Johnson vows heavier air strikes on North Vietnam
President Johnson opened a farm belt trip in Omaha warning that heavy air strikes on military targets in North Vietnam would continue and impose a growing burden on those who wage war against freedom. He said the aggression must end in an honorable peace and that South Vietnam will determine its own destiny. Johnson also urged a global effort to reverse the world’s hunger trend and called on food-deficient nations to improve policies and agriculture.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
Iternational
Omaha
Neb
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
Farm
U.S
Asia
South Viet Nam
Nebraska
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson City
Tex
Indian Attack Planned at Doans Crossing
A simulated Indian attack was planned for a modern-day trail drive of 92 longhorn cattle moving across the Red River at Doans Crossing south of Altus Oklahoma Lt Gov Preston Smith would turn the herd over to Oklahoma officials at the crossing The cattle were driven from San Antonio Texas and would be moved five miles up the river after the crossing where the attack would be staged The herd would then be driven into Altus and paraded downtown before being bedded for the night
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Altus. Okla
UPI
Red River
Doans
Altus
Texas
Preston Smith
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Tex
Auto and food drive Childress County retail gains
Residents in Childress County spent freely last year with most retailers reporting solid gains. Food and automotive equipment led spending, together accounting for 42 percent of local retail activity. Food sales reached 2,228,000 dollars, up from 1,989,000 dollars, representing 18 percent of local retail.
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New York
Childress Ounty
Standard Rate and Data Service
Childress
Childress County
Prize Money Set For Old Settlers Parade Floats
Old Settlers parade in Childress July 14 will offer prizes for floats and riding clubs with top awards of 35 and 25 dollars. Best dressed couple and cowboy queen prizes add up to 10 and 5 dollars. Out of town judges and a rodeo queen crowned opening night. Parade Marshall Sam Privitt announces lineup on Commerce Street with Troy Wilks assisting. Businesses urged to participate with floats. A band led by Pat Henry will perform.
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Old Settlers
Marshall
Sam Privitt
Privitt
Troy Wilks
Childress Riding Club
Commerce Street
Pair Park Auditorium
Riding Club
Childress
Pat Henry
Granddaughter of Local Couple Dies at About Two
The granddaughter of Rev. and Mrs. Moody Hicks of Childress died about 9 a.m. today in Oklahoma City at age two before a planned tonsillectomy. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicks, she leaves aunt Barbara Hicks of Childress and uncle Lynn Hicks of Oklahoma City, with maternal grandparents in Sayre, Oklahoma. Arrangements are incomplete with burial in Sayre.
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Jimmie Hicks
Oklahoma City
Moody Hicks
Childress
Sayre
Okla
Charles Hicks
Barbara Hicks
Lynn Hicks
Delay in Explorer Satellite Launch at Cape Kennedy
A driving rain from a tropical disturbance off Florida's west coast forced at least a one day delay in the launch of an explorer satellite toward a moon orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Upi
Florida
Showers Dot High Plains Amid Warm Texas Temperatures
A cloud cover lingered over West Texas with scattered showers in the High Plains west of Lubbock Amarillo and Borger El Paso continued shower activity marking nearly a week of precipitation. Central and East Texas mostly clear with some haze and clouds.
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United Press International
West Texas
High Plains
Lubbock
Amarillo
Borger
el Paso
College Station
Central
East Texas
Dalhart
Midland
Alpine
Abilene
Fort Worth
Junction
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Texas
Leave Today for VFW Convention in Houston
Mr and Mrs Buster Mills depart tonight for the National Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Houston which runs through Sunday Mrs Mills serves as district 13 Auxiliary president and Mills as District Junior Vice Commander Mr and Mrs Joe Sprayberry are already at the convention He is the local commander of Post 2512
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Buster Mills
Houston
Mills
District 13
Joe Sprayberry
De Gaulle and Soviets urge end to foreign Viet Nam intervention
France President Charles de Gaulle and Soviet leaders call for withdrawal of foreign forces from Viet Nam and a return to the 1954 Geneva settlement. They sign a joint 2000 word declaration after De Gaulle's 12 day Russia visit, pledging closer mutual cooperation.
