San Antonio Girl Wins Road-E-O in State Finals
Linda Carmack, a local San Antonio girl, won first place in her division at the State Jaycee Road-E-O held in Nederland. Jimmy Rothwell, another local entrant, did not compete. Fifty four contestants participated across written, obstacle, and driving tests, with top placers from Victoria and plans for a national finale at the University of Michigan.
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San Antonio
Nederland
Linda Carmack
Jimmy
Rothwell
Plano
Dennison
University of Michigan
Jaycees
Road-E.o
Gainesville
Cottle County Cancer Drive Exceeds Goal by Three Dollars
Mrs John Gilbreath announces that Cottle County surpassed its 1968 cancer drive quota of 1 000 by three dollars. Twenty five volunteers from home demonstration clubs study clubs and organizations helped raise funds with 111 memorial gifts. Gilbreath, a long time cancer crusader and 15 year HD leader, will attend the district meeting in Plainview on June 18.
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Paducah
Cottle County
Chanter
American Cancer Society
John Gilbreath
Crusade
Gilbreath
Memoriale
L. Goodwin
Cali'e
Plainview
Gil
Cancer Society Holds Training Session in Plainview
The American Cancer Society District 3 South Texas Division will hold a training session for officers and committee chairmen at Irene's Restaurant in Plainview on the 18th. Delegates from 18 counties including Cottle Childress Motley Dickens Cochran Castro Brisco Bail ey Lamb Lubbock Palmer Swisher will attend with Mrs. CN Willingham and Mrs John Gilbreath as delegates. Registration starts at 9 am.
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Paducah
South Texas
American Cancer Society
Irene’s
Plainview
Cottle Childress Kine
Motley Dickens
Fierd Cochran Castro
Brisco Bailey Lamb Lubbock
Palmer and
Swiaher
Cottle
CN. Willingham
John Gilbreath
A. O. Bennett
R. Wileen
L. L Goodwin
Legislature Deadlocks Then Advances Connally Bill
The committee split 10-10 after Cory changed his vote following Blanton’s remark about the procedural setup. The panel planned to approve a revised Connally measure and send it to the House for a possible Saturday vote, with another hearing set on Connally’s $197.2 million tax bill and a sales tax increase option.
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Cory
Blanton
Clayton
Connally
Hollywoods money maze grows with business managers
Hollywood stars rely more on full time business managers to handle finances, investments, and debts. A. Morgan Maree’s firm targets actors who juggle production companies and wealth, offering money tracking, investment advice, and income protection while avoiding the label of a mere personal manager.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood
A. Morgan Maree Tnt
Maree
Charles Starrett
Chester Mortie
Ton
Ham Jugeline
Alimary
Mortesce
Chootine Films
Spain
Yugoslavia
Tower unity blocks Reagan bid at Texas GOP convention
Tower won a voice vote on a unity resolution at the Texas GOP convention, pledging 56 votes to Tower until released and sidestepping a Reagan faction fight. Jim Chenoweth noted Reagan’s minority report. Tower said his comments were not an endorsement. He avoided speculation on a vice presidential offer.
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Tower
Nixon
Reagan
Jim Chenoweth
Harris County
Resolutions Committee
Towa
Ower
White House considers extra security for 1968 campaigns
Washington report notes lawmakers and officials discuss granting presidential candidates Secret Service protection amid rising unrest and recent urban violence. It cites Johnson’s caution and the Kennedy assassination as pivotal in shifting opinion toward stronger safety measures to help ensure the president finishes his term.
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Washington
White House
Vietnam
Johnson
America
Pennsylvania Ave
Secret Service
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
New York Democrat
Kennedy
Silent hunt for missing days after April 4 Memphis assassination
Report notes hush over pursuit of days in Ray's ire since the April 4 Memphis killing. British judges caution against out of court remarks while US officials push to return Ray 40 to America. Deportation order possible soon, with a legal fight with court lawyers potentially stretching to August before Ray boards a New York bound plane.
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Page One
Ray
Memphis
Tonn
Britain
America
Zambia Denounces Reports of Infiltration Ties
Lusaka officials reject claims from Mozambique that Zambia aids South African guerrillas to slip into South Africa via Portuguese colonies. The ministry calls the reports utter nonsense and dismisses them as unfounded.
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Lusaka Zambia
UPI
Ministry of Presidential Affairs
Ibed Ae
Amozambique
Sambia
South Africa
New Orleans defense challenge questions Garrison case
Defense attorneys questioned D A Jim Garrison's authority to pursue Clay Shaw as they argue the case relies largely on a single witness identified as Perry Raymond Russo, a 26 year old insurance agent who testified at Shaw's 1967 preliminary hearing. France bans demonstrations and dissolves Communist student groups as workers halt one hour in solidarity with recent deaths. Blaiberg, longest surviving heart transplant patient, shows slight improvement as Barnard treats a liver issue. Senate offers fire arms registration bill barring possession by under 21s, felons, certain misdemeanants, alcohol or narcotics addicts, and the mentally incompetent.
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New Orleans
UPL
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Garrison
Perry Raymond Russo
Shaw
Kennedy
Cape Town
South Africa
UPS
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Blaiberg
Connally Loyalists Rally as Kennedy Motive Fades
The liberal faction at the Texas Democratic convention discussed steering away from any bid by Edward Kennedy for vice president after Robert Kennedy’s assassination removed the motive. Texas party leaders named Robert S. Strauss as national committeeman and Mrs. Lloyd M. Bentsen as national committeewoman. Delegates, numbering 3,354 from 254 counties, heard calls to return to law and calm as Connally urged courage to do right.
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Kump
Connally
Lau
Texas
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert S. Strauss
Dallas
Frank C. Erwin Jr
Austin
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Houston
Vietnam War Tensions Rise Over Saigon Shelling
In Paris and Saigon a diplomat warns that continued shelling of Saigon hinders peace talks and could trigger air raids on all North Vietnam. A Tan Son Nhut strike damages three U S aircraft while US negotiator Averell Harriman cites terror campaigns by the North Vietnamese.
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Vietnam
Dover
Hig
Paris
U.S
Averell Harriman
Hanoi
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Newman Ford Team Hollywood
actor Robert Redford will costar with Paul Newman in a 20th Century Fox production The Sundance Kid and Batch Cassidy as Hollywood projects advance with the Newman Redford pairing.
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Childress
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Cottle County Cancer Drive
Cancer Society
Michael Gordon
Save Lives
Xett Council
National Vaciety Council
Advertisine
Childress Index
Childress Labor
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Ers
O'Donnell
Thornapple
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Childress Office Supply
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