Evans USS Officer Refuses to Testify at Collision Board
Lt. Ronald C. Ramsey, officer in charge of the USS Frank E. Evans, declines to testify before the mixed U.S. Navy and Australian board investigating the June 3 collision that killed 74 Americans. Ramsey cites denied requests to recall and cross-examine witnesses, reserving right to testify before a formal board. The panel adjourned without calling more witnesses. Ramsey and Hopson face no charges as the board seeks facts, not guilt.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
UPI
Frank E. Evans
I.g
Ronald C. Ramsey
Tilton
U.S. Navy
Ramsey
Evans
South China Sea
J.g
James A. Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
Hopson
Melbourne
Cmdr
Anthony R. Horton
Sydney
USS
Services Here Today For Ina Darnell
Funeral services for Ina Pearl Darnell 58 were held at 4 p m in First Baptist Church with Rev Joe S Allen officiating Interment followed at Childress Cemetery under Newberrys Pallbearers included Bryan Buck John Shugart C J Cheatheam Howard Andrews G A Williams and Jack Dudley Mrs Darnell died at St Anthony's Hospital Amarillo after a fall at her home She was born August 5 1910 in Childress and married Mairl Darnell March 2 1933 She was survived by her husband three sisters a brother and 19 nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Pearl Darnell
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Bryan Buck
Pampa
John Shugart
el Paso
C. J. Cheatheam
Howard Andrews
G. A. Williams
Jack Dudley
Lubbock
Darnell
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
Childress General Hospital
Childress
Mairl Darnell
Eastern Star
Mairl
L. D. Hightower
Myri Andrews
Euless
Byron Shields
Portales
N. M
A. T. Hays
Clovis
N.M
Wellington man receives Presidential certificate of appreciation
Harley W. Hatch of 1401 Amarillo St Wellington received a Presidential citation for five years service on the Collingsworth county draft board without pay. Jerry Dugan presented the certificate at a 3 p.m. ceremony in Childress. signed by Governor Preston Smith Lieutenant General Lewis Hershey and Colonel Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley W. Hatch
Amarillo St
Wellington
Nixon
Collingsworth County
Hatch
Jerry Dugan
Morris S. Schwartz
Childress
Preston Smith
Lewis D. Hershey
Selective Service
Schwartz
Preston Smith Opens Mansion Reception for Local Districts
Gov. Preston Smith announces a reception at the Governor's Mansion for residents of the 30th and 31st senatorial districts, represented by Jack Hightower and Grady Hazlewood. He describes “Open Mansion” events extending invitations to all Texans and invites visits to the Governor's Office in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Jack Hightower
Grady Hazlewood
Capitol
Gov. Smith
New U S Offensive Reenters A Shau Valley Near Hamburger Hill
The U S command says a Montgomery Rendezvous offensive began nine days ago in the A Shau Valley near Hamburger Hill. The spokesman lists 106 Communists killed and U S losses of 21 killed and 130 wounded. The operation involved a multi battalion 101st Airborne Division force. fighting covers three fourths of South Vietnam. Also noted is a local trap shooting result where Douglas Musgrove won five trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S
A Shau
Hamburger Hill
Montgomery
Laos
101St Airborne
Dvvision
Short City Council Meeting Over Annexation Proposal
The Childress City Council held a public hearing on annexation for the new Childress General Hospital and air field. No one appeared to testify. Mayor C. J. Lyons adjourned after a brief prayer by Rev. Roy Nunn, with the session lasting under two minutes.
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Childress City
Childress General Hospital
Air Field
Roy Nunn
C. J. Lyons
Seven Year Old Vanishes in Great Smoky Mountains Park
Dennis Martin, seven, disappeared Saturday from Spence Field along the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A 100 strong Green Beret search team joined the effort with helicopters as trackers worry about bears and dwindling food, while his father and brother remain hopeful.
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Gatlinburg, Tenn
Upi
Daniel Boone
Dennis Martin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Green Berets
North Carolina
Dennis
William Martin
Douglas
Spence Field
Tennessee
Unity Platform Backed by Reds at World Summit
Moscow reports that Soviet led communists adjourned their summit with 13 Tass named delegates planning a broader conference. They seek a joint anti imperialist front including non Communists and left wing groups. Dominican Republic delegates rejected the declaration as too mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Sergei Lapin
Tass
Dominican Republic
Vernon Rites For Mother Of Mrs Loss Maddox
Last rites were to be held at 2 p.m. today in Henderson Fields Funeral Home for Mrs. J. W. Thompson 80 Vernon mother of Mrs. Loss Maddox of Childress. Mrs. Thompson died Monday morning in a Childress nursing home after a lengthy illness. Rev. John Klappenbach of Calvary Baptist Vernon was to conduct the services and burial was to follow.
