Teachers Turn Back by State Police at Tuskegee High
More than 200 state troopers barred teachers and students from Tuskegee High School as Gov. George Wallace ordered the building closed for a week to delay integration. Troopers said they were under orders not to admit anyone, while parents and students watched from across the street.
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Tuskegee, Ala
UPI
George Wallace
Blacksquare
Tuskegee High School
Wallace
Montgomery
Col
al Lingo
Greenbelt Water Seeks New Damsite On Salt Fork
Dr. S H Townsend president of the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority with State Senator Andy Rogers and Roland Walden of Quanah travel to Austin for a Texas Water Commission hearing. They seek a new damsite six miles north of Lelia Lake upriver citing gypsum bed problems at other sites and forecasting enough water for area cities for generations.
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S. H. Townsend
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Andy Rogers
Roland Walden
Quanah
Greenbelt
Austin
Texas Water Commission
Salt Fork
Red River
White Fish Creek
Collingsworth County
Lelia Lake
Townsend
Lake Creek
Water rates set at Wednesday City Council meeting
The City of Childress schedules a special 8 p.m. meeting at City Hall to set water rates under its contract with Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority. Mayor Michie Thaten encourages a large turnout as attorney Millard Parkhurst and firm colleagues discuss the contract. A September 28 election is tentatively planned in Greenbelt towns with further visits to Quanah, Childress, Clarendon, Hedley and Paducah.
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City of Childress
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Michie Thaten
Millard Parkhurst
McCall, Parkhurst, Crowe, McCall and Horton
Dallas
Parkhurst
Quanah
Childress
Clarendon
Hedley
Paducah
Record Labor Day traffic toll tops previous highs
United Press International tallies 549 traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day period ending Monday, with California 60, Texas 43, New York 30 and Michigan 29 among states. The National Safety Council warns final toll may exceed 556, the prior summer holiday record. Alaska and Delaware reported no highway deaths.
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United Press International
California
Texas
New York State
Michigan
North Carolina
Illinois
Georgia
Indiana
Alaska
Delaware
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Red Cross Board Meets Wednesday Evening
Chairman Richard Bird calls a Red Cross Board of Directors meeting for 7 p m Wednesday in the county courtroom attendance requested. Fern Maddox is listed as Week Days Over on KCTX at 4 pm.
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Richard Bird
Red Cross Board of Directors
County School Board Elects New Principal Sparks
County School Board met for routine business this morning. Wade Kimbrough announced two new teachers for Tell this term Miss Ludie Morgan and Mrs Mat tie Sparks who will serve as principal. Present were Don R Crook B Steed and Jim Phillips.
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County School Board
Wade Kimbrough
Ludie Morgan
Mattie Sparks
Delwin
Cottle County
Don R. Crook
B. Steed
Jim Phillips
Textbooks Needed For First Aid Course Announcement
Red Cross Standard First Aid course to be telecast on Channel 10 Amarillo from September 9 to September 18. Textbooks cost 75 cents each and can be obtained via Palmer Massey, First Aid Chairman for Childress County, at 72571. A free workbook will be provided. after viewing sessions a 3 hour session and oral exam follow for certification.
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Red Cross
Kfda-Tv
Amarillo
Margaret Hipps
Palmer Massey
Childress County
Panhandle
American Society of Safety Engineers
Heatly Holds Power Over Texas College Funds
North Texas cattleman W S Heatly, co chair of the House Senate conference committee and co chair of the Legislative Budget Board, wields immense influence over 1964 65 and 1966 67 appropriations for higher education. He questions sizable increases, saying growth should be restrained.
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Saul Friedman
Houston Chronicle
Bill Heatly
Texas
W. S. Heatly
Cattle Country
House-Senate
Legislative Budget Board
House
Bryan Tunnell
Heatly
Thaten Brothers Win Texas DPS Radio Center Contract
The Thaten Brothers of Childress won the contract to build the Texas Department of Public Safety Radio Communications Center. The $13,735 low bid covers a 32 by 28 foot building housing radio operations and Highway Patrol offices. Location is just east of Childress on U S 287, with land already purchased.
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Thaten Brothers of Childress
Texas Department of Public Safety
State Board of Control
Andy Rogers
Homer Garrison
Rogers
Thaten Brothers
Highway Patrol
Childress
U. S. 287
30 Days To Better Grades Readiness Test
Ten questions assess study strategies and attitudes for students. The piece promotes a sequence of 30 articles by the Reading Laboratory in Newspaper Enterprise Association aimed at improving school work. It argues students should actively extract meaning from courses and consider their broader educational aims.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Kennedy Eyes Vietnamese Reaction To Buddhist Crisis
President Kennedy returned from a Hyannis Port vacation to gauge Vietnamese public reaction to his warning that continued repression of Buddhists by Ngo Dinh Diem could jeopardize U S backed anti communism efforts. He urged Diem to stop action against Buddhists while pledging continued military aid. The president said the war cannot be won without popular support and noted Diem’s government had become out of touch with the people. He warned of potential political losses in 1964.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hyannis Port
Mass
U. S
Diem
United States
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Eighteen More Ballots Shift CofC-BCD Election Totals
Eighteen additional ballots were received this morning bringing the CofC-BCD directors election total to 120 ballots. The mailing deadline is tomorrow with in person submissions accepted at the CofC-EBCD office until 5 p.m. The CofC-BCD directors will canvass ballots Saturday night and finalists will go to the City Council for election before the City Council meeting Monday night.
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Board of City Development and
Chamber of Commerce
Cofc-Ebcd
Cofc-Bcd
Childress Office Supply Opens Early This Week
This week only the Childress Office Supply store will open at 7 30 a.m. to serve early shoppers.
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Childress
Lions Club School Program Highlights Local Education
On opening day the Lions Club presented a school program led by Superintendent John W. Hamilton who announced 78 professional staff 26 non professionals and total enrollment 1 582. He noted school salaries total 474 438. Coaches Hart Reeves and new hire Kenneth West discussed the Bobcats season plans and coaching duties in Childress, Paducah.
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Lions Club
John W. Hamilton
Hamilton
Bob Hart
Bobcats
Hart
LeRoy Reeves
Kenneth West
West
Childress
Paducah
School Supplies Sale Ad at Childress Office Supply
Open at 7:30 a.m. local ad promotes school supplies with emphasis on early shopping at Childress Office Supply.
Keyton Rites Held In Tulsa
Funeral services were held in Tulsa Oklahoma for Mrs. J W Keyton sister in law to Mrs Louise Bowers She died Saturday in Tulsa and services were at 10 a m with Moore Funeral Home in charge Mrs Bowers attended the services
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Tulsa
Okla
J. W. Keyton
Louise Bowers
Keyton
Moore Funeral Home
Bowers
Red River Sportsmen meet at West Texas Utilities building
Members of the Red River Sportsmen's Club will meet at 8 p.m. today at the West Texas Utilities building for an evening gathering.
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Red River Sportsmen's Club
West Texas Utilities Building
Hear FERN MADDOX Week Days On KCTX 17 P.M.
Fern Maddox hosts weekday evenings on KCTX 17 delivering local news weather and community updates during the 7 PM program slot.
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Macon
Tuskegee
Ferences
Broward Segrest
Greenbelt Water
Fern Maddox
KCTX
Sarah Kay Barnes
Caruthersville, Mo
Rotary Club
Hyannis, Mass
NEA Telephoto
Senate
J. A. Steed
Childress High School
Marie Leslie
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