Israelis claim victory as Sharm el Sheikh falls
Israel says its forces captured Sharm el Sheikh and breached the Gulf of Aqaba blockade, reporting major gains across the Sinai. Officials claim destruction of much Egyptian armor and that paratroopers reached the Suez Canal while Jordan and Jerusalem operations unfold amid shifting front lines.
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Bulletin B
Walter Logan
United Press International
Israel
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Egypt
Suez
a_ QA
A. R
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Jordan
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Soviet Union
Security Council
United Arab
Peninula
Rumana
Canal
Mediterranean
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Amman
Nasser
London
Jerualem
Israel Wins Big in Middle East War Defeats Arab States
UPI analyst notes swift Israeli victory leaves Arabs, especially Nasser, and the USSR and UN as losers. Israel may demand free shipping through Suez and Aqaba, keep Jerusalem, and push Jordan’s border to the Jordan River. Soviet support wanes as US and USSR clash at the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Newsom
UPI
Middle East
Israel
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
United Nations
Suez Canal
Gulf of Aqaba
Old Jerusalem
Jordan River
Hussein of
Jordan
Nasser
Yemen
South Arabia
Aden
Hussein
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Mideast
Native of Childress Buried In Bonham
Mrs. Bvylan Keene 56 of Bonham died June 2 in a Terrell Texas hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Wise Funeral Chapel Bonham with interment in Good Hope Cemetery. Born in Childress she lived there years. Survived by husband Harris Keene two sons Charles Bonham Jack Muskogee five grandchildren four brothers and five sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bvylan Keene
Bonaham
Childress
Terrell, Texas
Wise Funeral
Bonham
Good Hope
Sidney J. Owens
Harris Keene
Charles
Jack
Muskogee
Okla
R. B
T. M
T. J
California
Lee Hughes
Jeane Walcott
Jenny King
Marie Kersey
Calif
Eva Miskell
Called Meeting of WDC Executives and Club Presidents
An emergency meeting is called for all Woman's Department Club officers standing committee chairmen and individual club presidents. The gathering will be at 9 30 a m tomorrow in the home of Mrs Vern Rucker WDC president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WDC
Woman’s Department Club
Vern Rucker
Duchess Of Windsor Returns From Exile At Royal Ceremony
The Duke of Windsor introduced his American wife to Queen Elizabeth II and royal in laws at Marlborough House. A crowd of about 1000 cheered as a wall plaque for Queen Mary was unveiled signaling a thaw in decades of ostracism for the former Mrs. Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maris Ross
United Press International London
UPI
Duchess of Windsor
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth II
Queen Mary
Marlborough House
Buckingham Palace
Baltimore
Edward VIII
Wheat Harvest Near 70 Percent Complete
The 1967 wheat crop is about 70 percent harvested and will exceed 1966 due to more allotted acres. A survey shows 123 cars of wheat purchased and 80 shipped in Childress and Kirkland elevators. Clear weather should finish harvest within the next 10 days.
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Childress
Kirkland
Fire extinguished at Wakefield’s Laundry building
The Fire Department put out a fire at 11 a m today at 1111 Avenue F Northwest. The blaze started in an air conditioner at Wakefield's Helpy Selly Laundry causing heavy damage to the air carriage but no other property was harmed, firefighters reported.
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Avenue F
Wakefield
James Moody Installed as Commander of Cox-Farr Post 65
James L. Moody was installed as Commander of Cox-Farr Post 65 with Willard Gray as First Vice Commander at the Veterans Building. Officers named include Tom Preston Second Vice Commander Marie King Adjutant Howard Preston Finance Officer George Spear Service Officer and A L Hamilton Jr House Committeeman. Moody urged Legionnaires to assist Vietnam and other war veterans and urged attendance at a June 16 bingo party for patients at Amarillo Veterans Hospital with transport arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Moody
Willard Gray
Cox-Farr Post 65
Veterans Building
George Spear
Moody
Legionaires
Amarillo
Childress Veterans Association
Veterans Hospital
Joe Sprayberberry
Jack Thomas
Cub Scout Pack 68 Plans Summer Activities
At Elks Lodge 1113 the Pack 68 Committee laid out summer events including a weiher roast at Fair Park on June 24 at 7 30 p m a camp out and a swim Attending were Raymond Long Tom Le men Bill Hajeck Emil eo tel Mrs Bill for Carroll Mrs Seal John T Siuteon and Mr and Mrs Bob White
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Lodge
Fair Park
Raymond Long
Tom Lemen
Bill Hajeck
Emil Eotel
Bill
Carroll
Seal
John T. Siuteon
Bob White
Record Reds Killed in Vietnam War May 1967
UPI report says U S forces killed a record 2752 Communist troops in May battles along Vietnam borders. Boston cruiser destroyed 25 sampans smuggling arms into the DMZ while Air Forces hit key North Vietnamese rail facilities in 88 raids. US 1st Infantry swept through Iron Triangle War Zone D as Marine and NVA clashes continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
North
South Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Boston
Ben Hai River
Demilitarized One
Dmz
China
Thomas R. Hal Jr
Smithfield
U.S.S
England
Saigon
Iron Triangle
Big Red One
Leathernecks
Thunderstorms Sweep Texas Panhandle and El Paso
Thunderstorms lashed the Texas Panhandle with 75 mph winds and heavy rain, causing curb flooding and hail. El Paso saw 55 mph winds and 40 minutes of rain. Borger reports golf ball sized hail and orchard damage while Dimmitt and surrounding areas endured strong winds and downed tree limbs with no major damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas Panhandle
U. S
Borger
Dimmitt
Amarillo
B. M. Nelson
Castro County
Dimmit
Nelson
Givens Services Set for Friday in Quanah
Funeral services for Air Force Maj Edward G Givens 37 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at First Baptist Quanah with Rev Dallas T Lee officiating. Memorial rites are set for 10 a m Thursday in Seabrook NASA plane will bring the body and family member from Pearland to land at Childress airfield Friday morning. The cortege will go from Childress to Quanah. Pallbearers include six fellow astronauts. Givens died Tuesday night in a car crash near Houston. He is survived by his wife two children and his parents.
