Viet Cong Attack Turns Saigon Into Battlefield
Viet Cong guerrillas struck Saigon in a broad offensive as allied aircraft bombed Viet Cong positions and martial law was declared. American paratroopers retook the U S Embassy in a six hour battle while residents were urged to evacuate. Casualties heavy on both sides with reports of Americans killed and wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Cit
Nguyen van Thieu
Khe Sanh
Serae
Escow
Vietnam
Westmoreland
U.S
Backstairs at the White House remember FDR birth and era
Washington Window recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt on his 986th birth anniversary and his enduring impact on policy and party politics. The piece notes FDR’s New Deal influence, his near party collapse in 1939-40, and his handling of early 1940s draft protests.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
UPT
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Rooevelt
New Deal
John F. Kennedy
Fdr
Johnson Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
Work Resumes On Coda Bevers Wildcat Well
American Petroleum Corp reports resumed work on the Coda Bevers wildcat well after a weeklong shutdown caused by impassable roads. The well, at 7 951 feet in the Ellenberger formation, is being prepared for logging.
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American Petroleum Corp
Coda Bevers
Souanno Cnare
Ellenberger
Dinner Meeting Set By Young Farmers
Tommy Thrasher of Levelland affiliated with United States soils of Texas will be speaker at the Young Farmers dinner meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in Gay s Cafe Thrasher will present the lecture slides and film program on Fertilizers and Trace Mineral Fertilizers All interested persons are invited to attend the dinner and educational meeting as guests of Young Farmers said Truman Kidwell sponsor
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Tommy Thrasher
Levelland
United States Soils of Texas
Gay's Cafe
Thrasher
Truman Kidwell
US Seeks Confirmation On Pueblo Crewman Death
White House asked for confirmation of reports that an American hurt in the Pueblo seizure may have died while the 82 remaining crewmen receive care. Diplomatic talks between Washington and Pyongyang appeared uncertain as U N Security Council delayed a Pueblo session.
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Washington
UPI
White House
North Korea
Pueblo
George Christian
Pyongyang
Seoul
South Korea
Smith Burial Rites Thursday In Loco
Mrs. Sarah Jane Smith 89 of Lefors formerly Childress died at 8 am Tuesday in a Pampa Hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 pm Thursday at Lefors First Baptist under Carmichael Whatley Funeral Directors. Burial in Loco Cemetery beside her husband and three children. She was born February 24 1878 in Fort Smith Arkansas daughter of Alexander Goodson. She moved from Childress to Lonnie Community with her parents and later lived with a son in Lefors. Survived by two sons W H Childress and B T Lefors, four grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A son Shelby Smith of Childress preceded her in death in 2007.
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Sarah Jane Smith
Lefors
Childress
Pampa
First Baptist Church
Carmichael Whatley
Loco
Sarah Jane Goodson
Fort Smith, Ark
Alexander Goodson
J. §. Smith
Lonnie
Montie Cameron Steer Captures Grand Champion at Fort Worth
Montie Lynn Cameron of Kirkland won Grand Champion in the Carcass Class with his Angus Junior Steer at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Exhibition this weekend. The steer placed fifth on the hoof, and Cameron also showed an Early Senior Angus Heifer that finished 13th among entries.
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Montie Lynn Cameron
Montie Cameron
Kirkland
Fort Worth
Montie
Cheryl Jones
Monte Bradley
Rego
McKimmey Rites Set for Friday in Childress
Funeral services for Martin Sayler McKimmey 93, hatchery operator near Chil dress will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Newberry Funeral Chapel. He died Tuesday in Hobbs New Mexico and will be buried in Childress Cemetery after body return Thursday night. Survivors include his wife Nora of Hobbs, two sons M S McKimmery Jr of Hobbs and Orval of Hawthorne, a sister Ethe Kilpatrick of Abilene, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Martin Sayler McKimmey
Childress
Newberry Funeral Chapel
Mr. McKimmey
Hobbs
N.M
Leslie Ellison
Nora
M.S. McKimmery, Jr
Orval McKimmey
Hawthorne
Calif
Ethe, Kilpatrick
Abilene
Too Late To Save Minerve Five Crewmen
French navy spokesmen said it was too late to save the Minerve five crewmen after a plastic sack found near Cape Side held items from a submarine. Officials noted air might have been exhausted before searchers could check new echoes and oil slicks reported Sunday. Meanwhile, signals from the Dakar emergency buoys offered a glimmer of hope in the missing Dakar search for 69 aboard.
