Four Wheat Referendum Voting Boxes Announced
On Tuesday only four voting boxes will be available for the wheat referendum. Two usual boxes Tell and Carey are closed. Boxes will be at Crawford's House Chapel Community Building Kirkland and courthouse office from 8 am to 7 pm. The vote is expected close with strong local opposition and a two thirds majority needed to continue the program. The National Farm Bureau and many local bureaus oppose the program.
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Tell
Carey
Crawford's
Chapel
Kirkland
National Farm Bureau
CHS Twirlers Selected In Quanah Tryouts
Band tryouts in Quanah selected CHS and junior high twirlers. High school picks include Tanya Lawson, Diane Bracy, Brenda Boykin and Marsha Harris. Junior high winners are Janice Frith, Teresa Howard and Sally Coyle with eighth graders Deanna Allison, Cindy Howell, Sally Darling and Kay Holtman. Twin drum majors will lead next fall. Try-outs set for May 24 in Quanah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Mellroy
Quanah
Tanya Lawson
Diane Bracy
Brenda Boykin
Marsha Harris
Janice Frith
Teresa Howard
Sally Coyle
Deanna Allison
Cindy Howell
Sally Darling
Kay Holtman
Childress
Jones Resigns Coaching Job With Longhorns
Darrell Royal announced assistant coach James Jones has resigned to enter private business. Art Davis, 28, will replace him as defensive backfield coach after two years at Georgia Tech. Davis is a 1956 Mississippi State graduate and 1955 All-America halfback. Jones led Texas seven years and played quarterback on the 1952 Southwest Conference title team.
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Davis
Mississippi State
Connally Names Education Group For Higher Education Study
Gov. John Connally selected 25 leaders from business, industry, and education to form the governor's committee on education beyond the high school. H. B. Zachry chairs the panel which will study Texas higher education needs and report by August 31, 1964. Members include George Brown, Morgan Davis, J. Harold Dunn, Abner McCall, Earl Rudder, Willis Tate, Eric Jonsson, and H.B. Zachry, with educators from Baylor, SMU, Navarro, and more. The group will meet again in June to begin duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Education and Business
Texas
Houston
George Brown
Brown and Root Interests
Labor Organization
Amarillo
J. Harold Dunn
Shamrock Oil and Gag Corp
Fort Worth
Jenkins Garrett
Reynaldo Garza
Brownsville
Beaumont
John E. Gray
Howard H
Bud) Imray
Texas Eastman Co
Longview
Dallas
Gifford Johnson
Ling, Temco-Vought, Inc
Ben, W. Jones
Corsicana
Navarro Junior College
Eric Jonsson
Texas Instruments, Inc
A. B. Martin
Amarillo Junior College
Abner McCall
Baylor University
Waco
Vernon McDaniel
Austin
Teachers State Association of Texas
Organization of Negro Teachers
J. M. Odom
Aus
Harry M. Ransom
University of Texas
Earl Rudder
College Station
Texas A&m
Midland
Tom Sealy
Willis Tate
Southern Methodist University
May Vincent O'Donnell
San Antonio
Santa Rosa Medical Center
Corpus Christi
Harvey Weil
Lubbock
D. M. Wiggins
Texas Tech
Texas Western College
el Paso
H.B. Zachry
Kennedy Presses Civil Rights During Deep South Tour
President Kennedy tours the racially tense South drawing vast crowds in Nashville Muscle Shoals and Huntsville. He avoids racial issues in Huntsville while stressing space leadership and TVA anniversary in Muscle Shoals. Governor Wallace greets him politely and later cites safety concerns in D C. Tallulah Bankhead attends Huntsville event.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
Kennedy
George ©. Wallace
Alabama
Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt Stadium
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wallace
U. S. Supreme Court
TVA
Birmingham
Washington D.C
Confederate States
Redstone Arsenal
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Arsenal
United States
Columbus
America
Tallulah Bankhead
Cooper Returns To US Soil After Spaceflight Reunion
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper touched down in Honolulu aboard Navy helicopter at Hickam Air Force Base from USS Kearsarge ending his 22 plus orbits. A crowd of about 2,000 welcomed Cooper and his wife Trudy with daughters Camala and Janita present. Governor Burns and Honolulu Mayor Blaisdell honored the returning space pioneer before Cooper proceeds to Cape Canaveral for a technical briefing.
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Cooper
Gordon Cooper
Kearsarge
Pacific Ocean
Space Agency
Earth
NEA
Midway Island
Honolulu
Hawaii
L. Gordon Cooper
United States
Hickam Air Force Base
Navy
Coop
Cape Canavera
America
Trudy
Camala
Janita
John A. Burns
Neal Blaisdell
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U. S. Pacific Forces
Burns
Mally
Cape Canaveral
Gary Dowis To Receive Degree In UT commencement
Gary Lloyd Dowis, 25, former Childress resident now in Austin, is among 350 candidates for degrees in the University of Texas College of Business Administration at the June 1 commencement. Parents listed as Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dowis of 207 Third Street, Ne.
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Austin
Gary Lloyd Dowis
Childress
University of Texas College of Business Administration
S. L. Dowis
Third Street
Texas drivers face $6 yearly auto premium rise under new law
Texas lawmakers pass House Bill 48 tightening financial responsibility rules and raising liability minimums to 10 000 for one person 20 000 per accident and 5 000 property damage. The increase is about six dollars per private auto per year, with enforcement provisions strengthening proof of coverage.
