Johnson and Goldwater Clash in Texas Campaign Stop
President Johnson and Senator Humphrey head to Texas to rally Democratic unity after the 34th National Convention. Johnson frames the race as a choice between progress and fear, while Humphrey attacks Goldwater’s simple answers and warns against defense and foreign policy risk.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
Democratic National Committee
John M. Bailey
Goldwater
William E. Miller
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Greenbelt Nears Water Sale to Red River Authority
Greenbelt directors plan to wholesale water to the Red River Authority for small communities and farmers along the pipeline. Land values will be appraised with the authority’s attorney Bill Lowe, and two citizens will assist. Communities listed as interested include Kirkland and Goodlett. Carey will continue buying from Childress. Water from Lelia Lake Creek should be available next year to ease Quanah and Childress water problems, with Quanah and Childress having first rights to payments.
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Greenbelt
Manl
Industrial Waterity
Red River Valley Authority
S. H. Townsend
Red River Authority
Bill Lowe
Clarendon
Estelline
Kirkland
Goodlett
Carey
Childress
Lelia Lake Creek
Quanah
Townsend
Burglaries Admitted By Childress Youths
Five youths aged 12 to 18 admitted to a string of burglaries in Quanah and Childress with more arrests expected. Items stolen include food, small goods, fishing gear, and shoplifted merchandise from several local businesses. One girl, Reba Scott, 18, was fined and jailed. others face charges in multiple jurisdictions.
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Quanah
Alvis Maddox
Maddox
Trash Hill
Reba Scott
Cawthons
Cawthon
Hardin Grocery
R. L. Miller
Miller
Edd Fite
Dairy Mart
Montgomery Ward
Childress
Rev Robert Holland Leaves US for Basel Study
Rev Robert Holland son of Mr and Mrs Robert Holland of Childress leaves the United States to study at the Theological Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland. He will attend a language school in Radolfzell before Basel and plans a year or more researching the Protestant Reformation. He is assistant minister at Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church near Philadelphia and has degrees from Texas A&M and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is accompanied by his wife Esther Bishop and two daughters Laura and Julie.
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Robert Holland
Childress
United States
University of Basel
Switzerland
Basel
Holland
Huntingdon Valley
Presbytery
Philadelphia
Donald Grey Barnhouse
Phila
Lutheran Seminary
Esther Bishop
Overbrook
Laura
Julie
Radofzell
Germany
Eer
Childress Riding Club to Meet at Rodeo Grounds
The Childress Riding Club will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday at the rodeo grounds. All members are urged to attend and enjoy games followed by a watermelon feast.
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Childress Riding Club
Rodeo Grounds
Enthusiasm Builds In NFO Rebellion Amid Setbacks
Chicago UPI reports Oren Lee Staley of the National Farmers Organization says enthusiasm is high as the market rebellion continues despite setbacks. Livestock receipts fell across twelve Midwestern terminals with hogs priced steady to lower, highest Chicago bid at 18.75 per hundredweight. A Scream-In protest at Waukon Iowa drew 200 supporters after five organizers were fined. 12 calves and 20 cows were sold at the exchange.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Waukon
Iowa
Barbecue Date Is Changed for Cotton Carnival
The Farmers-Ranches-Merchants Barbecue moves from September 17 to September 15 after a Cotton Carnival meeting yesterday. The event becomes a two day affair opening September 14 with the Queens contest at Rotary Bowl Fair Park starting at 6 p.m.
Johnson nomination draws 41 million TV viewers in Atlantic City
UPI reports television ratings show President Johnson's nomination at the Democratic National Convention reached about 41 million viewers. ARB estimates more than 20.5 million homes had TV sets tuned to the Atlantic City event.
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Captive Audience Washington
UPI
Johnson
Atlantic City
N. J
The
American Research Bureau
Cleo Shows Signs Of Finally Breaking Up
Hurricane Cleo, after a 200 mile Florida coast sweep, shows signs of breaking up as winds weaken to 40 mph at the surface though flight levels stay hurricane force. The center lies near Flagler Beach at 6 am CST with potential to regain strength, while Georgia and Jacksonville brace for rain and gusts. Space agency surveys note minor damage and hazards including snakes released by the storm.
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Cape Kennedy
Cleo
Rocket Center
Florida
Weather Bureau
South Florida Gold Coast
Atlantic Ocean
Georgia
St. Augustine
Fla
Miami Weather Bureau
Flagler Beach
Georgia Coast
Jacksonville
Savannah
Space Agency
First Light
Miami Beach
Collins Avenue
Miami
U. S
Riots Continue in Saigon as Violence Surges
Saigon sees fresh rioting with mobs attacking police, parading and killing. A Catholic student was beaten and stabbed during a public execution while authorities show limited intervention. Nationwide, at least six killed and over 100 injured in a week of unrest.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Houston Epidemic May Be Over
Houston health officials said the worst of sleeping sickness may be past as deaths rise to 16 among suspected or confirmed cases. Plainview reported five new cases and 34 encephalitis cases, while insecticide efforts expanded after rains. Dr. Pigford cautioned the higher case count reflects more testing, not faster spread.
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Houston
UPI
Plainview
C. A. Pigford
Houston City
Pigford
Famed Comedienne Gracie Allen Dies at 58
Gracie Allen, beloved partner of George Burns in vaudeville radio and TV, died of a heart attack in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. She passed at 11:15 p.m. PDT with Burns at her bedside. The duo rose to fame from 1922, later starring on radio in the 30s and 40s and TV in the 1950s. They had two adopted children, Sandra Jean and Ronald.
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Hollywood
UPI
Gracie Allen
Dora
George Burns
Cedars of Lebanon
Burns
William
George
Gracie
Pe Hills
Sandra Jean
Ronald
Death of John J. Carrick, Tell area farmer
John James Carrick died at 5:10 p.m. after a weeks long illness in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Newberry Chapel with Rev. George Lyles and Rev. C. C. Lamb officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. He was born May 19, 1884 in Woodberry Tennessee and moved to Tell in 1908. He leaves a brother W A Carrick of Tell and five nephews including M C Carrick and W O Carrick, both of El Paso.
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John James Carrick
Tell
Childress General Hospital
Newberry Chapel
George Lyles
Fort Worth
O. T. Rothwell
Jim Phillips
Richard Lucky
Martin Smith
Carroll Hunt
Mr. Carrick
Woodberry
Tenn
Hunt County
Texas
Tell Methodist Church
W. A. Carrick
M. C. Carrick
Childress
W. O
R. S
Convention Notes on Conventions and the Big Hall
Notes found in a shirt pocket recount antics at both major parties conventions. Debris from Convention Hall totals five tons after each session with lingerie pieces noted. The piece recalls a 1933 walkathon and a Benny Bass Patsy Wallace bout across the hall. The organ, Miss Lois Miller, and a confidential envelope at the lost and found anchor the humor.
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Harry Ferguson
Atlantic City
UPI
W. A. Bolden
Convention
Benny Bass
Patsy Wallace
Wallace
Bass
Convention Hall
Lois Miller
Lyndon
Smartin
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