Saigon raids target Buddhist youth HQ and labor union
Combat police and Vietnamese army units seized the Buddhist youth headquarters and an antigovernment labor syndicate HQ in Saigon. About 20 youth leaders were arrested in a predawn raid. In Da Nang, marines and tanks took over the 1st Corps HQ with no shots fired. The move coincides with protests against U S Ambassador Lodge as Catholic leaders rally.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
1St Corps
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Rusk
Thich Thien Minh
Dean Rusk
Vien Hoa Dao
Anti
Foot Search For Peggy Ann Brodnick Continues In Valley
An armed posse and volunteers sweep 18 square miles in the Tuscarora Mountains for 17-year-old Peggy Ann Brodnick and her masked kidnapper. No trace found after four searching days as authorities plan a big push, house to house checks, and resident interviews if nothing surfaces by Monday.
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Lee Leonard
United Press International
Shade Gap
UPI
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Edward Mitarnowski
Mitariowksi
FBI
National
Tuscarora Mountains
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Here
Brandnicks
Peggy
Mitarnowski
Peggy Ann
Viet Cong Guerrillas Nab Two US Servicemen
Viet Cong guerrillas captured two American servicemen this week on Vietnamese highways. The 1st Air Cavalry battled a Viet Cong village near Bong Son in a failed rescue attempt, killing seven insurgents. A pilotless search followed as another American remained missing in the Central Highlands.
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Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
US Air Cavalry
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry
Bong Son
Saigon
Air Force
Ban Me
North
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Mu Gia Pass
Navy
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Battalion
Army
Hal Moore
1St Cavalry
Moore
An Khe
Sidewalk Sale Draws Crowds and Grand Opening in Childress
The Second Annual Sidewalk Sale will be held in Childress Thursday with about 10 000 extra copies of The Index promoting the event. Merchants will move bargain merchandise to sidewalks and extend hours to 9 p m with free parking. The Montgomery Ward Store will hold its Grand Opening. A Cancer Society meeting in Hotel Childress features Dr Carl Page of Lubbock as speaker to inform on cancer prevention and early detection.
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Childress
Bill Coopwood
Chamber of Commerce
Coopwood
Montgomery Ward
Carl F. Page
Lubbock
American Cancer Society
Hotel Childress
Page
Methodist
St. Mary’s of the Plains
Two Votes Cast Absentee in Hospital Bond Election
Absentee ballots were cast in the county hospital bond election to create a hospital district and fund an $800,000 bond. Absentee voting runs through May 24, with the main election on May 28 and 10 voting boxes available countywide.
Stop light installed at Third Street and Avenue B NW
A new stop and go signal light has been erected at the intersection of Third Street and Avenue B NW. The notice references local traffic safety improvements and directs readers to Childress Auto Supply for The All New Johnson Seahorse Outboards.
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Third Street
Avenue B
Childress Auto Supply
TV Translator Stockholders Meet to Pick NBC Outlet
Red River Valley TV Translator Association will hold an 8 p.m. meeting at Childress High School to elect directors and decide which NBC outlet to carry. The Amarillo signal has been used from Memphis, with tests showing Wichita Falls signal good. They plan to pick up Channel 10 from Amarillo via satellite at Sweetwater, Oklahoma, once the equipment is installed.
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Red River Valley TV Translator Association
Childress High School
Claude Andrews
NBC
Amarila
Memphis
Wichita Falls
Andrews
Channel 10
Amarillo
Sweetwater
Okla
400000 Collegians Take Examinations Saturday
About 400000 college students sat the Selective Service qualification test on Saturday at 1200 sites nationwide as the first wave of roughly 900000 expected to take the three hour exam. The test marks will influence draft decisions and class standings, with two more testing dates planned through June 24.
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United Press International
Collegians
Science Research Associates
SRA
Selective Service
Tiny Union College
Lincoln
Neb
Seventh Day Adventist Institution
Oberlin
Ohio
Robert K. Carr
Oberlin College
Delegates Named at County Democratic Convention
Eight delegates and eight alternates were chosen for the State Convention in Austin on September 20. John F. Robinson was elected permanent chairman and Donald Black permanent secretary. Delegates include Paul Ord Walter Lockhoof Glenn Buckley Bernie Steed Archie Hatley Allen Harp. Alternates: John F. Herren Mrs Hatley Jack Preston Ned Garrison Pete Goffar Mrs Lockhoof.
