Combat actions at Khe Sanh and Dong Ha widen war front
UPI dispatch reports guerrillas breached Khe Sanh perimeter and planted loud speakers urging defections while Marines replied with mortars. More than 40 North Vietnamese rounds hit three Marine bases near the DMZ as the attack at Dong Ha caused casualties.
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Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
Khe Sanh
South Suamese
Dong Ha
Marine Y
Cua Viet
Dmz
State Dems Put Liquor By The Drink Referendum On May 4 Ballot
The State Democratic Executive Committee voted unanimously to place a liquor by the drink referendum on the May 4 Democratic primary ballot. The measure asks whether to legalize liquor sales by the drink in wet areas after local option approval and under strict regulation and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Anderson
Corpus Christi
Tex
UPD
Democratic Party
Democratic Executive Committee
SDEC
Dallas
Austin
Gordon McClendon
Texas
Chicago
Will D. Davis
McLendon
John Connally
Waggoner Carr
Eugene Locke
John Hill
Pat O’daniel
Texas Milk Control Commission
Tuesday Rites For Sister Of Mrs. J Danner
Mrs Walter Peters of David son Oklahoma sister of Mrs John Danner of Childress died at 220 am Sunday in Frederick Oklahoma hospital after a brief illness Funeral services set for 10 am with interment in Frederick cemetery Mr and Mrs Danner traveled to Frederick to attend the rites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Peters
Davidson, Okla
John Danner
Childress
Frederick, Okla
Frederick
Danner
Charley Buster Promoted to General Manager in Sun City
Charley W. Buster, former Childress resident, named general manager of the NIFE Webb Corporation's Kings Inn at Sun City California, while retaining his post as director of Public Relations for Del E. Webb. He has worked for Webb since 1961 and plans to move from Riverside when school ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley W. Buster
Childress
Nife Webb Corporation
Kings Inn
Sun City
Calif
Buster
del E. Webb
Webb
Frank Buster
Childress Index
Win Falls
Idaho
Douglas Daily Dispatch
Arizona
Busters
Riverside
City Council Meeting Planned This Tuesday Evening
City officials announce a 7:00 p.m. meeting on Tuesday to discuss local matters at the city hall. Citizens are invited to attend and provide input on upcoming agendas.
Amarillo Man Injured In Auto Crash
Amarillo resident George St. Clair suffered a compound fracture of the left elbow and a crushed left ankle when his car left U S 287 near Kirkland. The vehicle struck a culvert and McIntyre Sinclair Station. Found about 45 minutes later by Larry Campsey, he received emergency care then was taken by ambulance to St Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George St. Clair
Amarillo
Kirkland
Department of Public Safety
St. Clair
McIntyre Sinclair
U.S. 287
Larry Campsey
Large Lights Seen Near Carey
David Grimes a Chil dress High School senior and his father Howard Grimes with brother Robert eyed two large lights northeast of Carey on Wednesday night. One amber light faded while the larger white light remained as they watched from about a quarter mile away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
David Grimes
Childress High School
Howard B. Grimes
Robert
West Texas State University
Utah Man Jailed for DWI Plea and Fine
Edison Taylor Whitaker of Salt Lake City was picked up by the Highway Patrol Sunday night on a driving while intoxicated charge. He pleaded guilty at County Court and was fined plus court costs totaling 142 dollars and three days in jail per County Attorney Clarence Carter records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Taylor Whitaker
Salt Lake City
Utah
Highway Patrol
Clarence Carter
Blizzard closes roads and schools in Texas Panhandle
A severe winter storm blankets the Texas Panhandle and Plains with up to seven inches of snow and 50 mph winds. Schools shut in Amarillo Plainview and nearby towns while roads stay open with travel warnings. Vega reports seven inches. New Mexico roads close as the storm extends across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Alrvard
Texas Panhandle
Plains
Amarillo
Plainview
Panhandle
Wes Hoverdonus
Vega
Tex
New Mexico
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Mexico
Killeen
Kemopner
Avalon
Richland
Groesbeck
Redoak
Waxahachie
Wills Point
North Texas
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
College Station
Dalhart
del Rio
Junction
Laredo
Lufkin
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
San Antonio
Tyler
Waco
el Paso
Palacios
Runnels
Nixon shifts focus from handshakes to issues in next campaigns
Nixon argues that the nominating battle signals a Kefauver style era ending and a shift to issue based campaigning. Romney’s exit from the race leaves Nixon in a position to stress policy over personal contact as the primary strategy moves through New Hampshire and beyond. The piece notes historical precedents and the evolving rules of campaign style across states and years.
