UC Free Speech Uprising Tied to Communists, GOP Demands Probe
California Republicans tainted student protests at Berkeley as Communist inspired and urged immediate action. Assemblymen Barnes and Mulford called for Senate Un-American Activities Committee investigations and expulsion of arrested students while university leaders and law enforcement prepared for further demonstrations.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Don Mulford
Los Angeles
Mulford
California
Clark Kerr
Kerr
Bob Wilson
Eyewitness linked to slaying of civil rights workers
Meridian Mississippi UPI reports an eyewitness will be included in the evidence in the case of two suspects arrested for the killing of three civil rights workers. The FBI had offered a 25000 reward to an informant and infiltrated the local Ku Klux Klan to pressure possible confessions. Sheriff Lawrence A Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price were among 21 questioned and released on bonds. 19 face charges under a long ago rights law.
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Meridian, Miss
UPI
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
I’ BI
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Baker Hearing Aims to End Baker Inquiry Next Week
Washington Senate Rules Committee seeks a swift closure to the Bobby Baker investigation with four witnesses left. The probe may extend into January if Senate Republicans press the issue of party influence and lingering questions about Mrs. Ellen Rometsch. Baker, who has not answered questions, is tied to supposed political payoffs and a $25,000 payoff routed through him to the 1960 Kennedy Johnson campaign fund.
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Mer
Senate
Congress
Donnybrook
Justice Department
Ellen Rometsch
Baker
Washington
D. C
Philadelphia
Matthew McCloskey
Don B. Reynolds
McCloskey
Kennedy-Johnson
Democratic Party
Ireland
DPS Reports Highway Deaths Up 12 Per Cent
The Department of Public Safety reports Texas highway deaths rose 12 percent for the year to date. By this point 2,642 people died in 2,172 fatal crashes, compared with 2,369 deaths in 1,959 accidents a year earlier.
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DPS
Austin
UPS
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Hospital Auxiliary Plans Christmas Decor for Childress General
The Hospital Auxiliary will decorate Childress General Hospital’s waiting room for Christmas. A meeting at Deane Dodge’s home established the plan and regular 3 p.m. meetings on the first Wednesday each month. Volunteers or donations may be directed to Mrs. Dodge or any member, with others present including Mmes Dan Jones and Paul Shoults among the attendees.
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Childress General Hospital
Hospital
Deane Dodge
Mrs. Dodge
Mmes Dan Jones
Paul Shoults
A. F Verner
Lonnie Garrison
Malone Hagen
Jim Clifford
Clarence Robbins
Robert Kilgore
Leslie Ellison
Congo Forces Establish Beachhead in Leopoldville
A Congolese army assault force led by white mercenaries crossed the Congo River on Saturday and established a beachhead on the rebel-held left bank, according to diplomatic sources.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Congo River
Sunrise and Sunset Times From FAA For Childress County
The FAA provides daily sunrise and sunset times through this century for Childress County. The times, used with the paper’s temperatures, are calculated for the following day and published in The Index.
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The
Federal Aviation Agency
Childress County
Matt Walling Dies in Mission
Matt Walling 89 a Kirkland resident almost 50 years ago died and was buried in Mission last week He moved to Garden Valley then Kirkland where he was cashier of the Kirkland First State Bank He later moved to Mission 44 years ago where he was a retired banker farmer and cotton buyer
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M. T
Matt) Walling
Kirkland
Mission
Walling
Garden Valley
Defense chief predicts spending can stay under fifty billion
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara told President Johnson he is almost certain that defense expenditures can be held at fifty billion dollars or less in the budget to be presented in January.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
Medal of Honor Awarded to Viet Nam War Veteran Donlon
President Johnson presented Army Captain Roger H. C. Donlon the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony. Donlon, a four time wounded veteran of the Viet Nam guerrilla war near Nam Dong, led defenses under heavy fire and inspired his troops. The award marks the first MOH since Korea and the first in a war where the U S was not a belligerent.
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Johnson
White House
Donlon
Country Club
United States
Nam Dong
Army
Stephen Ailes
School Board Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The school board will meet at 7 30 p m Monday to discuss district matters and plan upcoming actions. The session aims to review policy items and address community concerns.
Farmer Wages One Man War On US Planes
Gilbert H. Hagerman, 68, was charged by the FBI with waging a one man sniper war against SAC jet bombers near Wright-Patterson AFB. A ground sniper reportedly hit five planes including two B-52s with a high power rifle. Bullets caused no injuries or interior damage. motive unspecified. Hagerman pleaded innocent to destruction of government property and was released on a $1,000 bond pending a hearing.
