Heaviest U S Casualties In War Reported Last Week
UPI report cites 1617 American killed wounded or missing as battle week peaks. Communists suffer 1736 losses. U S platoon hit near Tuy Hoa suffers 13 dead 27 wounded and several missing. Air and naval actions widen void in North Vietnam. Bubonic plague outbreak at Cam Ranh Bay linked to war strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cedar Falls
South Vietnam
Armes
Dmz
Junction City
Trone Stenoth
Wen
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
North Vietnamese
Ia Drang Valley
4Th Infantry Division
Tuy Hoa
Cam Ranh Bay
CHS Career Conference Set for March 17 at High School
CHS will host a day long Career Conference with college representatives from the area. Students visit two consultants and attend panel discussions on college and work expectations. Sessions run 12:50 to 3:40 with rooms hosting Abilene Christian College to US Marine Corps represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress High School
CHS
LeRoy Reeves
J. W. Hamilton
E. A. Sanders
W. K. Frey
McMurry College
Jean Moore
Clarendon
Civil War Grave Markers Arrive for Chil Dress Cemetery
George Snear, Veterans Service Officer, reports seven government furnished Civil War grave markers arrived Wednesday for Chil Dress Cemetery graves. He expects about 30 more markers once the list is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Snear
Veterans Service Officer
Childress
Snear
Cancer Society To Meet and Screen Films Next Week
Dale Byerly of Lubbock will speak at 6 30 p m Tuesday to Childress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. A film strip will be shown at the Childress Hotel. Next Wednesday two film showings are planned at the Palace Theatre for women and school girls with doctors present for Q A after the films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Byerly
Lubbock
American Cancer Society
Childress County
Sam Carmack
Deane Dodge
Byerly
Childress Hotel
Childdress County
Palace Theatre
Gold Rush Hits Outio As Reef Report Sparks Fever
In Outio a mining office announced a rich reef with 39 percent gold content. The 2900 resident town anticipated a rush as news spread to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widhoek
Southwest Africa
UPI
Outio
South Africa
David Carroll Elected President of Jaycees
At a noon Jaycees meeting David Carroll was elected president and Don Petzold named vice president. The treasurer and secretary were to be chosen at the next meeting. Rod Copeland spoke on what it means to be an officer as the Speak Up Jaycees program for March. Plans were made for a Jaycees carnival in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
David Carroll
Don Petzold
Rod Copeland
Close Race for Spelling Bee Championship
The Childress Index sponsored event saw Jan Wiseman win the senior division after a tense spell-down with Vickie Mullins. Perry Hicks and Becky Stader were runners-up in a field of 36 entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Wiseman
Childress
Perry Hicks
Forcible
Perry
Vickie Mullins
Jan
Vickie
E A. Sanders
E. A. Nelson
Avis Bailey
Morris Higley
Fred McCain
Linda Gorley
Joe Reed
Kim Sterling
Wilson School
Brad Owens
Becky Stader
Lone Iato
Childress Index
Del Rio Rites Planned For Mrs Porter Steffey Jr
Funeral services set for 4 p.m. in Del Rio for Mrs Porter Steffey Jr 36 formerly of Kirkland who died about 8:30 a.m. at San Antonio Baptist Hospital Survivors include husband Keith David and Carol Steffey parents Leonard and Mrs Myers sister Mrs Don Erker of Del Rio.
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del Rio
Porter Steffey, Jr
Kirkland
San Antonio Baptist Hospital
Steffey
Wanda Myers
Kirkland High School
Keith
David
Carol Steffey
Leonard Myers
Don Erker
Leaders Meet Washington Diplomats Set for April Meeting
Foreign ministers of seven allied nations supporting South Vietnam will meet in Washington in April 2021 after a State Department announcement on Wednesday. The talks will follow a previous conference.
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Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
State Department
Free Coffee At Book Sale At Eubank Park Drug Building
Friends of the Library hold a book sale on Saturday in the old Eubank Park Drug Building on Main Street. Free coffee will be served during the sale from 9 30 a m until all books are sold. Donations of books are welcome with pick up offered if needed.
