Heritage Day events span three area counties in Texas
Carson County residents led by the mayors of Groom Panhandle Skellytown and White Deer planned to attend the musical drama Texas at Palo Duro Canyon’s Pioneer Amphitheatre for 1968 Historical Appreciation Day. They also tour Square House Museum in Panhandle celebrating its first year. In Childress the 80th annual Old Settlers gathering began with rodeos at Fair Park tonight through Saturday. Swisher County marks its 78th anniversary with rodeos 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and a 10 a.m. children’s parade followed by a 3 p.m. main parade Saturday.
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Skellytown
White Deer
Texas
Pioneer Amphitheatre
Palo Duro Canyon
Square House
Panhandle
Childress
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Fair Park
Swisher County
Train Engineers To Meet Monday Conference on contracts and elections
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers from 25 divisions of the Santa Fe Railway will meet Monday at the Herring Hotel to discuss three year contracts and negotiations. Officers will be elected and the meeting may continue until business is finished. Claude McFather, general chairman, noted the agenda.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Herring Hotel
Eastern and Western
Santa Fe Railway
Claude McFather
Cherry
Czech Ambassador Meets Soviet Leader in Kremlin Atmosphere
Czech Os Slovak ambassador Vladimir Koucky met Konstantin Katushev in Moscow after the Kremlin criticized Prague for its liberalization drive. TASS said the meeting occurred in a friendly atmosphere and Koucky likely delivered Czechoslovak replies to a Soviet letter.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Prague
TASS
Vladimir Koucky
Konstantin F. Katushev
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
New St Anthony Lab Unit Speeds Up Blood Tests
The SMA 12 60 unit at St Anthony's Hospital performs 12 blood chemistry tests in eight minutes using a $61 000 device donated by the hospital auxiliary. It replaces eight hours of manual testing, costs about $20 per patient, and enables early disease detection. Obstetrical and pediatric patients get tests only as ordered.
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St. Anthony
Anna C. Thomason
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
St. Anthony's
Lucy
Jose A. Diaz-Esquivel
Lyle Bulgrin
New York
Diaz
House committee cuts funds for Air Force F111 fighter program
Washington UPI reports the House Military Committee trimmed procurement for the Air Force F111 fighter and related swing wing designs. The panel reduced 467 million from 1.8 billion requested and reallocated 210 million from the FB1111 bomber program to other aircraft needs. The changes reflect design change needs and performance concerns of early models.
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Washington
UPI
House Military Committee
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