Daniel Leaves Conservatives Hamstrung On Convention Floor
Governor Price Daniel used a tactical move to push a harmony laden state platform at a five hour Texas Democratic convention. Conservatives aimed to condemn the national platform but were blocked as Harris County’s delegation faced credentials challenges and seating disputes. The outcome strengthened Daniel with a new two member conservative State Democratic Executive Committee to assist in his term.
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Daniel
Pat Conway
United Press
Dallas
Tex
UPI
Price Daniel
Harmony
Harris County
Houston
Harris
Tarrant
Fort Worth
Hall Timanus
George Charlton
Tomball
Fred Hartman
Baytown
John H. Crocker Jr
Anti Castro Guerrillas Step Up Wide War in Cuba
Bulletin reports a nationwide uptick in anti Castro guerrilla fighting as Soviet Russia allegedly supplies Cuba with 80 ton Stalin tanks and plans to deliver MIG fighters within the month.
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Bulletin Havana
UPI
Soviet
Russia
Cuba
Rainfall Tally From Downtown Childress and Area
The Index gauge in downtown Childress recorded .05 inch of rain from showers just before midnight. The FAA station at the air field reported a trace and showers fell across the county.
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Childress
FAA
Survival course to be taught in Childress County adults
Childress public schools will offer a 12 hour basic survival course for adults starting Monday October 24 with sessions on Oct 25 Oct 31 and Nov 1. The program is a national pilot in civil defense training funded by state and federal agencies and taught by specially trained teachers. Enrollment is free and contact Hamilton or the school office at WE 7 2501.
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Childress County
J. W.hamilton
Childress Public
Texas
Texas Education Agency
State Division of Defense and Disaster Relief
Coleges
Department , Health, Education and Welfare
Ofce of Civil and Defense
Childress School Board
Hamilton
Mid-Summer Heat Still With Us
Texas endures a heat wave with 100 degree highs forecast for North Central Northeast and Southwest regions and upper 90s elsewhere. Tuesday saw temperatures from 101 at Presidio to 84 at Dalhart, with 24 hour rainfall reported at Texarkana .05 and Wichita Falls .10 inches.
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United Press International
Texas
Presidio
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Texarkana
Wichita Falls
New Directory To Be Issued In January
Southwestern Bell will publish a new telephone directory on January 1 1961 announced by District Manager C A Dub Deuschle. The 2915 listings exceed last year’s 2775 while Kirkland and Tell appear but are not counted. The same courthouse drawing will grace the cover.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
C. A
Dub) Deuschle
Deuschle
Kirkland and Tell
Childress Rotary hears CHS football plans and growth
Bob Hart spoke to the Childress Rotary Club about CHS football logistics. He noted 54 players with 3 seniors and 7 juniors starting on defense or offense, and a yearlong weight-lifting and running program led by C. R. Dugan. Guests included Jerry Harmon, Ray Kelley, Thomas Hill, and Ben Emerson. Dr James Jauncey of El Paso is set for a joint Rotary Lions meeting October 11.
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CHS
Bob Hart
Childress Rotary Club
Jerry Harmon
Ray Kelley
Hart
Childress High School
C. R. Dugan
James Jauncey
el Paso
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Thomas Hill
Indianapolis
Ben Emerson
Amarillo
CofC BCD To Elect Officers At Regular Meeting
The CofC BCD board meets at 8 p m Thursday in the CofC office to elect officers for the new year. The agenda includes a financial report new member introductions banquet committee results Farmers Ranchers Merchants barbecue Christmas activities pony hitch rides teachers party Highway 287 tour letters from Congressman Walter Rogers and Jimmy Don Blair maps of the airfield industrial site.
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Bcd-Cofc
Cofc
Jeff Henderson
Farmers-Ranchers- Merchants
Retail Merchants
Walter Rogers
Jimmy Don Blair
Khrushchev Threat Plot Raises U N Ban on Cameras
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev dodged an assassination plot reportedly planned in New York while attending the 15th annual U N General Assembly. Police intensified security outside the Russian building and at U N headquarters as Amtorg warned of a hidden gun in a movie camera and Gestapo agents involved.
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Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Castro
New York
Khrushchev
U. N. General Assembly
NEA Telephoto
Bruce W. Munn
United Press International
United Nations
N.Y
UPT
Park Avenue
Amtorg
Walter Arm
State Department
Gestapo
Nikolai Zakharev
Bern
Switzerland
U.N
Stephen Pody
New York City
Khruschev
Howard Harrison Dies at 73 in Childress
Howard Harrison longtime banking leader and president of First National Bank Childress and First State Bank Hollis Oklahoma died at 11 50 pm at Childress General Hospital from a heart attack. Funeral set 10 am Friday at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Childress cemetery Newberry Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include son Charles and three sisters.
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Howard Harrison
First National Bank of
First Presbyterian Church
Edgar Graham
Frank Travis
Plainview
Dick Whaley
Bill Leonard
Gene Smith
Sam Carmack
Jim Webb
Jess M. Parker
Michie Thaten
Dalby Fleming
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
John Howard Harrison
Venus
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver
First National Bank
McDearmon Sentenced To Two Years In State Penitentiary
Jesse McDearmon was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary for theft of welding equipment in District Court yesterday afternoon. The docket also notes the suit J S Dorn vs O A Moody set for January 1961, Maxwell divorce filing, Earl Harwell vs Employers Mutual Liability Insurance settled out of court, and J B Knight Distributing Co vs F W Wyatt likewise settled.
