Nixon and Soviets push to curb arms and seek trade
AP reports at the Moscow summit President Nixon presses Soviet leaders toward arms restraint while agreeing to broader cooperation. The Politburo shows openness to capitalist trade credit science technology and environmental collaboration, signaling a shift from Marxist Leninist doctrine.
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Nixon
Williams
Ryan AP
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Politburo
United States
Moscow
North Vietnamese Attack Presses Kontum Front
North Vietnamese gunners pounded Kontum with hundreds of rockets and 105mm shells in the day’s heaviest strike of the two month offensive. U.S. sources suggest a possible drive to seize Kontum’s province capital as Quang Tri and An Loc face separate sieges and setbacks.
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Saigon
Kontum
U.S
Quang Tri
An Loc
U. S
Dallas hostage taker surrenders at police HQ
Virgil Lee Fuqua of Dallas released the handgun and surrendered to Assistant Police Chief Paul Townsend at Dallas Police Headquarters after holding Mrs. James Roberts of Waco at pistolpoint for hours. The abduction began with a grocery-store hold up and involved demands for a jet plane and additional weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love Field
Frank Dyson
Dyson
Paul Townsend
Virgil Lee Fuqua
Dallas
James Roberts
Waco
Depot Future Is Up in Air
Fort Worth and Denver depot fate remains cloudy after the city received the structure in a near gift. Council members expect a meeting with railroad officials to resolve land lease terms including a 60 per year charge and a recapture clause allowing land return on 30 days notice. The lease also requires the building to be used as a museum or public meeting place, steering potential lessees away. R A Yarborough says a firm is interested in manufacturing use.
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Fort Worth
Denver
R.A. Yarborough
LVNA Cutest Kid Contest Sponsored at Old Settlers
The Childress LVNA renews its Cutest Kid Contest during the Old Settlers Celebration with $2 entry fees. Photographs judged by back-of-photo mailing addresses, divisions for 0-1, 2-4, 4-6 years, and proceeds support the hospital beauty shop project. Chairmen are Mrs. Pearl Owens and Mrs. Wanda Howell.
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Childress
Pearl Owens
Wanda Howell
Lvn’s
Childress General Hospital
Vernon SSA Manager Wayne Klipping Transfer to Lawton
Wayne Klipping, manager of the Vernon Social Security branch since November 1969, is transferred to Lawton Oklahoma as Assistant District Manager. He will assume the Lawton post on June 12.
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Klipping
Wayne Klipping
Social Security
Vernon
Lawton
Oklahoma
Five Women Die in Explosion at Mississippi Plant
Five women were killed in a sequence of explosions at the Ingram Industries ammunition plant near Kiln Mississippi. A survivor called the scene a nightmare Fourth of July. The plant employs 145 people, mostly women, and officials cited unknown initial cause for the blast on Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Kiln
Miss
Ingram Industries
Mississippi
Childress Considered For Industry Prospects
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce report several industrial prospects, some spin offs from Lancer Homes, eyeing Childress after a CEO tour of the Four Winds area. Gene Merrifield notes a $100 profit on the Childress Art Festival as Lyndell Rogers cites more than 70 exhibits totaling 213 from seven cities outside Childress. Over 450 registered and many more未 registered.
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Lancer Homes
Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Merrifield
Four Winds
Childresss
Lyndell Rogers
No Clues To Whereabouts Of Escapee
Local and area lawmen search for Joel Ray Green of Burkburnett after he reportedly escaped while being returned to Wichita Falls from Boulder Colorado on a burglary warrant. Police say Green fled from Constable Louis Johnson after handcuffs were removed at a Childress restaurant. The initial description noted a heavy head of hair and a white shirt.
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Joel Ray Green
Burkburnett
Wichita County
Wichita Falls
Boulder
Colo
Green
Childress
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Hostage Situation Ends Peacefully in Dallas Office
Mrs. Meredith Roberts, held at gunpoint for about five hours, said she was frightened yet not threatened directly. The gunman surrendered after negotiations in the Dallas Police Chief’s office, as she described her shaking knees and composed appearance during a brief interview.
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Townsend
Frank Dyson
Dyson
Dallas
Meredith Roberts
Memorial Day Observance in Childress Monday
The 11 a.m siren signals Memorial Day events with 11:15 a.m. ceremonies on the courthouse lawn. Commander Ethel Griffin presides as colors are presented by scouts and a 75 member choir performs Let Us Break Bread Together. Rev Bud King gives the invocation and Lt Col Weldon W Teague Ret. delivers the address.
