Industrial Survey Near Completion in Childress
The Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee nears completion of a survey showing Childress has 397 employers paying 3 447 employees a monthly $1 091 901 40 and yearly $12 262 816. Largest payroll is Fort Worth and Denver at over 200 per hour. second is the District Highway Department. The study spans about 60 pages and will be mimeographed for changes as growth continues.
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Industrial Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Childress
Fort Worth
Denver
Highway Department
Jeff Henderson
C Manager
Coffee Money Monday Aims Funds For Kids Inc
Cafes and restaurants join the Coffee Fund to donate 10 cents per cup on Monday. Proceeds go to Kids Inc treasury. Participating venues include Harry's Cafe Famous Pit Hi Way Cafe Gay's Dixie Cafe Bus Terminal Cafe Childress Hotel Coffee Shop and Merl's Cafe. A July 5 baseball game at Fair Park will also raise funds.
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Kids, Inc. Treasury
Harry's Cafe
Famous Pit
Hi-Way Cafe
Gay's
Dixie Cafe
Bus Terminal
Childress Hotel
Merl’s Cafe
Kids, Inc
H W. Barre
Kid's, Inc
Fair Park
Police Chief Warns Parents After Saturday Indecent Exposure Incident
Chil dress police chief Alvis Maddox warns parents after an unidentified man exposed himself to two young girls downtown on Saturday. The suspect was not found because the report reached the station 40 minutes later. Children were unharmed. residents urged to report suspicious behavior promptly and instruct kids to avoid strangers and cars.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
City Council to Meet Monday at City Hall
City Manager Louis Sally announced a regular City Council session at 7 30 Monday at City Hall. The meeting will discuss local matters and agenda items set for the week.
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Louis Sally
Magazines and Denver Post for Sale at Elliott Drug
Local listing advertises magazines and the Denver Post available for sale at Elliott Drug near the bus station. Item pickup details not shown.
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Denver Post
Elliott
Impeachment Talk Grows As Long Rest Period Begins
Governor Earl K. Long, under psychiatric care, retreats to a pine manor retreat near Covington with doctors at his side. State Rep. Jasper K. Smith urges lawmakers to consider impeachment tied to Longs mental condition. Long was released from a state hospital after firing top officials and taking over a Covington motel used as a temporary Capitol. The governor then moved toward Winnfield for rest, accompanied by psychiatrists Dr. Heath Dr. Watkins and Dr. Lief, who stress continued treatment and rest. Continued on page two.
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Pine Manor
Covington
Winnfield
Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain
Long Brothers
Karl
Huey
Kingfish
Long
Robert Heath
Charles Watkins
Victor Lief
Heath
Watkins
Teamsters Linked to Cuban Arms Inquiry Underway
Senate Rackets Committee will probe whether associates of Hoffa aided gun running to Batista in Cuba while also examining a Detroit Local 299 contract for 200000 warm up jackets with Teamster insignia. Witnesses include Benjamin Dranow and Philadelphia organizer Ray Cohen, amid broader Sun Valley real estate questions.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Pals of Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Fulgencio Batista
Robert F. Kennedy
Councel
Hoffa
Detroit
Teamster
Sun Valley
Florida
Kennedy
Benjamin Dranow
Beverly Hills
Calif
Dranow
Fifth Amendment
Rackets Committee
John W. Thomas
Minneapolis
Bus Driver Bitten Twice by Snake Near Bus Station
Carl Pagans, a local bus driver, was bitten twice on the left arm by a rattlesnake or copperhead while emptying trash near the bus station. He remained in Childress General Hospital with the condition undetermined. A second bite occurred earlier in the week on Frank Mitchell, who was recovering after a left hand bite west of town.
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Carl Pagans
Childress General Hospital
Pagans
Alvis Maddox
Childress
Maddox
Frank Mitchell
Second Suspect Is Charged In Burglary
The second suspect in a southeast Hall County burglary was charged in Memphis. Raymond Preston and John Tippett, both of Childress County, were arrested here and charged last week in Memphis. Preston posted a $2,000 bond Friday and was released. Tippett's release status was not known.
