Czechoslovaks Resist Invasion as Soviet Tanks Roll Through Prague
Soviet forces entered Prague and Bratislava to quell liberal reform with tanks and aircraft. Casualties were reported as crowds clashed in the streets, with Prague and Bratislava each noting deaths and injuries. Citizens shouted anti invasion slogans while Dubcek and Svoboda were believed confined in the central committee building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Jackson
Prague
UPI
Russia
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Reform
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechsteer
Wenceslas
CTK
Dubcek
Svoboda
Communist Party Central Committee
Texas Democrats threaten walkout at Chicago convention
Texas Democratic figures including Frank C. Erwin Jr and Gov. John Connally push back against possible changes to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Erwin warns he will walk out if the credentials committee alters the 120 member delegation as he travels to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Democratic National
Texas
Erwin
Chicago
Dallas
Ralph Yarborough
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
John Connally
Hubert Humphrey
Connally
Humphrey
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Bicycle Safety Taping Session Planned by VFW Post
Local bike owners may bring bikes to the south side of the courthouse from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for free safety tape application as part of the VFW Lite-a-Bike program. The tape on the front fork and rear fender is visible at night, while bikes are checked for proper equipment and brakes. The program stresses tape as a safety supplement, not a substitute for lights or common sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Joe Sprayberry
VFW Post 2512
VFW
Sprayberry
Landrum earns Purdue Masters in Industrial Supervision
Thomas Lowell Landrum of Lafayette Indiana earned his Master of Science in Industrial Supervision on August 10 from Purdue University. He is an assistant professor in Purdue's Industrial Supervision department and holds a 1959 Texas A M industrial technology degree. He is a 1953 Childress High School graduate and lives with wife Pegi and three children Chris Holly and Tom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lowell Landrum
Lafayette
Ind
Alton Landrum
Purdue University
Landrum
Texas A&m
Childress High School
Pegi
Chris
Holly
Tom
Two Divorces Granted in District Court
In District Court two divorces were granted on Tuesday. The cases were Sharyn Gayle Bailey versus Jerry Don Bailey and Norma Frances Thomas versus Joe Bob Thomas. The former name of Jeter was restored to Mrs. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharyn Gayle Bailey
Jerry Don Bailey
Norma Frances Thomas
Joe Bob Thomas
Jeter
Thomas
Paducah Rites Held Today For J. H. Sublett
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Hank Sublett 78 were held at 2 p m in Paducah Methodist Church with Rev Robert Beck officiating Burial was in Garden of Memories Sublett a 40 year resident of Cattle County died Monday night in a Lubbock hospital He was born at Copperas Cove and was a retired rancher and farmer He married Lillian Peart Bynum on December 17 1911 in Snyder Surviving are his wife daughters Elizabeth Sublett and Mrs Glen Gibson sons H R Sublett and F N Sublett 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Joseph Henry
Hank) Sublett
Robert Beck
Sublett
Cattle County
Lubbock
Copperas Cove
Lillian Peart Bynum
Snyder
Elizabeth Sublett
Glen Gibson
H. R
Houston
F. N
Dallas
Advertising Deadline Set For Back To School Edition
The Childress Index announces the Back To School Edition to appear Sunday with coverage of this year’s school activities. Advertising deadline set for Thursday for inclusion in the edition.
No Tickets Issued in Two Wrecks Tuesday
Two accidents were investigated by Highway Patrolman Richard Pate yesterday with no tickets issued and no fatalities. A two car collision occurred at 5 p.m. at US 83 and FM 2042 south of the city. Edward Pleasanton and George Jordan were uninjured. A one car turnover at 7:45 p.m. on Loop 328 west of Carey left passenger Ollie Lovelady treated for a small knee cut. driver William T. Wheeler was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pate
Edward Pleasanton
Childress
George Jordan
Brownwood
Carey
Childress County
William T. Wheeler
San Antonio
Ollie Lovelady
U.S. Units Repel Viet Cong Attacks Near Tay Ninh
U S infantrymen repelled three Communist ground assaults near Tay Ninh with heavy fighting northwest of Saigon. Military sources report at least 182 Viet Cong killed and 600 attacked near Ben Cui plantation as nine American helicopters went down later in Mekong Delta fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Tay Ninh
Ben Cui
Jack Walsh
South Vietnam
A Shau
Quang Tri
Mekong
Creighton W. Abrams
Mississippi Delegation Branded Racist at Democratic Conv.
