Johnson Signs War on Poverty Bill at White House
President Johnson sealed a major legislative victory by signing a 947.5 million war on poverty bill in the Rose Garden. He used over 50 pens and promised a new era of progress for the nation’s poor while rejecting cries of election-year gimmickry and stressing job training to keep youth off the streets.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
America
White House
Rose Garden
Lican
Barry Goldwater
Outpost Overrun by Viet Cong Brings Casualties Near Saigon
A Viet Cong battalion overran a Mekong Delta outpost south of Saigon early today and launched attacks on four others. Seven were killed and 13 wounded, including a downed U S helicopter crew escaped injury. Casualties at other posts unknown. Two thousand Buddhists urged President Khanh to end religious persecution and halt protests recalled from Diem era.
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PNA Tuc
Souh Vie Nam
UPI
Mekong River
Saigon
Nguyen Khanh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Amarillo Beats Teenager in Terrorizing Home Invasion
A 30 year old Sherman man Bobby J Nelms was arrested after he beat Chris Moser 18 causing severe facial injuries and a concussion. A woman and her family were held captive for about an hour as the assailant threatened death and attempted a sexual assault before fleeing in the family car. Nelms, bloodstained clothing, was located hitchhiking and arrested.
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Amarillo, Tex
UPI
Sherman
Tex
Amarillo
Bobby J. Nelms
Chris Moser
Northwest Texas
Moser
Nelms
Coin Club Plans Meetings for Election of Officers
Childress Coin Club will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the West Texas Utilities auditorium for an election of new officers to take duties at the next members meeting after the Tri County Coin Show September 19 20 at Fair Park Auditorium A Coin Club directors meeting will be at 7 30 p m Friday in The Coin Mart
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Childress Coin Club
West Texas Utilities
Fair Park
Coin Club
Coin Mart
College Degree Today More Important Than KS Diploma Once Was
Gov John Connally commissioned a year long study of education beyond high school in Texas after warnings that a rising educational standard is needed to meet a growing technological economy. The report notes that without more trained workers, large portions of the population could become unemployable, threatening employment in an increasingly complex society.
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Dallas
UPI
John Connally
Texas
Connally Back To Get Johnson Elected
Gov. John Connally ended a four day northern Mexico tour and returned to Austin to aid Lyndon B. Johnson’s bid for reelection. He met with governors of Coahuila Nuevo Leon Tamaulipas and Chihuahua and planned his campaign role.
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Connally
Johnson
Farm Bureau Speaker Slated for Lubbock Event
Rev Wade Griffin of Asbury Methodist Church will address the Farm Bureau barbeque Friday night at Rotary Bowl Childress High School. The free event for members and families begins at 6 30 p m with music by the Stage Band directed by Norman Hemphill.
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Wade Griffin
Asbury Methodist Church
Lubbock
Farm Bureau
Rotary Bowl
Childress High School
Norman Hemphill
Dues hike settled at Texas AFL-CIO convention
At the Texas AFL-CIO eighth annual convention in Brownsville delegates backed Hank Brown on a proposal to raise state dues from 18 to 25 cents per member monthly. UAW and steelworkers opposed but the board approved with four no votes. The meeting also eyed civil rights reforms and cross border labor talks with Mexico CTM. In East Berlin a Soviet submachine gun burst at a US Army car caused protests and a call for disciplinary action. The incident, near a Soviet base, prompted a protest note and assurances of freedom of movement for patrols.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Afl-Cio
Hank Brown
Brown
Auto Workers
UAW
Adso
Cerain
Steel Workers
Ers
Labor Executive Board
Steel and Auto Workers
Texas
Matamoros
Mexico
Cnfederacion Trabajadores de Mexico
CTM
Afl-Cio National Cope
Committee On Political Education
al Barkan
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Berlin
East Berlin
United States
Red Army
U. S
Aly-Settled
Eastein
West Berlin
U.S
Three Americans Missing in Congo’s Bukavu Amid Tense Situa tion
The State Department reports that Vice Consul Lewis R. Macfann e and two U S military officers Col William A Dobbs and Lt Col Donald B Rattan are missing in Kivu Province. They disappeared Wednesday while observing the military situation near Bukavu where Congolese forces defend the European quarter as reinforcements arrive.
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Washington
UPI
American Foreign Service
Kivu
Congo
Lewis R. Macfanne
Seattle
Wash
William A. Dobbs
Donald B. Rattan
Bukavu
Dobbs
Rattan
U.S
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Shangugu
Rwanda
Bujumbura
Burundi
Bush Lists Issues Upon Which Race Will Be Run
George Bush of Houston, Republican candidate for the U S Senate, outlined five campaign issues at a noon talk before the Childress Jaycees. He cited separation of federal and state powers, fiscal responsibility, and opposition to the Trinity River project citing cost. He criticized Yarborough for using federal payroll for his son and claimed Yarborough seeks FCC oversight of Texas stations.
