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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
5
Members of the Bobcat track team enter the Iowa Relays scheduled Saturday marking their fourth meet of the season. Entries list relays and sprints with riders and alternates, while freshmen compete in the Shamrock Meet for seventh and eighth graders with coach Charles Beebe guiding the group.
The National League debates expansion pace with voices like Warren Giles and OMalley urging timely moves while others fear risk and political PR. Ownerships wrestle over 1959 or 1970 timelines amid calls for orderly procedure and collective unity among clubs.
Exhibition baseball results list 12 matchups with scores including Atlanta defeating Philadelphia 7 3 Detroit over Cincinnati 0 Houston 11 over Boston 1 Wash 2 over New York 1 St Louis 4 over Pittsburgh 0 Oakland 5 over Chicago 4 San Francisco 14 over Cleveland 3 Minnesota 7 over Los Angeles 6 Chicago 1 over New York 1 California 0.
The St. Louis Cardinals announced a preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings at Busch Stadium on Sunday night September 1. Proceeds will benefit the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Southwest Conference baseball teams restart the chase for the title led by Southern Methodist. Weather affects schedules as Texas Christian aims to trim SMU's lead with a doubleheader at Lubbock and a Saturday showdown at Turnpike Stadium Arlington. Texas Tech Rice Baylor and Texas A&M face varying plans including multi game days and a three game set with Oklahoma State.
Seventh and third track squads and 11 high school freshmen will race in the Shampock Relays this Saturday with 15 to 20 teams entered. Events cover sprints, distance runs, hurdles, jumps, and throws. Preliminaries start at 9 30 a m, with three entrants per event noted by eighth grade coach Charles Beebe. Beebe also mentions ongoing efforts to schedule additional meets.
The NCAA tournament game between UCLA and Houston will be televised at 1 p.m. tonight on Amarillo's KFDA Channel 10 CBS station. On Saturday KFDA will televise another NCAA tournament game at 1 p.m. and the championship starting at 8 p.m.
Carr favors a constitutional amendment to end the liquor ban. Locke backs education supervision for minority programs. Yarborough proposes a 15 million boost to old age and dependent care aid and a state poverty corps. Hall backs John Hill as his preferred gubernatorial candidate after touring his district.
After three hours Communist survivors fled leaving many weapons. In same area Thursday American units killed 25 Communists while Wednesday saw 111 killed in successive fights. The six month coastal campaign linked to Operation Resolved to Win under Gen. Westmoreland near Saigon cost 52 American lives. Mortar and rocket fire struck bases with little damage. U S pilots flew 108 missions hitting MIG fields trucks and rail lines. Also AFN announced live radio broadcast of Friday NCAA semi finals UCLA vs Houston and North Carolina vs Ohio State.
The article marks DeMolay Week and the Knights Templars figure, noting Jacques DeMolay's martyrdom and the Order of DeMolay now has nearly three million members with 2,500 chapters worldwide. It highlights youth leadership paths, values taught, and the group’s expansion from Kansas City beginnings through global reach.
Louis Lamoriello was named head hockey coach at Providence College on Thursday, succeeding Zellio Toppazzini. His 1967-68 freshman team posted a 14 5 record.
A freak spring snowstorm dropped over 14 inches on Memphis, halting travel, knocking down power lines, and canceling events including a racial demonstration. In Washington the Senate prepared to approve its first code of conduct amid pressure to disclose personal finances.
Senate debate centers on allowing contributions from animations and individuals to cover campaign costs or office expenses. Dirksen identifies flaws and proposes amendments, signaling a cautious, outsider-like reception and a restrained unveiling for taxpayers.
New York Giants sign running back Bill Moreman, the 14th draft choice, to a 1968 NFL contract. Moreman averaged over 4.5 yards per carry in his last two seasons at Florida State.
The California Angels reassigned ten players from their Holtville minor league camp including catchers Orlando MacFarlane and Mike Nunn infielders Jim Deneff and Jim Spencer and pitchers Andy Messersmith Vern Geishert Rick Evans Ken Tatum Wallie Wolf and Felipe Leal. Jim Palmer of the Orioles complained of shoulder pains warming up for an exhibition in Tampa before facing the Yankees and Senators, saying pain only started in his last workout.
Local grid shows multiple stations KFDX KGNC KAUZ KVII and KFDA with a full Saturday schedule. Animation, cartoons, Westerns, news, sports and late movie air through the night including Send Me No Flowers, Moby Dick and the Lone Ranger.
A precinct blotter reports thieves broke into the Yastrzemski residence during the Red Sox camp in Winter Haven Florida stealing two color television sets and a car. In Fillmore California researchers describe large scale insect releases to combat citrus pests using foreign killer species from several countries.
Radio and TV guide fragment lists programs for KGNC KVII KAUE and local channels. Highlights include news weather sports cinema sports and classic shows with titles such as Tarzan Star Trek Gomer Pyle and Judd for the Defense.
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