Marine tanks spearhead drive to Ben Hai River in DMZ clash
UPI reports 215 North Vietnamese killed with Marine tanks and South Vietnamese troops pushing toward the Ben Hai border in the DMZ amid the bloodiest fighting in two months. Additional clashes below the DMZ left 56 Communists dead. one Marine tank destroyed and nine Marines wounded.
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Yarborough Backs McCarthy at Campaign Rally
Senator Eugene McCarthy won a fresh endorsement from Ralph Yarborough at a large rally as Yarborough urged open convention and delegates pledge release. Texas campaign notes feature Gov. Preston Smith pressing law enforcement steps and rival Paul Eggers criticizing a Parks and Wildlife land purchase.
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Texas Municipal League
Dallas
Smith
San Marcos
Paul Eggers
Parks and Wildlife Commission
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McCarthy
New York
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Yarborough
Jim Dunne
Houston
Municipal League
Bewers
South Texas
Questionnaire Mailed by Childress Chamber of Commerce
Members are sent a questionnaire to gauge support for dues increases to hire a professional manager. Ross Smith, president, says comments are welcome and urges immediate return. Non members were not mailed, but opinions from potential future members are invited.
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Childress Chamber of Commerce
Ross Smith
Cof
Smith
B and P W District Conference Planned in October
The Business and Professional Women district conference is set for October 5 and 6 in Bowie with Estelle Partee of El Paso as state B P W president. Local meetings move to the first Thursday monthly at 6 30 p m in Hotel Childress. 26 members attended with new member Mrs Shirley Etheride and guests Elizabeth Huggins and Inez Epps. A Sunday singers meeting at the Veteran's Building from 2 30 to 4 30 p m invites participation from nearby communities.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Bowie
Louise Bowers
Lois Stiner
Estelle Partee
el Paso
B&pw
Hotel Childress
Mamie Green
Vernon
State Board
Fort Worth
Shirley Etheride
Mmes
Alta Bennett
Elizabeth Kitchens
Elizabeth Huggins
Inez Epps
Saturday Rites For Relative Of Residents
Tom Finehum of Amarillo, grandfather of Bobby and Pat Finchum and Glenda Holtzclaw of Childress, died at 8 30 am Thursday in Groom Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel in Amarillo. Interment will be in Demas Cemetery. No other information was available at press time.
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Tom Finehum
Amarillo
Bobby
Patsy Finchum
Glenda Holtzclaw
Childress
Groom Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
Demas
Poseidon Seabased Missile Debut Signals Cold War Leap
Seabased Poseidon debuts with two stage MIRV capable missiles, carrying multiple warheads and decoys. Test launches from Cape Kennedy show successful objectives met, signaling shift in U S nuclear deterrent as Minuteman III follows with space bus concept.
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AL Rossiter Jr
UPI
Cape Kennedy
Poseidon
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
United States
Minuteman
City Sales Tax Vote Set For Tomorrow at City Hall
One voting box at City Hall will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday’s election for a one cent city sales tax in Childress. Eligible residents may vote. If approved the tax starts January 1, 1969 with first payment in April 1969.
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City Hall
City of Childress
Childress
Greenbelt
McCarthy Counts On Credentials Fight To Build Delegates
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy asserts the credentials committee battle could be pivotal for his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. A credentials panel spokesman said challenges to about 1,000 delegates and alternates from 15 states were filed, mostly by McCarthy supporters, as Humphrey remained front-runner.
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United Press International
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota Democrat
NBC
Today
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lazare barbecue tickets on sale for evening event
Tickets for the Lazare barbecue at seven thirty tonight are available at the site or in advance. Ross Smith urged buying tickets ahead, with Congressman Graham Purcell as the honored guest who will turn on the water powered by the Red River Water Authority purchasing from Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority.
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Ross Smith
Graham Purcell
Red River Water Authority
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Convention Editorial Finds Each Party Lacking Drama
The Washington Window notes the GOP produced little on stage at their Miami Beach convention and drummed up off camera maneuvering over Nixon’s nomination. It also previews Democratic struggles to unify after their own gathering and the lingering tension around Humphrey’s path to the nomination.
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Miami Beach
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Czech Romania treaty marks independence from Soviet control
Czechoslovakia and Romania signed a 20 year friendship treaty signaling their move away from Soviet influence. Dubcek and Ceausescu inked the accord at Prague Castle as Moscow gave only brief coverage. Observers note the pact reinforces their right to chart their own paths despite a usual Eastern bloc pattern.
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Romania
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Nicolae Ceausescu
Soviet Union
Ceausescu
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Hradcany
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Tass
Kremlin
Dubcek
Albania
Bratislava
Tito
Yugoslavia
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Karlovy Vary
Retirement plans mark long service of Reavis of Childress
Hollis H. Reavis, 39 years with West Texas Utilities, retires September 1 to fish and travel. Born 1903 in Aquilla, he worked across the Panhandle during WW II and helped install locker plants. He and wife Allie Morris have three children, with sons and daughters in Dumas, Fort Worth, and Ballinger Street Medical Clinic.
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Childress
Penhandle
Reavis
West Texas
WTA
Aquilla
Hill County
Texas
Clarendon
Joshua
WTU
Borger
Panhandle
West Terns
Allie Morris
Frederick
Oklahoma
Hubert Morris
Beth
Mary Lynn
Herbert
Dumas
Southwestern Public Service Company
Fort Worth
Ballinger Street
West Texas State University
Services Held For Former Tell Resident Mrs P A Smitker
Funeral services for Mrs. P A Smitker 68 of Wichita Falls born in Tell were held at 2 pm at First Baptist Church Wichita Falls with Dr Landrum P Leavell and Dr James H Landes officiating She died Wednesday in a Wichita Falls hospital Interment was at Riverside Cemetery Survivors include her husband two sons three daughters a brother a half-brother a half-sister twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Wichita Falls
Tell
First Baptist Church
Landrum P. Leavell
James H. Landes
Richardson First Zantist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Owens and Brumley Funeral Home
Electra
Order of the Eastern Star
Smuker
Smuker Trucking Company
Howard
Seymour
Jimmy
LaNetta Bolen
Tulsa
Okla
Marguerite Brooks
Darien, Conn
Jeanette Travis
Shreveport
Jess Stinnett
J. D. Deckhard
Burkburnett
Fra Polkinhorne
Fresno
Calif
Fire Extinguished at 203 Third Street Southeast
Fire Department extinguished a blaze at 203 Third Street Southeast at 3 55 p m Thursday Fire Chief John Ballew reported today.
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John Ballew
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