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Connally
Austin
John F. Robinson
Donald Black
Black
Robinson
Paul Ord
Walte Lockhoof
Glenn Buckley
Bernie Steed
Archie Hatley
Allen Harp
Three Petitions Oppose School Board Action on Fair Park
Three petitions oppose the Childress Independent School District board’s plan to take about 12 acres of Fair Park. The petitions are generally signed by individuals, with one left at Dave Brummett Gulf Service Station near the courthouse for people to check or sign.
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Childress Independent School District
Fair Park
Dave Brummett Gulf Service Station
Court House
Traffic Deaths Rise In Texas For 1966
The Department of Public Safety reports traffic fatalities up 12 percent in 1966 versus 1965 through Friday. Through Friday 986 deaths occurred on Texas highways, up from 884 last year, with fatal accidents totaling 826 compared with 733 in 1965, a 13 percent increase.
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Austin
UPID
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Surplus Commodities Distribution This Week
Surplus commodities will be distributed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at 217 Ave A NE. Applicants must provide their own containers, said George Spear, service officer.
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Ave. A. Ne
George Spear
Gemini 9 Astronauts Cleared for On Time Moon Mission
Gemini 9 crew Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan receive unqualified go from NASA after medicals and flight reviews. Weather, checkout, and systems are reported excellent as launch remains set for Tuesday with Atlas Agena and Titan 2 rocket rendezvous to follow. The mission aims to move the United States closer to landing astronauts on the moon by 1969, boosting the U.S. lead in manned spaceflight.
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AL Rossiter Jr
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
United States
Moon
Donald Slayton
William C. Schneider
Space Agency
Stafford
Cernan
Duane Catterson
National Aeronautics
NASA
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Ena
America
U.S
Russia
Republicans Name Delegates To Convention
Republicans in Childress County named delegates to the State Republican Convention on Saturday and gave no voting instructions. The two delegates, listed as free agents, said they would vote their own judgment at the convention. The convention is set for September 20 in San Antonio.
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Childress County
Ray Tolt
Bruce Parr
San Antonio
Pair Picked Up By Federal Officers
Two Illinois men, Walter Smith and Clyde Lambert, were arrested in Danville after a city chase and were picked up by U S Marshal Raymond Deavers of Amarillo. They face federal charges for transporting a stolen car across state lines.
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U.S
Bloodmobile Visit Planned Friday at Fair Park Auditorium
Bloodmobile will operate Friday from 12 to 6 p.m. at Fair Park Auditorium to serve Childress County residents. County blood chairman Mrs. Charles Harrison cites William Scates as an example of Red Cross benefits, noting he received 28 pints of blood during a five week stay at Childress Hospital with supplies from the Wichita Falls Red Blood Center.
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Fair Park Auditorium
Childress County
Charles Harrison
County Blood
William Scates
Red Cross
Scates
Childress Hospital
Red Blood Center
Wichita Falls
State Legion Head to Speak at Cox-Farr Post Meeting
Clayton Mann of Wichita Falls, head of the State American Legion, will be the principal speaker at Cox-Farr Post 605 meeting in the Veterans Building Thursday at 7 30 p m. A Viet Nam film will be shown and the public is invited. Mann is Vernon born and a 1937 Rothan High School graduate who later studied accounting and business law at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls and has run Mann Dental Laboratory for 12 years.
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Clayton Mann
Wichita Falls
State
American Legion
Cox
Broom Sale by Lions Club Set To Start Tuesday
The annual Broom Sale for the Blind by the Childress Lions Club begins Tuesday and continues Wednesday. Proceeds support blind welfare programs.
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Lions Club
The
Childress Lions Club
Old Settlers Directors To Meet in City Hall
Directors of the Jess County Old Settlers Association will meet Thursday night at City Hall to discuss additional plans for the 1966 observance. President W. E. Helms announced the meeting on Saturday.
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Jess County Old Settlers Association
W. E. Helms
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Tan Son Nhut Airbase
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Minh
Demo
Gemini 9
Legion
Old Settlers
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