Lynda Bird Johnson at Gore Vidal Premiere Jokes Spark Anti LBJ Theme
The Johnson family attended Gore Vidal’s Week End preview amid jokes skewering LBJ. Elizabeth Taylor’s ex husband Mike Todd Jr. recalled career bits and a fiery flame dance incident. Todd’s quips, including a Socratic aphorism, linger as film nostalgia fades.
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Dick West
Washington
UPI
This
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Gore
Europe
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Mike Todd Jr
Todd
St. Saat S
High Point Visits scattered in Texas towns
High Point residents report social visits across Wichita Falls Durant Okla Childress Paducah Lubbock Amarillo and Paducah in a regional social notes column. Local families including Holmans Rothwells Biddys and Henleys exchanged calls attended barbecues and visits with relatives and friends.
Local social and church notices from Wellington and surrounding towns
The column lists funerals and family visits across Wellington Childress and Amarillo areas. H B Davidson funeral in Wellington. J M Havins funeral in Childress. Families like the Riddells, Merrills, Puckett, Tobias, Farren and Havins shown visiting kin in Wichita Falls Chil dress Amarillo Nor thfield Paducah and Adams Ranch.
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J. C. Riddell
Amarillo
M. A. Farren
Jimmy Farren
T. E. Tobias
Paducah
Edgar Tobias
Lena Pistole
Annice Timmons
Northfield
Bill Bethany
Walter Timmons
Richard Bumpus
Adams Ranch
Patsy
Ray Bumpus
T. A. Riddell
J. M. Havins
Childress
Services Held In Hollis For O. D. Hill
Funeral services for O D Hill 27 of Oklahoma City native of Hollis Okla were at 3 p m at Hollis First Methodist Church with Rev G B Spurgin officiating Burial followed at Fairmont Cemetery Coley Funeral Home of Hollis handled arrangements Hill died Wednesday in Oklahoma City from a wound He worked for Continental Oil Company and had lived in Oklahoma City five years Survivors include his wife Judy a son Greg a sister Mrs Myren of Oklahoma City a Todd Taylor of Hollis his parents Mr and Mrs Mitchell Taylor of Hollis and grandmother Mrs C H Curry of Hollis
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O. D. Hill
Oklahoma City
Hollis
Okla
Holli First Methodist Church
G. B. Spurgin
Fairmont
Coley Funeral Home
Hill
Continental Oil Company
Methodist Church
Judy
Greg
Myren
Todd Taylor
Mitchell Taylor
C. H. Curry
Designer Cheatheam Tied To Galaxy Airplane
Charles Cheatheam of Marietta Georgia helped design the Lockheed C5A Galaxy described as 245 feet long with a six story tail. The engineer, a Texas A&M graduate and Childress High School alumnus, worked for Fort Worth and Arlington firms and is married to Judy Adams with four children.
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Charles Cheatheam
Marietta
C. J. Cheatheam
Childress
Cheatheam
Volkswagen
Greyhound
Deahh Anerde Toneasiey
Mariatta
Childress High School
Texas A&m
Fort Worth
Arlington
Judy Adams
Jack Adams
Texas liquor by the drink on ballot debated
Gov John Connally weighing the SDEC plan to place liquor by the drink on the primary ballot but has not decided. Willeb Smithman and Locke urge Texans to express views. Dolph Briscoe campaigns plan booster tours from Uvalde across 22 000 miles through May 4 to bolster his bid. Don Yarborough backs a rehabilitation center for drinkers and urges use of de intoxication centers instead of jails.
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Willeb
John Connally
Locke
Texas
Connally
SDEC
Waggoner Carr
Crendum
Dolph Brisco
Uvalde
Briscoe
Dallas
Don Yarborough
Rescuers Reach Farther Point in Mine Fire
Rescuers and two men advanced to a point about 1,200 feet from the shaft, the farthest reached so far. No rescuer has removed breathing equipment due to poisonous carbon monoxide lingering after the fire.
Supreme Court bans unison gratitude in public prayers
A writer reflects on a fictional Supreme Court ruling prohibiting publicly voiced thanks in unison. The piece attacks broad bans on the word God in a morning prayer verse and warns about creeping limits on expression in public life.
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God
DeKalb County
Ill
Supreme Court
Caverns Owner Joins Missouri Tourism Commission
Lester B. Dill, owner of Meramec Caverns and 12 other Missouri caves, was appointed to the Missouri Tourism Commission and said he favors new experiences, including a gubernatorial appointment.
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UPIC
Lester B. Dill
Meramec
U.S. 66
Stanton
Missouri Tourism Commission
Temperature Extremes in Past 24 Hours and March 8 1967
The report lists maximum and minimum temperatures for the last 24 hours ending at 11 a.m. and compares them with values from March 8 1967. It notes a high near 65 degrees and a low around 40 degrees for that past date, plus sunrise and sunset times.
Driver Cooks Latest firing cited in fatal crash report
The incident left 20 dead and 12 injured when a car struck a bus at 3 45 p m PST and drove away. Barry 39 was fired as a cook hours earlier after eight days of work with despondency over a divorce noted by a witness a Pacific Telephone employee reported the bus fire and a witness described the crash and efforts to aid victims.
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Barry
Dabney
E Walter Terry
San Bernardino County
Terry
Barstow
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Transportation Department
San Francisco
Barstow Community Hospital
James Almer
Pacific Telephone Co
Almer
Funeral Services Here Saturday For Don Ham
Funeral services for Ravis Wayne Ham age 43 will be at Central Christian Church at 9 a.m. Saturday with Rev. Carlton Downing officiating. Burial follows at Turner Cemetery Fulbright after graveside rites at 4:30 p.m. Pallbearers include Bobby Chaffin J E Benham Clarence Carter Floyd Etheridge Bob Richardson and E A Nelson. Ham died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. Born March 2 1924 near Detroit he married Wanda Blacksher March 12 1953 in Clovis New Mexico. They moved to Childress in 1963 from Plainview. He served as Assistant Chief of Police and Deputy Sheriff with about 10 years in law enforcement and belonged to the Sheriffs Association and Peace Officers Association. Survivors include his wife three sons a daughter a step-son his parents a brother four sisters and a nephew. A revival will open at Parkview Baptist Church 208 Avenue H No Monday at 7 30 p m conducted by Rev Joe Hocking with Sunday services March 17 at the regular time.
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Ravis Wayne
Don) Ham
Central Christian Church
Carlton Downing
Turner Cemetery
Fulbright
Detroit
Newberry
Bobby Chaffin
J. E. Benham
Clarence Carter
Floyd Etheridge
Bob Richardson
E. A. Nelson
Mr. Ham
Wanda Blacksher
Clovis
N.M
Childrese
Plainview
Sheriff’s Association
Peace Officers Association
Parkview Baptist Church
Avenue H
Joe Hocking
Bodine Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
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