Heavy Texas rains flood hill country and rivers
Rain continued across Texas as the Guadalupe near Comfort rose toward flood levels. Upstream, the Sabinal and other rivers overflowed, isolating towns, while Kerrville Fredericksburg and Uvalde reported substantial downpours and road closures. Flood warnings extended along the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass and the Sulphur River in East Texas as showers persisted statewide.
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Bargain Day Date Changes in Childress Stores
July bargain day moves to the second Monday from the first. July 4 falls on Saturday. merchants consider extending sales to July 5. One retailer says they will not advertise bargains unless shoppers are present. Merchants offer thousands of bargains and plan to give away 125 dollars in cash.
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Childress
Farm Bill Veto May Help Dems
Washington UPI reports Democrats claim President Eisenhower's veto of the wheat and tobacco bills shifts responsibility for costly wheat surpluses to the President and could aid a Democrat in the 1960 election. Some Republicans privately concede the veto hurts their party especially in the Dakotas Montana and Kansas. The vetoed wheat bill would raise supports and the tobacco bill would freeze price supports at 1958 levels.
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UPI
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Kansas
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Rattler Killed At Residence Cited In City Report
A rattler was killed at a northeast city residence yesterday afternoon. Police cautioned residents to clear weeds around homes. Frank Mitchell, bitten on the hand while clearing a right of way with a railroad crew near Childress, was described as improved at Childress General Hospital.
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Childress General Hospital
Childress
Ike and Elizabeth Open St. Lawrence Seaway
Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower formally opened the St. Lawrence Seaway to shipping in Montreal. They hailed it as a monument to international cooperation and North American partnership. The ceremony drew about 50 000 spectators and was broadcast worldwide.
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UPI
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Prince Philip
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Burglary At Elks Lodge Involves Cash Theft
Investigation continues into a Wednesday night burglary at the Elks Lodge. Thieves pried a door lock and stole 278 dollars. The same night Pete Moore's Garage on Highway 83 northwest of the city was also burglarized.
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Elks Lodge
Pete Moore
Elks
Highway 83
Patterson Changes Plea In DWI Case
Lee Elvin Patterson, 48, of 1006 Ave G Northwest, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty for driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars, sentenced to three days in jail, and his license suspended six months. Arrested by James E Hicks, local liquor control agent, Sunday.
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Lee Elvin Patterson
Ave. G
Northwest
James E. Hicks
Gas firm asks for rate hike in Houston
United Gas Corp. asked the Houston City Council for an average $1.58 per residential customer rate increase. Vice president James A. Wilson said the boost is needed due to a 197 percent drop in profits.
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Houston
United Gas Corp
Houston C
James A. Wilson
State deficit listed in Austin report
UPI reports State Treasurer Jesse James said the general fund deficit stood at 47,258,730 dollars as of close of business Wednesday.
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Jesse James
Texas House Sets Rare Saturday Session On Tax Bill
The Texas House voted 69 to 65 to recess until 10 am Saturday for debate on a $168 million compromise tax bill aimed at solving the state's fiscal crisis. Rep Frates Seeligson of San Antonio leads the measure as sponsor.
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House Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Frates Seeligson
San
Masons Install New Officers
New officers were installed last night by Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695. Deane P. Dodge was installing officer and J. W. Chambers was marshal. Allen Harp became Worshipful Master with Robert Goundie as Senior Warden and R. R. Prater as Junior Warden. Other officers include James Smith Senior Deacon A A Bass Junior Deacon Warner Stevens Senior Steward Don Burchett Junior Steward J R Lucky Chaplain. Re elected were Earl Swain tiler Harold Wright secretary and Willard Williams treasurer.
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Childress Masonic Lodge
Deane P. Dodge
J. W. Chambers
Marshall
Allen Harp
Robert Goundie
R. R. Prater
James Smith
A. A. Bass
Warner Stevens
Stewart
Don Burchett
J. R. Lucky
Earl Swaintiler
Harold Wright
Willard Williams
Long Reclaims Governorship After Firing Hospital Leadership
Gov Earl K Long is released from a Louisiana mental hospital after Judge Robert D Jones voids the commitment order. Long signs the firings of Jesse Bankston and Dr Charles Belcher, appoints Charles Rosenblum and Jesse McClendon, and declares he will live as a country squire while remaining in control of the state.
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Covington
UPI
Earl K. Long
Long
Louisiana Mental Hospital
Robert D Jones
Jesse Bankston
Charles Belcher
Jack Fox Installed as Childress Rotary Club President
Dr. Jack Fox was installed as president of the Childress Rotary Club succeeding Buddy Wilcoxson. Past District Governor Rex Webster of Lubbock performed the installation. The event highlighted Rotary’s global reach with 15 new clubs organized in one district in Japan last year.
