Economic Development of Panhandle Seen Urgent at Memphis Meet
About seven attendees from Chi ldress joined 150 residents at the Memphis Community Building for a Panhandle Economic Program review. The 200 page report urged forage crops cow calf production and cross breeding to boost income, with emphasis on alfalfa hybrid sudans and high protein feeds for a cattle fattening industry.
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Rter
Amarillo Daily News
Memphis
Rolling Plains
Panhandle
Borger
Dalthart
Canyon
James Murphrey
Amarillo
Texas
A&m Extension Service
PEP
Hail
Brouth
Murphrey
Debate on U S Involvement in Southeast Asia War
Opinion piece argues the United States risks another war in Southeast Asia centered on Thailand under Johnson Great Society policy. It questions legal authority cited for actions in Vietnam and notes U S bases, personnel, and logistics expanding in Thailand amid Gulf of Tonkin history.
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United States
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Viet Nam
Johnson
Great Society
Pedernales
LBJ
Johnson Administration
South
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Tonkin Gulf
North Viet Nam
Belig Sie
States
Aaai
Mrs. M. Houchin Dies at 51 in Childress Hospital
Mrs. Marvin Houchin, 51, died today at Childress General Hospital after illness. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating, burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Paducah. Survivors include husband, daughter Marlynn, mother Vernie Puckett, sister Treva Eblen, brother E. E. Puckett.
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Marvin Houchin
Childress General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Garden of Memories
Paducah
Newberry’s
Jess Key Roy Perkins
Dudley Chewning
J. T. Perkins
Bill Coopwood
Alton Ryan
Buster Halford
Gene Perkins
Fay E. Puckett
Cottle County
Naomi
Paducah High School
Childress
Joe King Elected President of Childress Riding Club
Joe King was elected president of Childress Riding Club at the meeting Thursday. Other 1967 officers were Rey Movers as vice president Vera Walker as secretary treasurer Estelle Maddox as reporter. Directors named Aunt Dill Houston Wrinkle and Wyane Harris Judy Harris named Sweetheart and Linda Dill as alternate. Fun Day set for 2 p.m. Sunday in the rodeo arena.
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Joe King
Childress
Judy Harris
Linda Dill
Rodeo
African nations press oil embargo demand in Rhodesia crisis
At the United Nations, Black African nations pressed for an oil embargo as part of sanctions on Rhodesia. Britain urged targeted bans on tobacco, pig iron, chromium, meat, sugar and asbestos while warning sanctions must not escalate. A draft resolution seeks stronger action and risks broad economic disruption for Britain and possible South African involvement.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press International
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
15 Nation Council
Council
George Brown
Ian Smith
U.N. General Assembly
Brown
South Africa
Smith
Snow Expected In Panhandle Towns
The first good snow of the season began around 10 a.m. in Childress with flakes melting as they reached ground level and temperatures staying above freezing. Highways stayed open but wet. Police Chief Alvis Maddox warned that freezing could make roads slick and dangerous.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
Bitter air brings snow across Texas Panhandle to coast
Arctic air swept into Texas with light snow in Dalhart and Amarillo as the front moved south. The forecast called for showers in Dallas Fort Worth, turning colder with clearing by Saturday. Temperatures fell to the teens on the High Plains while Brownsville reached 64 and Dalhart recorded 30.
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United Press International
Arctic
Texas
Panhandle
Red River
Pacific
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dalhart
Amarillo
East Texas
Brownsville
Regional Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
High Plains
Jets Rally by Hanoi Radar Bombing and MIG Air Battle
U S jet pilots evaded a major MiG counterattack near Hanoi and bombed a radar site six miles from the city. At least 10 MiGs engaged F105 Thunderchiefs, all air-to-air missiles reportedly missed, with no losses on either side. One American plane was downed by ground fire. two more aircraft were shot down over the South. B52s launched three raids, targeting Viet Cong positions in War Zone C and supply areas near Hue, while Rusk met officials in Saigon amid proscribed ceasefire talks.
