Wind Sets Hudson Piers Ablaze In Jersey City Fire
A wind driven fire roared through an abandoned stockyards area and Hudson River piers in Jersey City. It burned six piers and caused millions in damages as 450 firefighters fought the blaze for over four hours. Three rescuers were trapped on a tower and later saved. fifteen firefighters were overcome by smoke. No foul play suspected.
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Jersey City
WUPI
Hudson River
New York
Vernon Naclon
Nework Pier
Coast Guard
Peter Calvanicon
Jersey City Medical Center
Meat Price War Hits Abilene Stores
Abilene prices plunged after Harold Miles cut beef prices to attract customers. The battle spread to nearby Odessa and San Angelo as cuck roast fell to 29 cents and steak matched hamburger levels. Consumers stocked up while cattlemen felt the squeeze and prices later inched back toward normal.
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Abilene
UPI
Harold Miles
Equipment For Infants Needed By Red Cross
The Chil dress Chapter of Red Cross urgently needs infant gear including bassinets baby beds and cribs. Mrs Claude Hipps is the contact point early mornings at WE 7 2148 or at the Red Cross office in the afternoon.
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Childress Chapter
Red Cross
Rotary
Claude Hipps
Hipps
Sledge to retire after 40 years with Texas Highway Department
C E Sledge of Childress will retire June 30 from the Texas Highway Department after four decades of service. He started in Lubbock and Matador, spent five years as a field mechanic, and ends his career in Childress. He is a World War II veteran, husband of Lorene Coats, father of Barbara and Joe Don, and a member of the Church of Christ and Masonic Lodge No. 695. A farewell party was held at the shop and he plans to fish and work in his home shop in retirement.
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C. E. Sledge
Ave. H. N
Highway Department
Lubbock
Matador
Childress
Childress General Hospital
Department
New Mexico
Sledge
Lorene Coats
Church of Christ
Barbara
TWU
Denton
Joe Don
Childress High School
Red Cross TV First Aid Course Set For June
Red Cross secretary Mrs Margaret Hipps announces a Standard First Aid course on TV Station KFDA Channel 10 Amarillo from June 1 to June 22. Broadcast daily 6 30 to 7 a m. Childress residents may contact Palmer Massey at 7 2954 for enrollment and a 75 cent First Aid book, with a free workbook upon enrollment and book purchase.
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Red Cross
Margaret Hipps
KFDA
Amarillo
Childress
Palmer Massey
Childress RC
LBJ Heads to New York for Fundraisers and Texas Trip
President Johnson flies to New York for Democratic fundraisers including a Salute to President Johnson show at Madison Square Garden. He and Mrs Johnson will read a Kennedy tribute at the White House meeting. After New York, they head to Bergstrom Air Force Base en route to Austin for a long Texas weekend.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
New York
Texas
Lynda Bird
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Cabinet
National Security Council
John
Public hearing on Childress County hunting rules set for June 10
Fishermen and hunters in Childress County are urged to attend a Parks and Wildlife Department public hearing at 8 p m on June 10 at the courthouse. Leland Duckworth president of the Red River Sportsmen's Club announced the meeting to seek information on proposed hunting fishing and trapping regulations for the county.
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Childress County
Parks and Wildlife Department
Leland Duckworth
Red River Sportsmen’s Club
Laos Fighting Slows as U.S. Recon Flights Continue
Neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma asked the Soviet Union for military aid to face the Pathet Lao. A neutralist report says the Pathet Lao gained ground around Plaine des Jarres, driving neutrals from Phou Kout and tightening artillery fire on Bane Poa.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Soviet Union
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Phou Kout
Texas Liquor Board Bans Twist and Dog Dances
The Texas Liquor Control Board orders a 15 county crackdown banning the twist and dog dances as lewd entertainment. District director Charles A. Talley says the acts violate licensing law and places may lose licenses. private clubs and taverns face potential suspensions pending hearings.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas Liquor Control Board
TCLB
Texas
Charles A. Talley
Talley
The
Absentee Ballots Counted in Democratic Run-Off
County Clerk Carrell Holleman reports 13 absentee ballots cast for the Democratic Run-Off with one for the Republican Run-Off. The election is set for June 6 with absentee voting closing June 2. Additional run-offs cover statewide and local sheriff, constable, and precinct Democratic chairman races.
