Vietnamese Dock Strike Paralyzes Saigon Amid U.S. Troop Labor Clash
Saigon labor leaders order a 12 hour general strike driven by anger over U.S. troops acting as strikebreakers at docks. Premier Ky probes intervention as power and services risk disruption. 60 000 workers from about 120 unions participate, with aims to halt port activities nationwide if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Southerland
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Labor Council
Powell’s Wife Yvette Powell Again Skips Subpoena
Mrs Yvette Powell wife of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell failed to appear before a House subcommittee investigating her husband’s activities. Chairman Rep. Wayne Hays warned of contempt and possible removal from payroll if she misses again, while attorneys cited lack of official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rapoport
United Press International Washington
UPI
Yvette Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Subcommittee
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Weather to warm on here weather to warm on here
The United Press International weather forecast notes warmer temperatures for Texas over the next day or two after a sharp cold spell. Overnight lows ranged from minus 2 at Dalbert to 45 at Brownsville, with many plains and Panhandle areas well below freezing. Rain and increased cloudiness are expected tonight and Friday, with lingering snow flurries possible in the Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
Dalbert
Brownsville
Gulf Coast
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Plains
West
Services Held For Sister Of Mrs Rasberry
Funeral services for Kathleen Lister 65 of Shamrock sister of Mrs Marjorie Rasberry were held at St Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church Shamrock with Rev Sydney Pratt of Clinton Okla officiating Burial will be in Shamrock Cemetery under Richerson Funeral Home direction Lister died at Shamrock Oral Hospital after a 30 year Shamrock residence She was born in High Wycomb England Oct 21 1901 Survivors include her mother Mrs F A F Page four sisters including Mrs Rasberry Mrs Phyllis Crosby and Mrs Duke Morgan of Shamrock and Mrs Edward Bland of San Diego Calif and one brother Fred Page of San Angelo
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Lister
Shamrock
Marjorie Rasber
St. Michael’'s
All Angels Episcopal Church
Sydney Pratt
Clinton
Okla
Shamrock Cemetery
Richerson Funeral Home
Lister
Shamrock Oral Hospital
High Wycomb
England
F. A. F. Page
Home
Rasberry
Phillis Crosby
Duke Morgan
Edward Bland
San Diego
Calif
Fred Page
San Angelo
Gerald Holman Delivers Jaycees Growth Talk
Gerald Holman spoke on the Growth of the Jaycees titled Speak Up Jaycees at the Childress Jaycees noon meeting. Two Jaycee of the Month awards were given, with October recipient Bryce Wormsbaker and November recipient Deibert Wasson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Gerald Holman
Childress Jaycees
Bryce Wormsbaker
Wlt
Deibert Wasson
Services In Parnell For Mrs Weatherly
Funeral services for Lena Myrtle Weatherly 77 will be held at Parnell Community Church with Rev Leonard and Rev Denton officiating. Burial will follow in Halver Cemetery under Spicer Funeral Home. She was born 1889 in Arkansas and lived in Hall County and Masterson before moving to Masterson eight years ago. Survivors include three daughters two sons 15 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren with two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Myrtle Weatherly
Dumas Memorial Hospital
Parnell Community Church
Parnell
Jessie Leonard
Houston
Royce Denton
Halver
Spicer
Masterson
Lena Myrtle Tilghman
Alger James Weatherly
Tecumseh
Oklo
First Baptist Church
H. S. Gardenhire
Fort Worth
Bill Dunn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lena Goldsmith
Dumas
Chester of
Jimmy
Pearl Graff
Beaver
Okla
Septie Burghardt
Wichita
Kansas
Texas Safety Association Launches New Year Death Alert
The Texas Safety Association will run its New Year Accidental Death Alert from 6 p.m. Friday to 11 59 p.m. Monday to align with Operation Deathwatch. S. Ross Carr of Houston, president, says past records show about 36 people may die in traffic accidents over the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas Safety Association
Texas Department of Public Safety
S. Ross Carr
Houston
C of C Board to Meet
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to convene at 6 p.m. today in the offices for routine business and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C of C
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
McDuff Trial Jurors To Be Questioned
Judge Byron Matthews will question jurors who convicted Kenneth Allen McDuff about whisky reportedly drunk during deliberations. Juror Hershel L. Pearson swore an affidavit that whisky was consumed. bailiffs deny bringing liquor. McDuff seeks a new trial alleging jury misconduct and intimidation of Pearson over the death penalty vote.