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Jack Fox
Shorty
Thildress
Childress Rotary Club
Buddy) Wilcoxson
Rex Webster
Lubbock
Fox
Childress High School
Grover C. Fox
Childress Club
Webster
Rotary
Japan
Palmer Massey
TWA Plane Crashes Near Milan After Fire In Flight
A Trans World Airlines jet carrying 58 passengers reportedly caught fire during a thunderstorm and crashed in a forest between Milan and Legnano, northern Italy. Eyewitnesses near Busto Arsizio saw an explosion in the air. The plane had departed Athens, stopped in Rome, and was bound for Malpensa Airport when the crash occurred. casualties unknown.
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Italy
Trans World Airlines
New York
Legnano
Mapensa
Dolomite
Busto Arisizzo
Athens
Rome
Malpensa
Translator TV Meeting Tonight in Childress County
A public meeting to discuss bringing translator television to Childress County is set for 8 p.m. at Fox Clinic. Ernest Rea, president of the Childress County Farm Bureau, announced it as an open gathering inviting all interested. Three Amarillo network stations are being considered.
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Fox Clinic
Ernest Rea
Rea
Amarillo
Light Showers Dampen Texas Panhandle Area
Light showers from early morning to noon left limited moisture in Childress with .66 inches at the downtown gauge and 3 of an inch at the FAA airfield. Heavy rain stretched from Henrietta to Wichita Falls, with unconfirmed reports near Paducah. A rural report from High Point noted .25 inches, while total June rainfall at the FAA station reached 3.93 inches.
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Air Field
Burlington
Henrietta
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Paducah
Floyd Biddy
High Point
Engineer On FW&D Killed In Freigh Train Collision
Fort Worth UPI reports 61 year old John W. Snider of Fort Worth, a 39 year railroad veteran, crushed to death when his Fort Worth and Denver freight collided with another near the Belknap Street overpass. His diesel engine toppled into a box car as several cars jumped the tracks. Snider's mangled body was ejected.
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UPI
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Polio Vaccine Debate At International Conference
A World Health Organization meeting in Washington discusses whether a live poliovirus vaccine is safer and more effective than the Salk killed vaccine. Scientists from 20 nations, including Russia, report field use in 4.5 million people, while the U S Public Health Service calls for more controlled tests before general licensing.
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UPI
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Swain Accepts Chairmanship For Committee
Earl D. Swain has accepted the chairmanship of the Finance Committee of the Childress Public Schools Survey Committee. He called a meeting at 8 p m on Monday June 29 at the school administration office to study the financial aspect of the survey. The full survey committee meets July 2 at 8 pm in Wilson School music room.
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Earl D. Swain
Childress Public Schools Survey Committee
Wilson School
Fifth Amendment Parade and Hoffa Questions
Washington UPI The Senate Rackets Committee staged the largest one day Fifth Amendment parade of its three year history as it questioned James R Hoffa. Fifteen Teamsters officials testified and pleaded possible self incrimination to avoid answering questions. The committee noted Hoffa had not removed accused tainted members in eighteen months as Teamsters president and pressed him on his pledge to weed out wrongdoers.
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Committee
Kennedy
Hoffa
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Storm May Have Saved Child Life In Plane
A U S Air Force four engine transport battled stormy weather on a 1600 mile flight when three year old Randa Wimberly began to choke. A grape dislodged during turbulence and freed her airway allowing breathing to improve and a hospital arrival in Houston. Her father Maurice Wimberly of Yuma Arizona arranged an emergency flight and doctors from Texas Children's Hospital prepared upon landing. The incident prompted swift Air Force crew mobilization and a rapid medical assessment.
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Houston
Air Force
Randa Wimberly
Randa
Texas Children’s Hospital
Maurice Wimberly
Yuma, Ariz
Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station Officers Club
Yuma
Wimberly
Luke Able
Phyllis Hanenburg
Children’s Hospital
Capt Continued
Integration Plans for Little Rock High Schools
The Little Rock School Board announced plans to reopen four closed high schools this fall under a state pupil assignment law aimed at limiting black students' attendance at white schools. Gov. Faubus warned that federal forced integration could require lethal force, as federal courts had struck down related 1958 laws. The board cited a constitutional Alabama‑style act that allows placement by factors like attitude and ability while excluding race.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval EF. Faubus
Faubus
Man Is Injured In Unloading Truck Here
Russell Wayne Harper a Ponca City Oklahoma truck driver was unloading at a local warehouse for a gas and oil company when a skid plank failed spilling him to the ground and a loaded hand truck toppled on him He was treated at Childress General Hospital for a badly bruised and sprained arm shoulder and leg with no fractures according to the dealer
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Russell Wayne Harper
Ponca City
Okla
Harper
Childress General Hospital
Pappy O'Daniel Sued By County
Tarrant county commissioners filed a condemnation suit against a farm owned by former governor W Lee Pappy O Daniel over Village Creek changing course and threatening a county road. They sought permission to reroute the creek under a bridge but were refused. The road connects the Retta community to U S Highway 81.
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UPI
Tarrant County Commissioners
W. Lee
Pappy) O'Daniel
O’daniel
Dallas
Retta
U. 8
Highway 81
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