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Raymond Lahr
United Press International
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Dana
District of Columbia
George Romney
Michigan
Nixon
Romney
Kefauver
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
Rusk Pushes Approval of 2.9 Billion Foreign Aid Plan
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Congress to approve President Johnsons foreign aid program of 2.9 billion despite Vietnam War costs. He argued against any aid cut in testimony opening before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Debate was set to explore Johnson Southeast Asia policy with Westmorelands troop requests intensifying the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Hensley
Dean Rusk
Congress
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Vietnam
Criical
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Hairdresser Meeting Postponed Due to Weather
The area hairdressers and casetalogi sts clinic set for today at the Veterans Building was postponed after Exposito of Amarillo could not reach Childress. The workshop aimed to update members on new styles and methods, with plans to reschedule in spring. Attendees included Laverne Thomas and others from Childress and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Exposito, Jr
Amarillo
Veterans Building
Exposito
Childress
Tewoe
Florida
Laverne Thomas
Sandra Grillet
Edna McNabb
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Veterans Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veteran’s Building
Shorty Voyles Dies in Childress County
Horace Steve Voyles 64 died at 11 a.m. at a rent house on Avenue E Northwest in Childress. A retired farmer, born October 16, 1903 in Greenville, he moved to Childress County in 1906. Funeral rites pending at Newberry Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Verda Mae Keys of Paducah, two sons Harlan Amarillo and Allan Childress, two sisters, two brothers, and six grandchildren.
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Horace Steve
Shorty) Voyles
Avenue E
Voyles
Teil
Newberry Funeral Home
Mr. Voyles
Greenville
Childress County
Verda Mae Keys
Tell
Edna Mae Stinson
Paducah
Harlan
Amarillo
Allan
Childress
T. H. Burton
Childres
Hall Burton
E. K
Austin
Grady Stamps
Clarendon Pioneer James Swift Dies at 78
James Swift 78 longtime Donley County rancher and Clarendon banker died at Clarendon hospital after a heart attack. He was president of the State Bank at Clarendon with survivors including daughter Emmett Simmons of Clarendon and son James Swift Jr. of Dallas and Wichita Falls. Funeral arrangements are pending in Clarendon. He was brother to Mrs. Frank L. Decker of Childress.
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James Swift
Donley County
Clarendon
Clarendon Hospital
Frank L. Decker
Childress
Swift
State Bank
Clarenon
Emmett Simmons
James Swift Jr
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Decker
Roy Partlett
Frank Meadows
San Angelo
Clyde Tunnell
Farwell
Esther Ingram
Panhandle
Powell Combs
Tubby Stanley
Amarillo
Grover Swift
Miles City
Mont
Rusk says more U S troops to Vietnam in 30 days
Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced that additional American troops would be sent to Vietnam within the next 30 days, bringing total forces near 525,000. In Alabama Governor Wallace shows a cancer operation setback with fever and abdominal infection. Swiss top bankers warn they will support the U S to hold gold at 35 dollars per ounce, while London gold orders drop. Senate passes civil rights bill to ban housing discrimination in about 70 percent of the nation by 1970, facing House uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Switzerland
Paris
United States
London
Wachington
Senate
House
Price Seeks U S Action on French WWI Debt
Washington congressman Bob Price introduced a resolution urging the President to begin collecting the 50 year old French debt of almost 7 billion dollars. He argued France has pursued policies against U S interests and called for steps to ensure collection if Paris continues to default. He expected hearings on the proposal soon.
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Washington, D. C
Hegin
Bob Price
Price
NeGamle
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Pranen
Hearines
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Ana Elementary School
Gordon McLendon
J Danner
Charley Buster
Ite Department of Pub
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Community Centr
A. B. Clements
B. P. Henderson
Community Cenane
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The
Stratford Star
Stratford
Perryton
Bob Bond
Ochiltree County Herald
St. Patrick’s Day
Althea Allison
M. E. Allison
Althea
Childress High
KGNC
Fabricht
William A Westmoreland
Shorty Voyles
Clarendon Pioneer
Montgomery
Ala
Larleen B. Wallace
TOA Weft
Tifsnay Troon &R
Fiks
Tadee
Elks Hallmoom
Thomas Lewis
Acee
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Lewis
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