Marines Push Deep Into Mekong Delta Fight VC
UPI reporting from Saigon says American forces and Vietnamese marines drove into the Cai Lon River area 100 miles southwest of Saigon flushing out Viet Cong fighters. 93 Viet Cong were killed as B52s raided the A Shau Valley and pilots faced antiaircraft fire during bombing missions.
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Saigon
Cai Lon
Atai
Ibie Roberts
Rg 1
9Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
North Vietnam
U.S
Harriman Accuses NVN of Violating 1962 Geneva Pact
U S Ambassador Harriman charged North Vietnam with violating the 1962 Geneva agreement safeguarding Laos' sovereignty and neutrality. He cited a Lao white paper and urged Hanoi to leave its neighbors alone while condemning North Vietnam for terror and repression.
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Loren Jenkins
Paris
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnam
Laos
Harriman
Paris Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Prince Souvanna Phouma Harriman
Saigon
Hanoi
United States
Xuan Thuy
Poicy Thuy
Yarbrough to Attend Memphis Industry Meeting
R. A. Yarbrough executive director of the Four Winds Industrial Foundation will attend a combined industry and government meeting in Memphis Tennessee August 7 through 9. The decision was made at a foundation board meeting in Paducah last night chaired by Foundation president Bill Neal of Quanah.
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R. A. Yarbrough
Four Winds Industrial Foundation, Inc
Memphis
Tenn
Bill Neal
Quanah
Yarbrough
Paducah
Former minister Rev Wilson Cole to speak at First Presbyterian
Rev Wilson Cole will be guest speaker at the 11 a m Sunday service at First Presbyterian Church. Rev Certs is now pastor at Weet Presbyterian Church in Fusion.
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Wilson Cole
First Presbyterian Church
Certs
Weet * Presbyterian Church
Four Teachers Hired by Childress School Board
The Childress School Board hired four teachers for the 1968-69 term at last night’s meeting. New hires include Mae Don Caldwell in junior high social studies, Dana Inman as elementary teacher, Sylvia Elizabeth Meisner in junior high language arts, and Maryann Fowler in junior high language arts. Caldwell’s education spans West Texas State University and Alaska Methodist University. Meisner, formerly Betty Black, earned a BBA from Texas Wesleyan.
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Childress
Mae Don Caldwell
Tell
Tea
Dana Inman
Here
Sylvia Elizabeth Meisner
Maryann Fowler
Memphis
Caldwell
West Texas State University
Canyon
Alaska Methodist University
Anchorage
Alaska
Meisner
Betty Black
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
Charles Brown Named Memphis Bank Director
Charles R. Brown of Memphis has been elected director of the First National Bank in Memphis. He serves as bank vice president and joined the bank in 1968 as assistant vice president, becoming vice president in 1966. Brown and his wife Shirley Bess live near Memphis with their two children, David and Sallie.
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Charles Brown
Memphis Bank
Charles R. Brown
Memphis
First National Bank
Brown
Childress
Southwestern Graduate School
Bankine
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Shirley Bess
David
Sallie
City Judge Sets New Red Light Fines in City Limits
The city raises red light penalties from five dollars to ten dollars, replacing the prior five dollar fine outside US 287. City Judge J. BE. Cor sin en announced the change in yesterday's Index.
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J. BE. Co. Sin En
Jack Boone to Be Sworn In Here as District Attorney
Memphis lawyer Jack Boone is named District Attorney for the 100th Judicial District and will be sworn in in Childress by District Judge Charles Reynolds. He succeeds John R. Gillham of Clarendon, who was shot to death July 22. Clyde Gilbreath of Clarendon is jailed on murder charges. Judge Reynolds plans to appoint an attorney for Gilbreth as the case proceeds. Swearing time will be set once paperwork from Austin arrives.
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Jack Boone
Memphis
Childress
Charles Reynolds
Reynolds
Boone
John Connally
John R. Gilham
Clarendon
Clyde Gilbreath
Donley County
Gillham
Reynold
Gilbreth
Austin
Grass Fire Extinguished at Avenue C and Second Street
Fire Department crews extinguished a grass fire yesterday at Avenue C and Second Street. A fire department spokesman said the origin property owner was not known.
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Avenue C
Second Street
Dubcek Sees Moderately Positive Talks With Brezhnev
Czech leader Dubcek and Smrkovsky report optimistic mood after summit talks with the Soviet Politburo. Brezhnev was indisposed and did not attend the morning session, hinting the discussions may extend into a second day.
