Israel Jordan Open Heaviest Border Fighting Since 1967
Israeli and Jordanian artillery battled along the Jordan River truce line in a clash observers call the heaviest since the 1967 war. Jets silenced Soviet 122mm guns after strikes on Jordanian artillery positions while Amman reported civilian casualties at Kfar Assad and Jordanian officials tallied higher deaths and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
UPI
Jordan River
Middle East
Israel
Kfar Assad
Golan Heights
Jordan
Amman
Sea of Galilee
West Bank
Egypt
Syria
Grain sorghum demonstration yields high at Tell on farm
Results tabulated for a dryland Hybrid Grain Sorghum demonstration by Troy Boykin on Farm Road 94 one mile east of Tell. Planted June 21 1968 harvested October 23 1968 with 40 inch rows and two in two out spacing. Multiple seed company varieties listed with strong yield readings and plans for next year fertilizer study and broader demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Boykin
Tell
Troy Bovkin
Funk Seed Company
DeKalb
Acco
Funk
Taylor-Evang
Richardson
Taylor - Evans
Harper
Childress County
Troy Boykin Farm
James Bartlett
Jerry Dugan
Lowell Cure
Architects Employed For Banks In Childress and Paducah
Purdue Read and Dice of Wichita Falls will design the First National Bank building in the 300 block on Main Street Childress. Gene Smith announces the signing also covers the First National Bank of Paducah and the First State Bank and Trust Company of Hollis Okla. Land is being cleared for the Childress structure. R B Pardue, senior member of the firm, is a former Childress resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue
Read and Dice of
Wichita Falls
First National Bank
Main Street
Childress
Gene Smith
First National Bank of
R. B. Pardue
Masons Attend State Meeting from Childress Lodge
Six members of Childress Masonic Lodge No. 695 led by Worshipful Master Clarence Carter depart for Waco to attend the Texas Masons convention. Attending with Carter are A. Strickland A. A Bass J. R. Harman Hap Wright and Deane Dodge as the affair runs to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Legion Meets Tonight at Veterans Building
The American Legion will convene at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Veterans Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
American Legion
Veteran
Cold Front Moves Eastward Across North Central Texas
A cold front moved east across North Central Texas with light showers and gusty winds. Rainfall totals included 0.40 inch in Childress area and 0.20 inch at Northfield and Kirkland, while the FAA station logged 0.06 inch. Snow fell Monday night in Plainview, and rivers including the Guadalupe near Cuero and Victoria rose toward flood stages near 21 feet. Winds to 25 mph, with lows around 20s in the Panhandle and Texas towns awaiting colder air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
High Point
Floyd Biddy
Allan Thomas
Northfield
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
FAA
United Press International
Texas
Gulf Coast
Plainview
Upper
South Plains
Guadalupe
Cuero
Victoria
East Texas
Cleveland
Jasper
Rosenberg
Freeport
Sam Rayburn Reservoir
Panhandle
Nixon Names Dr. Lee Dubridge Science Advisor
President elect Nixon named Dr. Lee A. Dubridge president of Caltech as chief science adviser to bridge politics and science. Dubridge will retire from Caltech to join the Nixon team and advise on expanding basic research and federal science funding. A science task force and a space panel were announced with Dr. H Gufford Stever and Dr. Charles Townes leading them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
NEW York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute of Technology
Dubridge
Nixon
Caltech
Hotel
Pierre
America
United States
Soviet Union
H. Gufford Stever
Pres- University
Pittsburgh
Charles Townes
University of California
SVN Official Arrives In Paris For Talks
South Vietnam arrives to join talks in Paris with the United States North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on Vietnam War settlement. Nguyen Thieu Nhon Saigon liaison chief arrives as first delegation official to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Libera
Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Nguyen Thieu Nhon
Preside
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Nhon