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Childress
Courthouse Lawn
Ethel Griffin
Cox-Farr Post
American Legion
Bud King
Calvary Baptist Church
Weldon W. Teague
Legion
A. L. Pitcher
Raymond A. Edwards
Rhode Pipe Co Low Bids On Thirsty Water
Rhode Pipe Co of Silverton was the low bidder for the first two phases of the Thirsty Water System with a bid of 450 365 60 at a Tuesday Quanah meeting. Bill Worthy Construction Co of Bokchito Okla held the low bid of 251 427 14 for the next portion including Hall Turkey Estelline and Harrell Chapel area. Extra funds are planned to tie in with Greenbelt Water Authority for Estelline, Turkey, and Tell area petitioners and Hardeman County extensions.
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Rhode Pipe Co
Silverton
Quanah
Rhode Co
Hall
Childress
Cottle
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Bill Worthy Construction Co
Bokchito
Okla
Turkey
Estelline
Harrell Chapel
Greenbelt Water Authority
Turkey Area
Tell Area
Hardeman County
Hunter Rites Held Here
Funeral services for Woodrow Wilson Hunter age 59 were at 4 p m in the First United Methodist Church. Rev Roy Jacobs of Vernon Lutheran Church officiated with burial at Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home. Pallbearers named. Hunter had farmed in the county since 1952 and died at 8:50 a m Tuesday.
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Woodrow Wilson Hunter
First United Methodist Church
Roy Jacobs
Vernon Lutheran Church
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Joe Liles
John Robinson
Bert Hargrave
Claude Andrews
Ross Smith
Wade Bradford
Stanley Terry
A. L. Landrum
Hunter
City Council considers gas rate increase ordinance
The unanimous council approved an ordinance for Lone Star Gas Company on first reading. If approved again, rates would rise about 6.42 percent, increasing the average monthly bill by 46 cents. Virgil McGee urged paving and one way traffic changes for north Childress avenues, but the commission denied Avenue 1 paving and the council adjourned.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Hearrell Scales
Walter Lockhoof
Glenn Buckley
Virgil McGee
North Childress
Texas Highway Commission
Buster Mills Mother Dies in Wichita Falls
Mrs. Rose Lee McCann 71 of Wichita Falls died at 7 30 p m in a Wichita Falls hospital. She was born July 26 1900 in Bowie and was a clerk for Continental Trailways. Funeral 10 a m Saturday Owens Brumley Chapel Wichita Falls with graveside rites 2 p m Saturday in Childress Cemetery. She was mother of Ernest Bryan Mills of Childress.
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Rose Lee McCann
Wichita Falls
Ernest Bryan
Buster) Mills
Childress
Owens- Brumley Chapel
Childress Cemetery
McCann
Bowie
Continental Trailways
Absentee Balloting Light in Local Runoffs
Four absentee ballots for the June 3 Democratic runoff have been filed and now in the Republican runoff, it was reported today from the County Clerk's office. Deadline for ballotting is May 30.
Nixon and Soviet Leaders Seal Fifth Arms Accord in Moscow
President Nixon and Soviet leaders approve the Washington-Moscow Naval Agreement on Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas. John Warner and Adm. Sergei Gorshkov sign, detailing rules to increase signals and avoid simulated attacks while ships and aircraft of both nations operate.
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Moscow
Nixon
John Warner
U.S
Adm
Sergei Gorshkov
Washington- Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Long Services For Thurman Long Friday in Childress
Thurman Sterling Long 57 a longtime Childress County farmer died Wednesday after a lengthy illness in Childress General Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Newberry Funeral Chapel with Elder W. R. Henderson of Paducah Primitive Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Pallbearers: Noel Long Darrell Long Benson Long Melvin Long Jimmy Bounds Gayland Ariola. Born June 20 1914 in Childress County he lived in the area all his life.
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Thurman Sterling Long
Childress County
Newberry Funeral
W. R. Henderson
Paducah
Bitter Texas lieutenant governor race heats up as charges surface
Sen Wayne Connally returns to Austin to rebut rival Bill Hobby. He cites a 1967 Houston charge of aggravated assault against Hobby involving a minor. The Houston Post reports Hobby, president and editor of the paper, was released on bond after a woman accused him of spanking her 11 year old son.
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Associated Press
Wayne Connally
Austin
Bill Hobby
Hobby
Connally
Lubbock
Capitol
Houston
Houston Post
Marcia Tips
Bloodmobile Visit Staffed by Christian Women’s Fellowship
Christian Women’s Fellowship of Central Christian Church will staff the Bloodmobile at Fair Park Auditorium from 2 to 6 30 p m on June 7. The American Legion donated 117.50 to cover costs and organizers urge new donors to participate.
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Christian Women’s Fellowship of Central Christian Church
Fair Park
American Legion
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Ladies Auxiliary of the
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Morris Higley
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Allen Harp
Rhode
McGee
Buster Mills
By Frank Cormier
CWF
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