Plans To Divorce Wife Sparks Louisiana Governor’s Vow
In Winnfield Louisiana Governor Earl K Long said on Sunday he plans to divorce his wife of 27 years for getting him into a mental hospital. He will also fire at least one official who aided his wife Blanche. He heads to a Covington motel described as a temporary capitol. He has used executive powers to exit a mental hospital and has been hospitalized three times since May 30.
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Winnfield
UPI
Earl K. Long
Blanche
Covington
Long
Tax Bill Moves Toward Quick Congressional Approval
A three billion dollar tax bill headed for swift approval would extend wartime excise and corporate taxes for another year. The measure, aimed at funding amid the Korean War, faced possible floor battles after House approval. Senate amendments on travel and communications taxes were rewritten by conferees, with both sets of rates poised for renewal next year.
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Hale Montgomery
Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
McCarthy
United Press International
Conference Committee
Court Affirms Two Convictions
The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld two convictions: Sam Ralph Hill for DWE in March with a $125 fine and 3 days in jail, and Frank English for aggravated assault in February with a $150 fine and 30 days in jail, per the County Attorney's office.
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Court of Criminal Appeals
Sam Ralph Hill
Frank English
Hill
DWE
English
Man questioned in Alabama rape case moved to state prison
In Montgomery Alabama a 23 year old Black man Drewey Aaron accused of raping a white woman is now jailed at Kilby state prison awaiting a grand jury July 13. Deputies say he confessed detailing the break in and attack on the woman at her home near Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Upian
Drewey Aaron
Richard Goodwyn
Goodwyn
Aaron
Kilby
Mack Charles Parker
Poplarville
Miss
Burkville
Mac Sim Butler
City Directory Being Delivered Here Today
The sixth edition of Moorhead's City Directory of Childress is delivered today with supplements to arrive free Wednesday. It features rural route boxholders listed by routes and opens with Jerry Abernethy and ends with Mrs. Lora Zuber. The Smiths top families with 52 entries, followed by Jones Johnsons Williams Browns and Jacksons.
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Moorhead
Childress
Childress County
Jerry Abernethy
Lora Zuber
Smiths
Joneses
Moorhead Directory Company
The
North American Directory Publishers
Chamber of Commerce
No One Injured In Car Truck Accident
A Sunday 4 45 p m crash one mile east of Childress on Highway 287 involved a truck driven by Westley Roy Campbell and a car driven by Enos Hadley Collins. The truck attempted a left turn and was struck. Damage: truck slight, car considerable.
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Childress
Highway 287
Westley Roy Campbell
Enos
Hadley Collins
810 Ave
Playground Tragedy Destroys Riverfront Recreation Area
Skin divers searched the murky Ogeechee River for more victims after an explosion from ruptured butane cars sent a deadly blaze over a mile long Seaboard trestle. At least 18 were dead, many burned, as hundreds gathered at the five acre riverside site near Meldrim Georgia.
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Peter
Willet
United Press International
Meldrim
UPI
Ogeechee River
Savannah
Seaboard
South Georgia
Priceless Guns Stolen From Sam Houston Museum
Houston area authorities hunt thieves who seized 31 priceless firearms from the Sam Houston Museum, including Gen. Sam Houston’s pistol and a dueling revolver. Investigators report entry through a basement door and damaged display cases, with several period weapons and three swords missing.
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Hunstville
Tex
UPI
Sam Houston Museum
Sam Houston
Grace Longino
Gen. Houston
Longino
Walker County
Floyd Farris
Texas
Matt Jones
Elmer Nichols
Farris
Walter S. Siegmund
Winchester Arms Co
Colt
Houston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Santa Anna
Austin C Beal Dies Funeral Tuesday in Childress
Funeral services for Austin Carl Beal 64 will be at 2 p m Tuesday in the Church of Christ. He died Sunday at Childress General Hospital after born June 22 1895 in Hill County. He lived in Childress since 1928 and worked as a used car salesman. He leaves a wife Katie and ten relatives. Burial in Childress Cemetery.
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Austin Carl Beal
Church of Christ
Childress General Hospital
Mr. Beal
Hill County
Childress
Whitney
Cates Motor Company
Beal
Katie
1600
Ave. F
Northwest
Emmett
Glen
Vernon
Oklahoma City
Joe Dodson
Arlington
Gladys Holton
Pampa
Christine King
Lome
Mona King
Marget Shank
Osaer Beal
Wilma Sanders
Yank Willie Goggin Breaks Par In Open Qualifier
Willie Goggin 53 year old World Senior Golf champion from San Jose California was the only American to break par in the first qualifying round for the British Open at Muirfield Scotland.
