First U.S. air attack on North Vietnam in six months
Two U.S. F4 Phantom jets attacked a North Vietnamese antiaircraft base near Dong Hoi after an unarmed Air Force photo-reconnaissance plane was shot down. Ground fire damaged the recon plane as its crew bailed out. both escorts escaped unharmed. The strike marks the fifth American loss over the North since the bombing pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
South China Sea
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Panhandle
U.S
United States
Joint US Australian Probe Into Naval Collision
The United States and Australia plan a joint investigation into the collision of naval vessels that killed 74 Americans. Differences in initial accounts followed the near Vietnam maneuver collision near Pearl Harbor, with survivors saying the Evans had no warning before the impact, Antarctic Melbourne carrier cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Webster K. Nolan
Pearl Harbor
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Evans
No Opinion Received From Attorney General
County Attorney Clarence Carter reports the Texas Attorney General has not yet issued an opinion on a state law restricting railroads from sending rolling stock repairs outside Texas when repair facilities exist in the state. The inquiry followed Fort Worth and Denver’s alleged violation of the law by using out-of-state repair services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Clarence Carter
Carter
Fort Worth
Denver
Quitaque Rites for Father of Mrs Gene McKinney
Funeral arrangements for Harvey Scott Foster 83 of Quitaque were not reported by press time. Foster died Wednesday morning in an Amarillo nursing home and was a retired trucker, longtime Quitaque resident and Briscoe County pioneer with his family. He was the father of Mrs. Gene McKinney of Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Scott Foster
Quitaque
Gene McKinney
Childress
Foster
Amarillo
Briscoe County
Ira
Mayfield Harris Hosts Free Barbecue for Youths
Mayfield Harris at 509 Ave G Northeast plans the annual June Teenth barbecue for children up to 15, noon June 19 in Rotary Bowl at Fair Park. Adults over 15 pay 1 50 per plate. meals include barbecue beef beans salad bread and drinks. Donations of food or money welcomed. contact 73838.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield Harris
Ave. G. Northeast
Fair Park
George Nickerson
Harris
Boys Sought for Youth Corps Work in City
City seeks six high school boys aged 16 or older from Childress High School to join the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The program runs 26 hours weekly for 10 weeks starting Monday, at $1.40 per hour. Interested youths should contact City Manager Louis Sally at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress High School
Louis Sally
Sally
City Hall
Chemical Plant Blast Kills Seven at Du Pont Site
At the Du Pont chemical plant in Carney's Point New Jersey three explosions killed seven people and wounded 72 as glass shattered up to ten miles away. A fourth body was found with 16 children among the injured from nearby Penns Grove schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jefferson Carney
S Point
N.J
UPI
du Pont Co. Chemical
Penns Grove
Honor Graduate of CHS Killed in Auto Crash
John Kirk Ball a 17 year old CHS honor graduate died at Childress General Hospital from injuries after a one vehicle crash on US 83 south of Childress about 11 p m Wednesday He was born July 18 1951 in Quanah Ball lived with his grandparents in Childress and was third in his class with a 93735 grade average Funeral services will be Friday at 530 p m at First United Methodist Church with burial in Childress Cemetery Ball was survived by his parents Mr and Mrs George Truett Ball of Monte Vista Colo a sister Suzy and a brother Bryan Houston Ball plus grandparents and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kirk Ball
Childress High School
Childress General Hospital
Childress
U.S. 83
Department of Public Safety
Young Ball
First United Methodist Church
J. E. Shewbert
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Danny Havins
Steve Thaten
Alan Collins
Todd Nelson
Jim Wakefield
Todd Taft
Mark Anderson
Russell Harman
de Molay Young Ball
George Truett Ball
Monte Vista
Colo
Clyde Sherwood
Quanah
Suzy Ball
Bryan Houston Ball
J. H. Ball
Memphis
H. E. Sherwood
Grand Jury To Meet Monday
Two persons will be considered for indictments when the Grand Jury meets at 10 a.m. Monday at the courthouse Sheriff J E Benham announced. The petit jury for District Court will not be called. Grand Jury members listed including Mrs Emmett Arrington B P Henderson Sam West and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Benham
Emmett Arrington
B. P. Henderson
Sam West
C. E. Sledge
Arlie Key
Glenn Buckley
Sherrill Creamer
Irby Teague
Bill Leonard
Jack Garrison
A. E. Edrington
Claude Andrews
Hilliard Rites Set Friday In Newberry Chapel
Funeral services for 86 year old Pearl Hilliard will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Newberry Chapel with Ruther Judd of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow in Childress Cemetery under Newberry's direction. Pallbearers are Joe Howard M K Wilcoxson Lyman Davenport Alex Saied Morris Higley and John Witt. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Bob Brown of Coos Bay Ore a granddaughter Mrs George Saied of Perryton and three great grandchildren. She died at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday in a local nursing home. She was born August 12 1882 in Olathe Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hilliard
Newberry Chapel
Ruther Judd
Church of Christ
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Joe Howard
M. K. Wilcoxson
Lyman Davenport
Alex Saied
Morris Higley
John Witt
Hilliard
Olathe
Kans
Bob Brown
Coos Bay
Ore
George Saied
Perryton
Miss Childress Pageant Judges Named for Saturday
Three judges have been named for the Miss Childress Pageant to be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Junior High Auditorium. A fourth judge will be provided by the Miss Texas Pageant of Fort Worth. Judges are Mrs Jimmie Taylor Gene Tyra and Mrs Pat Albert Gage. A tea for the judges is set for 4 p.m. Saturday at the Woman's Department Club. Master of Ceremonies will be W T Dub Nelson. Organ music by Mrs Glenn Buckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Gage