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Friends of the Library
Eubank Park
Main Street
Sam Carmack
Texas Mayors Meet To Discuss Local Sales Tax Bill
Lt Gov Preston Smith met with about 20 Texas mayors and urged prompt Senate action on the local option city sales tax bill, with timing left to sponsors. Mayors voiced optimism, noting the bill has passed the House and cleared a Senate committee, and could reach the floor next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
David Anderson
United Press International
Austin
UPI
Preston Smith
Senate
Joe Stephens
Weslaco
Martin
House
Smith
John Connally
George Parkhouse
Dallas
William T. Moore
Bryan
Parkhouse
Connally
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Moore
Bates
Missing OU professor presumed dead in suspect murder case
Authorities in Brownsville Texas revisit a missing Oklahoma University official Jay Frank Elsen after an unidentified body found February 19 shows gunshot wounds. Autopsy and dental comparisons raise but do not confirm the link, with fingerprints and ring initials used to identify.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
University of Bogone
Jay Frank Elsen
Elsen
Justice of the Peace
Johnny Gavito
Gavito
Oklahoma University
Elsea
Oklahoma
Washington
Elsen Fr
Harlingen
Arizona
California
Canada
Paducah Rites Held Today For Mrs Richards
Funeral services for Mrs. Dan E. Richards 70 of Paducah were held at 2 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church with Rev. Womack officiating. Burial followed in the Garden of Memories. She died Tuesday at Richards Memorial Hospital born in Erath County on September 13 1896 and had lived in Paducah 46 years. Survivors include her husband Dan and sisters Mrs. D M Russell Linan Mrs. J C Davis Fort Worth and Mrs. Byron Davis Sherman.
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Dan E. Richards
Paducah
First Methodist Church
Royce Womack
Garden of Memories
Richards
Richards Memorial Hospital
Erath County
Dan
D. M. Russell
Linan
J. C. Davis
Fort Worth
Byron Davis
Sherman
Mrs Helen Hayton in Presbyterian Hospital eye treatment
Mrs Helen Hayton is in Presbyterian Hospital Oklahoma City receiving eye treatment after illness during Oklahoma Cirone by 7 am. She is accompanied by Mrs. C. E. Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton McGhee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hayton
Presbyterian Hospital
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
25 Percons Dead In Ohin Plane Crash
A rural Ohio plane crash today killed all 25 aboard, including William Schetter. Urbana fire authorities reported the aircraft exploded on impact and there were no survivors.
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Ohin
New
Ohio
Urbana
William Schetter
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Area Economic Industrial Clinic
Woman's Department Club
Jake Street
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
James Heath
Texas Industrial Commission
Sam Godfrey
Hemisfair
Texas Tourist Agency
Don Rummel
Robert W. Berry
Everett Janne
College Station
Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
Abilene Christian College
Hilton Merritt
Artistic
Cora Crain
Clarendon Junior College
Draughon’s Business College
M. E. Reichert
Hardin-Simmons University
C. Kenneth Hill Jr
Lubbock Christian College
Jim Ravanelli
Midwestern University
Betsy J. Bullock
Northwest Texas Hospital
Eunice King
St Anthony’s Hospital
M. Perpetua
Sterling College
Ron Haag
Wayland College
Western Republic College
West Texas State University
Heegy L. Calder
US Air Force Academy
M. K. Wilcoxson
US Army Recruiting Service
Drue S. McBride
US Marine Corps
A. S. Chism
Cc. E. Yowell
W. Price
H. Clift
Chester Hufstedler
Business
Bill Coopwood
Cecil Park
Civil Service
Bill Leonard
M. E. Alison
J. Jenkins
Palmer Massey
Lois Stiner
Jack Burrus
Highway Patrol
Floyd Etheridge
Lynda Barnett
Tames Conaway
Bob White
John Gay
Gene Blackwell
Ray Toft
Jimeneje
Oeestenburg
George Morey
Steffey Jr
J. C. Martin
Laredo
Martina Smith
Henslee
Cameron County
Mrs. Richards
Man
Muriel Tae Allen
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