Price Legislation Would Fine Those Who Desecrate Flag
Representative Price introduces a bill to criminalize flag desecration with up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine. He notes contrasting imagery of sacrifice in Vietnam with flag burning at home. Texas Senator Tower and Lawrence Tower back the measure.
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Bob
House
Judiciary Committee
Price
Judiciary
Texas
John Tower
Tower
Lawrence
American Flag Foundation
Viet Nam
America
Republic
U. S
Viet Cong Attacks Kill Civilians Across South Vietnam
In Mekong Delta and War Zone C areas Viet Cong fighters attacked: Binh Tuy province capital hit with mortar and rockets, one U.S. soldier and 30 civilians killed, 52 civilians wounded. North of Saigon Hill 881 battle sees Marines hold hilltop after 12 days with one Marine killed and six wounded. U S pilots missing as several aircraft shot down around Hanoi.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Saigon
Hanoi
Satur
U. S
Hill 881
325Th Division
Ment
Dmz
Mekong
Binh Tuy
Garrison accuses CIA of fake Oswald photo in JFK case
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison urged the CIA to release a genuine photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, accusing officials of withholding the true image for 1963 Cuba Embassy departure evidence. He claimed a balding man was used as a substitute in the Warren Commission materials.
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New Orleans
UPI
Jim Garrison
Central Intelligence Agency
Lee Harvey Oswald
CIA
Warren Commission
Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Cuba
Commission
Mexico City
United States
Tourist Group Plans Highway 287 Meeting with Officials
The Chamber of Commerce Tourist Committee will meet with the County Commissioners to discuss making U S 287 four lanes. A contract to four-lane and widen the highway east from Childress to the county line is planned, with right of way purchases already underway and bids expected later. Local official James Ragsdale stresses rapid right of way purchases east of Childress and early start on the project.
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Chamber of Commerce
Commissioners Court
Childress East
Childress
Carew
Austin
Childress County
Navias
Mosram
TJ. S
Cnunty
Childrace
James Ragsdale
Clashes Between Red Guards and Mao Opponents Reported
Reports from Hong Kong and Tokyo describe violent clashes in Chengtu Sichuan between pro and anti Mao factions. At least 11 killed and about 4400 injured as posters and street battles escalate amid cultural revolution tensions.
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Charles R. Smith
United Press International
Hong Kong
UPI
Communist China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Mainichi Shimbun
Tokyo
People’s Daily
Kyodo
Chengtu
Szechuan
People’s Liberation Army
PLA
Red China
Red Guard
Mao
China
Lin Piao
Hong Kong Times
Canton
Sing Tao
Canton Railway Bureau
Translator Stockholders Meeting Set
The Red River Valley Translator TV Association calls its annual stockholders meeting for Tuesday May 18 at 8 p.m. in the courthouse Assembly Room Four directors will be elected. President Claude Andrews says the meeting will not seek new funds or threaten service cuts and notes the group is not in bad shape.
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Red River
Lions Club Broom Sale This Weekend
The Lions Club announces a broom sale on May 23 and 24 to support community projects. Proceeds fund local charities and service activities. event details include times, locations, and contact information for donations.
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Lions Club
Broom Sale
Kay Writer Wins B&PW $25 Scholarship
Kay Writer has been selected as the Girl of the Month for the District 10 B&PW scholarship award of 25 dollars. Other finalists listed include Joan Chetheam Suzanne Thurman Connie Groom Charlotte Czewski Marsh a Thaten Sherry George and Linda Coyle. District 10 B&PW meets at 2 p.m. today in Vernon.
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Kay
B&pw
Joan Chetheam
Suzanne Thurman
Connie Groom
Charlotte Czewski
Marsha Thaten
Sherry George
Linda Coyle
Vernon
Johnsons daughter arrives in Lima guarded by Secret Service
Lynda Bird Johnson, eldest daughter of President Johnson, landed in Lima from Bogota with Secret Service protection and was escorted to a waiting car at the plane. Police barred local newsmen from the airport during the arrival.
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Lima
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Bogota
Colombia
Secret Service
Johnson
Architects for Hospital To Be Here May 16
The hospital board announces the architects will arrive May 16 for preliminary plans. The board had earlier agreed to buy 10 acres from Childress Country Club, located southeast of the club and north of the Country Club Addition.
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Bill Leonard
The
Childress Country Club
Country Club
Schoolboys Flee Helzen into West Germany
Two East German boys aged 13 and 14 crossed border minefields into Lower Saxony during the night. They escaped unharmed and were placed in the care of youth authorities.
