Soviet Will Recognize Dubcek Regime and Withdraw Troops
Moscow and Prague report a move to recognize the Czech Slovak Communist leadership led by Dubcek and to gradually pull Soviet forces from Czechoslovakia after four crisis talks with President Svoboda. Prague staged a 15 minute general strike as tanks and loudspeakers faced jeering crowds in Wenceslas Square.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czech
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
James O. Jackson
Prague
UPD
Democrats Debate Abolishing the Unit Rule at National Conventions
The piece outlines Democratic moves to end the unit rule binding state delegations, arguing for a constitutional amendment to adopt a new presidential election system. It notes that Republicans have long avoided the rule and discusses Senators McCarthy and Humphrey factions and the Rules Committee’s recent stance.
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Raymond Latir
United Press Internation
Democratic Party
Hubert H Humphrey
Eugene J McCarthy
South
Humphrey
Johnson
Toby Coenalle
Humphrey Pet
Moates to Head Garden Valley Reunion
Moates was elected president of the Garden Valley Reunion at their annual meeting held Sunday afternoon at the Woman's Department Club. Other officers named were Mrs. Jimmie Sessions secretary and Miss Bertha Johnson assistant secretary. Mr. B. J. Teeseve led the memorial list, while Mrs. J. H. White of Fayetteville Ark. was noted for traveling the farthest. RB. Teague was recognized as the oldest attendee. About 60 people attended the noon basket lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Moates
Garden Valley Reunion
Woman's Department Club
Jimmie Sessions
Wellington
Bertha Johnson
B. J. Teseve
J. H. White
Fayette Vile Ark
RB. J. Teague
Junior High Band Meeting Scheduled at High School
Norman Hemphill announces all Junior High Band members should meet tomorrow at 2 pm in the high school band hall. The session, about an hour, will plan band activities for the upcoming period.
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Bend Hall
Norman Hemphill
Allies Lift Khe Sanh Siege in Five Day Battle
U S ground and air forces broke the siege of Duc Lap Green Beret camp near Saigon. North Vietnamese losses were heavy with 628 dead and 242 weapons recovered. Remnants fled toward Cambodia as U S forces and South Vietnamese troops continued operations around Da Nang and Tam Ky.
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Saigon
UPC
U.S
Khe Sanh
Duc Lap
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
Nist
da Nang
11Th Light Infantry Brigade
Tam Ko
Motor Scooter Death Shocks Qui t aque Youth
Jerry Wayne Martin fifteen died after a motor scooter collided with a car on State Highway 86 near Quitaque. The youth, son of Patsey Martin and the late Wayne Martin, lived in Quitaque and was a member of the First Methodist Church and Boy Scout Troop 264. Survived by mother and stepfather, sister Donna, grandparents Warren Carpenter and Lois Martin, and great grandmother Alice Carpenter. Funeral services were held in Quitaque with Highway Patrol noting a U turn by the scooter rider into a westbound vehicle driven by Howard Roger Benson of Quitaque.
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Quitaque
Jerry Wayne Martin
Tulsa
Quitanve
Troy Adams Earns BA Degree From Abilene Christian
Troy Adams, a junior high seventh grade teacher and coach, earned a BA in Bible from Abilene Christian College during summer exercises in Moody Coliseum. His 3.75 GPA impressed family members including his father G. A. Adams of Childress, mother, brother, and aunt Mrs. Dorothy Smith attending the ceremonies.
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Troy Adams
Abilene Christian College
New Moody Coliseum
Adams
G. A. Adams
Childress
JR Adams
Roger
Dorothy Smith
Infant to Undergo Major Heart-Lung Surgery in Houston
Stacey Janeane Younes, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Young, remains critical in Texas Children’s Hospital Houston. The operation tonight will replace a narrow artery to the lungs, a condition present at birth, with Mrs Young already in Houston and Mr Young joining Tuesday.
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Stacey Janeane Younes
Charles Young
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston
Young
Draft Kennedy for President moves quietly at Chicago convention
A draft Kennedy for president headquarters opened near the Democratic National Convention while Hubert H. Humphrey remained the front runner. Sen. Edward Kennedy denied involvement, and Chicago Mayor Daley dismissed the draft as fictitious. Jerry Dotterman said delegates would be contacted to gauge support for a Kennedy bid.
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Raymond Lahr
Chicago
UPI
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen. M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Michigan
Philip A. Hart
Richard J. Daley
Tillinoig
Jesse Unruh
California
Daley
Unruh
Kennedy Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Sherman House
Jerry Dotterman
West Coast
Robert Kennedy
Ohio
Mike DiSalle
Dotterman
Len Kennedy
Ion
Johnson
Texas
Connally
Afl-Cio
Hank Brown
Walter Hall
Dickinson
Benton Musslewhite
Lufkin
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Sen Fugene McCarthy
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
McCarthy
Convention Rules Committee
Tom Gordon
Abilene
Rules Committee
Gordon
Con
Spotted Rains Hit Chil Dress Area West of Red River
Heavy rainfall drenched the Chil dress area Sunday with West Ranch north of Red River reporting 0.80 inches. L. B Holman River Camp saw 0.90 inches while Community Center recorded 1.65 inches. Kirkland and Tell Downtown recorded 0.30 and 0.55 inches respectively, and Childress city limits had trace rain at the FAA Station.
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West Ranch
Red River
L. B Holman
River Camp
Kirkland
Chidress
Childress
FAA
Air Field
Kirkland Rites Held Today For Former Resident
Funeral services for Ima Owens 62 of Hurst were held at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating. Interment followed at Childress Cemetery. Mrs Owens died Friday in Gainesville Memorial Hospital from a heart attack after years of ill health. She was born May 4 1906 in Lindsay Oklahoma. She and E D Owens married in 1923 and lived in Gainesville since 1951. Survivors include her husband four daughters four sons 22 grandchildren one great grandchild one sister and two brothers.
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Ima Owens
Hurst
Kirkland Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen Naster
First Baptist Church of
Lindsey
Oklo
Ima Treadwell
Lote
R. F. Treadwell
Childress
E. D. Owens
Gainesville
Bible Baptist Church
F .F. Essary
Fort Worth
E. C. Moore
Taloga
Okla
L. C. Minor
Bedford
John Jurecka
Smithfield
Robert Owens
Huntsville
Charles Owens
Charleston
S.C
Billy Ray Owens
Pueblo
Colo
Donald Owens
Tyler
Anna Mae Patton
Meadows
Areadwell of
Wheeter
Robert Treadwell
Shreveport
Texans Back Connally's Favorite Son Candidacy
Texas delegates halted Johnson nomination chatter and united behind Gov. John Connally as the favorite son candidate at Chicago. Connally rejected the John con.
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Connally
Chicago
UPI
Texas
Johnson
John Connally
John
Eisenhower Failing Heart Still Critical
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital after his seventh heart attack ten days ago. Doctors report no recent disorienting heart fluttering but note abnormal beating continues with increasing frequency.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Nephew of Knights Killed in Mexican Plane Crash
Dr. Bill Gooch of Phoenix Arizona nephew of the Harper family was killed in a plane crash in Old Mexico. He was about 36 and believed en route to transport a patient from Old Mexico to Phoenix.
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Bill Gooch
Phoenix
Ariz
Harper
Old Mexico
Gooch
Greenbelt Lake Water Supply Grows by 4000 Acre Feet
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority reports an additional 4000 acre feet of water after recent rains. The reservoir now holds over 16 000 acre feet or more than five billion gallons, with intake depth at five feet, announced by President Dr S H Townsend.
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Greenbelt
Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
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U.S. Marine
Alvin B. Webb JR
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