Israel and Jordan clash in daylong valley battle
Israeli and Jordanian forces fought along the Jordan River valley in a daylong duel using tanks artillery and mortars. Israeli jets bombed positions while Jordan reported tanks and artillery were knocked out. Casualties were unknown and the clash followed a week of broader fighting near the border with broader U.S. security aid advancing to Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Logan
United Press International
Israel
Jordan
Jordan River
al Karamah
United States
Gholan Heights
Foreign Ministry
Jerusalem
Beisan
Sea of Galilee
Amman
Agen
Jor
Dan River
Negroes Troops at War in Memphis Looting Sealed Off
Police and National Guard sealed off Beale Street as looters faced counterfire in Memphis Tennessee. A 16 year old looter was killed, 62 injured, 300 arrested, and arson damaged nearly 150 buildings as fires dwindled with dawn. Continuous vandalism and looting persisted in Negro districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Memphis
Frank L. Holloman
Senate Sets Path for Tax Increase and Spending Cuts
The Senate advanced a large bill combining a 12 billion tax increase with a 6 billion spending cut for 1969. An amendment by Everett Dirksen would let Miami and Chicago merchants earmark ads in party convention programs to help offset convention costs. The same measure sought to hold the budget at 180 billion while 2.6 billion in public works projects would be exempt from cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Miami
Chicago
Dirksen
Johnson
Bob Price to Speak at Farm Bureau Event in Fair Park
Congressman Bob Price of the Agriculture Committee will speak at Fair Park Auditorium tonight at 7 20 p m sponsored by the Childress County Farm Bureau. A pie supper is free and open to the public as Price outlines farm legislation vital to the Panhandle area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Price
Childress County
Absentee Voting Totals Jump in City and School Races
Fifteen residents have already voted absentee in city races with deadline today as City Hall hosts the single voting box. Eight absentee ballots are in the Trustee election for the Childress Independent School District and five in the County School Board race, all due by Tuesday for a Saturday April 6 election. Absentee ballots for the Board of Directors of the hospital and the school board may be cast at the School Administration building and County Clerk's office at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress Independent
County School Board
Government Official Pleased With Reception Here
John Barringer of Washington D C in charge of Rural Area Development for the U S Department of Agriculture spoke to a capacity crowd in Childress Texas praising the reception and urging more help for the four county area Cottle Childress Foard and Hardeman. He noted available rail highway electricity and water and urged a full time professional to lead the project with support from Four Winds Industrial Foundation Inc and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barringer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Childress
Barringer
Joe Gruetzner
Ross Smith
Sam Carmack
R. A. Yarbrough
Gruetzner
Smith
Carmack
Four Winds Industrial Foundation, Inc
Hardeman
Crowell
Cottle
John Baker
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Quanah
Washington
Washington, D.C
West Texas Utilities
Baker
Cottle, Childress, Foard and
Baringer
Yarbrough
Texas
No Charges After Shooting At Home Break-In
Mrs. Murphy fired a .22 rifle at Leland Vitt during an attempted break-in at 508 4th St Northwest. Vitt was shot in the right foot, taken to a hospital and later admitted for treatment. police noted he was reportedly intoxicated. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.J. Murphy
4Th St
Leland Vitt
Murphy
Democrat Club Plans Membership Drive
Members of the Childress County Democrat Club voted to open a membership drive in the next few days. Election of officers was postponed until after the drive. A resolution endorsing President Lyndon B Johnson and Hubert Humphrey will be written by a committee including Donald Black Bernie Steed and Clarence Carter appointed by President Ernest Rea. Membership cost remains $1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress County
Democrat Club
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Donald Black
Bernie Steed
Clarence Carter
Ernest Rea
Delub
Texas GOP chief backs Tower as favorite son for 1968
Texas GOP chairman Peter O'Donnell said Texas should pledge to Senator John Tower as a favorite son at the 1968 Republican convention. He noted national polls put Richard Nixon in the lead but that he remains uncommitted to Nixon. Eugene McCarthy may visit Texas April 27-28, with appearances planned in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Richard Nixon
Texas
GOP
Peter O'Donnell
Donnell
Nixon
Sen
John Tower
McCarthy
Don Allford
Minnesota
Allford
Austin
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Martin Rises To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Melvin A. Martin 80 year old retired farmer will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Bible Baptist Church conducted by Rev Luther Bradley assisted by Rev R H Knight. Burial will be in Quanah Cemetery by Newberrys with grandsons as pallbearers. He died yesterday afternoon from injuries in a truck crash on Avenue Few. He moved to Childress from the Community Center area in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin A. Martin
Bible Baptist Church
Luther Bradley
R. H. Knight
Quanah
Newberry
Martin
Avenue Few
Childress
Wellington Officials Hear Community Action Program Briefing
County Judge Donald Black and Commissioners Cliff Campbell Ralph Sies and Odis Smotherman attended a Wellington meeting to hear a briefing on a federally sponsored Community Action Program. Speakers included Argus Burnett of Amarillo director of Potter Randall County CAP and Joe Meador of Lubbock the governor's rep for the Office of Economic Opportunity. County officials from Hall Briscoe and Donley were invited to meet with child dress and Collingsworth county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Black
Cliff Campbell
Ralph Sies
Odis Smotherman
Wellington
Wedneday
Argus A. Burnett
Amarillo
Potter-Randall County Community Action Corporation
Joe Meador
Lubbock
Office of Economic Opportunity
Hall , Briscoe
Donley
Childress
Collingsworth
Robert Holland Named Associate Professor at Pacific College
Dr. Robert Holland the son of Mrs. Robert Holland of Chil dress has accepted the post of Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Pacific College in Fresno California. He will begin full-time teaching in September after serving as assistant minister at First Presbyterian Church Fresno this spring. He is a Texas A&M and Princeton Theological Seminary graduate with a doctorate from Basel Switzerland and served three years as a U S Navy officer before ministry followed by three years as a Philadelphia area pastor. The Hollands and their four children reside in Fresno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Holland
Childress
Pacific College
Fresno
Calif
Pacific
First Presbyterian Church
Texas A&m
Princeton Theological Seminary
Holland
University of Basel
Switzerland
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Freg
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Sea Galilee
Tennessee
Richard Leggitt
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
National Guard
Beale Street
Patrick J. Slovan
Chamber of Commerce
Faid Park Auditorium
Quanah, Crowell
Paducah
Enou
Childress Country Club
LaNeal Castle
Berry
Glenn Buckley
G. A. Williams
Gordon
Gravley
Bill Wood
Wichita Falls
Buckley
Judes
Em Am
Tower
Eugene McCarthy
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