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Jesse McDearmon
McDearmon
J.S. Dorn
O.A. Moody
Oang A Film Company
Jessie Eugene Maxwell
Miargene Maxwell
Earl Harwell
Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company
J. B. Knight Distributing Company
F.W. Wyatt
Kennedy rejects Nixon call to stop discussing US shortcomings
Senator John F. Kennedy rejected Vice President Nixon's suggestion he cease critiquing American shortcomings while Khrushchev and other Communists are in the country. Kennedy campaigned in Tennessee, defending his theme that U.S. influence waned under Eisenhower amid an East-West crisis, insisting he will speak truth and show strength. He spoke in Bristol, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis, targeting Republican areas and citing TVA-era stagnation.
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Merriman Smith
United Press International
Nashville, Tenn
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
America
Khrushchev
South
Tennessee
Bristol
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Kennedy
Eisenhower
United Nations
Nixon
Michigan
United States
Castro
Youthful Officials Assume Congo Control Under Mobutu
Congolese caretaker regime led by Col. Joseph Mobutu moved to seize key government offices in Leopoldville with infantry protection and took over information and justice ministries and the national radio. Mobutu accused the United Nations of blocking efforts to arrest ousted Premier Patrice Lumumba who remains in his official residence guarded by Ghanaian UN troops.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
United Press International
Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
U. N
Mobutu
Ghana
College of High Commissioners
Ministries of Information and Justice
District Demos Elect Officers at State Convention
Frank Moore of Plainview and Mrs Pat Bobo of Muleshoe were chosen chairman and chairwoman of the 30th Senatorial District at the State Democratic Convention in Dallas. Andy Rogers led the Childress County delegation and joined the Permanent Organizations Committee during the convention.
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Frank Moore
Plainview
Pat Bobo
Muleshoe
Dallas
Andy Rogers
Childress County
Bernie Steed
Toddy Greers Buy Grocery In Southeast Childress
Mr and Mrs Toddy Greer operators of the Village Market have purchased the J C Jones Grocery at 608 Third Street Se in Childress. The Jones shop was built years ago and run by the late J C Jones. Mrs J C Jones who has run it since her husband’s death sold to the Greers.
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Toddy Greer
J. C. Jones
Third Street
Jones Grocery
Childress
Greers
Goldwater open to force to depose Castro in Cuba
Sen. Barry Goldwater said he would not oppose using force to remove Fidel Castro in Cuba and that the time may be at hand. He urged that Cubans should overthrow the government, but noted Americans might act if they do not. He doubted Russia would risk war to defend Castro.
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Goldwater
Cuba
Los Angeles
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Fidel Castro
Russia
Dick Wiley Dies at 64 in Wellington Hospital
Cant R D Dick Wiley aged 64 died at 5 p m Tuesday in St Josephs Hospital Wellington He was formerly with the First National Bank of Childress and a former president of the First National of Wellington Services will be held at 2 p m Thursday in Wellington First National Bank building was the site of the funeral.
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R. D
Dick) Wiley
First National Bank of Childress
First National of Wellington
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wellington
Trailers Must Have One Red Light Burning
Area Highway Patrol reminds motorists and farmers to attach at least one red light to the rear of farm trailers. Officers praised cooperation during harvest as lights prevented injuries and saved lives.
Knight Transfer Promotes Gainesville Ward Manager
Van Knight, longtime manager at the Montgomery Ward store in Childress since January 1959, is promoted to manage the Gainesville Montgomery Ward store. He will depart Childress this afternoon and assume his duties tomorrow. Bill Johnson of Gainesville will become manager of the Childress store, arriving from Big Spring where he was assistant manager.
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van Knight
Montgomery Ward
Gainesville
Knight
Childress
Bill Johnson
Johnson
Big Spring
Ward Page Three
New Books in Library Added to County Shelves
Eight new titles join the County Library collection announced today. Home From The Hill by William Humphrey, Mr Brother Michael by Mary Stewart, Trustee From The Tool Room by Nevil Shute, The Constant Image by Marshia Davenport, I Kid You Not by Jack Paar, The Happy Medium by Lissa Charrell, Golden Venus by David M Smythe, May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King are now available.
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County Library
the Hill
William Humphrey
Mr Brother Michael
Mary Stewart
Nevil Shute
Marshia Davenport
Jack Paar
Lissa Charell
David M. Smythe
Alexander King
Dewey Bushon Dies At 61 Youth Leader In Childress
Dewey Bushon 61 longtime youth leader and mail carrier for Childress post office died at 1 30 p m Tuesday in St Anthony’s Hospital Amarillo. Funeral services Thursday at 4 p m at First Methodist Church with Rev Lennor Hester officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery Newberry Funeral Home in charge. He was active in American Legion Junior Rifle Team Boy Scouts Masonic work and Eastern Star and held offices in the local chapters. Survivors include his widow Lila son Sammy daughter Melissa a brother W Bushon of Venice California sisters Mrs Ida Copelin Childress and Mrs Cora Savell Alderwood Manor Washington and one grandson.
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Robert Dewey Bushon
Childress
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
First Methodist Church
Lennor Hester
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Roy Hassell
Herman Smith
Ben Hardison
Chet Schaur
Leon Henley
Arch Hays
W. M. Cross
J W. Hamilton
Dewey Bushon
American Legion
Childress Commandery
Eastern Star
Maskat
Wichita Falls
Cox - Farr
Lila
Sammy
Mellissa
Big
W. Bushon
Venice
Calif
Ida Copelin
Cora Savell
Alderwood Manor
Wash
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Ala
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Nikita Khruschev
U.N. General Assembly
Childress Independent School District
Chamber of Commerce
Board of
City, Development
Childress Elks Lodge
B.G. Harrison
Harrison Drug
Norris Implement Company
Charles
C. H. Coffman
Rio Vista
Cal Giil
Alvardo
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