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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
2
The ChilDress County Commissioners Court will open sealed bids at 1:00 PM May 23 1968 for a new 1968 four door sedan with heavy duty features and a trade in of a 1965 Pontiac. Specifications can be obtained from the County Clerk. The court may reject any bids.
Twisters continued their path across multiple states with reports of looting prevented by rifles and guardsmen patrolling towns. In Charles City Iowa 50 patients filled Floyd County Hospital before the twisters, rising to 300 after the strikes. Four deaths occurred in Wapella Illinois with a trailer home crushed near the tunnel. Freeburg Illinois reported four dead and five injured, including the discovery of Bob Kehrer and two others. A wrecked Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train near Milford Illinois saw box cars derailed. Natrona Illinois reported destruction of its grain elevator school and 50 residents with no injuries. Two tornadoes touched down in Wooster Ohio and a severe storm damaged Cleveland, knocking out power to thousands. Southern Minnesota saw two tornadoes, while a storm near Eau Claire Wisconsin caused a church fire from lightning and hail.
In Bibai Japan rescue teams recovered six of thirteen miners trapped by a mine collapse. Officials said the remaining seven men were presumed dead.
Russo admitted Annie Barnes, Adam Rodriguez, and Luiz Martinez Portillo on Wednesday. Dismissals included Ray Cooper and Artie Bain, with actions noted for today.
Hailstorms near Hamadan in western Iran swept away 120 homes and killed five people. In Hominy Falls West Virginia six miners deemed dead were rescued after ten days. four others were found dead. Ten trapped workers had been in a flooded pit since May 6 with fifteen others rescued the prior week.
The Country Club of Clarendon is awarded a 150000 loan from the Farmers Home Administration to fund facilities at Greenbelt Lake. Plans include an 18 hole golf course, putting green, swimming pool, bath house, skeet range, and boating. Initial memberships priced at 150 dollars, with 33 left of 300 offered, contact Mrs Ray E Palmer for applications.
Bob Mathias, Olympic decathlon champion in 1956 and 1952, has joined the Healthwise All-Star sports camp faculty at Callaway Gardens Georgia July 7 14. Hall of Famer Bob Feller Jim Taylor of the New Orleans Saints and Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Royals were named previously to the faculty.
The Paris commentary notes Charles de Gaulle's policy of balancing U S and North Vietnam positions. He condemns United States actions yet stops short of endorsing Hanoi. France remains distant from Saigon while maintaining limited diplomatic contact with North Vietnam.
Jackie Gleason and Bob Hope will team up for How To Commit Marriage directed by Norman Fansms. Also announced Robert Blake and Brad Dillman will star in The Bridge at Remagen filmed on location in Czechoslovakia with Geo tee Segal involved.
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