United Celebrates Formal Re modeled Store Opening
United Super Market marks its grand re opening after a two month closure from a July lightning strike. Manager Don Maddin is joined by Jack Snell owner and Dub Bates district supervisor of Vernon United Chain as the renovated store debuts with automatic doors enhanced lighting extra frozen food cases and a larger sales area.
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United Super Market
Don Maddin
Jack Snell
Dub Bates
United Chain
Vernon
Childress
Walter Lockhoof
United
United Super
Howard Andrews
Ming
Final McEndree Rifes Friday
Walter Riley McEndree a 41 year old highway department employee was killed when a car driven by Julia Williams 72 of Hale Center struck a center stripe crew on U S 82 one mile east of Dickens. Ralph Wayne Shipman 41 suffered serious injuries. Funeral services for McEndree are set for Friday at 2 p m in Childress Church of Christ with interment in Childress cemetery. He is survived by his wife four children his father three sisters and five brothers.
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Dickens
UPD
Teas Highway Department
U. S. Highway 82
Walter Riley McEndree
Ralph Wayne Shipman
Childress
Julia Williams
Hale Center
Shipman
Spur Memorial Hospital
McEndree
Childress Church
Highway Department
Kirkland
Oklahoma
Mary Ellen Bryant
Hollis
Ruby Wood
Eldorado
Okla
Reba Teakell
Wichita Falls
Roxie McLaughlin
Cordell
David
Bill
Clovis
N. M
Cecil
Marion
Louis
Altus
Texas recommends Sabin Types I II polio vaccine use
The Texas polio advisory committee urged endorsement of Sabin Types I and II for all ages when Type III threat exists, endorsing community campaigns and urging local authorities to determine timing. The group also noted Type III should be used for infants and the broader population when Type II threat is present.
Caravan to Childress Shamrock game form up
Interested residents may join a caravan to the Shamrock game in Shamrock Friday night. Call Chief of Police Alvis Maddox or The Index to join. Leaders plan to depart with ample time to reach the 8 p.m. kickoff.
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Shamrock
Alvis Maddox
Index
Maddox
Soviet Union tests second largest device in series
Washington UPI reports the Soviet Union exploded the second largest nuclear device in its current test series on Wednesday, signaling continued progress in its program and drawing international attention to its ongoing testing pace.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
US Pledges to Intercept Cuban Arms Shipments
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress the United States would intercept any Communist arms or troop shipments from Cuba to Latin American nations. He said Kennedy would act immediately if Guam naval base at Guantanamo is attacked and described broad congressional support to curb Fidel Castro.
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Washinton
UPI
Dean Rusk
Congress
United States
Cuba
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Kennedy
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Fidel Castro
U.S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Rusk
Caribbean
U. S
Soviet Union
Hemisphere
UN plane shot down in Congo with Swedish passengers
A United Nations aircraft carrying 10 Swedes was felled by gunfire of undetermined origin in Congo. The fate of any possible survivors remained unknown, and rescue or assessment efforts were underway.
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Bulletin United Nations
UPI
United Nations
Congo
Estes Associates Sentenced for Notorious Southwest Fraud
Federal Judge R. E. Thomason sentenced three former Estes associates Coleman McSpadden of Lubbock Harold Orr of Amarillo and Ruel Alexander of Amarillo to 10 and six year terms in a high profile case. Superior Mfg Co was fined 5000. Sentences deferred to Jan 7 1963 to enable witnesses and testimony for federal cases.
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Sol Estes
Southwest
Thomason
Coleman D. McSpadden
Lubbock
Harold Ek. Orr
Amarillo
Ruel Alexander
Superior Mfg. Co
Estes
Superior
Japan Leader to Visit Childress During October Tour
Toshiki Keifer the youthful Japanese Diet member, dubbed the Kennedy of Japan, will visit Childress Texas for three days from October 2 to October 4. He will address the Childress Rotary Club on October 3 before continuing his U.S. tour. He resides in Nagyo, Japan and is the youngest Diet member ever elected.
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Toshiki Keifer
Kennedy
Japan
Texas
United States
Childress
US State Department
Childress Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Henderson
Keifer
Nagyo
Diet
Congress
Henderson
Rotary Club
Army Captures Argentine Rebs Near Buenos Aires
Government forces struck an armored rebel column south of Lanus near Buenos Aires and took 40 prisoners amid a split over wartime leadership. Troop convoys and air corps units moved toward the capital as Peronist supporters circulated propaganda in Palermo with no other disturbances reported.
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Buenos Aires
API
Lanus
Argentina
Jose Octavio Cornejo Saravia
Juan C. Lorio
Azul
Mar del Plata
Cordoba
Nuevo de Julio
Puerto Belgrano
Juan D. Peron
Palermo
Sooters Promote “Boy Mangler” Auction In Classifieds
The index lists a bold classified ad for a so called guaranteed boy mangler described as a scooter. It touts cheap price and a down payment on medical bills for Dwight Sooter while noting his improving condition at Childress General Hospital.
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Dwight Sooter
Joe Sooter
Childress General Hospital
Stevenson Delivers UN Policy Speech at United Nations
Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson delivered the major U N policy address to the General Assembly urging a stronger United Nations. He pressed for disarmament, UN funding, and an empowered secretary general while urging colonials toward self determination and calling for sound resources and priorities in aid programs. He praised the European Common Market and outlined a plan to match UN bond purchases up to 100 million dollars with other nations.
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United Nations
UPTI
United States
Russia
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
General Assembly
Congo
U.S
U.N
Stevenson
Washington
Sigma-7 Named for Mercury Capsule at Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL UPD The Sigma-7 name was chosen by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. for America’s new Mercury capsule atop an Atlas booster. Sigma marks the Greek letter and teamwork, with a Sept. 28 launch target for six Earth orbits and Pacific landing.
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Sigma
Mercury
Schirra
Sigma-7
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Cold Front Triggers Thunderstorms Across Texas
A advancing cold front moved south through Texas bringing scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures fell from 91 to 72 in Amarillo, with Dalhart at 52 and Corpus Christi at 78. Panhandle towns reported rainfall totals up to 2.10 inches near Community Center and widespread fog and drizzle accompanied the front.
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United Press International
Texas
Dalhart
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Panhandle
Higgins
Follet
Gordonsville
Childress
Presidio
Weather Bureau
D. W. Hall Farm
Federal Aviation Agency
High Point Degyee Ae Kirkland
Tell
Flannie Neely
A. T. Fox
Beomm
Linda Story Enters Lubbock Business College
Miss Linda Story daughter of Mr and Mrs R M Hagan has enrolled for fall classes at Draughons Business College in Lubbock. She majors in secretarial work and is a 1961 Childress High School graduate who formerly attended North Texas State University and West Texas State College.
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Linda Story
Lubbock Business College
Lubbock
R. M. Hagan
Draughon’s Business College
Miss Story
Childress High School
North Texas State University
West Texas State College
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McEndree Rifes
Organization of American States
With
Freedom
Pacific
Atlantic
Estes’ Associates
EL Paso
R. E. Thomason
Billie
Fed
Eral
George McCarthy
South West
Spaceship
Cape Canaveral
America
GOP
Peter O Donnell
Dallas
Texas Republican Party
Fort Worth
NEA
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