Texas approves 177 million tax bill amid liquor by the drink doubt
The Texas Legislature passed a 177 million tax bill by 85 to 59 votes, raising the sales and motor vehicle taxes to 3 percent and the corporate franchise tax to 2.75 per thousand. Governor Connally is expected to sign. liquor by the drink remains uncertain with key votes and potential later session. The session ends Wednesday at midnight.
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David Anderson Austin
UPI
Legislatore
House
Senate
John Connally
Connally
Joe Christie
el Paso
Barbara Jordan
Hous
Ton
Christie
Jack
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Jack Strong
Longe
Favors
Moore
Texas A&m University
Aggie
A&m
Blanchard
Bates
Texas
Strong
Sen
J. P. Ward
Maridian
Drys
Unidentified MIG May Have Bombed Thanh Tri Near Saigon
U S sources report a possible Soviet MIG- fighters dropped three high explosive bombs near the Thanh Tri Special Forces camp 30 miles west of Saigon. A helicopter may have been shot down and no casualties were reported.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Thanh Tri
Cambodian
Government seeks ban on radio TV cigarette ads
HEW calls for a warning change and ban on cigarette commercials. FTC backs expanded warnings and ads ban, citing new evidence linking smoking to fatal diseases. proposes tar and nicotine labeling and funding for less hazardous cigarettes.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Federal Trade Commission
HEW
Wilbur J Cohen
Cohen
National Clearinghouse For Smoking and Health
FTC
Commission
National Institute of Health
Services Held For Father Of Former Resident
Funeral services for William F. Ramming aged 93 of Wichita Falls were held at 2 p.m. today. He was a retired man and pioneer of Clara, born in Minnesota, died Sunday at his home 1711 Huff. The Trinity Lutheran Church rites were followed by burial in Clara Cemetery. Surviving are his wife two daughters two other sons a brother and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Arnold Ramming and his wife once ran a motel in Childress.
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William F. Ramming
Wichita Falls
Arnold Ramming
Pampa
Childress
Mr. Ramming
Clara
Huff
Minnesota
Trinity Lutheran Church
CoxFarr Auxiliary to Elect Officers
American Legion Auxiliary will elect officers at p.m. tonight in the Veterans Building Delegates to the Department Convention in Houston in August will also be selected All members urged to attend.
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Coxfarr Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
At & P.m
Veterans Building
Department
Houston
Albert Gooch Rites Pending
Relatives in Atlantic City NJ await funeral plans for Albert Gooch 53 who died after an injury from a scaffold accident. His brother Bud Gooch reports services and burial will be in Atlantic City. Mother Mere J. Gooch lives in Childress.
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Albert Gooch
Mr. Gooch
Atlantic City N.J
Atlantic City
Bud Gooch
New Jersey
Gooch
Childress
Four Subjects Discussed By Rotarians In Childress Meeting
The Rotary Club discussed lawlessness housing conditions poverty and juvenile delinquency at its last night gathering in Childress where new officers were installed Ben Bob Walker received the 250 Childress Rotary Club Scholarship and will attend Texas Tech Miss Cheryl Jones valedictorian of Childress High School attended as a guest and Rotary Anns with 100 percent attendance were honored The speaker Charles Reynolds who installed officers noted government must provide order and contrasted local crime with the national average citing one serious offense per 70 people nationally and one per 657 locally
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Childress
Rotary Club
Ben Bob Walker
Texas Tech
Cheryl Jones
Childress High School
Rotary Anns
Charles Reynolds
Rosa Mayo dies at 76 in Childress Texas
Rosa Carolina Mayo aged 76 died Monday at Childress General Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in Newberry Chapel with E. A. Sanders officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. She was born January 10 1892 in Davis Oklahoma and lived in Childress since 1921. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. W M Dutton of Amarillo two grandchildren Steve Dutton and Mrs Rheta Bleeker, brothers Charles McManus of Alamogordo NM and Jerry McManus of Maysville Oklahoma, and sisters Mrs Herbert Hays and Mrs L D Wells of Portales NM.
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Rosa Carolina Mayo
Childress General Hospital
Newberry Chapel
E. A. Sanders
Kirkland
Sid Holland Becomes General Partner In NYC Brokerage Firm
Sidney M. Holland former Childress resident is named a general partner in Faulkner Dawkins and Sullivan with offices in New York Paris. The Wall Street Journal announced the move. He and wife Nance Masse Holland and their three children live in Chatham New Jersey and plan to visit Childress late this month.
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Sidney M. Holland
Childress
Faulkner, Dawkins and Sullivan
New York City
Paris
France
New York
American Stock Exchanges
Wall Street Journal
Holland
Nance Jane Masse
Sidney Jr
Charlotte
George
Chatham, N. J
Palmer Massey
Ray Mooney
J. B. Holland
Cardinal Brennan Dies in Philadelphia at 74
Francis Cardinal Brennan, once from a Pennsylvania coal town, rose to the highest post ever held by an American in the Vatican and died in Philadelphia at the age of 74.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Francis Cardinal Brennan
Pennsylvania
Vatican
Ray Extradited To US To Stand Trial
London court ruled James Earl Ray to be extradited to the United States to face murder charges in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. Ray, a Missouri escapee serving a robbery sentence, was arrested in London and argued the act was political crime, but extradition was allowed.
