Renewed threat to Hue spurs military push in Vietnam
UPI reports US aircraft and South Vietnamese Rangers killed 131 North Vietnamese south of Hue as Hanoi forces build new road links from Laos toward the Hue Phu Bai corridor. B52 strikes hit supply lines while Lam Son 70 operations commence in Thua Thien. US and VG casualties rise, with 349 US deaths last week and 270 South Vietnamese dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Hue
Laos
A Sahau
Khe Sanh
Phu Bai
U.S. Bat
Tle
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Lang Gia
China
Panhandle
Lam Son
Thua Thien
Imperial
USS
Predict McCarthy Will Win Primary 2ndl
Labor officials in Wisconsin privately predicted Sen Eugene J McCarthy would beat President Johnson by about two to one in next week's Democratic primary. They said many Republicans would cross over to vote against Johnson, and labor groups had given little help to the president. Vice President Humphrey urged labor to back Johnson in a Washington speech to AFL CIO leaders. Kennedy was due in Indianapolis to file for candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Johnson
Wisconsin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Building Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Indianapolis
Locke Seeks Labor Votes On Houston Docks
Democratic candidate Eugene Locke told 700 longshoremen on the Houston docks he will win a share of the labor vote. He disputed the idea of a unified Texas labor bloc and noted AFL-CIO backing for Don Yarborough. Preston Smith touted tourism and conservation while Waggoner Carr urged harsher drug laws and pension protections for seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Eugene Locke
Houston
Texas
Harris County
Don Yarborough
Afl-Cio
Locke
Preston Smith
Corns Christi
HemisFair
Carr
Houston Cove
No Additional Votes Reported in Four Elections
Absentee ballots did not rise in any of four elections. City election tally stayed at 12, hospital at six, school at five. Deadlines loom with city voting closing tomorrow and others on Tuesday.
Leland Vitt Treated for Bullet Wound at Fox Clinic
Leland Vitt received treatment this afternoon for a bullet wound to his right instep. He was picked up at Fourth Street and D Northwest by the Childress Ambulance Service and driven to Fox Clinic. Details were not available at press time. Remember Dance Class Tomorrow at Childress Hotel with Gene Galle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Vitt
Fox Clinic
Fourth Street
D. Nw
Childress Ambulance Service
Jack Tutor
USDA Official Barringer Visits West Texas Area
John T Barringer assistant to John Baker assistant Secretary of Agriculture arrives in Childress for a conference at West Texas Utilities. He earlier attended breakfast in Quanah with Four Winds Industrial Foundation directors and will visit Crowell Paducah and the four county area before Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Barringer
John Baker
Department of Agriculture
Childress
West Texas Utilities
Barringer
Quanah
Four Winds Industrial Foundation
Crowell
Paducah
Foard
Cottle, Childress
Hardeman
Baker
Truck-Futo Crash Fatality Reported in Childress
Eight-year-old Melvin A. Martin died at 12 10 p m in Childress General Hospital from injuries in a truck automobile crash in the 1700 block of Avenue Fen at 10 a m The grain truck driven by Francis Chilton Harris of Memphis struck the Martin auto after he pulled out of Renfro Service Station The car was a total loss and damage to the truck was listed as considerable Mr Martin a retired farmer living in the Community Center area and a native of Eastland County was survived by his wife two sons two daughters a brother a sister 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Funeral services are pending at Newberry Funeral Home.
