Memorial Day Travel Predicted Toll At 350 Fatalities
The National Safety Council estimates 350 people will die in traffic accidents during the holiday period from 6 p m tonight to midnight Sunday. States mobilize full law enforcement, with some National Guardsmen aiding, as five Midwest states issue a traffic condition red alert to curb deaths. Parades services and cemetery programs honor war dead nationwide.
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National Safety Council
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Illinois
Midwest
Memorial Day Services Set at 9 AM in Childress Cemetery
Memorial Day observance for local veterans set at 9 a.m. in Childress Cemetery with American Legion and VFW members placing flags at 7 a.m. Friday. United Daughters of the Confederacy will join and provide a large wreath. over 200 veterans from four wars buried there.
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Childress
Childress Cemetery
American Legion
VFW
Veterans Building
Two Amarillo Youths Brought Here For Theft
Deputies Hollis Wilson and Kenneth Hulen returned two Amarillo youths to Childress from Archer City where they were held for auto thefts in several area towns. Aged 14 and 15, they have not been charged yet. They were suspects in a Sunday night theft of a car owned by Howard Campsy.
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Hollis Wilson
Kenneth Hulen
Amarillo
Childress
Archer City
Gaylon B. Smith
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Howard Campsey
City Officials Visit Fort Worth To Confer With CAA
Four Fort Worth officials travel to confer with CAA leaders. Mayor Michie Thaten City Manager Louis Sally Councilman Charles Mack and City Attorney Allen Harp plan to return to Chil dress tonight.
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Fort Worth
CAA
Michie Thaten
Louis Sally
Councilon
Charles Mack
Allen Harp
Childress
4H Club Urges Fifth Deadline For Project Money
County Agent Bill Moore urges 4 H Club boys to turn in their special project funds by 5 p m Saturday. The fundraising event is planned for late Saturday afternoon.
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Project Money
Bill Moore
4-H
Cool Front Cuts Heat Across Texas After Thunderstorms
A cool front moved across Texas lowering heat after a night of hail and three inch rain that damaged cotton crops near Cottonwood east of West. Corn and oats were hurt as temperatures shifted from a 107 degree high at Presidio to a top 98 in Waco. Rain totals at dawn included Beaumont 0.43, Texarkana 0.35, Houston 0.15, Lubbock 0.02, College Station 0.01 inches.
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Cottonwood
West, Tex
Weather Bureau
Presidio
Waco
Dallas
Beaumont
Texarkana
Houston
Lubbock
College Station
Cotton planting progress and pest warnings in county
About 95 percent of this year’s cotton is planted and 50 to 60 percent is up, says County Agent Bill Moore. He warns of thrip damage at four to six leaves and urges early grasshopper control along fence rows. Grain sorghum planting is underway, wheat harvest may start in 10 days, and army worm infestations in eastern wheat areas can be controlled if found early.
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Bill Moore
Farmers Union seeks override of Ike veto on farm price policy
The National Farmers Union urged Congress to override Eisenhower's veto of a farm freeze proposal. Senator Proxmire's plan would place all farm commodities under marketing quotas with little net treasury cost. Debate focused on cotton acreage cuts and parity support levels for cotton and wheat.
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United Press International
Washington
UPI
National Farmers Union
Congress
J. A. Baker
NFA
Legislative Services
Senate Agriculture Committee
William Proxmire
Dwis
House Agriculture Committee
First Barley Harvest Reaches Kirkland Area
Arlie Key delivered the first barley at the Hill and Eatherly elevator in Kirkland on Tuesday afternoon. The Howard farm southeast of Kirkland produced the crop with about 40 acres ready and yields near 55 bushels per acre. Wheat harvest may start in about 10 days.
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Arlie Key
Kirkland
Ticket Issued After Minor Two-Car Collision
At Avenue B and Commerce Street last night about 8 o clock a minor two car crash led to a ticket. Henry Green stopped at a light was rear ended by C R Dugan who received a ticket for negligent collision. Damage was minor.
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Commerce Street
Alvis Maddox
Henry Green
C. R. Dugan
Maddox
Dugan
Presbyterians denounce U S foreign policy in new church
The merged United Presbyterian Church in the USA endorsed a 2500 word message denouncing hypocrisy in U S foreign policy and urging peaceful co existence with Communist powers as the only alternative to co extinction The motion to strike the co existence line failed as the General Assembly approved the report amid little opposition The message criticizes American self righteousness and warns God may use atheistic Russia to chastise the nation if Americans do not practice their religious principles.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
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United Presbyterian Church In
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Russia
De Gaulle Rises To Form French Government Of Safety
Gen Charles de Gaulle accepted President Rene Coty’s call to head a government of national safety as France faced a possible civil war. Parliament and the military junta in Algiers pressured for De Gaulle’s swift, legal installation to avoid bloodshed and further chaos across the Fourth Republic.
