Pueblo Crew Demands Punishment Spark North Korean Critique
North Korea and its controlled press called for criminal punishment of the 83 crew of the captured USS Pueblo as U S authorities sought return. Reports say USS Enterprise with 100 fighters anchored near Pohang Korea to pressure release and bolster UN Security Council action.
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Leon Daniel
Seoul
UPI
North Korea
Pueblo
United States
Enterprise
Hankook Ilbo
Pohang
United Nations Security Council
New York
Rusk
U.S
South Korea
Okinawa
Howe
Central News Agency
Pyongyang
Rodong Shimoon
Clifford Picked to Run Pentagon Brings Bipartisan Praise
Washington insiders see Clark Clifford’s appointment as defense secretary replacing Robert McNamara as a strategic move to ease Johnson’s stance with Congress. The choice draws bipartisan praise and may loosen Pentagon oversight while expanding executive flexibility in Vietnam policy. McNamara’s move to the World Bank shifts options toward the President in dealings with Capitol Hill.
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John A. Goldsmith
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Clark Clifford
Pentagon
Clifford
Robert S. McNamara
Secrect
Harry S Truman
McNamara
World Bank
J. William Fulbright
Vietnam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southeast Asia
Kennedy
Jaycees Aid Voter Registration Effort In County
County Tax Assessor-Collector A Fromm announced plans to assist registration. The Childress Jaycees will run a Saturday booth in front of Eubank-Park Drug and a courthouse ground-floor booth Monday through Wednesday. Volunteers Ronnie Leach and Mrs Rodney Copeland will head the Eubank-Park station, with Mrs Wayne McDearmon in charge at the courthouse. Registration is free and mandatory for those wanting to vote. 3290 had registered by noon today.
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Fromm
Childress Jaycees
Eubank-Park Drug
Eubank - Park
Ronnie Leach
Rodney Copeland
Wayne McDearmon
Bloodmobile Visit Planned for February 9 in Chil
The Red Cross Red River Blood Center in Wichita Falls announces the first 1968 bloodmobile visit to Chil on February 9. New county blood program co chairmen Weldon Teague and his wife Doris will outline organizational plans soon.
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Childress
Bloodmobile
Red Cross Red River Blood Center
Wichita Falls
Weldon Teague
Doris
Fire causes minor damage at residence on Main Street
A small building behind 420 Main Street sustained slight fire damage at 2:50 a.m. today owned by Virgil Brewer. The cause remains under investigation as a fire department official noted few details.
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Main Street
Virgil Brewer
Castor Beans or Guar Allowed on Diverted Acres
ASCS Supervisor Gene Frisbie announced that Childress County farmers may plant castor beans or guar on diverted acres in 1968. Eligible acres must exceed five percent of the cotton base or twenty percent of the feed grain base, with limits on harvest. Guar may be used as cover crops on diverted land and destroyed before maturity. A 10 percent diverted acre payment reduction applies if the crop is planted for harvest.
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Childress County
ASCS
Gene Frisbie
Frisbie
Volunteer Turnout For Satellite School Is Excellent
Between 30 and 40 interested women attended Thursday morning’s meeting at East Ward School to aid Satellite Day Care School in Childress. Russell White, director of Amarillo Center for Human Development, called the response excellent. Mrs. Stanley Hazelwood, teacher, travels to Amarillo for a Center meeting. A fuller report will appear in Sunday’s edition.
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East Ward
Einch
Childress
Russell White
Amarillo
US Jets Battle Reds Around Khe Sanh In Heavy Fighting
U S Air Force and Navy jets joined airstrikes around Khe Sanh for a fourth straight day while Communist forces attacked five U S positions further south. Five Americans were killed and 78 wounded as Marines faced heavy fire near the fort with supply planes forced to parachute cargo. The Viet Cong announced a seven day truce, while allies prepared to observe a 36 hour cease fire starting Monday. U S pilots flew a record 480 sorties against North Vietnamese forces massed near the retreating fort as two divisions believed to number around 20 000 troops moved toward Khe Sanh from Laos.
