Weather and tragedy hit Texas as cold front moves in
Rain drenches Texas with four inches in the Panhandle and heavy storms in East Texas. Temperatures fall below freezing in Northwest Texas as a construction worker dies in Houston from a wind gust. Dallas endures its driest February in 26 years while a warming trend is forecast for the weekend.
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United Press International
Texas
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Panhandle
Pecos River
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Ing
Texarkana
West Texas
Amarillo
Bushland
Tex
Tucumcari
N. M
Texas Highway Department
New Tennessee Gas
Houston
Dallas
February Is Dry Month Keeps Moisture Low Across Month
February produced minimal rainfall with only .32 inches for the month at the FFA station. Daily totals include .03 on February 2, trace on February 9, .17 on February 10, .02 on February 11, .01 on February 15, .07 on February 16, trace on February 21, and .02 on February 28.
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FFA
Air Field
Trace
Comedian Lenny Bruce Convicted By Chicago Jury
Chicago humorist Lenny Bruce was found guilty of obscenity after a two hour jury deliberation over a December club performance. The maximum penalty is one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, with a new trial motion set for March 14. Bruce, absent and on bond from Los Angeles narcotics charges, faces sentencing if no motion is made.
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Chicago
UPI
Lenny Bruce
Daniel J Ryan
Bruce
Los Angeles
Texas Legislature Daybook March 1 1963
Friday to mark 53rd day of the 140 day session with quotes from Rep. Howard Green on a primary date move and Speaker Sam rosebush gifts. Demonstrators fill House gallery as liquor by the drink bill faces long odds in committee.
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United Press International
Texas
Howard Green
Fort Worth
House
Sam
Tyler
Sam Rayburn
Tonda Curry
Wolfforth
Senate
H. J
Doc) Blanchard
Lubbock
Morris
R. E. Gorman
Houston
University Ofexas
Sam Morris
San Antonio
Voice of Temperance
Ruth Godbey
Rep. Johnson
Khrushchev
A. J. Green Jr
New York Post Resumes Printing Amid Strike Action
New York publishers hold firm in reopened talks with striking printers as the New York Post decides to resume publication under a day by day arrangement. Dorothy Schiff, Post publisher, says the strike has gone on long enough and that no separate settlement will be made.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Post
Post
Dorothy Schiff
Final Pearson Rites Pending
Final rites were pending today for James Truman Pearson, 56, a cowboy who died Thursday at Childress General Hospital after being transported from the Crews Ranch near Childress. A Hedley native and World War II veteran, he was a Claude American Legion Post No. 344 member with survivors in Clarendon, Colorado, Uniontown, Levelland, Lamesa, Elida, and Littlefield. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Murphy Funeral Home of Clarendon.
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James Truman Pearson
Childress General Hospital
Pearson
Clarendon-Hedley
Dumas
Crews Ranch
Childress
Hedley
Mr. Pearson
Claude American Legion
John T. Pearson
Clarendon
Arlie Wood
Colorado
Kattie Underhill
Uniontown
Ind
Dave
Levelland
John
Lamesa
Carl
Elida
N, M
Alva
Littlefield
Murphy Funeral Home
Soviet Bear bombers harass U S carriers over Atlantic Pacific
Defense Secretary McNamara disclosed that four Soviet Bear bombers conducted over water reconnaissance flights from Jan 27 to Feb 22, reaching 7 000 nautical miles for patrols over carriers in the North Atlantic and Pacific. He noted no over North American reconnaissance and explained the information was released to inform the public.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Pacific
U S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
North America
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Enterprise
T Forrestal
T Norfolk
Derrill Nippert Burned In Farm Accident Near Kirkland
Derrill Nippert suffered burns to his eyes and face in an explosion on his farm three miles northwest of Kirkland while lighting a wood heating unit with gasoline on wet wood. He was treated at Childress General Hospital and to Altus Oklahoma for eye examination. Nippert, 26, grew up on the Childress farm and played basketball at Childress High School and TCU.
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Derrill Nippert
Kirkland
Derrill
Childress General Hospital
Clyde Nippert
Altus
Okla
Nippert
11Th Street
Childress
Childress High School
TCU
Brother Of City Man Dies Wednesday
Elton Fulenwider of Albuquerque New Mexico brother to Hoyt Fulenwider of Childress died there Wednesday afternoon according to incomplete information. He was a former resident of Cottle County. Funeral rites were scheduled for 2 pm Saturday in Odessa with burial there. Survivors include his wife two young daughters two brothers Lloyd of Dumas and Elmer of Albuquerque and one sister.
