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Newspaper
Mckinney Weekly Democrat Gazette
Location
Mckinney, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
1
Frank B. Birch of Lions International classifies workers into five groups based on initiative. From those needing constant instruction to those who already know what to do and continually rise, he contrasts dependability with self starters and ends with those who do the telling.
Mrs J M Padgett entertained over the weekend with her son James Padgett and wife from Dallas visiting along with grandson David Padgett, his wife, and their baby daughter Sheryl from Houston.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Gent remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head after a Monday shooting at Tinker Air Force Base. His wife Martha Gent, recently arrested for drunken driving and resisting arrest, was hospitalized in a sedated state as authorities planned to question her. officials said the incident was believed accidental and a three day inquiry was planned.
UPL report says federal agents arrested four men in a Durham counterfeiting ring that produced over $1 million in bogus $20 bills. Key figures include Roy Lee Matthews, Haywood Forbush, Robert S. Ferguson, and R. B. Poole. Matthews allegedly sold $30,000 in counterfeit cash to an undercover agent. $900,000 was found under Ferguson’s bed. All four were arraigned and bond set at $5,000 each. Authorities indicated more arrests were possible but expected little counterfeit money in circulation.
Jurors were being chosen for Virgil Nelson Halford of Wylie Texas as the state moves toward seeking the death penalty in the Mineral Wells case. The trial moved from Palo Pinto to Judge Temple Driver. Halford faces charges of raping a nine year old Mineral Wells patrolman daughter on March 28 amid a two day sex crime spree including alleged molestations in Garland and Grand Prairie. He was arrested the day of the rape.
Lexington Massachusetts reported that Rayeheon Co. won a $1.2 million contract to fabricate Talos missile assemblies for the Navy. The deal comes from Bendix Corp's Mishawaka Indiana division, the company said Monday.
The American firm of Francis J. DuPont and Co. opened a London brokerage office in Old Broad Street to serve British stockbrokers and institutional investors. Resident manager is J. Glencross Gallagher of New York.
Mr and Mrs Luther Truett announce their son QOM3-C Jerry Truett has arrived in Japan for a six month duty assignment aboard a destroyer after completing a tour at Hawaii and Midway Islands.
Rockwall Standard Corp. will relocate its Gary Indiana grinding division production to its Kerrigan iron work division in Nashville Tennessee. The Gary plant will be closed.
President Kennedy in Frankfurt at Paulskirche pledges U S defense of Europe as indivisible from American safety. He presses economic unity and Western resolve amid De Gaulle tension and NATO nuclear debates. Kennedy says Europe must choose its path to unity.
Mayor Louis Miller presided over a City Hall Annex session with Rev. H. C. Hoy attending for invocation. The council authorized the depository contract with Collin County National Bank and passed trash removal ordinance No. 593 on first reading. White Street paving is complete and payment authorized. Remaining reports covered by city departments.
Air Supply Co. has shortened its name from Airsupply Aero Engineering Co. to Air Supply Co. The rebranding reflects the unit’s status as a division of Garrett Corp. and applies to operations based in Beverly Hills, California.
Police planned to file attempted murder charges today against two automobile salesmen and a sheet metal worker for shooting James Russell Clardy, a 27 year old convicted murderer, and dumping him from an automobile in a gangland attack. A former deputy sheriff was questioned as to his involvement. Clardy, an auto racing buff, survived after being shot three times and found in a field. He said who hired the gunmen and described injuries, including two bullets in his body and difficulty walking. Clardy, under a 15 year sentence for the slaying of Clarence Louden, told reporters his legs felt like boards as he recovered in a Fort Worth area pasture.
In Canton Mississippi a CORE voter registration drive meeting was interrupted by shotgun fire wounding several men though police say injuries are not serious. National civil rights actions continue as federal judges rule on desegregation and leaders push faster change in Virginia Alabama Georgia North Carolina and New York.
Nebraska towns faced extensive flooding with up to 14 inches of rain. Dozens of families homeless. two dead. Red Cross shelters opened in Wahoo Ashland Crete and Lincoln area as waters rose on Salt Creek and other rivers. Charles Lewis Hiskey identified by seven witnesses as suspect in a Midwest City murder and rape case. to be tried in September.
A claim from the Lucyclepedia Britannica suggests opium smoking harms health no more than tobacco if the user remains physically active, implying fitness offsets risks.
A devotional blessing requests divine help to avoid wrongdoing and to do the right, asking for strength to resist rationalizing desires. The prayer seeks daily guidance, steadfastness, and adherence to moral effort through Christ.
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