Saigon Bombings Stir World Opinion Amid Hanoi Clash
North Vietnamese leaders including Vo Nguyen Giap reportedly warn Hanoi may slow rocket deliveries if Viet Cong bombings of Saigon fuel world backlash. Thant denounces the raids as barbarism while Paris talks drag. U.S. combat deaths rise. total casualties top 25 thousand with ongoing DMZ helicopter sightings and heavy air strikes near Saigon.
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Paris
API
Saigon
Vo Nguyen Giap
U.N
Thant
Giap
Viet Cong
Hanoi
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
New Marchers and Funds Boost Poverty Campaign Progress
The Poor People’s Campaign gains fresh energy as over 50,000 Americans join a Peaceful march to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Donations include 50,000 from a church group while labor, Congress members, and white liberals pledge concrete support to the six week effort.
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Henry P. Letfermann
Washington
UPK
Resurrection City
USA
Lincoln Memorial
Congress
Campaiy
University of California At Berkeley
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Andrew Young
James Bevel
Williams
Abernathy
Younes
Bevel
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Agriculture Department
SCLS
Free Barbecue Marks 80th City Anniversary
A free barbecue is planned for Childress 80th anniversary opening July 18 with 2000 pounds of beef and donations sought. Events include memorials, business session, parade, rodeo, and dances at Fair Park. prizes awarded for riding club and float entries. registration required but free.
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City of Childress
W. FE. Helms
Fair Park
Ray Grimes
Barbara Fields
Scotty Clements Jig
Ethel Seigler
Five Local Men to Attend Camp at Fort Hood
Five Childress men Teddy Thomas Frank Marrs Steve Smith J C Campsey and Bill Leonard will join about 6000 members of the Dallas based mechanized infantry unit at North Fort Hood Killeen for a 16 day summer camp starting next Sunday. Under Brig Gen D A Thompson they will conduct field and ROT training including July 4, with participants from 47 Texas cities.
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Childress
72Nd Infantry Brigade
North Ft. Hood Killeen
Teddy Thomas
Frank Marrs
Steve Smith
J. C. Campsey
Bill Leonard
Dallas
D. A. Thompson
Fort Worth
Texas
Fire Extinguished at 705 C Northeast Building
Firefighters arrived at 6:05 p.m. yesterday to quell a blaze at 705 C Northeast. The incident caused only slight damage. owners and related fire calls were not identified.
Heart Transplant Debate Ends with Mediation by Dr. Cooley
In Houston, famed heart transplant surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley mediated a dispute over ownership of a heart used in one of his operations. Medical examiner Joseph Jachimczyk sought the heart from homicide victim Clarence Nicks for autopsy, while Newell France of St. Luke's Hospital argued for medical study. Cooley proposed that the heart be given to the medical examiner, resolving the disagreement.
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Houston
UPI
Denton Cooley
Cooley
Joseph Jachimczyk
Clarence Nicks
Newell France
St. Luke's Hospital
Gooley
Jachimczyk
Miss Childress 1968 Jo an Cheatheam enters pageant
Miss Childress 1968 Jo an Cheatheam to enter the Miss Plano Pageant this weekend announced at the noon meeting. Jaycees will enter a float in the Old Settler’s Parade at 4 pm as part of Childress 80th anniversary celebrations. Rod Copeland chairs the float with assistants Tomm y Harwell and Bill Edwards.
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Joan Cheatheam
Plano
Jaycees
Childress
Rod Copeland
Tommy Harwell
Bill Edwards
TSU Student Seeks Change Of Venue
Charles E. Freeman, former Texas Southern University student, and his lawyers presented witnesses in Victoria seeking a venue change claiming pretrial news coverage of the 1967 TSU riots, in which a policeman was killed, tainted potential jurors. Judge Joe E. Kelley heard the motion as the Houston trial was scheduled to move to Victoria.
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Victoria
Tex
UPI
Texas Southern University
Charles E. Freeman
TSU
Houston
Freeman
Joe E. Kelley
Wendell Odom
Calvary Baptist Installs New Pastor Rev Gene Joplin
Rev Gene Joplin appointed pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Childress succeeding Rev Don Conner. Joplin, born in Wilson Texas, is a Wayland Baptist College alumnus who previously preached at Fieldton and Lakeview. The Joplins reside at 710 12th Street NW with children Mark 11 Marty 9 and Marla 6.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Gene Joplin
Childress
Lakeview
Don Conner
Joplin
Wilson Texas
Meadow Texas
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Fieldton
12Th Street Nw
Mark
Marty
Marla
Cancer Society Annual Meeting Held in Plainview
Delegates to the American Cancer Society district meeting in Plainview heard Warren Poole of Lubbock say volunteers are shaping tomorrow by fighting cancer in communities. Dr Eva de Hemoi praised Texas ACS efforts over 22 years including a $1000 annual Texas research investment, educational film programs, and services for over 7 000 cancer patients last year. 17 volunteer driven mobile exhibits on smoking aided teen tobacco reduction, as Jack Hardison of Austin outlined 1968 69 state goals. Eldon Sanders and wife represented Childress County. Sanders elected president of the local chapter.
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American Cancer Society
Plainview
Warren Poole
Lubbock
Eva de Hemoi
Floydada
All American Cancer Society
Texas
ACS
Jack Hardison
Austin
Eldon Sanders
Childress County
Old Pilaga Chief Allegedly Found in Argentine Chaco
A police patrol in the Argentine Chaco during spring encountered an assertedly 130 year old Pilaga Indian chief, as reported by La Nacion. The finding involves a claimed veteran leader amid a search for bandits.
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Chaco
Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentine
la Nacion
House votes 91 to 56 for 3 percent general sales tax
The Texas House approves a 3 percent general sales tax bill amid clashes with Gov. Connally's plan. The measure raises the statewide rate from 2 to 3 percent and 4 percent in cities with local taxes, set to take effect January 1. The Senate action and near-term deadline loom amid ongoing budget talks.
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Austin
UPI
House
David Anderson Austin
John Connally
Connally
Senate
Ben Atwell
Dallas
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Ben Barnes
Cory-Atwell
Whic
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Cory
Texas
Prestonmith
Alabama lawyer to defend Ray in London extradi tion fight
An Alabama lawyer and his son arrived in London to assist British lawyers defending James Earl Ray. He pledged to fight with his last ounce of breath for his client. The press conference did not reveal if they flew to London.
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London
UPI
Alabama
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur Jr
Ray
United States
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