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Elton Fulenwider
Albuquerque
N .M
Hoyt Fulenwider
Childress
Fulenwider
Cottle County
Odessa
Lloyd of Dumas
Elmer
Pony Express Group To Meet Tonight
A Pony Express committee meeting of the Home Show division is set for 7 30 p m today at the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development offices. W E Helm, chairman, urges all members to be on time.
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Pony Express Committee
Chamber of Commerce and
Board of City Development
W.E. Helm
Helm
Bigtime politics suspected in Alderman Lewis murder
Police trace the Alderman Benjamin F. Lewis killing to politics and power with possible ties to the Chicago crime syndicate and the policy racket. The 53 year old ward leader, reelected two days earlier, faced foes as he sought influence toward Congress and party leadership amid Chicago’s long political violence. The slaying echoes Capone era vendetta as detectives pursue motives and actors in the Street West Side 24th Ward.
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UPI
Chicago
Robert T. Loughran
Fred Mohn
David Smothers
24Th Ward
Benjamin
Duke) Lewis
Benjamin F. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
William Dawson
West Side
Ward Democratic
Curtis Foster
Fire Insurance Rates Will Remain The Same
The Childress fire insurance rate for the coming year remains unchanged effective April 1. A 15 percent charge means a $100 policy would cost $115. Paducah and Quanah face an extra five percent, Wellington ten percent. other cities vary with minus 10 to plus 20 percent.
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State Board of Insurance
Paducah
Quanah
Wellington
Abilene
Amarillo
Borger
Dalhart
Hereford
Lubbock
Pampa
Stamford
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Catherall Rites To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Ference Catherall will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Buddy Bryant and Rev. Joe S Alen. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers are Clyde Martin Charles Jordan George Ralston C J Lyons Louis Eaton and Jessie Corona. She died at 3 15 a m Thursday in Childress Hospital at age ?
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Sallie Ference Catherall
First Baptist Church
Buddy Bryant
Parkview Baptist Church
Joe S. Alen
Childress Cemetery
Clyde Martin
Charles Jordan
George Ralston
C. J. Lyons
Louis Eaton
Jessie Corona
Childress of
Hopsital
Heatly Backing House Action On Women's Rights Bill
Rep W S Heatly of Paducah will sponsor a Senate passed bill granting equal legal rights for women. He seeks an early hearing, citing pressure from colleagues and a split view among lawmakers. The measure, approved Feb 5 by Sen William Moore, has lingered in the House Constitutional Amendments Committee.
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Senate
William Moore
Bryan
House
Heatly
Rep
James Cotten
Weatherford
Witnesses Face Off On Texas Mixed Drinks Bill
A Texas House Liquor Control Committee hearing drew supporters and strong opposition over a bill to allow on premise sale of mixed drinks during set hours. UT students backed the measure while temperance leaders warned of increased traffic and risk.
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House Liquor Control Committee
Texas
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
Sam Morris
Erwin F. Bohemfalk
Waco
Johnson
House
Austin
UPD
Rape Charges Filed Here Today
Earnest Alexander, one Black man, was arrested at Hedley about 2 a.m. today and taken to Childress where he faces rape charges per the County Attorney. He was arraigned in Justice Court, bond set at $2000, and returned to Childress by the Sheriff. Smith reported Alexander signed a confession.
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Earnest Alexander
Hedley
Childress
Ofice
Alexander
Justice of the Peace Court
Geylon Smith
US Will Not Allow Reds To Stop Uprising
CIA chief McCone sees little hope for an internal Cuban uprising. Rep. Selden reports the judgment in a closed door transcript. He notes Cuba is a police state and an unarmed population would face extreme difficulty rising. Defense Secretary McNamara vows the US will not tolerate Soviet garrison use to quell rebels.
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UPD
Central Intelligence Agency
Joh
A- MecCone
Concretemen
Cuba
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Latin Latin America
McCone
CIA
Fidel Castro
Selden
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Caravan To Leave From Auditorium
The U S Highway 287 Association plans a caravan leaving Fair Park Auditorium at 4 a m Monday for Biloxi Mississippi. Participants from the north and west are due to arrive Sunday night. Jeff Henderson, a director, said several from Childress intend to join but exact numbers will be known soon.
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Biloxi
Miss
Fair Park Auditorium
Childress
Jeff Henderson
Association
Sportsmen To Meet Tonight At Club Room
Plans for organizing the Sportsmen's Club here will be discussed at a meeting this evening in the director's room of the CofC-BCD. All sportsmen are invited to participate.
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Cofc-Bcd
Ted
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