Allies win the A Shau Valley battle in Vietnam war
About 10 000 allied troops drove North Vietnamese from the A Shau Valley cutting major supply routes. The two week drive yielded 3877 enemy kills and 63 Allied dead with 307 seriously wounded. U.S. air Cavalry led the assault and helicopters faced heavy antiaircraft fire. Allies seized sophisticated weapons and blocked major highways linking the northern provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
A Shau
South Vietnam
U.S
A Shan
Red
Hue
Laos
South Vietnamese
U.S. Army
1011St Airborne Division
1St Air Cavalry Division
GlIg
Robert E. Cushman
U S
Nixon Favored by GOP Leaders in National Survey
A United Press survey shows Richard Nixon leading Nelson Rockefeller among GOP leaders and rank and file voters by a wide margin. Respondents foresee delegates reflecting that preference and note strong party unity. Humphrey is seen as strongest Democrat in some states, with Nixon or Rockefeller capable of beating any Democratic rival in most states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Rickgard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United Press
Immedi
Ately
New York
Nixon
Eiher
White House
Saes
Rockefeller
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
DNY
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Ronald Reagan
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Iowa
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Grand Jury Set to Convene Tuesday in Local Court
The Grand Jury will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday to consider several cases. District Court will also meet that day to review non jury cases. May term Grand Jury members will be released later this week.
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District Court
Jaycees Plan Carnival and Miss Childress Tea
Jaycees announce a Fair Park carnival through May 11 and a May 1 Ranchouse Restaurant tea at 3 30 pm for possible Miss Childress Pageant entries and mothers. Pageant entry deadline May 25. City cleanup report presented. director meeting set for 7 30 pm Monday in City Hall. New member Ken Wright introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Park
David Carroll
Ranchouse
Board of
City Hall
Ken Wright
Estelline Senior Play Next Thursday
Estelline seniors present a three act comedy The Curley Tale at 8 p.m. next Thursday in the high school auditorium. Admission 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for children in sixth grade and under. The play by Patricia Clapp follows a ranch family from Oklahoma that wins a trip to a big city with a large cast of Estelline students in named roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelline
Estelline High School
Patricia Clapp
Oklahoma
Cherri Rapp
Amy Wilder
Robert Cruz
Grant Morgan
Rhonda Gowdy
Gerti
One Car Wreck Near Estelline
Two people listed in good condition in Amarillo hospitals after a one car accident two miles west of Estelline on State Highway 86 at 1 45 p m Wednesday. The driver Letha Jacobs of Amarillo and Virgil Skinner of Quitaque were injured when the car ran off the road struck a culvert and ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Estelline
Letha Jacobs
Virgil Skinner
Quitaque
Hall County Hospital
Marvin Johnson
Childress
Head Resigns Presidency of Richardson Bank
John H Head former resident of Childress sells substantial interest in Citizens State Bank of Richardson to Eric Jonsson Dallas mayor and Republic Stock and Bond Company. His resignation as president effective June 1 1928 will be succeeded by Douglas Pong of Texas State Bank San Angelo. Head remains a director. the Heads also own shares in First National Bank of Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Head
Childress
Citizens State Bank of
Richardson
Prsident
Eric Jonsson
Dallas
Republic Stock and Bond Company
Republican National Bank of Dallas
Head
Thete
Richardson Bank
Douglas Pong
Texas State Bank of San Angelo
John Head
Firs Naional Bank of
Greenbelt REA Granted $779,000 Loan for Upgrades
The Greenbelt Electric Cooperative of Wellington received a $779,000 loan announced by U S Senator Ralph Yarborough. Funds will finance 73 miles of distribution lines, serve 38 percent new customers, and fund extensive improvements to the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbelt Electric Cooperative of
Wellington
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Four from Area to Graduate From WTSU May 19
Four residents from Childress and nearby areas are among 680 candidates for degrees at West Texas State University's spring commencement May 19 in the Fieldhouse. Emil Rassman of Midland will speak at 4 30 p m as president of the Board of Regents Texas State Colleges. Don W Meek and Donald P Morgan of Childress will earn Bachelor of Science degrees. Meek majors biology education and Morgan agriculture. Gayland L Simpson of Teal is a geology major and Sandra Kay Weir of Eveline is a candidate for a B S in speech.
