Carpenter May Receive Highest Award for Valor
Captain Bill Carpenter of Monroe New York earned recognition for ordering a napalm air strike on his own position to save his dwindling Charlie Company during a late Thursday battle with North Vietnamese forces in the Central Highlands near the Laotian border. Lt Colonel Henry Emerson of Milford Pennsylvania later recommended Carpenter for the Medal of Honor praising his calm under fire and selfless action that helped link up with reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Daniel
United Press International
Tou Morong
Viet Nam
UPI
Bill Carpenter
Carpenter
Monroe
N.Y
101St Airborne
Charlie Company
Henry E. Emerson
Milford
Emerson
West Point
Bill Gonesome
101St Airborn “Screaming Eagles
Ky Confident He Is In Complete Control In Hue Crisis
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky sends a battalion of combat police to Hue amid Buddhist blockades while he travels soon to Seoul for a conference. Thich Tam Chau and U.S. diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge seek end to American support for Ky. Quang’s hunger strike gains hospital aid as moderates urge peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Seoul
Korea
Thich Tam Chau
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Chau
Lodge
Chau See Ky
Thich Tri Quang
Johnson
Saigon
Robert Ibrahim
Tri Quang
Quang
Buddhist Institute
Reuben Corgill Promoted to Farm Manager at High Plains Founda
Reuben Corgill of Halfway formerly of Childress has been appointed Farm Manager at the High Plains Research Foundation. He succeeds Ed Dudley who resigned to manage a large farm. Corgill rejoined the staff in February after a 1964 illness and prior work at Holiday House in Childress. He was a soybean production technician before the promotion. Dr. Earl H. Collister praised his devotion and knowledge of scientific farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Corgill
Halfway
Childress
High Plains Research Foundation
Ed Dudley
Corgill
Foundation
Holiday House
Earl H. Collister
Cargill
Miss Childress Pageant Draws Ten Entrants
The Miss Childress Pageant will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday in the high school auditorium with ten candidates. Miss Texas Mary Lou Butler will arrive at 4 p.m. Saturday and be greeted by Mayor J. Lyons and Pat Compton. Butler will have a police escort into the city. A prepageant reception for contestants and judges is set for 5 p.m. at West Texas Utilities, sponsored by the Jaycee Anns. Advance tickets are $1.25 at local shops. door price is $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eubank Park Drug
Watkins, Goodyear
Webb Studio
Gage Food Store
Census survey on family smoking habits planned
Doris Jean Clements will conduct a survey in the area for the Bureau of the Census to gather data on family smoking habits. The effort aims to catalog patterns and prevalence for census analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Jean Clements
Bureau of the Census
More Pictures From Surveyor Returns Lunar Photographs
Pasadena Calif UPI says Surveyor the robot outpost on the moon flashed back a sequence of lunar landscape pictures expected to total 1200 to 1300 photographs. It resumed after a two day rest at Caltechs JPL. Midpoint it had sent 60 photos. JPL said sun angle would reveal different details in the new pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPT
America
Earth
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Edward G Robinson Undergoes Surgery After Auto Crash
Beverly Hills California actor Edward G Robinson remained in serious condition at Mt Sinai Hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery following an automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills, Calif
UPI
Edward G. Robinson
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Gemini 10 flight to feature two spacewalks and stand up
Astronaut Michael Collins is slated for two spacewalks during the three day Gemini 16 mission with John Young. A space stand and rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle are planned with three hatch outings and possible imaging of the zodiacal light and another Agena craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin B. Webb
United Press International Space Center
Houston
UPI
Michael Collins
Collins
Air Force
John Young
Gus Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena
United Press International
Gemini
Space Agency
Marked Spacecraft Center
Methodist Make 1 Change In District
At a Dallas conference a single district change was announced for Childress area churches. Rev Ivan E Allen moves from King Memorial to lead New Deal in the Lubbock District while Rev Robert M Williams becomes King Memorial pastor. Williams leaves Cee Wee Tel churches temporarily unled. Also Rev C C Lamb shifts to Te church for Lakeview, and Rev Elmer Ward serves Estelline. Dr Burgin Watkins remains First Church pastor and S Duane Bruce continues as Childress District superintendent. Dr Watkins named Director of Worship and chair of the District Committee on Ministerial Qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Dallas
Ivan E. Allen
King Memorial
New Deal
Lubbock
