Four Die In Wreck Near Booker Texas
A head on collision on Texas Highway 23 near the Oklahoma border killed four people and injured three others. The deceased include Fountain B Copeland 83 of Dumas Texas and R A Custer 70 of Booker. Desley Custer 35 driver and Melvin Slovacek 35 were seriously hurt.
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Booker
Tex
UPI
Oklahoma
Fountain B
Copeland
Dumas
A. Thomas Shafer
Fort Supply
Okla
R. A. Custer
Desley Custer
Melvin ¥. Slovacek
Perryton
Openings Remain In Driving Course This Summer
A few openings remain in the summer Driver's Education courses announced today by H. G. Terrell principal. Continued on page 2.
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H. G. Terrell
Texas Daybook May 21 1963 Senate mascots and veto notes
UPI brief from Austin noting Senate mascots named for the 58th Legislature and Sen Don Kennard's daughter declared Senate sweetheart. A veto dispute over unemployment compensation is labeled highly irregular as Gov Connally vetoes a bill. Spotlight highlights the $3.1 billion compromise appropriations panel leaders Hazlewood Heatly.
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United Press International
Texas
Les Ave M. Aikin
Paris
Senate
Blakeley
Brett Allen Hall
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Carleton Blaise
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Don Kennard
Karen Kennard
Fort Worth
Wayne Gibbens
Breckenridge
John Connally
Connally
Sen
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Rep
W.S. Heatly
Paducah
House
Skiing Ends On Baylor Lake Amid Ban By City Officials
City Manager Louis Sally announced a temporary ban on water skiing at Baylor Lake while water from the lake is in use. Skiing remains allowed on Lake Childress with cautions about obstructions and lower water levels.
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Baylor Lake
Louis Sally
Lake Childress
Sally
Death in Austin Claims Mrs. C. R. Rea
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hays mourn the death of their daughter Mrs. C. R. Rea who died Sunday morning in Austin. The funeral was scheduled to be held today.
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Arch Hays
Austin
C. R. Rea
Vote On Kennedy Wheat Control Plan Draws Nation
Thousands of wheat farmers across the United States vote in a referendum on Kennedy's 1964 wheat control plan. If approved, prices rise to about $2 a bushel and surpluses fall. rejection would lower prices to $1.10 and leave stocks high. Nationwide turnout was expected strong with 1.5 to 2 million eligible voters.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
American Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Hawaii
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Farm Bureau
Charles B. Shuman
Farm Organization
M. W. Thatcher
National Wheat Committee
Shuman
Congress
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
Eagle Scout Preston Stevens Wins Court of Honor
Preston Stevens received the Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor held last night in the Veterans Building. A Crowell ritual team conducted the presentation. Explorer Scouts Thomas Bradford and several others earned merit badges with Star Scout ranks noted.
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Ana
Warner Stevens
Preston
Veteran's Building
Preston Stevens
Childress High School
Childress
Joe Hughes
Wichita Falls
Young Stevens
Hughes
Eagle Board of Review
Northwest Texas Council of Boy Scouts
Veterans Building
Crowell
Thomas Bradford
Ronald Jones
Jerry Sachse
Robert Jones
John Sims
Ricky Hamm
Bobby Meason
Ronald Tucker
Joe Huff
Jerry Henderson
Jerry Henderson of Troop 61
Rain Storms Spread Over Most of Texas
Rain and thundershowers moved across much of Texas with scattered showers from the Panhandle to the Gulf Coast. Forecasters expected northern and central areas to receive rain by tonight and the rest by Wednesday as cool air and Gulf moisture interact. Temperatures varied from 54 in Amarillo to 95 in Presidio with pockets of rain in Austin and Galveston.
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Uited Press International
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
Stratford
Lubbock
High Plains
Big Spring
Austin
Port Arthur
Alpine
Galveston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Kerrville
Muleshoe
Orange
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Amarillo
Beaumont
Wink
Presidio
San Angelo
Texarkana
South Texas
Lions Host Noon Magic Show At Club Meeting
Lions club held a noon program with a magician show presented by John Hamilton. President E J Huddleston read a queen Denese Stevens note thanking the club for sending her to the district convention. Four high school senior boys, sons of Lions, attended as guests along with Harold Teeters and Sheriff Gaylon Smith.
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John Hamilton
Lion
Denese Stevens
E. J. Huddleston
Lions
Reed Lockhoof
Max McClendon
Jerry Newberry
Preston Stevens
Harold Teeters
Continental Oil
Gaylon Smith
Light bulb sale by Childress Jaycees tonight
Members of the Childress Jaycees will canvass Childress starting at 6 30 p m today to sell light bulbs.
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The
Childress Jaycees
Childress
Water Group Directors To Hear Dam Site Report
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority directors will meet within weeks to hear engineers report on proposed dam site located on the Salt Fork. Continued on page 2.
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Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Salt Fork
Quebec Premier urges calm after FLQ terrorism surge
Premier John Lesage appealed to Quebec citizens not to panic amid intensified FLQ terrorism. He urged composure as authorities address the security threat and public safety concerns in Montreal and across the province.
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Bulletin Montreal
UPI
John Lesage
Quebec
FLQ
Infant Son John Henley Buried in Childress
Funeral services for John Willis Henley infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Henley were to be held at 4 p m today at Childress Cemetery with burial there Rev Lester Hill and Jimmy Davis to officiate The child was born at 9 37 am May 19 at Childress General Hospital and died yesterday at 10 20 am in a Whh ita Falls hospital Survivors include the parents a sister Laura Lynn Henley grandmother Mrs Johnny Henley of Childress grandparents Mr and Mrs Willis Cato of Lock ett great grandparents Mr and Mrs C E Henley of McLean and great grandmother Mrs Hob son of Lockett
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John Willis Henley
Leon Henley
Childress Cemetery
Lester Hill
First Methodist Church
Jimmy Davis
Childress General Hospital
Whhita Falls
Laura Lynn Henley
Johnny Henley
Childress
Willis Cato
Lockett
C. E. Henley
McLean
Hobson
Cooper Receives A Hero's Welcome In Washington
Air Force Maj. L. Gordon Cooper was honored in a White House ceremony after a 22.9 orbit flight. President Kennedy praised the Mercury seven and predicted a moon landing by the end of the 1960s. Cooper rode from Andrews, via helicopter, to the Ellipse and received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
America
Oklahoma
Cooper
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews
Lyndon B. John
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shorty Powers May Resign But Reports Unconfirmed
Col. John Shorty Powers accompanied astronaut Gordon Cooper to Washington amid rumors he would quit the manned space program. Powers declined to confirm the Houston Chronicle report and said an announcement may come by Friday after flying from Cape Canaveral with the Mercury team.
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Washington
UPI
Col
John
Shorty) Powers
U. S
L. Gordon Cooper
Powers
Cape Canaveral
Cooper
Mercury Space Team
Houston
Appropriations Conferees Raid Game and Fish Funds
Texas lawmakers split over a 3.14 billion state spending bill with a $300,000 raid on game and fish funds, sparking charges of illegality from Rep. James Cotten who merged the Game and Fish Commission with the Parks Board. The package also expands education spending and adds salaries for state workers and guards.
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Cotten
General Revenue
Austin
UPID
General Revenue Fund
House
Senate
Conference Committee
University of Houston
San Jacinto
Texas
Houston
Lake Whitney
Tyler
Falcon
Stephen F. Austin
Dam B
Lake Brownwood
Atlanta
Davis Mountains
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Flippy
R. D. Spangler
Sherman
Austin Daybook
Baylor
Water Group
Leon Henleys
Shorty
New Tourist Development Board
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