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Rene Coty
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Government of National Safety
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France
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General de Gaule
Algiers
de Gaulle
Algeria
Republic
Vincent Aurio
Elysees Palace
U.S. Faces Record Peacetime Deficit Warned By Mills
Chairman Mills warned the government may post the largest peacetime deficit in the next fiscal year and urged against tax cuts. The Ways and Means Committee plans to oppose excise or income tax reductions while backing another debt limit increase. He noted an $11.1 billion projected deficit versus the administration’s 8 to 10 billion estimate.
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D Ark
House
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Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Senate
Mills
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxes
Treasury
Goodlett Farmer Clarence Akers Dies in Hotel Lobby
Creed Clarence Akers, 64, a Goodlett farmer born August 27, 1893 in Ellis County, died of a heart attack about 10:30 this morning in the lobby of the Texan Hotel after feeling ill and asking for aid. He will be buried in Goodlett. burial and funeral plans are pending. He is survived by his wife Fannie Mae Akers of Goodlett and one brother William Akers of Goodlett.
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Creed Clarence Akers
Goodlett Farmer
Texan
Quanah
Goodlett
Newberry’s
Ellis County
Tex
Akers
Fannie Mae
Memorial Day Closures Across Downtown Businesses
Most downtown merchants will close stores Friday for Memorial Day. Banks and all city county state and federal offices will also close. The Childress Index will publish Friday as usual.
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United States
Childress Index
Wheel Chairs Needed By Crippled Children’s Society
Chairman Mrs. J. O. Hix announced an urgent call for return of wheel chairs loaned out. The society asks that any unused chairs be returned promptly to aid crippled children in need.
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Crippled Children’s Society
UAW Retreats But Refuses Surrender in GM Talks
Detroit UPI Wal ter Reuther says the UAW will retreat on bargaining demands but will not surrender before the contract deadline at midnight. He aims to stay at General Motors bargaining table to seek a fair settlement addressing unemployed, pensioners and plant closures. Seaton and Bramelett join negotiations as IUE talks continue elsewhere. GM condemns IUE conduct as foul and insulting.
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Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
General Motors
Louis G. Seaton
Earl R. Bramelett
Seaton
International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
IUE
James B. Carey
New Telephone Directories Mailed Today in Childress
Childress mailed new dial telephone directories to subscribers. C A Dub Deuschle of Southwestern Belt Telephone Co said the 3400 alphabetical listings include green cover white pages and yellow classifieds. About 4300 copies were printed with extra replacements for booths and public places. The directory aims to save time and aid locating business and numbers.
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Childress
C. A
Dub) Deuschle
Southwestern Belt Telephone Company
Deuschle
Amarillo Man Charged With DWI
Lewis F. James of Amarillo was arrested yesterday by highway patrol and charged with DWI. He pled guilty this morning in County Court and was fined 150 dollars, given three days in jail, and his license suspended for six months, County Judge Leonard King said.
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Lewis F. James
Amarillo
James
Leonard King
Requiem Mass for Cardinal Stritch in Rome
Thousands fill St Ignatius Church Rome for a solemn requiem mass for Samuel Cardinal Stritch. Vatican dignitaries seminarians and church officials attend as the Sistine Chapel Choir sings and a funeral procession honors the Chicago archbishop.
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UPI
Vatican
St. Ignatius Church
Old
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Martin O'Connor
North America College
Chicago Archdiocese
James Flavin
John Keating
John Hutchin
James Roach
Cardinal Stritch
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Sacred College of Cardinals
Edward Egan
Oak Park
Ill
Peter Zavadowsky
Cicero
Sistine Chapel
Holy See
Stritch
Howard Stritch
Pope Pius XII
Roman Curia
Msgr
James Hardinman
Jaycees Rule on Beards Stirs Local Meeting
Jaycees must grow beards from now until the Old Settler's celebration or face a $2 fine. The 70th Old Settlers event officially July 18, with beard contests starting earlier. Birthday observance slated for the July 13 week. Mrs Eva Jefferies and Miss Sonya Gresham invited Jaycees to a school party at the WDC building honoring retiring Miss Lula Caudell.
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Joe B. Mills
Eva Jefferies
Sonya Gresham
WDC
Lula Caudell
Juveniles Released After Brooks Store Burglary Cleared
Two local juveniles were released to their parents yesterday afternoon by the Sheriff's department after a burglary at the Brooks used furniture store was cleared up, according to Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith.
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Sheriff's Department
Gaylon B. Smith
Brooks Used
Correction note on water usage figures in Index report
The correction states daily water consumption has run over 1,500,000 gallons in recent days, not 15,000,000 as previously reported, and the business outlook remains good but not as strong as yesterday's Index suggested.
Alaska Statehood Prospects Improve in House Vote
The House approved an Alaska statehood bill by 208 to 166 and sent it to the Senate where bipartisan support exists. Republican leader Knowland vows to press for a Hawaiian statehood measure soon after Alaska action, risking an amendment if not assured. Democratic leaders and Alaska supporters stress keeping Hawaii and Alaska separate to avoid jeopardizing either bid.
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UPI
Alaska
Senate
House
United States
William F. Knowland
Calif
United Press International
Knowland
Hawaii
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
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