The Democratic Credentials Committee labeled the Mississippi delegation racist and seating a mixed loyalist group 85 to 9. Gov Richard J. Hughes announced hearings on challenges to Georgia Texas and Alabama factions as Mississippi regulars faced departure and resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Hughes
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
George S. McGovern
Infant undergoes valve surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital
Catherine Heart Of Young Infant reports an infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Young born with a missing heart valve and a small lung artery. Stacey Janeane, six pounds fourteen ounces, is in critical condition. surgery to enlarge the artery is planned within days as the baby remains in intensive care. The infant was born in Childress and transported by ambulance to Amarillo and then by air to Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘Young
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Ve Care
the Munt
Childress General Hospital
Amarillo
Four Lane Highway Opens From Childress to Carey
The new four lane highway from Childress to Carey is open to traffic as of today, with the remaining sections expected to open in about two weeks. Virgil Mc Istrict Rye announces the completion and upcoming openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Carey
Virgil Mc Istrict
Rye
Film Slides Of European Tour Shown At Rotary Meeting
Slides taken during the European tour of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sanders were shown at today’s Rotary Club meeting. Perfect attendance pins were awarded to Kenneth Fink for 20 years Fav Fatherly for six years Clarence Carter for two years and Joe Shirley for one year. Perry Morren led the program with Mrs. Sanders as guest.
US Says Reds Action Shortens Hopes for Peace in Asia
Washington officials reacted with gloom to the Soviet and Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. President Johnson and aides warned the move wrecked Western efforts to improve bloc relations and dimmed prospects for Southeast Asia peace as Moscow asserted control over Central Europe. The White House stressed there was little the United States could do, while Dobrynin relayed the Soviet stance after a National Security Council meeting.
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Stewart Hensley
UPI
Washington
UPDI
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
West
Asia
Johnson
Russia
Prague
White House
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
North Vietnam
National Security Council
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
The
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Eisenhower Shows Encouraging Signs Amid Critical Illness
Washington UPI Dwight D. Eisenhower made encouraging progress in his fight for life at Walter Reed Army Hospital but remained in critical condition. A 1 am bulletin noted a continued decrease in heart irregularities and rapid action episodes, with the general having a comfortable night and good spirits though brief irregularities persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Local Unit Leader to Dallas for Teachers Conference
Mrs. Orvill K. Smith president of the Childress unit will attend the ninth annual Local Unit Presidents Conference of Texas State Teachers Association in Dallas on Thursday and Friday. She will be joined by her husband Dr. Fred Stoker of Canyon, president of District 16 TSTA. Miss Antoinette Miller of Houston will preside. theme is All Eyes on Education with talks on strengthening standards, public relations, and economic and contractual status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvill K. Smith
Dallas
Texas State Teachers Association
Theft at Boons Barbecue Cigarette Machine Break-In
Police report a burglary at Boons Barbecue 611 Neast night. Cigarettes stolen and an unknown cash amount taken after entry via forced back door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boon
Washington Window: Smile Tests of Political Nominees
Merriman Smith reports from Miami Beach and Chicago on the grin factor of 1968 presidential contenders. Nixon and family show steady smiles, Humphrey faces scrutiny, and delegates endure long hours while political pics capture their toothy expressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Hannibal Hamlin
Schuyler Colfax
Harlin
Abraham Lincoln
Colfax
Ulysses S. Grant
Chicago
Miami Beach
Miami National Airport
Biscayne Bay
Richard M. Nixon
Pat
Tricia
Julie
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Reagan
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Sen
Eugene
Casebier Rites Incomplete in Fort Stockton
Mrs. John Casebier Sr. of Fort Stockton died early this week in a Fort Worth hospital after surgery. Funeral services and burial will be in Fort Stockton. Survivors include her husband of the home another son and a daughter both of Midland and several grandchildren. The widow was mother in law of Mrs. John Casebier Jr of Hobbs New Mexico and sister of Mrs. Tom Hardin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casebier, Sr
Fort Stockton
Fort Worth
John Casebier Jr
Hobes
N.M
Jane Hardin of
Childress
Tom Hardin
Car Fire Extinguished at Fifth Street Intersection
The Fire Department extinguished a car fire at 1 a.m. today at the intersection of Fifth Street and Avenue Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Street
Avenue Southeast
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Kosice
Slovakia
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Norman Hemshill
Brenda Lewellen
CHS
Reader's Digest
T. L. Landrum
Purdue
J. H. Sublett
Tay Ninh City
Steve Gerstel
UPT
Catherine Heart
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