Rogers withdraws from 1966 Texas 18th District race
Rep Walter Rogers declines re election and will return to private law practice. A replacement nomination process will convene among 31 county chairs in the Panhandle with potential candidates including State Rep Walter Knapp and Bob Price as the Republican challenger gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Higley
Childress Index
Panhandle
Texas
Democratic Party
Walter Rogers, MD
Washington
Walter Knapp
Amarillo
State
Democratic Executive Committee
July Rain Totals Reported for Childress Airfield
The Federal Aviation Agency reports Childress received 1.52 inches of rain in July. Rain days include July 8 26 10 93 23 03 24 24 29 06. January 68 February 41 March trace April 2.93 May 08 June 2.45.
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Childress
Federal Aviation Agency
Mrs Huggins Dies Sunday in Childress
Edna Eugenia Huggins died at 10 40 p m Sunday in Childress General Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Newberry Chapel with Dr Burpin Watkins of First Methodist Church officiating. Interment in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Elizabeth Hugging of Childress and sons Sam of Amarillo Dick of Manhattan Beach, sisters Mrs Ebb Jack and Mrs F A Smith. Husband Thomas Harvey Huggins preceded in death in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Eugenia Huggins
Childress General Hospital
Newberry Chapel
Burpin Watkins
First Methodist Church
Childress Cemetery
Huggins
Childress
Amarillo
First Methodist Church Mission Society
WSCS
Burlington Club
Women’s Department Club
Book Club
Thomas Harvey Huggins
Elizabeth Hugging
Sam
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Ebb Jack
Glendale
F. A. Smith
Wichita Falls
Bombers and Troops Battle Viet Cong Near Saigon
U S forces and air cavalry fought the Viet Cong near Saigon as the guerrillas massed a strike force exceeding 5 000. B 52 bombers pounded the target and helicopters carried troops in. The clash led to downed UHS helicopters briefly. a 25th Division unit reported 26 enemy killed as the fighting continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Growald
Saigon
UPI
U.S
U.S. 25Th Division
25Th Division
1St Air Cavalry
Pleiku
Highlands
Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to DWI Charge
Joseph Cleo Smith Jr. of Albuquerque was arraigned in County Court and pled guilty to DWI. A $125 fine plus court costs and three days in jail were assessed per the County Attorney records. Smith was arrested by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cleo Smith Jr
Albuquerque
N. M
Clarence Carter
Smith
Vicky Hines to Enter 4-H Horse Club Show
Vicky Hines, who placed second in the District 4-H barrel race at Vernon, will represent Childress County 4-H at the State Show in San Antonio on August 12 and 13. She rode in a class of 113 horses with top 20 percent advancing, and multiple Childress youth finished high in Halter and Gelding classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicky Hines
Vernon
Childress County
San Antonio
Miss Hines
Horse Club
David Ricks
Ray Crouch
Nikki Murphy
Childress
Nancy Forbis
David Boykin
Clay Seal
Lisa Garrison
Vandals Loot Cars in Southeast Chicago Area
Local Chief of Police Alvis Maddox reports theft of cigarette lighters and car keys from parked cars in Southeast Child ress with vandals also overturning concrete street markers. He warns fines up to 1000 dollars and urges offenders to return items to vehicles or owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
L. E. Boles Released From Quanah Hospital
L. E. Boles has returned home from Quanah hospital where he was hospitalized July 3 after a light heart attack. He is reported in good condition and will recuperate at his home on 701 Avenue J Nw. A telephone is near his bed for friends to call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Boles
Quanah Hospital
Sniper Kills Seven on UT Campus in Tower Assault
A sniper on the University of Texas 27 story building killed seven and wounded 28 before police shot him dead. Charles J. Whitman, 28, of Lake Worth Florida, was identified as the gunman. The attack lasted about 80 minutes as police from multiple agencies fired on the tower observation deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Young
United Press International Austin
UPI
University of Texas
Austin
Romero Martinez
Charles J. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Texas Rangers
T. J. Rudolph
Department of Public Safety
Denver Dolman
University
Texas Tinian
Paseersky
Dolman
Airlines Strike Push Prompts Green Light for Quick Action
