South in play as GOP delegates begin balloting tonight
Miami Beach dispatch notes two key questions for the GOP convention: will the south back Nixon or swing to Reagan and can the favorite son slate break on the first ballot. Alabama shows a 14 for Nixon and 12 for Reagan, with other states like Florida and Georgia showing Nixon influence and Rockefeller attempts in play.
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George J. Marder
Miami Beach
UPI
GOP
South
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
George Romney
Michigan
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Clifford P Case
New Jersey
Winthrop
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Alabama
Nixon
Reagan
Colorado
John A. Love
Gordon Allott
Peter H. Dominick
Florida
Claude Kirk
Georgia
Rockefeller breakfast as convention set opens
Nelson Rockefeller and wife Happy dine in their hotel suite as convention balloting begins. He jokes about a late nomination while she reads a horoscope predicting change for tomorrow. Happy notes it was published in Whittier California.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Nelson Rockefeller
Havey
Bamahas
Nelson
Happy
Whittier
Calif
Berets Rescue Montagnard Tribesmen From Jungle Camp
U S special forces Green Berets rescued 118 starving Montagnard tribesmen from a Viet Cong camp 200 miles northeast of Saigon in a bloodless helicopter raid. The captives, including women and children, had endured two years of forced labor and deprivation.
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Saigon
Edward Miller
Hammond Ind
U.S
Mekong
da Nang
Oriental River
Seven Absentee Ballots Cast In Childress Tax Election
Seven absentee ballots have been cast in the August 17 election on a one cent sales tax in Childress. Deadline for voting absentee is August 13. Absentee ballots may be cast at City Hall. Residents of Childress may vote.
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Sever
Childress
Yarbrough Leaves For Industrial Meeting
R A Yarbrough named executive director of the Four Winds Industrial Foundation left for a Memphis conference on rural economic and industrial development. He will work part time with the Gate City Electric Cooperative and serve as liaison with agencies and industry across Childress, Cattle, Foard and Hardeman Counties.
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R. A. Yarbrough
Four Winds Industrial Foundation, Inc
Memphis
Tenn
Department of Agriculture
Gate City Electric Cooperative
Four Winds
Hig
Four Foundation
Neal
Gate City Electric Co-operative
Yarbrough
OT Holmes
Medicine Mound
Prsident
Gate City
Co-Operative Board
Childress
Cattle
Foard
Hardeman
Four Winds Industrial Foundation
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Greenbelt Bowl TV appearances and support events planned
Greenbelt directors and football coaches will appear on Wichita Falls Channels 3 and 6 today with four directors and two coaches. Amarillo TV slots on Channels 4 10 and 7 feature Cecil Park and Don Johnston plus two coaches. Picnic donations for Friday at Fair Park Rotary Bowl are urged. Boats and floats for the parade are sought, with tickets for the 7 30 p m Saturday game available through the Chamber of Commerce or Eubank Park Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
M. K. Wilcoxson
Bob Jones
Joe Gruetzner
Buddy Fornes
Max Bumgardner
Cecil Park
Don Johnston
Buddy Horne
Ronnie Giles
Bill Coopwood
Chamber of Commerce Office
Fair Park Stadium
Chamber of Commerce
Eubank Park Drug
Steve Bland
Amarillo Tascosa
Five Youths From Texas Board Sent To Amarillo Induction
Five youths from the Childress area including two from Childress were sent to the Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Station in Amarillo for induction yesterday, by Texas Local Board No. 20. Named youths are Freddy Ray Gulledve and Michael Wayne Heckathorn from Childress area others are John Edward Jowell Jr from Silverton Herbert Leon Clay from Wellington and Earford Allen Rowell from Silverton.
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Childress
Armed Forces
Amarillo
Texas
Freddy Ray Gulledve
Michael Wayne
Local Residents Back Youth At Rotary Club Event
Coach Buddy Horne praised Ro tary Club members for believing in young people and invited all to Fair Park Stadium for workouts. He warned watchers to avoid TV drafts and beatniks. Ronnie Giles called football vital to growing up.
Paul Eggers Campaigning with Twin Brother in Texas Event
Republican governor candidate Paul Eggers will appear in Childress from 4 30 to 6 p m Tuesday. He comes with his identical twin Art Eggers of Walla Walla Washington, a campaigning twist noted by voters.
