Johnson withdraws from race heightens Humphrey bid
President Johnson declares he will not seek re election and halts most bombing in North Vietnam. He says his decision aims to focus on peace as Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey moves to the front of Democratic contenders. Johnson meets Humphrey briefly as discussions of convention support begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
North Vietnam
Rep
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Fulbright
J. William Fulbright
Dark
Richard M. Nixon
Republian
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minn
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Humphrey
Mexico City
Troop 68 Wins Red Ribbon at Camporee
Boy Scout Troop 68 sponsored by Childress Elks Lodge No 1113 participated in the Lake Pauline Camporee with seven troops from the Northwest Texas Area Council. They earned a red ribbon for entering all events and competed in multiple skill areas including knot tying first aid and signaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Elks Lodge No
Lake Pauline
United States
Northwest Texas
Copeland Baby Buried Sunday
Graveside rites were held for Rodney Ross Copeland infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Copeland at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Childress Cemetery with Rev. Don Conner officiating. The infant born Saturday at Childress General Hospital died Saturday afternoon at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. Survivors include his parents and grandparents Zoe Garvin of Childress and Elvis and Mrs. Copeland of Mangum Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Ross Copeland
Rodney Copeland
Childress Cemetery
Don Conner
Calvary Baptist Church
Newberry
Childress General Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Zoe Garvin
Childress
Elvis Copeland
Mangum
Okla
June Jones arraigned in county court on swindling by worthless check
Mrs June Jones of Wellington was arraigned in County Court on a charge of swindling by worthless check. She pleaded guilty and received a fine and court costs totaling 52 dollars and one day in jail, per County Attorney Clarence Carter records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Jones
Wellington
Clarence Carter
Knight Receives High Quality Performance Certificate
Joe T. Knight of the Albuquerque Operations Office Quality Assurance Division earned the Commission's High Quality Performance certificate and an within grade salary increase for outstanding duties. A native of Childress, he is son of Mr and Mrs Bertram Knight of here. Knight studied at Texas Technological College and Port Arthur College and has worked for the Atomic Energy Commission in Albuquerque since July 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe T. Knight
Atomic Energy Commission
Albuquerque
Commission
Knight
Childress
Bertram D. Knight
Here
Texas Technological College
Port Arthur College
Albuquerque I
Jaycees Told Life Is Do It Yourself Project
Tom Higley spoke to Childress Jaycees at a country club banquet urging involvement to improve communities. As Area I State Director Elect for the Panhandle Higley, a KGNC TV radio chief cameraman, urged courage and self initiative for club growth in Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Tom Higley
Childress Jaycees
Higley
Area I
Panhandle
Kgnc TV Radio
Amarillo
Jaycee
Childress
Pioneer Of Panhandle Area Is Buried Today
Maggie Deahl Weatherly 92 longtime Panhandle resident died Saturday night at her home in Panhandle Funeral services were held at 4 p m in the First Christian Church Panhandle with Rev Newton J Robison and Rev Ivan Adams officiating Entombment followed in Llano Mausoleum Amarillo beside her husband John Frank Weatherly who died in 1944 Born May 12 1875 near Gray ton West Virginia she moved to Texas at age two with parents George and Racheal Deahl and first farmed at Grand Prairie Continues on page 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Deahl Weatherly
Panhandle
First Christian Church
Newton J. Robison
Amarillo
Ivan Adams
Llano
John Frank Weatherly
Grayton
W. Va
Food For Peace Act Nears Renewal By House Panel
The House Agriculture Committee approved a one year extension of Public Law 480 the Food for Peace Act. Sponsor Panhandle Rep Bob Price said changes aim to ease current currency use restrictions and improve the U S dollar balance in international trade. The bill allows up to 50 percent of foreign currencies from PL 480 sales to be sold at exchange rates to U S importers. It also bars three way barters while keeping direct barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Agriculture Committee
Panhandle
Bob Price
Price
United States
P. L
U.S
Austin Services Will Be Held Here
Joe M. Austin 87 of Lubbock former Childress resident died Sunday in a Lubbock hospital. Funeral arrangements are in complete. bodies to be brought from Lubbock to Newberrys for services in Childress. Survivors include Myrtle his wife two sons daughters a brother eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Joe M. Austin
Lubbock
Childress
Homer Bennett
Newberry’s
Mr. Austin
Parker County
Myrtle
Clovis N. M
the Baptist Church
Lorin M. Austin
Los Angeles
J. T. Austin
el Paso
A. T Hays
Clovis, N. M
Hume Russell
Morton
Bennett
G. T. Austin
One Man One Vote Ruling Reaches Local Governments
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3 that the one man one vote principle applies to county and local government elections. Extending the doctrine from state to local levels could affect about 80,000 governing units nationwide amid a Midland County Texas challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Midland County
Tex
Rites Pending For Father Of Mrs. George Morey
Julius W. Schmania of Leavenworth Kansas father of Mrs. George Morey of Childress died about 11 p.m. Sunday in a Leavenworth hospital after illness at home. Born April 4 1886 he lived all his life in Leavenworth. Survived by wife Augusta one son Floyd of Topeka two daughters Mary Lakiff and Agnes Ganterwitz both of Leavenworth and Mrs Morey of Childress plus nine grandchildren. He had visited Childress several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius W. Schmania
Leavenworth
Kan
George Morey
Childress
Leavenworth Hospital
Schmania
Augusta
Floyd
Topeka
Mary Lakiff
Agnes Ganterwitz
Morey
Bombing Pause Limits U S Jets to Southern Panhandle
In Saigon UPI reports that after President Johnson announced a bombing pause North Vietnam, American jets were restricted to striking southern panhandle supply dumps. Dawn strikes hit Dong Hoi dumps and Long Giai yard near the Chinese border as the pause took effect.
