Public urged to attend meeting in Childress auditorium
A meeting is urged tonight at 7:30 a.m. in Fair Park Auditorium chaired by Jake Lawson of the CofC-BCD Industrial Committee. Prominent attendees include Harry Clark of the Texas Industrial Commission FE Simmons of Fort Worth and Denver Bill Sayles of West Texas Utilities John Perry of Lone Star Gas and a Small Business Administration rep.
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Jake Lawson
Cofc-Bcd
Fair Park Auditorium
Harry Clark
Texas Industrial Commission
FE. L. Simmons
Fort Worth
Denver
Bill Sayles
West Texas Utilities
John Perryman
Lone Star Gas Company
Small Business Administration
Childress
Simmons
Lawson
Heatly speaks to Lions Club on major appropriation bill
W. S. Bill Heatly State Representative from the 82nd District addressed the Lions Club at noon about the House Appropriation Bill he led during the last session. The measure becomes effective September 1 for two years and highlights the five largest state spenders Public Welfare Texas Education Agency Higher Education Texas Highway Department and Mental Institutions and schools for the retarded. Alton Landrum supervised the program with President E. J. Huddleston noting an Industrial Meeting planned for page five.
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W. S
Bill) Heatly
Lions Club
Heatly
Public Welfare Department
Texas Education Agency
Higher Education
Texas Highway Department
Mental Institutions
Alton Landrum
E. J. Huddleston
Lions
Caravan to Push Celebration In Childress County
The Childress County Old Settlers Association sponsors a caravan to promote the annual observance July 18 to 28. A committee of Johnny Rucker Jeff Henderson and Wade Kimbrough will plan towns visited entertainment and details. The caravan runs July 10 and 12 with calls for volunteers.
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Childress County Old Settlers Association
Johnny Rucker
Jeff Henderson
Wade Kimbrough
Rucker
Certificate Awarded to P A Preslar for Optometry Study
Dr P A Preslar received a certificate for completing 15 hours of post graduate work at the College of Optometry University of Houston Three new subjects were studied Pleoptic techniques contact lens and calcanometry He was invited to a reception at the home of Dean Chester Pheiffer
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P A. Preslar
College of Optometry
University of Houston
Preslar
Chester Pheiffer
Buckley and Gage Visit Quanah for Jaycees Promotion
Glenn Buckley area vice president of the Texas Jaycees and Don Gage president of the Childress Jaycees visited Quanah noon today. They urged Quanah Jaycees to back the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority promotion set for a summer vote.
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Glenn Buckley
Texas Jaycees
Quanah
Cub Scout Leaders Meet at First Methodist Church
All Cub Scout leaders gather at the First Methodist Church at 7:30 PM today per A V McFarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
A. V McFarland
Pope Paul VI Origin Story From Italian Village
The village of Concesso celebrates its connection to Pope Paul VI born in 1897 in nearby Sotto Il Monte. Mayor Riccardo Guistacchini phones for guidance after Giovanni Montini became pope on June 21 1963 and took the name Paul VI.
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Paul VI
United Press International
Concesso
Sotto Il Monte
Italy
Riccardo Guistacchini
Giovanni Batista Montini
Giorgio Montini
Guiditta Alghisi
Motini
Guistacchini
Funeral Set for Bob Howard in Childress
Joe Robert Howard 27 died at Odom Hospital Memphis after a brain injury from lifting a 250 pound meat piece. He was a butcher at Childress Meat Company and member of Parkview Baptist Church. Services 4 p.m. Wednesday at Parkview with burial in Childress Cemetery. He was born February 12 1936 near Carey. Survivors include wife Gayleen two children Clay and Bobbie Gay Howard two parents two sisters and a brother.
