War erupts on three fronts in Middle East conflict
Israeli jets clash with Arab air forces from five nations as armor gains are reported in the Sinai. Jerusalem is engulfed despite a Vatican appeal for an open city. Jordanian troops seize UN headquarters in the disputed buffer zone, with Israel claiming recapture amid heavy fighting. Egypt and Israel blame each other as fighting flares along Gaza.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Israel
Middle East
Sinai Desert
Jerusalem
Paul VI
Ed Nations
No Man’s Land
Jordan
Egypt
Gaza
Softer Water Change Seen This Week For City Of Childress
Water from Hedley reservoir will be threaded into lines serving Childress and Quanah with softer water expected in the next few days. Greenbelt Authority notes hardness will drop from 212 to lower levels as the 7,000,000 gallon pipeline stabilizes. Boating and water activities remain halted until filtration is verified.
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Childress
Jimmy Kuhn
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Clarendon
Quanah
Kuhn
Hedley
Greenbelt
Cildress
Lelia Lake Creek
Shocked Britons Mourn 160 Killed In Air Crashes
In Manchester Britain mourns 160 killed in twin DC4 crashes over the weekend. Queen Elizabeth II voiced shock and grief and urged the government to convey sympathy to families. One airliner carried passengers, many of them tourists, when disaster struck.
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Manchester
England
UPI
Elizabeth II
Violent Death Toll Surges With Texas Weekend Crashes
United Press International records show at least 41 deaths in weekend violence across Texas. Thirty-one were from automobile crashes. other fatalities included drownings and homicides. Pays tribute to the White family and other young victims in Gainesville and San Antonio areas.
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United Press International
Texas
Lloyd E. White
Lorenzo
Benjamin
Red River Sportmen's Club Meeting Cancelled
The regular morning meeting of the Red River Sportmen's Club was cancelled by organizer Bill Biggers.
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Red River Sportmen’s Club
Bill Biggers
Eae
U S Bans Travel To 14 Middle East Nations
The United States announced a ban on all U S travel to fourteen Middle East countries. Limited exceptions require State Department permission for certain Americans seeking trips abroad.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U. S
Middle East Countries
State Department
Garrison says Shaw met Oswald and Ruby in Baton Rouge
District Attorney Jim Garrison's office asserts Clay L. Shaw met Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby in a Baton Rouge hotel in 1963 and handed them money.
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New Orleans
UPI
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Baton Rouge, la
Electric blackout hits New Jersey and nearby regions
A widespread electric power failure swept most of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and stretched to Delaware. It halted industry, delayed transport, and disrupted some telephone service across the area.
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Newark
N. J
UPI
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
United States urges immediate Middle East ceasefire call
The United States today urged an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East warning of tragic consequences amid ongoing fighting between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Middle East
Israel
Ambulance Catches Fire at Local Car Port
An ambulance sustained slight damage when a short in electrical wiring started a blaze Sunday night at 500 Third Street Northeast. FirefightersExtinguished the fire quickly. Earlier, two injured victims from a separate accident were admitted, then discharged, after an early Saturday call to Guillory's trailer on Avenue B Southwest.
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Third Street
Joe Hix Jr
Carleton Guillory
Larry Patterson
Riding Club to Meet in Rodeo Arena Tonight
Childress Riding Club will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the rodeo arena to plan for the Santa Rosa Parade and Rodeo in Vernon.
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Childress Riding Club
Rodeo Arena
Nctice
Santa Rosa
Vernon
Four Days Of Fighting Kills Near 1000 Reds
UPI reports at least 879 Communist troops killed in four days of fighting with allied forces in northern provinces. Marines rout remnants of the North Vietnamese 2nd Regiment near Hiep Duc Valley south of Da Nang, with 73 Marines dead and 139 wounded. Air losses include two more MIG interceptors shot down and an F106 lost to ground fire.
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Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
UPI
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North Vietnam
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da Nang
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Quang Tri
Pec
Smz
Miss Childress 1967 Pageant Contestants Named
Among the entrants are Becky Brewer of Wellington and Sharon Clifton of Childress. Brewer, 18, stands five six with green eyes and blonde hair, a Wellington High School graduate and West Texas State University sophomore aiming to teach. Clifton, 18, five four with green eyes and brown hair, a spring Childress High School graduate planning to study languages at Texas Tech before airline hostess school. Brewer and Clifton each have rich activity records and sponsors, Wellington Jaycees and Chateau Inn respectively. The Retail Merchants Committee will award Miss Childress 1967 a $100 scholarship.