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London
UPID
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ray
Missouri
Memphis
Tenn
London Airport
Roger Frisby
Bow Street
Frank Milton
U.S
Milton
Showers Cool Northern Half Of State
A cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle and northern half of the state bringing light showers and cooler air. Rain totals varied with Kirkland Community Center recording 1.40 inches and nearby gauges reporting lesser amounts as the front stalled over North Central Texas. Severe thunderstorm alerts were issued for parts of the Panhandle, South Plains, and Red River counties.
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Kirkland Community Center
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
Herman West
Community Center
L. B. Holman
River Camp
Aubrey Testerman
United Press International
Texas Panhandle Monda
San Angelo
Waco
Tyler
Louisiana
Panhandle
South Plains
Red River
Texas
Lions Hear On Stocks And The New York Exchange
Hilton Sherrod of Goodbody and Co. explains stocks and bonds and the New York Stock Exchange to Lions Club members at noon. Jerry Dugan presided in Gordon Gravley’s absence. yearbooks with committee assignments were distributed. Guests LeRo Johnson Herve Vendrick resided Amarillo and Kenneth Kerr from Lubbock.
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New York Stock Exchange
Lions Club Today
Hilton Sherrod
Goodbody and Co
Lubbock
Sherrod
Stock Exchange
Jerry Dugan
Gordon Gravley
Lions International
Dallas
Tom Bailiff
LeRo Johnson
Herve Vendrick
Amarillo
Kenneth Kerr O
Fishing Derby for Children Set July Fourth at Fair Park
Registration opens 8 am Thursday July Fourth at the Rotary Bowl Fair Park for the Red River Sportsmen's Club Derby. Youth 12 and under may enter with prizes for most fish and largest fish. Earl Swain oversees signups with Glenn Sanders Bob Moates and L V Keel assisting.
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Childress
Rotary Bowl
Fair Park
Red River Sportsmen's Club
Earl Swain
Swain
Glenn Sanders
Bob Moates
L. V. Keel
Former Resident Buried in New Mexico
Mrs. Jim Pierce, who died in Clovis, New Mexico, at age 93, was a former resident of Shores Creek Tell and Childress. She lived in the local area from 1906 to 1922 and moved to Clovis with her family in 1922. Survivors include her brother G. T. Austin of Childress and she was aunt to Mrs. C. C. Broughton and Mrs. Homer Bennett.
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Jim Pierce
Clovis
N.M
Shores Creek
Tell and Childress
G. T. Austin
Childress
C. c. Broughton
Homer Bennett
Legion Meeting Sets Tone for Post 65 Decisions
American Legion Cox-Farr Post 65 will discuss two major business items at 8 p.m. tonight in the Veterans Building. Commander Weldon W. Teague urges all members to attend.
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American Legion
Cox-Farr
Veterans Building
Weldon W. Teague
Soviet to free airliner and 281 Americans tied to Kurile landing
The Soviet Union agreed to release an American jet airliner and 281 Americans aboard after an emergency landing in the Kurile Islands. Official sources said the agreement was reached today, signaling a resolution to the incident.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Kurile Islands
Tell Club Names Committees For Homecoming
Committees for the Tell Homecoming were announced at a supper meeting. Mrs Oscar Glover, club president, appointed Mrs Roy Wrygal foods Mrs J A Stinnett program Mrs J C Smith tables Mrs Tom Goff registration Tommy Garrison ice and water and Guy Moseley air conditioning. Out of town visitors included Mr and Mrs Ray Everett of Goshen Calif Gene Terry and Larry Gambol of Dumas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Glover
Community Club
Roy Wrygal
J. A. Stinnett
J. C. Smith
Tom Goff
Tommy Garrison
Guy Moseley
Jim Philling
H. B. Rhodes
Voiture 1059 Names Officers At Meeting
Dennis Holland of Dodson was elected Chef-de-Gare and other officers were named at the Voiture 1059 meeting in the Veteran's building. Installation set for August 5. Other officers include Robert Custer Jr Chef-de-Train ton Commiseur Intendant Bill endant Bill Bellew Mes s Memphis Conducteur E O Wykes Quanah Guarde la Porte Guy Jones Aumonier Joe Howard Lampeste Alex Saied Commiseur Yen geur Bernice Steed Cheminot Locale Joe Spraybay Medicine FE Huddleston Historian.
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Dennis Holland
Dodson
Veteran’s
Robert Custer Jr
Ton Commiseur
Bill Endant
Bill Bellew
Memphis
Conducteur
E. O. Wykes
Quanah Guarde la Porte
Guy Jones
Aumonier
Joe Howard
Lampeste
Alex Saied
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South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Leatherneck Guard
Childress Club
Joe Gruetzner
Robert
Surgeon General
Rosa Mayo
Sid Holland
Cardinal Brennan
Lions Meeting
New Mexico
Legion Meeting
Tell Club
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