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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1969
Page
1
President Nixon told Republican leaders that a House Senate tax reform compromise has improved the odds of his signing the bill. Senate Republicans praised the conference cuts while Democrats accused GOP leaders of credit-taking and Gore charged the plan is a Democratic tax bill.
U S B52s pounded the A Shau Valley area as Viet Cong activity rises along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Five bombers dropped 150 tons on enemy bases and bunkers two miles from Laos. The flow of enemy trucks down the trail reportedly doubled to 2,000 weekly since November.
New York AP reports 77 year old Minnie Townes was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to selling heroin and barbiturates to Brooklyn schoolchildren. Judge Starkey rejected probation due to age and past convictions for bookmaking.
The Weather Bureau forecasts Texas skies will clear this weekend with warming temperatures. Saturday brought cloudiness drizzle and fog across Central and West Texas while light rain fell near a stationary front along the coast. Partial clearing to begin in West Texas late Saturday and reach eastward by Sunday with a few showers possible in Northeast Texas and near the Upper Coast.
President Nixon faced two foreign policy disappointments in his first year but reports cautious gains in Vietnam troop withdrawal, reshaping U S policy, and talks with the Soviet Union to curb nuclear arms. The latest Friday cutback announcement signals further steps toward broad diplomatic outreach.
Democratic leaders keep the HEW appropriation for labor, health, and welfare in congressional custody until after the January 19 return. The measure, trimmed by 1.5 billion to about 19.9 billion, faces a veto threat from President Nixon and evolving White House positions.
In Rabat the Arab summit postponed its opening session after late arrivals and private talks between Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saudi King Faisal preceded the two day conference. King Hussein of Jordan, not invited to Cairo, sought a private briefing before the plenary. The gathering aims to reexamine policy and discuss reclaiming lands taken by Israel in 1967 including Sinai and the West Bank.
Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and 13 other Newark officials and contractors pleaded innocent in federal court to extortion and income tax evasion charges. The group, part of a 15 who were indicted, includes mob-linked figure Anthony Boiardo who was released on bail and restricted to certain states for travel.
Terry Elroy Wilhite twenty is in critical condition at St Anthony s Hospital Amarillo after being struck by a car while flagging traffic for the Texas Highway Department on the Dumas Highway north of Amarillo He from Hollis moved to Amarillo three weeks prior suffered amputations to both legs severe head and facial injuries The driver Diana Warren eighteen of Dumas was not hurt
Childress Commandery will attend 6 p.m. Christmas observance tonight at First United Methodist Church.
Mr and Mrs Gil Campbell of Childress report their son BM1 Doyle Campbell was wounded December 17 in Vietnam. A combat advisor with the Navy River Assault patrol he was shot in the stomach and left leg and underwent surgery. He has been moved to another hospital, likely in Japan, and is the husband of Gail Keel.
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