Robert M. Williams
New King Memorial
Williams
Burgin Watkins
First Church
S. Duane Bruce
C. C. Lamb
Lakeview
Elmer Ward
Estelline
Dr. Watkins
Three East Germans Escape Across Mine Border to West
Three East Germans a 21 year old girl and two men aged 21 and 26 escaped the mine infested border to the West under fire from Communist border guards. West German customs officials said the trio reached the West unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goettingen
Germany
UPI
Woman Arrested in Drunken Driving Case With Snake
Glendora California police nabbed Lenore Cozad for suspected drunken driving. In the car seat they found a boa constrictor she said she used to rid her home of rats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendora
Calif
Lenore Cozad
Federal fiscal irresponsibility blamed for inflation
U S Senator John Tower told Electra Rotary and Lions Clubs that federal government fiscal irresponsibility drives inflation. He argued households farmers and business are harmed as government spends more money it does not have and blamed the federal level as the guilty party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra
Tex
UPT
John Tower
Tower
Electra Rotary
Lions Clubs
Rescue Bravest Day as Two 101st Companies Survive Kontum Combat
UPI report from Saigon describes two trapped American paratroop companies in Kontum, led by Captains Gonesome and Brown, fighting for four days. Helicopters braved heavy fire to extract eight wounded, while Captain Wesley led a rescue column of veterans. The 101st Airborne pressed a heavy assault against North Vietnamese forces, with casualties on both sides and a backdrop of intense jungle fighting north of Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U. S Army
Walter R. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willard Pearson
Kontum Plains
Saigon
Walter Wesley
Galveston
Texas
United States
101St Airborne Division
Kontum
Red
101St Airborne
Screaming Eagle
Tex
U.S
Walter Teno
Sed el Cane Tenn
Birpenter
Dawn attack targets billions of grasshoppers in Texas Panhandle
Spray planes conducted a dawn mission in Briscoe Armstrong and Floyd counties to combat a hopper infestation described as the worst since 1958. The $25,000 program is funded two thirds by ranchers and one third by the federal government, with four to five days needed for spraying depending on weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverton
Tex
UPI
Texas Panhandle
Briscoe
Armstrong
Floyd
Hatchett
Three Hospitalized After Kirkland Collision
Three people remained in Childress General Hospital today after a two vehicle crash at 2 50 p m yesterday on Kirkland Road injuring five. Salim Hamrah and his wife Edna of Albuquerque New Mexico and Les Brummett of Kirkland suffered severe facial lacerations and a broken rib Brummett had bruises and possible internal injuries. Peter Hamrah 14 and Brahim Hajj were released. Brummett reportedly drove south across U S Highway 287 into the Hamrah auto as the Hamrahs traveled east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress General Hospital
Kirkland
Salim Hamrah
Edna
Albuquerque
N. M
Les Brummett
Peter Hamrah
Salim Hamrahs
Brahim Hajj
Lebanon
University of New Mexico
Railroad Retirement Board rep to visit Texas Employment Commission
Robert E. Bush of the Railroad Retirement Board will meet at the Texas Employment Commission office 228 Avenue B new at 9 45 a m on Wednesday June 15 to discuss benefits and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Bush
The
Railroad Retirement Board
Texas Employment Commission
Avenue B
Volunteer Firemen to Hold Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Volunteer Fire Department is called for 7 p m Saturday at City Hall to discuss ongoing operations and plans.
Baseball Size Hail Hits Marfa
Slashing thunderstorms and hail as big as baseballs hit Southwest Texas Thursday night. Hail damaged windows in Marfa, wind tore limbs in Alpine and Marfa, and rain blocked roads. No injuries were reported as storms moved across the region with cooler air to the north and heat returning to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Marfa
Alpine
Panhandle
Lufkin
San Angelo
Alice
Dalhart
Laredo
Presidio
Mercury
Big Bend
Crane
Rankin
Fort Davis
Valentine
West
Philpott Transferred Between Amarillo and Childress Hospitals
Harrison Philpott was moved from Amarillo Hospital to Childress General Hospital on Thursday. He is listed in satisfactory condition after suffering severe burns from an electrical shock sustained a few weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Philpott
Amarillo
Childress General Hospital
Mr. Philpott
Poles Arrested in Milan Jewel Theft Ring
Police in Milan announced the arrest of two stateless Poles believed to be members of an international jewel theft ring. The suspects were detained Thursday as part of ongoing operations targeting organized crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
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Research Group
Miss Texas
Mary Lou Butler
W. T
Dub) Nelson
Morton Foods
van C. Ellis
Nelson
Morton
Lions Internatonal of
Daisy Fern
Nancy Ann Gayle
Methodist
New Mexico
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