Navy Court Seeks Thresher Photos After Deep Ocean Dive
A five member Navy court of inquiry in Portsmouth New Hampshire awaits photographs of the sunken Thresher taken at 8000 feet east of Cape Cod. The images aboard the research ship Conrad show a ruptured hull and conning tower. a decision on sending the Trieste to the scene is possible.
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Conrad
Portsmouth
N.H
Nave
Alton W. Grenfel
Atlantic
N. H
Boards of Inquiry
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Navy
Memorial Day Traffic Deaths Hit Record Pace
United Press International reports over Memorial Day weekend 170 plus deaths in the first 42 hours and a projected 450 to 460 auto fatalities by Sunday midnight. New York led with 23 auto deaths, California 22, with seven lives lost near Cornwall Connecticut and multiple seven to five fatalities in Missouri and Utah.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Safety Council
New York State
California
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Connecticut
Ilinois
Indiana
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Cornwall
Conn
Louisiana Tire Theft Fines Man in City Court
Oscar Dies, 31, of Estwood Louisiana, was fined $50 in city court after being arrested in Vernon for stealing two tires from Dugan Service Station Thursday night. He drove off with the tires while attempting to pay $13, was traced by the license number, and returned with his wife to face charges. He paid the tires’ cost and the fine that day.
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Oscar Dies
Estwood
Vernon
Dies
Dugan
David Bradford
Bradford
Alvis Maddox
Ress
Visit the Flea Market and Art Display
A notice promoting a flea market and art display at 1311 F Northwest invites the public to view stalls and exhibits with potential hours and entry details.
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F. NW
Ten Inch Downpour Triggers Floods and Tornado Hit Texas Towns
Flash floods swirled through Brownfield and Union near Brownfield after ten inches of rain in two hours. A tornado damaged Balmorrea near Pecos as snakes fled rising waters. Rescue boats saved residents, and national guardsmen evacuated Union residents. Heavy rain continues across Childress area with forecasts of more by weekend.
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United Press International
Brownfield
Texas
Balmorhea
Pecos
Childress
Federal Aviation Agency
Wellman
South Plains
Union
Bud Valdez
Lubbock
U.S. Highway 385
Ronnie Waide
Perryton
Weather Bureau
Waide
Claude Stowe
Spearman
Tommy McMeans
CAP Locates Missing Aircraft Near Albuquerque Search Continues
Civil Air Patrol crews checked reports of possible crashes southwest of Waugh and near Duran as they pursue the missing Cessna 180 with four aboard. The group, including Gerald Miles and his wife and Al Engman of Lubbock, departed Albuquerque Thursday morning for Lubbock, with weather hampering ground and air searches across New Mexico and Texas.
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UPI
Civil Air Patrol
Waugh
CAP
Sandia Mountains
Duran
Vaughn
Lubbock
Lubbock, Tex
Gerald Miles
National Security Life Insurance Co
New Mexico
Alamogordo
Clovis
Muleshoe
Plainview
Tex
Joe Wilson
Wilson
Miles
Pope John XXIII Slips Toward Death
Vatican sources report Pope John XXIII, 81, deteriorating into a critical condition with pain after a night of sudden decline. He received Extreme Unction and Viaticum as officials and doctors attend him in St. Peter's chambers amid prayers from abroad. observers note a stomach tumor, possibly cancer, and a desire to complete the Ecumenical Council and efforts for world peace.
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UPI
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Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Tilarino da Milano
Msgr
Alfredo Cavagna
Vatican Radio
Vatican State
Rome
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican Apartments
Raimondo Manzini
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Papal Chambers
Gasbarrini
Pope John
Three Celina Driver Ed Students Die In Anna Wreck
In Anna Texas a two car collision killed three Celina high school driver education students aged 14 and injured six others two critically. Victims were Billy Cody Gene Kinney and Mike Carter.
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Anna
Billy Cody
Gene Kinney
Mike Carter
Celina
Sherman
Gwyn Farquhar
Dennis Gray
E. L. Marks
Jacky Hays
Jim Cryer
Richard H. Sibens
McKinney
Department of Public Safety
Farm Road 455
U.S. Highway 75
Selina
William Bell Cluck
Farm Income From Poultry and Eggs Falls Despite Production Boom
Washington reports 1962 gross farm income from poultry and eggs in the 48 states at 3.3 billion dollars, down from 3.6 billion in 1952 though production rose in broilers, turkeys, and eggs. Prices fell, keeping overall income nearly flat. 1962 product income totals are eggs 1.8b, broilers 1b, turkeys 400m, farm chickens 100m.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Contiguous States
Turkey
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maine
California
Maryland
Arizona
Wayne Webb Accepts Post With Foods Distribution Division
Wayne Webb will join the Department of Agriculture in June to head the Foods Distribution Division. He will base in Washington and live in Arlington with Mrs. Webb and their children, planning to move from Childress before June 10. He previously ran a photographic studio with his father in Childress.
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Wayne Webb
Department of Agriculture
Foods Distribution Division
Webb
Washington
Tropical Storm May Be Brewing
The Miami Weather Bureau said it was watching a large Caribbean squall band that could develop into the year s first tropical storm. Heavy rain and winds to 52 mph covered a 700 by 350 mile area, with forecaster Gilbert Clark noting no current indication of a storm. The band stretched from the central Bahamas to near Jamaica and Cuba, drifting slowly northward.
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Miami
UPS
Miami Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Gilbert Clark
Bahamas
Cuba
Jamaica
Pentecost Sunday services at St Luke's Church
Pentecost Sunday services will be held at 4 p m in St Luke's Episcopal Church directed by Rev. Charles C Carman of Clarendon.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Charles C. Carman
Clarendon
Funeral Set Saturday For Burton L Howard
Funeral rites for Burton L Howard 69 will be 4 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev L L Hill. Interment in Childress cemetery. He a long time resident and retired farmer of the High Point community died at 1 15 a m Thursday in a Hollis Oklahoma nursing home. He was born August 1 1905 in Red Clay and came to High Point in 1905 from Dalton Georgia. He helped organize and was first manager of the Childress Co-Op Gin and managed gins at Kirkland Wellington Hedley and Lubbock. Survivors include daughter Mrs Geraldine Wright of Sedalia Missouri son Eldon R Howard of Lubbock and Goodlett. one sister Mrs Laura Swaim of Childress. one brother M C Howard of Childress. eight grandchildren.
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Burton L. Howard
First Methodist Church
L. L. Hill
Leon Henley
W. E. Andrews
Kie McFarland
Gene Edrington
Ebert Kelley
W. L. Foster
Childress Cemetery
Mr. Howard
High Point
Hollis
Okla
Red Clay
Dalton Ga
Claredon Junior College
Cattle
Childress
Kirkland
Wellington
Hedley
Lubbock
Ellie Reeves
Howard
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Overland Corp
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Pope John XXIII
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UPI Farm
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Ursula Andress
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