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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1966

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eugene, Ore UPI Annette of Oregon

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Missouri River India White House Childress Rotary Club John T. Forbis Ross Smith Kenneth Fink Hubert Powers Willard Williams W. L. Eikman Virgil McGee Doans Crossing First National Bank VFEW Reds Joseph W. Grigg Kremlin Brezhnev Nikolai Podgorny Paris North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Soviet Union Vals Elysee Palace C O Gen Kook Eisenhowers Dwight Doud Little Rock John Quincy Adamses Harry Truman Eisenhower Golden Wedding Committee Gen. Eisenhower National Bank Steinbach Ative Ryan Catholic Church
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