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Air Force
Edward G. Givens
First Baptist
Quanah
Seabrook
Dallas T. Lee
NASA
Childress Airfield
Childress
Maj
Givens
Pearland
Houston
Bill Givens
Qunah
Elizabeth Jarrell
Federal Court Acquits 8 Whites In Grenada
A federal jury acquitted eight white men including Grenada Justice of the Peace James Ayers on charges of interfering with desegregation orders after attacks on Negro students at Grenada Mississippi schools. The verdict followed three hours of deliberation and came amid regional civil rights tensions.
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Terry Wooten
Oxford
Miss
UPI
Justice of the Peace
Grenada
Archie Larry Campbell
James Richard Ayers
Claude Clayton
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Martin Luther King
Miss Childress Contestants On Television
Contestants from the Miss Childress 1967 pageant will appear on Channel 10 at 7 45 a m and Channel 4 at 6 or 10 p m on Thursday. Judges interviews occurred Tuesday in Amarillo with Judy Baker Nancy Bohannon Becky Brewer Sharon Clifton Beverly Finley Evelyn Holland and Shirley Neel named. Rita Keel the reigning Miss Childress 1966 will also be shown.
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Miss Childress
Beverly Finley
Quanah
D. D. Beaty
Evelyn Holland
Childress
J. B. Holland
Miss Finley
Quanah High School
West Texas State University
Canyon
Mee Phi Epsilon
WTSU
Wheatheart
Bettis Electric
Miss Holland
Childress High School
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Wall Hall
Tech
Future Teachers of America
Future Homemakers of America
National Honor Society
Who’s Who
B & PW
Webb’s Studio
Channel 10
Channel 4
Amarillo
Judy Baker
Nancy Bohannon
Becky Brewer
Sharon Clifton
Shirley Neel
Gene Keys
Jaycee
Jim Heath
Plans Adopted For New High School Building
The school board unanimously approved final plans for a new high school building at a special meeting held Tuesday night. Bids open at 7 p.m. July 26 in the high school auditorium, with 10 to 15 firms expected to bid. Architects Boone and Pope presented details, project to be in contractors’ hands within three weeks and construction to start after a bid is accepted. Also hired were Herman Fox as junk high coach and social studies teacher, and 48 students are enrolled in the East Ward Title I program, ending July 21.
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Supt
J. W. Hamilton
William Pope
James Wheeler Jr
Abilene
Boone and Pope
Hamilton
Herman Fox
Strawn
Junk High
East Ward
Exchange Student Delivers Rotary Talk at Childress Club
Miss Jan Reiley an exchange student from Perth Australia spoke to the Childress Rotary Club describing her country and showing slides Kenneth Moore of Hollis introduced her Clarence Harp arranged the program Grover Fox received a 35 year perfect attendance pin Fay Eatherly announced pins for 19 years to Kenneth Fink and nine years to Jack Fox Gayle Guthrie and Harry Coley of Hollis attended as visiting Rotarians.
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Jan Reiley
Hollis, Okla
Rotary Club
Childress Rotary Club
Miss Reiley
Perth
Australia
Kenneth Moore
Hollis
Clarence Harp
Grover Fox
Fay Eatherly
Kenneth Fink
Jack Fox
Gayle Guthrie
Harry Coley
Claude Wilks To Amarillo For Induction
Claude Dean Wilks of Chil dress left Tuesday for Amarillo to be inducted in the Armed Forces. A call was issued by the local draft board for nine area men to have Armed Forces physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Dean Wilks
Childress
Amarillo
Armed Forces
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Sinai Desert
By Walter Logan
Sharm el- Sheikh
United Nations Security Council
Persian Gulf
United States
David Carroll
San Angelo
Art Heera
Texas
Viet Nam
James Moody
Legion
Vietnam
Miss Evelyn Holland
High Plains
Christian Leadership Conference
Donald Wayne Bain
Memphis
Duke Reynolds
William Bryant Flanagin
Clyde Perry
Jerome Shaw
Ayers
Rotary
Claude Wilks
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