Gromyko vows Soviet aid to North Vietnam against U S aggression
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko stated Moscow will not allow American aggression in North Vietnam to go unchallenged and reaffirmed aid to Hanoi. He noted U N General Assembly support for anti aggression and outlined Moscow stance on nonproliferation and noninterference in domestic affairs. He cited U S backing on nuclear aims but called for adherence to the General Assembly resolution.
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Reds
North
Viet Nam
Jay Axelbank
Moscow
UPI
Andrei A Gromyko
Soviet Union
Russia
Gromyko
United Nations General Assembly
New York
U.N
Supreme Soviet
Gomyko
Europe
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Noth
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Iit
Mikoyan
De Gaulle Opponent Backs Leftist In Runoff Support
Jean Lecannet, a center of the road candidate who placed third, endorsed Francois Mitterand in the second round against Charles de Gaulle. He urged supporters to back the European unity advocate on December 19 and announced a new anti Gaullist party to unite centrist groups for 1967 elections.
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Paris
UPI
Jean Lecannet
Francois Mitterand
Mitterand
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Lecannet
Light Rains Halt Cotton Harvest Across Region
Light showers this morning paused the cotton harvest area wide. Burlington Thre FAA station at the air field logged .04 of an inch while The Index gauge recorded .03 of an inch.
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Burlington Thre
FAA
Miss Gladys Stone Wins Braided Rug at Coopwood’s opening
Miss Gladys Stone of 401 Avenue Avo won the 9 by 12 braided rug given away at the formal opening of Coopwood's Floor Covering. Announcement made today.
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Gladys Stone
Avenue Avo
Coopwood
Gemini 6 to launch a day early for rendezvous with Gemini 7
Gemini control approved a Sunday liftoff for Gemini 6 to rendezvous with Gemini 7 as Borman and Lovell press toward a 14 day flight. Heady conditions include cabin heat up to 78 degrees and two planned burns to shape an 185 mile orbit for the near nose to nose pass.
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Borman
Lovell
Burns
Space Center
Houston
12 Bases Affected By Mac's Military Cuts
Washington reports Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's base closures affect 12 Texas installations. Some losses are offset by new personnel from other states, with increases at Abilene and Austin. El Paso loses payroll but gains Defense Language Institute and other transfers. 956 military and 319 civilian personnel are affected by December 1967. Houston area sees Civil Air Patrol relocation and Ellington inactivation with modest economic impact.
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Washington
UPI
Robert McNaMara
Texas
Abilene
Austin
516Th
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Defense Language Institute
Pentagon
Army
Fort Eustis
Air Force Language Training School
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Houston
924Th
925Th
Carrier Air Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Ellington Air Force Base
Air Force
Ellington
Big Spring
Beaumont
Relative of Local Woman Dies in Amarillo
Thomas J. Baldwin of 723 N Arthur Amarillo died 7 40 a m Wednesday at Northwest Texas Hospital after a three month illness. He was brother in law of Mrs Walter Smith of Childress. Funeral 2 30 p m Friday Griggs Pioneer Chapel Amarillo with interment Llano Cemetery. Survived by widow Bye. sons Tommy G and Ralph. daughters Mrs Glenn Witherspoon Mrs Bill Popkin. 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Mrs Smith leaves for Amarillo tonight.
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Thomas J. Baldwin
Arthur
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Walter Smith
Childress
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Llano
Baldwin
Whitt
House
N. M
Bushland
The
Baptist Church
Bye
Tommy G
Ralph
Pleasant Valley
Glenn Witherspoon
Hereford
Bill Popkin
Waco
Smith
Recess Trial on Reed's Killers
The Reed murder trial in Selma was recessed to await a key prosecution witness Bill Edwards who now lives in Greenville Mississippi. The defense won relief for R B Kelly of Selma 30 not indicted in the beating. The three defendants Elmrock 41 Namon O Nagle 30 and William Stanley Hogle 36 are accused in the fatal attack.
