Connally tax plan draws mixed reaction in Texas legislature
Governor Connally urged legalizing liquor by the drink to help fund state services as Texas lawmakers return home for weekend feedback. Reactions were mixed with some support for quick passage, while Lt. Gov. Preston Smith faced sharp exchanges. The five point plan, including the liquor tax, would raise about 187.4 million dollars, with 15 million from mixed drinks.
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Kyle Thompson
United Press International
Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Senate
Connaily
Prestor
Smith
Conally
House
Capitol
Dallas
Panhandle Temperatures Dip Into the 20s as Front Passes
A Pacific cold front drives Panhandle and North Texas readings into the 20s with 30s in central regions and 40s along the coast. Dalhart records 22, Brownsville 57 under dreary skies, while Galveston and Brownsville report light rain.
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United Press International
Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
North Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Galveston
High Plains
Weather Bureau
Red River Valley
East Texas
Great Decisions of 1967 UPI Watch Red China Upheaval
The United States watches a Red China upheaval centered on Mao Tse tung that could affect Vietnam peace efforts and other major 1967 decisions. The series assesses how events in China, India Pakistan, Chile NATO and nuclear spread may shape world policy.
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United Press International
Phil Newsom
UPI
United States
Red China
Vietnam
China
U.S
India
Pakistan
Subcontinent
Yugoslavia
Romania
Chile
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Mao
Mao plans Red Guards movement to reshape party power
The article outlines Mao Zedong aligning a young Red Guards group to curb rich farmers and landlords and to challenge party leaders seen as leaning toward capitalism or modified communism. It notes tensions with Moscow and the United States, plus potential effects on Hanoi and Vietnam peace talks. It references U Thant and U.S. bombing discussions and reports from Harrison Salisbury on North Vietnam.
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Mao
Red China
Peking
Moscow
China
United States
Hanoi
Haoi
Vietnam
West fears Sino-Soviet split may threaten world order
The article warns that deepening Soviet Chinese dissension could propel both powers toward direct confrontation or mutual destruction. It urges hopeful restraint and strong Western diplomacy, recalling how allied balance shifted by the Soviet pact with Germany and the later lend-lease response to aid the USSR in World War II.
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Soviet Union
China
Adolf Hitler
Western
Europe
Poland
Hitler
United States
US Intensifies Raids At Cambodian Border
U S B 52 bombers struck three times at jungle sites in War Zone C near the Cambodian border in one of the year s most intensive raids. The 173rd Airborne Brigade opened an offensive on the zone s fringe as Desoto and Independence operations pressed Viet Cong strongholds. Marines pushed into fortress jungle near Qui Nhon while North Vietnam s air force reportedly expands to about 200 MiGs and B 52s may operate from Thailand.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
173Rd Airborne
Saigon
Thailand
Guam
Binh Dinh
Qui Nhon
de Soto
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S
Herman Smith in Intensive Care After Stroke in Fort Worth
Herman Smith is reported to be making satisfactory progress in the intensive care unit, room 530, at All Saint's Hospital in Fort Worth. He suffered a stroke during the night on Wednesday while in Fort Worth on business. Additional tests will be given him Saturday, said his sister in law, Mrs. Bill Ross. Mrs. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Smith are in rooms 32 and 35, Clayton House Motel, Fort Worth.
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Herman Smith
All Saint’s Hospital
Fort Worth
Bill Ross
Donation to Project at Fair Park Auditorium
B&PW approved a $150 donation to the Modern Home Club Community project at the regular Friday night meeting. Pat Henry, a Childress high school student, led the effort while Charlotte Czewski, a senior, was introduced with her mother Mrs. Woodrow Czewski. Mrs. Ray Toff attended as a guest.
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B&pw
I Gin
Fair Park
Pat Henry
Childress High School
Lois Stiner
Charlotte Czewski
Ael
Woodrow Czewski
Ray Toff
Cancel Lunar Launch Apollo Phase Stalled
The UPI report notes Lunar Orbiter 3 launch postponed at Cape Kennedy due to power trouble and oxygen atmosphere concerns after the Apollo 1 fire. Officials meet in Houston and Cape Kennedy to review the Apollo program and possible six to twelve month delays while investigations continue.
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AL Rossiter Jr
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
UPI
U.S. Space Agency
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mouston
Space Agency
Houston
Lee R. Scherer
Orbiter
Lunar
Lemmon Rites Set Saturday in Lubbock
George Lemmon Sr. 89, former Childress resident, died at Medical Center Odessa. Funeral at 4 p.m. Saturday at 25th Street Baptist Church Lubbock, Rev. Bert Homer officiating, burial Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock. Survived by George Le M. Barton and a sister in Odessa.
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George Lemmon, Sr
Childress
Medical Center
Odessa
Civil Service
25Th Street Baptist Church
Lubbock
Bert Homer
Resthaven Memorial Park
Franklin Bartley
Mr. Lemmon
North
Jackson
Cass County
Texas
George le M. Barton
Joe Es Seee
Commandery Inspection To Be Tonight
The annual inspection of Chil dress is scheduled for 7:3 p.m. Tonight. Recorder Bill states the inspection will be conducted by Grand Generalissimo Richard Porter of the Grand Lodge of Texas. Flein'tharn Fort Werte.
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Childress
Atmem
Richard Porter
Grand Lodge of Texas
Flein'tharn
Fort Werte
Architects Hired for New Childress Hospital Project
Jackson Wisdom and Company of Houston were hired as architects for Childress’s new hospital. The board seeks land of at least 10 acres, with groundbreaking planned for October 1 and a 22 month completion. Jim Carter of Childress is associated with the firm.
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Jackson, Wisdom and Company of
Houston
Childress
Jim Carter
KCTX Staff Channel Changes Announced
George Morey the general manager announced staff changes at KCTX. Darrell Sehorn becomes news and program director while continuing weather forecasting. Printis Craig Hilbreth from KEYE Perryton becomes commercial manager. Roy Allen continues as owner station liaison with Morey as retired.
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KCTX
George Morey
Darrell Sehorn
Aee
Sehorn
Childress Lumber Company
Printis Craig Hilbreth
Keye
Perryton
Hilbreth
Elkins Institute
Roy Allen
Realous Hagan
Morey
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