Clark Calls Firearms National Catastrophe at Senate Hearing
Attorney General Clark calls gun use a national catastrophe and urges Congress to pass strict national gun control. He supports Johnson administration proposals for universal firearm registration licensing and mail order sale bans, with Senators Dodd Kennedy and others backing the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Clark
Congress
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Juvenile Delin
Dodd
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roman Hruska
Rneb
Hruska
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Joseph D. Tydings
Judiciary Committee
LVNA to Sponsor Baby Contest During 80th Anniversary
Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Childress County plans a baby contest on July 20 at 4 p m in the Rotary Bowl Fair Park during the 80th Anniversary Celebration and Old Settlers event. Open to all ages 0 through nine, with out-of-town judges, proceeds support the hospital chapel article. Proceeds from this first fundraising effort will fund a chapel item with more details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of
Childress County
Old Settlers
Fair Park
Chapel of the New Hospital
Jani
Lawrence Prsident
LVNA
Lillie Copeland
Dorothy Hardin
Dorothy Smith
Nedra Pennell
Wanda Howell
Lois Arnold
Ethel Adams
Betty Stevens
Ruby McIntire
Rob Steed
Olean Reardon
Lonnie Elkins
Toni Ramarizes
Misses Howard Huddleston Named to Tech Honor Roll
Two Childress students at Texas Tech in Lubbock earned Dean's Honor Roll status. Jane Huddleston, a junior elementary education major, posted a 3.60 GPA. Sharlotte Howard, home economics major, achieved 3.17.
Rotary Club President Retires Expressing Gratitude
John Forbis retires as president of the Childress Rotary Club and thanks members for their support during the past year. New officers will be installed at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Hotel Childress. Rotary Anns invited. no meeting next Wednesday. Visiting Rotarian Iva Honeycutt of Yucca City Calif. with guests David Galligan Memphis, Ken Los Andes, and Bill Veilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Forbis
Childress
Floor Fight Over Sales Versus Business Taxes
Liberal and conservative lawmakers in Texas clash over the 1969 tax bill as House peers push a 1 percent sales tax hike while Senate allies seek to replace it with business taxes. Amendments target gas taxes and broaden the tax base, with constitutional concerns over interstate commerce raised by critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson Austin
UPI
Senate
House
Sen
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Jack Strong
Longview
William Patman
Canado
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Strong
Hardeman
Schwartz
Texas
Preston Smith
W. W. Heath
Austin
Sweden
Senate Finance Committee
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Barbara Jordan
Houston
1969 National Wheat Allotment Same As 66
The 1969 national wheat allotment mirrors 1966 levels, down 13 percent from 1968. Gene Frisbie, ASCS supervisor, announced voluntary diversion and payments for conserving use, with price support loans at 1.25 per bushel and 100 percent parity on 43 percent of farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
Olympus Lonie Reunion Set at Fair Park Auditorium
Olympus and Lonie communities will hold a reunion July 6 and 7 at the Fair Park Auditorium. No further details were available at the time of the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympus
Lonie
Fair Park
Fortas Nominated for Chief Justice as Warren Retires
President Johnson nominates Justice Abe Fortas to be chief justice of the United States to succeed Earl Warren who is retiring from the Supreme Court Fortas would take the post upon Senate approval Judge Homer Thornberry of the Fifth Circuit is tapped to fill Fortas’s current seat and become a justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Johnson
Abe Fortas
United States
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Fortas
Warren
Senate
Whte House
Homer Thornberry
US Fifth Circuit Court
Three Named To Red Cross Board of Directors
Mrs. G. B. Blackwell Cecil Pryor and H. E. Wright join the Childress County Board of Directors of the American National Red Cross replacing Palmer Massey Walter Lockhoof and Ralph Bryan. Other directors include Mrs. Glenn Stiner Sim Vaughn Weldon Teague Miss Barbara Waybourn Richard Bird Cecil Park Earl Harwell Dr. Jack Quisenberry Dr. Jack Fox and Mrs. Ross Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Blackwell
Cecil Pryor
H. E. Wright
Childress
American National Red Cross
Avis Bailey
Red Cross
Palmer Massey
Walter Lockhoof
Ralph Bryan
Blackwell
Parents Teacher Association
Woman's Department Club
Crusade
Childress County Cancer Society
Eastern Star
Pry
The
Glenn Stiner
Sim Vaughn
Weldon Teague
Barbara Waybourn
Richard Bird Cecil Park
Earl Harwell
Jack Quisenberry
Jack Fox
Ross Smith
Bailey
Washington Window: Congress fights over a six billion dollar cut
Washington Window reports Congress demands a six billion dollar budget cut in Johnson's plan while resisting cuts to Vietnam, Post Office, highways, farm supports, rivers and harbors, and supersonic transport. The piece notes lawmakers oppose reductions in many areas and warn that foreign aid remains a target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Johnson
Vietnam
Post Office Department
Osarnedsrdarbosh
Boeing
Airlines
Miami
Los Angeles
Relics Under St Peters Basilica Said to Be Peter
Pope Paul VI announced scholars found convincing evidence that the bones beneath St. Peter's main altar belong to the Apostle Peter. The finding closes years of debate as Rome's scholars, church leaders, and the public heard of ongoing carbon dating and tests at the Institute of Legal Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
St. Peter
Rome
Prus XII
Paul
Peter
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican Hill
Constantine
St. Peter’s
Pius
Peter’s
Institute of Legal Medicine
Cracked Foundation St Marks Bell Tower Not in Immediate Danger
Cracks appeared in the foundation of St. Mark's Bell Tower in Venice. City officials said there is no danger of collapse as the landmark, rebuilt in 1902 after a mistaken widening of its platform, awaits restoration which is not urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Venice
Italy
St. Mark's
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Walsh
API
U.S
London
Ho Chi Minh
Paris
Moscow
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Red China
Hanoi
Pham Hung
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Jatg
Navy
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
John V. Lindsay
New York
John Glenn Jr
Edward W. Brooke
Misses Howard
Huddleston
Tech
Veilly
Ment
Red Cross Board of Directors
Frank Eleazer
Ronnie Giles
McMurry College
M. K. Wilcoxson
Giles
Buddy Fornes
Fornes
McMurry
Snyder
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!