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Helzen
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Lower Saxony
Connally Aides Battle With Senate Over State Budget
Gov. John Connally clashed with Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr. over the one year budget, accusing the Senate bill of shortchanging education, public health and highway safety while boosting teacher pay. Aikin defended his amendments and warned he would vote his convictions. The dispute highlights a widening rift between the governor and the Senate as the 60th Legislature begins.
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Kyle Thompson
United Press International
Austin, Tex
UPI
John Connally
A. M. Aiken Jr
Paris
Senate
Connally
House
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
Aikin
eAikin
Smith
Senate Finance Committee
Coordinating Board
Capitol
Texas
May Re Classify 100000 Students
AUSTIN Texas UPI About 100000 students currently classified 2 S by local draft boards should act this summer or risk being 1 A in fall Col Morris Schwartz state selective service director urged Saturday He asked students to have their college or university registrars send their class standings for 1966 67 to local boards once spring semester standings are available Nearly one third of 2 S students last year were reclassified 1 A because standings were not received
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Austin, Tex
UPI
State Selective Service
Col
Morris Schwartz
Schwartz
Shrine Circus Tops Entertainment In Childress
The Shrine Circus comes to Childress at Fair Park Stadium for two shows on May 15, with matinee at 4 p.m. and evening performance at 8 p.m. Tickets cost 60 cents for children and one dollar for adults, with merchants purchasing all child tickets.
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Childress
Fair Park Stadium
Shrine
Karann Shrine Club of
Bill Leonard
Cancer Society meets Tuesday annual meeting in West Texas Utilities
Childress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society will hold the annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the West Texas Utilities. Dale Byerly of Lubbock will be present as field representative. All officers directors Crusade chairman and committee chairmen are urged to attend. The public is invited.
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Childress County
American Cancer Society
West Texas
Dale Byerly
Lubbock
Crusade
Kelley Rites Set for Today
Funeral services for Howard G. Kelley will be at 2 p.m. in Newberry Chapel with Rev. Joel S. Allen officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers will be H. L. Hamner, Jack Long, A. E. Robinson, W. M. Taylor, C. E. Smith and Bill Prescott. Mr. Kelley died from a heart attack at his home Thursday night. He was a cleaner presser and had lived in Childress since 1925.
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Howard G. Kelley
Newberry Chapel
Joel S. Allen
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
H. L. Hamner
Jack Long
A. E. Robinson
C. E. Smith
Bill Prescott
Kelley
Childress
I. E. Ricks Pleads Not Guilty to Aggravated Assault
I. E. Ricks pled not guilty to aggravated assault charges in County Court on Friday. His bond was set at $750, as reported by County Attorney Clarence Carter.
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Ricks
Clarence Carter
Johnson Rail Plan Draws Fire From Labor and Management
President Johnson’s rail labor bill faces sharp criticism from both sides as unions and railroads denounce a proposed 90 day cooling off period with a mediated settlement and possible congressional imposition of terms if no agreement is reached. The UPI report notes exchanges at an American Bar Association hearing and cites the Railway Labor Executives Association and six shopcraft unions. Congress has already extended strike deadlines twice under White House pressure.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Association of American Railroads
American Bar Association Committee
G. E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executives Association
Leighty
Congress
Rick Hamm Honored as Outstanding Sophomore Engineer
Rick Hamm of Childress was named the Outstanding Sophomore Engineering Student at Texas Tech during the annual Engineering Banquet. Dr Tom L Martin dean of the Institution of Technology at Southern Methodist University spoke at the event.
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Rick Hamm
Childress
Texas Tech
Bill Hamm
Rick
Tom L. Martin
Institution of Technology
Southern Methodist University
Taylor Nursing Home Granted Medicare Approval
The Taylor Nursing Home in Childress has qualified for Medicare patients. The facility at 1610 Avenue New was surveyed on March 21 and received notice of approval. Medicare participation will allow transfer of patients from hospitals to the home for care.
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Taylor Nursing Home
Childress
Ray Olive
1610 Avenue
Medicare
Ragged Texas Storm Pattern Causes Multi-Million Damage
Weather system swept across Texas causing widespread destruction with more than five million dollars in damages to homes businesses and autos. Reports cite severe hail and tornado activity in West Texas including Abilene and the Ester area as well as crop losses from hail in the South Plains.
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United Press International
Texas
Weather Bureau
Austin
Shreveport
West Texas
Abilene
Wilfred J. Perry
Claims Bureau
American Insurance Association
One Auto Company
South Plains
Ester
Moore County
Phillips Oil Co
Aubrey Worsham
Dumas
Worsham
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