House Ownership At New High For City
The Census Bureau reports 1 580 of 2 207 housing units in Childress are owner occupied or about 71 5 percent placing Childress above the national rate of 61 9 percent. The report notes improved home conditions and greater comforts reflecting widespread home buying aided by mortgage cost declines. National outlays for home improvements in 1960 reached 13 billion while new housing construction neared 18 billion continuing the national trend.
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New York
Childress
Census Bureau
United States
South Central
Federal Housing Administration
Revival Plans Set for All Community Spiritual Revival
Church leaders from First Presbyterian First Methodist First Baptist Central Christian Church of the Nazarene Assembly of God King Memorial Methodist Calvary Baptist and St Luke s Episcopal meet at Central Christian tonight to plan the All Community Spiritual Revival July 22 to 29 at Fair Park Stadium.
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Childress
Central Christian Church
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
First Baptist Central Christian
Church of the Nazarene
Assembly of God
King Memorial Methodist
Calvary Baptist
St. Luke's Episcopal
Fair Park Stadium
Kennedy Denounces Engineer Strike Shuts Eastern 18000 Workers Home
President Kennedy condemns the Flight Engineers Union walkout against Pan American and Eastern as the union presses for a settlement. Pan Am halted by a federal restraining order while Eastern sent home about 18,000 employees, disrupting travel for hundreds. Kennedy urges a negotiated solution and cites the TWA settlement as proof that strikes are unnecessary.
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New York
UPS
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Kennedy
Pan Am
Eastern
Flight Engineers Union
Trans World Airlines
National Mediation Board
Pan American
George Rosling
Malcolm A. Macintyre
Ronald Brown
Macintyre
Airtiats
Onrage Siz
Estes Records Tie Him To Phone Calls Before Arrest
Telephone company records presented at a Pecos court show Billie Sol Estes made 38 calls to Sen. Ralph Yarborough and Lyndon B. Johnson aide the day before and the day of his arrest on fraud charges. Testimony cited deposits inquiries and a Pecos Daily News stake, with officials noting suspicions of illicit cotton acreage payments.
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Pecos
Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
William Poole
Estes
Yarborough
FBI
Yong
Jenny Carter
U.S. Department of Agrculture
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Henry H. Meistall
Marshall
Carter
Two Men and Boy Drowned in Brazos River Flood
In Breckenridge Texas a Friday drowning occurred on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River when six youths attempted to move a log near a dam. Joe Knight 40 Joseph Knight Jr 12 Boyce Strong 40 disappeared with two Strong sons and three other boys. The three bodies were recovered downstream in a deep hole on private property near Eliasville.
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Brazos River
Breckenridge, Tex
UPI
Joe Knight
Joseph Jr
Boyce Strong
Breckenridge
Strong
Installation Of Masonic Officers Tuesday Night
The ceremony takes place in the Masonic Hall at 8 p m with Willard Williams as installing officer. New officers include A A Bass as Worshipful Master Warner Stevens as Senior Warden and A A Whitlock as Junior Warden. Ray R Prater retires as Worshipful Master. Appointive officers to be announced later.
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Masonic Hall
Willard Williams
A A. Bass
Warner Stevens
A. A. Whitlock
Ray R. Prater
Cotton planting in full swing across Childress County
Childress County farmers return to fields to replant cotton and other crops due to late-season setbacks. A farmer notes they are "crowding our luck" and expect a late fall harvest, with planting equipment operated around the clock where possible.
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Childress County
Old Settlers Meet to Plan July Celebration
Plans for the Childress County Old Settlers Association annual celebration will be made at an 8 p.m. Wednesday meeting in city hall. Mrs. Carrie Hardin, temporary president, urged a full turnout of officers and directors and others interested. The celebration is set for July 18.
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Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Carrie Hardin
Nationalist China Warns of Invasion by Chiang Kai-shek
The New China News Agency reports Nationalist forces plan an invasion of the Communist mainland with U S support. It says PLA units massed along Fukien. warns mainland Chinese to stay alert and ready to repel an attack amid alleged U S encouragement.
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Tokyo
UPI
New China
China
United States
Far East
Red China
Fukien
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Matsu
Quemoy
NCNA
Chiang Kai-chek Gang
U.S
Ex-Marine Charged With Dual-Murder in New Jersey
James Vance, 18, a former Marine, was charged with willful felonious and premeditated murder in the bludgeon slayings of Noreen Buckley 17 and Margaret Kennedy 15 near a lover’s lane. He appeared nervous entering Morris County courthouse as parents gathered outside. he was ordered held without bail.
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Morris Plains
N. J
UPI
James Vance
Vance
Noreen Buckley
Margaret Ann Kennedy
Lover's Lane
Morris Township
Serge Pizzi
Morris County
Estelline Youth Shot in Critical Condition
Estelline lad Edward Longbine aged 10 is listed in very critical condition after a four hour surgery at Odom Hospital Memphis for gunshot wounds. He was playing with a loaded .22 pistol with other children at the family home five miles west northwest of Estelline when the accident happened. He is the youngest of five children and special nurses have been called for his care.
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Edward Longbine
Odom
Memphis
J. C. Longbine
Estelline
Longbine
Child Dies In Paducah After Being Kicked By Horse
Calvin Brooks, 17 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Brooks of Paducah, died Friday night after a horse kicked him while he was in a horse trailer at the family home. He died en route to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock after initial care at a Paducah hospital. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at the Baptist Church. Father works as manager of Paducah Texas Employment Office.
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Paducah
UPI
Calvin Brooks
Joe Brooks
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
The
Baptist Church
Paducah Texas Employment Office
Quitaque Coach Dies Suddenly
ESTELLINE Special Funeral services for James Roberts Quitaque basketball coach will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Farwell. Roberts 25 became sick while playing softball in Quitaque and died at home. He led Quitaque to state championships in Austin this year and was a West Texas State College Canyon graduate who also attended Texas Tech and Tarleton State. Survivors include his widow Karen of Farwell his parents Mr and Mrs W M Roberts Farwell and one brother Charles a high school student at Farwell His wife’s parents are Mr and Mrs Joe Eddins of Estelline.
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James Roberts
Quitaque
Farwell
Roberts
Austin
West Texas State College
Canyon
Texas Tech
Tarlton State
Stephenville
Karen
W. M. Roberts
Charles
Joe Eddins
Estelline
Khrushchev Heads to Black Sea After Romanian Banquet
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, during a Romanian visit, left a Bucharest banquet early in good spirits and headed to Mamaia to escape the heat. He joked about his waistline at a 12 course dinner and warned that those who threaten peace will face destruction.
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Constanza
Romania
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Black Sea
Khrushchev
Council of Ministers
Bucharest
Moscow
Morse Fires Back at Eisenhower Attack on Kennedy Policies
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon denounces Dwight Eisenhower's criticisms of Kennedy programs. He accuses the former President of taxpayer funded medical care and subsidies for his Gettysburg farm while urging voters to consider perceived farm and business subsidies in the political debate.
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Washington
UPI
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Morse
Senate
Gettysburg
White House
U.S
Pierre Salinger
Great Farmer
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