Viet Cong Launch Major Offensive Across Seven Cities
Viet Cong forces strike seven major cities including Da Nang and Pleiku as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops report heavy fighting from Da Nang to Nha Trang. Allied losses are incomplete but casualties run into hundreds with significant jet aircraft damage at Da Nang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
da Nang
Pleiku
Hoi An
Nha Trang
Kontum
U.S
South Vietnam
Giap
Dian Bien Phu
Nha
Pueblo Crew Interrogation May Delay Release
One week after North Korea seized the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew, UPI reports officials expect captives to be questioned at length before any release. Diplomatic efforts continue as Washington pursues a quiet, limited military posture and UN negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canitol Hill
Johnson
United States
North Korea
United Nations Security Council
White House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Clark M. Clifford
McNamara
United
School Board Election Method Is Changed
The Childress Independent School District switched to designated place voting for the board election on April 6. Candidates will sign to indicate the place they seek. the highest vote-getter in each place wins, not a majority. Pat Murphy Place 1 Fred Becker Place 2 Charles Jones Place 3. Other incumbents hold Places 4 5 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Independent School
The
Tire
Pat Murphy
Fred
Greenbelt Bowl Game Set For August 10
The 19th Annual Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic will be held at Fair Park Auditorium on Saturday August 10. Details such as starting time and admission prices were not announced. Committee chairs include lodging meals hospitality by Bill Coopwood and M K Wilcoxson.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Bill Coopwood
M. K. Wilcoxson
Weldon Hayes
Vernon Fubank
Gene Keys
Buddy Cordell
Robert Carter
Joe Gruetzner
Don John Ston
Colorado Rites Held Today For Farmer Resident
R R Stamps 76 of Denver former resident and brother in law of Jess Vandiver died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Fowler with interment in Fowler Cemetery. He was a garage owner mechanic and farmer in Olympus community before moving to Denver in 1945. Survivors include his wife six sons six daughters and 11 grandchildren.
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R. R. Stamps
Denver
Colo
Jess Vandiver
First Baptist Church
Fowler
Cole
Fowler Cemetery
Olympus
Velma Vandiver
Chuck
Carl
Pueblo
Roy Jr
Edwin
Los Angeles
Calif
Sidney
Wayne
Cost Guard
Houston
Barnadine Stamns
Congressmen Press Cuts to Johnson Budget in Payroll Target
Congress lawmakers debate trimming the record high 186.1 billion dollar budget focusing on the 25 billion federal civilian payroll. Rep. Bow notes projected civilian employment rising from June 1967 to June 1968 and further to 2,687,500 by June 1969, while Democrats caution over overall size and education funding.
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Johnson
Congress
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
GOP
House
Clark MacGregor
Rminn
Levelland Man Cited After Commerce and Avenue F Collision
Orville Totton of Levelland received a ticket for failing to grant right of way after a collision with a northbound pickup driven by John Franklin Inman of Childress at 11 45 a m at the Commerce and Avenue F Northwest intersection. The car suffered heavy damage while the pickup had slight damage.
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Commerce
Avenue F
Orville Totton
Hill
Levelland
John Frank Inman
Childress
Wayland Wright
Wright
Bobcat Mothers Name Officers for 1968 89
Officers elected Monday evening include Mrs. Donald Bearden president Mrs. Weldon Lane vice president Mrs. Littleton Havins treasurer and Mrs. Rayford Holtman secretary Plans for the upcoming basketball banquet were announced with committees named for program decoration menu and guests Each member is asked to help setup and prep for the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobcat
Donald Bearden
Weldon Lane
Littleton Havins
Rayford Holtman
Bill Wood
Henry Baker Jr
Lewis Mullins
Ike Hughes
Charles Yowell
Bill Moore
New Hospital Discussed At Lions Meeting
Lions heard plans for a new hospital with bids due in February for 5 and 75 bed units. The 1967 hospital operated with 435764 in receipts and 153000 in city salaries plus 30000 for food and 1800 in drugs.
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Lions Meeting
Leonard
J. F. Christler
Coopwood
Sim Vaughn
Robert Butler
E James Jovy
Plainview
Slate Signups For Commodity Programs 1968
Signup period for the 1968 commodity programs runs February 5 through March 15. Farmers file applications to indicate program intentions and participation levels. Feed grain and cotton offer diversion and price support payments plus loans. wheat provides loans and marketing certificates to parity, with no diversion payment. Farmers urged to apply promptly to plan 1968 production.
Sally Gressett Dies at 81 in Childress
Sally Gertrude Gressett 81 died 9:15 am in Childress General Hospital after a long illness. Funeral at 4 pm Wednesday at Kirkland Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Tutor and Rev. Carlton Downing. burial in Kirkland Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, one son, three brothers, three sisters, 30 grandchildren, and 28 great grandchildren.
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Sally Gertrude Gressett
Childress General Hospital
Kirkland Baptist Church
Jack Tutor
Carlton Downing
Central Christian Church
Childress
Kirkland
Newberry’s
Corsicana
Gressett
George Gressett
Henry Mc
Bride of
Teague
Addie Pardue
Gladewater
Ernest Dunn
Lee Tony
Mexia
Rains Delay Probe Of Arkansas Prison System
A rain hampered the Arkansas prison grounds dig for up to 100 potential bodies found in crude crates. Three skeletons were unearthed as state police resumed investigations into deaths and possible further graves amid a staffing upheaval at Tucker Prison Farm.
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Arkansas
Cragg Hines
Ay Cen
Winthrop Rockefeller
Tucker
Morton
Cummins
Stiner Rites Will Be Held Wednesday
Final rites for William M. Stiner 86 former teacher and pioneer of Childress County will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Central Christian Church with Rev. Carlton Downing officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include wife, three sons Glen Donald Raymond, three daughters and five grandchildren.
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William M. Stiner
Childress County
Central Christian Church
Carlton Downing
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Avenue Cne
Stiner
Kemp
Texas
Tell
Olympus
Cottonwood
Childress
Glen
Donald
Dallas
Raymond
Paris
Calif
C. O. Turner
Amarillo
Emogene Miller
Fort Worth
Israel Attacks Ismailia as Suez Tension Escalates
Reports from Ismailia indicate Israeli air strikes and artillery shelling as the Suez Canal area remains tense. In Texas a soldier, Miguel Galligas Ybarra, 22, was charged with murder in Denver oil heir Michael Robineau's death after authorities recovered a 25 caliber handgun. In Toulon France the navy said it lost hope of finding alive the 52 crew members aboard the submarine Minerve missing since Saturday.
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San Angelo
Tex
UPI
Denver
Michael Robineau
Miguel Galligas Ybarra
Toulon
France
Mediterranean
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Vo A To Giap
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Khe Sanh
By Darrell Garwood
Security Council
Seoul
Charles H. Ponestee
Soh Korea
Korean
South
Roenesteel
South Korean National Assembly
Park Chune Hee
Senate
Republican
Frerett M. Dirksen
Charee Mondae Nicht
Pueblo California
Ronald Reagan
Reno
Nev
Trohnseon
Reagan
Dirksen
Administration
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Gordon Gravley
Keys
Gruetzner
Carter
Cecil Park
Morris Higley
Colorado
EYE Federal
Seneca
Ota
Sally Gressett
Gay’s Cafe
James A. Joy
7Th Court of Civil Appeals
Crowell
Cairo
Suez Canal
Ismeilia
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