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Henderson Fields
Vernon
J. W. Thompson
Loss Maddox
Childress
Rites Pending For Father Of M I Smith
Rev I E Smith aged about 68 a retired minister and father of M I Smith of Childress died at 4 am in a Alamogordo New Mexico hospital after a lengthy illness Funeral services are pending in Alamogordo Survivors include his wife five sons Vernon Nolan and Jerry of Alamogordo Lawrence of Carlsbad New Mexico Milton of Childress four daughters Bernice Garrett of Carlsbad Oleta Bernard of Grand Prairie Polly Hudman and Florence Robinson of Alamogordo two brothers and several sisters 34 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Mr and Mrs Smith left tonight for Alamogordo to attend the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Smith
M. I. Smith
Childress
Alamogordo
N.M
Vernon
Nolan
Jerry
Lawrence
Carlsbad
Milton
Bernice Garrett
Oleta Bernard
Grand Prairie
Polly Hudman
Florence Robinson
US Tourist Killed in Middle East Border Duel
A 25 year old American woman tourist Shirley Anderson of Rochester New York was killed during an artillery and mortar clash between Israeli and Jordanian forces near the Dead Sea. An American woman and Israeli civilian were among four others wounded including a Miss Eileen Bonnett 27 of California. Anderson is the daughter of state legislator Gordon Anderson of Monroe County and Kodak employee. The two women had been in Kinshasa, Congo.
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United Press International
Dead Sea
Shirley Anderson
Rochester
N.Y
Gordon Anderson
Monroe County
Eastman Kodak Co
No Fatal Crashes In Area During May
May recorded no fatal highway crashes in Childress and surrounding counties. Hardeman County reported 13 crashes with six injuries and $6,765 in property damage, while Childress County had four crashes with two injuries and $1,240 in damage.
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Childress
Segeant
Jack Thor
Nhanger
Hardeman County
Childress County
Powell undecided on action after Supreme Court ruling
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says he has not decided whether to seek restoration of seniority and chairmanship or back pay after the Supreme Court cleared him of exclusion by House members. He plans to return to Washington to confer with Democratic leaders.
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Bimini
The
Bahamas
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Supreme Court
House
Powell
Washington
House Committee
House Education and Labor Committee
Cameraman Tom Higley Wins Top Awards in Texas APBA
Amarillo photographer Tom Higley won first place in two classifications and placed in another in the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards. Higley, chief photographer at KGNC TV, earned top spots for best spot news with the return of Victor Escamilla and for extraordinary news event with his shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Higley
Amarillo
Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Association
Harlingen
Childress
Morris Higleys
Here
Kgnc Television
Victor Escamilla
Pueblo
Lone Star Gas Seeks 26 Percent Rate Increase
Lone Star Gas Co asked the Texas Railroad Commission to raise gas rates by 26 percent for 300 towns in North and Central Texas, including Dallas and Fort Worth. The proposed rate would rise from 35.4 to 44.8 cents per thousand cubic feet, marking the first request since the last approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Lone Star Gas Co
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Lone Star
Tickets Issued In Collisions
Two tickets were issued in two traffic collisions this afternoon per Assistant Chief Wayland Wright. At 12 45 p m Mrs Maurine Newberry attempting a left turn from Avenue 6 onto Fifth was struck by Beverly Ann Nunnelley and cited for failure to grant right of way. A second collision occurred at 1 10 p m involving George Abner Robinson driving north on
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Wright
Fifth
Avenue G Se
Maurine Newberry
Avenue 6
Beverly Ann Nunnelley
Newberry
George Abner Robinson
Lions Club Hosts Fitness Program By Local Workers
Curly Hays of West Texas Utilities in Abilene led a Lions Club fitness program at noon assisted by J. C. Wilson and three 4-H youths Richard Richburg Billy Don Snow and Don Lawson. Chairman E. V. Price introduced the event as part of County 4 H camp activities scheduled for today and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club Today
Curly Hays
West Texas Utilities Company
Abilene
J. C. Wilson
Richard Richburg
Billy Don Snow
Don Lawson
E. V. Price
Hays
Wilson
Childress
Pork Producers To Meet Here Thursday
The Rolling Plains Pork Producers Association schedules an 8 p.m. Thursday meeting in Gate City REA building Childress announces secretary Bob Lewis of Paducah. Don Brothers of Paducah, president of the Texas Pork Producers Association, will speak. A Porkettes meeting for wives is also planned. all interested in pork production are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolling Plains Pork Producers Associaton
Gate City Rea
Bob Lewis
Paducah
Association
Childress
Don Brothers
Texas Pork Producers Association
Porkettes
Wellington Rites For O A Kiker Former Resident
Funeral services for O A Kiker 77 of Wellington and former Childress resident are set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at First United Methodist Church Wellington with Rev R T Dyess officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Wellington. Kiker died Sunday in St Joseph's Hospital Wellington. He moved to Wellington in 1920 from Childress County. He was married to Bertha Mae Ricks in 1919, a Methodist and a Mason. Survivors include his wife a son Melvin of Wellington a daughter Veda Mae Wyatt of Tulsa a brother M M of Oneida S D a sister Mrs Edward Hall of Weatherford and six grandchildren.
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O. A. Kiker
Wellington
Childress
First United Methodist Church of
R. T. Dyess
Memorial Gardens
Kiker
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Childress County
Bertha Mae Ricks
Ways and Means Committee votes to repeal business tax credits
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to repeal the 7 percent tax credit for business investments as urged by President Nixon and moved toward approval of an extension of the income tax surcharge.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
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Long Beach
Calif
Frederick F. Tilton
Mariemont
Ohio
Ina Darnell
Harley Hatch
Preston
Shau Valley
South Vietnam
South Vietnamese
Douglas Musgrove
Wade Musgrove
Lewisville
Single Tree Gun Club
Mideast
Belgian Congo
Eileen Bonnett
California
Bonnett
Kinshasa
Congo
Lions Club
Pork Producers
O.A. Kiker
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