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Dayton
Ohio
UPS
FBI
Gilbert H. Haeerman
Stratesric Air Command
SAC
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Staverman
Veterans of Foreign War Post honors local war victim
The Childress County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2512 was named for a local Flight Officer missing over Australia in 1942. Minutes from November 1, 1943, show Frank Buster as first commander and list charter members and officers. Members eligible must have served overseas during qualifying conflicts.
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Veterans of Foreign War
Post
District 13
Childress
David Brown
Hotel Childress
Th Young
J. M
Nora Brown
United States Army Air Force
Australia
Childress County
Frank Buster
John J. Hackett
Vic
David L. Wright
Franci G. Hoke
Claude Hipps
Edwin Woods
Hoke
Tsgt
John Shepart
C. M. Grawley
Wiatshall M. Maxwell
Robert A. Buster
Charles Harrison
G. A. Walker
Jack Compton
Tom Preston
EJ Shoemaker
Jim Martindale
Women’s Organization
DS Myers
San Benito
Sam Mery
McAllen
Sgt Hoke
Det
908Th
QM. Co
Area Underwriters Meet In Greenbelt Association
The Greenbelt Association Of Life Underwriters will meet Monday at noon at Gay's Cafe. Six counties are expected to attend. Principal speaker will be John P. McCausland, General Agent from Pampa. Local agents, members of the association, are urged to attend.
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Greenbelt Association of Life
Gay’s Cafe
John P. McCausland
Pampa
Benham Returns From School For Sheriffs
Sheriff J. E Snocks reports Benham completed a Texas Department of Public Safety ran school for new sheriffs in Austin. The program ran Monday to Friday with Benham returning home Saturday.
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J. E.snocks
Benham
Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Poverty Pockets Deep in Texas Require Millions to Eliminate
Texas welfare data show deep poverty pockets with millions needed to lift families. Federal poverty is under $250 monthly, yet many Texans on welfare live on under $150. Only about 311,000 of 2.8 million in poverty receive aid, while others miss qualification under state limits. Welfare maximums remain modest: $83 for aged, blind at $90, disabled $69, and mothers of four or more children $115.
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Texas
Welfage Departments
John Ho Winters
Harrier 4 Back On Course to Mars Photos
Mariner 4 completed a midcourse maneuver to adjust its path for a July 14 Mars pass within 12 000 miles, enabling television cameras to transmit surface images. The craft, 1 267 813 miles from Earth at 7019 mph, briefly lost star Canopus during testing before stabilizing and resuming course.
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Harrier 4
Pasadena
Calif
UPD
Variner 4
Ehey
Earth
Mars
Mariner 4
Red Planet
Mariner
Declaration Demands Resignation of Burch
GOP governors meeting in Denver condemn exclusionary tactics of the Goldwater wing and call for Dean Burch to resign or be removed. They urge an all inclusive intra party conference in spring 1965 and a reform of party financing and leadership to unify and strengthen the Republican national committee.
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Denver
UPI
Dean Burch
Goldwater
Burch
Paul Fannin
Arizona
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Romney
Michigan
John F. Reed
Maine
Tim Babcock
Montana
Clifford Hansen
Wyoming
National Committee
Chicago
G&erners
Washington
Unity Scranton
Cleveland
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Republican Governors Association
Romney
United States
GOP
San Francisco
Finance Committee
Registration For Convention Also Today
Second day registration for the 13th District VFW convention delegates began at 8 a.m. at Veterans Building. The Da vid Brown Post 2512 auxiliary served coffee and doughnuts. A joint session at 10 a.m. featured District Judge Charles Reynolds of Chil dress with welcoming remarks, adjournment at 10:45 a.m. to attend church. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. at Veterans Building. women meet at 1:30 p.m. at Woman's Department Club. District President Mrs. Naomi Finck of Tulsa and local president Mrs. Donna Mills preside. Saturday included a social hour and dance at the Veterans Building.
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VFW
Veterans Building
David Brown Post
Charles Reynolds of
Childress
Woman's Department Club
Naomi Finck
Tulsa
Donna Mills
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Richard B.arnes
San Diego
State Senate Committee On Un-American Activities
Port
FAA
Matt Walling
Robert E. Brown
Springfield
Robbins and Myers
Hagerman
SG Hagerman
Rome
Bombay
India
Pope Paul VI
Bureh
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