Truck Driver Arrested After UT Snowball Fight Killing
A University of Tennessee freshman Marnell Goodman was shot in the head during a campus snowball fight near the T Room. Police charged William Douglas Willett Jr. with murder. Witnesses said Willett exited his truck on the running board and fired, drawing a crowd of several hundred students.
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Grace Estes
Knoxville Tenn
UPI
University of Tennessee
William Douglas Willett Jr
Greeneville
T_nn
Marnell Goodman
Swampscott
Mass
Goodman
Fred Blumberg
University
Fred Scruggs
Wilett
T” Room
Dana Fred Wolf Jr
Knoxville
Wolf
Doomed in Northern France Mine Explosion Toll
In Avion near Lens, northern France, a gas explosion trapped 21 miners at pit 7 of the Lens-Lieven workings. By mid afternoon 17 bodies were recovered and four men remained entombed with little hope of rescue.
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Lens
France
UPI
Lens - Lieven
Avion
Lille
Europe
Clint Crow Fund Seeks Donations After Auto Crash
Clint Crow, 29, critically injured January 13 in a wreck that killed one and seriously hurt another, ran up a hospital bill of 1558.40 in Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo during his first week. A fund at First State Bank collects contributions toward his medical bills, with slow response from the public.
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Clint Crow
Texas
Amarillo
Crow
First State Bank
Walter Bates Fined and Jailed for DWI in County Court
Walter Bates of Wichita Falls was arraigned Monday afternoon on DWI charges and entered a guilty plea in County Court. He received a $125 fine and an automatic three days in jail.
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Walter Bates
Wichita Falls
Bates
Illness Forces Cancellation Of Junior High Game
Absenteeism rises at Childress schools with over 100 missing Monday. The Junior High basketball game against Wellington was cancelled due to a flu like respiratory illness causing closures in Wellington and nearby. Superintendent J W Hamilton says it is safer to cancel rather than risk spreading illness. Rhoads remains at 37 in the day’s attendance tally.
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Childress
J. J. Rhoads
Wellington
J. W. Hamilton
Rhoads
Hamilton
Yarborough Stricken by Executive Flu in Washington
Senator Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas missed the Senate session after falling ill with a bad cold over the weekend. His office said he could not go to his office or attend duties due to the illness.
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Washington
UPI
Ralph W. Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
Senate
Fighting Erupts Again In Laos Civil War Roundup
Rebels under Gen Khamking challenge the government near Vientiane as Gen Kouprasith Abhay’s loyal forces push 18 miles to halt the insurgent advance. Casualties reported on both sides with key rebel positions at Thadeua and Paksane. Prince Souvanna Phouma seeks Western mediation to avert full-scale civil war.
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Martin Stuart-Fox
Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Mekong
Kouprasith Abhay
Paksane
Kouprasith
Khamk 95Ng
Thadeua
Souvanna Phouma Khamkong
Souvanna Phouma
Kouprasiths
Quane
Souvanna
Moing
International Control Commission
Williamson Retires After 38 Years as Machinist
Roy Williamson retires from the Fort Worth and Denver Shows after nearly 38 years of service. A native of Oklahoma, he moved to Childress in 1927, began in the shops storeroom, became a machinist in 1944, and is active in the First Methodist Church and the International Association of Machinists. He and Mrs. Williamson reside on Route 1, Childress, with three daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Roy Williamson
Fort Worth
Denver
Oklahoma
Williamson
Childress
Hugo
Okla
First Methodist Church
International Association of Machinists
Route 1
Olin Grave
K. M. Court
Big Spring
J. D. Mills
Mill Iron Donates School Building to Cee Vee Community
Hugh es Brothers owners of Mills Iron Ranches deeded the Cee Vee School building to the community under a board of directors for use as a community center. E R Monson elected chair to serve until term ends. Board also includes Glen N Seal Bobby Jones Hazel Hoffman Paul Rains secretary. At term end Cee Wee district will consolidate with Paducah system.
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CEE Vee
Hughes Brothers
Mills Iron Ranches
E. R. Monson
Cee Wee
Monson
Glen N. Seal
Bobby Jones
Hazel Hoffman
Paul Rains
Paducah
Senate Resolution Seeks Constitutional Convention Support
The Texas Senate approved by a wide margin a resolution urging Congress to convene a constitutional convention to allow states to apportion one legislative chamber by criteria other than population. A matching House measure by Rep Bill Parsley of Lubbock is moving, with action expected later. The House also sent to Governor Connally the first bill of the 59th Legislature.
