Khrushchev Weighs Retirement as Kremlin Power Plays Rage On
Nikita Khrushchev, in his seventies, faces a Kremlin succession struggle as rivals seek to outmaneuver him. Analysts note his 10 year rule brought advances in space and nuclear arms but flagging economic and agricultural results and a rift with Mao Tse-tung. He remains a shrewd politician likely to resist stepping down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Dennen
NEW York
NEA
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Kro Kovo
Communist Party
Lenin
Khrushchev
Stalin
Russia
Nikita
Central Committee
Red Army
Mussia
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Khrush
Drilling Test at Kirkland Field Delayed Again
Drilling of the O P Leonard test southeast of Kirkland has been delayed. The test remains west of five oil wells in the area. Delay was ordered after further seismograph work was deemed necessary, with no new start date announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Leonard
Kirkland
Texas Legislature Daybook May 9 1963
Texas lawmakers at the 122nd day of the 140 day session feature varied remarks. Rep Maud Isaacks makes a personal privilege claim in her ninth year while Rep Jim Cotten’s chair-acknowledgment earns joking lines. Senator A R Schwartz threatens to filibuster over a shell dredging bill, later accepting an amendment to water down the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
John Allen
Longview
San Angelo College
House
Allen
Fort Worth
Rep
Maud Isaacks
el Paso
Chuckle
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Jim Cotten
Weatherford
Cotten
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Senate
Schwartz
Lawmakers Consider Loan Sharks
Texas lawmakers debated a compromise loan shark bill backed by Sen. Bruce Reagan to regulate loans from $1 to $1 500 with graduated charges. The measure caps interest, fees, and requires Texas ownership for new lenders while limiting outlets and adding health and credit insurance for larger loans. The House also advanced bills adding San Angelo and Pan American College to the senior college system before sending measures to Gov. Connally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas
House-Senate
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
House
San Angelo
Pan American
John Connally
Johnson Back As Director of Greenbelt Authority
Clifford Johnson resigns as Hedley mayor to be re appointed director of the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority from that town. Johnson previously served as secretary and was active on the project for years. Dr Townsend praised him as one of our best directors and noted his commitment to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Johnson
Hedley
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
S. H. Townsend
Authority
Johnson
Dr. Townsend
Fire crews respond to bus station cafe fire call
Childress Fire Department answered a late Wednesday afternoon fire call at the bus station cafe where a deep freezer shorted. There was no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Fire Department
Translator TV Meeting Set For May 17
Red River Valley Translator TV Association calls a stockholders meeting for Friday May 17 at 8 PM in the district courtroom. Dr. Jack Fox urges attendance as more than 5000 dollars pledged has not been paid and needs discussion. All members and interested locals are requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley
Translator TV Association
Jack Fox
Duplicate Bridge Club Dropped in Childress Area
Mrs Frankie Thompson of Clarendon announces cancellation of the duplicate bridge club. The group met Thursdays at the Veterans Building in Childress. She cites lack of interest, thanks the Veterans for hall use, and credits citizens who helped start the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Thompson
Clarendon
Veterans Building
Childress
Thompson
SS Benefits Reach Over 58 Thousand Per Month in region
At year end 1962 Childress County had 4 061 residents on Social Security with December payouts totaling 58 017. Texas Panhandle totals show 24 806 recipients and 1 529 866 paid in December 1962, up about 12 percent from a year earlier. Texas statewide payments: 785 995 people at 45 504 045 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Hal Geldon
Amarillo
Texas
Kennedy Calls for Equal Treatment to Ease Racial Tensions
President Kennedy says the United States will face ongoing racial difficulties until all Americans receive equal treatment. He praised Birmingham residents for efforts to end violence and urged prompt removal of barriers to opportunity. He cautioned that continued prejudice harms Birmingham and the nation. He did not rule out a future fireside chat on civil rights if seen as constructive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPT
Kennedy
United States
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Legion Post To Observe Armed Forces Day
Cox-Farr Post No. 65 of the American Legion in Childress urges citizens to join the 14th annual Armed Forces Day observance on Saturday May 18 marked during Armed Forces Week May 11 19. Commander Jeff Henderson promotes flag display and military open houses nationwide to demonstrate unity and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox-Farr
American Legion
Childress
United States
Jeff Henderson
Henderson
Colt League Seeks Players and Workers for Season
Colt League President Russell Jones announced the league needs 50 more players aged 15 to 17 for summer play with a $1 entry fee. The group also seeks sponsors and coaches and has a work session at the Little League ball park at 1 p.m. Saturday, inviting interested people to attend with lawn mowers and energy to ready the field for the May 29 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Jones
Jones
US Forces Airlift Haitian Dependents Amid Tensions
The United States, guiding a naval task force, moved 220 government dependents from Port au Prince by air. A total of 195 Americans, including some civilians, were already flown out on Wednesday. Britain and the Netherlands advised citizens to leave as tensions rise under Duvalier and fears of Dominican incursions grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PORT AU _ PRINCE
