Starkweather Executed in Nebraska Electric Chair
Charles Starkweather, 20, condemned killer of 11, faced five electric charges and died in the Nebraska electric chair at 2.05 am. Dr. Getsher pronounced death after a brief procedure as Dr. Finkle collapsed and died of a heart attack before the execution. Starkweather spoke little, sat calm, and endured multiple electric shocks in a grim, final end to his January killings.
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Ellis Ball
United Press International
Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Charle Starkweather
Nebraska Electric
P. E. Getsher
E.d.t
B. A. Finkle
Starkweather
Finkle
Flooding Rains Pester State with Devine Downpours
Nearly eight inches of rain drenched Devine Texas driving a flash flood that forced three families from their homes along Upson Street. The underpass on US 81 flooded and traffic halted as branches and lightning disrupted electricity across the region.
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United Press International
Devine
Tex
San Antonio
Upson Street
Pam
Texas
del Rio
Cental Pesca
Dallas-Fort Worth
Greenville
Plano
Temple
Waco
Austin
Alpine
Brownsville
Los Angeles
la Salle County
Fowlerton
Plourblut
Corpus Christi Naval AW Station
Hutto
Hote
Spring Branch
Houston Heights
Burglars Loot Pete Moor Garage North of Town
Police report burglars entered the Pete Moor Garage on Highway 83 by twisting a back door lock and stole about 8 to 10 dollars in coins. Chief Alvis Maddox said two suspects are under investigation with no arrests yet.
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Pete Moor
Highway 83
Alvis Maddox
County Lags In Bond Sales In Childress District
Childress County trails in selling Series E and il bonds per Treasury data. Overall district sales show Stonewall County leading at 88.8 percent, Dickens 53.0, Motley 48.6, Hall 46.8, Cotile 44.3, with no county chairman currently.
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Childress County
Childress District
Treasury Department
Stonewall County
Dickens County
Motley
Hall
Cotile
Soldier of the Month Named for PFC Wendell Kindle
Kindle of Childress chosen by Headquarters Company 78th Engineering Battalion Germany as Soldier of the Month. His parents, Mr and Mrs E F Kindle, live at 510 South Main.
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Pfc
Wendell FE
Kindle of
Childress
Kindle
78Th Engineering Batallion
Germany
E. F Kincle
510 South Main
Johansson Edges Patterson at Weigh In In Title Showdown
In New York UPI report Ingemar Johansson outweighed Floyd Patterson by 1% pounds, 182 to 181, as both boxers weighed in for tonight’s rain threatened title bout at Yankee Stadium.
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New York
UPI
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Yankee Stadium
Legislative Squabble Over Texas Severance Tax Rallys Dirtied Debate
Texas lawmakers clash with oil pipeline spokesman B M Britain over a proposed severance tax on gas and the burden on residents of other states. Gov Daniel defends, committee bristles as talks drift toward a general sales tax to raise 184 million dollars while hoping for a bill by week’s end.
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Austin
Congress
Texas
Price Daniel
Britain
House
Carr
Ramsey
Daniel
Pastor Marries Congregation Member In Alamogordo
The Rev. W. S. McBirnie, former Trinity Baptist pastor in San Antonio, wed Mrs. Wilma Jean Durham, a member of his congregation, June 8 in Alamogordo New Mexico. McBirnie admitted involvement with a married congregant and resigned the San Antonio pulpit the night of June 7. The ceremony was held before a justice of the peace as Durhams’ children attended.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
W. S. McBirnie
Trinity Baptist
Durhams
Fxa
Tommy
Alamogordo
McBirnie
Durham
California
Mel Durham
San Antonio Baptist Minis
Polio Victim Returns Home After Recovery
An eight year old girl, once suspected of polio, has been released from Childress General Hospital and sent home. The doctor says she has recovered from a mild polio case and this decision followed the patient’s improving condition.
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Childress General Hospital
H Bomb War Could Kill Nearly Fifty Million Americans
A civil defense official estimated that 48.9 million Americans would die from blast fire or radiation in a US Soviet H bomb war. About 20 million would suffer serious injuries but survive, with 128.1 million survivors facing fallout risk.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Defense
United States
Russia
Eugene J. Quindlen
Office of Civil Defense
Congressional Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Chet Holifield
D- Calif
Earl Long pleads for prayers amid mental hospital dispute
Baton Rouge officials report Governor Earl K. Long appeals to Louisiana residents on a taped message to pray him out of a mental hospital after claiming he was railroaded by his wife Blanche Long and U S Senator Russell Long. A habeas corpus hearing looms Friday to decide commitment validity.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
U. S
Russell Long
Radiho
Covington Junior High School
Long
Iris
Blanche Long
Faubus Refuses Cooperation With Integrated Schools
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus warned that the federal government would need live ammunition to enforce school integration in Little Rock, and said he would not help quell potential mob violence. He argued that any September integration would be forced, not the will of the people.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Little Rog
Arkansas
Booster Pump Fittings Installed For Childress Water Main
City Manager Louis Sally announced fittings for the booster pump on the water main into Childress have arrived and were installed. The pump will be in operation next week on the main from the reservoir to south Childress to relieve low pressure during peak consumption for both south and north Childress. Four lines exist: three six inch lines and one eight inch line from south Childress to the 10 inch main north of the reservoir.
