Budget Hearing Set for Childress Independent School District
The Board of Trustees announced a public budget hearing for 8 30 p m Monday in the School Administration Building. Budget items include a homebound teacher approval, salary talk for transportation chief E F Kindle, and a shift to quarterly financial reporting. The district also notes a senior class donation and lunch program observations. The First National Bank was authorized to change securities pledged to guarantee school deposits.
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Childress Independent
Board of
Claude Andrews
Texas Education Agency
E.F. Kindle
Betty White
Leon Henley
Jim Vaughn
First National Bank
Clark Reveals 17 POW Contacts From Vietnam War
Ramsey Clark published 17 names of American POWs held by Viet Cong and said he mailed 114 letters to their families. He received the list in Hanoi from the Viet Cong representative and noted he spoke with relatives of all listed men. Clark released the names after families asked for a letter relay and provided towns of each nearest relative.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Hanoi
Clark
North Vietnam
David Franklin Allwine
Phoenix
Army rejects Westmoreland bias claim in My Lai case
The Army says Gen William C Westmoreland had no personal stake in prosecuting My Lai and calls Latimers charge a red herring. Calley remains under house arrest at Fort Benning after a reduced sentence, with Nixon set to review after appeals. Oral arguments before the Army Court of Military Review are planned for fall.
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Washington
William C. Westmoreland
My Lai
William L. Calley
Army
Army Court of Military Review
Calley
Latimer
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Ft. Benning
Nixon
Autopsy error spurred Kennedy assassination speculation
Dr. Russell H. Morgan says a four inch mistake by a Dallas pathologist mislocated the bullet path in Kennedy's skull. The error, in the Warren Commission report, led to false theories that Morgan, Johns Hopkins dean, disputed using X ray evidence at the Rocky Mountain Radiological Society meeting.
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Denver
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Russell H. Morgan
Warren Commission
Morgan
Johns Hopkins University
Rocky Mountain Radiological Society
McGovern Sees Dartboard Image in White House Attacks
Senator McGovern says Nixon aides are using a 15 person attack team while Nixon pretends no election is underway. He urges face to face debates and notes his campaign moving from primaries to winning all 50 states as it tightens communications and public statements.
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Washington
George McGovern
Midwest
White House
McGovern
Secretary of State
Nixon
Ohio
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Pierre Salinger
Hanoi
Credibilty
Rites Held For Former Carey Coach
Funeral services were set for 10 a.m. Monday in Arlington Texas for W B Weatherred a former Carey school teacher and football coach who died Friday in Salt Lake City while on vacation He had taught in Carey during the 1930s and coached there Survivors include his wife three children and two cousins J C West and Mrs Leonard King of Childress
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Arlington
Tex
W. B. Weatherred
Carey
Salt Lake City
Weatherred
J. C. West
Leonard King
Childress
GOPs Hold Fortress at Doral Hotel for RNC
Miami Beach AP report says Republicans commandeered the Doral Hotel for 100000 dollars, turning it into a guarded, privacy focused site for the Nixon re election committee. The move crowds the hotel with aides Cabinet officers and press staff ahead of next weeks convention.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Ann Dore
Republicans List Platform Planks for Nixon Era
The draft Republican platform invites Democrats to join a Nixon coalition, endorses strong defense and peace with honor in Indochina, and rejects draft dodger amnesty. It backs an all volunteer force, aims to end the draft by mid 1973, supports Israel, and seeks closer ties with the Soviet Union China Taiwan Japan and NATO allies.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Europe
Israel
Middle East States
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Taiwan
Japan
NATO
National Democratic Party
Coalition For
Progress
Mrs. Elsie Shanks Riles Set Monday Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Shanks 70 will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Newberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. R H Knight officiating. Burial will follow in Kirkland Cemetery. She died at 1 30 a.m. Saturday in Wichita Falls after moving there 29 years ago from Childress County. She was born August 15 1902 in Fort Worth and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Kirkland. Survived by her husband John A Shanks two sons John A Shanks Jr Roy M Shanks two sisters four brothers and seven grandchildren.
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Elsie Shanks
Newberry Funeral Home
R.H. Knight
Kirkland Cemetery
Newberry’s
Kirkland
John A. Shanks
Wichita Falls
John A. Shanks Jr
Roy M. Shanks
Fort Smith
Ark
H. O. Denson
Iola Casstevens
Finis Casstevens
Lake Whitney
Tex
Winston Casstevens
Clinton Cass
Kissinger Reports On World Trip
President Nixon will hear a briefing from Henry Kissinger on his around the world itinerary. Kissinger met with South Vietnamese President Thieu in Saigon and held talks in Paris with Le Duc Tho as preparations proceed for a Hawaii summit with Kakuei Tanaka.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
White House
Kissinger
Camp David
William P. Rogers
United States
Paris
Saigon
Tokyo
South Vietnam
Ngyen van Thieu
le Duc Tho
Hawaii
Kakuei Tanaka
Catoctin Mountain
Washington
Sargent Shriver
Herbert G. Klein
State and Defense Departments
National Security Council
Shriver
U.S
France
Woods Services Held Saturday for Samantha Ann Woods
Samantha Ann Woods age 78 died Thursday in Grapevine while visiting a daughter. Services were held Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Blackburn Shawn Funeral Home in Amarillo with burial there. She moved to Amarillo from Childress in 1947 and was a member of the Childress Church of Christ. Her husband O B Woods died in 1960.
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Samantha Ann Woods
Blackburn -Shawn
Amarillo
Texas Targeted in Hot Presidential Race
Democratic campaigners view Texas as a key battleground as Sargent Shriver tours the Houston Beaumont area for 21 hours to kick off the campaign in Texas. McGovern and Shriver plan a Dallas appearance and a private LBJ Ranch talk, while Connally allies push Democrats for Nixon. Increased activity follows Johnson's hint of disagreement but ongoing support for McGovern. Texas has swung GOP in prior years, and McGovern's team says Connally’s defection helps them.
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Associated Press
Texas
United States
Sargent Shriver
Houston
Beaumont
Shriver
George McGovern
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dallas
Johnson
McGovern
Treasury
John B. Connally
White House
Democrats For Nixon
Clark MacGregor
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Connally
Austin
Chicago
Friendly Tornado Shriver Tours Texas Campaign
In Houston R. Sargnet Shriver the Democratic vice presidential candidate pursued behind the scenes diplomacy during a 24 hour Texas swing. He met Jewish leaders discussed Israel policy with McGovern supporters and wooed Mexican American and labor leaders to bolster campaign support.
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Houston
R. Sargnet Shriver
Democratic Party
Texas
Shriver
George McGovern
Israel
Stebler brothers jailed after traffic stop arrest
James Edward Stebler, 25, sits in Childress County jail on $1,000 bond after being charged with threatening a peace officer. His brother Mark Stebler, 18, was arrested early Saturday northeast of Childress by the Department of Public Safety and charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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James Edward Stebler
Childress
Mark Stebler
Department of Public Safety
Vernon Social Security Agent to Visit Childress Courthouse
Henry CA s 12 Representative of the Vernon Social Security office will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 o clock Monday to take social security applications.
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Henry CA
Vernon Social Security Office
Childress
Death notices omit sister’s name in Dudley survivors list
Ralph T. Dudley’s obituary lists survivors but omits sister Mrs. A. B. Sanderson of League City Texas. The death notice continues to acknowledge other family members and funeral details as reported.
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Ralph T. Dudley
A. B. Sanderson
Sanderson
League City
Texas
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