India's Nehru dies. Nanda sworn acting PM in Delhi
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died at 1 30 p m after a stroke and heart attack. Home Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda was sworn in as acting prime minister by President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi were named as possible permanent successors amid a 12 day mourning period.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Nehru
Congress
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Congress Party
Indira Ghandi
United Nations
Texas blue laws ruled confusing as court tosses appeal
Texas Supreme Court unanimously held the states blue laws confusing and ambiguous and threw out the appeal for a permanent injunction forbidding sale of certain items on Sundays by Shoppers World Inc. The ruling upholds a Nueces County district court order and avoids ruling on constitutionality.
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Texas
Austin
UPI
State Supreme Court
High
Nueces
Shoppers World Inc
Corpus Christi
Discount
Shoppers World
High Court
Absentee Balloting Opens Across Texas Runoffs
Absentee voting starts in all 24 Texas counties for the June 6 runoffs with about 500 000 votes expected. Major statewide races include Democratic congressman at large Joe Pool vs Robert Baker and GOP contenders Jack Cox and George Bush vying to face Ralph Yarborough. In-person voting begins today for those outside their county, with county clerk offices closing June 2.
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U.S. Senate
Joe Pool
D-Tex
Robert Baker
Houston
GOP
Jack Cox
George Bush
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Dallas
Tom Elis
Memorial Services Set By Legion Post
American Legion Acting Commander George Spear announces the Memorial Services at the cemetery on Saturday. Citizens are invited to attend with veterans decorating graves at 7 a.m. and a memorial program at 11 a.m. Buglar Norman Hemphill will lead assembly, W. J. Hughes will give the invocation, and Rev. L. L. Hill will deliver a brief address. Taps by Hemphill, dismissal by Hughes, and a poppy distribution by the Legion Auxiliary.
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American Legion
George Spear
Childress County
U. S
Norman Hemphill
Cox-Farr
W. J. Hughes
L. L. Hill
Hemphill
Hughes
WTCC Speaker Urges Texas Rotary on Chamber Reform
West Texas Chamber of Commerce executive VP Jack Springer addressed the Childress Rotary Club urging consolidation from four regional chambers to three. He outlined WTCC goals of promoting regional economic growth and improving the business climate, noting local efforts must attract and support industry. Jake Lawson, WTCC director, was introduced amid a briefing by Morris Higley. several visitors attended.
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Texas
Jack Springer
West Texas
WTCC
Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Jake Lawson
Morris Higley
Kay Eatherly
Jackie Privitt
Jake Rogers
James Richardson
Wellington
Joe Sooter
Mule
Shoe
Light Rain Recorded Across Childress County
Light general rain fell last night across Childress County with Kirkland reporting .65 inch, The Index gauge .25 inch, and the FAA airfield station .11 inch. Wellington and Shamrock saw about .40 inch via Fort Worth and Denver, River Camp residents noted about .50 inch, and Hith Point measured .10 inch. Irrigated cotton is mostly planted and some fields are emerging while dryland farmers await more rain.
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Childress
Kirkland
FAA
Fort Worth
Denver
Wellington
Shamrock
L. B. Holman
River Camp
Floyd Biddy
Hith Point
Solicitors Flocking Into Childress City
Virginia Van Bibber of the Chamber of Commerce warns of fly by night solicitors in Childress. She notes out of town salesmen push sprayed tree and shrub programs and stresses Chamber approval is not a purchase guarantee or protection against wasteful spending.
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Childress
Virginia van Bibber
Chamber of Commerce — and Board of City Development
Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
Death of Nehru Shocks Washington World
The death of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru stunned official Washington. A top level delegation prepared to depart for New Delhi for his funeral aboard a special plane. Chavan and Bowies accompanied by Talbott joined the mission. Nehru's passing unsettled Southeast Asia.
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Jumna
Rajghat
Mahatama Ghandi
India
Nehru
Shastri
Nebhru
Heavy Industries
C. Subramiam
Bombbay
Dean Rusk
New Delhi
United States
Britain
Dehra Dun
Congress Party
Lal Bshadur Shastri
Homer
Jawaharlal Nehru
Washington
Phillip Talbott
Near East
South Asia
Chester Bowies
B. V. Chavan
Chavan
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Alec Douglas-Home
Earl Mountbatten
Queen Elizabeth
Mountbatten
Wheat shipments continue from Childress County
A total of 14 carloads of wheat have been shipped to date from Childress County. Clyde Martin of the Fort Worth and Denver announces six cars from Childress and eight from Kirkland. Dryland wheat yields up to 14 bushels per acre, averaging about eight county wide, while irrigated wheat is expected to exceed 35 bushels per acre.
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Childress County
Clyde Martin
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
Kirkland Dryland
Seven Absentee Ballots Cast in Democratic Run-Off
The County Clerk's office announced at noon that seven absentee ballots have been cast for the Democratic Run-Off election. Absentee voting opened this morning and ballots for both parties are at the Clerk's office. No Republican Run-Off ballots have been cast yet. the election is scheduled for June.
Vernon Man Pleads Guilty to DWI
Robert Dan Harp of Vernon pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in County Court late yesterday. He was fined $125 and court costs, sentenced to three days in jail and an automatic suspension of his drivers license for six months. Harp was arrested Monday by the Highway Patrol.
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Robert Dan Harp
Vernon
NAACP postpones Lincoln tomb march in Illinois
The Illinois NAACP has indefinitely postponed its planned march to the Lincoln tomb. Leaders say they could not complete the scheduled program for the event which was planned to honor the birthday of the late President Kennedy.
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Springfield, Il
UPI
Illinois
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Abraham Lincoln
NCAAP
Kennedy
Portugal invites Thant to visit Angola and Mozambique
Lisbon reports that the Portuguese government invited United Nations Secretary General Thant to visit the African territories of Angola and Mozambique to investigate rebel charges of oppression. It marks the fourth invitation in six months.
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Lisbon
UPI
United Nations
Thant
Angola
Mozambique
Soviet Ambassador and Thompson Confer on Hydro Visit
Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met for about thirty minutes with State Department Russian affairs specialist Llewellyn Thompson to arrange details for a forthcoming visit by a Soviet hydroelectric delegation under an exchange program.
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Washington
UPI
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Llewellyn E. Thompson
State Department
Dobrynin
Upsels Sparkle in Oklahoma emoff Races
Oklahoma Democrat Fred Harris, 33, the youngest ever to win the party nomination for U S Senate in Oklahoma, defeats incumbent J Howard Edmondson by more than 90 000 votes in the runoff. He faces Bud Wilkinson in November to fill the Kerr term. Jed Johnson Jr., 24, tops Rep Victor Wickersham in the 6th District runoff by about 1 149 votes. he will face Republican Bayard Auchincloss in November. A reapportionment proposal to shift control back to areas carried by 80 000 votes, heading to a court test as nation watches.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Fred R. Harris
U.S. Senate
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Harris
State Nator
Lawton
J. Howard Edmondson
Republican Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Jed Johnson Jr
Victor Wickersham
Johnson
Wickersham
Bayard Auchincloss
Oklahoma Aa
Edmondson
Roternor
Kerr
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