Hurricane Cleo Hammers Guadeloupe and Threatens Puerto Rico
Cleo, swirling 115 mph winds, battered Guadeloupe and moved toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as U S forces evacuated planes and troops from Ramey Air Force Base. Coast Guard advisories were issued in English and Spanish while shelters formed and ships prepared for possible rescue operations. The mainland was deemed safe for the moment.
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Cleo
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Compass Island
U. S
National Guard
Johnson meets 30 governors as vp running mate talk swirls
President Johnson held a sit down with 30 Democratic governors to discuss federal state relations while aides signaled a pending disclosure of his vice presidential running mate. The gathering at Atlantic City loomed as a backdrop to names like Humphrey McCarthy Mansfield Pastore Muskie Brown Wagner and a continued ruling out of cabinet members including Robert Kennedy.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic City
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Senate
Scouts Return From Conference
Two Childress Explorer Scouts Bob Ward and Tommy Harwell returned from the National Explorer Delegate Conference at the University of Kansas. They were delegates at a training and governance event for Explorer Posts with over 1 000 explorers from 22 000 posts worldwide. Ward and Harwell placed third in auto mechanics team events and third in ping pong singles. Their Post 65 is sponsored by Cox-Farr American Legion Post in Childress.
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Childress
Bob Ward
Tommy Harwell
University of Kansas
U. S
Canada
Great Britain
China
Sweden
Ward
Harwell
Post 65
Cox-Farr American Legion Post
Benham Set to Be Sworn In As Childress County Sheriff
J E Snooks Benham will be sworn in as sheriff of Childress County at 10 a m Monday to fill the unexpired term of Gaylon Smith. Smith plans to leave Saturday after noon for Huntsville to join the state corrections department. Benham has been the Democratic nominee for a full four year term starting January 1 1965. Deputy Finis Wrinkle will operate the office this weekend.
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Snooks
Benham
Childress County
Leonard King
Gaylon Smith
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King
Childress
Huntsville
State Department of Corrections
Finis Wrinkle
Sheriff's Office
McClendon to Serve as Counselor at Lubbock Christian College
Max McClendon, last term student at Lubbock Christian College, will serve as a dormitory counselor appointed by the Dean of Men. Son of Dr and Mrs L W McClendon, he has attended summer sessions at the junior college and returns to school on September 11.
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Max McClendon
Lubbock Christian College
LCC
McClendon
L. W. McClendon
Johnson to reveal running mate choice early next week
President Johnson told 30 Democratic governors he would name his vice presidential running mate in the first part of next week. Gov. Carl Sanders said Johnson described several men under consideration and stressed the need for a candidate experienced in political battles and capable of stepping into the presidency if required.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Sanders
Mother of Clyde Martin Dies Saturday
Funeral services for the mother of Clyde Martin will be held Sunday afternoon in Quanah under the direction of Knowles Funeral Home with interment in Roswell New Mexico. Mrs. Martin died at 5 am Saturday in Wichita Falls. Survivors include four sons Carl Oklahoma City Ray Buena Park California Charlie Quanah and Clyde Martin Childress eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. No further details were available.
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Quanah
Knowles Funeral Home
Roswell
N. M
Martin
Wichita Falls
Carl
Oklahoma City
Ray
Buena Park
Calif
Charlie
Childress
Grice arraigned on forgery charge. bond set at $1000
Bill Grice was arraigned Saturday on forgery charges. His bond was set at $1000. He was arrested in and returned from Tyler last week.
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Bill Grice
Tyler
Three-Way Race Develops In New York Senate Fight
In New York, Clare Boothe Luce accepted Conservative Party candidacy for the Senate despite Barry Goldwater urging unity with Keating. Kennedy wins Democratic backing from Mayor Wagner and moves toward acceptance by the Democratic state convention. Luce’s entry could split Republican votes and aid Kennedy.
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New York
UPI
Clare Boothe Luce
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
Senate
Luce
Goldwater
Robert F. Kennedy
Henry Luce
Kenneth B. Keating
Goldwater- Miller
Sen
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Barbecue Draws 200 plus Farm Bureau Members
More than 200 Farm Bureau members and families attended the free barbecue at the Rotary Bowl. Rev. Wade Griffin spoke on Soul of America. The Childress High School Stage Band performed. James Ray Hackler served as master of ceremonies.
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Wade Griffin
Asbury Methodist Church
Lubbock
Childress High School
Norman Hemphill
Bureau
James Ray Hackler
Queen Judge Roles Highlight Collingsworth County Contest
Mrs. Bruce Parr served as a judge Friday night for the Collingsworth County Farm Bureau Queens Contest, helping select the royal participants in the local pageant event.
