Saigon Bombarded on Ho Chi Minh Birthday Amid Fires
Communist gunners fired rockets and mortars into central Saigon on Ho Chi Minh's birthday, igniting fires near the market and Independence Palace. U.S. spokesmen said targets included the embassy area. exchanges followed heavy fighting near Da Nang with U.S. casualties and reported North Vietnamese losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard V. Oliver
Saigon
UPD
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Indepeendence
Market Place
Independence Palace
White House
Johnson
Charles S Robb
Hanoi
da Nang
Cholon
Nguyen van Thieu
Central Market Place
South Vietnam
Nist
Bloodmobile Blood Drive Totals 79 Pints Here
The Bloodmobile collected 79 pints Friday from 105 registrants. Carroll Byrd led donors in the Gallon Club. he is an Air Force WWI veteran and Post Office employee. Local factories provided many workers as donors. county totals surpassed quota but fell short of last February’s 108 units.
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Carroll Byrd
Gallon
Byrd
Air Force
American Legion
Post Office
Childress Manufacturing Company
Burlington Shops
Texas Highway Department
Murray Cartlidge
Juanita Armstrong
Paul Havens
Jm Parker
Raymond Love
Leslie Ellison
Reba Joyce Hemphill
Sandra Young
Betty Moody
Ida F. Dotson
Theresa Buck
Mary Turner
Marcia Ellison
Leon Henley
Bernice Jackson
Oford King
Melba Brown
la Ferne Bradford
Wanda Longbine
Susie Irene Wynn
Philip D. Self
Jerry Don Cole Randall Nance
J. C. Keys
Don Carmack
Lynn Lankford
W. M. Teague
D. L. Kindle
Trula May Clark
B. V. Glover
Fay Waltermire
Ruth Duke
Chester Carter
Lon W. Hall
Sherrill S. Creamer
Doy D. Skinner
John A. Rowell
Weldon Teague
Bryce Marshall
Mary Virginia Hazelwood
Helen M. Ogle
Thelma Jonese
James L. Moody
Willie Mae Welch
E. R. Kelly
Mary Hudson
Bill Trosper
A. P. Hamilton, Jr
Charles Rogers
Emmitt Beal
Richard A. Bellah
Teel
Irma Custer
Harold Hardin
Mildred Steed
Oma Whitehead
Clinton McGhee
Lioyd Walkup
Johnnie Hillyard
O. D. Lankford
Alva Wheeler
Harold Camp
Charles Christy
Bobby Henderson
Sarah Barkley
Rush Tim
Jack Fox
J. J. Westenbure
Bob Clapton
Wanda Howell
Dorothy Smith
Lonnie Elkins
Helen Adcock
Charles Meisner
Bill Leonard
D. B Cline
Gibson's Discount
Charles Mock
Nehi
H. W. Shirley
Dr Pepper
Herman Smith
City Council
Home Demonstration Club Council
Bonehead Boys
Horizon Club
Wichita Falls
Texas
Donald Black
Ernest Rea
County Soil and Water Conservation District
Sidewalk Sale Declared A Perfect Day By Merchants
Merchants in a city sidewalk sale reported strong business and good customer turnout. Tom Lemen, chairman of the Retail Activities Committee, praised the weather and mood as ideal for shoppers and shopkeepers.
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Tom Lemen
Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Cemetery Clean-Up Planned This Week
W B Thomas announces a three day clean up at the Tennessee Valley Cemetery on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Relatives from Childress are requested to bring their own equipment and meet by 10 am to help restore neglected graves. Helpers include Thomas, Crabtree, Ernest Thomas and Vernon Key.
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Tennessee Valley Cemetery
W. B. Thomas
Childress
Thomas
Thomas Tommy Crabtree
Earnest Thomas
Vernon Key
Seniors Party Fund Urged to Turn In Money at Once
Parents of Ch ildress High School seniors are urged to turn in funds for the senior class party after graduation May 28. Payments may be given to H D Cordell at the First State Bank or to Pam Morey, class treasurer, with money needed immediately for Elks Lodge preparations.
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Childress High School
H. D Cordell
First State Bank
Pam Morey
The
Elks Lodge
Tell Homecoming delayed over borrowed coffee urns
Mrs. Tom Goff announced that preparations for the Tell Homecoming are stalled because coffee urns and a crack jar were borrowed from Tell School and not returned. The person responsible is asked to return the items immediately to the school building. The Homecoming is planned for August.
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Tell
Tom Goff
Absentee Balloting Opens for Democratic Run-off
Absentee balloting for the Democratic run-off opens Wednesday at the County Clerk's office. The election is on June 1. Deadline to vote absentee is May 28.
Paris talks bitter session over bombing and troops
In the third formal session at Paris United States negotiator W Averell Harriman demanded that Hanoi admit troops in South Vietnam before bombing halt. North Vietnam rejected the demand and denounced the U S as obstinate. Harriman said 85000 military personnel are in South Vietnam, with about 15000 in Viet Cong units.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
United
W. Averall Harriman
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Labor Revolt Shuts Paris Warehouses and Transit
Paris reels as labor revolt seizes 100 factories and paralyzes transport. De Gaulle returns to a capital bogged by strikes, subway closures, and public-service stoppages. Banks may close Monday. Cannes Film Festival halted as workers join the nationwide action.
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Allan Priaulx
Paris
UPI
Charlie de Gaulle
Bucharest
France
de Gaulle
Romania
Georges Pompidou
Orly
Air France
Cannes
Riviera
Festival
West Killed in Vietnam Action
Specialist Fourth Class Bob West 23, resident of Chil dress for years with Dr. T. L. Lewis family, was killed in action in Vietnam. Mrs. Lewis notified The Index from Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. Burial planned in Amarillo where Wests lived. Survived by parents in Indian Harbor Beach, three brothers John Fuller ton Calif Jim Bert at home, four sisters Judy Jo Kny Morreale Bay Saint Louis Miss Jan Jerri.
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Bobby West
Childress
T. L. Lewis
Ach
Fla
H. W. West
Amarillo
Wests
Vietnam
Wilson School
Lewises
Indian Harbor Beach
John
Fullerton
Calif
Jim
Bert
Judy
Jo Kny Morreale
Bay Saint Louis
Miss
Jan
Jerri
Shrine Circus publicized for two Wellington to Quanah stops
Shrine Circus publicity covers Wellington Memphis Paducah and Quanah where Shrine Club sponsors promote two performances. The Supernatural Syndicate David Bradford Steve Baker and Ross Butler provide entertainment. Deane Dodge leads the caravan. Matinee at 4 p.m. and evening show at 8 p.m. at Fair Park Stadium.
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Shrine Circus
Wellington
Memphis
Paducah
Quanah
Shrine Club
Supernatural Syndicate
David Bradford
Steve Baker
Ross Butler
Deane Dodge
Fair Park Stadium
Wallace Officials Hope For Big Texas Support
Wallace supporters surged in Texas as the American Party organized to back Alabama Gov. George Wallace for president. About 94,000 attended May 4 precinct conventions, with Texas voters targeting 700,000 to 800,000 Wallace ballots. Harris County led with 22,000 convention attendees, Dallas had 8,600, and organizers aim to replicate that turnout statewide.
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David Anderson Austin
Tex
UPI
New American Party
Alabama
George Wallace
Bard Logan
Wallace
Texas
Walake
Logan
American Party
John Connally
Houston
Harris County
Dallas
East Texas
Midland-Odes
Amer
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