Navy Petty Officer joins USS Breton commissioning crew
Long Beach California sees Navy Petty Officer Third Class Douglas W. Corwin join the USS Breton commissioning. The destroyer escort, named for Vietnam hero Lt. John C. Brewton, will operate in anti-submarine warfare from its Long Beach homeport.
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Calif
Douglas W. Corwin
Dea Evans
Route 2
Childress
Tex
Navy
Breton
John C. Brewton
Wallace Seeks Not Draft Amid Party Row at Convention
National chairman Coleman Andrews Jr. spoke to Wallace by telephone as delegates listened to the amplified exchange. Wallace urged the convention not to draft him and to carry on the fight against the United Nations and other institutions. Schmitz, born in Milwaukee, former Santa Ana College instructor, became California state senator in 1964 and a 1970 congressman. he is Roman Catholic with wife Mary and seven children.
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Coleman Andrews Jr
Wallace
United Nations
Council On Foreign Relations
Federal Reserve System
Welfare Chislers
Schmitz
Milwaukee
Santa Ana College
California
Mary
Greenbelt Bowl Sparks Scholarships and pro pathways
The Greenbelt Bowl, begun in 1950, showcases high school talent with potential college and major league scholarships. Past bowls have funded about 100 scholarships and around 20 players advanced to major league careers. The event grows yearly from a snowstorm inspired track meet opening.
Parade entries requested for boat floats bikes and horses
Call Jim Wetherington Teddy Thomas or Mitchell Rule to volunteer a boat for the parade. Those with floats bicycles or horses should report to the assembling area on Commerce at the Junior High School by 3 p.m. Saturday. Bowl game tickets go on sale at the Chamber office or Eubank Park Drug Store with general admission 2.50 reserve 3 and student 1. A golf tourney during the bowl weekend at Childress Country Club offers 3 three day matches with 96 golfers in 48 teams and entry deadline 6 p.m. Friday.
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Queens
Childress
Fair Park
First National Bank
Jim Wetherington
Teddy Thomas
Mitchell
Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Eubank Park
the Childress Country Club
Weather Outlook Casts Warm Weekend Across Texas
Light preview of a camper and picnicker weekend with some Panhandle and Rio Grande showers. Friday highs ranged from 97 in Cotulla to 81 in Marfa with clearing skies and warm temps expected statewide, though scattered showers and thundershowers may occur along the Rio Grande Valley and parts of West and Northwest Texas.
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Panhandle
Rio Grande
McAllen
Eagle Pass
Cotulla
Marfa
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Senators accuse administration over dam bombing in North Vietnam dispute
The administration is accused by 10 Senate Democrats of propagandizing opposition to bombing North Vietnam dike systems. Senator Kennedy says the White House plans to bomb dikes near potential targets, while Republican Leader Scott calls the allegation propaganda. Several colleagues join in introducing the resolution. The note also mentions Britannica data on shoe styles and bedstraw etymology.
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Senate
North Vietnam
U.S
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Hanoi
Kennedy
George McGovern
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
William Proxmire
Dwis
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Frank Chruch
Idaho
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Secret Service protection for major presidential candidates
Congress extended Secret Service protection to major presidential candidates after the 1968 RFK assassination. The Q A covers protection scope, Pitcairn Island residents, Great Barrier Reef length, sassafras leaf shapes, Truman's lack of a middle name, and origins of Valentine cards.
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Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Bremer's Mother Says Trial Unfair
Mrs. William Bremer, mother of Arthur Bremer, questions the fairness of his trial after he is found guilty of wounding Governor George Wallace and three others in Laurel Maryland May 15. Bremer receives a 63 year prison sentence and his mother criticizes the verdict and sentence.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Laurel, Md
William Bremer
Milwaukee
George Wallace
Arthur Bremer
Bremer
Laurel
Wallace
Prsidential
Artie
Art
Roger Bremer
Arthur
Joan Penrich
McGovern pressured as running mate search stalls
George McGovern faced mounting pressure to pick a vice presidential candidate after Sen Edmund Muskie declined the post. Multiple potentials including Larry OBrien, Sargent Shriver, Lloyd Bentsen, Edward Kennedy, Abraham Ribicoff, and others were considered as Eagleton's withdrawal left the ticket in disarray ahead of a Democratic National Committee meeting.
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Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Minnesota
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Muskie
Thomas F. Eagleton
South Dakota
Seanate
Washington
George McGovern
White House
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
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Sargent Schriver
Kennedy
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
O'Brien
Tas
Missouri
Eagleton
Chiece
Miami Beach
Edward M Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Mary Jo Kopechne
Hubert H. Humphrey
Florida
Reubin Askew
Askew
Tallahassee
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Capitol Hill
Nelson
Ribicoff
Agnew
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
House
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