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Gerd
Dubcek
Smrkovsky
CTK
Brezhnev
R E Spinks Dies Settler Of Tell At 79
Obituary reports Robert Eugene Spinks 79 of Terrell former Tell settler died Friday in Terrell funeral held Monday at Gateway Baptist Borger burial Westlawn Cemetery Minton Mortuary Borger Survivors include wife Ruth four sons Weldon Aubrey Curtie Robert three daughters Betty Jo Lewis Edna Mae Spinks Sybil Manes 17 grandchildren eight great grandchildren three sisters.
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Robert Eugene Spinks
Terrell
Tell
Gateway Baptist Church
Borger
William Hobson
Westlawn
Minton Mortuary
Spinks
Ruth
Terrell Home
Weldon
Kingsville
Aubrey
Curtie
Stinnett
Robert
Betty Jo Lewis
Edna Mae Spinks
Vernon
Sybil Manes
Raton
N. M
Washington Window on Campaigns and Cold War Tensions
A Washington Window column contrasts White House reporters heading to the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach with continued Cold War developments. It notes Secret Service deployments across candidates, discusses Kennedy’s murder aftermath, and sketches talks between Dubcek and Soviet leaders amid easing but persistent pressure on Czechoslovakia with troop movements and Tito’s evolving stance.
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White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Miami Beach
Secret Service
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
George Wallace
Alabama
Nicolae Ceausescu
Bucharest
Dubcek
Tito
Ceausescu
Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Boc
Czech Communist Party Presidium
Soviet Union
Politburo
Russia
Moscow
Semyon Maryakhin
Czech
Communist Party
Smena
Garrison Qualifies for State 4-H Horse Show
Lesa Garrison daughter of Lonnie and Mrs Garrison of Tell placed second in the barrel race at the District 4-H Horse Show in Vernon and earned a spot in the State 4-H Horse Show in Fort Worth August 8 9 and 10. Eleven Childress County 4-H members competed with over 150 contestants.
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Lesa Garrison
Lonnie Garrison
Tell
Vernon
Fort Worth
Miss Garrison
Childress County
Halter
Lowell B. Cure
Carol Hart
Nancy Forbis
Clay Seal
Clay Sea
Clay
Cure
David Boykin
Extension
Rebel
Clas
Childress
Amarillo Rites Held Today For Mrs C W Furr
Funeral services for Mrs. C. W. Furr 89 of Amarillo former Kirkland resident were held at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr. Harry Vanderpool officiating. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery. Mrs. Furr widow of Furr founded Furr's supermarkets and cafeterias. She died Monday night at High Plains Baptist Hospital.
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C. W. Furr
Amarillo
Kirkland
Polk Street Methodist Church
Harry Vanderpool
Llano
Boxwell Brothers
Furr
Super Markets
Furr’s
High Plains Baptist Hospital
Loco Arlie Reunion Planned in Wellington
Seventh annual Loco Arlie reunion slated August 11 at the Wellington Community Building. A 10:30 am coffee, lunch at 12:30 pm, with hosts Pauline Patterson Clair Lawrence and Bill Harbin. Guests include Arlie teacher Merritt Wilks and Loco teacher T J Hudspeth. An art exhibit and local history talks accompany the event, public invited.
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Loco-Arlie
Wellington
Pauline Patterson
Patterson
Clair Lawrence
Bill Harbin
Merritt Wilks
Arlie
T. J. Hudspeth
Loci
Ronald PeeWee Sanders
Mildred Gibson
Sam Wood Named Editor of Austin American-Statesman
Sam Wood, Public Relations Officer at the Childress Army Air Field in World War II, is promoted to editor of the Austin American-Statesman. He led the Capitol Bureau for 12 years and began newspaper work in Harlingen about 40 years ago, later serving as city editor and managing editor in Austin.
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Sam Wood
Childress Air Field
Austin
Purcell Plans Greenbelt Bowl Activities in Childress
Congressman Graham Purcell will visit Childress for Greenbelt Bowl events on August 9 and 10. Queens Picnic and Pageant Friday night, August 9, with the Queens Parade August 10 and the game that night. Four more Greenbelt Bowl Queen nominees named Brenda Pope Kathy Murphy Judy Pettyjohn Patsy Marney.
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Graham Purcell
Childress
Betty Jackson
Greenbelt
Brenda Pope
Wichita Falls
Kathy Murphy
Olney
Judy Pettyjohn
Amarillo
Patsy Marney
Throckmorton
High School Ready For Occupancy August 21
Supt Howard Murchison announced at the Childress Rotary Club that the new high school will be ready for occupancy by August 21. The gym, due by November 15, remains incomplete. He urged citizens to welcome the new teachers as the Childress School System awaits a Texas Education Agency accreditation visit next spring.
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Howard Murchison
Childress
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