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Joe Robert
Bob) Howard
Odom
Memphis
Childress Meat Company
Parkview Baptist Church
Buddy Bryant
Childress Cemetery
Homer Coats, Jr
Gene Thomas
Donny McFarland
Willie Scott
Louie Dill
Raymond Love
Howard
Carey
Gayleen
Clay Howard
Bobbie Gay] Howard
R. B. Howard
Childress
Betty Jo Morgan
Redding
Calif
Sue Williams
Roy Weldon
Digger) Howard
Amarillo
Burglar Arrest Report From Childress County Jail
Jessie Lee Davis, 49, jailed in Childress County after burglary arrest by Chief Alvin Maddox and Officer R B Cunningham. Police say he stole an electric iron and bed sheet from a residence in Northeast Childress. the bed sheet was recovered, the iron sold. Charges await county attorney Charles Reynolds after vacation.
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Jessie Lee
Davis
Childress
Alvis Maddox
R. B. Cunningham
Charles Reynolds
Former Resident Lillie Melton Injured in Car Crash
Word reaches here that Mrs. Lillie Melton formerly of this area now in San Bernardino California was hospitalized after a June 23 automobile wreck. She was thrown from the car and suffered a broken collarbone a fractured shoulder and a broken wrist. She is the niece of Richard Holeman of Childress.
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Lillie Melton
San Bernardino
Calif
Melton
Richard Holeman
Childress
City to seek federal aid for water survey and upgrades
Labor survey aimed at qualifying Childress County for Area Redevelopment Administration aid will be conducted soon after a City Council meeting. Mayor Michie Thaten and others met CAF officials in Fort Worth to secure a loan to fund an engineer’s water system survey. Council also approved bids for a police car, trash truck, paving and sealing ten blocks, a civil defense carnival, meter parking flag changes, a US 287 parking ban, and study of pre fab housing rules. Five year farm leases at the air field were signed with named owners.
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Childress County
Michie Thaten
Louis Sally
Cofc Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Fort Worth
Community Facilities Administration
Smith Motor Company
Civil Defense
Fair Park
Childress
Texas Highway Department
Air Field
Clyde Hackler
Charles P. Drake
S. M. Hunter
Weldon Lane
Ed Inman
Ivey Lambert
Leo Inman
Joe King
Donald Black
Do Or Die Meeting Set For Thursday
A do or die meeting of Red River Valley TV Translator Association stockholders is called for 8 p m Thursday in the district courtroom. President Charles Mock says the future of the association will be decided at the meeting as there are now three channels and good reception. If funds cannot be found to operate, the translator will close. Service charges will be decided then. originally $18 per year was planned but no charges have been made or paid.
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Red River Valley TV Translator Association
Charles Mock
Mock
John M. Bailey
National Committee
Bailey
Kennedy pledges to risk cities to defend allies in Europe
President Kennedy declared the United States would risk its cities to defend its European allies during a Paris Church speech in Frankfurt. He urged defense unity and economic cooperation as Western Europe counters Communist pressure, amid cheers from German crowds and a tour overall praised by reporters.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Europe
America
Paulskirche
West Germany
Berlin
Ireland
Britain
Hanau
White House
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Jury selection continues in Halford rape case
In Wichita Falls UPI, Virgil Nelson Halford 26 of Wylie Texas faces trial for raping a nine year old Mineral Wells patrolman’s daughter. The state seeks the death penalty. Jury pool of about 500. venue moved from Palo Pinto County. Defense motions on photographers and psychiatrist report denied. Trial overview and prior rape sentence noted.
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Wichita Falls
UPI
Virgil Nelson Halford
Wylie
Tex
Mineral Wells
Halford
Temple Driver
Palo Pinto County
Driver
Garland
Grand Prairie
Roger Crampton
Sam Cleveland
Stephenville
Mississippi seeks death in Medgar Evers slaying
Jackson Mississippi United Press International reports that Byron De La Beckwith will face a preliminary murder hearing as prosecutors seek the death penalty for the June 12 sniper killing of Medgar Evers NAACP field secretary. Beckwith, 42, of Greenwood, was turned over to Jackson police by the VA on Justice Department guidance after FBI fingerprint and rifle evidence tied him to the crime. The rifle with a Japanese telescope sight was found near Evers home later that day.
