Jerry Davis Named Manager at Childress Dry Cleaning Plant
Jerry Davis is appointed the new manager of One Hour Martinizing in Childress, arriving from Millington Tennessee. His background includes Navy service 1954 to 1957, training at the National Institute of Dry Cleaning, and prior management at Martinizing in Millington. Davis and his wife Barbara Tucker have three sons and attend the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Davis
Childress
Millington
Tenn Childress
Redeter
Chandler N. M
Navy
Ev- Chances Laundrey
GI Hill
Mstitute
Martinizing
Joe Saigs
Davis
Barbara Tucker
Reggie
Stevie
Kenny
The
Presbyterian Church
UT Observation Tower Remains Closed Until Regents Meeting
University of Texas Chancellor Harry H. Ransom announced the observation tower will stay closed at least through the August 27-28 regents meeting. In Vietnam, U.S. Navy jets sank two Communist PT boats and damaged another while B 52s hit troop positions in Quang Tri near the DMZ. In Washington, the House enters its third week of debate on a civil rights bill with a modified housing provision nearing approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
UPI
Harry H. Ransom
University of Texas
Saigon
Quang Tri
South
North
Viet Nam
Washington
House
Navy jets found wreckage and pilots near Lake Charles
State police recovered the wreckage of two Navy A4 Skyhawk jets and the bodies of their pilots in pine woods about 30 miles northwest of Lake Charles. The planes had crashed Friday during a flight from the Naval Air Station in New Orleans to El Paso Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
UPI
Piney Woods
Naval Air Station
New Orleans
el Paso
Tex
California Republicans call for repeal of housing discrimination ban
In Sacramento the California Republican party urged repeal or amendment of the state law that bans racial discrimination in the sale or rental of housing, signaling a push to change housing civil rights protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Republican Party
Warns About Allowing Dogs to Run Loose
Cattle owned by Harper Knight southeast of Childress have been disturbed by three dogs Leashing dogs is urged to prevent further incidents Chief of Police Alvig Maddox warned the animals will be shot if located Owners are instructed to pen up their dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Knight
Childress
Alvig Maddox
Maddox
Thundershowers Hit Texas Hard Across State
A strong thundershower drenched Houston area with over 4.5 inches in under an hour at Ellington Air Force Base, delaying flights and flooding vehicles. Temperatures statewide rose to the high 80s and 90s with scattered showers through Sunday. Two Juarez residents died in a lightning strike during a separate event near El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Houston
Ellington Air Force Base
Ellington
Texas
Aras
Red River
Childress
Vernon
el Paso
Mexico
Juarez
Jesus Ortiz
Juan Mireles
Tens of thousands join antiwar protests around Luci Johnson wedding
Demonstrators marking Hiroshima day and protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam gathered in New York Times Square and other cities. Pickets circled near the national shrine while Luci Johnson wed Patrick Nugent inside the White House complex. Counter protests and police line the events as organizers planned weekend actions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiroshima
Luci Johnson
Viet Nam
New York
Times Square
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Patrick Nugent
Luci
Pat
White House
LBJ
Labi
San Francisco
Coffine
Indiana Army
University of Wisconsin Student Union
Madison
Wis
University of Minnesota
State Capitol
St. Paul
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
United States
Johnson
New York City
Greenwich Whlere
Massachusetts
Adj
Joseph Ambros
National Guard
Roxbury
Nagasaki
University of Wisconsin
Midland
Midh
Redwood City
Calif
Boy Dies in Old Icebox Suffocation in Terrell
In Terrell Texas a four year old boy, Eric Armijo, and his dog were found suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator near his grandparents' home. The boy, visiting relatives with his mother, had been missing for about three hours before discovery. About fifty volunteers aided the search. Armijo and his mother had recently moved from Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell, Tex
UPI
Eric Armijo
Terrell
Funeral Home
Young Armijo
Odessa
Traffic Deaths Over '65 Rate in Texas Rise
Texas traffic deaths run one sixth above the 1965 rate, with 1,766 fatalities through last week versus 1,524 a year earlier. The toll in 1,447 accidents this year contrasts with 1,263 fatal accidents in the 1965 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPS
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Italy protests Australia's draft plan for foreigners
Italy delivered a strong protest to Australia over plans to draft foreigners including Italians into military service. A foreign ministry spokesman said the earlier protest had not been fully presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
