Maddox Rites Held Today
Final rites for Mrs Annie Maddox 83 were at Newberry Funeral Chapel with Dr Burgin Watkins officiating. Interment in Childress Cemetery beside husband Claude Maddox who died in 1957. Survivors include two sons three daughters a brother 18 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Wilbur Nebraska claims title of Czech Capital of the World due to large Czech ancestry.
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Annie
Maddox
Newberry
Burgin Watkins
First Methodist Church
Childress Cemetery
Claude
Bernie Misso
Bill Dawson
Bill Prescott
Willard Neal
A. M. Norrell
Weldon Teague
Prentice County
Claude Maddox
Lamar County
Paris
Texas
Price Sends Out Another Questionaire
Congressman Bob Price announced in Washington that an enviion poll of 12 questions is being mailed to voters in 31 Panhandle and South Plains counties. Questions cover Vietnam policy, tax increase, crime, poverty, firearms, state tax sharing, farm policy, and other domestic issues. Results will be machine tabulated by IBM and released to the news media. He noted the included questions focus on topics likely to concern the current Congress session.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Bob Price
Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Ee Price
Price
IBM
Sideways walking proposed to ease British sidewalks
A UPI column jokes that Brian Jewel suggests pedestrians walk sideways to reduce crowding. The piece praises British wit, notes two sidling methods inchworm and tango, and lists drawbacks such as limited forward view and street crossing challenges. It concludes with a playful nod to English ingenuity.
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British Empire
Brian Jewel
England
Nielson Co Stars in Eddie Meade Biopic
UPI reports Leslie Nielson will co star in The Rise and Fall of Eddie Meade a Chicago life story. Carol Channing joins Jackie Gleason in Otto Preminger's new comedy Ski. Actress Marie Lee added to The Sergeant filming in Paris.
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Neilson
Hollywood
UPI
Leslie Nielson
Eddie Meade
Chicago
Carol Channing
Jackie Gleason
Otto Ees
Marie Lee
the Sergeant
Paris
Services Held In Lubbock For Bonnie Moyers
Funeral services for Bonnie Moyers 67 of Lubbock mother of Mrs. R W Wilks of Childress were held at 3 30 p m at Southside Church of Christ Lubbock Interment Resthaven Memorial Park Resthaven Funeral Home Moyers died Wednesday after a brief illness moving from Childress in 1938 Survivors include her husband six sons two daughters two sisters three brothers and 24 grandchildren
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Bonnie Moyers
Lubbock
R. W. Wilks
Childress
Southside
Church of Christ
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven
Wanted 20 Homes That Are In Need Of Painting
Local sales ad offers 20 area homeowners the chance to apply Sherwin Williams PVC veneer exterior panels at low cost. Miracle Finish, 30 year guarantee, improves insulation and cuts cooling costs. Call Mr McAlwain at 937 3311 for a no obligation appointment.
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Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin - Williams
Texas
Childress
Mr. McAlwain
Helmet laws: riding motorcycles outlawed without crash protection
A Nebrasa ordinance makes it illegal to ride a motorcycle without a crash helmet. Police warn riders to comply to avoid penalties.
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Nebrasa
Southwestern Life Sets Many New Records in 1967
Company president W Dawson Sterling announced a year of strong growth with eight new states added to reach 35 states plus DC. Total assets rose to 895.65 million, benefits paid topped 73.7 million, and life insurance in force climbed to 4.314 billion. Premium income reached 127.57 million, dividends increased to 0.80 per share.
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Southwestern Life Insurance Company
W. Dawson Sterling
M. K. Wilcoxson
Childress
Sterling
Southwestern Life
Idaho
Illinois
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Ohio
District of Columbia
Guatemala Under Siege Amid Revolt and Violent Turmoil
UPI reports Guatemala remains politically unsettled after the 1954 coup that toppled Jacobo Arbenz and the ensuing regime under Carlos Castillo Armas. The article notes continued Communist influence concerns, violence, and the kidnapping of Archbishop Mario Casariego as reforms stall amid military and terrorist activity.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Jacobo Arbenz Guzzman
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Central America
Soviet Union
United A
Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro
United States
Mendez
U.S
Guatemala City
Mario Casariego
VE N E Z U E L A N ARMED FORCES BUDGET LOW
The Vene zuelan armed forces are allocated only 10 percent of the budget the lowest proportion in Latin America except Uruguay. Farmers near Tostado Argentina struggle with chronic water scarcity. Demopolis Alabama hosts Napoleon followers from 1817.
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Caracas
UPID
Uruguay
Heai’s
Tostado
Argentina
UPD
Napoleon
Demopolis
Ala
White Bluffs
Tombigbee River
War tolls mount as forces clash across borders
Hussein's spokesmen claim his forces killed 200 Israelis and wounded many, destroying 45 tanks 25 armored personnel carriers 27 other major weapons and downing five jets. Jordan reports 20 dead 56 wounded and losses including 10 tanks 10 armored vehicles and a two gun artillery battery.
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Hussein
Jordan
Army Second Lieutenant Dennis D. Cross Commissioned
Dennis D. Cross 20, son of Mr and Mrs Von E Cross of Paducah, was commissioned a second lieutenant after completing the 73 week Officer Candidate School course at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Training included gunnery, artillery survey, transport, communications, map and aerial photo reading, electronics, counter insurgency and leadership. His wife IvA lives in Lubbock.
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Dennis D. Cross
von E. Cross
Paducah
Army
Army Artillery and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Oklo
Fva
Lubbock
Rockefeller Withdraws Shifts Political Spotlight
The column notes Nelson Rockefeller's surprise withdrawal as a Republican presidential candidate and predicts Lyndon B. Johnson will seek re nomination despite polls. It highlights a luncheon at Fair Park Auditorium in Childress urging attendance and Chamber of Commerce reservations.
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Morris Higley
Nelson Rockefeller
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fair Park Auditorium
Childress
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Mich
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Low Rete Greenbelt Auto Loan
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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R. A. Shade Jr
Lloyd Luck
Childress Retirement Club
Dick West Washington
Newton
Darwin
Chamberlain
Turnbridge Wells
Jewel
Lyndon Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Sv U. & Savings Bod
ATLAS
Dyna
Jimmy Moates
ENCO
Crossroads
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