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William Hamilton Austin
UPI
State Senate
Congress
Bill Parsley
Lubbock
House
Sen
Dust Storm Warns of Long Dusty Spring Ahead
Fort Worth reports a massive dust and wind storm over Texas last week, blowing topsoil from about 250000 acres and reaching as far as Evanston. State conservationist H N Smith warns the season could be harsh with continued wind erosion and dry soils.
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Fort Worth
UPS
Texas
Soil Conservation Service
Evanston
H. N. Smith
Smith
Abel accuses McDonald and steel firms of framing bid
I W Abel, candidate for USW president, charged McDonald and the steel industry with portraying him as strike happy. He pledged a tougher bargaining stance but said he would not call a strike if negotiations lead to a settlement. Contract talks with 11 basic steel companies are paused as Abel and McDonald vie for leadership. The union may strike by May 1 if no settlement is reached.
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Washington
UPI
I. W Abel
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
USW
McDonald
Abel
Basic Steel
Siike
Bundy To Visit Saigon For Vietnam Review Tonight
President Johnson sends McGeorge Bundy to Saigon to confer with Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor on Vietnam war issues. Bundy travels with John McNaughton and Leonard Unger to assess the situation after the recent coup, returning by week’s end.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
McGeorge Bundy
Saigon
U. S
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Taylor
Bundy
John McNaughton
Leonard Unger
Viet Nam
White House
George FE. Reedy
Washington
Kosygin
North
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin Drops Three Bombshells In 48 Hours
The Soviet Union announced Kosygin and a Soviet delegation would travel to North Vietnam soon, hinting at summit talks with President Johnson. Brezhnev and Podgorny reportedly made a lightning visit to Hungary, sparking debate over a possible unified stance toward Red China.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Kosygi
Viet Nam
Johnson
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Presidium
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hungary
Russia
China
Meetings On Industry Set For Tomorrow
Chamber of Commerce and BCD Corporation invite citizens to a 10 a.m. session with Larry Milner of the Texas Industrial Commission at the West Texas Utilities building. A noon talk by John Perryman of Lone Star Gas at the Hotel Childress starts a joint Rotary Lions B and PW Jaycees meeting on industrial efforts.
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Chamber of Commerce
BCD
Larry Milner
Texas Industrial Commission
Milner
West Texas Utilities Building
John Perryman
Lone Sar Gas Company
Hotel Childress
Rotary
Lions
B&pw
Jaycees
Legion and Auxiliary to Meet Tonight at Veterans Building
The American Legion and Auxiliary will hold regular meetings at 7:30 p.m. today at the Veterans Building.
Three U.S. Fliers Wounded in S Vietnam on Lunar New Year
In Saigon during the Year of the Serpent, Communist guerrillas fired on several American aircraft, wounding three U.S. Air Force fliers on a low level defoliation mission in Binh Duong Province. A small Viet Cong unit attacked an outpost in Bac Lieu before withdrawing under artillery fire.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Bac Lieu
Ofaigon
U.S. Air Force
Binh Duong Province
Nha Be
Warming Trend To Spread Across Texas State
A warming trend starts in West Texas today and is expected to spread eastward across the state by Wednesday. The groundhog prognostication suggests six more weeks of winter, shadow or not. Temperatures look cool overall by week’s end, with El Paso remaining milder.
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Texas
Punxsutawney
el Paso
U.S. Weather Bureau
Greenbelt Honor Band Try-Outs Set for Feb 6 at CHS
Try-outs for the third annual Greenbelt Honor Band will be held Saturday February 6 in Childress High School band hall. Students from Crowell Quanah Memphis Wellington Paducah Hollis and Childress seek spots in the 100 piece honor band and the 90 piece junior high group. Dr John Green WT SU Canyon will guest conduct and the clinic concert is scheduled March 6 at 730 p.m. in the CHS auditorium with no admission charge.
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Greenbelt
Childress
Crowell
Quanah
Memphis
Wellington
Paducah
Hollis
John Green
Department of Music
WTSU
Canyon
CHS
Green Belt Area
Seer of Seers Scrambled Out Scrambled Back
Punxsutawney Groundhog, hailed as the seer of seers, emerged at 7:27 am EST atop Gobblers Knob and cast a shadow signaling six more weeks of miserable winter. The Groundhog Club predicted a mix of snow sleet rain and extreme cold through March 16 while bitter cold and darkness lingered.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
UPI
Gobblers’ Knob
Groundhog
Groundhog Club
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