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Bush
George Bush
Houston
U. S. Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Childress Jaycees
New York State
Congress
New York
Union
Yarborough
FBI
FCC
Texas
Trinity River
UN Needs Cash To Continue War In Cyprus
United Nations Secretary General Thant warned that the UN force in Cyprus may be withdrawn before its scheduled departure if additional financial aid is not provided. He urged immediate action to secure funding, noting the urgency to avoid pulling the force early.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Thant
United Nations
Cyprus
UAW Rejects GM Ford Chrysler Economic Offers Vote
The United Auto Workers voted overwhelmingly to reject wage and benefit offers from General Motors Ford and Chrysler. Each council passed resolutions urging their firms be named strike targets in the 1964 bargaining round. UAW President Walter P Reuther urged the rejection.
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Chicago
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
International Board
Anther
UAW Ford Council
Ken Bannon
UAW Ford Department
Ford Motor Co
Bannon
Walter P. Reuther
Childress 4 H Horse Club Competes at State Meet
The Childress County 4 H Horse Club competes among 325 youth at the state meet in College Station. Events include halter shows Western Pleasure reinings Friday performance and the Friday night Award Banquet. Team members Mary Ann Townsend Royce Tippett Gail Eaton Nikki Murphy and Smitty Smith are led by Freddy Cordell Mrs W H Tippett Will T and County Agent Harry.
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Childress
College Station
Halter
Childress County
Mary Ann Townsend
Royce Tippett
Gail Eaton
Nikki Murphy
Smitty Smith
Freddy Cordell
W. H. Tippett
Will T
Harry
Secret Service Protection Push for Goldwater Grows
UPI reports threats against GOP nominee Barry Goldwater prompt urgency to extend Secret Service protection. A telephoned warning from Springfield Illinois led to diverting his four engine Electra aircraft near Washington. Rep Charles Goodell urges quick action in Congress to authorize protection costing about 250000 dollars.
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Washington
UPI
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
Springfield
Ill
Goldwater
National Airport
Potomac
Capital
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
FBI
Justice Department
Bruce Allen
John Nolan
Underworld
Nolan
Congress
Sever
Presiden
Tial
Charles E. Goodell
RN. Y
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Goodell
Secret Service
Evelyn Hester Named Deputy For Sheriff Office
Evelyn Hester was hired as Office Deputy for the Childress County Sheriff’s Department announced by J. E. Benham who will become Sheriff Monday. Hester will start duties Monday and previously worked at Dahil's Smart Shoppe.
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Evelyn Hester
Sheriff's Department
J. E. (Snooks) Benham
Childress
Hester
Virgil Weatherly
Credit Department
Montgomery Ward
Dahil
Smart Shoppe
Don Ham
Benham
Happy Rockefeller wins first custody round in New York case
Mrs Margaretta Murphy Rockefeller, wife of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, wins the first round in a custody dispute over four children from her first marriage. Judge Joseph F Gagliardi will hear further motions in September and will weigh the Idaho divorce agreement in his ruling.
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White Plains
N.Y
UPI
Margaretta
Happy
Murphy Rockefeller
State Supreme Court
Joseph F. Gagliardi
Nelson A. Rateteher
Idaho
James Slater Murphy
Gagliardi
Murphy
Rockefeller
Phy
Childress High Cheerleaders Win Again in Dallas Meet
Childress High School cheerleaders captured another first place at a Dallas Southern Meet, praised by judges. The squad, led by Marsha Thaten and teammates, competed against teams from Am,\"ri ll o, Austin, Arlington, Beeville, Bonham, Bellair, and Fort Worth and Dallas schools. The school closes Friday.
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Childress High School
Southern Meing School
Dallas
Tascosa
Amarillo
Austin
Arlington
Beeville
Bonham, Bellair
Iocols
Fort Worth
Childress
CHS
Marsha Thaten
Joan Vaughn
Jan Evans
Ennifer Gooch
Rita Keel
Pat Compton
Fires Reported In City With Little Damage
City firemen extinguished a grass fire at 9 30 a m today on 306 Ave I with little damage. A second blaze at 4 25 p m Wednesday at 708 Ave I Northeast involved an automobile motor and caused minor damage.
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Avs. I
Club members urged to attend meeting at 7 30 p m
The article calls on members of the Coin Viart group to attend a Friday evening meeting at 7 30 p m. Directors of the Childress Oats organization are mentioned in connection with the event.
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