Jets clash with Mig fighters in North Vietnam standoff
UPI report from Saigon says US jets and Communist Migs fought to a standoff over North Vietnam. American forces conducted seven major operations with heavy fighting in Tuy Hoa, Da Nang, and near Hanoi. One Navy F8 Crusader and two F105s were shot down, and a Sidewinder-armed pilot claimed a MIG kill while other actions included ground combat deaths and ongoing air missions across South Vietnam.
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Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
North Viet Nam
U.S
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Welcome Home Enterprise Heroes After Vietnam War
The USS Enterprise returns to San Francisco Bay after eight months and 13 000 successful sorties in North Vietnam. Thousands greet the carrier as crews reunite with families while captains and survivors reflect on loss and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Jeschke
United Press International
San Francisco
UPI
Enterprise
Golden Gate
Viet Nam
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francsco Bay
Alameda Naval Air Station
James F. Holloway
Holloway
George Terrill
Fresno
Calif
Navy
Eikman Elected Commander of American Legion
W L Eikman was elected commander of the American Legion at a Veterans Building meeting. Other officers named include A P Hamilton Jr first vice commander Jack Thomas second vice commander Frank Buster adjutant Howard L Preston service officer George O Spear historian Norman E Thomas chaplain D L Brummett sergeant at arms Glen A Clements publicity chair Scott T Shepherd. Members voted to join the American Legion Insurance Plan with each member insured for 1000 dollars and dues raised to seven dollars annually. Gene Clements reported on his trip to Boys State as the Childress representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Eikman
American Legion
Veterans Building
A. P. Hamilton, Jr
Jack Thomas
Frank Buster
Howard L. Preston
George O. Spear
Norman E. Thomas
D. L. Brummett
Glen A. Clements
Scott T. Shepherd
Dodd Aide Testifies He Was Asked to Help Klein in Germany
James P. Boyd, a former administrative assistant to Senator Thomas J. Dodd, testified that in 1963 64 Dodd said he would fly to West Germany to aid Chicago lobbyist Julius Klein. He said Klein pleaded for help after losing contracts and asked Dodd to bolster Klein s public image with clients and in the Senate. The Senate Ethics Committee opened public hearings on Pearson and Anderson s charge that Dodd acted as Klein s errand boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
Klein
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Boyd
Germany
Cuban Athletes Defect While Being Moved in Puerto Rico
In San Juan a bus driver said at least seven Cuban athletes escaped at a traffic stop and sought political asylum with police. The group fled from a guarded camp near Isla Grande where they were to sail to a ship offshore, part of a wave of defections totaling four in ten days including Marina Saccuale and Hector Rodriguez Cardoso.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Reinaldo Feliciano
Isla Grande
Feliciano
Olympic Village
Marina Saccuale
Hector Rodriguez Cardoso
Francisco Marti Gonzalez
Juan P. Vega
Rotary International Convention Reported Attendees
Three members who attended the Rotary International Convention in Denver last week spoke at the Childress club meeting. The event drew 15,000 Rotarians and their wives, with attendees sharing insights from the Denver gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary International
Denver
Childress Club
May CPI dip masks broad price pressures
UPI reports May consumer price index edged up 0.1 percent led by gains in housing and medical care while food cost fell four tenths of 1 percent. Despite slower inflation, overall prices were 2.7 percent higher than a year ago and real earnings fell as wages lagged price gains.
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Washington
UPI
May
Labor Department
Gertrude Pryor to Be Buried in California
Gertrude Pryor 67 of Las Vegas Nev former Childress resident died Tuesday night in a Las Vegas hospital of a heart attack. Funeral services will be at the Chapel of Memories with interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery Norwalk Calif near Los Angeles. She was preceded in death by her husband Doug Pryor. Survivors include daughter Mildred Dane Long Beach Calif and son Howard Pryor Las Vegas plus six sisters and a niece.
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Gertrude Pryor
Las Vegas
Nev
Childress
Chapel of Memories
Forest Lawn
Norwalk
Calif
Los Angeles
Pryor
Doug Pryor
Fort Worth
Denver
Child
King and leaders hold closed door session on civil rights march
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and CORE's Floyd McKissick and Stokeley Carmichael met in a private conference amid plans to resume civil rights action in Philadelphia after violence. Marchers near Jackson resumed a voter registration rally in Yazoo City while tensions echoed past clashes.