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Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Guam
Tah Ninh
High Command
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. BS
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Tan Son Nhut
Pope Paul VI
Two Bobcat Mothers Resign From Office
The two top officers of Bobcat Mothers resigned at a Thursday meeting attended by about 20 members. They leave with $1192.76 in the treasury. Mrs. Ted Henderson, president, and Mrs. Otho Sims, vice president, step down after a successful tenure. No new officers were elected to fill the two vacancies.
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Bobcat
Treasury
Ted Henderson
Otho Sims
Henderson
Bobcats
Index
Sims
Law change urged on murder penalties by Texas bar group
Texas District and County Attorneys Association seeks a rule for either death or life imprisonment for murder with malice. Carol S. Vance, co chair of the study committee, said the group studied the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures and will urge the State Bar to request a revision.
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Houston
UPT
Carol S. Vance
Texas District and County Attorneys Association
Vance
State Bar
Cincinnati Strangler Claims Sixth Victim
An 81 year old woman was found strangled in the Brittany Apartments service elevator, the sixth victim in Cincinnati. Police pursue a hot suspect tied to prior killings, with a cream and brown car and a license plate aiding the trace. The victim, Mrs Lula Kerrick, was found about 8 20 a m and may have been raped, as earlier cases were.
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Robert Weston
United Press International Cincinnati
UPI
Cincinnati
Lula Kerrick
Brittany Apartments
Central Police Station
Kerrick
Alice Hochhausler
Brittany
Sandra Chapps
Warner Stevens Named District Deputy Grand Master
Warner Stevens of Childress appointed District Deputy Grand Master of Masons for Masonic District No. 95 covering five lodges in Childress and Hall Counties. He is Postmaster, former Childress Lodge 695 master, Lions Club president, Boy Scouts executive board member, and ex-school board president. Appointment by Grand Master J. D. Tomme Jr. at Texas Grand Lodge 131st Annual Communica tion ending December 8.
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Varner Stevens
Childress
Hall
Stevens
First Methodist Church
Masons
Texas
J. D. Tomme, Jr
Fort Worth
Grand Lodge
Wace
Trailer Fire Doused on 1000 Avenue B Southwest
A cotton trailer fire was extinguished by the local fire department at 5:50 p.m. Thursday at 1000 Avenue B Southwest. Fire crews contained the blaze with no injuries reported today.
Mine Explosion Shakes Saigon Bridge Scene
Vietnamese soldiers spotted and detonated a floating mine in the Saigon River as a government convoy crossed Bien Hoa Bridge. MPs reported the Viet Cong had exploded an ammunition truck with a hand grenade, sending ammo rolling from the bridge. EOD teams rushed to Gia Dinh near Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
Bien Hoa Bridge
U.S
Bien Hoa Highway
Gia Dinh
Former Resident of Estelline Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Roy Sneed 59 of Memphis were held at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Memphis with Rev. Gene Jorgenson officiating. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery Lakeview. She died Monday night in Hall County Hospital after living 11 years in Estelline and moving from Estelline to Lakeview in 1935 and Memphis in 1961. She is survived by husband, a daughter Mrs Earl Byers of Las Cruces New Mexico, her mother Mrs A D Walls of Amarillo, and sisters Mrs M B Graegan and Thurman Walls of Houston.
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Roy Sneed
Memphis
Estelline
First Baptist Church
Gene Jorgenson
IOOF
Lakeview
Sneed
Hall County Hospital
Bonham
Earl Byers
Las Cruces
N. M
A. D. Walls
Amarillo
M. B. Graeg Aen
Ther
Thurman Walls
Hous
Reagan Embraces Role in National Politics
Gov elect Ronald Reagan pledges to influence national party policy while seeking unity and discouraging splintering. The California governor designate speaks before his first major national engagement at the Republican Governors meeting in Colorado Springs, aiming to lead a strong California delegation to the 1968 GOP convention.
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DE van L. Shumway
United Press International
Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Colorado Springs
Colo
Edmund G. Brown
Ticket Issued In Minor Street Collision At Noon
A ticket was issued after a two car crash at 12 30 p m today on Street east on Avenue A and Ruby. No one was injured and damage was minor. The collision occurred south of Main Street.
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Avenue A
Ruby
Main
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Texas Technological College
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Gene Frisbie
National Window
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Aunt Dill
Houston Wrinkle
Wyane Har
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