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Becky Brewer
Quinton Brewer
Wellington
Sharon Clifton
Howard Clifton
Miss Brewer
Future Homemakers of America
Future Teachers of America
Shamrock
West Texas State University
Canyon
The
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Miss Clifton
Childress High School
Texas Technological College
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TWA Airline
Homemakers of America Latin Club
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Retail Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Childress
Bomb injures man amid riot unrest in Roxbury Boston
An apparently homemade bomb exploded on Blue Hill Avenue near Dorchester early today injuring Daniel A. Hills and leaving him on the danger list at City Hospital. Ten others were injured and 36 arrested as rioting, sniper fire, and looting continued for a third night in Roxbury. Police chased looters from damaged stores as Gov Volpe faced calls to declare the area a disaster. A 76 year old man, John T. Jones, was charged with unlawful possession of firearms after officers found him in a room with a pilot and rifle.
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Barnes Carr
United Press International Boston
UPI
Boston
Roxbury
Daniel A. Hills
Uniondale
L.I
N.Y
Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester
City Hospital
John A. Volpe
William Bradley
Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
Blue Hill Ave
Quincy St
John T. Jones
UPI New Film
Jerry Small
Severe Storms Continue Across Northwestern Texas Area
Northwestern Texas endures a third day of severe storms with tornadoes and heavy rain. Plainview communications fail as 70 mph winds strike the area. a six inch rain floods the Alibates zone near Amarillo and a grain storage tank is hurled onto two combines in Plainview. Rescue crews search for four missing girl scouts after a canoe trip on the Canadian River.
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United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Plainview
Tex
U.S. Weather Bureau
Canadian
Alibates
Amarillo
Highway 287
Lake Meredith
Pioneer Natural Gas Company
Turkey Creek
National Park Service
Hale County
Hale County Agriculture Center
Lubbock
North Plainview
Relative of Local Couple Is Killed in Vietnam
Lt. Charles Don Witt of Lubbock was killed May 25 in Vietnam while in charge of a patrol boat shelled on a river. He was a Naval Academy graduate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bates Witt, and husband to a Costa Mesa woman with two young children. Services were held May 31 in Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Vietnam
Virgil McGee
Childress
Robert Drew
Costa Mesa
Calif
Drew
McGee
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Annapolis
Witt
Bates Witt
Fire Dept Calls Important Meeting at Fire Station
The Fire Department holds an important meeting at 6 p.m. at the Fire Station. All firemen are urged to attend and be prepared.
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Fire Dept
Coney Island Busts Bikini Ban Ahead of Modern Swimwear
About 800000 visitors at Coney Island on Sunday violated an 1888 law that bans bathing suits except a one piece flannel outfit with coat and pantaloons. The Coney Island Chamber of Commerce called its legal department to draft a statute reflecting today's bikinis.
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New York
UPI
Coney Island
Speck Is Given Death Sentence
Richard Speck was sentenced to death for the slaughter of eight nurses in Chicago. Judge Herbert C. Paschen set the date in Illinois electric chair for Sept. 1 pending Supreme Court order. The jury had recommended death after finding him guilty.
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Peoria
UPS
Richard Speck
Chicago
Criminal Court
Herbert C. Paschen
Dallas
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Speck
Looter's Loot Stuns Golden Woman and Police
A Jefferson County woman reported a burglary at her home in Golden. The intruder took items including a watch dog and the animal's five puppies. Police noted the unusual claim as investigators gather details and check security footage.
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Golden, Colo
Noble Ralston Dies Burial in Tyler
Noble Ralston 42 of Tyler former Childress resident died at 3 30 a m Sunday at Mother Francis Hospital Tyler Funeral services were at 4 p m today at Leloyd James Funeral Home Ty ler Interment in Tyler cemetery He was born March 14 1925 and attended Community Center School Survivors include his wife Janis and daughters Charlotte and Marrion Dene Ralston of Sweetwater his parents D B and Ralston of Childress brothers George Marrion D B Jr William Larry J J and sisters Opal Albright Geneva Turtine Colene Sterling all of Childress
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Tyler
Childress
Mother Francis Hospital
Leloyd James
Tyler Cemetery
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Community Center
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Charlotte
Marrion Dene Ralston
Sweetwater
D. B. Ralston
George
Marrion Ralston
D. B Jr
Tulsa
Okla
William
Fort Worth
Larry
Crockett J. J
Amarillo
Opal Albright
Geneva Turntine
Colene Sterling
Guilty Plea in County Court for Aggravated Assault
James C. Guillory of Childress was arraigned in County Court on aggravated assault charges. He pled guilty and was fined plus court costs totaling 56.35 dollars. He was picked up by city police, records show Clarence Carter.
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James C. Guillory
Childress
Wee
Coatae Hiiies
Clarence Carter
New Mexico painter Peter Hurd keeps humor after critic’s jab
Albuquerque underlines painter Peter Hurd’s witty response to Lyndon Johnson who called his Presidential portrait ugly. Hurd shared a sketch of Johnson and himself with a caption recalling the critic’s harsh remark.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Peter Hurd
Lyndon Johnson
Hurd
Johnson
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