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Yazoo City
Miss
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Philadelphia
King
Jackson
CORE
Floyd McKissick
Stokeley Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hosea Williams
Canton
Capell Resigns From Estelline School System
Jo Ed Capell, Estelline superintendent for nine years, has resigned effective July 31 after accepting a new position with Hereford schools. Clinton Richburg, board president, said the board is not accepting applications for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ed Capell
Estelline
Capell
Hereford
Clinton Richburg
Ofce
Hershey Defends Draft System at Congress Hearing
Hershey told the House Armed Services Committee that deferring college students must continue to avoid a shortage of doctors and teachers. He opposed a lottery and warned changes could trigger fewer enrollees and hurt both the nation and the military. Representative Rivers signaled support for reform, urging a lower peacetime draft age.
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Daniel Rappport
United Press International Washington
UPI
Lewis B Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Congress
Rep. L. Mende] Rivers
D-S.c
Armed Services Committee
Sharp turn in Saigon crisis as Quang ends hunger strike
Militant Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang ends a 15 day fast. Premier Ky lifts the siege of Vien Hoa Dao pagoda, promising national unity against communism. A Buddhist girl ingested poison in protest. editor Phan Van Vien was killed in Cholon. Police freed hundreds from the pagoda and detained two youths over the policeman’s death. Continued unrest remains possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Johnson
Ky Triumphant
Phan van Vien
Cholon
Quanah Hosts Inaugural Sidewalk Show Winners
Miss Jan Hudson Mrs Ray Toft and Mrs Jack Fox won second place Saturday in Quanah's first Sidewalk Show. Over 250 entries judged by Jerry Freese of Vernon. Hardeman Art League sponsored the event with cash prizes, and Jan Hudson's portrait depicted Joe Burton Meacham of Turkey.
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Jan Hudson
Ray Toft
Jack Fox
Quanah
Jerry Freese
Vernon
Hardeman Art League
Jan
Joe Burton Meacham
Turkey
Toft
Fire Destroys House on Avenue A in Southeast
A trash fire at 804 Avenue A Southeast spread to a house, causing heavy damage. The property is owned by Downing English and was reported by the local fire department.
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Avenue A
Downing English
De Gaulle Talks With Soviet Leaders On Viet Nam War
President Charles de Gaulle discussed the Viet Nam conflict with top Soviet leaders in the Kremlin. He sought Russian backing for a potential peace conference and agreed to sign a Franco Soviet pact for scientific and space cooperation on June 30.
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Moscow
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
Moscow University
Russia
France
Gromyko
Couve de Murville
U.S.S.R
Viet Nam
Lenin Hills
Texas Hazy with Fog and Thunderstorms Across State
A soupy haze and fog shrouded the eastern half of Texas reducing visibility to two miles in spots. Thunderstorms boosted rainfall on the upper Gulf Coast while temperatures ranged from 60 at Texarkana to 79 at Corpus Christi, with scattered 60s and 70s elsewhere. The weather forecast calls for warm temperatures through Thursday and thundershowers in West and South Texas. A severe thunderstorm watch covered a 120 mile wide corridor from Clovis New Mexico to Dodge City Kansas but produced no turbulence.
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United Press International
Texas
Gulf Coast
East Texas
Texarkana
Corpus Christi
Alpine
Dalhart
Beaumont
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
Brownsville
South Texas
Lufkin
Svere
Clovis
N.M
Dodge City
Kan
Panhandle
Mrs Americas Dress Lost During New York Visit
Mrs Joy Neufer of Houston on the Mrs America tour had her evening dress worth 120 dollars stolen from atop a fire hydrant at Broadway and 42nd Street during publicity photos in Times Square. She lamented homesickness and joked about her husband’s reaction, while officials noted police crowded the area amid a Times Square cleanup.
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New York
UPI
America
Times Square
Joy Neufer
Houston
Tex
Broadway
42Nd Street
Texas
Charles J. Neufer
Houston Business Forms Company
Marjorie Fullmer
Mrs. America
Miss Fullmer
County Plaques To Be Dedicated At Palo Duro
Dedication of county design plaques set for July 3 at the Pioneer theatre Palo Duro Canyon during intermission of the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundations Inc sponsored performance. Mary Nee Wilson of Childress submitted the design for the old structure.
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Pioneer Theatre
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundations Inc
Texas
Mary Nee Wilson
Childress Caning Ner
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Bill
Eikman
Says Bodd
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