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Saigon
UPTS
North Vietnam
Jack Walsh
UPI
Johnson
Spokmen
U.S
Panhandle
Air Force
Dong Hoi
South Vietnam
U. S
Long Giai
City Election Set for Tuesday With One Contest
City voters go to the polls Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall with one contested race for Place No 4 on the City Council between W L Dub Eikman and W E Helm Jr. Other candidates run unopposed for Mayor C J Lyons Place 5 on Council Palmer Massey and Chief of Police Alvis Maddox. A write in Odis Burrows for Chief of Police has started. Absentee ballots due tomorrow for school district and hospital board races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L
Dub) Eikman
W. E. Helms, Jr
C J. Lyons
Palmer Massey
Alvis Maddox
Odis Burrows
Burrows
Board of
Childress Independent School District
Hospital
Wet Winter March Rain Totals From Air Field Report
The March rainfall reached 1.18 inches at the air field, part of a 1968 pattern totaling 5.27 inches for the moisture period. Monthly notes list daily amounts including .14 on March 6 and .62 on March 20, with January at 3.26 inches and February at .83 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Field
No Word On Plans From HHH
George J. Marder reports the presidential race shifts as Hubert Humphrey may pursue the nomination after Johnson’s withdrawal. Rockefeller faces renewed pressure to enter the GOP fight. The path for Humphrey remains unclear as Kennedy and McCarthy prime the Democratic primary stage.
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George J. Marder Washington
UPI
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Rockefeller
America
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
House To House Cancer Crusade Opens Tuesday
The local cancer crusade begins Tuesday at 6 p m and runs through Sunday with fire sirens signaling the start. Chairman Mrs Gene Blackwell says the drive aims to educate the public about cancer signs and prevention while funds support ongoing research. Residential volunteers and captains across districts are announced including Northwest Hillcrest Northeast Southeast and Southwest sections with many named captains and volunteers.
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Childress Cancer Crusade
Crusade
Lula Mae Carter
Gene Blackwell
John Starkey
Henry Baker Jr
Vias
Charles Reynews
Cural
Ross Smith
Highway 251
Don Wilhite
Can
Tom Lemon
Dick Preston
Donald Wilhite
Northwest
Martin Allison
Avis Bailey
Lewis Mullins
Kenneth Havins
Joe B. Mills
James Kuhn
Robert Johnson
Carroll Byrd
W. J. Vogel
Howard Martin
Davis Smith
Jv J. Rothwell
Gene Stewart
Harry Thaten
Mesames
Bob Custer
E. L. Bolden
Lowell Wakefield
Troy Wilson
Russell Moore
Pete Hudson
Willard Gray
M. H. Tarentine
George Morey
Mayfield Harris
Jimmy Trammel
Jack Skinner
Barbara Ray
Theresa Buck
Mines
Coy Albritton
Lon Hall
C. W. Moore
Floyd Hatcher
Jackie Smith
Harold Cheek
Don McFarland
Bill Lanham
Don Stanford
Don Castleberry
Roger Canon
Richard Woods
Alice Bracy
Mesdames Christine Jenkins
Bernice Steed
Frances Bradford
MEET TONIGHT OF RED RIVER SPORTSMENT CLUB
The Red River Sportsmen's Club meets at 7 30 p m today at West Texas Utilities to discuss club affairs and upcoming activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Sportsmen's Club
West Texas Utilities
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