Britain's Far East role fuels new political clash
Britain faces renewed debate over ending East of Suez forces with Hong Kong kept. Heath in Canberra pledges if Conservatives win, they would keep Far East presence to preserve stability while calling for a measured, cashed plan. Critics question feasibility and costs as Singapore and Malaysia hand over facilities.
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London
UPI
Britain
Far East
Labor
Suez
Hong Kong
Edward Heasht
Canberra
Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
Heath
Far
Toteln
Hea
P Iaint
Cenclatiieg
New Zealand
Malavera
Sineanore
Beritsch
Clack Tabor
Sincapore Naval
Malayia
Southeast Asia
Alwave
Emperor speaks at Tokyo news conference on cheese trend
In a rare briefing Monday in Tokyo, officials discussed the rhodedelice mode of cheese in Jann as a sign of the people's prosperity. Nagoko cautioned, I hope they don't go too far.
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Tokyo
UPN
Hirhite
Fmpriece
Constitutional Amendment on Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Ballot
Public notice outlines Texas constitutional amendment SJR24 taxing exemptions for equipment and improvements on property to reduce air and water pollution. It explains Section 2-a allowing Legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation certain capital investments, with voting options for and against at the November 1968 election.
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State OF
Texas
Memories Of Europe Ice Cream In Hot Tea
Miss Selinda Hamilton 91 recalls a 9 month school trip with 30 students, 21 states and one foreign country from Atlanta to Europe. They toured Scotland Wales France Germany Switzerland and Italy performing at the International Baptist Youth Conference in Bern and visiting landmarks like Buckingham Palace and the Eiffel Tower.
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Sheila Wormsbaker
Selinda Hamilton
John Hamilton of
Childress
Europe
Glorietta
Bern
Switzerland
Pronn
Buckincham Palace
Fiffel Tower
Hamilton
Milan
Italy
Alps
Montains
Rome
Vatican City
Berlin
West Berlin
East Berin
Germany
London
Venice
America
Hamilton Reniied
John F. Kennedy
Exchange Bank
Naples
Miss Hamilton
Condition Makes a Difference in Coin Grading Standards
The article explains eight currency condition grades from Proof to Good, Fair, and in-between. It notes collectors’ standards, with definitions and illustrations, detailing how wear, luster, and readability affect coin value and classification.
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James Johnson
Coin World
Indexing Lyndon Johnson and the 1964 tax vote
The piece argues LBJ could be drafted as Democratic nominee with support shifts after his withdrawal. It notes Truman and Ike’s enduring popularity post-tenure, Hoover’s later popularity, and warns a Johnson nomination could split the party. It also comments the Saturday sales tax vote was light, with many abstaining.
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Lyndon Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Democratic Party
LBJ
John F. Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Johnson
British Plane Crash Kills 40 Near Cyprus
A Royal Air Force launch brought 25 bodies to Alexandria from the Sunday crash of a United Arab airliner near Cyprus. All 40 persons aboard perished in the disaster.
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Alexandria
Egypt
UPI
Royal Air Force
Cyprus
Bardot Breaks Off With Italian Playboy In France
Brigitte Bardot ends relationship with Luigi Rizzi accusing him of using their friendship to promote his nightclub. Friends say Bardot, married to Gunther Sachs, declared the affair over.
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B.B
ST. Tropez
France
Brigitte Bardot
Luigi Rizzi
Rizzi
Miss Bardot
Gunther Sachs
Etna Erupts as Royal Tourists Watch Lava Flow
Mt Etna in Sicily erupted sending smoke ashes and lava into the sky. Thousands of visitors including King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne Marie observed the display from a safe distance.
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Catania
Sicily
UPI
Mt Etna
Europe
Constantine
Greece
Anne Marie
Air Strikes Continue as U S Jets Hit North Viet Nam Supply Lines
U S Air Force B52s fly nine missions in South Vietnam's northern frontier and near Tay Ninh while smaller jets log 126 missions in the southern panhandle. Hits include 45 boats 26 trucks and 14 bridges. Two airmen and two aircraft lost in South Vietnam. one F4C Phantom downed near the DMZ but crews rescued.
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South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
South China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Wso
Can Tho
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Walling Rites Held for Mrs Bess Walling
Funeral services for Mrs Bess Walling of Amarillo formerly of Childress were held at 2 p.m. in Blackburn Shaw Chapel Amarillo. Burial followed in an Amarillo cemetery. Attending from Childress were Mr and Mrs Co J Lyons and Mr and Mrs Roy Swain.
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Bess Walling
Amarillo
Childress
Blackburn
City council actions include sales tax renewal and street work
Voters consider a sales tax extension under state law. The council approved closing Fourth Street from Avenue A Northeast to Avenue Aeast and will ask the State Highway Department to study the stoplight at Avenue F and Commerce. A dike will be built to protect the W. G. Whitehead property at 311 Ninth Street Southeast. Lone Star Gas proposed plastic tubing for yard lights and grills, a plan the council will study after Joe Gruetzner’s submission.
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Fourth Street
Aveue
Avenue Atheast
State Highway Department
Avenue F and Commerce
W. G. Whitehead
Ninth Street
Lone Star Gas Company
Council
Joe Gruetzner
Lone Star
Planning discussion outlines regional development goals
The group discusses beautifying residential areas and building recreation facilities, vocational training for non college youth, mineral resource development, and an industrial rural district as part of the Four Winds Industrialization plan. They boast abundant Green Belt water and note tributes to late C. V. Jones and others. Truman McFarland leads the program to expand park facilities.
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Amarillo
Gordon Grawley
Internatonal
Dave Evans
C. V. Jones
Jarvis Michie
San Antonio
Lowell Landrum
Layfette
Indiana
Truman McFarland
Scott
Constitutional Amendment Fourteen on Ballot HJR22
Public notice outlines proposed Constitutional Amendment Fourteen HJR22 fixing the time legislators may be ineligible for other offices. If election returns show a majority in favor, the amendment becomes part of the Texas Constitution.
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Texas
Texas Constitutional Amendment on Employees Retirement Fund
A constitutional amendment would create a state employees retirement system with a separate retirement fund and trustee board. It outlines funding limits, investment rules, and administration and would be put to voters on November 56, 1968.
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Senate
Texas
Employees Retirement System of
State Board of Trustees
State of
United States
Conastiwaen
Seale of Texas
Ployees Retirement Fund
Employees Retirement Fund
Employees Retirement System
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