Gunboats Pounding Guerrillas In Mekong Delta Skirmish
U S troops killed 77 guerrillas attempting to flee by river gunboats in the Mekong Delta near Saigon. The two day battle involved heavily armed women and children among the Viet Cong. Among those killed were a woman who pinned down an army platoon, a 14 year old boy with grenades, and a Viet Cong medic armed with grenades.
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Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U. S
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Mekong
Tass
Hanoi
North Vietnamese
Pleiku
Cambodia
U.S
Baby Bird Arrives Today In Austin
Luci Johnson Nugent gave birth to an 8 pound 10 ounce boy at Seton Hospital in Austin at 7 59 am EDT. Her husband Pat Nugent announced the arrival and quoted Luci as saying we have a very beautiful baby. Mrs Johnson called the President to report the grandson, the first for the President.
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Helen Thomas
United Press International
Austin, Tex
UPI
Luci Johnson Nugent
Johnson
Seton Hospital
Luci
Pat
Nugent
Daughters of Charity of
Pat Nugent
Kosygin Johnson meeting still possible in UN week
Secretary of State Dean Rusk planned dinner talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko as diplomacy intensified around the United Nations. Officials cautioned no Johnson Kosygin session was set, though both sides signaled potential talks in New York or elsewhere before Kosygin leaves.
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Stewart Hensley
Sted Nations
UPI
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Johnson
Alxei Kosygin
White House
Kosygin
State Department
Rusk
New York
Gromyko
Thant
Ford urges faster push for anti missile defense
Washington UPI report quotes House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford stating China’s hydrogen bomb test necessitates immediate U S deployment of an anti missile defense system, arguing no hesitation is warranted.
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Washington
UPI
House
Gerald RK. Ford
China
United States
Dodd Urges Colleagues to Avoid Nonexistent Rule Conviction
Washington UPI reports Senator Thomas J. Dodd urged fellow senators not to convict him over a rule he says does not exist regarding handling of contributions.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Percy to Speak at Dallas GOP Dinner Friday
UPI reports United States Senator Charles Percy a Republican of Illinois will be the guest speaker at a Tower-Per ry GOP fundraising dinner to be held Friday at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas.
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Dallas
U.S. acknowledges possible strafing of Soviet ship
The United States, in a note to the Soviet Embassy, said U.S. planes may have accidentally strafed a Russian ship in a North Vietnamese port. The admission came during formal diplomatic exchanges on Tuesday.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
President Johnson to Induct 19-Year-Old Draftees Soon
Sources say President Johnson will likely order the induction of 19-year-olds immediately as he signs the new draft bill. The plan would activate younger draftees at the outset, aligning with congressional expectations.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Podgorny Arrives in Cairo for Talks With Nasser
Soviet President Nicolai Podgorny arrives in Cairo to meet Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser amid ongoing Arab war tensions. The high level talks aim to address regional security and steel alliance responses.
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Cairo
UPI
Nicolai Podgorny
Gamal Abdel Nasser
De Gaulle Blames Israel Over Middle East War
Paris President Charles de Gaulle accuses Israel of starting the Middle East conflict and renews his appeal to the United States to withdraw its forces from Vietnam as the only way to halt the war.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Israel
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Pickup Mail Truck Crash Leaves One Ticket Issued
A pickup driven by R L Miller from Childress collided with a US Mail truck at the US 287 and Highway 83 intersection at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Miller received a ticket for defective brakes and was treated at Childress General Hospital. The mail truck driver, Larry Paterson of Jackson Mississippi, was uninjured. Local police valued damage at about 1200 dollars to the pickup and 400 dollars to the mail truck.
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R. L. Miller
Childress
Miller
Childress General Hospital
Larry Paterson
Jackson
Miss
National Twirling Champ Here This Week
Roger Acosta of Mission Texas, world champion twirler, visits Childress this week to give private twirling lessons to local girls. A Buffalo Band featured twirler at West Texas State University, he has earned hundreds of medals and 298 trophies, with national and regional titles in 1964. He will judge one of ten National Finals championships at Oxford Mississippi this summer before heading to Houston. His students in Childress include Maxie Cook and Tempie Nichols among others. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joe Acosta of Mission.
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Roger Acosta
Mission
Childress
Acosta
Buffalo Band
West Texas State University
Irish Guard
Canada
Mexico City
South America
Alaska
Osford
Miss
Houston
Maxie
Dr Morren speaks on chiropractic at Rotary Club
Dr Perry Morren gave a classification talk on chiropractics noting its 75 year history and its status as a major healing field based on the nervous system. Jim Ragsdale introduced the speaker and M K Wilcoxson arranged the program. Cecil Park welcomed new member C Robert Mahr. Ross Hendricks of Vernon attended as a visiting Rotarian.
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Perry Morren
Rotary Club
Texas
Chiropractic
Jim Ragsdale
M. K. Wilcoxson
C. Robert Mahr
Cecil Park
Ross Hendricks
Vernon
Willard Williams
John Forbis
Rotary International
Outstanding scholar Nona Wyatt Burden honored at college convocation
Mrs. Nona Wyatt Burden, former Tell resident now in Washington DC, received top honors for outstanding scholarship and leadership at the sixth annual Award Convocation of Prince George College in Washington. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs T Latt of Lubbock, a granddaughter of J C Wyatt of Ca a noble relation to Mrs rey and a niece of J D Cox of ell.