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Selma, Ala
UPI
Boston
Bill Edwards
Greenville
Miss
R. B. Kelly
Selma
James Reed
Kelly
Elmcr Ock
William Stanley Hogle
Namon O'Neal Hoggle
Russian President Quits Due to Ill Health
Anastas Mikoyan, aged 70, resigns as president of the Soviet Union due to old age and poor health. Nikolai Podgorny succeeds him as Supreme Soviet session closes after a Vietnam resolution. Mikoyan, famed for Cuba crisis mediation and WWII lend lease deals, had led since 1964.
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Soviet Union
Nikolai Podgorny
United States
Cuba
Nazi Germany
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Goldwater Warns on McNamara Bombers Cutbacks
In Washington UPI, Barry Goldwater criticizes Defense Secretary McNamara plan to scrap two thirds of SAC bombers by 1970 as leaving the free world defenseless. He argues a bomber-missile mix is needed and questions a new bomber version of the F111.
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Goldwater
Air Force
McNamara
Drawing Board
McNamara Hokum
Obert McNamara
SAC
U.S
One Injured In 3 Vehicle Smash Up
Kent Rasberry of 1505 Avenue J Nw suffered injuries in a three vehicle crash at Fifth Street and Avenue Fn Extent. The 1:35 p.m. call notes Rasberry driving a Charles Baker Construction pickup was struck by a truck trailer driven by Oscar Kunkel of Olney. The pickup then rammed a parked car owned by Mrs Franey Gladden. Kunkel was uninjured.
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Kent Rasberry
Avenue J Nw
Childress General Hospital
Fifth Street
Avenue F
Rasberry
Charles Baker Construction
Oscar Kunkel
Olney
Franey Gladden
Avenue E Sw
Gladden
Kunkel
Change of venue for Childress Farmers Union meeting
The Childress County Farmers Union meeting moves from the Community House to the County Commissioners Courtroom at 8 p.m. Friday. The change in location is announced to members for attendance.
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Childress County
Jaycees and Elks Set Christmas Charity Basketball Game
The Childress Jaycees will play the Elks in a Tuesday basketball game at Bobcat Gym to raise funds for the Elks Christmas Party for Needy Children. Details were announced after a Jaycees meeting. Exalted Ruler Dalton Martin urged Elks to participate. Don Gage spoke on youth empowerment and Edwin Myers of Estelline attended as a guest.
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Elks
Childress Jaycees
Bobcat Gym
Jaycees
Dalton Martin Don Gage
Edwin Myers
Estelline
Train Trip Planned for Cub Scouts in Northwest Texas
Arrangements are under way for the Club Scouts of the Northwest Texas Area Council of Boy Scouts to take a train trip from Wichita Falls to Childress. The trip is slated for January 29 and will include lunch at Childress and meals at the Veterans Building due to cold weather. Full details are expected within two weeks.
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Club Scouts
Northwest Texas
Title II Funds Are Available To Schools
The Childress Independent School District received official notice of approval for its Title II funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. A total of $3,747.91 is allocated for library resources including books maps charts and audio visual materials. The program aims to enrich instruction across curricular areas with an effective date of November 30 1965 and approximately $2.46 per pupil per campus.
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Childress Independent School District
Supt
J. W. Hamilton
Austin
Freeman Poage Impromptu Farm Debate Highlights New Plan
UPI report recalls Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman clashing with Rep. W R Poage over cotton program allotments at a Wichita Falls news conference. Freeman praised the flexible farm act and urged voters to support Rep. Graham Purcell as wheat subcommittee chair. He also toured a ranch brush eradication conference in Quanah and forecast rising domestic and foreign demand for American farm products.
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Southwestern
Orville Freeman
U. S
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
W. C. Howard
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
W. R. Poage
Waco
Poage
U.S. House Agriculture Committee
Purcell
Congress
Quanah
Texas Agriculture
America
Riding Club to Elect Officers
Childress Riding Club members urged to attend a 7:30 p m meeting in city hall for the election of club officers.
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Riding Club
Childress
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Strategic Air Com
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By Henry Shapiro
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Kremlin
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Josef Stalin
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Missiles For Defense
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