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Hall County
Memphis
Raymond Preston
John Tippett
Childress County
Preston
Tippett
Slave Labor Ring May Be Uncovered
Sydney police narrow focus on an international slave labor smuggling ring after divers found a second body in Sydney Harbor near the Chinese freighter Taiyuan. A third body was found nearby, with authorities seeking Taiyuan carpenter Hwang Shu Sung as a key link in the investigation spanning Tokyo Hong Kong Sydney and Brisbane.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Sydney Harbor
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Brishbana
Taiyuan
Hwang Shu Sung
Hlwang
Brisbane
Daniel's Forces Rally To Defeat Luxury Tax
The Texas House voted 76 to 61 to kill a 2 percent luxury sales tax on items over 50 dollars. The move undermines a compromise tax bill and removes about 72 million dollars from an 168 million dollar package. Lawmakers debated taxing natural gas versus imposing a general sales tax as the session opened.
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Daniel
United Press International
Austin
UPI
Price Daniel
House
Frates Seligson
San Antonio
Cites Tax Division
Seeligson
Bill Hollowell
Grand Saline
Senate
C. W. Pearcy, Jr
Temple
House of Representatives
Charles Hughes
Sherman
Tom James
Dallas
Red River Valley Translator Association formation planned
A group plans incorporation to bring three Almarillo channels to Childress County. Goal is 1,000 families at 60 dollars each, with 1,500 families enabling three years free service. Dr. Jackbox heads the effort. Ernest Rea leads Rural Farm Bureau support. contracts set monthly charges. next meeting slated after contracts arrive.
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Childress
Childress County
Red River Valley
Pax
Sin Vausha
Box
Lightning May Have Caused Plane Crash In Italy
In Marnate near Milan a Trans World Airlines Constellation crashed after takeoff in a violent electrical storm killing 68 people including 37 Americans. Relatives crowded police lines to view the charred wreckage as Italian authorities and TWA executives began separate investigations.
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Marnate
Italy
Trans World Airlines
Cancer Crusade Exceeds Quota by 28.2 Percent in 1959
The 1959 Cancer Crusade closed with Childress Life Insurance Underwriters reporting $1,666.77 toward a $1,300 quota, reaching 128.2 percent. Chair Mick Buddy Wilcoxson praised workers and captains for the effort.
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Mick
Buddy) Wilcoxson
Drive
Childress
No Index to Publish Sunday July 5 Edition
The Index will skip its regular Sunday edition on July 5 for a Fourth of July holiday. It marks the first Sunday omission in years. Bargain Day moves to the second Monday, July 13, as part of the firm’s holiday schedule.
Four Airmen Die In Crashes San Antonio
An Air Force recovery team reached the wreckage of an RB-66 reconnaissance bomber 27 miles northwest of San Antonio. The jet crashed late Friday night, killing three crewmen. A T33 trainer piloting by 1st Lt. Roy Bowings, from Great Falls South Carolina, crashed an hour later at Randolph AFB, killing Bowings.
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San Antonio
Air Force
San Antono
Randolph Air Force Base
Roy Bowings
Great Falls
S. C
Bowings
Oakland
Calf
Homestead Afb
Fla
German Family Plans To Make Their Home Here
Fritz Fleckenstein and Emma Fleckenstein with son Klaus arrive in Childress from Germany to live with their daughter and son in law the Privitts. They express admiration for America and plan to become citizens while adjusting to Texas life and joining local farm clubs.
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Amerika
Gottes Eiznes Land
Fritz Fleckenstein
Germany
Daw
Dale Privitt
1000 Ave. J
North West
Fleckenstein
Emma
Klaus
Childress
Werner Best
Frite Fleckenstein
Texas
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Kids Inc
Council
Ole Earl
Jack V. Fox
Earl K. Long
North Louisiana
Jasper K. Smith
Vivian, la
State Hospi
Tals. Long
Robert D. Jones
Paul Pratt
Tulane University
Will
John A. Goldsmith
Philadelphia
Ray Cohen
Cohen
Jersey
Cranow
Ipe
US 287
B. J. Barker
Nancy
California
Disneyland
Peavcy
Translator TV Group
Cancer Crusade
Wilcoxson
America
Mieckenstein
Frankfort
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