Tornadoes Strike Texas and Oklahoma Marks Damage and Winds
A storm line from North Texas into southern Oklahoma produced at least two tornadoes Saturday night. Wichita Falls saw a tornado around 6 p.m. damaging a service station and nearby structures, while another funnel destroyed a farm home near Konawa Oklahoma. No injuries were reported.
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Texas
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wichita Falls
Konawa
Okla
Oklahoma City
Jack Caviness
M. L. Crowe
Claude Humphrey
Bethel
Shawnee
Waurika
Randlett
West Germany Votes in General Election Amid Cold War Tensions
Bonn Germany Sept 14 West Germany prepares for general elections with about 35 million voters to decide if Chancellor Konrad Adenauer remains in office for four more years The race pits Adenauer against Erich Ollenhauer and centers on NATO and rearmament issues.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Western Alliance
Bonn Republic
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
NATO
Hungary
Erich Ollenhauer
Ollenhauer
Cuba Rights Curtailed Again Under Batista Regime
In Havana on September 14 the Batista government suspended constitutional guarantees for 45 days, including press freedom, marking the fifth such action in ten months. Batista signed the decree and asked Congress to ratify, while promising general elections next year and denying a bid for the presidency.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Congress
Congress of Mayors
Cienfuegos
Sheriff Beaten by City Policeman Elam in Arkansas incident
Childress County Sheriff Gaylon B. Smith was badly beaten by City Policeman W. F. E. Elam near Gay's Cafe Friday night. Smith said charges could be filed this week and that Elam was armed. Hassell claimed Elam acted alone and officers were on duty 24 hours. The report also notes Gov Faubus meeting President Eisenhower over the Little Rock school crisis and a possible one year cooling off plan.
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Childress
Gaylon B. Smith
W. FE
Dub) Elam
Gay
Smith
Elam
Roy Hassell Smith
Gay's
Ford
Frank Buster
Buster
Hassell
The
Index
Newport
RK. 1
Arkansas
Orvald Faubus
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Faubus
U.S
National Guard
Central
Suboena
Turkey Ousts Two Soviets For Spying
In Istanbul two Russians Capt. Alexandre Maraguine and Michael Lischin were expelled after secret police arrested them buying military information from a Turkish individual in a Bosporus casino. They had lived in Turkey since 1952 and spoke Turkish fluently. The ouster followed a stern Soviet note to Turkish Prime Minister Menderes, signaling Ankara would resist pressure over Syria.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Syria
Alexandre Maraguine
Michael Lischin
Bosporus
Nikolai Bulganin
Adnan Menderes
Bulganin
Menderes
Moscow
Pressure Mounts On Russians To Withdraw From Hungary
United Nations action condemns Soviet crackdown in Hungary and calls for free elections. Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand named special UN representative to seek Soviet and Hungarian compliance. He plans direct talks in Moscow and Budapest after consultations with their UN delegations. The assembly passed the resolution 60 to 10 with Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia voting no. Prime noting: India asks UN to seat Chinese Communist government.
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N. Y
Russia
Hungary
General Assembly
Assembly
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
U. N
Wan
Prince Wan
U.N
United States
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
Finland
South Africa
India
China
Arthur S. Lall
Dag Hammarskjold
Senator predicts tax cut approval at next session
U S Sen Ralph Yarborough told a Democratic fund-raising dinner in San Antonio that Congress will enact a tax cut and expand farm aid in the next session. He noted a personal income deduction rise from 600 to 800 and criticized the current administration for skewing the benefit toward corporations and higher brackets. He cited a 20 million nationwide farm aid measure as a stopgap until Congress reconvenes.
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San Antonio
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Yarborough
Congress
Latin American Texans Praised By Governor For Contributions
Governor Price Daniel lauded Texans of Latin American descent at a LULAC banquet in Houston pointing to their history making contributions to Texas. He announced future appointments including reappointing Dr. J G Rodarte to the state board of medical examiners and naming Felix Tijerina to a new commission to study.
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Houston
Price Daniel
Texas
National League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC
Daniel
J. G. Rodarte
Temple
State Board of Medical Examiners
Felix Tijerina
Fiderico Guerra
McAllen
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Oscar Laurel
Laredo
Kika de la Garza
Mission
Good Neighbor Commission
Commission For the Blind
And
Rodarte
Medical Examiners Board
Mexico
Santa Anna
Bragg and Hix Win Swine Show Honors in County Contest
Bragg and Hix won first and will represent Childress district after their swine entry at the county 4-H Swine Show held Saturday at the courthouse square. Eight local 4-H members raised and groomed swine. Dalton Skinner second, Cecil McKinney third, L D Cheatham fourth, James Roy Austin fifth, Newell Cheathem sixth, Bob Ford seventh.