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Naval
Cape Depet
Cape Side
Mediterranean
Dakar
United States rejects inviting North Korea to UN Pueblo talks
The United States refuses a call from Afro Asians at the United Nations to invite North Korea to discuss the Pueblo incident, fearing North Korean presence could inflame U.S. anger toward war. South Korea opposes inviting Pyongyang, while Pakistan’s Agha Shahi leads Security Council talks with Paraguay’s Miguel Solano Lopez set to take over as president.
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Kim -1 Sung
Pueblo
Park Chung Hee Jan
Tuesda
United Nations
Security Council
UPI
United
North Korea
McFarland to Attend Texas Cooperative Meet in Houston
McFarland will attend the 16th Annual Cooperative Meet in Houston with his wife. About 1,500 members from Texas cooperatives are expected, with Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, Dr. Gerald Thomas, and Judge Zollie Steakley headlining the program. The event features the Texas Federation of Cooperatives, the Texas Cooperative Ginners Association, and the Houston Bank for Cooperatives.
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Farmers Cooperative
Federation of Cooperatives
Houston Bank For Cooperatives
Houstonebruary
Texas Cooperative Gunners Association
Direcors
Texas Federation of Cooperatives
Texas Farmers
Texas Cooperative Ginners Association
Texas
Farm Credit
McFarland
Houston Bank
Preston Smith
Gerald Thomas
College of Agriculture
Texas Tech
Texas Supreme Court
Zollie Steakley
Deadline Today to Register to Vote in Childress County
Childress County faces a shrinking registry as only 3 750 residents had registered by noon. The final deadline is midnight though the office closes at 5 pm. Applications postmarked before midnight will be processed. no registration fee. Citizens must register to vote in all elections.
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Childress
U.S. Fromm
Bloodmobile to Visit Fair Park February 9
The bloodmobile will visit Fair Park Auditorium on February 9 from 12 to 6 p m. Co chairmen for the County blood Program are Lt Col (Ret) Weldon W Teague and Mrs Teague. He emphasizes the life saving value of whole blood and plasma for service members and urges local donors.
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Fair Park
Weldon W. Teague
Contracts Set To Screen Area Junkyards And Roads
Contracts approved for seal coating of 117.1 miles across Childress Cottle King Knox Motley counties. Low bid of 318120 awarded to High Plains Pavers Inc Plainview. Projects extend along US 70 US 83 and US 287 with mileage totals and county lines listed.
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Austin
Ting Childress Childress
Collingsworth
Donley County
Hall County
Childress
Wheeler County
High Plains Pavers, Inc
Plainview
Cettle
King
Knox
Motley
Com- Seles
South Fork Pease River
Kingity
Clare St
Paducah
Foard County
King County
Cottle County
Montley County
Worst of City Shown Rotarians program highlighted
City Council man Don Gage presented a Rotary Club program showing discarded cars and weedy lots across the city. He said many condemned buildings will be torn down unless owners improve them, noting 39 buildings condemned citywide as a shared responsibility with residents. Ronnie Smotherman and Clyde Drake attended as student guest and visiting Rotarian.
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Childress
Rotary Club
Don Gage
Gage
Ronnie Smotherman
Clyde Drake
Wellingon
Change Question in Index Survey Wording in Childress tax vote
The Index changes a survey question to Do You favor a city sales tax in Childress asking readers to answer yes or no. It notes voters should sign and mail or bring their vote, with privacy assured.
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Childresss
Childress
Weak Cold Front Cools Panhandle Texas Weather
A weak cold front stalled over northern Texas cools the Panhandle to near freezing and triggers dense fog in places. Rain and low clouds affect most of the state with temperatures from the 40s to 60s, and Dallas-Fort Worth, Wichita Falls and Waco areas report mixed conditions.
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United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Central
Plains
Corpus Christi
Tyler
Texarkana
Austin
Beaumont
Port Arthur
College Station
Dallas
del Rio
Fort Worth
Junction Lufkin
Mineral Wells
Waco
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Florida
Brownsville
Dallas-Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
U.S
Weather Bureau
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