Kennedy Completes Basic Training At Fort Bliss
Private John H. Kennedy, 21, son of Mrs. Willie M. Kennedy of Childress Texas, graduates eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Bliss. He joined D Company 1 Battalion 3 BCT Brigade and trained in first aid, hand to hand combat, bayonet, drill and ceremonies and qualified with the M 14 rifle.
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John H. Kennedy
Willie M. Kennedy
6Th St. NE
Childress
Tex
U. S. Army Training Center
Air Defense
Fort Bliss
Texas
D Company
Triumph And Trauma Texas In The Sixties
A sweeping Texas decade recounts moon landings and a White House tragedy alongside Austin sniper attacks. It notes Carla Beulah hurricanes, Johnson’s rise, the Longhorns football reign, crimes from Estes to Tate, and shifting oil, gas, cattle, and space industry fortunes. The piece closes with a note on LBJ’s era and Texas senators Tower and Yarborough.
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White House
Dallas
Austin
Carla
Beulah
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alan L. Bean
Texas Longhorns
Billy Sol Estes
Candy Barr
James Cross
al White
Clyde Durbin Jr
Candy Messler
Charles Watson
Sharon Tate
California
Richard Speck
Chicago
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Ernest Medders
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ben Jack Cage
Brazil
Dykes Askew Simmons
Fort Worth
Congress
Astrodome
Houston
Space Center
Moon
Wanted Lady For Daytime Care At Johnson City Ranch
An ad seeks a woman to stay with an elderly lady during daytime hours from 7 30 a m to 5 p m at Lyndon B Johnsons 400 acre Johnson City ranch. The job offers good pay. Contact phones 937 4481 or 537 5171. The note ends by mentioning gold coins not minted in the United States since 1933.
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United States
Three Named Cottle Precinct Demo Chairmen
Paducah Aston Willingham Roger Holley and Mrs. Pat Hodge named precinct chairmen to fill vacancies on the Cottle County Democratic Executive Committee. Willingham and Holley replace resigned members, while Mrs. Hodge fills the post left vacant by Glen Bates as county chairman. The committee now includes Bates as chairman Brinson as secretary Willingham Holley Hodge and Jones.
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Paducah
Aston Willingham
Roger Holley
Pat Hodge
Cottle County
Democratic Executive Committee
T. C. Sivells
S. E. Davis
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation
Willingham
Holley
Hodge
Glen Bates
John Brinson
B. B. Biddy
W. R. “Bob” Jones
Hong Kong Name Origin and Noted Facts
The text explains the name Hong Kong from two Chinese characters possibly meaning sweet stream or fragrant port. It notes Hong Kong as a major duty free port and mentions Venus de Milo age uncertainty. It also describes the ptarmigan changing color with seasons from summer camouflage to snow white in winter.
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Hong Kong
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Jimmie D. Chaney
Jerome D. Chaney
J. D. Chaney
Lubbock
Chaney
Fort Knox
Vietnam
Pvt
St. Lewis
Washington
Fort Lee
R. L. Rushing
J. A. Chaney
Ole
Lance Cpl
Homer L. Moore Jr
USMC
Bob Richardson
Pfc
Cpl
Moore
da Nang
Cpl. Moore
Okinawa
U. S. Army
Italy
AHTNC
Johnnie G. Carroll
James A. Carroll
J. P. Jacques
8Th Logistical Command
M. Sgt. Carroll
U. S. Army Garrison
Ft. Carson
Colo
Elizabeth
U.S. Army
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Saldo
Pedernales
LBJ
Walter Jetton
Johnson
Luci
Lynda
Nugent
Robb
John Tower
Ralph Yarborough
Johnson City Ranch
Frank Barksdale
Ave. F NW
Cottle Precinct
Sanitone
Hargrave
Ave. G.nw
GalBson
Iccuser
Monsey
Baker
Westinghouse Roasters
H.P
Owosso
Magnus
Reg. Sys
Simoniz
Solv
Quart Univ. Start
Ign
Leg
Wilson
White Flyer
Catalina
Coppertone & Chrono
Commerce ST
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