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John Braga
Sears
Court House
Young Bragg
Childress
Amarillo
Jody Hix
4- H Club
Dalton Skinner
Cecil McKinney
L. D. Cheatheam
James Roy Austin
Newell Cheatheam
Bob Ford
Minor traffic mishap on Third Street at Avenue F
No injuries or tickets were issued after a 2:30 p.m. Saturday collision at Third Street and Avenue F Northwest. Mrs Oole James and Garland Havens, westbound in adjacent lanes, avoided a collision when Havens skidded into the curb after seeing James turning. Havens’ car sustained considerable damage.
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Third Street
Avenue F
Roy Hassell
Oole James
Garland Havens
James
Havens
Childress Quarterback Club Meeting Set for Monday
Regular meeting of the Childress Quarterback Club will be held at 8 o'clock Monday night in the Bobcat Lounge at the High School Gym. Films of the Childress Panhandle game are expected to be screened for fans.
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Childress
Bobcat
Childress Panhandle
Red China accuses US reporters of interference in internal affairs
Tokyo dispatch reports Radio Peiping charging that U S correspondents were given tasks to interfere in China’s internal affairs as permission to enter the mainland was granted. The claim cites the Peiping daily and an observer note on reciprocal press access, while the U S rejects the idea though may consider visa requests from Red China.
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Tokyo
Red China
United States
China
Red Chinese
Peiping
Peiping People’s Daily
Communist China
U.S
Shackleford Infant Rites Slated Sunday
Funeral services for Clarence Bee Shackelford Jr. nine month old son of Mr and Mrs Bee Shackelford Amarillo will be held at 3 pm at Newberry Chapel Rev Luther Bradley to officiate Pallbearers Claude Dodson and W L Biddle Burial in Methodist cemetery at Tell under Newberry Funeral Home direction Survivors include brothers Tommy Dale John Floyd and David Clifton Shackelford Shamrock
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Clarence Bee Shackelford, Jr
Bee Shackelford
Amarillo
Newberry Chapel
Luther Ro Bradley
Modesto
Calif
Claude Dodson
W. L. Biddle
Tell
Newberry Funeral Home
Tommy Dale Shackelford
John Floyd Shackelford
David Clifton Shackelford
Shamrock
Kasper Refuses To Answer Explosion Questions In Nashville
Segregationist John Kasper dodged police questions at the county jail about the Hattie Cotton school bombing. Officers pursued a lead from Charles Reed an associate who said they hid dynamite in an old house last week. Reed claimed Kasper brought three sticks of dynamite then helped remove it before agents found it.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Kasper
Douglas Hosse
Kasper
Hattie Cotton School
Charles Reed
Reed
Hosse
Hattie Cotton
Hesse
Rex White
FBI
Arlington Virginia Schools Ordered to Admit Negroes
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan ordered Arlington County schools to admit seven Negro students by September 25. The ruling, if not delayed by appeals, would pierce Virginia’s barrier against integration. The board hinted at an appeal, contending pupil placement laws limit local authority.
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Alexandria
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington Va
Virginia
Arlington County
Washington
Bryan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Soviet Scientist Foresees Moon Mars Venus Boots in 1965
Moscow reports leading Soviet scientist Y. C. Khlebtsevich outlined interplanetary plans in Literary Gazette. He said unmanned probes would precede manned stations, with Moon aims 1960–1965 and Venus and Mars 1962–1985, debuting under code name LVM and base on Tsiolkovsky principles.
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Moscow
Russia
Moon
Mars
Venus
Y. C. Khbebtsevich
Literary Gazette
Khlebtsevich
Space
Loan Association Re elects Officers
Leonard King was re elected president of the Childress National Farm Loan Association at a meeting of stockholders yesterday afternoon. WL. Riker was re elected vice president. Directors re elected are Joe King, R. L. Murray and Lon Hessell. W. A. Bishop, secretary of the National Farm Loan Association of Paducah, was a guest. Approximately 50 stockholders attended the meeting. Music was provided by Mrs. AWis Maddox.
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Leonard King
Childress National Farm Loan Association
WL. Riker
Joe King
R. L. Murray
Lon Hessell
W. A. Bishop
National Farm Loan Association of
Egypt rejects Israeli plea to end state of war
Egypt, speaking at the London inter parliamentary union conference, rejects Israel’s peace bid and accuses Israel of plans for new aggression in the Middle East. Abdel Kader Hatem, information chief for President Nasser’s regime, declares that when Israel talks peace she means war.
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London
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Abdel Kader Hatem
Gamal Abdel Nasser Nasser
David Hacohen
Government To Tighten Rules On Airlines
Washington reports officials plan new anti sabotage and anti subversion rules for the civil air transport industry. The Justice Department asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to draft tighter security standards after a government security commission urged broader employee screening and international flight checks.
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Washington
United Press
Justice Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Security Commission
Commission
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