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Childress
Louis Sally
South Childress
South
North Childress
North Clundress
Satchmo Armstrong In Grave Condition In Scoliosis Of Pneumonia
Satchmo Armstrong lay unconscious most of today in grave condition with bronchial pneumonia and heart trouble.
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Spoleto
Traty
Loui
Satchmo
Armstrong
Don M Smith Joins Hereford Association Junior roster
Donald Mack Smith of Childress was named to junior membership in the American Hereford Association. The AHA, based in Kansas City, is the world’s largest purebred registry. Smith was among 46 junior Hereford breeders placed on the roster in May.
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Donald Mack Smith
Childress
American Hereford Association
Kansas City
AHA
Smith
Plane breaks sound barrier over Childress
A jet shattered the sound barrier over Childress at 7 06 PM causing only shaken nerves and no other damage reported according to yesterday’s report. No fire, no dynamite, just the sonic boom disturbing residents.
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Childress
Magnolia Leasing Deals in Hardeman County Area
Magnolia Petroleum Company leases a SMM acre block in northwest Hardeman County just east of Childress County. The annual rental is $1 per year with a $5 per acre upfront payment for a one year term. No drilling contract is involved.
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Magnolia Petroleum Company
Hardeman County
Childress County
Castro Regime Faces Deep Trouble in Cuba
UPI report from private sources in New York by Phil Newsom warns Castro’s revolutionary government is in serious danger from internal and external threats. Cuba’s economy worsens as about 300000 sugar workers lose jobs, risking near one million unemployed, with business nearly paralyzed by agrarian reform and exchange controls.
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United Press International
New York
Cuba
Phil Newsom
UPI
Fulgencio Batista
Sepport
Four Negri Teens Held on $25,000 Bail Each
New York UPI reports four Negri teenagers are held in $25,000 bail pending further hearing over an alleged incident involving a 14 year old girl who testified she promised sexual intimacies to Jacob Bethea 16 during a 10 minute kissing session at Junior High School 16. She said she only promised to appease him to get him to stop and that she would permit intimacies on a later night. Later that Monday she testified Bethea grabbed her by the legs outside the school and tried to drag her upstairs while she resisted and shouted for him to leave her alone calling him a wild dog.
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United Press International
New York
UPI
Jacob Bethea
Bethea
Patterson Johansson Title Fight Postponed By Rain
The Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium was moved from tonight to Friday night due to rain and wet grounds.
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New York
UPI
Floyd Patterson - Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Madium
Rotary Officers Installed Here Tonight
Rotarians and Rotary Anns meet at 7 30 tonight for the annual installation of officers. The dinner gathering is at Hotel Childress. Dr Jack Fox will be installed as president by Past District Governor Rex Webster of Lubbock, a former classmate in Childress. No club meeting was held yesterday.
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Rotarians
Rotary Anns
Hotel Childress
Jack Fox
Rex Webster
Lubbock
Fox
Childress
Club
Injuries Fatal To Prison Rioter
In Springfield Missouri a prisoner died after a 16 hour riot in the federal prison hospital wing. Richard Smith of Salt Lake City, 24, died from a fractured skull while Earl Taylor of Phenix City Alabama was named the principal ringleader. Warden Settle said no action against the leaders is planned. Taylor’s lieutenants were Bryan Reed of Los Angeles and Carl Roberts of Kansas City.
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Springfield
UPI
U. S. Medical Center
Richard Smith
Salt Lake City
United States
Russell O. Settle
Earl C. Taylor
Phenix City
Ala
Taylor
Bryan D. Reed
Los Angeles
Carl Roberts
Kansas City
Frank Mitchell Bitten by Rattler Near Estelline
Frank Mitchell, bitten on the left hand by a diamond back rattler while chopping a tree with a crew near Whief Way east of Estelline, is listed in fair condition with slight improvement at Childress General Hospital. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon as the Fort Worth and Denver crew worked nearby.
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Frank Mitchell
Childress General Hospital
Mitchell
Whief Way
Estelline
Fort Worth
Denver
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Waggoner Carr
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H. J. Blanchard
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Harlingen
Joe Ed Winfree
Houston
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Fridavyv Hie
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Colorado Springs
Gary Hassell
Carol Clem Higley
Truett Ball
Billy Drake
Norman King
Ole Earl
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Joe Arthur Sins
Robert Jones
Don M. Smith
Hereford Group
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