U.S. Planes Shot Down in North Vietnam and Coastal Freighter Sunk
UPI reports two U.S. planes were downed by ground fire in North Vietnam as MIG 17 fighters fired air-to-air missiles, which missed. A coastal 120-foot freighter bound for the Viet Cong was sunk near Saigon, loaded with Chinese arms, while a helicopter base near Saigon faced a Viet Cong attack.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International
Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Air Force
North
Hanoi
Martin A. Mahrt
Custer
Gu Mai
South
Aid
Mahrt
Farmers Hear Speeches On New Farm Products
About 60 to 70 residents attended a district court meeting in Childress County discussing soybeans guar sesame hybrid forage sorghum and castor beans as possible crops. Speakers urged planting on diverted acres with assurances you cannot lose and that payments can be preserved by timely plowing if the crop fails. James Bartlett of Bartlett Fe is noted among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
James Bartlett
Bartlett Fe
Two Illinois Negroes Are Caught After Chase
Walter Benford Smith age 27 and Clyde Edward Lambert from Dansville Illinois were chased by Childress police from Childress to nearby towns after stealing a car and Texas license plates. They were captured around 5 30 a m and jailed in City and County facilities. Finis Wrinkle and the Childress police pursued and identified the suspects as they entered the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Benford Smith
Clyde Edward Lambert
Childress
Dansville
Cillicothe
Quanah
Texas
Illinois
Finis Wrinkle
VFW Elects New Officers for 1966 67
Joe B Sprayberry was chosen as co commander of the David Brown Post VFW for 1966 67 at a Tuesday night meeting in the Veterans Building Other officers elected include Darrel F Jackson Sr Vice Commander Mike Ragsdale Jr Vice Commander W A McCoy Quartermaster Adjutant Rev Clarence Bounds Post Chaplain Dr Jack Fox Post Surgeon Charlie Lane 3 year Trustee Jack Thomas 2 year Trustee and Buster Mills House Commander.
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Joe B. Sprayberry
David Brown
VFW
Veterans Building
Darrel F. Jackson
Mike Ragsdale
W. A. McCoy
Clarence Bounds
Jack Fox
Charlie Lane
Jack Thomas
Buster Mills
Absentee Ballots Cast in Childress County Election
No absentee ballots have been cast in the election to create a hospital district in Childress County. Absentee ballots may be cast at the County Clerk's office in the courthouse. The election will be held May 28 with 10 voting boxes in the county.
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Childress County
Blood donor drive seeks signed pledges and donors
County blood program chairmen urge donors to return pledge cards to Mrs. Charles Harrison and schedule donations for the May 26 bloodmobile at Fair Park Auditorium. Anyone wishing to donate may come to the auditorium May 20 between 12 and 6 p.m. for blood collection.
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Charles Harrison
Childress Blood Program
Fair Pork
Billy J. Atkinson
Fw&d
Oliver McKee
Carey
J. A. Stinnett
Tell
Murray Cartlidge
Kirkland
Leon Henley
High Point
J. C. Randel
West Texas Utilities
Kenneth Fink
Rotary
Richard Bird
Lions
Christine Williams
B&pw
Ben Walker
Childress Riding Club
3Ettyve Estes
VFW
Pete Hester
Courthouse
Pat Prosser
American Legion Auxiliary
Sterling Buster
Ellis
Alan Gage
Jaycees
Buster Mills
William O. Hamm
Highway Dept
Joe B. Howard
American Legion
Norman Hemphill
Masons
William W. Coopwood
Ralph Vallone
Booker T. Jackson
Joe S. Allen
First Baptist
Aubry Rogers
First Methodist
Clinton McGhee
Presbyterian
J. W. Drake
Central Christian
John W. Gay
Church of Christ
Ivan J. Allen
King Memorial
Don Conner
Calvary Baptist
Charles Hays
Parkview Baptist
Moody Hicks
Assembly of God
Joe Mitchell
St. John the Baptist
Calhoun Backs Crawford Martin In Gop AG Runoff
State Sen. Calhoun branded State Sen. Franklin Spears a dangerous choice and urged support for Crawford Martin in the June 4 runoff. Calhoun finished third in the three way primary with 191,289 of 1.2 million ballots cast and praised his work with Martin and Spears. Martin welcomed Calhoun’s endorsement and framed the vote as a rejection of Spears liberal philosophy.
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Austin
UPN
Galloway Calhoun
Franklin Spears
Calhoun
Crawford Martin
Spears
Tyler
Martin
District Boy Scout Roundtable Set for Thursday
The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church. All unit leaders are urged to attend.
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Boy Scout Roundtable
First Methodist Church
Lubbock Doctor To Speak At Childress ACS Meet
Dr. Carl F. Page of Lubbock will address the annual meeting of the Childress County Chapter of the American Cancer Society at 7 30 p.m. May 17 at the Hotel Childress. Page is president elect of the Lubbock County ACS and serves on the Cancer Control Committee of Lubbock. Public attendance urged.
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Carl F. Page
Lubbock
Childress County
American Cancer Society
Hotel Childress
Page
Lubbock County
ACS
Cancer Control Committee of
Wayne Freeman Rites Friday at Calvary Baptist Church
Final rites for Wayne Shands Freeman a long time Childress recipient will be held at 4 p m Friday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev H T Harris officiating Interment will be in Childress Cemetery with Odd Fellows Lodge members as pallbearers Freeman son of the late Frank W and Annie L Freeman early residents of Childress His father served in county offices and Freeman was a deputy in the District Clerk's office.
