Israeli commandos strike Beirut airport in retaliation flare attack
Israeli commandos from helicopters hit Beirut International Airport causing fires and damage to Middle East Airlines facilities and aircraft. Reports say eight to twelve Arab planes were destroyed with several injuries and one fatality in the Athens El Al incident cited as retaliation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Middle East
Jerusalem
Athens
Mediterranean Coast
Africa
Amman
Damascus
el al
Rome
Tel Aviv
Algiers
Israel
Egypt
Upper Nile
Suez Canal
Jordan
North
Jorda
Flu Deaths At 1 000 Worst Yet To Come
The Hong Kong flu has killed nearly a thousand in the first three weeks of December in the United States and is expected to worsen before improving. About 20 million Americans may catch the illness this winter, with peaks projected mid January in multiple regions.
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Charles
Taylor
Hong Kong
S. C. Schoenbaum
NCDC
Fieries
New York
Los Angeles
Detroit
Schoenbaum
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhodesland
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Richerson services today in Estelline
Everett Elwood Richard son 70 of Estelline died at noon Thursday in Hall County Hospital Memphis. Funeral set for 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church Estelline with Rev. V L Huggins officiating. Burial in Estelline Cemetery under Spicer Funeral Home Memphis. Survivors include wife five daughters five sons two brothers fifteen grandchildren two great grandchildren and more.
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Everett Elwood — Richardson
Estelline
Hall County Hospital
Memphis
First Baptist Church
V. L Huggins
Spicer
Gracie May McKinney
First Baptist Church of
Denton
Olen E
Amarillo
Monty FE
United States Navy
Vietnam
Bruce W
South Carolina
2. G
C. H
Negligent Collision Ticket Issued After Two Car Crash
At 7 00 a m a two car collision at 338 Third Street Northwest caused heavy damage to both vehicles. Daniel Benitez was cited for negligent collision by Officer Wayland Wright. Charles Rover’s parked car at his lumberyard sustained damage. No injuries reported.
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Third Street
Charles Rover
Daniel Benitez
Streee
Benitez
Wayland Wright
Charles Rose Rites In Arkansas Today
Funeral services and interment for Charles Rose of Blytheville Arkansas, brother in law of Dr. Shell Townsend, will be held this afternoon in Blytheville. Rose died Friday in Blytheville of a heart attack. he and his wife, Dr. Townsend's sister, had visited here many times.
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Charles Rose
Blytheville
Ark
Shell Townsend
Mr. Rose
Dr. Townsend
Marines Leave Camp Carroll Near DMZ in Strategic Shift
UPI report says about 2,000 U.S. Marines abandoned Camp Carroll, a hillside base 10 miles south of the DMZ, to operate as mobile forces. It marks the second large base evacuation near the DMZ in six months, following Khe Sanh. The move leaves Con Thien and The Rockpile as the remaining northern front bastions.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Camp Carroll
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U. S
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
Vam Co Dong
Raymond E. Davis
U.S. “Marine Division
Apollo 8 Paves Way for Lunar Landing Tests
Space officials outline February test of the lunar module mounted on a Saturn 5 for Apollo 9. Astronauts McDivitt Schweickart plan to launch aboard a command ship, dock with the lunar module, and Schweickart will perform a spacewalk to prove crew transfer in space. The moon lander, built by Grumman, has yet to carry humans and must demonstrate in-orbit operation before a surface landing.
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Edward K. Delong
UPI
Space Winter Space Center
Houston
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
United States
Earth
Lunar
America
Cape Kennedy
Moon
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Apollo
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
McDivitt
Schweickart
Crabtree Service Pending for O C Crabtree Local foreman dies
O C Crabtree 63 longtime Hicks Implement foreman died Saturday at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a two month illness. Born August 2 1905 in Kentucky he had lived in Childress since 1952 moving from Quitaque. He was a Calvary Baptist Church member and survived by a daughter Mrs Mary Taylor from the Philippines and four sons Wayne Cliff Morris Ronnie and four daughters Margie Joyce Sharon and Taylor plus one sister Grace Huggins and 21 grandchildren. Arrangements are pending arrival of the daughter and will be handled by Newberrys.
