Guerrillas Hit Tuy Hoa Base Destroy Planes In Pre-dawn Attack
Viet Cong guerrillas stormed the Tuy Hoa American base and destroyed two C130 Gargantua transports while damaging jets. Nine attackers were killed by U S military police. one American was wounded. The attack followed a nearby barrage by mortar and rocket teams. U S spokesmen reported additional air actions across the region with no U S losses. The day also saw U S B 52 strikes in the Central Highlands and a Vietnamese Navy shipment of M16 rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPS
Tuy Hoa
U.S
Udon
Thailand
Troops Restore Order In Indiana and Michigan
National Guardsmen stood by in Gary Indiana and Grand Rapids Michigan as Cleveland Ohio faced violence from a Sunday night unrest. Police used billy clubs and mace until reinforcements arrived to restore order. About 350 guardsmen operated on an armory alert amid curfew and heavy patrols in the troubled steel city.
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United Press International
Gary
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
Ohio
Pacifica Calif
Chicago
Cook County
National Broadcasting Co
Fraternal Order of Police
Carl Stokey
Pacifica
Center
Pacific Shore
San Francisco
Two Party Theory Sticker Drives GOP Debate in 1968
Washington report notes bumper sticker reading 2P by GW equals H3 ties to George Wallace and Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 election. Gov Claude Kirk Jr endorses Rockefeller and suggests Wallace acts as Democrat agent to split the South benefiting Nixon and the GOP nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Wallace
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
White House
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Florida
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kirk
Wallace
Alabama
National Democratic Party
Rocke
Cincinnati
South
Ronald Reagan Offornia
GOP
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Virginia
Inda
Tennessee
Texas
John F Ner
Glece
Wheat allotments mailed to Childress County farmers
1969 wheat allotments were mailed to Childress County farmers, announced by Gene Frisbie, ASCS supervisor. The allotment reflects a roughly 14 percent drop from 1968 and defines plantable acreage and required diversion percentages for acreage payments. Diversion can occur between October 1, 1988 and May 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
Thic
Peaceful Talks Between Czech and Soviet Leaders Near Border
Czech and Soviet leaders met in a rural Czech village near the Ukraine border to seek a peaceful settlement amid a major East European crisis. The 11 member Czech presidium and 11 member Soviet Politburo traveled by train, with tanks visible nearby, as both sides signaled possible concessions while preserving military alliances.
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Czerna Nad Tisou
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Communist Party
Ukraine
Chop
Moscow
Cierna
Cierna Nad Tisou
Volunteers Named for Bloodmobile Visit by Local Chair
Mrs. Sam Carmack announces volunteer workers for the Bloodmobile schedule on Friday. Caney Stripers and local adult volunteers will staff Registration Files Bottle Donor and Canteen tables with specific hour shifts. Candy stripers, hostesses, and alternates listed. Childress residents urged to support the event with blood or donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Carmack
Bill Leonard
Clinton Halford
Charles Christy
Donald Wilhite
EB. E. Smith
CC. Broughton
Don Gace
Curtie Holman
Charles Reypolde
Charles Youne
Rob White
Littleton Havins
Nick Christensen
David Courtwall
Susan Bind
Vicky Molling
Cindy Sheltor
Are'n Having
Lydia Shelton
Mary
Edrington
Linda Baker
Linda Carmack
Vicky Trammel
Levene Mullins
Kathryn Dodgen
Alane Green
Gayla Hutton
Carol Richardson
Linda Havins
Debra Smith
Jan Thomas
Debbie Wilhit
Childress
Childress County
Prisoners spared after moonshine intoxication at Dartmoor
Prison officers decided not to discipline eight inmates who became drunk on a molasses and yeast moonshine. An official commented that their hangovers must be seen to be believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmoor
England
Upl
Pope Bans Pill and Birth Control in Encyclical
Pope Paul VI overruled liberal factions in the Roman Catholic Church and banned artificial birth control including the pill. In a 38 page encyclical to bishops, he upheld long standing church law against change and warned against acts that prevent procreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Moseley
Vatican City
UPD
Paul VI
Vatican
Peter
Marvin Martin Drowns in Lake Tawakoni
Marvin Martin 30 drowned about 2 35 p m Sunday in Lake Tawakoni at Greenville while swimming with friends. Body recovered about an hour later. Funeral services pending at Newberry Funeral Home. Born December 25 1937 at Eddy Texas he came to Childress County in 1940. He was a laborer on the new high school job and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors include his mother Thelward Martin of Childress two brothers Melvin of Los Angeles and Yurn of Amarillo and three sisters Lovie O Neal Davie Brandon both of Childress and Ruth Johnson of Los Angeles Calif.
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Marvin Martin
Sunder
Lake Tawakoni
Greenville
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Martin
Eddy
Tex
Childress County
New Hope
Thelward Martin
Childress
Melvin
Los Angeles
Yurn
Amarillo
Lovie O'Neal
Davie Brandon
Ruth Johnson
Calif
Rites Pending For Sister Of Mrs J H King
Mrs Maura Drake 57 of Boise Idaho former resident and sister of Mrs J H King died at 2 am Sunday in a Boise hospital of a heart attack Funeral services are pending in Boise Born in Groveton Texas she came to Childress with her family in 1926 She was married to Vestel Drake in 1937 and they moved to Boise in 1988 Survivors include her husband one daughter five grandchildren three sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maura Drake
Boise
Idaho
J. H. King
Groveton
Texas
Childress
Vestel Drake
Assembly of God Church
Scattered Showers Hit North Texas Counties
Light showers dotted North Texas with scattered rainfall across Childress County and nearby areas. Kirkland led with an inch. C T Thomas and Mrs Vernon Rev recorded varying traces from .15 to .35 inches. Temperatures remained hot as a frontal zone stretched from Tennessee through the Panhandle.
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Childress
Kirkland
C. T Thomas
Vernon
A BR. Clements
Fr. Hutchins
Lonie
T. H. West
United Press International
Texas
Tennessee
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Panhandler
Dalhart
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Bonham
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Tay Ninh
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North Vietnam
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Clark Clifford
da Nang
Indiana
Michigan
By Raymond Lahr
Texas Public Employees Association
Ezell Reynolds
Loyd M. Holland
Turkey
Doy Skinner
Ra Shipman
Howard of
Quanah
Tommy Shelton
Melba Speir
Ralph Shipman
A.B. Johnson Jr
Clarendon
John Tarver
Wellington
Lonnie Lynn
Sherril Creamer
Here
Maynett Stiner
Ronda Leach
Dean King
Horns of Plenty
Highway Department
By Gerd Kriwanek
Europe
Soviet
First Party
Alexander Dubcek
Prague
Kosice
Zilna
CTK
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Mikhail A. Suslov
Kremlin
Dubcck
Josef Spacek
Bloodmobile
Pope
Mser
Ferdinando Lambruschini
Paul
Washington, D.C
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Thera
Rome
United States
Hans Kung
Pius XII
Cee Wee
River Camp
West Beach
Red River
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