Paducah reunion marks 75th anniversary for teachers and alumni
Ex students and former teachers of Paducah schools gather for a two day 75th anniversary reunion at Paducah High School. Registration opens Saturday at 10 a.m. with Ruth Richards as chairman. Programs include a 8 p.m. high school program and a 10 p.m. dance at the Veterans Building. Continuous events on Sunday include a 8:30 a.m. breakfast, noon lunch, and a 2 p.m. closing session with awards.
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Paducah
Ruth Richards
Goodwin School
Veterans Building
Beatrix Cole
Jimmie James
Glenda Tippen
Profm
Billy Q. Hards
Carmen Bennett
J. L. Hindman
Yndall Fish
Jib Bob Bingham
Fern Tippen
Jessie Thomas
Charlotte Lee Long
Jim Bob Bingham
Homer Lee Long
Lyndall Fish
Givens Body To Be Brought To Childress
Three white T38 planes fly in a diamond formation with one missing to honor astronaut Edward Givens Jr who died in an auto crash. Memorial service set at Seabrook Church near NASA facilities, burial planned in Quanah Texas.
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Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Seabrook Methodist Church
Edward G. Givens Jr
Givens
Civea
National Aeronautics and Ce Administration
NASA
Manned Spacecraft Center
Ed White
Virgil Grissom
White
Grissom
Roger Chaffee
Cape Kennedy
Quanah
Dallas P. Lee
First Baptist Church
Service To Lay Pipeline In This Area
A pipeline company plans a new line through the area. Start date not announced but expected soon. The city leased a 200 by 200 foot storage area at the air field. Two carloads of liner pipe arrived and about 45 carloads of regular pipe are expected at the airfield, per Bill McKee of the Fort Worth and Denver.
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Service Pipeline
Air Field
Bill McKee
Fort Worth
Denver
Transportation crisis cited by cum industry in wartime
The cum industry told the government today that the Middle East war has created a global emergency in transportation.
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Washington
UPI
Got Today
Israel and Egypt battle as UN seeks urgent security council meeting
Intensive fighting in the Sinai Desert and along the Jordan frontier continues as the United States requests an emergency Security Council session. Israeli claim of major counterattacks clashes with Cairo reports of Egyptian victories and ongoing air and tank operations.
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United Nations
UPI
United States
Security Council
Middle East
Sinai
Israel
Ishak Rabin
Cairo
Suez Canal
Lem
Halata
Yeod Hamaalah
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Jordan
Purcell Will Attend Childress Founding Observance
Graham Purcell of Wichita Falls congressman from Texas 13th District plans to be in Childress July 13 for the 79th annual founding observance. Congressman Bob Price of the 18th District says he will attend if possible. Both leaders were invited to ride in the parade speak at the barbecue and attend the rodeo and dance.
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Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Texas
Childress
Andy Rogers
Purcell
Rogers
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
Bob Price
Pampa
Price
W. E. Helms
Gurttie Leach Dies Funeral To Be Saturday
Mrs. Gurttie Lillian Leach 69 of 311 Sixth Street Southeast died 8 45 p m Wednesday at Childress General Hospital Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday at the Church of Christ with Minister John W Gay officiating Burial in Childress Cemetery by Newberrys Survivors include husband of the home four sons and four daughters two sisters one brother 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Reedus predeceased in 1952
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Gurttie Lillian Leach
Sixth Street
Childress General Hospital
Church of Christ
John W. Gay
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Leach
Texas
Childress County
Marks Leach
Childress
Paul
Bill
el Campo
Barton
Wichita Falls
Dan
Sweeney
Juanita Pitwell
Oleta Lanham
Raenetta Dolihit
Alamogordo
N. M
Jewel McClendon
Corona
Calif
Gladis Simmons
Eagle Nest
Oregon
Clarence L. Moore
Amarillo
Reedus
Downtown restaurant renames banquet room to Tel Aviv Room
In Chicago city politics a downtown venue formerly called the Little Egypt banquet room has been renamed the Tel Aviv Room. The decision appeared amid ongoing mayoral conversations about cultural naming.
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Chicago
UPI
Mayor’s Row
Tel Aviv
Debt Ceiling Boost Defeated by Bipartisan House bloc
In Washington, a rare coalition of Vietnam war critics and fiscal hawks defeated the administration's 29 billion debt limit increase 210 to 197. Thirty four Democrats joined 176 Republicans to block raising the permanent ceiling to 365 billion, signaling House strength against new spending and war funding. A July 1 deadline looms as temporary limits expire.