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Carrell Holleman
Frank Dakil
Pete Goffar
Childoe
F. O. Cobb
Bill
Harrell Chapel
Millions Mourn Nehru Funeral in New Delhi
Indians gathered along the Jamnu River and in Delhi for the cremation of Jawaharlal Nehru with Sanjay Nehru lighting the funeral pyre. The six mile march from the prime minister’s residence ended at Rajghat near Gandhi’s tomb as thousands watched in heat and tears. Indian police controlled the stampede as dignitaries and relatives mourned the first prime minister of independent India.
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New Delhi
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Independent India
Nehru
Sanjay
Jamnu
Isis
Rajghat
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Cers
Indira Gandhi
McCain Leaves Record at Decatur College
Travis McCain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Travis McCain, graduates from Decatur Baptist College with an associate in science in business administration. He earned second team All-American Junior College honors and additional prizes including College Honor Society, Chieftain staff member, class parliamentarian, Alpha Sigma Chi member, and a full scholarship to Rice University for basketball and studies.
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Decatur
Travis McCain
Decatur Baptist College
Avenue H
Childress
Alpha Sigma Chi Fraternity
Rice University
President Works Behind Scenes to Line Up Senate Votes
President Johnson quietly maneuvers to lock 67 votes needed to impose cloture on the civil rights filibuster. Senate Democratic leaders press for a firm strategy as Republican Javits urges a stronger hand. no date set, Mansfield hopes for a June 10 showdown.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Sen
Mike
Warrie Smith to Leave White House After Four Months
Warrie Lynn Smith a 19 year old San Antonio resident and roommate of Lynda Byrd Johnson leaves the White House today to re enroll at the University of Texas. She says she will carry many hearts with her and that the stay was four months of wonderment and excitement. Johnson teases that she is not really leaving.
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Washington
UPI
San Antonio
White House
Warrie Lynn Smith
Lynda Byrd Johnson
Warrie
University of Texas
Roan to Attend Dallas Meeting on Rural Poverty
J J Roan Jr area supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration will attend a three day Dallas meeting June 24 to discuss President Johnson measures to end rural poverty. The talks cover helping young farmers take over retiring elders farms expanding rural water systems and housing aid for seniors. FHA notes 2 billion lent in three years to strengthen family farms and rural communities with 613 million borrowed in the first ten months of fiscal 1964, and officials from Washington and Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas will join.
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J. J. Roan, Jr
Farmers Home Administration
Dallas
President Johnson
Washington
Howard Bertsch
FHA
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
America
Burglary at Buckley’s Mobil Station Nets Small Theft
A Wednesday night burglary at Buckley’s Mobil Station yielded little money after the intruder broke a back window. Police say only the cash was taken and investigators are pursuing several leads in Childress.
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Buckley’s Mobil Station
Childress
Possible broken nose at Fair Park youth dance
A Childress youth sustained a possible broken nose in an alleged fight during a Wednesday night dance at Fair Park. Police report states no charges have been filed.
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Fair Park
Closed Two Days At Court House Office
The ASCS office at the courthouse will be closed Friday and Saturday. Gene Frisble, secretary, announced the closure.
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ASCS
Gene Frisble
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Hattie Atkinson
Irby Martindale
World War I Veterans Auxiliary
Veterans and Ladies
Atkinson
Texas Highway Department
LBJ
U.S
Artil
Lery
Bane Poa
Warsaw
Communist
Poland
Interna
McCain
Decatur College
Jack Springer
West Texas Utiliies
Rotary Club
J. J. Roan
Meeting On Poverty
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