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Bruce Parr
Collingsworth County Farm Bureau
Queens
Coin Club Plans Officers Election Meeting
Childress Coin Club will elect officers at 7 30 p m on Monday in West Texas Utilities auditorium. Officers assume duties after the Tri County Coin Show September 19 20 at Fair Park Auditorium. Show runs 10 00 to 7 00 August 19 and 10 00 to 6 00 the second day.
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Childress Coin Club
West Texas Utilities
Fair Park
Childress
Quanah
Memphis
South Dakota
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Wallace
Nocona
Tri-County
Childress County Council
HDC
D. J. Jenkins
Marie King
Jimmy Longbine
Registration schedule for Childress High students
High school students are reminded of their registration schedule. Seniors attend at 9 a.m. Monday, juniors at 1 p.m. Monday, sophomores at 9 a.m. Tuesday, and freshmen at 1 p.m. Tuesday. All teachers in the Childress School System will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday in the High School Auditorium.
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Childress
OA Tap Out Saturday Night for three Explorer Scouts
Order of the Arrow Tap Out ceremonies were conducted Saturday night for three Explorer Scouts in Post 65. Wichita OA Lodge 35 members from Wichita Falls led the ceremonies. Named Explorers were Mike Reeves Bobby Meason and Ricky Hamm with Wichita Lodge Scouts Bob Berry Don Hughes Jim Blackman Max Patton Joe Blackman and Joe Stone assisting. Delbert Wasson serves as Post 65 Advisor.
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Order of the Arrow
Wichita OA Lodge
Wichita Falls
Childress
Mike Reeves
Bobby Meason
Ricky Hamm
Wichita Lodge
Bob Berry
Don Hughes
Jim Blackman
Max Patton
Joe Blackman
Joe Stone
Delbert Wasson
Station At Kirkland Is Robbed
Slaton's Service Station at Kirkland was broken into early Saturday morning. Entrance came through a east window. Unknown theft amount. Telephone, soda fountain and cigarette machines damaged. Several sun glasses cigarets cigars flashlights batteries and a radio taken.
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Slaton
Kirkland
Childress Police Department
Local 4 H Riders Place in Top Ten Percent
Local entrants in the State 4 H Horse Club Show at Texas A and M placed in the top ten percent despite no ribbons. Freddie dell and Cordell note the event drew 336 competitors, up from about 250 last year, with plans for district eliminations next year. Participants included Gale Eaton Mary Ann Townsend Nikki Murphy Royce Tippett Smitty Smith and adults Cordell Mrs W H Tippett Will T Smith and Mrs and Mrs Pat Murphy.
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Childress
Texas A and M
Freddiedell
Cordell
Will T. Smith
Pat Murphy
Mrs John R Scott Flown for Emergency Surgery in Dallas
Mrs John R Scott was airlifted Friday afternoon by air ambulance to Baylor Hospital Dallas for emergency surgery following a prior procedure last week at Baylor. She had returned to Childress a day or so earlier before the Friday transfer.
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John R. Scott
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Johnson struggles to win northern party mastery at convention
Biographical analysis from Bruce Biossat notes Lyndon Johnson remains seen as the Texas outsider by northern Democrats at the Atlantic City convention. It argues his southern aides limit cross region influence and he relies on Kennedy era staff while lacking time to build broad northern ties.
Doctors Learn Operation Will Be Necessary
Frank Barksdale, patient at Scott and White Hospital Temple, will have brain surgery to remove an abscess. His daughter Mrs. Tommy Garrison arrived Friday from Temple and said his father is in good spirits and overall good health. He is in Room 758.
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Frank Barksdale
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Tommy Garrison
Democrats tout platform as nations' best in history
Atlantic City based Democratic platform writers presented a two part document claiming unprecedented achievements under Kennedy Johnson with the nation at peace and its economy the longest peacetime expansion. They touted civil rights strides and pledged to compare 1960 promises with current progress ahead of the convention.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Democratic Platform
Democratic Platform Committee
Kennedy
Johnson
Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Trap Shoot Set Today at Red River Sports Club
Trophies and prizes will be awarded at this afternoon's Trap shoot of the Red River Sports mens Club. It will start at 1 p.m. at the me property near Baybr ake. Whether you shoot or you are invited to drop watch, said President Duckworth.
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Red River Sportsmens Club
Baybrake
Duckworth
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