Johnson Pushes Plan to Keep U.S. Dollars at Home
Top U.S. emissaries travel to Europe and Asia to explain President Johnsons New Years plan to cut the 1967 balance of payments deficit by about 3 to 4 billion dollars. The program urges Americans to favor the dollar by delaying travel and investments abroad while government and private actions reduce overseas spending.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Johnson
Nj— Deb. Katzenbach
Jenkins
Us of Asia
Eugene Rostow
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Asia
Texas Ranch
United States
Congress
Reserve Board
NATO
1967 Is Third Driest in Weather History
Drouth persisted in Childress County in 1967 marking the third driest year on FAA records with 12.58 inches of rainfall. The driest year was 1956 with 10.44 inches and 1934 with 11.31 inches. 1966 saw 14.79 inches. Average annual rainfall is about 20 inches. December total was .83 inch with scattered moisture readings throughout the month.
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Drouth
Childress County
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Field
FAA
Bur Son Carat Svrass
Train wreck evacuees face gas threats in Dunreith Indiana
In Dunreith Indiana a pair of Pennsylvania Line freight trains collided after a broken rail causing explosions and lethal gas fumes. All 236 residents were evacuated while firefighters battled flames and smoke from the wreckage.
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Dunreith
Ind
UPI
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Line
First Federal Posts Growth in 1967 Savings and Loan Report
First Federal Savings and Loan Association reports 1967 year end assets at 3 908 777 39 up 7 percent from the prior year. Savings balances total 8 098 828 10, mortgages added 572 250 00 bringing total loans to 7 035 094 58. Executive VP Russell V. Jones notes ample savings inflows and predicts 1968 will bring development despite potential tight money conditions.
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Russell V. Jones
Jones
Association
Wellington Man Is Fined Here for DWI
Albert Joseph Cagle Jr. of Wellington was arrested by the Highway Patrol for driving while intoxicated Sunday night. He was arraigned in County Court and pleaded guilty. The sentence imposed included a fine and court costs totaling 142 dollars and three days in jail per County Attorney Clarence Carter’s records.
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Albert Joseph Cagle Jr
Wellington
Highway Patrol
Guily
Clarence Carter
School Resumes Wednesday At Regular Time
Sunt. J. W. Hamilton announced that the school will begin sessions again at the regular time on Wednesday. Bus schedules will operate as usual and lunchrooms will be in full operation.
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Sunt
J. W. Hamilton
Beehive shells cut Viet Cong as truce ends in Cambodia border fight
UPI reports 351 Viet Cong killed by steel dart barrages at Dau Tieng near Saigon as a 36 hour truce collapses. About 1,500 Viet Cong attacked American artillery positions. 23 U.S. soldiers died and 153 wounded. South Vietnamese losses 44 dead, 132 wounded. Air strikes resume against North Vietnam.
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Thomas Cheatham
Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Robert Kaylor
Kaylor
Dau Tieng
Air Force
Navy
Marine
United States
South Vietnam
Quiet Weekend in Childress Reports No Incidents
Chief Alvis Maddox announced a quiet New Year observance in Childress with no arrests since Christmas Eve. There were no wrecks in the city or county, marking one of the stillest weekends on record.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
Tn Fact
Maddox
Taped Speech Is Program At Lions Meeting
Lions Club noon meeting featured a taped talk by Earl Nightingale titled The Strangest Secret in the World. The talk argued success comes from thinking about goals and striving to achieve them. President Sim Vaughn announced thanks from Ruth Fite and Fern Maddox for Christmas gifts. George Morey led the program. Ronnie Clift attended as a guest and John Gay, soon to depart for Amarillo, thanked the group for fellowship.
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Earl Nightingale
Lions Club
Sim Vaughn
Lions
Ruth Fite
Fern Maddox
George Morey
Ronnie Clift
John Gay
Amarillo
Robert Curry Services Set For Wednesday Funeral for Robert Lee Curry at Newberry Chapel
Robert Lee Curry 78 retired farmer died Monday in a local rest home. Services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Newberry Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev. Luther Bradley and Rev. Joe S. Allen. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers are Dalton Martin Edmond Close Odis Coats Don McFarland Lester Rovall and Wilburn Adams. Survived by wife Mary, son Thomas of Fort Worth, daughters Dorothy Parker of Fort Worth Bobbie Scott of Lockport N Y and Annie Marie Curtis of Childress, sister Viola Messick of Fort Worth, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Robert Lee
Bob) Curry
Liquor By Drink Stirs Texas Legislature Hopefuls
Texas editors from UPI poll say liquor by the drink will again be a major issue in 1968. Sen W E Berry and Rep Dick McKissack back revenue gains and referendums, while Rev Joe Hewitt notes persistent dry majority and local opposition. All sides agree the debate is far from dead.
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Paul Anderson
United Press International
Texas
UPI Pol
W. E
Red) Berry
Connally
Joe Hewitt
Trinity Baptist Church
Richardson
Texas Alcohol Narcotics Education Inc
Hewitt
Dick McKiesack
Dallas
Texas Hotel and Motel Association
Texas Restaurant Association
Berry
McKissack
Heart Transplant Is Successful Second Time
Dr Christian Barnard led a team at Schuur Hospital in Cape Town to transplant the heart of a 24 year old mixed-blood donor into retired dentist Dr Philip Blaiberg 58. The five hour operation ended with the donor heart functioning well and the bulletin noting the operation was completed at about 4 pm.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Christian Barnard
Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
J. Burger
Louis Washkansky
New York
Clive Clive Haunt
Cave Town
Esort
Hoek
Haupt
Fish Hoek
Victoria Hospital
Wynberg
Groote Schuur
Boxcar Cotton Fire Quenched at Local Railway Yard
Fire Department extinguished a boxcar fire loaded with cotton at 3 45 a m Sunday at the loading dock of the local railway yards. The boxcar arrived on a freight train.
Cold Front To Reach State Tonight From Arctic Blast
A high pressure ridge in East Texas gave way to warmer air after a bitter New Year Arctic front. Clouds lingered across much of the state with fog in Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, Houston and other cities. Forecasters expect increasing cloudiness and a cold front to reach the Texas Panhandle by tonight, with a light snow band following the front.
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United Press International
Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Brownsville
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Waco
Dallas
Austin
College Station
Houston
Texarkana
Tyler
Lufkin
Weather Bureau
Florida
Texas Panhandle
Toniy
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Dean Ruskowiee
Henry H. Fowler
Jimmy Maddox
Joan Chapman
Department of Public Safety License Bureau
San Antonio, Tex
UPD
Arthur M. Okin
Council of Economic
Adve
Gardner
Alpine
Tex
Sul Ross State College
Ron Easley
Midland
Stockholm
UPT
Sweden
U.S. Navy
Cambodia
25Th Division
Lions Meeting
Robert Curry
By Neil J. Smith
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
U. S. House of Representatives
Childress High School
Purcell
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