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Moscow
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Geneva
de Gaulle
Russia
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Red Army
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Europe
Three Arrested For Illegal Entry To US
Three Latin American men were nabbed for illegal entry into the United States. Deputy Sheriff Don Ham said they were stopped by Highway Patrolman Bobby Chaffin. one lacked a driver’s license. Held in county jail awaiting Border Patrol arrival.
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United States
Don Ham
Bobby Chaffin
U.S
Border Patrol
PRACTICE FRIDAY FOR Childress Riding Club MEMBERS
Members are asked to meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the rodeo arena for a practice session. All who plan to attend the parade and rodeo in Clarendon on Monday July 4 are urged to attend the meeting.
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Childress Riding Club
Rodeo
Clarendon
Ike and Mamie Eisenhower Golden Wedding Eve Salty Advice
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower mark their Golden Wedding Eve amid defense of campus decorum and a push for Eisenhower College. He vows to expel demonstrators if he led a college, and praises youth while warning against campus outbreaks and moral drift.
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H. D. Quigg
United Press International
Gettysburg
UPI
Mamie
Ike
United States
Dwight David Eisenhower
Mamie Geneva Doud
Denver
Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Phoenixville
Eisenhower College
Onders
Seneca Falls
N.Y. I
Johnson
Neighbor Boy Admits Killing Steinbach Girl
In Aurora Colorado a 14 year old neighbor boy confessed to killing Paula Sue Steinbach the four foot six inch third grader whose body was found in a shed near her home. The youth Charles Brett Lange signed a statement witnessed by his father and a minister after police said he cooperated detailing how the act was carried out. The maximum murder sentence for a minor is life. officials weigh charges as parents cope with the tragedy.
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Lester C. Kjos
United Press International
Aurora, Colo
UPI
Adolph Steinbach
Paula Sue
Ralph Anderson
Colorado
Guy van Cleave
Young Lange
Cooper
Five Amarillo Men Fined for Soliciting Without Permit
Five young men from Amarillo were fined 25 dollars each for selling encyclopedias without a permit. The group includes Frank M. Thompson 18 Dennis Ronald Rattan 19 Paul Keith Saunders 18 Geary Raymond Darnell 21 and Jerry Dale Hayton 18. They were charged by City Judge J E Copelin after being picked up by officers Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
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Amarillo
Frank M. Thompson
Dennis Ronald Rattan
Paul Keith Saunders
Geary Raymond Darnell
Jerry Dale Hayton
J. E
Bud) Copelin
Dave Ricks
Monroe King
Pastors Appointed for Childress and Stratford Churches
Rev Bernard Ryan of Dalhart to lead Childress Catholic Church while Rev Richard J Never becomes pastor of St Joseph's Stratford. Ryan since December 1964 served as assistant at St Anthony's Dalhart and studied at St Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein. He also served as assistant in Borger and Clarendon.
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Bernard Ryan
Dalhart
the Childress Catholic Church
Richard J. Never
St. Joseph’s
Stratford
Rev. Ryan
St. Anthony's
St. Mary of the Lake Seminary
Mundelein
Til
Borger
Clarendon
Mississippi Ends Prohibition With County Liquor Vote Law
In Jackson Mississippi bootleggers held mock going out of business sales as the dry era ends. A new law permits county option liquor legalization at midnight, with a mandatory 15 day wait before votes and a strict crackdown promised by state and local officials. Governor Johnson calls prohibition a farce. Local officials in several counties pledge to curb the whisky trade.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Jaycees Seek Interest in Paving Childress Streets
The Jaycees announced interest in a paving project to add streets in Childress and urged calling WE7-2901. The group reminded residents to fly flags on Monday July 4 and warned drivers to travel carefully. Gerald Holeman Don Gage and Jim Vaughan were named Jaycees of the Month. A final report on the Miss Childress Pageant was presented. Ray Price attended as a guest.
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Childress
Earla Carmack
Gerald Holeman
Don Gage
Jim Vaughan
Jaycee
Ray Price
Coed Editor Faces Contempt Over Names on Oregon Campus
In Eugene Oregon UPI reports editor Annette faced a $300 contempt fine for refusing to reveal marijuana users on the Oregon campus. The case tests press rights and campus policy amid ongoing tensions over student privacy and drug enforcement.
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Eugene, Ore
UPI
Annette
of Oregon
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