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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1968

Page

6

Rioters clash as France braces for De Gaulle speech

Militants led by Latin Quarter students face police near the Sorbonne amid fresh rioting on the Left Bank as up to 10 million strikers, Communist-led workers, farmers, and unions prepare nationwide demonstrations against Gaullist policies. Police use tear gas against thousands of youths.

Latin Quarter France de Gaule Boulevard St. Michel Sorbonne University Seine’ River Islands Notre Dame Cathedral

Dame Irene Ward ousted from Commons over austerity budget clash

Dame Irene Ward, 73, was bodily removed from the House of Commons after denouncing Parliament as a dictatorship during an outburst against a time limit set for passage of a finance bill amid the government's austerity budget.

London UPI Irene Ward House of Commons Parli Ament

Zambia's Kaunda predicts equality for South Africans

President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, speaking in Botswana, asserted that about 15 million South African Negroes will reach equality with whites despite police dogs, tear gas, napalm bombs or any other suppressive measures.

Gaberones Botswana UPI Kenneth Kaunda Zambia South Africa

Graduation Exercises Outline as Baccalaureate Continues

Principal Eisenhower will present the scholarship and awards and introduce each graduate. Superintendent J W Hamilton will receive the candidates while Richard Bird presides over diplomas. Invocations by Rev Moody Hicks and Rev Charles Hays with Julia Camp as pianist for processional and recessional.

Ieenhower J. W. Hamilton Richard Bird Moody Hicks Assembly of God Church Charles Hays Parkview Baptist Church Julia Camp

Promise Tour Continues Across Texas States and Cities

The pledge event traveled from Houston to Texarkana Greenville Sherman Wichita Falls Amarillo and ended in Austin. A Texas speaking tour covered Tyler Kilgore Marshall Texarkana Paris and Dallas with the nationwide Interstate Highway System now over half open to traffic after more than 25 000 miles of the planned 41 000 miles are ready for use.

Houston Texarkana Greenville Sherman Wichita Falls Amarillo Austin Smith East Texas Tyler Kilgore Marshall Paris Dallas United States

North Vietnamese push near DMZ amid heavy combat

Observation planes were destroyed as fighting on the DMZ edge intensified with Marines, tanks, artillery and jets in action. A Marine Phantom was shot down near Tam Ky. two crewmen survived. Across South Vietnam, 76 Communists were killed and a 320th Division unit reportedly captured. Over North Vietnam, U S bombers hit supply lines in 129 missions. Civilian casualties reported in Tay Ninh, Rach Gia, and a training base shelling.

Demilitarized Zone Dme Hanoi Aan Tam Ky U.S South Vietnam Saigon da Nang North Vietnam Panhandle Con Thien 3Rd “Marine ‘Division Dmz Vietnam Paris Tay Ninh Rach Gia Mekong Delta

Budgets Diverge Over Mental Health and Pay Increases

The study notes tax and non tax sources shape the $2.386 billion budget with a $446 million general revenue fund share. Differences between the legislative budget and Connally's proposal include raises for college faculty and state workers, mental health facility funding, Odessa College, and distribution of welfare and prison funds.

Comptroller General Revenue Fund Connally Odessa College Corpus Christi San Antonio Lubbock Mental Health and

Clarendon club loan sparks tax talk and figures

The letter questions a $150000 Farmers Loan Administration loan to a local Clarendon Country Club for a golf course, arguing about farming needs versus club interests and noting large Texas IRS tax collections in 1997. It cites figures: IRS receipts of about 5.86 billion and Texas tax take exceeding Texas mineral value by 433 million, with farm and ranch inventories cited at 4.3 billion less.

Clarendon Internal Revenue Service IRS Uncle Sam Dallas News Texas

Nuclear rocket program faces budget battles and uncertain missions

Congress debates the Nerva nuclear rocket amid pressure to cut costs while praising past investment of over 1.1 billion. Senate panel restores most House cuts, arguing the project offers major propulsion gains for space exploration and could be essential for future missions.

Earth Congress U. S Webb House Senate Repor

Students Occupy LSE Hall With Bed Flag Sit In

About 200 students seized the London School of Economics main lecture hall in a sit in that began after they hoisted a bed and a red and black flag atop the building Thursday night.

London UPI London School of Economics

Greek Foreign Ministry Rejects Soviet Protest Over Naval Buzz

The Greek Foreign Ministry rejected a Soviet note arguing that a Russian ship buzzed two Greek planes in the Mediterranean. Athens says the vessel infiltrated a convoy taking part in a NATO air defense exercise.

Athens UPI Mediterranean

Spanish Supreme Court pins blame on Communists for unrest

The Spanish Supreme Court said Communists were responsible for much of the strife in the nation's universities during the past year and warned students taking part in disturbances they faced possible prosecution.

Madrid UPI Supreme Court Keay

Rally in Paris solidarity draws thousands in Beijing street scene

Reports from the New China News Agency note more than 79,000 people crowded Beijing streets on Wednesday to back revolutionary struggles of French workers and students as broadcast coverage reached U.S. audiences. A separate item from Wycombe, England, describes seven British European Airways stewardesses attempting daring stunts on a World War I biplane as part of an air show buildup.

Tokyo UPI Peking France New China Pews Agency Toda Wycombe England

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