Navy jets down suspected enemy planes near Tonkin Gulf
U.S. Navy reports Kitty Hawk aircraft intercepted two slow moving planes northeast of Than Hoa about 75 miles southwest of Hanoi. Phantoms fired air to air missiles, radar tracked targets, and the blips disappeared, suggesting a successful shoot down with no confirmation of origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Kitty Hawk
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Long Beach
7Th Fleet
Navy
Than Hoa
Hanoi
Tonkin Gulf
Gulf of Tonkin
Demilitarized Zone
North
South Vietnam
Hue
Highway One
Vietnam
Oe Nam Mavines
Milne
da Nane Tada
Becan
da Nore
Governors Meet Johnson to Discuss Democratic Rift in 1968 Bid
Democratic governors gathered at the Texas White House for talks with President Johnson aimed at softening a rebellion over administration policies and declining voter popularity. Attendees included Harold E. Hughes of Iowa and rumored participants Williar Hearnes, John Connally, and Philip Hoff with plans to brief reporters after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Texas White House
George Christian
Christian
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Williar FE
Hearns
Missouri
John Connaily
Texas
Philip Hoff
Vermont
White House
Hearnes
White Sulphur Springs
W. Vu
Comnally
West Virginia
Connally
Great Society
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Washington
NATO Council of Ministers
Vietnam
Louise Ellis Dies in Childress Funeral Set Thursday
Louise Ellis 70 native of Childress died at 2 30 p m Tuesday in a Houston hospital after a heart attack while visiting her daughter Funeral services will be at 2 p m Thursday in Newberry Chapel with Rev Joe S Allen officiating Burial will be in Childress Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home direction Survivors include daughter Mrs Jane Baker of Houston son Dr Joe P Ellis of Fort Worth four grandchildren sister Mrs Jack Porterfield of Childress and cousin Mrs Willie Mae Rollins of Amarillo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Ellis
Childress
Houston
Newberry Chapel
Joe S. Allen
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Edd Fite
PD. O Nash
Ben Hardison
Buddy Cordell
W. W. Kimney
Ellis
Amarillo
Carl Edward Ellis
The
Baptist Church
Grass Fire Extinguished Near Community Center Highway
Childress Fire Department extinguished a weed and grass fire six miles northeast on the Community Center highway at 12 20 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Blood Bank IIIs Subject of Rotary Talk
Dr. Walter Brooks of Quanah explained the Red River Regional Blood Bank benefits at a Rotary Club meeting. Quanah was cited as meeting its donor quota and Quanah Hospital maintaining 20 to 30 pints on hand. Guests included Sid Reid, C. A. Deuschle, Carl Eatherly, Jack Vogel, Bert Hargrave, and Wilson Holman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brooks
Quanah
Red River
Rotary Club
Brooks
C.J. Lyons
Sid Reid
Hollis
C. A. Deuschle
Vernon
Wilson Holman
Carl Eatherly
Dallas
Jack Vogel
Bert Hargrave
Foreign Visitors to U S Expected to Top One Million
Commerce Secretary John T. Connor says international arrivals will exceed 1 million for the second straight year with more than 1,150,000 overseas visitors projected by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
Wheat crop endangered by long dry spell in central plains
The Weather Bureau warns a protracted drought threatens winter wheat in Kansas Colorado and the southern Great Plains. The period could impact one of the nation’s major wheat producing regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Sentenced to Siberian Labor Camp
A 25 year old American tourist, Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock Arkansas, was sentenced in Leningrad to three years in a Siberian labor camp for stealing a 45 pound Russian bear statue and three years for currency black marketeering, to run concurrently. His companion Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. of Salt Lake City received a $1111 fine for money speculation. Wortham plans to appeal. embassy officials criticize the severity.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
UPI
Siberian
Russia
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Wortham
Supreme Court
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Worthman
Marvin William Makinen
Makinen
Moscow
d’Affairs
John Guthrie
Little Rock
Buel C. Wortham
Second American Sentenced to Siberian Labor Camp
The second American in 13 months is ordered to a Siberian labor camp while Newcomb Mott, a 26 year old book salesman from Sheffield Massachusetts, was tried and convicted on a November date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leningrad
Wordsam
Siberian
Newcomb Mott
Sheffield, Mass
Two U S Lieutenants Face Soviet Prison Time
Wortham and Gilmour, former U S Army lieutenants, were tried for currency exchange and illegal border crossing near the Soviet Norwegian line. Wortham admitted guilt for both charges and faced a minimum 18 month term with property seizure including a Volkswagen tour car. Gilmour contested the amount, claiming only $20 exchanged. Both were remanded to potential appeal with a general amnesty anticipated in November.
