North Viet Nam to Get Arms From East Bloc Powers
Reports from London say Communist China will supply tanks and artillery to North Viet Nam, later replaced by the Soviet Union. The Kremlin prioritizes a coordinated program to arm Hanoi via the Viet Union and European satellites, with deliveries including airplanes anti-aircraft weapons gunboats small arms and anti helicopter gear from Russia Czechoslovakia Poland Bulgaria and others.
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London
UPI
China
North Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Viet Union
Hanoi
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Horse Races Set to Open at Childress Downs Saturday
Races begin 1 30 p m Saturday at Childress Downs northeast of Childress with 6 to 10 races planned and possibly two exhibition races. W E Helms Jr owner announced invitations were sent to 199 horse race owners across Texas and Oklahoma. Admission is 1 for adults. children 14 and under may be discounted.
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Childress Downs
Childress
W. E. Helms, Jr
Texas
Oklahoma
Vietnamese students demand foreign troop withdrawal in Viet Nam
More than 100 students protested at the Saigon Student Union asking for withdrawal of foreign elements from Viet Nam. They urged a Vietnamese peoples decision to settle the war while condemning years of conflict and its toll on the country. The rally coincided with increased U S Air Force bombing against the Viet Cong and a push for negotiated settlement urged by Thant and other powers.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United Nations
Thant
France
Britain
Soviet Union
First Lady Speaks On Poverty War For VISTA Graduates
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson said the war on poverty requires national responsibility not instant utopia. She spoke at a graduation ceremony for the first full class of VISTA volunteers and handed diplomas to 19 graduates aged 19 to 71 who will work in poverty pockets nationwide for one year on subsistence pay.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
VISTA
Johnson
Wallace vows to let all qualified Negroes register to vote
Gov. George Wallace claimed all qualified Negroes will have a chance to register and vote in Alabama. He noted his qualification standard differs from that of integration leaders and many Negroes. The issue intersects federal courts, Congress, and the White House in a broader fight over a proposed national voter registration law. A rural Alabama registration drive faces literacy tests harassment delays and potential Judge Daniel H. Thomas orders to register Dallas Selma County Negroes.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
Alaama
Wallace
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Alabama
Daniel H. Thomas
Dallas
Selma
Swapping Event Planned at Fair Park Saturday
The public is invited to a swapping event at Fair Park at 10 30 Saturday morning. A young deer from Childress zoo will be swapped for a young doe from Amarillo as participants watch the exchange. Names of the animals were not provided.
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Fair Park
Childress Zoo
Amarillo
Ernest Clifton Dies in California Home
Ernest Clifton 54 of Childress and Wilmington California died after a long illness at his Wilmington home. Funeral rites pending arrival of California relatives and likely Monday services. Survivors include widow Inez three daughters three brothers mother in law and seven grandchildren. The Clifton families travel from Childress to attend.
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Ernest Clifton
Childress
Wilmington
Calif
California
Mr. Clifton
Vernon
Inez
Howard
Tom Clifton
George Clifton
Wichita Falls
Car body fire reported on Avenue I
City firemen answered at 11 15 a m to extinguish a car body fire at 711 Avenue I Northeast.
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Avenue I
Nixon urges firm Vietnam stance to save SE Asia
Richard Nixon warned at a Republican dinner that Southeast Asia could fall to communism if Johnson delays a decision on Vietnam. He urged a course using naval and air power to cut off North Vietnamese supply lines, short of atomic weapons, and rejected withdrawal.
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Frank L. Spencer
Chicago
UPI
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
U.S
Viet Nam
United Republican Fund of
Ilinois
Science Fair Winners Earn Trip To Tri-State Exhibit
A partial list of winners and exhibitors in the annual Science Fair is published. The Star Awards authorize students from multiple schools to display at the Tri-State Fair in Amarillo, with names from Junior High, High School, and intermediate divisions, plus additional first second and third placers and honorees.
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Amarillo
Becky Adams
Sammy Selman
Robert Carlile
Ellis Whitehead
Jimmy Holbert
Roger Allen
Sam Jones
Keith Moore
Jerry Keys
Frank Howard
Richard Briley
Bill Edrington
Ricky Hamm
Mary Townsen
Bryan Cook
Muslim Enforcer Jailed For Malcolm X Killing
Norman 3X Butler, described as the enforcer for the Black Muslims, was arrested in New York for the assassination of Malcolm X. Police say he was part of a tight assassination team that shot Malcolm X as he spoke at a Harlem rally.
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Forcer
Malcolm X
Norman 3X Butler
Harlem
Key Issue Still Unsettled in Dock Strike
Galveston United Press International reports longshoremen negotiators approved several settlement items in the 46 day Gulf dock strike but held firm on two walking foremen per dock job. The ILA seeks two foremen to supervise loading while management demands one. Teddy Gleason of New York insists on two. Labor official James Reynolds pressed talks to narrow issues amid shipper resistance to the compromise plan.