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Wayne Shands Freeman
Childress
Calvary Baptist Church
H. T. Harris
Childress Cemetery
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mr. Freeman
Frank W
Annie L. Freeman
Divorce Filed in District Clerk Office
A divorce filing was recorded Tuesday with District Clerk Margaret Hipps for Jimmy R. Thomas and Wilma Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divorge Hollywood
UPI
Kim Novak
Richard Johnson
Margaret Hipps
Jimmy R. Thomas
Wilma Thomas
Four Negro Teachers Protest School Action at Rhoads School
Four teachers at J. J. Rhoads School in Childress Texas filed complaints with two federal agencies after a Monday night school board meeting. The teachers Raymond Campbell M J Blair Evelyn Odhams and Ivey Merchison accuse racial discrimination and cite Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Copies of the complaints were sent to the EEOC the NEA the HEW and the NAACP. The group states dismissal reasons are invalid and a May 9 1966 meeting produced no corrective action.
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J. J. Rhoads School
The
NAACP
Raygaond Campbell
M. J. Blair
Evelyn Odhams
Ivey Merchison
Equal Educational
Inx Rhoads School
Childress
Texas
Rhoads
Johnson Defends U S Restraint in World Crises
President Johnson told Princeton crowds that the United States has used great restraint in Vietnam and other world hotspots. He rejected charges of arrogance, saying US power has been tempered by restraint as he spoke at the Woodrow Wilson School dedication. He argued no nation has shown such limited power in facing Southeast Asia challenges.
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Alvin Spivak
Princeton
N.J
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
America
Southeast Asia
Petitions Circulated Over New High School Site
Petitions will be circulated in Childress tomorrow to protest the location of a new high school in Fair Park The organizers object to the Childress Independent School District boards plan to acquire about 12 acres including land leased from the Childress County Old Settlers Association for 25 years They question legality of the city council and board actions and note a charter amendment requiring a public vote on land sales.
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Childress
Fair Park
Board of Trustees
Childress Independent School District
Childress County
Old Settlers Association
City of Childress
Krueger Pleads Guilty To Murders In Texas Boat Killings
Paul Eric Krueger, 18, of San Clemente California, pleaded guilty to the killings of fishermen Van David Carson and Noel D. Little off Corpus Christi Texas on April 12, 1965. He also faced admitting the slaying of John David Fox as authorities worked to seat a jury. two prior trials in Kingsville and Brenham had stalled.
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Dallas
UPI
Paul Eric Kruege
California
Day
Krueger
San Clemente
Calh
Kingsville
Brenham
Tex
van David Carson
Noel D. Little
John David Fox
Corpus Christi
Phillip Angies
Hollywood
Calif
Donald Black Resigns as Bank Director
Donald Black resigns from the board of the First National Bank where he had served more than four years. He resigns prior to yesterday’s swearing in as Judge of Childress County, with the bank noted as the county funds depository.
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Donald Black
First National Bank
Black
Childress County
Dirksen Bounces Back From Hip Fracture at Walter Reed
Senator Everett Dirksen, 70, Republican Leader, shows favorable indicators after breaking his right hip in a bed fall at Walter Reed Army Hospital. He is in good spirits, joking with doctors, and has begun simple exercises to maintain muscle tone as he recuperates in the same facility.
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Dirksen
Students Guest Rotary Club Program Noted
Students during the school year presented today's program at the Rotary Club with sons and grandsons of Rotarians as guests. Speakers included Jack Anderson Bill Edington Benny Foard David Galligan Tommy Harwell Jerry Henderson Waylon Bratcher Jerry Keys Perry Stevens Bobby Rowland Thomas Rutledge Jimmy Ragsdale Andy Scott Joe Don Sledge and Dalton Skinner. Frank Howard introduced the program and James Driver led the songs.
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Rotary Club
Jack Anderson
Bill Edrington
Benny Foard
David Galligan
Tommy Harwell
Jerry Henderson
Waylon Bratcher
Bratcher
Jerry Keys
Perry Stevens
Bobby Rowland
Thomas Rutledge
Jimmy Ragsdale
Andy Scott
Joe Don Sledge
Dalton Skinner
Frank Howard
James Driver
Pat Steed
Perkins Services Held in Paducah
Funeral services for LeRoy Perkins Jr., 64, were held at 4 p.m. in the Paducah Church of Christ with Veto Austin of Guthrie officiating. Burial followed at Garden of Memories Cemetery by Norris Funeral Home. He died Monday afternoon in Vernon. He worked for Pitchfork Ranch for years and was born in Bell County. Survivors include Mrs. Van Carro and Mrs. Bonnie Brown.
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Paducah
LeRoy Perkins
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Kenneth Ellis
Hall County Soil Conservation District
Ernest Rea
Childress High School
John Frank Inman
Shirley Hightower
Diane Huddleston
Sharlotte Howard
Linda Mooney
Evelyn Holland
Childress Auto Supply
Wayne Freeman
Everett Dirksen
Perkins Services
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