
In Rodas, 31 people were arrested after an attack on police barracks. The arrests raise the tally of Castro foes jailed recently to over 200. A truckload of dynamite was found in Ganabacoa with possible home made bombs. A new decree threatens the death penalty for terrorism. Rodas lies about 35 miles west of Santa Clara in Las Villas. Castro said attackers abroad may include some war criminals who fled Cuba after Batista’s overthrow.
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Havana
UPI
Rodas
Fidel Castro
Guanabacoa
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Castro
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
No Fire Damage After AC Short at G N Home
An air conditioner at 911 G N shorted out about 12 50 p m sending firemen to the home. Firemen reported no fire damage.
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G. N
Former Resident Dies in Denton
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Charles L. Dickey 54 at St. Andrew's Church in Denton. She died in a Denton hospital and leaves two daughters Mrs. O. M. Scott of Midland and Mrs. Delbert Rowland of San Antonio, a sister Mrs. P. H. Edwards of Baltimore, and relatives including Crews of Childress. A memorial fund for Reynolds Presbyterian Home in Dallas was announced.
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Charles L. Dickey
Claude Alexander
Childress
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Denton
John Marvin
J. Hoyt Boyles
Frank Travis
Plainview
Park Dale
Arlington
Trinity University
Waxahachie
Martin Crews
Dickey
Presbyterian Church
Mesquite
Austin
Reynolds Presbyterian
Dallas
Canyon
O. M. Scott
Midland
Delbert Rowland
San Antonio
P. H. Edwards
Baltimore
Maryland
Childress Crews
John Head
Richardson
Tex
CAP Squadron Holds Regular Civil Air Patrol Meeting
A regular meeting of the Childress Civil Air Patrol squadron will convene at 7 30 p m at the CAP building on the air field. All CAP Cadets are urged to attend their meeting at 6 30 p m.
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Childress Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Air Field
Fort Worth and Denver Derailment Near Alvord Texas
Two train derailments in Texas disrupted service today with 21 railroad cars including two passenger cars that carried passengers. The Alvord incident halted near the engine and three cars, while the Luling incident affected 17 Southern Pacific freight cars east of Luling. No serious injuries reported though minor passenger scratches noted. rain-softened roadbed blamed for the Alvord derailment and main line blockage on the Houston San Antonio route.
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Decatur
Alvord
State Highway Department
Italy
Waxahachie
U. S. 77
U. S. 287
Texas
Wise County
W. R. Stevens
Fort Worth
Denver
Wichita Falls
W. R. McCanne
Alyvord
Southern Pacific
Luling
San Antonio
J. D. Ramsey
Houston
Sunset Limited
Rosenberg
Victoria
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W. A. Bryan
Hale Center
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Celina
Gunter
Justin
Little Elm
Pilot Point
Roanoke
Springtown
Weatherford
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Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Federal Penitentiary
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