Prague General Strike Halts City Amid Soviet Crisis
Prague staged a one hour general strike protesting Soviet occupation. Reports say Cesimir Cisar escaped captivity and freedom radios warned of similar stoppages nationwide. President Svoboda flew to Moscow for talks, while Dubcek loyalists and rivals faced reshuffled ranks.
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Prague
UPI
Cesimir Cisar
Liberal Bloc
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
James C. Jackson
Judvik Svooda
Moscow
Svoboda
Connally Defends Unit Rule At Democratic Convention
Texas Governor John Connally defended the unit rule amid liberal opposition as convention debate focused on Texas credentials. He assailed doves and Senator McCarthy while drawing parallels to McGovern and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The confrontation moved through convention committees amid growing liberal sentiment.
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Gordon
Hughes
McCarthy
Connally
U. S
Paris
Vietnam
Platform Committee
Chicago
George McGovern
United States
Hanoi
Czechoslovakia
Da Nang Under Severe Communist Attack During Offensive
North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong launched a major assault on Da Nang and nearby bases. Marines and South Vietnamese rangers fought house to house with casualties reported, as rockets hit the Marine air base and surrounding facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
E Base
U. S
Jack Walsh
UPI
Sou
Cam le
Mekong
Central Highlands
Air Force
26Th Marines
Raymond Wilkinson
Navy
Alan Gerrish
Woburn
Mass
An Hoa
Hue
Song Be
Buckley Leads Steering Group on Childress Junior College
Glenn Buckley was named chairman of a steering committee to study the feasibility of a junior college in Childress. Mrs. Harry Thaten was named secretary with members Troy Bykin Jim Vaughan Vernon Eubank Owen Henry. The group will meet the Childress Independent School District board Monday and then seek a Texas Education Agency Coordination Board meeting in Austin. Dittmar and Company to serve as financial advisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Buckley
Childress
Harry Thaten
Troy Bykin
Jim Vaughan
Vernon Eubank
Owen Henry
Childress Independent
Texas Education Agency
Austin
Dittmar and Company
Davenport Senior Davenport Dies in Lakeview
Hugh Lyman Davenport Sr 74 of Lakeview died at Hall County Memorial Hospital Memphis after three weeks of illness Funeral services and graveside rites will be at 8 pm Saturday at Lakeview Methodist Church with Rev W E McQueen and Rev C C Lamb officiating He was a banker merchant rancher and farmer born November 21 1893 in Lakeview Survived by daughters Ellen Biella Santa Rosa CA Tommie Hawkins Amarillo and Margaret McKinney Amarillo son H L Davenport Jr Childress and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren siblings and other relatives
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Hugh Lyman Davenport Sr
Lakeview
Hugh Lyman Davenport Jr
Childress
Hall County Memorial Hospital
Memphis
W. E. McQueen
Lakeview Methodist Church
C. C. Lamb
Hall County
Mr. Davenport
Clovis N. M
Masonic Lodge
Ellen Pearl Biella
Santa Rosa
Caif
Tommie Hawkins
Margaret McKinney
Amarillo
H. L. Davenport Tr
Ren
Terry Hawkins
Amarilo
Jan Biella
Patricio Marrs
Phillip Davenport
Chilldress
David Hugh Davenport
Grants
Michael Kevin Marrs
Lolo DuVall
Bascomb Davenport
Unemployed man robs imperial daughter in Tokyo home
A 23-year-old man broke into the home of Kazuko Takatsu kasa, 39, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, in Tokyo and robbed her after a left thumb wound. He was arrested and treated for the minor injury.
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STAR
Tokyo
UPI
Kazuko Takatsukasa
Hirohito
Texans mull re nominating Johnson at convention
Texas Democrats weighed the possibility of re nominating President Johnson at next week's national convention led by Texas delegation head Frank C. Erwin Jr. if the Rules Committee ends the unit rule and lets Texas cast its 104 votes for Gov. John Connally as favorite son. If not, some delegates urged Connally's withdrawal.
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Chicago
UPI
Texas
Johnson
Frank C. Erwin Jr
Erwin
John Connally
Connally
Eikman Provides Transport to Youth Conference
Transportation for local youth to the Youth Conference in Austin was provided by Dub Eikman. He departed at 4 a.m. yesterday with the group and returned at 9 p.m. last night. Miss Lileesa Wyatt accompanied the youths replacing Miss Debbie Carter, who is ill at Childress General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Dub Eikman
Eikman
Lileesa Wyatt
Debbie Carter
Childress General Hospital
Saturday Rites For Sister Of Local Residents
Mrs. Bryce Thomas 64 of Hope Arkansas sister of Mrs. J B Risenhoover of Childress died about 5 am Thursday at her Hope home after a brief illness. Funeral set for 10 am Saturday in Hope with burial in Hope Cemetery. She was born near Mena and raised in Arkansas. Survivors: two sons Junior of Hope and Franklin of Oakland California one half sister Mrs Josh Clark of Mena.
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Bryce Thomas
Hope, Ark
J. B. Risenhoover
Childress
Hope
Hope Cemetery
Thomas
Mena
Ark
Arkansas
Junior
Franklin
Oakland
Calif
Josh Clark
Soviet veto blocks condemnation of Czechoslovakia seizure
The Soviet Union used its 15th Security Council veto to block a U N condemnation of its invasion of Czechoslovakia. Ambassador Malik vetoed after a 7 hour 40 minute debate. Canada later proposed a resolution to seek release and safety for arrested leaders.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Nations
UPI
Soviet Union
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Jacob A. Malik
Cvzechoslovakia
United States
Canada
Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro
Brazil
Malik
Jiri Hajek
New York
Yugoslavia
U.N
Council
Henoary
George W. Roll
Jan Muzik
Czechoslovek
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
West Germany
Stmple
Judas
Mrs. Jerry Behrens Receives MBA Degree
Mrs. Jerry Behrens formerly Delores Bohannon received her Master of Business Administration degree in a summer convocation at West Texas State University. She taught in Odessa and Amarillo and now serves as a business teacher at Odessa Junior College. Her husband, Truett Behrens, coaches at Odessa Permian High School. They have one son, Phil.
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Jerry Behrens
Delores Bohannon
Here
West Texas State University
Behrens
B. H. Bohannon
Bohannon
Odessa
Amarillo Caprock
Odessa Junior College
Truett Behrens
Clarendon
Bangkok
Thailand
Roger W. Garrison
Lizzie L. Garrison
Childress
Hal D. McCown
US Military Assistance Command
Col
Garrison
Headquarters
USAF
Wington
Texas A&m
Indiana University
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Waidhaus
A Upi
Radio Free Prague
Vienna
U.N. Security Council
Russia
Freedom” Radio
Slovakia
Wubcek
Eugene McCarthy
North Vietnam
Credentials Committee
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Deoves Connally
Doves
Platform
Titinoig
Sam Shapiro
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Stephen Mitchell
Tom Gordin
Abilene
Czech
Chamber of Commerce
On Chamber
Ross Smith
Cofc
Davenport
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Wichita
Kan
Upt
Montgomery, Ala
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