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Washington
UPI
House
Two-Vehicle Crash Leads to Ticket for Unsafe Speed
At 5 30 p m Wednesday Jimmy Maddox of Childress was traveling south on Fifth Street Southwest when his car was hit on the side by James Holden also of Childress traveling west on Avenue F Southwest Holden was cited for unsafe speed. Heavy damage occurred to both vehicles.
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Jimmy Maddox
Childress
Fifth Street
James Holden
Avenue F
Holden
Judges Named For Miss Childress Pageant Saturday
Judges for the Miss Childress Pageant 1967 were announced at the noon Jaycee meeting. They include Gene Tyre of Vernon past State Director of the Texas Jaycees and a former Miss Childress judge Bill Sutherland of Wichita Falls Don Taylor of Fort Worth and Darrell Lester of Fort Worth. Miss Lubbock 1967 Jan Glenn of Wellington will join celebrities including Miss Fort Worth and Miss Texas 1965 Marion Wilkison and Miss Vernon 1967 Gayle Evans. Pageant programs will be sold for 1 each. Rehearsals are tonight and Friday. Coy Kindrick was voted vice president replacing Don Petzold who moved to Oklahoma City. A Directors meeting will be held Tuesday at 8 pm in the WTA hospitality room. The Jaycees will sponsor a carnival here June 12 through June 17. Jane were Panny Catherall Keel reigning Miss Childress.
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Gene Tyre
Vernon
Texas Jaycees
Miss Childres
Bill Sutherland
Wichita Falls
Area 3
The
Don Taylor
Fort Worth
Darrell Lester
Marion Wilkison
Ane
Panny Catherall Keel
Miss Childress
Demonstrations By Jews Arabs In Washington
Thousands of American Jews gathered in Washington near the White House to rally in support of Israel, while American Arabs planned a counter demonstration. Dr. Jachim Prinz led the Jewish rally as buses ferried participants, and Dr. M. T. Mehdi led an Arab group sending a note to President Johnson seeking better U.S. Arab relations.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Jachim Prinz
Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations
Israel
New York
Relaions Council
Action Committee On American Arab Relations
Johnson
M.T. Mehdi
Storehouse of SAMS Hit By US Navy Pilots
U S Navy pilots conducted a raid southwest of Hanoi destroying a hidden SAM storage complex and shelling Kep airbase. Ground forces near Hue and Marine bases at Con Thien and Khe Sanh reported heavy clashes with casualties. Recon planes confirmed damage including missile transporters and radar van amid a mile high chemical smoke plume.
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Vietnam
Kep
Panhandle
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
U. S
U.S
King Hussein Accepts Cease-Fire For Jordan
King Hussein of Jordan appeared at a hastily called news conference in Amman and said the nation was nearly left alone by friends as it fought Israel. He described heavy air power against Jordan, mourned losses, and affirmed Jordan would fight to the last man if warfare resumed. He did not name any country or reference earlier charges of Western air aid.
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Britain
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Algeria
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Alexei Kosygin
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Hussein
Amman
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Jerusa
UPI
Hussin
Hein
Chavez vows to defy court in La Casita picket line
Cesar Chavez president of the United Farm Workers says he will walk a picket line today at La Casita Farms in defiance of a court order. La Casita’s lawyer says peaceful, lawful picketing is not objected to.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
UPI
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers Association
la Casita
Chavez
NFWA
California
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Rockefeller Demolishes Wall in Harlem Office Building Project
Governor Nelson Rockefeller took the controls of a 34 ton wrecking ball to begin demolition work for a new state office building in Harlem. He received quick lessons before swinging the ball and posed for photographers. No damage occurred to the neighboring occupied building.
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New York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Harlem
Rockefeller
Castleberry to be buried in Amarillo
Lester Castleberry 47 of Houston a former Childress resident died in a Houston hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 4 p m Saturday in Amarillo with interment in an Amarillo cemetery. Born February 7 1920 in Decatur he moved to this area in 1921 and later lived in Gladewater and Houston. Survivors include three sons eight grandchildren three sisters three brothers and an aunt.
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Lester Castleberry
Houston
Childress
Amarillo
Decatur
Castleberry
Gladewater
Grover
Jimmy
Thomas
Mary. Nell Brewer
Wyandotte
Okla
Oleta Scott
Elmer Arnn
Jack
Kansas
Garth
Dee
Della Fortner
Dry Air Clears Clouds From West Texas
West Texas skies cleared due to dry air from the west but some areas remained overcast with light drizzle and partly cloudy conditions. Temperatures ranged from 53 at Calhert to 80 at Corpus Christi with a forecast of more clear to partly cloudy skies and warm to hot temperatures.
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United Press International
West Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
Calhrt
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Pee Oeee
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