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Tell
Nona Wyatt Burden
Washington, D. C
Prince George College
Washington
T. Latt
Lubbock
J. C. Wyatt
Rey
J. D. Cox
Ell
Britain calls for UN peace force in Middle East
Britain urged a new United Nations military presence to preserve peace in the Middle East and asked Israel not to annex Jerusalem. Foreign Secretary George Brown proposed a personally accredited UN representative and staff to oversee cease fires and the peace process, stressing adherence to UN charter territorial integrity.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press International
United Nations
UPI
Britain
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem
Jordan
George Brown
Thant
Brown
General Assembly
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
UNTSO
U.N
Abba Eban
Eban
Amara
U. N. Charter
County Man Killed In Truck Car Crash
Ruben Arbih Covey age 73 from Arlie Route Childress died about 11 p m Tuesday in a truck car collision two miles west of Dodson. Fred Sanford Covey Wellington farmer injured as driver. Bishop Carroll Wellington farm worker injured in truck. Fred Covey and Carroll later reported in good condition at home. Officers cite high weeds and grass obstructing the intersection as cause.
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Ruben Arbih Covey
Arlie
Childress
Dodson
Covey
Highway Patrol
Fred Sanford Covey
Wellington Farmer
Bishop Carroll
Wellington
Johnnie Lee Nash
Fred Covey
Carroll
Calendar deadline for band booster orders in July
The annual Band Booster Calendar order will be sent on July 1. Persons wanting a copy may call Norman Hemphill, high school band director, at WE7 3494 before that date.
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Norman Hemphill
Cotton Payments To Reach Over 1.5 Million In County
County cotton payments under the 1967 program will total about 1 653 000 to Childress County farmers and will be issued regardless of actual production. Payments on 16 747 diverted acres amount to 541 597 and on 32 148 planted acres to 1 111 999. Planting is assumed even if drought prevents actual sowing, with payments for destroyed or failed crops. If cotton is not planted, the area may be sown with feed grain or sweet sorghum but not grain sorghum. August 15 is the certification deadline for cotton and feed grains.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Old City
Brown
U.A.R
Mohamoud Fawzi
Jens Otto Krag
Mike Spiljak
Federal Executive Council
Aldo Moro
C.M. Chagla
U.S
Andrei A. Gromkyo
Abba Eban
Childress County
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
British Troops Quell Aden Riots After Legislative Fire
Arab terrorists attacked Aden's legislative building in the Crater district while British troops moved in to quell violence. Fire, smoke, and gunfire dominated the scene as rebels armed with Chinese Communist and Russian weapons clashed with British forces. The riots, mutinies, and civilian violence claimed thirty lives in the protectorate on Tuesday amid rising nationalist tensions and threats tied to independence next January ninth.
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Aden
API
Red Sea
Britain
Trace Of Rain Here Today
Showers dampened the Texas Panhandle and parts of the South Plains with prospects for thunderstorms spreading into Southwest Texas and along the Gulf Coast. Summer arrives at 9 23 p m EDT with thunderstorms possible, while temps ranged from mid 60s to 105 in various Texas towns.
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Unity Press International
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Gulf Coast
Panhandle
South Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Tamaulipas
Brownsville
Dea Presidio
Wichita Falls
Childress
Falveston
Graveside Rites Today For Mrs Lottie Ward
Graveside services for Mrs Lottie B Ward 81 former resident were set for 3 30 p m today at Childress Cemetery Funeral services had been conducted at 10 a m today at the First Assembly of God Church in Dumas with H L Stevens pastor officiating She died Monday in Dumas Memorial Hospital She was a member of the Dumas Church Survivors include a son Earl of Dumas two daughters Mrs C S Slape of Dumas Mrs C H Kelly of Pampa and Mrs Earl Lancaster of Bula 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren
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Lottie B. Ward
Childress Cemetery
Assebly of God Church
Dumas
H. L. Stevens
Ward
Assembly of God
C. S. Slape
C. H. Kelly
Pampa
Earl Lancaster
Bula
Clean-Up Survey Recommendations Go To Council
A city committee presented a list of safety and sanitation recommendations to the council. Proposals include hiring an inspector to condemn unsafe areas, city mowing of weeds and debris, extending sewer service, inspecting air pollution from cotton gins, clearing junk piles and wrecked vehicles, and studying zoning laws to protect property. Committee Chair Don Gage urged citizens to share views on current ordinances.
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Poperty
Don Gage
Nominations Made For WDC Vacancies
Three new officers for the Woman's Department Club were nominated at the executive meeting today. Their names were presented as a slate for vote by WDC members at a called general meeting. The nominees included Mrs. A terner as business manager James Vaughan as second president and Mrs. W J He.
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Woman’s Department Club
WDC
Aterner
James Vaughan
W. J. He
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