UPI
Italy
Australia
Foreign Ministry
Greenbelt Bowl Week Opens with Parade and Queen Contests
Coaches and players arrive to start bowl activities for the 17th Greenbelt Bowl at Childress Fair Park Stadium. East and West squads train with 44 players from Texas and Oklahoma. queen nominees, hostesses, and civic groups organize luncheons, ticket sales, and events leading to Friday registrations, Saturday parade, and coronation of the Greenbelt Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Fair Park Stadium
Texas
Oklahoma
Floyd Gass
Austin College
Bill Long
Grant Tealf
McMurry College
Charles ‘Buddy’ Fornes
McMurry
Truman Spoon
Quanah
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Eubank Park Drug
Marsha Carmack
Sue Yowel
Martha Galligan
Suzanne Thurman
Lauranette Craig
Carolyn Henderson
Rita Keel
Barbara Clements
Cheryl Decker
Sharon Walkup
Greerbo't Board of Directors
Elks Club
Rotary Bowl
Queens
Childress
Cecil Park
Bob Jones
Fair Park Stadium
Baptist Church to Host Open House on August 14
Open house for the new First Baptist Church and Chapel will be held Sunday afternoon from two to five o'clock. All members and friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
CHS Exes Plan Reunion Here This Weekend
Childress High School Exes schedule a two day reunion with events Saturday and Sunday. The Greenbelt Bowl at 8 p.m. Saturday kicks off activities, followed by an after game social at Rawthouse Restaurant. Sunday includes free coffee, a business session, and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHS Exes
Childress High School
Exes
West Texas Utilities
Childress High School Alumni Association
Rawchouse
Czech Family Flies To Italy From Trieste Border
A Czech family of five and two young Czech brothers with their girlfriends fled to Italy via Trieste this week. They slipped through a barbed wire border fence and swam or waded several miles across the Adriatic Sea to reach safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
UPI
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Whitman autopsy pathologist downplays old head injury
A pathologist said Whitman’s 1963 Marine head injury left no lasting damage and did not cause the rampage. Dr Coleman de Chenar described Whitman as a “walking charge of dynamite” with no brain scar or fracture and noted the book The Open Square may have influenced his planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
APT
Niper
Charles J Whitman
Whitman
Marine Corps
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Coleman de Chenar
de Chenar
Ford Clark
University of Texas
Beam Increase Of US Troops In Viet Nam
Thousands of American troops arrived in Vietnam’s Central Highlands as part of a projected 100000 man buildup. The 4th Infantry Division’s 4090-man brigade landed at Qui Nhon aboard the General Walker and moved to Pleiku. Air war continued with raids on oil depots and a large convoy along a North Vietnamese highway. Former Vice President Nixon cautioned that victory would be lengthy but possible with sustained deterence and home-front support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Growald
Saigon
United States
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
U.S
U S. Army
4Th Infantry Division
Qui Nhot
Pleiku
Normandy
France
Fort Lewis Wash
General Walker
North Viet Nam
Richard M. Nixon
William C. Westmoreland
4Th Division
South Viet Nam
Relative of Local Residents Dies Friday
Hume Howard 40 of Phillips died of a heart attack at 4 30 a.m. Friday at his home. He was the son of Mr and Mrs M Howard and brother of Milton Howard Mrs Lee Campbell and Mrs Pat Thaten of Childress. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Brown Funeral Home Chapel Borger with Central Baptist Church pastor officiating. Interment in Borger Cemetery. Born and raised in Point Community he worked for Phillips Petroleum Co of Phillips since 1941. Other survivors include wife Margaret of theroid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume Howard
Phillips
Point Community
Phillips Petroleum Co
Margaret
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston
Ambrose
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Sirong
Madison, Wis
the Childress High School
Jim Ragsdale
J. W. Hamilton
Ragsdale
Panhandle Motor Company
Chevrolet
Hamilton
Handle Motor
Fair Park
Evelyn Holland
Linda Mooney
Patsy Dishman
Jo Carole Felton
Karen Lindsey
Lubbock
Pattell
Brownwood
Lynn Patterson
Borger
Beverly Davis
Ida
Lou
Debbie Matthews
Weatherford
Marilyn Arnold
Abilene
Margaret Cook
Haskell
Millie Spencer
Holliday
Latrice Deweber
Bowie
Sharon McKinney
Walters
Okla
Kathy Carrick
Hollis
Sandy Saye
Memphis
Judy Whitehead
Dumas
Marie Anderson
Jacksboro
Carole Abbe
Temple
Carolyn Hamilton
Friona
Susie Perkins
Crosbyton
Beth Wheelis
Robbie Davidson
Winters
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!