Freight train wreck near Estelline kills one and injures two
A freight train derailed after a washout caused by heavy rains near Estelline. Lloyd Christy, 59, of Amarillo, was killed. twin brother Floyd Christy and Duane Little were injured and hospitalized in fair condition. The incident damaged three diesel units and 25 freight cars. two other crewmen, both Amarillo residents, were uninjured. Traffic rerouted while crews clear the line amid continued rainfall reports.
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Estelline
Lloyd William Christy
Amarillo
Freman
Childress
Floyd Christy
Duane
Buck) Little
Little
Childress General Hospital
Christy
Lloyd Christy
Newberry
Boxwell Brothers
Joe Hudspeth
B. M. Howard
Lubbock
Carey
Burlington
Burlington Lines
Duc Lap Fight Near Cambodian Border Marks First Ground Action
Allied troops report heavy combat near Duc Lap camp four miles from Cambodia as South Vietnam and US forces repulse North Vietnamese attackers. President Thieu visits the field, awards medals to American troops, and warns of continued fighting despite monsoon weather.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Saigon
UPS
Central Highland
Nauyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Perry Young
Duc Lap
Thieu
U.S
Young
Cambodia
Green Beret
Vietnam
Telephone Numbers in Cee Vee Tell Exchange Revised
All telephone numbers in the Cee Vee Tell exchange listed in the Childress directory have been changed. New numbers with prefixes 585 for Cee Wee and 545 for Tell are effective immediately and should be clipped and pasted into the directory.
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Tell-Cee Vee
Childress Telephone
Students Qualify for Honor Roll at Southwestern State College
Three Childress students Patsy Sue Bartlett Parla Jane and Marsha Ann Carmack join three Paducah students Jacquelyn Howan Alexander GW Maxfield and Billy Ray Alexander on the summer semester dean's list at Southwestern State College Weatherford Oklahoma. A sheriff's report notes Bill Merrell of Childress was arraigned in County Court on aggravated assault charges and pleaded guilty with fines and costs totaling 2 dollars.
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Childress
Paducah
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Okla
Patsy Sue Bartlett
Parla Jane
Marsha Ann Carmack
Jacquelyn Howan Alexander
GW. Maxfield
Billy Ray Alexander
Bill Merrell
Sheriff's Department
Clarence
Kennedy Won't Run as Humphrey Seizes Nomination Bid
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey pressed toward a first ballot presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy disavowed a candidacy. Delegates, including New Jersey Governor Hughes, shifted support as McCarthy and McGovern pressed antiwar lines. Kennedy supporters urged a spontaneous draft, but Kennedy's latest statement urged backers to cease activity.
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Raymond Lahr
Chicago
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Vietnam
Humphrey
Loop
Eugene J. McCarthy
George S. McGovern
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Georgia
Kennedy
Washington
Jesse Unruh
California
Richard J Daley
Illinois
New Jersey
Richard J Hughes
Maining
McCarthy
McGoverin
Johnson
Fund Started For Charles Young Infant
A fund is started for Stacey Janeane Young infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Young after corrective heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. Sponsoring the fund is the Jaycees wives. Donations to First State Bank or any Jaycee or Jaycee Wife. Contact numbers 937-2022 937-3522 or 937-4585 for pickup.
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Stacey Janeane Young
Charles Young
Houston
Texas Children’s Hospital
First State Bank
Czechs Demand Truth On Price Of Freedom As Soviet Ties Tighten
Czechoslovaks urge leaders to disclose the brutal price of keeping Dubcek’s regime in power as Soviet forces occupy the country. The radio denounces the Moscow agreement as abducting Czechoslovak leaders and warns of renewed censorship. Demonstrations persist with about 3,000 marching to the National Assembly, calling for honest answers and resisting treason.
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James 0. Jackson
Prague
UPT
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
National Assembly
Radiog
National Aassembly
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhowers Doctors Express Cautious Optimism
Doctors at Walter Reed report guarded optimism about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s recovery from his heart attack. He remains in critical condition though showing stabilization after repeated ventricular fibrillation episodes and a high heart rate, with spirits reportedly good under bed confinement.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D
Eisenhower
McCarty Rites In Tucumcari Thursday
McCarty of Nara Visa New Mexico brother of Mrs Kenneth Fink died at Lubbock Methodist Hospital. Funeral set for 2 p m Thursday at Daughtery Funeral Chapel Tucumcari with interment in Nara Visa Cemetery. Survived by wife two sons four sisters four brothers and extended family. Mr and Mrs Fink to attend.
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Houston McCarty
Nara Visa
New Mexico
Kenneth Fink
Lubbock Methodist Hospital
Daugherty
Tucumcari
N.M
McCarty
van Zandt County
Munday Schools
Stamford Junior College
Iowa Park
Gordon
Pueblo, Colo
Bill
Amarillo
Fink
Americans Urged to Involve Citizens in Patriotism Talk
Mrs. Joe S. Allen addressed the Rotary Club urging emotional involvement for the nation. She defended America and its values in a talk titled Patriotism, noting only about 10 percent attend church regularly and criticizing some preachers. Rev. Joe S. Allen introduced the program. visitor Bill Rigsby attended.
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Joe S. Allen
Rotary Club
United States
America
Bill Rigsby
Watermelon Feed Planned for Bobcat Football Players
Coaches wives sponsor a watermelon feed after practice for Bobcat football players. The event starts around 7 30 p m at Rotary Boathouse.
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Rotary Bowh Sd
Vc Hal. A
Wheat farmers to receive 385846 from 1968 program
The Childress County ASCS says 492 farmers enrolled 46 569 acres in 1968 wheat program, with 41 117 acres actually enrolled. Certificate value was 1 38 per bushel on 40 percent of normal production. 15 percent diversion required in 1969 and payments on 43 percent. Wheat program was voluntary with no penalties for nonparticipation.
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Childress County
Frisbie
Johnston Rites Pending Here
Mrs. Clyde Farnest Mickie Johnston 89 died at 12 20 p m at home 510 Avenue H Northwest Funeral arrangements are with Newberry s She was born November 22 1898 in Comanche County married to John N E Johnston February 7 1941 at Vernon They lived in Childress since 1950 coming from Quanah She belonged to the Baptist Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Survivers include sister Fay Carothers Borger one niece Mrs Billy Bay Hermopolis Ohio one nephew James P Jameson Longmont Colorado
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Clyde Farnest
Mickie” Johnston
Avenue H. Northwest
Newberry’s
Johnston
Comanche County
John NE. Johnston
Vernon
Childress
Quanah
Baptist Church
United Daughters of the Confederacy
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U.S. 287
Red River
J. Paul Goodson
Justice of the Peace
Newberry Funeral Home Re
Acme
Pacific
Floydada
Santa Fe
Traff
Childress Area
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
Herman West
Community Center
United Press International
Trap VC
Beret Camp
Highlands
Vater
Hhh
Ike
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