Sadler challenges impeachment over oil bill fight
Texas official Jerry Sadler, head of an independent oil and gas group, accuses Rep. Maurice Doke of misusing state funds to oppose a proposed oil-field polling bill. Sadler defends mailing 26 200 letters to veterans urging opposition and says reimbursements were made by personal checks. He warns of possible 100 000 more letters while calling the bill a threat to school funding. Continued on page three.
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Sadler
Independent Oil
House
Doke
Wayne Gibbons
Breckenridge
Rob’ Cukes Sadler
Texas
Orville Weatherbee Named New Exalted Ruler of Elks
Orville Weatherbee was elected Exalted Ruler of the Childress Elks Lodge No. 1113 on Monday night. He succeeds George Weatherbee after a one year term. Other officers include Marvin Leary Leading Knight, R. D. Waltermire Loyal Knight, Paul Cargile Lecturing Knight, W. H. Knight Inner Guard, Glen Clements trustee, Sterling Buster re-elected secretary, and Dalton Martin re-elected treasurer. A boy will be sent to Boys State, and Jom Robinson will study reactivating the hospital blood bank in Childress.
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Orville Weatherbee
The
Childress Elks Lodge
Weatherbee
George Weatherbee
Marvin Leary
R. D. Waltermire
Paul Cargile
W. H. Knight
Glen Clements
Alex Saied
Sterling Buster
Dalton Martin
Lodge
Jom Robinson
Childress
Loan Shark Debates Roil Texas Legislature
Tuesday notes from the Texas Legislature describe heated clashes over a loan shark bill. Senators Criss Cole and Frank Owen clash on authoring and voting positions while House subcommittee probes forced oil pooling and small loan limits.
Sex Is Possible Motive In Death
Phoenix detectives investigate whether socialite Jane Langdon was raped before being shot and left in a prospectors tunnel. An autopsy links rape to the case and points to a 38 caliber revolver as the murder weapon. The gun was sent for FBI ballistic testing.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Texas
Jane Langdon
Texas Christian University Coed
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Arthur Brown Jr
Arizona State University
Miss Langdon
Jack Langdon
Jane
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Senate Approves Tight Texas Loan Industry Bill
The Texas State Senate approved a tight loan industry bill by voice vote and sent it to the House. The measure adds detailed controls on small loans up to 1.50, with about 35 amendments attached. Sen. Franklin Spears led debate as the Senate spent a full day on the bill.
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Austin
UPI
State Senate
House
Texas
Senate
Sen
Franklin Spears
Concessions Allowed At Home Show Planning Meeting
The Home Show committee decided concessions outside Fair Park Auditorium will be allowed this year. The event runs in April with booth setups beginning early. F W Wyatt chairman, noted several plan elaborate booths and ample time for setup.
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Fair Park
F. W. Wyatt
John G. Kent Dies at 96 in Childress County
John Gooch Kent, 96, retired farmer, died at 4 55 am at Childress General Hospital. Funeral set for 2 pm Thursday at Newberry Chapel with Pastor Jack Hackworth officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include wife Lucy four sons two step-daughters one step-son three daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
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John Gooch Kent
Childress General Hospital
Newberry Chapel
Jack Hackworth
Childress
Evanshade
Ark
Arkansas
Lucy
Otho
Edgar
Ernest
Willie
Dora Love
Artie Aran
Jack Cagle
Lena McCaa
Loses
Goldin Malone
Merkle, Tex
Earl Bays
Meeting Called to Organize Local Optimist Club
A meeting of men interested in forming an Optimist Club is set for 3 p m Sunday at the Veterans Building. Delbert Wasson can supply membership blanks. The Plainview club proposed the local chapter and will send members. A similar session last Sunday began outlining plans for the new organization.
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Veterans Building
Delbert Wasson
Plainview
Estes defense battle closes as jury hears final arguments
Billie Sol Estes faces 16 mail fraud counts with jurors in a El Paso court after Judge Thomason trimmed charges. Witness Hartman, jailed in Pecos for bad checks, bolsters defense claim the tank scheme lacked real tanks and intent to defraud.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
U.S. District Court
E. L
Curly) Hartman
Pecos
Estes
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Thomason
John Cofer
Austin
CST
Patsy
Ward Estes
John Estes
Abilene
Bobby Frank Estes
Johns
Bobby Franks
Hartman
U.S. Atty
Rufus D. McLean
John J. Cofer
Boxes Ready For Miss Spring Contest Here
Ballot boxes are placed in participating stores for the Miss Spring of Childress contest. Eligible single girls ages 16 to 25 may win free merchandise. Clip the entry blank on page three and deposit it in any store. Contest closes April 3. Miss Spring crowned April 6 at Palace Theater.
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Palace Theater
B&j Drug
Powder Puff Shop
Childress Greenhouse
Helen’s Shoppe
Buckley’s Men’s
Saied’s
Watkins, J.C. Pen
We Never G ave Up Hope Rescue After 48 Days
In Yukon desolation a Brooklyn girl Helen Klaben and Californian Ralph Flores survived 48 days after a wrecked plane. They lived on canned goods and melted snow with faith and a Bible as their guide. Both were hospitalized in Whitehorse with injuries. Klaben lost weight but stayed hopeful.