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Canyon
Childress
West Texas State University
Emil Rassman
Midland
Board of Regents
Texas State Senior Colleges
Don W Meek
Donald P. Morgan
Meek
Edna Dobbs
Morgan
Gayland L. Simpson
Te'l
P. A. Simpson
Sandra Kay Weir
Dock Rovers
Evlesline
Bloodmobile Visit Set for May 17 in Childress
Red Cross Bloodmobile from Wichita Falls visits Childress on May 17 to begin its fifth year of quarterly service. Since its first visit on April 2, 1964, the program has collected many donations with a record 108 pints donated on the latest trip. Residents are urged to participate or contribute financially to cover the $117.50 per visit cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Childress
Red River
Red Cross Blood Center
Wichita Falls Way
Remember Dance Class Tomorrow
A note indicates a dance class tomorrow with Tomor Row and Gene Gatle at Childress Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomor
Row Childress Hotel
Gene
Water Rate Meeting At Childress City Hall Tonight
Five towns will send two groups to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Childress City Hall. Directors of the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority will meet with City Councils to discuss water rates from the Greenbelt Authority. The participating towns are Crowell Quanah Childress Hedley and Clarendon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress City Hall
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Greenbelt Authority
Crowell
Quanah
Childress
Hedley
Clarendon
Medical Society Technologists Gather In Childress
More than three chapters of the Texas State Society of the American Medical Technologists meet in Childress on May 11 with Mrs Mary Helen Mack as general chairman. Attendees include representatives from Chapter 11 and Chapter 10 from areas such as Childress Paducah Crowell Crosbyton Plainview Lubbock Littlefield Matador and Shamrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Society of the American Medical Technologists
Childress
Mary Helen Mack
Paducah
Crowell
Crosbyton
Plainview
Lubbock
Littlefield
Matador
Shamro
Public Invited To Attend CHS Assembly Monday
Gene Straub Mr Banjo and Texas Pete will present a Southern Association Assembly in the high school auditorium Monday at 11 25 a.m. Admission is 25 cents. The public is invited to attend. Straub helped develop the first electronic banjo and built Texas Pete a technical banjo playing dummy. Pete actually plays har.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Straub
Banjo
Texas Pete
Southern Association
Straub
Pete
Har
Opponents Accused of Buying Texas Governor Race Wording
United Press reports Texas governor candidates face sharp attacks as the nation’s costliest primary nears. Waggoner Carr cites millions in campaign spending by rivals Locke Briscoe Smith Yarborough and others, urging disclosure and questioning money origins. Preliminary finance figures list Locke 571,952 Briscoe 526,171 Smith 225,848 Yarborough 71,987 Carr 93,810.
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United Pres
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Edward L. Whittenburg
Abilene
Preston Smith
Smith
San Antonio
Eugene Locke
Dorn Yarborough
Yarbor
Carr
Fort Worth
Gene Locke
Don Yarborough
Dolph Briscoe
Secretary of State
Locke
Briscoe
Yarborough
John Hill
Allies Plan Economic Aid To US Allies Plan Economic Aid To US
Canada Japan and Western Europe proposed expedited tariff cuts and looser trade barriers to boost American goods flows as U.S. balance of payments strain spurred a coordinated GATT response. The plan requires Washington approval and would ease duty reductions by one year and delay U.S. retaliation while avoiding import restrictions and subsidies. France joins the list with other signatories including Austria Denmark Finland Norway Portugal Sweden Switzerland Britain Italy Germany Belgium and Luxembourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Callcott
Geneva
UPI
U.S
America
Canada
Japan
Europe
Gatt
Washington
Eric Wyndham White
United States
White
Gatt Nations
France
Austria
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Britain
Italy
Germay
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Brantley Rites Saturday In Port Orchard
Funeral services for Lewis Branton Brantley 58 who died of a heart attack Tuesday night will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday in the Elim Lutheran Church Port Orchard Washington with Rev Kenneth W Dugan officiating Burial will be in Sunset Lane Cemetery in Port Orchard He died while returning home from visiting a sister in Fort Pierce Florida after a heart attack near Childress on U S 287 Surviving: wife Marguerite two daughters Jer i Ann and Mrs Larry Schenewerk two sisters Dessie Lynn and Lucy Turner and his mother Mrs Luella Brantley all of various listed locations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Branton Brantley
Elim Lutheran Church
Port Orchard
Wash
Newberry Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Dugan
Sunset Lane
Brantley
Fort Pierce
Fla
Childress
U.S. 287
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress General Hospital
Marguerite
Jerri Ann
Larry Schenewerk
Bremerton
Luella Brantley
Dessie Lynn
Macon
Lecy Turner
White Charged With Theft in Court Here
Jack White was arraigned in Justice of the Peace v. Paul Goodson Court here on two charges of theft over $50. He waived examining a trial and his bond was set at $2,000 in each case. The charges will be considered by the Grand Jury meeting Tuesday. White was arrested over two weeks ago when it was learned he had been stealing various items and putting them on his fare in northeast Hardeman County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack White
Justice of the Peace
Paul Goodson
White
Hardeman County
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Chalonnes Hoover
Cathy Burk
Ann Hughes
Mike Hughes
Phyllis Ward
Judy Rogers
Carolyn Knox
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Jaycees
Don Gage
Cheryl Jones
Childress High School
Robert Jones
Althea Allison
M. E. Allison
WTSU
Morris Higley
Charles Harrison
Fletcher Carter
Weldon W. TeagUpe
Gatle
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