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Childress Index

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Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1963

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Emmys Favor Booth Marshall and The Defenders Tie

Shirley Booth and E. G. Marshall repeat as best actress and actor for 1962 63 in the 15th Emmy Awards held in New York Hollywood and Washington. The Defenders won best dramatic show with five awards while The Tunnel and A Cardinal Act of Mercy also collected multiple honors.

Hollywood UPI Shirley Booth E. G. Marshall Broadway Miss Booth Marshall Erre Marshalls Kim Stanley Ben Casey Trevor Howard Mr. Disraeli Berlin New York Hotel Americana Arthur Godfrey Paladium Joey Bishop Sheraton Park Hotel Washington, D.C Chet Huntley Carol Burnett Julie and Caro Carnegie Hall Dick van Dyke Defenders Walt Disney David Brinkley David Huntley-Brinkley News Report

Two Frostbitten Americans Evacuated From Everest Summit

Two American climbers William Unsoeld and Barry Bishop were hoisted by helicopter from 28 000 feet on Mount Everest for frostbite treatment. They and Luther Jerstad describe spending a frigid night on the summit area after conquering Everest via the South Col route.

Katmandu Nepal UPI Mt. Everest William Unsoeld Corbal Luther G. Jerstad Eugene Ore Bishop Jerstad Knut A. Solbakken South Col James W. Whitaker Redmond Wash Unsoeld Thomas F. Hornbein San Diego Calif West Ridge

San Francisco Viewed as Site for 1964 Conventions

Washington reports both parties eye San Francisco as a top bid for their 1964 presidential nominating meetings with Chicago Atlantic City and other cities also in contention. GOP aims for mid July. Democrats plan mid August. Goldwater leads among delegates per Indianapolis News poll. Rockefeller discussed as possible asset.

Washington UPI San Francisco Atlantic City Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Miami Beach Baltimore Dallas South GOP Kennedy Barry Goldwater Arizona Thruston Morton Morton Goldwater New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Rockefeller Indianapolis News George Romney

Texas Swelters as Heat Wave Grips State

United Press International reports a blazing sun and hot sticky humidity across Texas. Dawn temperatures near 80s in parts with 56 at Amarillo and 78 at Corpus Christi. Presidio hit 104 degrees as Wichita Falls neared that mark. Dalhart cooled at 84 while most areas rose into the 90s.

United Press International Texas Panhandle Amarillo Corpus Christi Presidio Wichita Falls Dalhart

Chisox Pony League Team Plans Evening Workout

The Chisox, Pony League members, will train at 6 30 p m today at the ball park per coach Ken Artis.

Ball Park Ken Artis

Tell Entries Win At Horse Show

Mr and Mrs W H Tippett and Royce attended the Dimitt horse show and rodeo Saturday. Tippett's Greg Johnny took third in the three and four year old gelding class while Royce’s Mr Paymaster was third in the aged gelding class. H W Tippett won sixth in roping. J T Jahnson Ranch at Wheeler hosted the event on Sunday with T Smith placing third in roping.

W. H. Tippett Royce Dimitt Greg Johnny Mr. Paymaster H. W. Tippett Preston Smith Will T. Smith J. T. Ja

Regular Gas Prices Hold at 22 9 Cents in Texas Market

A field survey shows regular gasoline at 22.9 cents per gallon after a weekend dip to 19.9 cents. In Childress a dealer cut to 19.9 on Saturday but raised back to 22.9 by Sunday. other dealers were expected to join the drop, but the price war did not escalate.

Childress

Foreman inspects Ozona and Pyote air bases for future use

Congressman Ed Foreman of Odessa toured the Ozona and Pyote Air Force installations in Texas on Sunday to assess potential post evacuation uses for the sites. The visit focused on determining viable options after the bases are abandoned.

Monahans Tex UPI Ed Foreman Rodessa Ozona Pyote Sunday

Fatal stab wound claims life of Joe Louis Day

Police questioned Day's wife after he died in Parkland Hospital Sunday night from a stab wound to the heart. The two are described as Negroes.

Dalas UPI Joe Louis Day Parkland Hospial

Fort Worth and Denver Awarded Sanitation Citation

Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company received a special sanitation citation for dining cars from James H. Bond, regional HEW director, presented to EF L Simmons and Paul S. Cobel. The award, the Surgeon General’s top sanitation honor, requires 95 percent or higher in Public Health Service inspections across 126 dining car points. The company earns this award for the fourth consecutive year and sixth time in recent years, with ongoing employee training and sanitation programs noted.

Fort Worth Denver James H., Bond Department of Health, Education, and Welfare EF L Simmons Paul S. Cobel Bond Public Health Service

Federal Education Proposal Might Not Pass Congress

Senator Frank E Moss signaled the federal aid plan for public schools faces slim odds this year due to religious controversy over aid to parochial schools. He urged expanding the existing program aiding federally impacted school areas as an alternative.