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Galveston
UPI
Gulf
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Ila Pesident Thomas
Teddy) Gleason
New Yok. Asst
James J. Reynolds
West Gulf Coast
Indonesia Seizes U.S. Rubber Plants in North Sumatra
Indonesia announced immediate take over of American rubber plantations in North Sumatra. The move affects multiple facilities and marks a significant shift in expatriate asset control within the region. Chairs and executives at the plants could face operational interruptions as the government enforces the transfer.
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Jakarta
UPI
Indonesia
North
Sumatra
Spring Like Pattern Returns To Texas
United Press International reports a spring like pattern with mild sunny days and chilly nights returning to Texas. Overnight low reached 23 degrees at Dalhart though no precipitation is expected and a five day forecast shows 2-6 degrees below normal in north Texas.
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United Press International
Dalhart
Burreau
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Raymondville
First Angry Words Are Heard In Legislature
In a Houston driven debate, House committee session erupts over redistricting and reapportionment. Harris County is at the center as Rep Floyd’s plan A and other proposals face GOP and Democratic objections. Governor Connally favors court redrawing. many expect a special session.
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Lawrence Lee Austin
UPI
House
Harris County
Houston
John Connally
Paul Floyd
Bob Eckhardt
Floyd
Eckhardt
GOP
House Committee On
Baytown
David Clark
William B. Cassin
Cassin
Statehouse
Frank Cahoon
Midland
V.E
Red) Berry
San Antonio
The
Senate Ap
Dutch Hunter Dies and Funeral Set for Saturday
Samuel Melvin Hunter 66 died at 10:25 p m Thursday in St Anthony s Hospital Amarillo after weeks of critical illness Funeral services 4 p m Saturday First Methodist Church pastor Dr Burgin Watkins burial Childress Cemetery Masonic Lodge 695 to oversee graveside rites Ante burial 3 p m at Lodge Hall Pallbearers listed Survivors include widow three sons three sisters mother and six brothers
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Samuel Melvin (Dutch) Hunter
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
First Methodist Church
Burgin Watkins
Childress Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Lodge Hall
Jerry Ross
Ross Smith
Leon Henley
Claud Andrews
J. Frank Inman
Lee Driver
Lawrence Stone
Bill Murry
M. Hunter
Rockwall
Childress
Ona E. Mangum
D. D
Cherry Point
N. C
Melvin M
Phoenix
Vaughn D
Plainview
Don Hudsow
Polly Roche
Ed Compton
New London
S. W. Hunter
Chester and
Clarence
Dallas
Kenneth
Clovis
Los Angeles
Cecil
Crain
Woodrow
VFW Set Meeting and Delegates for Plainview Event
The VFW will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Veterans Building to elect delegates for District 13’s meeting in Plainview on March 5 6 and to select a member to attend the banquet for the National Commander in Amarillo on Saturday. Commander John Pyle asks all officers and members to attend tonight.
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VFW
Veterans Building
Plainview
Amarillo
John Pyle
Kosygin calls for US pullout from Viet Nam and Korea
Soviet Premier Kosygin urged Washington to withdraw troops from both South Viet Nam and South Korea as a prerequisite for a peaceful Far Eastern settlement. He warned that continued US aggression risks widening the conflict and strengthens the socialist bloc. He cited talks with Chinese leaders and noted Sino-Soviet tensions remain.
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Nicholas Daniloff
Moscow
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
South Viet Nam
South Korea
Far Eastern
Kosygin
Far East
United States
North Viet Nam
Peking
Hanoi
Pyongyang
Viet Nam
Democratic Republic of
Indochina
FCC Faces Questions Over Televisions Ownership Freeze
Sen John O Pastore urged the FCC in a Senate hearing to justify its approach to restricting multiple ownership of TV stations. He pressed for a clear policy explaining why the freeze exists as the commission aims for a final rule in coming months.
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Washington
UPI
John O. Pastore
D-A.j
Federal Communications Commission
Senate Communications Subcommittee
Pastore
FCC
E. Willian Henry
Burglaries in Quanah Tied to Vernon and Childress Thefts
Quanah Chief of Police Alvis Maddox and Assistant Chief Troy Rogers investigated two burglaries last night. The Dairy Queen and Dairy Mart were robbed for 190 and 35 dollars respectively. The same gang reportedly took 214 dollars from a Vernon bowling alley. Merchants were urged to remove cash after hours and lock or bank it.
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Alvis Maddox
Troy Rogers
Quanah
Childress
Maddox
Dairy Queen
Dairy Mart
Vernon
Extensive damage from Singer fire in Childress area
Firefighters battled smoke and water damage after a large blaze damaged the Singer Sewing building and two nearby shops on Main Street. The origin was under investigation with a second fire in the ceiling area extinguished around midnight. Police reported the discovery at 10 15 p m and multiple units fought the flames.
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Singer Sewing
Singer
Saied’s
Lucky’s
Main Street
Childress
Cub Scout Pack 63 Blue and Gold Banquet Saturday
Cub Scout Pack 63 hosts a Blue and Gold Banquet at 7 p m on Saturday February 27 at the First Methodist Church.
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First Methodist
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