Phan Dang Lang
Johnson
Washington
U.S
Hanoi
Local Gold Star Youths To Attend District Luncheon
Judy Henderson and Frank Howard 4-H Gold Star winners from Childress County join 22 counties at the Extension District 3 Gold Star luncheon Saturday at Wilbarger Memorial Auditorium Vernon. Henderson and Howard are noted as children of local families and will close the ceremony with Texas Our Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Henderson
Frank Howard
Childress County
Wilbarger Memorial Auditorium
Vernon
Miss Henderson
Ted Henderson
Frank
Roy Howard
Texas
Julia Browning
Lesa Garrison
Pat Smith
Brett Parr
New Crisis In New York Schools
The nation’s largest school system faces a new crisis as student unrest from a teachers strike turns violent. At least three students are detained and makeup classes spark demonstrations citywide. In Brooklyn Ocean Hill Brownsville clashes force the state education commissioner to close a junior high and overhaul the district administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Ocean Hill- Brownsville
James E. Allen
Fire Department to Elect New Officers Tonight
Childress Volunteer Fire Department plans to elect officers at a 7 p.m. meeting tonight at the Fire Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Volunteer Fire Department
DPS Expands to 15 Staff in Childress With New Scales
Captain J L Miller of the Licenses and Weights Division told the Lions Club that 15 DPS employees are now based in Childress with payroll over 100 000 annually. He noted delays in the U S 287 scales project and outlined division priorities including motor vehicle registration revenue and enforcing the motor carrier act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Childress
J. L. Miller
DPS
Lions Club
Miller
U.S. 287
Highway Patrol
Texas Highway Department
Two Divorces Granted Here
The District Court granted divorces to Lena Sue Gilbert from Larry Wayne Gilbert with her maiden name Pierce restored and to Dennis S Johnson from Bertha M Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesteray
Lena Sue Gilbert
Larry Wayne Gilbert
Pierce
Dennis S. Johnson
Bertha M. Johnson
Weather Halts Recovery Of Plane Crash Victims
In Alaska heavy snow and wind halted attempts to remove 39 bodies from a Wein Consolidated Airlines F27 crash at Foxes Lake, 75 miles southwest of Anchorage. The plane carried 36 passengers and 3 crew. victims hailed from Anchorage and other Alaska towns. A helicopter faced gale winds while ground crews created a temporary runway on the lake for body evacuation to Iliamna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Alaska Lake
Wein Consolidated Airlines
Foxes Lake
Dhamna
Alaskan
King Salmon
Iliamna
Dillingham
Big Mountain
Dave Stanley
Gary Svengard
Sally Lamar
Air Force Base
Air Force
Dick Hafer
National Transportation Safety Board
Jets Strike North Vietnamese DMZ Targets
U S jets attacked antiaircraft positions in the DMZ the first time in a week destroying a gun emplacement south of the Ben Hai River and damaging another north of it. U.S. Marines pressed Meade River near Da Nang eroding a Viet Cong pocket while 25th Division forces near Duc Hoa reported engagements with enemy units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin B. Webb Jr
Saigon
UPI
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Ben Hai River
North Vietnamese
Johnson
da Nang
Meade River
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Duc Hoa
William J. Cummings
Knoxville
Congress Probes Auto Repair Operations
Senate hearings opened into auto repair practices with claims of inflated prices, rebuilt parts sold as new, and bribes to appraisers. Neal Mann cited repair shops pressuring women, dummy pads, high bids, and schemes to overcharge customers while some rebuilt parts may be acceptable but mimic new parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Buckhorn
Washington
UPI
Congress
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Neal E. Mann
Automotive Damage Appraisers Association
Mann
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U.N. Security Council
Mucho
Rie Christmas
Dalhart
West Texas
el Paso
E. Helms, Jr
Lee Dubridge
SVN
Gold Star
E. A. Nelson
John Butler
Morris Higley
Donald Black
O. W. Griffing
Bob Richardson
Phillip Cardwell
Paducah
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