Washington UPI Frank E. Moss Senate Congress Utah Democratic Labor and Public Welfare

Fire damages Holy Cross Church in D'Hanis Texas

A church fire caused about 200000 in damage at Holy Cross Catholic Church in D Hansi Texas. Fire Chief D W Scott cited faulty wiring as the apparent cause and the loss was described as extensive. Victor E Lass Jr Los Fresnos school superintendent collapsed and died seconds after his daughter was named queen at the 1963 Los Fresnos Horse Show.

D'Hanis, Tex UPI D. W. Scott Holy Cross Catholic Los Fresnos, Tex Victor E. Lass Jr Los Fresnos Cynthia Lass

Bishop Copeland to Speak at Northwest Texas Methodist Conference

Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland, presiding bishop of the Nebraska area of the Methodist Church and former pastor of Travis Park Methodist Church in San Antonio, will speak at the Northwest Texas Conference to be held this week in Abilene, church officials said Sunday.

Abilene UPI Kenneth W. Copeland Nebraska Methodist Church Travis Park San Antonio Northwest Texas The

Woman named first female chair at TWU regents

Mrs. John T. Jones Jr. of Houston is announced as the first woman to chair the board of regents of Texas Woman's University by TWU President John A. Guinn during the commencement exercises on Sunday.

Woman Heads Regents Denton UPI John T. Jones Jr Houston Board of Regents of Texas Woman’s University TWU John A. Guinn

Riverton Driver Nar N Hernandez Dies From Crash Injuries

Nar siso Hernandez an 81 year old San Antonio resident died from injuries after a one car crash Saturday night one half mile north of Riverton.

Riverton Wyo UPI Narsiso Hernandez San Antonio

Polio vaccine drive ends in Dallas County

UPI reports Type III polio vaccine given to 616000 Dallas County residents over the weekend, the second and final weekend of the drive.

Dallas

Pope John IIIii Serious as Doctors Monitor Condition

Vatican sources report Pope John XXIII, 81, still in serious condition after a second internal bleed. He remains bed-bound with doctors awaiting the 24 hour crisis, blood transfusions given, Catholic rites not completed, and prayers requested as the Holy Father fights for strength.

Vatican City UPT John XXIII Vatican

Former Northfield Resident Dies In Sunday Wreck

Mrs. Maggie L. Courtney 53 of Leavenworth Kansas died en route to a Lubbock hospital from injuries in a Sunday wreck near Lockney Texas. She was driving west on US Highway 70 when her car collided with John L. Johnson 33 of Plainview. Funeral arrangements were pending with Harmon Funeral Home Floydada.

Maggie L. Courtney Leavenworth Kan Northfield Lubbock Lockney Hal Courtney Matador Courtney Lockney Hospital U. 8 John L. Johnson Plainview Johnson

Arlene Francis Injured In Wreck

New York actress Arlene Francis was injured in a Sunday head on collision on Long Island near Lake Success. One person was killed and four others injured including a nine year old girl. Francis was hospitalized then transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after regaining consciousness. She suffered a fractured collar bone a minor concussion scalp lacerations and bruises. The accident occurred as her car edged across the rain slick Parkway to avoid a separate collision and struck a car driven by Joseph Arcos whose wife Rose died on arrival at Meadowbrook Hospital.

New York API Arlene Francis Long Island Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Northern State Parkway Lake Success N.Y Francis Mineola Meadowbrook Hospital East Meadow New York Hospital Arcos

Hot Check Charges Filed Against Arvil Lander

County attorney reports hot check charges filed against Arvil Lander of Wichita Falls for a March check. Lander has not been apprehended.

Arvil Lander Wichita Falls Lander

Coin Club To Change By Laws At City Hall Meeting

The Childress Coin Club plans to amend its by laws to add nine directors, with current officers listed as president Marvin Dobbs, vice president, and secretary. A business session precedes an auction, and the meeting will take place at the Chamber of Commerce office in City Hall at 7:30 p.m. today.

Childress Coin Club Marvin Dobbs

Dinah Shore Weds Maurice F. Smith in California Ceremony

In Redlands California television star Dinah Shore married Palm Springs contractor Maurice F Smith in a quiet civil ceremony at the home of Superior Judge Joseph Ciano. Shore's two children Melissa Ann and John David attended as maid of honor and best man alongside Smiths two sons Dexter and Dana.

Redlands Calif UPI Dinah Shore Palm Springs Maurice F. Smith Miss Shore Hollywood George Montgomery Smith California Joseph Ciano Melissa Ann John David Dexter Dana

Cancer Group To Meet Tuesday

The Childress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the West Texas Utilities building. The meeting invites public attendance and contributions to the memorial fund. The county goal is $2,100 with $1,600 received to date.

Childress County American Cancer Society West Texas

Santa Rosa Directors Meet at Vernon Today

Four of the five Santa Rosa Round Up directors left for Vernon to attend the annual meeting. W E Davis J C Randell Janes Higley and W T Ross are on the trip Sam Privitt could not travel.

Santa Rosa Vernon Childress W. E. Davis J. C. Randel Janeris Higley W. T. Ross Sam Privitt

Confederate Graves Sought by Mrs. Carrie Hardin

Citizens are urged to send locations of Confederate veterans' graves to Mrs. Carrie Hardin at Box 733. The appeal was announced today to gather missing burial sites for memorial records.

Carrie Hardin

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