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Muirfield
Scotland
UPI
Willie Goggin
San Jose
Calif
Tax committee nears new bill as sessions loom
A 16 member compromise panel led by Rep. Menton Murray and Rep. Don Kennard predicted a new tax bill ready for House consideration Tuesday. The plan blends sales taxes with natural gas and corporation levies, with 25 million to come from gas and 50 million from corporate taxes. The Senate clocks a slim calendar awaiting House action.
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AU Upi
House
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Carr
Natu
Senate
George Hinson
Mineola
Greenbelt Bowl Tickets Go On Sale This Week
Tickets for the Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic go on sale Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce office and Eubank Park Drug. About 1,000 seats are set aside for a Houston train package including transport and a buffalo barbecue. Reserved seats cost $2.50, and the August 15 game will be at Fair Park Stadium.
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Bob Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Eubank Park Drug
Houston
C of C
Jeff Henderson
Buffalo
Fair Park Stadium
Fake Kidnapping Not Joke To The Officers
Air Force officers plan to review the facts in the case of three airmen who staged a fake kidnapping at Amarillo Technical Training Center. The trio faces possible charges after a hoax that triggered a wide search by police and air police and ended when the getaway car was found.
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Amari
UPI
Air Force
Amarillo Technical Training Center
Charles C. Haltom
Clarence Marcuarela
Matagorda
Tex
Charles J. Moore
Tucson
Ariz
Raymond L. Watson, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Col. Haltom
Marshall
Theodore Newnam
Watson
Amarillo
Air Police
Roy M. Cleytor
Col Haltom
Steel Picture Much Brighter
Peaceful settlement of the steel wage controversy brightened as negotiators ease tensions after President Eisenhower’s intervention. With a two week truce shifting the strike deadline to July 15 the four labor and management teams will resume daily talks through morning and afternoon sessions.
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New York
UPI
Eisenhower
Conductor recounts moment of Meldrim Ga train explosion
Ira L. Hines conductor of the Seaboard freight train describes the Meldrim disaster from his caboose with views of exploding gas and flames. He warns passengers and crew to seek safety as the blast erupts and flames engulf the area.
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Ira L. Hines
Seaboard
Meldrim, Ga
Trujillo Claims Invasion Attempt Was Quashed
In Ciudad Trujillo Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo announced that Dominican forces aided by peasants have crushed an invasion bid. He toured with two American reporters, displaying relics of the landing including wrecked barges weapons and the body of rebel leader Enrique Jimenez Moya. His son Rafael Trujillo Jr. supported the briefing with a fight-by-fight account.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Rafael L. Trujillo
Trujillo
Enrique Jimenez Moya
Rafael Trujillo
Bank Holdup Attempt Ends Quick After Bomb Threat
A balding man with a tin box claimed to carry explosives and tried to rob the First National Bank in downtown San Antonio. He fled when assistant cashier Beulah Pierce declined access to funds. police cordoned the area while receptionist Nancy Conkling confirmed the incident at 10 45 a m.
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San Antonio
Weather Outlook for Texas Hot and Sunny Across Most Regions
Forecast calls for continued heat across Texas with hot sunny days and patchy Gulf clouds. Presidio led the state with 109 degrees and 0.64 inch rainfall. El Paso 0.41, Alpine 0.04, Beaumont and Palacios 0.03. Overnight lows included 70 at Amarillo and Wink. Five day outlook shows above normal temperatures and scattered thundershowers with little day to day change.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Big Bend
West Texas
Presidio
el Paso
Alpine
Beaumont
Palacious
Amarillo
Wink
East
West
New Texas Poll Tax Rules Tether Voter Party Affiliation
A new Texas law requires poll tax buyers to declare party affiliation on receipts or affidavits beginning Oct 1 for 1980 elections. Voters must present the receipt to the election judge and have Democrat or Republican noted. The law also tightens convention participation with misdemeanor penalties up to $200 fine.
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Texas
U. S
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B. B. Rayburn
Bell
Quick
Gunter Air Force Base
Depunties
Alabama
A. T. Linton
Civil Defense
Austin C. Beal
Hinson Bill
Greenbelt
Michie Thaten
Trade Winds
New Country Club
A. J. Ramming
D. W. Coffman
IPE
U.P.L
Kimble
William Kimble
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