Haiti
Sonnel
Pan American World Airways
Port Au Prince
U.S. State Department
Francois Duvalier
Dominican Republic
London
the Hague
Britain
Netherlands
United States
Hanti
Six Mile
Duvalier
Morris to Receive Commission at OCS Graduation
Darryl Morris 25, among 53 candidates to graduate from Texas National Guard Officers Candidate School in Austin ceremonies. Morris teaches at Childress High School and serves in Battery A 2d Battalion 31st Artillery 49th Armored Division in Wellington. He is a 1956 graduate of Quail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Darryl Morris
Texas National Guard Officers Candidate School
Austin
Morris
Childress High School
2D Battalion
31St Artillery
49Th Armored Division
Wellington
Quail
Three County College Students To Attend Camp
Three County College students will join 39 advanced cadets of the West Texas State College ROTC unit at a six week summer camp opening June 15 at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Cadets from Childress include Harry Buster and Kenneth Trent. from Tell include Ray Don Caldwell. The camp fulfills a requirement for cadets between their junior and senior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three County College
Childress
Tell
West Texas State College Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Fort Sill
Oklo
Harry Buster
Kenneth Trent
Ray Don Caldwell
Matched Roping To Be Sunday at Fair Park Rodeo Grounds
The 10 calf matched roping contest between Clifton Smith of Tei and Bill Flowers of Aspermont is set for 2 p m Sunday at the Rodeo Grounds in Fair Park. New bleachers are ready and admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Sponsored by the Childress Roping Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Smith
Tei
Bill Flowers
Aspermont
Rodeo Grounds
Fair Park
The
Childress Roping Club
Lee Rothwell Dies as Tell Point Farmer
Lee Davis Rothwell, 60, prominent farmer and rancher from Tell and High Point communities, died of a heart attack about 3 p.m. Wednesday at his home located about nine miles southwest of the area. Funeral plans were set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Davis Rothwell
Tell
High Point
Negro and White Leaders Meet in Final Talks in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama negotiators rush to avert new civil rights protests as Dr Martin Luther King Jr and two aides depart their motel before noon amid a wave of arrests totaling over two thousand participants in ongoing demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Reynolds resigns as Vernon Public Schools superintendent
H C Reynolds former Childress High School principal resigns as Vernon Public Schools superintendent effective July 1. He previously led Childress 1957 58 and Paducah before Vernon. Board President Maurice Oliver praised his two years of service and wished him success. Reynolds did not reveal future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Reynolds
Childress
Vernon Public Schools
Supt. Reynolds
Paducah
Vernon
Maurice Oliver
Reynolds
Insurance Dividends Available for Korean War Veterans
Korean conflict veterans have about six months to claim 18 million dollars in special insurance dividends for RS policies with letter W. The offer ends September 13, 1963. Contact George Spear, county veterans service officer, for eligibility and steps to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Spear
Veterans Service
Spear
Greenbelt Quarter Horse Show Planned for Saturday
Dr. Bob Jones announces the fifth annual Greenbelt Quarter Horse Show in Fair Park with events at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Open cutting and halter classes, trophies for winners, and a Sunday matche draping start at 2 p.m. Merchants of Childress sponsor the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Jones
Cofc-Bcd
Fair Park
American Quarter Horse Association
Merchants of Childress
Two Wrecks Reported in City Wednesday Afternoon
Two noninjury crashes occurred in a 25 minute span late Wednesday. Fairy Hackler of Kirkland and Ida Garvin of Childress collided on North Commerce with Garvin cited for excessive speed as her vehicle sustained heavy damage. A second collision on 6th Street involved Gerald Havins and Bobbitt McKee of Childress with minor damage and no tickets issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairy Taylor Hackler
Kirkland
North Commerce
Ida Floe Garvin
Hackler
Gerald Reed Havins
Childress
6Th St
Bobbitt McKee
Avenue D
Community Meeting Called on Childress Museum Project
A June 11 community meeting will study creating a museum for Childress, with time and place to be announced. The effort must be a community project, per the Childress County Historical Survey Committee. Mrs Carrie Hardin reports Civil War grave markers may be known and ordered in about two weeks. next committee meeting is June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Childress County
Game Wardens and Biologists Meet for Pre regulatory Talks
Twenty nine game wardens biologists and officials of the Game and Fish Commission gathered for a pre regulatory meeting in the Panhandle and South Plains area. Wardens covered 33 counties with hearings on all seasons to be set and dates to be announced by Austin headquarters. Henry Burkett from San Angelo led the session, with Welden Fromm Amarillo Ted Wheelis Lubbock Al Springs J B Phillips and Edgar Sturdivant also in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
South Plains
Austin
Henry Burkett
San Angelo
Weldon Fromm
Amarillo
Ted Wheelis
Lubbock
al Springs
J. B. Phillips
Edgar Sturdivant
Improving Condition Reported for Young Patient after Crash
Young Andy Longbine, patient at Childress General Hospital, was in satisfactory condition and slightly improved after a car scooter crash in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Longbine
Childress General Hospital
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Brice Uzzell
Dick Arment
Wheeler
West
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Austin Daybook
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Greenbelt
Duplicate Bridge Club
Legion
Colt League
Darryl Morris
Lee Rothwell
Ched
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