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Paul Eggers
Texas
Childress
Eggers
Arthur
Art) Eggers
Walla Walla
Wash
Old Settlers Meet Tonight in City Hall
Directors of the Childress County Old Settlers Association are scheduled to meet at 8 p.m. today at the city hall. President W F Helms announced the session will cover the 1968 celebration and the election of officers for 1969.
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Childress County
Old Settlers Association
W .F. Helms
Nixon Seeks First Ballot Nomination Amid Tight Delegates
Nixon leads in delegate preferences as balloting opens with 635 votes to 301 for Rockefeller and 203 for Reagan. Ohio holdouts and favorite sons loom large as Florida shifts toward Reagan, while New Jersey and other states threaten to reshuffle on the final day of maneuvering.
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Raymond M.lahr
Miami Beach
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
White House
New Jersey
Florida
Ohio
Clifford Case
Rockefeller
Nixon
Reagan
James A. Rhodes
New York
California
Sen. Case
Case
Rhodes
George Romney
Michigan
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Gov
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
No Injuries In One Car Turnover Near Community Center Road
Ewing Herman Jackson of Amarillo was not injured after a one vehicle accident about 7 45 p m Tuesday three and one half miles north of FM 248 on FM 2562 Community Center road. He hit sand and lost control causing the automobile to overturn the car was damaged heavily per Patrolman Marvin Johnson and a Highway Patrol spokesman.
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Ewing Herman Jackson
Amarillo
Highway Patrol
Ewing
Marvin Johnson
Services Set For Former Cee Vee Resident Martin Bumpus
Martin Lavon Bumpus 35 of Tucumcari New Mexico died after illness at St Anthony's Amarillo. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Cee Vee Methodist Church with Rev Claude Nixon and Rev Rob Williams officiating. Burial Cee Vee cemetery. Survivors include wife Constance Joy parents Pete and wife of Childress three brothers and five sisters. He was Korean War veteran and rancher earlier with Worthey Mills Matador Ranch Waggoner estate.
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Martin Lavon Bumpus
Tucumcari
N.M
Cee Vee
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarilo
Amarillo Hospital
Cee Vee Methodist Church
Claude Nixon
Hermleigh
Rob Williams
Hereford Methodist Church
Newberry
J. Don Finch
Vernon
Ellis Keys
Carl Seal
Herschel McIirtire
Keith Stover
Rush Timmons
Mr. Bumnus
Cee Wee
Methodist Church
Billy Moore
Floydada
Camelia Lansford
Seymour
Linda Nauck
Fayetteville
N.C
Jan Timmons
Northfield
Sprayberry Spear Delegates To Legion Convention
George Spear and Joe Sprayberry will be delegates from Cox-Farr Post 65 for the Texas Department American Legion annual convention in Houston this weekend. The selection was made at the post meeting in the Veterans Building. A family night is planned for August 20 with Boys State delegate Danny Lane and Girls State delegate Janet Gloar reporting on Austin sessions. auxiliary members will provide refreshments.
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George Spear
Joe Sprayberry
Cox-Farr Post
Texas Department American Legion
Houston
Post
Veterans Building
Danny Lane
Janet Gloar
Austin
Eisenhower Recovers From Sixth Heart Attack
Washington doctors said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains stable after his sixth heart attack in 13 years. They called the latest attack less severe than the June 15 event and noted his vital signs are steady while he rests at Walter Reed. His son and Mrs Mamie Eisenhower joined him at the hospital as Republicans at Miami Beach awaited his condition.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
UPT
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Fisenhower
Miami Beach
Army
John S. Eisenhower
Miami
Mamie Eisenhower
Jimmy Maddox Receives Ticket After Avenue F Accident
Police report says Jimmy Louis Maddox was ticketed for failure to yield after a pickup cut the corner while turning onto US 287 from Avenue F. The crash involved Randall Hugh Nance driving west on the highway. Investigating officers were Joe Ricks and Don McKinney.
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Jimmy Louis Maddox
Avenue F
US 287
Maddox
15Th Street
Randall Hugh Nance
Joe Ricks
Don McKinney
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