Black Power Warfare Erupts In Cleveland Night of Riots Follows MLK Death
Snipers with automatic weapons clashed with police in Cleveland as 2600 National Guardsmen moved in to quell heavy fighting on the East Side. Ten people died and 18 were wounded in two miles of looting arson and gunfire amid a nationwide black power plot fear. Authorities described a coordinated conspiracy with black militant groups planning disturbances across Ohio and other cities.
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David Sparr Vtland
UPI
Ohio
United States
Adj
S.T. del Corso
Ohio National Guard
Military
FBI
Cleveland
Saigon
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Soviets Mass Troops as Czech Crisis Deepens
Moscow reports mass manuevers from the Black to the Baltic as Czechoslovakia pursues democratization. Soviet leaders demand rollback while noting unprecedented scale and proximity to Prague. U.S. envoy Thompson stays at post amid crisis. Czech reform figures face pressure as Moscow signals possible intervention.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Baltic
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Reform
U.S
Liewelyn E. Thompson
Soviet Communist Party Presidium
White House Sequoia cruises with Johnson amid summer nights
Washington reports President Johnson favors the USS Sequoia for evening Potomac cruises. The small craft hosts motion pictures on the upper deck with a plywood wind screen. A past voyage briefly had the ship sailing stern first upstream for over 20 miles to improve viewing.
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Washington
UPH
White House
Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Potomac River
Movie Time
Naval
Candy Stripers Assigned Jobs At Bloodmobile
Candy Stripers meet in August as Red River Cross volunteers assign duties for the Bloodmobile at local rest homes for two weeks. Four or five girls plan nursing careers, with several nearing 25 hours toward their candy stripers caps to be awarded later in August. Hos tesses Alane Green and Gavin Hutton hosted at Floyd Green home.
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Sam Carmack
Red River Red Cross
Carmack
Bob White
White
Judy Henderson
Mary Edrington
Debra Smith
Jan Thomas
Linda Havins
Alane Green
Gavin Hutton
Floyd Green
Tell Exes Meet August 3 and 4 Homecoming Plans
Miss Aubrey Testerman announced Tell Exes Homecoming events for August 3 and 4 at the schoolhouse. A singing opens at 8 p.m. on Saturday with registration at 9 20 a.m. Sunday. The $1 family charge covers a basket lunch noon and paper goods provided by the Tell Community Club. Memorial services are planned for Monday at the same ark- ane location. Public invited.
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Tell
Aubrey Testerman
Tell Community Club
He Mi Munday
Ark- 0S
Roswell Man Ticketed After Two Car Crash in Roswell
Luth er J. Helmstetler of Roswell and passenger Nellie Helmstetler were in a two car collision at Avenue F and Commerce Northwest at 11 30 a m Tuesday. Helmstetler was ticketed for an improper left turn. Both drivers escaped injury though heavy damage occurred.
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Luther J. Helmstetler
Roswell
Nellie Helmstetler
Avenue F
Commerce Northwest
Helmstetler
Roy Jeferson Perkins
Childress
Perkins
Alvis Madoom
Finis Wrine
Rotary hears four winds development plan briefing
Rural urban development in the Four Winds Industrial Corporation area was the focus of a noon Rotary Club talk. Speaker was R. A. Yarbrough, executive director of Four Winds. Russell Dugan chaired the meeting.
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Four Winds Industrial Corporation
Rotary Club
R. A. Yarbrough
The
Four Winds
Russell Dugan
Charpa
Ele Bnces
Ricky Hahin
Local Girls Nominated For Greenbelt Queen
Five Childress girls are among 34 nominees for the Greenbelt Bowl Queen during the 19th annual Greenbelt Bowl activities. The queen will reign at the 1968 Greenbelt Bowl Football Classic in Fair Park Stadium on Saturday August 10. Nominees arrive August 9 for activities and judging, with a parade at 4 p.m. on August 10. Continued on Page 3.