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Wortham
Gilmour
Russia
Finland
Nina I. Isakovac
Soviet Supreme Court
UN Sessions End Vietnam Crisis Unsolved
The 21st UN General Assembly closed with no progress on Vietnam. Thant pursues quiet diplomacy to extend a ceasefire amid Soviet and Chinese opposition and Viet Cong rejection, while Pazhwak urges a peace contact declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
UPT
General Assembly
The
Vietnam
Thant
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Pazhwak
Rifle and papers taken from Brummett home
Sheriff reports a Winchester rifle and a filing box with several papers taken from the Les Brummett home north of Kirkland. No trace of the filing box remains. Sheriff J. E. Benham says the papers hold no value to anyone but Brummett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Brummett
Kirkland
Sheriff's Department
Brummett
J. E. Benham
Soviets launch unmanned Luna 13 and Cosmos No 127 probes
Soviet press dispatches report Luna 13 and Cosmos No 127 launched today from Moscow 13 17 hours local time. Luna 13 carries an automatic station to relay moon mission data as part of Russia's ongoing lunar probe program including Luna 9 earlier in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
Fire Slightly Damages Barn and Feed at Wilbur Williams Farm
Fire units report minor damage from a blaze at the Wilbur Williams farm west of Childress destroying several feed bundles and causing smoke damage to a barn. Earlier, a small smoke fire affected the Dixie Cafe at 9:30 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Williams
Childress
Dixie Cafe
Parking enforcement intensified downtown on Friday and Saturday
City Manager Louis Sally announced increased load on downtown parking with two Meter Maids assigned to Friday and Saturday to handle full use of the area during those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Sally
Javits a 1968 GOP VP contender or not
The article argues Senator Jacob K. Javits, long a policy figure for the GOP, is far from the party mainstream and aligned more with LBJ's Great Society in ACA analyses. It notes Javits' low 1964 voting score and 33 percent in early 1966, contrasting with Dirksen's 92 percent, and suggests New York politics and public awareness may end his 1968 presidential prospects.
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Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Barry Goldwater
LBJ
Great Society
Amercans In Constitutional Action
ACA
Congress
Americans For Constitutional Action
Democratic Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Charles H. Percy
Douglas
Senate
Everett Dirksen
George Romney
Michigan
Poene Goldwater
Romney Javits
Republican Party
Hudson River
New York
Javist
Old Settlers Sponsor Dance in Fair Park Auditorium
The Childress County Old Settlers Association will sponsor a dance Saturday Christmas Eve at Fair Park Auditorium. W. Helms president announced the event. The dance starts at 8 p.m. Music by Willard Neel and the Ideal Playboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County Old Settlers Association
Fair Park
W. <. Helms
Willard Neel
The
Ideal Playboys
Hot Check To Get Baby Food Funds
A young transient couple with a six month old baby attempted to pass a hot check in a Childress store to obtain money for food. An alert clerk confirmed no bank accounts. Deputies released funds to feed the baby while authorities planned transport toward Waco for family support.
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Childress
Denputy
Don Ham
J. F. Benham
Salvation Army
Coupse
Waco
Mississipni
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Alvin B Webb
Tra Hut
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Lions Club
Ruth Fite
Ruth
Howard E. Newberry
Dr. P. A. Prestar
Rotary
the Astoria
Brummett Home
Soviets
National Window
Old Settlers
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