Masonic Leader Jim Martin Dies at 66 in Childress
James Waltrup Jim Martin dale 66 died at 4 15 a m today in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services set for 4 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church with Dr Burgin Watkins officiating. Interment in Childress Cemetery under Newberrys funeral direction. Interment details include Masonic Lodge in charge with honorary pallbearers and Masonic Lodge 695 members. Born December 4 1899 Atlas Texas he was a WWI veteran and held multiple Masonic and American Legion honors.
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James Waltrup
Jim) Martindale
Childress General Hospital
First Methodist Church
Burgin Watkins
Clintor
McGhee
C. J. Lyons
Frank Barksdale
Deane Dodge
Hay Wright
Bill Leonard
R. C. Clements
Jack Kybee
Masonic Lodge
Crawford Bible
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Atlas
Tex
Fort Worth
Denver
American Legion
Childress Masonic Lodge No
Eastern Star
Violent Deaths In Texas Near Weekend High
United Press International records show 34 violent deaths in Texas last weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight including 19 traffic deaths, five drownings, and seven homicides. A San Antonio family perished in a four‑killed collision with a Texas A&M student injured.
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United Press Internationa
Texas
United Press International
Texas A&m
San Antonio
Jose Fuentes Jr
Becky
Joe
Liz
James L Atkins II
Bryan
Columbne
Enriane Ramon
Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
Enriquge
Arroyo City
Ernesto M. Ramirez
Samuel Saenz
Victoria
Allies claim success in Crazy Horse campaign killing Viet Cong
UPI reports Allied forces end three week operation Crazy Horse with 511 Viet Cong killed in one of the campaign’s notable gains. The same dispatch notes a steady stock market, a Caribbean tropical disturbance named Alma may become the season’s first tropical storm, and Starr County seeks FBI help over rumors of a melon pickers strike with threats against buses and a courthouse.
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Saigon
Miami
UPI
Bio
Caribbean
Alma
Rio Grand City
Tex
Starr County
Atty
Randall Nye
FBI
Milton Drake Hospitalized in Hendricks ICU
Milton Drake, 36, of Austin and son of C. P. Drake of Childress, was stricken with a heart attack and admitted to Hendricks Hospital in Abilene. He and his family were en route to San Angelo to visit Mrs. Drake's hospitalized sister when the incident occurred. He remains in intensive care per aunt Mrs. Mike Wilson.
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Milton Drake
Austin
C. P. Drake
Childress
Hendricks Hospital
Abilene
M. Drake
San Angelo
Change Meeting Postponed for Volunteer Firemen
The Volunteer Firemen's meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed to Tuesday June 14. The change affects all members and related officials.
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Change Meeting
Gemini 9 lands safely after near target splashdown
Gemini 9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan splash down in the Atlantic near the aircraft carrier Wasp after a 3.5 mile approach, despite a leak and equipment glitches. President Johnson praised the mission and promoted Cernan on the spot.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
United Press International Space Center
Houston
UPI
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Johnson
Atlantic
Wasp
Cernan
Stafford
Air Force
Gemini Control
Paul Haney
10000 Methodists To Gather in Dallas Today
A four day eighth annual Texas Methodist Conference draws about 10000 people to Southern Methodist University in Dallas for joint sessions and readings of ministerial appointments. Bishop W Kenneth Pope calls the event a once in a lifetime ecumenical gathering with a pageant on Wednesday and Gov. John Connally as the Tuesday speaker.
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Dallas
UPI
Methodist Church In
Texas
Southerrt
Northwest
North
Central Texas
SMU
W. Kenneth Pope
Texas Methodist
Pope
Paul Martin
Houston
Rio Grande
Martin
John Connally
Connally Team Wins Narrow Democratic Primary Sweep
Gov John Connallys team achieved a near clean sweep in the Texas Democratic runoff for attorney general. Former Secretary of State Crawford Martin led with 356,261 votes to 284,842 for Franklin Spears, with Calhoun endorsing Martin after finishing third. Only about 20 percent of eligible voters participated.
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Dallas
UPS
John Connally
Crawford Martin
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Texas Election Bureau
Martin
Spears
Galloway Calhoun
Tyler
Alhoun
East Texas
Calhoun
Late Cool Front Curbs Heat Across Northwest Texas
A late cold front brought fair skies and cooler temps to the northwest quarter of Texas though the season's advance limited its impact. Overnight lows ranged from 56 in Amarillo to 78 in Lubbock with clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere. A tornado near Enid, Oklahoma injured seven people as severe storms covered the state line area.
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United Press International
Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Franklin
Tyler
Texarkana
Oklahoma
Enid
Okla
Collision Puts Two in Hospital
A two car crash at 12 45 pm Sunday sent Johnny Rucker and his wife to the local hospital with injuries not believed serious. Rucker was eastbound on Avenue G Southwest when Mrs Myril Turner traveling south on 5th Street Southwest failed to see the other vehicle and broadside it. Both cars suffered heavy damage. the Ruckers were dismissed today.
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Johnny Rucker
Avenue G
Myril Turner
5Th Street
Rucker
City Council to convene at City Hall this evening
The City Council will meet at 7 30 p m today in City Hall to discuss local matters and public concerns.