Childress Jaycees
Fort Worth
Jimmie Taylor
Paducah Post
Gene Tyra
Vernon
Norsworthy Music Co
Pat Albert Gage
Amarillo Palo Duro High School
Woman's Department Club
W. T
Dub) Nelson
Glenn Buckley
Tell Grass Fire Extinguished Near Town
Firemen extinguished a grass fire two miles north of Tell at 10 15 a m Wednesday, preventing spread and damage to nearby fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tell
T J Court Dies Services To Be Friday
Thomas Jefferson Court 82 of 311 Ave E Northwest died 8 55 p m Wednesday at Childress General Hospital after weeks of illness He was a retired construction worker Funeral services set for 4 p m Friday at Assembly of God Church with Rev Lenny L Pike officiating Pallbearers will be his grandsons Born September 16 1886 in Locker San Saba County he married Anie Nichols July 3 1906 in Gustine They moved to Childress in 1925 from Brownwood Survived by wife four sons three daughters 27 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson Court
Ave
Northwest
Childress General Hospital
Assembly of God Church
Lenny L. Pike
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Mr. Court
Locker
San Saba
Court
Anie Nichols
Gustine
Tex
Childress
Brownwood
J. C
Connie
Tom
Amarillo
Curtis
Dennison
Ethel McCutcheon
Joye Thomas
Tohoka
Weida Collins
Jetliner Crashes in Sierra Madre Killing 79
A Mexican jetliner crashed on a 6,000 foot peak near Monterrey after skimming rain in the Sierra Madre. All 79 aboard died, including tennis star Rafael Osuna. A helicopter pilot described the burned wreck and recovered crew officials from the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Clark
Monterrey
Mexico
UPI
Sierra Madre
Rafael Osuna
Cameron Youths Score Double Win At Roundup
Three members of the M. F. Cameron family of Kirkland earned two top finishes at the Texas 4-H Roundup on the Texas A&M campus. Twin sisters Londa and Ronda Cameron, 14, placed third in natural resources with their project Proper Grazing Earns More, while Monty Cameron Jr. took second in tractor driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Cameron
Kirkland
Texas A&m University
Londa
Ronda Cameron
Monty Cameron Jr
Cameron
Wichita Falls Rites Today for Childress Native
Funeral services were arranged for Monnie Elkins 43 a Childress native at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Wichita Falls at 10 a.m. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery. She was born October 29 1926 in Childress and had lived in Wichita Falls for 42 years. She was a member of Twenty Third and Grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens and Brumley Funeral Home
Wichita Falls
Monnie Elkins
Childress
Riverside Cemetery
Johnson Rites Held Today at First Baptist Church
Ruby Ruth Johnson died at 4:55 a.m. Thursday in her home after an illness. The service is at 5:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating. Burial follows in Childress Cemetery under Newberry's direction. Pallbearers include Lewis Mullins R C Francis Alton Burkhalter Ross Wade W Lee Campbell and Perry Stevens. Longtime Childress County resident since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Ruth Johnson
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Lewis Mullins
R. C. Francis
Alton Burkhalter
Ross Wade
W. Lee Campbell
Perry Stevens
Childress County
Johnson
Wheat Harvest Moving Fast Across Four Buying Stations
The 1969 wheat harvest is moving rapidly according to a buyer survey. Yields are estimated at 18 to 25 bushels per acre at four buying stations in Childress and Kirkland, with rail cars carrying about four times the capacity of old box cars and totals not yet estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Kirkland
Bombings in Saigon Kill Three Civilians and Wound Ten
In Saigon terrorists staged a second day of bombings that killed three South Vietnamese civilians and wounded ten in seven blasts. A U.S. soldier was wounded while attempting to disarm another device. The U.S. Command reported 261 U.S. deaths and 1,810 wounded last week, the lowest in four weeks, blaming a two day Communist truce and a one day Allied standdown for the dip.
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Saigon
U.S
May Lengthen Quail Season In County
Parks and Wildlife biologists suggested delaying the quail season in Childress County until September at a public hearing. If the crop is large the season may be lengthened, depending on the August survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Parks and Wildlife
Weldon Fromm
Amarillo
Lloyd
Final rites for Mrs. Faye Wilson in Assembly of God Church
Mrs. Faye Wilson died at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Childress General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services were to be held at 4 p.m. today at the Assembly of God Church with Rev. Lenny L. Pike conducting. Burial in Childress. Pallbearers listed include Perry Stevens Pete Hudson Tom McKinley Aubrey Rogers Odis Moates and Bob Richardson. Born January 2 1915 in Jayton she moved to Childress in 1925 from Northfield. She was married to Shelby Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Wilson
Assembly of God Church
Lenny L. Pike
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Perry Stevens
Pete Hudson
Tom McKinley
Aubrey Rogers
Odis Moates
Bob Richardson
Childress
Northfield
Shelby Wilson
Wilson
Harry Watkins Returns to Childress and plans farm home
Harry Watkins and his wife relocate to Childress after decades of service. He retired as a 1958 Air Force major, served as Civil Defense Director, worked for General Electric, then TRW, moving between Cape Kennedy and Fort Walton Beach. They own a farm 10 miles south of Childress and plan to build a home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Watkins
Childress
Air Force
Civil Defense
General Electric
Cape Kennedy
TRW
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
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Air Field
Jim Young
Charles B. McCoy
du Pont
CHS
Miss Childress
T. J. Court
Cameron Youths
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