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Childress
Fair Park Stadium
Ust
Jo Carol Felton
Ben Bob Walker
Deanna Allison
Joe Bill Hardison
Pam Mitchell
Ronnie Smotherman
Cara Cordell
Larry Moore
Gina Butler
Jack Smith
Sherri
Ashton
Amarillo
Sue Cannon
Hale Center
Debbie Brown
Wichita Falls
Sibyl Richerson
Wheeler
Cheryl Biegs
Panhandle
Karen Ollinger
Groom
Barbara Martin
Spur
Georgie Moon
Stamford
Deborah McA
Fair Park
Elks Lodge
Justice Fortas Acknowledges Silence Amid Senate Criticism
Justice Abe Fortas said he remained in outraged silence as Senate critics questioned his qualifications for Chief Justice. The remarks came as the nomination faced intense scrutiny and debates over his record and fitness for the high court.
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Washington
UPT
Abe Fortas
Senate
The
United States
Senate OKs bill to ban mail order firearms sales
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to ban mail order sales of all firearms and restrict interstate ammunition shipments. The measure would also limit over the counter handgun sales to state residents over 21 and rifle or shotgun sales to residents over 18, with several exceptions. The House weighed a similar bill to ban interstate rifle and shotgun sales as Rep. Vanik urged tougher gun controls after Cleveland sniper deaths.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senate Committee
Senate
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
Cleveland
Gillham Rites Held In Clarendon Today
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. in Clarendon First Methodist Church for John R. Gillham district attorney killed Monday outside his office. Burial followed at Citizens Cemetery. He was a Baylor Law graduate and long-time local public servant with survivors led by wife Clara Alexander. Thompson services set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Clarendon First Baptist Church for George Mc Clellan Thompson Jr. who died after a heart attack following the Gillham shooting.
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John R. Gillham
Clarendon
First Methodist Church
Carl Nunn
Citizens Cemetery
Murphy Funeral Home
Gillham
Baylor
Wayside
Clara Alexander
Claude
Carey Schools
Miami
Clarendon College
West Texas State University
Texas A&m
Texas Tech
Delta Theta Chi
Lions Club
Donley County School Board
George McClellan Thompson Jr
Adair
Thompson
Ann Hommel
Gilham
Homme
Amarilo
Lodge A.F. & A.M
First Baptist Church
Chamber of Commerce
The
Red Cross
Memphis School
New Mexico Military Institute
University of Oklahoma
Nanalie Spear
Altus
Okla
Hommel
Odell LaGrone
Canyon
Dennis Kotara
Panhandle
George III
Carrollton
Byron Baldwin
Memphis
Joe Brown
Tyler
District THDA Picnic Set Saturday in Fair Park
THDA members from thirteen counties in the Childress District will gather at the Rotary Bowl Fair Park for the annual family picnic. Registration runs 4 to 5 30 p m with a business meeting 5 30 to 6 p m A chicken barbecue at 6 p m and a short program follow. Officers for 1968 69 Ralph Shipman Childress president Howard Bartley Quanah vice president Bettye Estes Childress secretary treasurer.
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Highway Department
Childress
Texas Public Employees Association
Fair Park
Ralph Shipman
Howard Bartley
Quanah
Bettye Estes
Garrison Proceeds Against Shaw in Kennedy Conspiracy Case
District Attorney Jim Garrison won clearance from a three judge federal panel to prosecute Clay L. Shaw for conspiring to kill President John F. Kennedy. The court rejected Shaw’s bid to block the prosecution and refused to bind courts nationwide to the Warren Commission report.
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New Orleans
UPT
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Shaw
Garrison
United States
Injury update on Floyd Green after city crash
Floyd Green, badly injured in a car truck crash at Avenue F and Commerce Northwest, remains in serious condition though reports say he has improved. The collision occurred yesterday at about 10 a.m. at the intersection.
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Fred “Ahmed” Evans
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Hicks
Heinz
John Angvary
Kremlin
Red Army
Cresh
Soviet Presidium
Presidium
Vackav Prehlik
Czech Central Committee
Josef Pavel
Charles Mock
John H. Stubee
Dallas
Royal Crown Cola Company
Mock
Nehi
Dr. Pepper Company
Merriman Smith
Bloodmobile
Tell Exes
Jack Walsh
UPD
Phu Dau
Hoi An
Fortas
Roy McGhee
By Ann Wood
Donley
P. C. Messer
Clyde Gilbreth
Naomi Gilbreth
Gilbreth
Messer
Hedley
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