Civilians Invited to Join Ky's Ruling Junta in Viet Nam
The government of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky invited civilians to join the 10 member military junta governing South Viet Nam. The move expands the council to 20 members amid Buddhist crisis talks and aims to avert street protests. Civilian acceptance was reported as full, with plans for a civilian government elections and a constitutional assembly. Two prominent Buddhists reportedly declined invitations amid church-led negotiations.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
Vien Hoa Dao
Campbell Accepted in National Teacher Corps
Raymond Campbell a three year veteran of J. J. Rhoads School has been nominated as teacher interne to the National Teacher Corps He will depart Wednesday for a pre service program at the University of Kentucky Lexington In August after training he will join a school district as a Corps member and pursue a Master’s degree at a nearby university at federal expense The 813 week program covers teaching methods and aiding disadvantaged children It is a cooperative effort by local districts universities congress members and the National Corps sponsored by the Department of Health Education and Welfare
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Raymond Campbell
J. J. Rhoads
National Teacher Corps
Campbell
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Cuban Americans form Central Liberation Front to oppose Castro
More than 2,000 Cuban Americans gathered in New York to establish the Central Liberation Front and vow to overthrow Fidel Castro. The meeting was sponsored by Bay of Pigs veterans.
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FRONT
New York
UPI
Central Liberation Front
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
Kidnapper Captured After Central Michigan Chase
Gary Lee Hoskins 27 of Benton Harbor was captured after a helicopter-based search found him hiding in a cornfield. The abduction of two Lansing women, Joan Van Auken and Carol Emerson, and Van Auken’s six month old son occurred outside a Lansing church. All victims unharmed. Hoskins to be charged with kidnapping.
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Sam Martino
United Press International
Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan
Gary Lee Hoskins
Benton Harbor
National Guard
Hoskins
Joan van Auken
Carol Emerson
Fishing Derby Date to Be Set at Club Meeting
The Red River Sportsmen's Club will hold a 7:30 p.m meeting at the West Texas Utilities building to set the date and rules for the Childress youth fishing derby to be held this month in Fair Park.
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Childress
Red River Sportsmen’s Club
West Texas Utilities
Fair Park
Shazar Likely Visit to Meet Johnson in August
President Zalman Shazar may meet President Johnson in a private August visit to the United States while returning from a South American tour, according to reliable sources.
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U.S. Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Zalman Shazar
Johnson
United States
South America
King Services Are Held Here The Morning
Joseph Hyatt King Jr was found dead about 10 am Sunday on a ranch 24 miles northwest of Crowell. Funeral services were held at 11 am at the Assembly of God church. Interment followed at Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers included Lon Morton Jess Benham Bill Rothwell Bill Murray Billy Ray Love and Ray Kincaid.
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Joseph Hyatt
Bob) King, Jr
Crowell
Assembly of God Church
Moody Hicks
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Lon Morton
Jess Benham
Bill Rothwell
Bill Murray
Billy Ray Love
Ray Kincaid
Mr. King
Childress
Ardmore
Okla
J. H. Free of
No Summer School Classes Declared for Eighth Grade
Superintendent J. W. Hamilton announced there will be no eighth grade summer school this year. He said a minimum of 12 to 14 students was needed and only six were registered by the deadline.
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J. W. Hamilton
Two Injured In Oklahoma Pickup Crash
Two Childress youths John Cooper and Troy Norrell were injured when ejected from a rear pickup in Harmon County Oklahoma Saturday night. Cooper had a broken left collar bone and possible rib injuries and remained hospitalized in Hollis with possible transfer to C CSR General Hospital. Norrell was treated and released. Driver Ray Peeples of Wellington and two other passengers, plus a Negro driving the crashing vehicle, were hospitalized. The group was harvesting wheat near Hollis and Peeples was transporting his crew.
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Childress
John Cooper
Troy Norrell
Harmon County
Okla
Cooper
Hollis
Chiltress General Hospital
Norrell
Ray Peeples
Wellington
Peeples
Jasper A. Cagle Dies. Funeral Rites Incomplete
Jasper Armstrong Cagle 68 died at 12 30 p m Sunday at his home 810 9th Street Southwest Funeral arrangements are in complete with Newberry s He was born October 1 1897 in Dallas and lived in Childress most of his life He married Effie Annie Kent October 8 1940 in Childress He was a retired City of Childress employee Survivors include his wife two sons Leo of Crowell and Wardlow of Amarillo three daughters Irene Kitchen Sudan Cleo Hunter Amarillo and Grace Gilland Petersburg Fla six grandchildren one great grandson two half Bennie Mitchell Plainview and Bob Mitchell Bakersfield Calif
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Jasper Armstrong Cagle
9Th Street
Southwest
Newberry’s
Agle
Dallas
Childress
Effie Annie Kent
Briefing Session Held in Amarillo for State Delegates
Marsha Thaten and Gene Clements, Amarillo delegates to the 16th District Girl's and Boy's State, attended a briefing Sunday in Amarillo on what to expect in Austin. The sessions were led by Amarillo Mayor F. B. and American Legion district officers.
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Marsha Thaten
Gene Clements
American Legion
Amarillo
Austin
Nares
F. B
Americ Legion
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Falfurrias
Freddy Dennis
Kilgore
Lake Ty
Ching Iseye Landin
Navy
Eugene Cerman
Connally
By Bryce Miller
T0rman National Leadership Council
Jasper A. Cagle
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