Committees Named For New Rotary Year
Rotary year committees and chairmen announced by James Ragsdale who was installed as president. The roster lists Club Service Attendance Budget Classification Club Bulletin Expansion Fellowship Flowers Magazine Membership Program Public Information Vocational Service Buyer Seller Relations Competitor Relations Four Way Test Employer Employee Relations Occupational Information Rotary Information Special Events Trade Associations Community Service Boys and Girls Week Community Safety Crippled Children Rural Urban Scholarships and Awards Student Guests Youth International Service International Contacts across multiple names and roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
James Ragsdale
van Harlow
M. K. Wilcoxson
Guy Eastham
S. H. Townsend
Massey
R. L. Ragsdale
Wayne Webb
Fay Eatherly
C. J. Lyons
C.R. Dugan
Howard Newberry
Eldon Sanders
Leo Ehrie
Hubert Powers
Clarence Harp
Scott Shepherd
Wilcoxson
A. L. Harp
Sam Privitt
Higley
Louis Sally
J. W. Hamilton
Henderson
Albert Bird
Palmer Massey
Webb
Shepherd
Gaines
Wilecoxson Bill’ Sager
Hamilton
Sam Carmack
Andy Rogers
Townsend
J. M. Preston
Hargrave
Kiigbaum
Alex Saied
Preston
Souter
Sanders, Wilcoxson
Floyd Gilliland
Eldon Smith
Zirkle
Gilliland
Gene Blackwell
Jack Fox
Joe Allen
Reynolds
Eastham
Gay
Angus Field Day Set for September at Bradley 3 Ranch
A West Texas Black Angus Field Day is scheduled for September 8 at the Bradley 3 Ranch in northwest Childress County. Bill Bradley announced that more than 300 visitors from four states will attend, with participation from outstanding American Angus Association members. The Childress Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development will assist.
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West Texas
Bradley 3 Ranch
Childress County
Bill Bradley
American
Housewife Held After Kidnapping Claim of Newborn
In Houston a 24 year old housewife was jailed on kidnapping charges over a six day old baby she claimed as hers. The infant, found healthy, was returned to its mother after fingerprint identity. Police say the suspect displays false pregnancy and related mental symptoms.
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Houston
UPI
Footprint
Ruth Warford
McClellan
Estes' Trial May Move to San Antonio Amid Publicity
Dist. Judge J H Starley granted Billie Sol Estes a postponerment of his felony theft trial and indicated a possible move from Pecos to San Antonio. A 32 person jury was discharged as court recessed awaiting a Bexar County judge's call amidst requests for a six to nine month continuance.
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Pecos, Tex
UPI
J. H. Starley
Billie Sol Estes
San Antonio
Starley
Bexar County
Estes
John Cofer
Reeves County
Pecos
Waco
Austin
Tempie
West Texas
Panhandle
Childress
Fort Stockton
San Angelo
del Rio
Dist
John F. Onion
Atty
R. B. McGowan
Travis County
McLennan
Cofer
Bell County
Temple
Will Confer
Word Estes
Word
McGowan
Thomas A. Bell
el Paso
Senate hearings probe Estes case and government inefficiency
The Senate investigations subcommittee opened hearings into Billie Sol Estes operations with Paul E. Kamerick suggesting inefficiency helped his cotton allotment scheme and calling for possible Agriculture Department reorganization. The panel will probe favoritism, efficiency and honesty in Agriculture Department staff handling Estes.
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Washington
UPL
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Paul E. Kamerick
Estes
Texas
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Kamerick
Agriculture Department
Farm Program
Charles S. Murphy
Murphy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Estes gets postponement move for Texas felony trial
District judge granted Billie Sol Estes a postponement of his felony theft trial in Pecos. The judge tentatively ordered the trial moved to Tyler, about 600 miles away, affecting the timing and location of the case.
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Bulletin Pecos
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Tyler
Supreme Court reopens Kiss Kill case in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court voids an insanity verdict in the 1961 Odessa murder case of Elizabeth Williams. It rules Judge Olsen lacked proper jurisdiction to order a preliminary insanity trial before the main charge. Chief Justice Calvert notes present insanity must be determined for timely jurisdiction. The ruling voids Olsen’s judgment and directs the successor judge to proceed to trial consistent with the decision.
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Austin
UPC
State Supreme Court
John Mack Herring
Odessa
Dist
G. C. Olsen
Herring
Elizabeth Jean Williams
Robert Calvert
Olsen
Calvert
109Th District Court
Bass Installed As Head Of Prisons A. A. Bass Led Lodge
A. A. Bass was installed as Worshipful Master of Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 at a meeting last night. Warner Stevens became Senior Warden and A. A. Whitlock as Junior Warden. Additional officers Willard Williams treasurer Hap Wright secretary.
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A. A. Bass
Childress Masonic Lodge No
Warner Stevens
A. A. Whitlock
Willard Williams
Hap Wright
Bill Leonard
Alton Bruce
W. O. Hamm
Littleton Havins
L. M. Curtis
Earl Swain
Tyler
Old Settlers Group To Meet Tonight In Childress
The Childress County Old Settlers Association will hold its 8 p.m. meeting at city hall to plan the 74th annual observance of Childress founding. Officers and directors and others interested are invited. The annual event is set for July 18.