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Whitehorse
Yukon
UPI
Brooklyn
California
Helen Klaben
Miss Klaben
Ralph Flores
San Bruno
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Madison Ave
Alaska
Flores
Spelling Bee Set for Wednesday in Childress County
The annual Childress County Spelling Bee is scheduled to start at 9 a m tomorrow at Junior High. The Junior Bee will start at a m with the Senior Bee to follow immediately. The winner of the Senior Bee will advance.
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Childress County
Four Childress Youths Injured In Auto Mishap
Four Childress youths were injured when the car they rode in lost control on a curve near Craterville Oklahoma between 7 30 and 8 p m Sunday night Jimmy Smith 16 driver of the auto was the most seriously injured and is confined to Childress General Hospital with a broken nose broken rib and other bruises Ravenell Wynn 18 suffered a cut on the inside of her lip and eight stitches were needed on a knee None of the other occupants were confined to the hospital
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Childress
Craterville
Okla
Jimmy Smith
Childress General Hospital
Ravenell Wynn
Eye Bank Program Presented to Childress Lions Club
The April Lions Club meeting featured the Hi Plains Eye Bank in Amarillo with Omar Hernsmeyer speaking on successful eye transplants and donor needs. Members received pamphlets and donor cards while discussions covered donating eyes after death and a zone social meeting for District 27 4 in Shamrock set for late May or early June.
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Eye Bank
Childress Lions Club
Lions Club
Hi-Plains Eye Bank
Amarillo
Omar Hernsmeyer
Hi-Plains Eye Bank, Inc
J. J. Westenburg
Lion
E. J. Huddleston
Shamrock
Paige Hill
Altus
Okla
Hugo McCord
Oklahoma City
Jim Hamilton
Jack Hackworth
Postal officials crack down on wife swapping networks
Washington UPI reports postal inspectors uncovered long distance wife swapping clubs where husbands mail obscene pictures for inspection before meetings. Chief Montague said such cases are not isolated and 75 percent of obscene items come from Scandinavia. Montague cited letters advertising meetings and photos and warned obscenity leads to further crimes. In 1962 there were 605 arrests versus 457 in 1961 and 389 in 1960.
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Washington
UPI
Henry B. Montague
House
United States
Scandinavia
Irving Fishman
New York
Montague
Fishing Derby Opens Friday at City Lakes
The Fishing Derby opens Friday with Lake Childress and Baylor Lake stocked for contest. Prizes total about 1500 dollars. entry fee 2.50 dollars at the lakes headquarters. City Manager Louis Sally notes a 50 cent city fee and the usual state fishing license apply.
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Lake Childress
Baylor Lake
Louis Sally
VFW Meeting Tonight at Veterans Building Elects Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at 7:30 tonight in the Veterans Building to elect new officers. Members were reminded today.
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VFW
Veterans Building
Truman Webb Nominated For Lions President
Nominations read at the Lions Club meeting for the 1963 64 slate. Truman Webb heads the presidential list with Sam Miller first vice president Richard Bird second vice president Warner Stevens and John Martin as others.
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Lions
Lions Club
Truman Webb
Sam Miller
Richard Bird
Warner _—Stevens
John Martin
Billy Hughes
Lion Tamer
Ivan Allen
Bill Armstrong
Charlie Brown
Weldon Hayes
Homer Bennett
Dc. C. Broughton
Gordon Gravley
Dick Preston
Chester Hufstedler
Wiley Shires
Rowden Cordell
Fern Maddox
Walter Lockhoof
LeRoy Gaines
L. W. McClendon
Russell Jones
Sim Vaughn
George Barry
Elections Brim with Low Voter Turnout Across City and Schools
Indications point to light voting in two upcoming elections with only five absentee ballots cast in the city election. Absentee voting closes Friday for April 2, with ballots cast at city hall. No absentee ballots yet for the April 6 school election, and three have been sent out but not returned. absentee deadline for the school election is April 9.
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Carrell Holleman
Holleman
Dallas Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Burglaries
Dallas Negro Ray Lee Hines pled guilty to two burglaries of Texaco and Humble warehouses here months ago. He received a 10 year sentence in each case. A divorce case was heard Monday morning. Judge Luther Gribble of Wellington will return Friday to hear other non jury matters.
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Ray Lee Hines
Dallas
Texaco
John Forbis
Luther Gribble
Wellington
Amarillo School Picket Protest Over PTA Referendum
An interior decorator joined a picket line outside San Jacinto elementary in Amarillo protesting a National PTA referendum. Conservative groups denounced the vote claiming ballot forces PTA members to back federal aid to education. W. L. Stark carried a sign urging parents to demand a meeting and reject the ballot citing UNESCO and United Nations.
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Amarillo
APS
Interior
San Jacinto
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
W. L. Stark
United Nations
Unesco
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Daily Sketch
Getty
Elks
Austin Daybook
United Press International
Criss Cole
Houston
Frank Owen
Ting
Bill Hollowell
Nd Saline
John G. Kent
Optimist Club
Hamilton
Watson Lake
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Nesta James
Whitehorse General Hospital
U.S. Bureau of Land Development
Fairbanks
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