Labor Secretary Wirtz refused to back mandatory back to work legislation while saying voluntary settlement seems unlikely. Congress moves to authorize the president to order five major airlines TWA United Eastern National Northwest workers back to service for up to 180 days amid IAM rejection of a White House backed deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirtz
Congress
Senate
House Labor Committees
International Association of Machinists
IAM
White House
Johnson
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Senate Committee
TWA
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
House
Adam C. Powell
Speck Pleads Innocent To Mass Murder Charges
Richard Speck, 24, pleaded innocent to charges he slaughtered eight nurses in July in Chicago. He spoke softly until ordered to raise his voice, then stood with tattooed arm visible as deputies guarded the courtroom in the high profile case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Loughran
United Press International
Chicago
UFI
Richard Speck
Dallas
Alexander J. Napoli
Criminal Court
Gerald Getty
Hell
Napoli
Speck
Herbert C. Paschen
Richard Franklin Speck
Funeral Set Tuesday For Edgar Cooper
Funeral services for Edgar Cooper 80 will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Allen officiating. Interment will follow in Kirkland Cemetery under Newberry's direction. Pallbearers are Earl Tosh M H Conn Andy Rogers A Y Proffitt J T Perkins Bill Rothwell Lloyd Luck and J T Hamner. He died suddenly at 6 15 a m Saturday at his home 1210 Avenue D N from a heart attack after stepping onto the porch for a paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Cooper
First Baptist Church
Joe §. Allen
Kirkland Cemetery
Newberry’s
Earl Tosh
M. H. Conn
Andy Rogers
A. Y. Proffitt
J. T. Perkins
Bill Rothwell
Lloyd Luck
J. T. Hamner
Cooper
Avenue D. N
Killed and 12 Injured in Memphis Wreck
Two cars with 14 people collided five miles north of Memphis on U S 287. Thelma Jean Arnold 34 and her four year old son Michael died in the flames. The Arnold party included three other children and a family friend. The other car carried eight Delos Santos family members from Crowell Texas. Survivors suffered head and facial injuries but were not listed as critically ill.
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Memphis
Tex
UPT
Thelma Jean Arnold
Michael
Indio
Calif
Sandy Tucker
Marilyn Tucker
Neil Arnold
Dolores Williams
India
Albert Delossantos
Crowell
U.S. 287
Hall County Hospital
Brown’s Condition Report From San Antonio Hospital
Mike Brown who received a kidney transplant from his mother Mrs Milton Havins on July 12 was reported in bad condition at Wilford Hall Hospital Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Milton Havins spent the weekend in San Antonio
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Mike Brown
Milton Havins
Wilford Hall Hospital
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Estelline Rites For Woolridge
Funeral services for David Woolridge 63 will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Estelline with Rev A L Sanders officiating Interment follows at Ebenezer Cemetery under Spicer's Memphis direction Woolridge died of an apparent heart attack last Thursday while driving his car He was born December 1 1903 in Waggoner Oklahoma He and his wife Ozzie Lee married in 1947 in Bryan and moved to Estelline in 1962 later returning to Childress in 1965 He left a son Douglas Childress a granddaughter and several stepchildren and nieces and nephews are noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Woolridge
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Estelline
A. L. Sanders
Spicer’s
Memphis
Mr. Woolridge
Waggoner
Oklo
Ozzie Lee
Bryan
Childress
Abernathy
Ebenezer Baptist
Ie Douglas Childress
Open housing struggle and a white flight hegi ra from the city
The piece discusses federal aims to desegregate suburbs and schools, noting a Johnson compromise exempting most owner occupied housing from discrimination penalties. It cites a District of Columbia Court suit to force Virginia and Maryland suburbs to absorb central city Negro children, and estimates 200,000 white workers fled the region over 14 years as part of a metropolitan migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals
Virginia
Maryland
W. Mge
D.C
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Bulletin
18Th
Will Davis
Bob Price
Rogers
Ified
Price
Panhandie
U. S
Rep
Walter Rogers
Frank Swoboda
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
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