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McDuff
Robert Brand
Alva‘ada
Tex
John McLean
Fort Worth
Pearson
Rites in Hollis For Father Of Mrs. Johnson
The funeral for Odis S. Martin 79 longtime Hollis resident died in Harmony County Hospital at 6 30 am Tuesday. Services were at 2 30 pm today at First Baptist Hollis with Rev Leland Abercomble and Rev Robert Cargil officiating. Burial at McKnight Tims Barnett Funeral Home. Survivors include five daughters two sons a brother a sister twenty five grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
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C. W. John
Childress
Odis S. Martin
Hollis
Okla
Harmon County Hospital
First Baptist Church
Leland Abercomble
Altus
Robert Cargil
Hollis First Baptist Church
McKnight
Tims — Barnett
Martin
Denton County
Tex
Earl Storey
Caraway
Ark
Claude White
Barney Kirby
Ray Epley
Oakland
Calif
George Staton
Ogden Utah
Jarrell
Dumas
Elmo
Allie
Escalon
Belle Lair
Utlerville
Colo
Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Theft
Dixie Benjamin Jr. of Childress pled guilty to misdemeanor theft in County Court yesterday afternoon. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail a $25 fine and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Benjamin Jr
Childress
Babson Forecast War Taxes Top 1967 US Problems
The column notes a long but aging business boom ending its seventieth month in 1966 and warns of 1967 risks. It highlights foreign threats over war between the US and USSR, possible tensions in Vietnam, the Middle East, Africa, and Germany, plus China’s domestic struggles and nuclear pressures shaping global dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Kremlin
Vietnam
Moscow
Middle East
Africa
Germany
Old Settlers Sponsor Dance Saturday Night
The Childress County Old Settlers Association will sponsor a New Year s Eve Dance Saturday night in Fair Park Auditorium. It will start at 8 p m with music by Emil Shattel and the Panhandle Playboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County Old Settlers Association
Fair Park
W. E. Helms
Emil Shattel
The
Panhandel Playboys
Collision near Kirkland yields no injuries
At 5 30 p m Wednesday a two vehicle crash occurred at the Farm Road 1033 and Main Street intersection in Kirkland. No injuries were reported by the Department of Public Safety and the vehicles involved were driven by Ruby M McIntyre and Fred Vernon Clark, both of Kirkland.
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Main Street
Kirkland
Department of Public Safety
Ruby M. McIntyre
Fred Vernon Clark
Food bills rise for Childress County families
The latest survey shows the annual food bill per family in Childress County rose about 84 dollars over two years, to 90 dollars per month. Nationwide price changes push expectations higher with bread, hamburger, and milk costs up from two years prior and Agriculture predicts further increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Childress County
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Standard Rate and Data Service
Department of Labor
Brother of Local Woman Dies Wednesday
Funeral services for Virgil Egbert Williams brother of Mrs Luther Miller of Childress will be held Friday at the Church of Christ in Saint Jo with burial there He died Wednesday morning in a Brownfield hospital He lived in Levelland Survivors include his wife Ruth four foster children and several siblings from Texas Oklahoma and Alabama including Orville John Clarence Clyde Hattie Baker Vera Howard and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Egbert Williams
Luther Miller
Childress
Church of Christ In
Saint Jo
Williams
Brownfield
Levelland
Miller
Ruth
Wima Wilson
Wichita Falls
Chloetitus Maurer
Tulsa
Glynn Miller
Nebraska
Orville
Lubbock
John
el Paso
Clarence
Los Angeles
Clyde
Boaz
Ala
Hattie Baker
Flovdada
Vera Howard
Schools Resume Classes January 3
All schools will resume a regular schedule on January 3 as announced by Superintendent J. W. Jon. Schools will open and close at regular hours all duties including lunch schedules and bus routes will be resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jon
Hamilton
Butrum Death at Crossroads in West Childress
Mrs. Flossie Butrum of Lefors died instantly when her car collided with a tractor trailer at a west Childress crossroads at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday. The crash marked the county’s eighth automobile fatality of 1966 and the first in Childress city limits. Johnson of Fort Worth, driver of the potato truck, said he braked but the car moved into his path. Butrum’s car was dragged 131 feet before the truck stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Butrum
Lefors
U.S. 83
U.S. 287
Butrum
West Childress
Childress
Jimmy Johnson
Fort Worth
Potatoes Johnson
County Expected To Make Quota In Bond Sales
Gene Frisbie announced Childress County is expected to purchase its Series E and H Bond quota, with 98 percent of the target reached as of December 1. Other counties in the district having met their quotas include Castro, Dallas, Deaf Smith and Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Gene Frisbie
Castro
Dallas
Deaf Smith
Hutchinson
Rotton Services Held For Mrs G Rotton in Boyd
Funeral services were held for Mrs. G. Rotton 55 of Fort Worth at 2 30 p m in Evangel Assembly of God Church Boyd Burial followed at Boog Shannon Funeral Home Survivors include her son George Jack Rotton of Fort Worth and Mrs Alton Bruce daughter-in-law
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. ‘. Rotton
Fort Worth
Alton. Bruce
Evangel Assembly of God Church
Boyd
Boog
Shannon Funeral Home
Rotton
Gel Tom
George Jack Rotton
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U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Dalat
Delma Butrum
Weatherly
Johnson
Babson Forecast
Roger W. Babson
Old Settlers
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