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Byron de la Beckwith
James Spencer
Dist
William Waller
Hinds County Grand Jury
Beckwith
Waller
Greenwood
Jackson
FBI
Evers
Miss
Medgar Evers
Want Floats In Parade for Old Settlers
Childress groups are urged to enter floats for the Old Settlers Parade on July 18 at 4 pm. Parade Chairman Bill Johnson hopes for the largest parade in Childress history with 23 riding clubs invited and prizes of 75, 50, and 25 dollars for the top floats.
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Childress
Old Settlers
Bill Johnson
Johnson
Democrats Choose Atlantic City For 1964 Convention
The Democratic Party settled on Atlantic City New Jersey as the 1964 convention site to renominate President Kennedy. The gathering starts August 24, five weeks after the Republican convention in San Francisco. The decision followed a Sites Committee vote and National Committee approval.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Atlantic City
San Francisco
Tion
Democratic National Committee
Miami Beach
Chicago
Oil Tests Near Abbreviated Drilling Prep Weeks Away
One week remains before drilling starts on the O P Leonard No 3 Oda Coats and Kay Kim bell and Leo Swick and Dwight M Ross No 1 J Ahren tests. Surface pipe work by Spradlin Brothers aims for 430 feet in Rhea test and 350 feet in Coats test. The Rhea well south of Childress targets about 8000 feet, while Coats plans a tightening test down to the Cisco reef at roughly 4600 feet.
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O. P. Leonard
Oda
Kay Kimbell
Leo Swick
Dwight M. Ross
J. Ahren
Spradlin Brothers
Rhea
Coats
Childress
Cisco Reef
Airmen Cleared in Spy Scandal Case
The Defense Department announced three U.S. Air Force airmen, flown from Britain for questioning in the Profumo spy scandal, were cleared. Investigation found none involved directly or indirectly, and they had no intimate contact with Christine Keeler or knowledge of her last name.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Department
Christine
Christine Keeler
Relative of Local Resident Succumbs
Funeral services for J. E. Childers, 77, of Brownwood were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Greenville. Burial was in Clinton Cemetery at Greenville. He moved to Brownwood last year after long residence in Paducah and had been ill for months. Survivors include his wife Ruby. three sons Virgil of Dallas, D. M. of Brownwood, and Odell of Greenville. three of Childress. 17 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
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J. E. Childers
Brownwood
Greenville
Clinton
Childers
Paducah
Ruby
Virgil
Dallas
D. M
Odell
Tree
James Roy Austin Leads Hereford Association Field Day
James Roy Austin president of the Texas Junior Hereford Association conducted a week of gatherings at the Van Winkle Ranch near Buffalo Fair Oak Ranch near Boerne and Pronger Bros Ranch near Stratford serving as master of ceremonies and addressing members on raising Herefords.
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James Roy Austin
Texas Junior Hereford Association
van Winkle Ranch
Buffalo
Fair Oak Ranch
Boerne
Pronger Bros
Straford
Austin
Wedding Cake Found On Southend Street
In Southend England officials investigate a found item on a street a white iced one tier wedding cake lay unclaimed Monday.
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Southend
England
UPI
Lost and Found Office
Ray Green Finance Company Best Friend to Your Budget
Ray Green Finance Company positions itself as the reliable ally for affordable financing. It highlights flexible terms and clear rates aimed at helping households manage costs and improve purchasing power.
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Ray Green Finance Company
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Gage
CUB
Henrick Luebke
Hammerschidt
Luebke
Funie Shriver
NEA Radiophoto
Pope Paul VI
Bob Howard
Shep Wilson
Defense OF
JFK
Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Greenwood Fertilizer
NEA Telephoto
Hea
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
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