Weekend Terror Surges Across Saigon and Vietnam
Viet Cong guerrillas launched a weekend wave of incidents across Saigon and northern Vietnam fatally wounding 20 civilians and injuring 120 while striking at theaters temples and a Buddhist pagoda. A US Army helicopter was shot down near Hue killing eight Americans as Marines killed 34 enemy fighters in the north. The Saigon theater arcade blast and other attacks killed civilians and wounded many including a US soldier. Authorities anticipate a broader offensive as Allied forces uncover large Communist arms caches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Hue
True Giang
U.S
Phu Cuong
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Haiphong
Hanoi
Favorite Sons Unable To Hold Back Nixon
A coalition of Republican favorite sons fails to block Nixon as Romney Rhodes and Agnew shift to neutrality. Reagan keeps options open while awaiting convention. Debates push and other campaign moves unfold as Nixon returns to California and calls Reagan a major contender.
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Nixon
United Press International
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
George Romney
Michigan
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Romney
Rhodes
Miami Beach
Agnew
Reagan
Cincinnati
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H Humphrey
Humphrey
Vietnam
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
John Tower
Paris
Johnson
George Wallace
Art show set for Friday in Childress downtown
Mrs Glenn Buckley announced a Friday Moonlight Madness sale will feature art from area artists in at least 18 downtown Childress stores. Artists should bring works to Gwennalisa by 11 am and may pick up pieces Friday evening after the sale or Saturday morning.
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Childress
Glenn Buckley
Gwenallisa’s
Buckley
No Tickets Issued In Two Two Car Wrecks
Two separate two vehicle accidents occurred this morning and Saturday. Mrs Willie Harris Phillips and Don Allen Smotherman collided while turning from Avenue A onto Grece Street causing major damage to the Phillips and Smotherman cars were heavily damaged. A second crash at 16th Street and Avenue H involved Joyce Gardner McKee and Jack Preston with both vehicles heavily damaged. no injuries reported.
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Mornig
Ace
of Police
Wayland
Willie May Harris Phillips
Don Allen Smotherman
Avenue A
Cgrece Street
Smotherman
Phillips
16Th Street
Avenue H
Joyce Gardner McKee
Jack Preston
Wright
Bloodmobile visit coordinators named for Wichita Falls event
The Red River Blood Center bloodmobile will come to Wichita Falls from 12 noon to 6 pm Friday August 2 announced by county bloodmobile co chairs Mr and Mrs Weldon Teague. Chairmen for volunteers are Mrs Sam Carmack and for professionals Mrs Jack Fox. Chamber directors meet at 6 pm today in the Chamber office.
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Bloodmobile
Red River
Red Cross Blood Center
Wichita Falls
Weldon Teague
Sam Carmack
Jack Fox
Rainfall reports across East Texas and Childress area
Light rain fell in Childress with .12 inches at The Index and .15 inches at the FAA airfield station. Lufkin saw nearly 1.5 inches as scattered showers developed in East Texas. Lake Striker received about three inches in an hour near the Rusk Cherokee line. no injuries or damage reported.
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FAA
Childress
United Press International
Lufkin
East Texas
Lake Striker
Rusk-Cherokee
United States
Presidio
Palacios
US Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Mail Service Cutbacks To Be Effective This Fall
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson testified before the Senate committee that Saturday residential mail service will end this fall and home deliveries will be cut to four days a week later as Congress caps federal agency staffing. He noted planned elimination of Saturday parcel post deliveries by October and further reductions in home deliveries and business trips. Watson said 500 third and fourth class post offices would close this month and in August, with 314 already closed where vacancies exist and 186 more to follow. He warned that personnel limits would slow mail processing and cited the Post Office as the world’s third largest civilian employer.
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Washington
UPI
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Post Office Department
Congress
Johnson
Governors Conference Opens as 1968 Election Nears
Washington Window discusses the 1968 governors conference in Cincinnati two weeks before the Republican National Convention. Nixon faces Rockefeller and Reagan as potential rivals while past attempts to unite the party are recalled. A UPI survey shows split support among governors. The piece notes ongoing political maneuvering and hints at future coverage.
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Ramo Lahr
United Press International
Cincinnati
Miami Beach
Fla
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Nixon
Cleveland
Foor
Barry M
Goldwater
George Romney
Romney
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Rockefeller
UPI
Amarillo Rites Held for Former Kirkland Man
Funeral services for Rev. Samuel Allen Thomas 72 of Dalhart former Kirkland resident were held today at Central Methodist with graveside rites at Claude Cemetery. He died Saturday in Dalhart Memorial Hospital. He was a World War I veteran and survived by his wife Naomi two sons Samuel Jr and Albert I a daughter Mary French two brothers one sister ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Samuel Allen Thomas
Dalhart
Kirkland
Central Methodist
Carlton Thomson
Claude
Walker Funeral Home
Da'hart
Thomas
C. A. Thomas
Coon Memorial Hospital
Dalthart
Biggers
Tex
C. A
Naomi
Samuel Jr
Amarillo
Albert I
Mary French
Hereford
Osgar of
Sherman
Florad
Denver
Colo
Ilma Innskeep
Fort Worth
Cartlidge Leaves TLCB Amid Personnel Shakeup
Texas Liquor Control Board ends its personnel shakeup with Audrey R. Cartlidge leaving as enforcement chief. O. N. Humphreys Jr. is acting administrator. Don Fisher will take over Cartlidge duties. Cartlidge retires Aug. 31 after contentious report criticizing past conduct within the TLCB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Watson Austin
UPI
Texas Liquor Control Board
Audrey R. Cartlidge
Cartlidge
O. N. Humphreys Jr
Humphreys
Don Fisher
TLCB
Atto
Crawford Martin
Martin
Smith County Grand Jury
Liquor Control Board
Old Settlers Observe Largest Rodeo Crowds
W E Helms president Chil dress County Old Settlers Association hailed the 80th observance as the biggest yet noting high barbecue attendance and a crowd at the rodeo rivaling or surpassing last year. Directors plan August 15 meetings to install new officers and settle bills. John Gillham attorney for the 100th Judicial District was shot dead after lunch in Clarendon. suspect, recently released from a mental hospital, is in custody.
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W. E. Helms
Childress County Old Settlers Association
Ole Settlers
Helms
Roy Key
John Gillham
100Th Judicial District
Clarendon
Gillham
Miss Cheatheam Returns Home After Fort Worth Pageant
Miss Childress 1968 Joan Cheatheam and chaperone Mrs. Bobby Hart returned Sunday from Fort Worth where Cheatheam competed in the Miss Texas Pageant. She thanks Childress residents and the Childress Jaycees for support while noting the experience will aid her future.
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Joan Cheatheam
Childress
Bobby Hart
Fort Worth
Cheatheam
Jaycees
Shirley Diane Huggins
Tyler
Nacogdoches
Glenda Kay Propes
Rusk County
Henderson
Peggy Kincannon
Lubbock
Pamela Cain
Hurst
Dorothy Lou Pickens
City Council Meeting Tonight At City Hall
The City Council will meet at 7 30 p m at City Hall to discuss pending agenda items and community concerns tonight.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tom Lemeén
Bers
Charles Christy
Lois Stiner
Charles Young
Marvin Houchin
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Post
Cartridge
Coke Stevenson Jr
Stevenson
Bernice Clifton
Employes
Stevenston
Miss Clifton
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