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M. A. Martin
Childress County
Avenue F
Martin
Childress General Hospital
Francis Chilton Harris
Memphis
Melvin A. Martin
Avenue Fen
Newberry Funeral Home
Renfro
Harris
Mr. Martin
Gorman
Eastland County
Quanah
Childress
Myrtle Cox
Bethel
Oklo
Lethward Baptist Church
Plainview
Avenue M
J. E. Martin
W. H. Martin
Silverton
Cliften Garner
Kirkland
W. B. Ballard, Jr
Tulsa
George Martin
Devine
Leslie Moore
Carey Homecoming Seeks Help To Notify Ex-Students
Ex Carey school alumni are asked to inform former classmates and teachers about the April 13 Homecoming at Carey Community House. Registration opens at 2 p.m. with a $1 family fee. No letters were mailed. attendees should bring a basket lunch for the 8 p.m. assembly to close the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Carey Community House
Public Invited To Attend Annual Jaycee Banquet
The public is invited to the Jaycee annual installation banquet at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Country Club. Tom Higley of Amarillo KGNC TV and Radio Chief Photographer will be guest speaker. Jim Hood, State Director-elect of Wichita Falls, will install officers. The event sponsors the Miss Childress Pageant and volleyball tournament plans were announced for April 18 19 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Higley
Amarillo
KGNC
Morris Higley
Childress
Jim Hood
Wichita Falls
Jaycees
Darrel Burrows
James Barnett
Paducah
Kenneth Wright
County 4-H Club Eliminations Set for Saturday
Elimination rounds for 4-H clubs begin at 10 p m Saturday in the courthouse assembly room. Both junior and senior divisions will advance to the District Eliminations on April 27 at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls. Entries will be displayed in the courthouse for public viewing after judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Hightower Campaigning For Lyndon Johnson
State Senator Jack Hightower said he will work to secure the Democratic nomination for Lyndon B. Johnson. He has been named regional director for the 13 state western region of the Citizens for Johnson Humphrey Committee and will depart for Washington this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hightower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Index
Senator Hightower
Washington
Citizens For Johnson-Humphrey Committee
Hightower
John Connally
Wellington Man Dies at Farm of Heart Attack
Harry Ingram a 57 year old resident of Wellington died at 5 p.m. yesterday at the Bill Sims farm south of Wellington in Childress County. Justice of the Peace J. Paul Goodson ruled death from an apparent heart attack. He had been employed at the Sims place and lived at Box 42 Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ingram
Wellington
Bill Sims
Childress County
Justice of the Peace
J. Paul Goodson
Sims Place
Box
Billy Cannon Elected Pledge Officer at WT Canyon
Billy Cannon a Childress High School graduate has been elected pledge officer and vice president of Omega Psi Phi at West Texas State University in Canyon. The fraternity is a national social organization founded by Black students and now active in Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Cannon
Childress
Omega Psi Phi
West Texas State University
Canyon
Winners Named in CHS Popularity Contest
CHS held its annual Bobcat Popularity Contest with secret ballot results announced by sponsor Mrs. Frank Wallin. The list names Mr and Miss CHS and bolds 14 couple titles including Most Athletic Most Likely To Succeed and Ideal Couple with portraits to be printed in the Bobcat yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress High School
Frank Wallin
CHS
Ben Walker
Nikkie Murphy
Randy Barber
Barbara Nichols
David Grimes
Judy Henderson
Dale Inman
Mary Lou Watkins
Robert Kuhn
Althea Allison
Benny Land
Susan Sims
Jack Smith
Brenda Moseley
Bill Collier
Donna Garrison
Danny Lane
Karen DeArmond
Scott Johnston
Cheryl Jones
Jimmy Don Rothwell
Genie Allen
Alton Smith
Deanna Allison
Ronnie Smotherman
Sherry Poling
Phil Campbell
Ronna Mooney
Tim Wyatt
Teresa Gray
Debbie Bird
First Spaceman Yuri Gagarin Dies In Plane Crash
Yuri Gagarin the first man in space died in a training plane crash near Moscow after attempting to restart a faltering engine. He and Col Vladimir Seregin were killed. a Red Square funeral was announced and Muscovites mourned in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Gagarin
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Yuri Gagarin
History
Russia
Red Square
Kremlin
Vladimir Seregin
Naw
Chkalovskoye
Zvezdny Gorodok
Star City
Price Pie Supper moved to Fair Park Auditorium
The Pie Supper for Congressman Bob Price has moved from the Community Building to Fair Park Auditorium. Sponsored by the Childress County Farm Bureau the event is at 7 30 p m Friday with no charge and farm bureau members providing pies plus soft drinks and coffee. Price schedules five Friday and Saturday meetings in the Panhandle with the first in Childress and the others in Pampa Memphis Dimmitt and Gruver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Price
Bulding
Fair Park Auditorium
Childress County
Farm Bureau
Price
Panhandle
Childress
Pampa
Memphis
Dimmitt and
Gruver
Lubbock Team Challenges Local All Stars
Don Gage announced a basketball challenge from the Childress Shetland League All Stars to a Lubbock team. The game is set for Saturday April 6 in Lubbock, with Joe Norman endorsing the challenge and noting his team won the Lubbock Boys Club competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
Lubbock
Don Gage
Childress All-Sars
Joe Norman
Here
Kids Inecorpeccies
Norman
Lubbock Boys’ Club
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Robert Courtner
Huntsville
Ala
Sala
Sen
Eugene J
Childress Hotel
Gene Galle
U.S.D.A
Negro
Raymond Rhodes
Childress Elks Lodge
Texas Elks Association
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