Texas Ranger answers brutality charges at civil rights hearing
Texas Ranger Capt. Alfred Allee testified at a U S Civil Rights Commission hearing on police brutality and discrimination against Mexican Americans. He admitted slapping a hamburger from a farm worker in Starr County in May 1987 but denied striking Rev. Edgar Kreuger. He vowed to defend himself, refused to discuss alleged bias, and faced hostile demonstrators as he left the hearing with Col. Wilson Spiel.
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Ann Arnold
San Antonio
Tex
UPD
Texas Ranger
Alfred Allee
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Viva Hitler
Alee
Col
Wilson Shier
Texas
Allee
Starr County
Edgar Krueger
Kreuger
Break US Blockade Fights Along Saigon River Routes
Communist forces bombarded six US Navy gunboats with rockets and machine guns as part of attempts to break the blockade of river infiltration routes. Two sailors killed and 14 wounded as fighting spans three rivers near Saigon. B52s and jet bombers pounded supply lines, while US forces routed attackers 25 miles northwest of Saigon. Escalation also reported in Laos and Cambodia with Vietnamese troops threatening provincial capitals along the frontier.
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Bert W. Okuley
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Three River
West
Northwest
US 25Th Infantry Division
Lens
Laos
Cambodia
Betwen Saigon
Dixie Cafe to Begin Buffet Dinners Today
The Dixie Cafe announced by owner John Draper will start buffet dinners today with serving hours 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu includes chicken fried steak smothered calves liver old fashioned stew and other meats plus a variety of vegetables. Meals on an all you can eat basis cost $1.35 per plate.
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Dixie Cafe
John Draner
Draper
NLF Arrives in Paris for Expanded Vietnam Talks
The Viet Cong National Liberation Front announced its delegation will arrive in Paris Monday led by Tran Buu Kiem for expanded talks. A dispute over the NLF status blocks conference procedures as U S and North Vietnam negotiators report deadlock despite new proposals.
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Loren Jenkins
Paris
UPI
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Paris Office of the Nation
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
le Bourget
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Vietnam
Cong
Talkg
United States
North Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Offset Printing Plant Will Be Located Here In Childress
The largest offset printing operation between Amarillo and Fort Worth will be built at 226 Main Street, the former Boles Jewelry site. Ox Bow Printing, Inc. is organized with Morris Higley as organizer and publisher of The Childress Index. The plant aims to begin around February 1, 1969 and will be a major local employer with stock available to residents.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Childress
Main Street
Boles Jewelry
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
Red River Crossing
Morris Higley
Childress Index
Enterprise
Higley
Elks Committees Meet Tonight for Lodge 111% Party
All committees named to organize the Elks Lodge 111% Christmas party are urged to gather tonight at 7 30 in the lodge.
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ELKS
Elks Lodge
Herrera Bond Reduced and Man Released on Murder Charge
Victor Herrera, charged with murder with malice aforethought for killing Toon Rodriguez about 2 am December 7, had bond cut from 10000 to 5000 and was freed from Childress County Jail following a decision by Justice of the Peace J Paul Goodson at the request of District Attorney Jack Boone.
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Victor Herrera
Childress
Justices of the Peace
J. Paul Goodson
Goodson
Sire
Estion
Atorney
Jack Boone Herrera
Toon Rodriguez
Beavers Test Drilling Below Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Feet
The Cayman Corporation No. 1 Coda Beavers south of Chil dress drilled below 4 940 feet Saturday with no showing. The Cis co Reef south of Kirkland at about 4 600 feet was not reached. The Moran Drilling Company well in Wichita Falls tests the Ellenberger formation, expected to reach 8 400 feet.
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Cayman Corporation
Coda Beavers
Childress
Cisco Reef
Kirkland
E. W. Moran Drilling Company
Wichita Falls
Ellenberger
Christmas Fantasy Pleases From Opening Curtain
Christmas Fantasy opened to praise as Verna Power and team transformed 600 yards of wall canvas into a gauze background. Local Fine Arts Council stages funded by ticket sales aim to improve acoustics and facilities at Childress auditorium and involve Amarillo guests, Gene Gallo, Tom Shelton, and the Horizon Club in a community arts push.
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Carol Higley
Verna Power
Canvae
Fine Arts Council
Childress
Amarillo
Gene Gallo
Tom Shelton
Chidren
Senior Horizon Club
LaNeal Castleberry
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Discount Store Expands in Childress After Woolworth Purchase
Hope Bratcher announces Triple D Discount will quadruple in size in Childress. The Woolworth building, 50 by 115 feet, will become the new two floor location using both doors after the first of the year. The chain began in Childress three years ago and now has seven Texas stores.
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DDD Discount
Childress
Hope Bratcher
Woolworth
Bratcher
Triple D Discount
Texas
Breck- Memphis
Bridgeport
Graham
Weblow Groups Organized in Childress Two BSA Weblows planned
Two Weblow groups for boys aged 10 to 11 are planned in Childress. One Weblow group, sponsored by Ells Lodee No 1113, is organized with Olen Griffine and Bob Richardson as leaders, while the First Methodist Weblow has no adult leadership yet.
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Childress
Ells .Lodee
Annual Christmas Concert at Childress Schools Tonight
The public is invited to the annual Christmas concert of the Childress Schools held at 2 am today in the Junior High School auditorium. Admission is free.
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Childress
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