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O. C. Crabtree
Hicks Implement
Texas
Amarillo
Childress
Newberry’s
Mary Taylor
Philippines
Crabtree
Kentucky
Quitaque
Avenue O. Ne
Calvary Baptist Church
Mamie
Wayne
Cotton Center
China Claims Hydrogen Bomb Test Successful
Communist China announced it detonated a hydrogen bomb for the second time in 18 months. Peking radio framed the blast as Mao Zedong’s birthday salute while U.S. officials estimated a three megaton atmospheric yield. The test reportedly occurred in Sinkiane province near the Soviet border.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Sinkiane Provine
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking Radio
Mao
Vietnam
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Washington
U.S
Multiple World Events Dominate Saturday UPI Digest
The Soviet Union may sell Egypt 200 MiG 21 fighters in response to U.S. Phantom jet sales to Israel. Air Force Maj. William A. Anders promoted to Lieutenant Colonel amid Apollo 8 astronauts. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher claims a false Pueblo confession after North Korean threats. Nixon develops Vietnam strategy ahead of January 20 inauguration. Paris talks resume as American negotiators push to halt delays.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Egypt
U.S
Israel
San Antonio
Tex
UPID
Johnson
Air Force
William A. Anders
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell
UPT
Lloyd Bucher
Key Biscayne, Fla
UPD
Prsident
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
U. S
Saigon
Beavers Test Drilling Near Childress Tight Hole
The Cayman Corporation No 1-Coda Beavers was reported drilling around 7,000 feet with a tight hole test and no further details until the wildcat is completed. The well is planned for 8,400 feet in the Ellenberger formation, located south of Childress.
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Ellenberger
Childress
Bid Farewell To Joys Sorrows Events Of 1968 In Childress
The scribbled wrap up covers January and February 1968 in Childress. It notes political visits by Congressmen, staff changes, and local civic activities. It lists education events, health grants, Elks Lodge activities, school and bank milestones, and early 1968 county political shifts.
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Childress
Graham Purcell
Elliot Helmers
Hudspeth County
Lowell Cure
Baylor County
Clibe
Ron Patterson
Greenbelt Medical Society
Public Health Service Division
Noe Acosta Lujan Jr
Ralph Vallone
Bob White
National Foundation
Larry Knight
Voice of America
Dub Eikman
Janis Lawrence
LVNA
Bo Movers
Riding Club
Gene Smith
First National Bank
Clarence Harv
First State Bank
Danny Havins
M. K. Wilcoxson
Weldon Teague
Brett Parr
Gary Atkinson
Elks Lodge
Gibson’s Discount
Stanley Hazlewood
Kindgergarten
Althea Allison
Ben Bob Walker
Monte Bradley
Monty Cameron
Fort Worth
Parking Meters Back In Service Citywide
City of Childress reports all parking meters are in service and meter maids are on duty daily. The meters were reinstated immediately after Christmas Day, according to officials.
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Childress
Community Group To Meet Monday In City Hall
Directors of the Childress Community Action Program will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at City Hall to discuss coordinator applications. Argus Barnett executive director of the area wide Amarillo group is scheduled to attend. Library closed New Year s Day but open the rest of the week says librarian Mrs Peggy
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Childress Community Action
Louis Sally
Argus Barnett
Area Wide
Amarillo
Childress County City
Peggy
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FE. Richerson
Leroy Pearson
Sheriff's Department
Arkansas
Second Maior
South Vietnam
PAVES
C. C. Crabtree
Red China
Charles R. Smith
Brink's Truck
Boston
Brink's Co
Richard Haines
Tewksbury
Beavers
Sale County School Board
Grand Commandery of
Knights of Templar of Texas
Childress Commandery No
Jack Adams
Panhandle Plains Auto Club
Leonard King Jr
Guy Moseley
ASCS
Paul Taylor
Childress Livestock Commission
Emil Schattel
CAP
James I Hich
Charlie Johnston
Lilan H. Hutcheson
Parnell
Marv Scott
Winkler County
Royce
Cecil Hays
KGNC
West Texas Utilities
United Fund
D. E
Jimmy Ragsdale
Charles Young
Haskell
Perry Brothers
Crockett
Morristies
Greenhand
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