Community Visits and Local Family News Roundup
Mrs T A Riddell reports a busy week of visits and travel. Families from Portales Lubbock Plainview-Wichita Falls and beyond share medical checkups reunions and vacations. Local residents include the Smiths Merrill Tobias Monsons Bosticks Haddons and Crains with trips to Six Flags and Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Riddell
R. B. Ransom
Vicki
Donna Smith
Arnold Smith
Portales
N.M
Lubbock
Don Smith
Ransoms
Nashville
Tenn
AIC
Norman Ransom
Ransom
Eddie
Jerry Skaggs
Petsy Cops
Northfield
Pat Hoffman
Lamesa
Hazel Hoffman
R. H. Chewning
Kansas
G. W. Jenkins
E. R. Monson
Diane
Reid Monson
Barnet
C. C. Hill
FE. R. Monson
R. W. Bostick
Jerry Bostick
Roswell
Creed, Colo
Leslie Dobbins
Abilene
Mae Lawrence
Lena Pistole
Minera! Wells
Glenn Carroll
Sealed bids sought for highway widening in Wheeler County
Notice calls for sealed proposals to construct 12 850 miles of gravel stringers foundation asphalt stabilizing base concrete parns and safety rest areas from 1 0 mile east of Shamrock to the Oklahoma line on SH 40 Wheeler County Texas bids due 9 09 A M August 20 1968 at the Texas Highway Department Austin with provisions for minimum wage plans and specs at the Wellington office of the resident engineer and the Texas Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock
Oklahoma State Line
Wheeler County
Highway Department
Austin
State Highway Department
U.S. Department of Transportation
O. W. Johnson
Wellington
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Latin American trade talks stall over national interests in LAFTA
Latin American Free Trade Association members meet in Montevideo to resolve a deadlock delaying the second 25 percent tariff reductions. Argentina Brazil and others resist oil and wheat concessions, fearing protection for national producers. The CACM in Central America expands trade but faces balance of payments strains as U S aid is discussed.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
Buenos Aires
UPI
Latin America
Latin American Free Trade Association
LAFTA
Montevideo
Uruguay
LAFYA
Argentina
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Mexico
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
LAFTA_ group
CACM
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Johnson
U.S
Texas Legislature proposes salary cap amendment to constitution
Public notice outlines Section 24 of Article III proposing a fixed salary of 8 400 dollars per year for Texas lawmakers plus a 12 per diem, mileage limits, and session duration. The measure would place the amendment on the ballot for the November 1968 election, with voters urged to mark FOR or AGAINST.
Soviet Czech crisis moves to diplomacy and talks
Citing a two day old confrontation, Moscow signs optimism that words may end the crisis as Dubcek and Brezhnev meet with their delegations in a border village while police keep order. Tito prepares to fly to Prague to back Dubcek as reformers push for freedom amid fears of a shift toward war capitalism and bloc realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Dubcek
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
UPI
Henry Shapiro
Kremlin
Belgrade
Tito
Prague
Dubcek
Communist Party
Miners Die in Mine Fire at Yubari Japan
A coal mine fire and cave in at Yubari in Hokkaido killed two workers and trapped 290 others. Twelve were injured and hospitalized after rescue teams freed the remaining miners. A separate report notes a policeman found a five foot four inch leech in the Emperor Hirohito’s palace gardens and the giant specimen would go to Prince Hitachi, a biology student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yubari
Japan
UPD
Hokkaido
Tokyo
UPI
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Hitachi
Mexican Rebellion Crushed After Dawn Battery at High School
Military police and tanks moved through Reforma Boulevard streets as reinforcements arrived. A bazooka attack injured several students while armed troops raided the high school, detaining around 20 student leaders and dispersing the uprising in the central plaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reforma Bowevard
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Thirteen on Ballot
Public notice outlines Amendment Thirteen (HJK16) to Texas Constitution Article VIII. It proposes exempting property temporarily held by a public warehouseman from ad valorem tax if warehoused up to six months with out-of-state shipment, plus required record access and provisions for enabling legislation. The notice presents both support and opposition language.
Rioting across cities as tensions flare nationwide
Racial unrest spills from Seattle to Kalamazoo and Cleveland with police reporting scattered firebombings and clashes. Ten assaulted youths, a sniper slaying in Cleveland, and curfew relaxations mark a volatile pattern while Muncie sees an aggravated assault case and arson threats as nine are held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Black Panther
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kalamazoo
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
East Side
Muncie
Ind
MIG downed count climbs as air war persists
American pilots continue protection over the panhandle bombing missions. The Pentagon said a third MIG was shot down this month and the 109th in air clashes since the conflict began nearly four years ago, according to military spokesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
U.S
Public Notice on Constitutional Amendment Fourteen on Ballot
Public notice states Amendment Fourteen HIJR22 fixes the time during which legislators are ineligible to hold other offices. If election returns show a majority for the amendment, it will become part of the Texas Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Constitutional Amendment One on Texas Ballot 1968
Public notice outlines proposed amendment to Section 62 Article XVI of the Texas Constitution creating a state retirement fund and Employees Retirement System. It details fund governance investment rules board authority and eligibility, with the measure to appear on November 6 1968 ballot and Governor's proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Texas
Employees Retirement System of
Board of Trustees
State Board of Trustees
State OF
State of Texas
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Goodlett
C. M. Hortons
Bob Jones
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Laura Badgett
Bob Badgett Jr
Bobby
Lenna Samek
Arkansas
Richard Bumpus
Patsy
Ray Bumpus
Wayne Haddon
Gerald Haddon
Seminole
Nolan Haddon
Billy Crain
Kevin
Amarillo
Kokomo
Hambe
NEA
Sally Winecoop
Howard Snootpelt
Squaw Falls
Oweal
Leca
Texas Highway Construction
Central Committee
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Czech
REDS
Mosley
Savannah
Ture
Texan
Meres Retirement System of
Sail Board
United States
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