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Childress
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Kennedy To Warn Reds On Formosa Military Moves
President Kennedy prepared a general statement warning Chinese Communists against using force in the Formosa area as Red forces mass along the Fukien coast. U.S. policy would defend Quemoy and Matsu only if linked to defending Formosa, with cautions delivered to Beijing and Chiang Kai-shek’s threats under scrutiny.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Mosa
Formosa Strait
Perpine
Warsaw
Wang Ping-nan
U.S
Poland
John Moors Cabot
United States
Red China
State Department
Cabot
Taiwan-Formosa Strait
Wang Cabot
Red
Wang
Chian Kai Shek
Red Mainland
Chiang
Mode O Day Opens New Store In Childress
Mode O Day opens in Childress at 139 Main Street tomorrow marking the city's first nationwide chain store. Mary Collins of Los Angeles will manage the Grand Opening through Saturday with California designed fashions from Mode O Day for its 650 stores, backed by weekly shipments from nine modern plants.
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Mode O'Day
Childress
Main Street
Mary Collins
Mode O’day
Los Angeles
California
Miss Collins
Hawaii
Alaska
All-Texas Air Tour to Stop in Childress October 8
The 14th Annual All-Texas Air Tour will visit Childress on October 8 as part of a week long tour across 40 Texas cities. The schedule runs October 6 in Temple to October 13 in Mineral Wells, with stops including Wichita Falls Pampa Amarillo Hereford Plainview Andrews Pecos and Marfa before heading south.
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Childress
Temple
Mineral Wells
Texas
Wichita Falls
Pampa
Amarillo
Hereford
Plainview
Andrews
Pecos
Marfa
36th Moves Thru Childress Today
A military convoy of jeeps and trucks from the First Battle Group 142 Infantry 36th Division passed through Childress at 11 a.m. today on its way from Amarillo to Fort Polk Louisiana for two weeks of summer training. The remainder of the battle group will depart by train Saturday night and several Childress residents will join.
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Childress
Inf
Amarillo
Fort Polk
Jim Ragsdale Installed as New Rotary Club President
James Ragsdale was installed as president of the Childress Rotary Club at noon today succeeding Charles Reynolds. Sam Privitt became vice president with directors Kenneth Fink Van Harlow Gene Blackwell and Albert Bird. Willard Williams remains secretary treasurer. Immediate past president Reynolds becomes a director. family members and other Rotarians attended the ceremony.
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James Ragsdale
Childress
RL. Ragsdale
Childress Club
Jim
Bobby
Bill
Jim Ragsdale
Jimmy
Jane
Pat
Bill Ragsdale
Peggy
M. K. Wilcoxson
Jack Privitt
Mike Ehrle
Morris Higley
Police Kill 2-Foot Bull Snake at Residence
Police killed a two-foot bull snake at the Richard D. Bird residence, 1110 Avenue J NW. Chief Alvis Maddox cautioned that bull snakes are not dangerous but rattlers are and urged residents to watch for snakes in yards and gardens during snake season.
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Richard D. Bird
Avenue J
Alvis Maddox
Kennedy Pledges Aid If China Attacks Quemoy Matsu
President Kennedy said the United States would defend Quemoy and Matsu if Red China attacked them as part of an attack on Formosa and the Pescadores.
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Washington
UPID
Kennedy
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Red China
Formosa
Pescadores
El Paso County Judge Bean Sentenced on Tax Charge
El Paso County Judge Woodrow Bean received a five year sentence on five counts of failing to file federal income tax returns, with the jail term suspended. Bean is related to the famed Judge Roy Bean.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
el Paso
Woodrow Bean
Roy
Law West of
Cotton Wiped Out by Heavy Rains Near Childress
Farmers across Childress County report heavy rains Tuesday washing out cotton in Carey Tell and Red River areas. moisture totaled up to 120 inches in Carey with four inches in Tell and up to six inches on Baylor Lake, prompting some growers to abandon cotton and plant grain instead. County Agent Harry Cox notes plans to use rotary equipment to break soil crust and avoid replanting.
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Red River
Childress
Carey
Tell
Baylor Lake
Baylor
Lake Child
High Point
FAA
Air Field
L. B. Holman
River Camp
Lon Hassell
Harry Cox
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Jeff Henderson
FE. Krigbaum
Jake Lawson
Roger Denton
Grover Fox
Charles Reynolds
Denton
Sager, Newberry
Bob Jones
Preston Mills
Kenneth Fink
Highsmith, Carmack
Joe Allen Shepherd
Gaylen Smith
Sally
Herman Smith
A.G. Hargrave
Angus Field
Sai
Dhercine
Onion
Supreme Court
Old Settlers
Reds
Fukien
Peiping
Air Tour
Bulletin
Rodolfo Ocejo
Johnny
Tony Morin
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