Book-Writing Campers Begin Yearlong U S Camping Trek
Jim and Kay Sands and their writing poodle Rags arrive at Fair Park after a year on the road from Wickenburg Arizona to Denver Colorado. They started April 1 1962 with $125 and ended each day seeking work to survive while writing and photographing ghost towns.
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Rags
Jim
Kay Sands
Denver
Colo
Wickenburg
Arizona
Childress
Ford
Fair Park Lake
Kay
Rockies
Arkansas
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Film on Cancer To Be Shown March 20 22
The American Cancer Control Society film To Smoke or Not to Smoke will be shown publicly March 20 and 22 at the Woman's Department Club. Showings run 2:30 to 4 p m on March 20 and 9 a m to 11 a m on March 22 with no charge for admittance. Alyeen Ater educational chairman of the local Cancer Control Society organized the screening for civic clubs schools and the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Control Society
Woman’s Department Club
Alyeen Ater
Cancer Control Society
Infant Buried Here Saturday in Childress Cemetery
Graveside services for Michael Wayne Bradford infant son of Virgil and Mrs Bradford were held at 5 p m at Childress Cemetery. Born March 15 1963 at home he died March 16 1963 in Childress General Hospital. Survivors include parents two sisters Maggie and Marrion a brother Charles and grandparents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bradford of Paeucan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wayne Bradford
Virgil Bradford
Childress
Weed
Ceme Sny
Buddy Bryant
Parkview
Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Childress General Hospital
Maggie
Mar
Elva M Pipes Found Dead at Her Home
Mrs Elva Maude Pipes was found dead at 711 Avenue O Ne about 8 30 am Saturday. She lived alone and the physician said she had been dead about 24 hours and the death appeared to be from natural causes. The body is at Newberrys and funeral arrangements are incomplete. Survivors have been located but details were not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Maude Pipes
Avenue O Ne
Millinery You’ll Love At Dakil's Smart Shop
A bustling Eastier bonnet sale invites shoppers to Dakil's Smart Shop for a wide range of fashionable hats with affordable prices. The advertisement highlights variety and value for every purse.
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Dakil
Will Bring Mrs C Roper Home by Train
The Red Cross reports Mrs E A Sauret is too ill to return home from John Sealy Hospital Galveston. Mrs Charley Roper will travel home by train with volunteers arranging transport and station wagon help from Alex Saied.
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Mrs. C. Roper
Red Cross
E. A. Sauret
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
County Program Planning Group Meets Monday
The Childress County Program Building Committee is called to meet at 8 pm Monday in the District Court room at the courthouse. County Agents Harry Cox and Mary A. Scott announce the session, noting that the executive committee has laid out an outstanding program.
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Childress
Harry Cox
Mary A. Scott
Gasoline price war heats up in Childress market
The back and forth gasoline price war in Childress resurfaces with regular dropping to 21.9 cents per gallon after a week of declines from 29.9 cents. Premium also falls to 26.9 cents, with earlier midweek quotes at 23.9 cents.
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Childress
Weak Pacific front spurs high winds across Texas
Blustering west winds swept diagonally across Texas on Saturday as a very weak Pacific cool front moved through. Light rain fell in East Texas, with more scattered showers expected in Southeast Texas. Temperatures ranged from mid 80s in South Texas to the 60s in the north and west as forecasters predicted little temperature change. Continuous winds and shifting skies were noted as the front weakened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
Plains
U. S
Soviet jets violate U S air space over Alaska
Soviet reconnaissance planes entered U S air space 30 miles inside Alaska before a scramble of Delta Dart fighters. Interceptors tracked the aircraft on radar as they returned toward Russia, with no shots fired and no visual contact. The incident marked the first clearly established Soviet overflight of the United States.
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U. Seritory
Alaska
Russia
Kremlin
Demandoviet
Department
U.S
U. S
Alaskan
P Gon
State Department
United States
Cuba
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
Kuskokwim Bay
Aleutian Islands
Russians double back over Arctic route amid protest note
The White House said President Kennedy in Palm Beach is kept informed as a Soviet protest note was delivered to Moscow by Ambassador Kohler. Senator Bartlett of Alaska called for stronger defenses, noting past inadvertent US airspace incursions.
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Nelson Isladd
White House
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Moscow
U. S
Foy D. Kohler
Sen
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Heatly Moonlighting Questioned by Texas Lawmakers
A House probe is planned into Rep. W. S. Heatly for moonlighting with American Canal Co. The resolution seeks to determine if the Paducah lawmaker’s outside work violates the ethics code governing legislators in Texas and may affect his duties as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Canal Co
Texas Water Commission
Leo Ehrie Dies Saturday Funeral To Be Tuesday
Leo George Ehrie 52 of Childress died 7 10 p m Saturday at Childress General Hospital after a long cancer illness. Funeral 10 a m Tuesday at Holy Angels Catholic Church with Rev Richard Neyer officiating. Rosary 7 30 p m Monday. Ehrie owned Fairview Florist for 14 years with wholesale reach across West Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. He helped found the Texas and New Mexico Florist Association and started the Florist School of Design. He served in Rotary Elks 40 & 8 American Legion and was WWII veteran. Born March 6 1911 in Childress he married Jean Graham Sept 16 1942. Survivors: widow son Michael two brothers Frank and S L Ehrle.