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Austin
UPD
Texas
David Crews
Conroe
Sen
Martin Dies
Lufkin
Senate
State Insurance Board
House
Rep
Bob Fairchild
Center
Martin Dies Jr
Department of Public Safety
Joe Eddins
State Board of Insurance
Collingsworth to Receive 35000 in Funds
Washington reports Texas Accelerated Public Works second appropriation totals as of May 1. Various counties receive designated funds led by Jefferson-Orange and Webb. Collingsworth earns 35000 with other counties receiving sums ranging from 6000 to 6,171,500 in the program.
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Collingsworth
Washington
UPI
Texas
Webb
Anderson
Angelina
Bowie
Cass
Cherokee
Harrison
Henderson
Houston
Jasper
Lamar
McCullough
Marion
Montgomery
Morris
Nacogdoches
Newton
Rains
Red River
Robertson
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
Shelby
Smith
Titus
Trinity
Upshur
Val Verde
Wood
Jefferson-Orange
Zavala
Galveston
San Patricio
Aransas
Round Up Directors To Meet May 27
The Santa Rosa Round Up and Livestock Exposition directors will meet Monday May 27 per chairman M K Berry. Four Childress men W E Davis Sam Privitt W T Ross and Morris Higley plan to attend. A new vice president will be elected to replace the late J M Crews who served as vice president since the start. The annual show runs June 19 to June 22.
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Santa Rosa
Debris Found Near Thresher in Undersea Search
A UPI report from Portsmouth says a New England search flotilla probed the ocean depths about 220 miles east of Cape Cod after submarine Thresher debris appeared on photos of the sea floor. Navy officials cautioned that images are not conclusive but sonar and probes support the possibility the debris is from the Thresher.
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Portsmouth
N. H
UPI
New England
Thresher
Navy
Cape Cod
Atlantic I
Washington
Translator TV Group Elects Directors
Directors of the Red River War were elected at a stockholders meeting Friday night. Elected were Ernest Rea Charles Mack Claude Andrews Clarence Carter and Jack Cox. Directors will meet to elect officers. Reception is available from Amarillo stations and will improve with more capital. Plans call for channel improvements as money arrives. Several pledged to buy stock but have not paid. Dr. Jack Fox says if pledges are paid the equipment to upgrade all three channels could be bought immediately. Stock is 60 dollars. Service charge is 18 dollars per year.
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Ernest Rea
Charles Mack
Claude Andrews
Clarence Carter
Jack Cox
Amarillo
Jack Fox
Last Escapee Captured in Oklahoma City Jail Break
Texas jail breaker Dennis Newton, 24, was arrested in an Oklahoma City hotel on a tip from Wichita Falls officers. He is the last of three men who escaped Wichita County Jail, with brothers-in-arms James Morgan and Dale Evans nabbed in Childress. Newton faces a life sentence as an habitual criminal.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Texas
Dennis Newton
Wichita County
Wichita Falls
Newton
James Morgan
Dale Evans
Childress
City Plans for Paving Program This Year
City Council discusses paving 10 to 20 blocks this year plus work on Federal Housing areas and re topping 10 blocks, depending on costs. Councilmen Mock Dakil and City Manager Sally to finalize details with Jaycees help sought. Three firms win two year oil and fuel supply contracts starting June 1.
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Charles Mock
Frank Dakil
Louis Sally
Jaycees
Mock
Humble
Conoco
Gear Oil
Gulf
Stepp family to move to Clarendon
J C Stepp, formerly superintendent at Lelia Lake and longtime Childress School employee, will move his family to Clarendon. He farmed last year and served as minister at Estelline Church of Christ. He holds oil interests at McLean and Town Park and will continue managing those while preaching at Estelline. He recently sold his farm.
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J. C. Stepp
Clarendon
Childress
Lelia Lake
Estelline Church of Christ
McLean
Town Park
Festelline
Transfer Deadline for Students Set for June 1
County Superintendent Wade Kimbrough announced Saturday that June 1 is the transfer deadline for students in grades not taught in their home districts. Transfers must be made at the County Superintendent's office.
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Wade Kimbrough
Mrs Miller Improves After Heart Surgery in Houston
Mrs. Miller underwent heart surgery Friday at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. Her condition remains critical but is reported as improving. She is in Room 311, with her husband and son Bill by her side in Houston.
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Sam Miller
St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston
Bill
23 Drown In Bus Wreck
In Belle Glade Florida a bus carrying 23 Black farm workers, men women and children, sank into an eight foot canal. Fourteen survivors escaped. a makeshift morgue in an armory held 23 bodies. Police feared others might still be found in the canal.
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Belle Glade
Fla
UPI
Wilbur Huggins
Huggins
Flowers Stolen From Grave Spark Police Probe
Chief Alvis Maddox said artificial roses were stolen from a cemetery grave last week. He noted the flowers were placed on the grave a few days earlier and described them as beautiful.
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Alvis Maddox
Maddox
Fannings Move to Levell and Kenneth Fanning Joins Ellis Pharmacy
Kenneth Fanning, longtime operator at B and J Drug in Childress, will move to Levell on June 1 to join Ellis Pharmacy as a pharmacist. He arrived in Childress five and a half years ago, first as a pharmacist, then co-owner and manager. He recently sold his stake. the store is now managed by Walter Chambliss.
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Kenneth Fanning
B&j
Levell
Ellis Pharmacy
the Fannings
Childress
Walter Chambliss
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T Jones
Longhorns
Connally
Education Group
H. B. Zachry
Martin Burng
International Steelworkers Union
San Angelo
E. H. Danner
General Telephone Co
The
Southwest
Morgan Davis
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Ray L. Dudley
Board of Regents
University of Houston
Tin
Deep South
United Press International
Hickam
Gary Dowis
Translator TV Group
Eikman and
Sally
Northwest
Eikman
Scott Lake
Tax Equalization Board
J.C. Stepps
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