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Eugene V
Phu Cat
South Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Marine Corps
Phu Bai
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Tay Ninh
Hanoi
U. S
North Vietnam
Marine Fort
Diplomatic Push Over Pueblo Crisis Grows
The United States seeks UN help after North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew. Secretary of State Rusk briefs the Senate. 14 000 reservists report for duty as U S officials press Moscow for Soviet mediation and threaten further action.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
United States
Pueblo
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
North Korea
Navy
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of
Capitol Hill
Naval Air
Johnson
Anadic
Army
Marine Corps
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
State Department
White House
Kremlin
Russia
Callun
Brooklyn
N.Y
Texans Answer Reserve Callup For Two Air Units
More than a thousand Texans will answer President Johnson’s call for two reserve units including the 708th Fighter Wing at Dallas and the 921st Mill Airlift Group at Kelly AFB San Antonio. The alert, delivered as U S citizens react with mixed sentiment, aims to mobilize about 900 personnel with missions to fly F8 Crusaders and C124 transports.
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Michael Rabin
United Press International
Johnson
Naval Air Station
Dallas
921St Mill
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Dallas Navy
Frank A. Liberato
Arlington
Lin-Temco-Vouht
Air Reserve Training Command
Richard C. Leyda
Clements Printing Co
Ralph M. Laing
433Rd Tactical Airlift Wing
Lain
South
Texas
Kelly
Win
Washinton
Liberato
John Pulice
LTV
703Rd
Dub Fields
Braniff International
High Seas
4-H Council Installs New Officers in Childress Meeting
Judy Henderson presided as outgoing chair at the courthouse ceremony naming Brett Parr as chairman Pat Smith as vice chair Carol Hart as secretary Mary Ann Felton treasurer Terry King council delegate alternate Judy Henderson led the installation Others present included Paula Parr Mark Parr and Mary Meinzer with extension agents and leaders. Future 1968 events span February through August including County Food Show District Dress Review and State Round-Up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress 4-H Council
Brett Parr
Pat Smith
Carol Hart
Mary Ann Felton
Terry King
Judy Henderson
Londa Cameron
Mary Dee Meinzer
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Sabra Biggers
Paula Parr
Mark Parr
Carolyn Deecker
Felton Cameron
Clara Nell Cameron
Mines
Lewis Meinzer
Bruce Parr
W. H. Biggers
Montie Cameron
A. T. Henderson
Mary
Rites Set For Former Resident Of Estelline
Funeral services for Paul Lewis Kennedy 57 of McLean a former Estelline resident will be held at 2 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church in McLean with Rev Elton Wyatt and Rev Densil Leonard officiating Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery McLean Kennedy died at noon in McLean Hospital He moved from Estelline in 1935 to McLean where he taught at McLean Junior High and served as Hart Public Schools superintendent Survivors include his wife Frances a daughter Mrs Tony Smotherman of McLean a sister Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy of Broomfield Colorado and two grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lewis Kennedy
McLean
Estelline
First Methodist
Elton Wyatt
Densil Leonard
Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church
Dalhart
Hillcrest
Kennedy
Noog Re
McLean Hospital
Hart Public Schools
Frances
Tony Smotherman
Elizabeth Kennedy
Broomfield
Colo
Enterprise Docks At Pohang Port
The UPI report indicates the nuclear powered USS Enterprise has put into Pohang Korea, a South Korean port about 125 miles below the 38th parallel. Hankook, reporting for the Seoul newspaper, notes the ship altered course to Pohang according to Saturday editions.
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Seoul
Hankook Tibo
Pohang
Wonsan
Korea
UPI
Hankook
Coid the Shin
Pohano
United States
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Two
Koreas
Rodong Shinmoon
U.S. Navy
Sea of Japan
Ers
Charles Reynolds
100Th Judicial District
Jaycees Plan
Khe Sanh
H Council
USS
Port
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