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Leo George Ehrie
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Holy Angel’s Catholic Church
Richard J. Neyer
Leo Ehrle
Fairview Florist
West Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas and
Rotary Club
Elks Lodge
The
40 & 8
American Legion
Jean Graham
Michael
Frank Ehrie
S. L. Ehrle
Tulsa
House Tackle Familiar Issues On City Annexation Powers
Texas House members will debate annexation powers for cities as arguments over near and far territorial limits continue. A bill would grant varying extra territorial rights from half a mile to five miles depending on city size, provoking criticism as “special interest” provisions. The House also advanced a record 3.08 billion dollar appropriations bill with plans to send the Senate version to floor this week. Some members say the bill is inadequate for Galveston’s Maritime Academy and several school requests.
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Austin
UPI
Houston
Bob Eckhardt
House
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Texas Maritime Academy
Galveston
Legion Observes 44th Anniversary At City Post Dinner
About 100 American Legion and Auxiliary members heard a history of the US Legion from 18th District WWI Commander George Spear at a Veterans Building anniversary dinner. Spear spoke of Paris in 1919 and a 7th Division football game as guests and officers discussed wartime origins and future membership.
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American Legion
Legion
George Spear
Veterans Building
Spear
Childress Cox-Farr
Carrie Hardin
Paris
Hotel de France
Navy
Col
Champ Clark
Col. Roosevelt
Teddy
Col. Clark
Coleman
Flynt
Sons of Legion
Man Attempts Robbery at United Drive In
About 9 p.m. a man roughly 35 years old tried to rob the United Drive In. He cut telephone wires and entered the motor room via an outside entrance. Don Seal, an employee, confronted the would be robber who wore a silk stocking over his head and handed him a paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Drive-In
Don Seal
Young Seal
Tex. approves land for Highway Patrol radio center in Childress
The Attorney General approves state purchase of land east of the Sales Barn in Northeast Childress for a Highway Patrol radio communications center. The First National Bank block will host the building with bids for construction to follow. The Chamber of Commerce adds a south block, completing a four year site effort. Construction should start within 60 days, housing the district patrol office.
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State of Texas
Highway Patrol
Attorney General’s Office
Austin
Andy Rogers
Sen. Rogers
Childress
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
The
Ceremony Set To Start New Home for Aged
Ground breaking for a state approved $100 000 nursing home with 52 beds is set for 2 p m today at 11th Street and Avenue E North west. Zoe Garvin and Frank Coleman will operate the home from Zoe's Rest Haven in Fort Worth. City Councilman Frank Dakis will MC with state senator Andy Rogers and others present.
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11Th Street
Avenue E
Zoe Garvin
Frank Coleman
Zoe
Dew
Frank Dakis
Y. Carrison
Andy Rogers
Cofc-Bcd
Jeff Henderson
Jack R. Hackworth
Ed Bissa
Aged Homes, Inc
Fort Worth
Bissa
Jacksboro
Stephens
Open House for Housing Set For Today in Childress
Open House for Housing set for today in four of the Childress Federal Housing Authority units runs 2 to 5 pm at 608 and 609 9th Street Southeast 806 Avenue G Southwest and 809 Avenue H Northeast. Public invited to attend one or all open houses. Fifty units in the program expected to be opened for occupancy soon. none of the aged units on Avenue A and B Nn. are ready for public showing.
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Childress Federal Housing Authority
9Th Street
Southest
Avenue G
Avenue H
Earl Brown
Federal Housing Program
Avenue A
B Nn
Translator TV Tower Raised by 50 Feet at Red River Valley
The Red River Valley TV Translator Association has raised its receiving antenna by 50 feet. Dr. Jack Fox, president, says the group now receives three Amarillo channels via Turkey and expects excellent signal after two weeks of adjustment. The organization will reopen its office at 121 Commerce Street on April 1 to accept new members.
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Red River Valley TV Translator Association
Jack Fox
Amarillo
Turkey
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Lindbergh Lake
Jim Sands
Elva M. Pipes
Nunivak Island
Soviet Union
Heatly
Leo Ehrie
National Legion
City Post
18Th District
Jack Flynt
Dimmitt
John Coleman
Welling
Virginia Hassell
Frank Buster
Alex Saied
Pete Hester
Scotty Clements
E. J. Huddleston
Leonard King
W. L
Dub) Eikman
Tom Preston
Claude Hipps
Buster
God and Country
Doris Tea
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