Draft candidates for July lottery callup announced
Selective Service said seven thousand two hundred draftees will be inducted in July with lottery numbers from 1 through 50. The ceiling for the callup rises from 1–35 for the June 9,000 man draft. In Riverside California poultry flocks forty two million birds must be vaccinated for a second time to halt Newcastle disease. The Supreme Court rejected a state ruling outlawing the death penalty as it weighs possible nationwide abolition.
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Washington
Selective Service
Riverside
Calif
California
Newcastle Task Force
Supreme Court
High Court
Raids Hit Haiphong Yard as U S Bombs North Vietnam
American carrier air strikes hit the Yong Bi yard near Haiphong destroying rail facilities and 16 bridges across North Vietnam. A Marine A6 jet was shot down but the crew survived with a rescue at sea. A task force shelled coastal targets while pilots logged over 250 strikes in the 24 hours. Ground actions report withdrawals.
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Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U. S. Command
Coral Sea
Yong Bi
China
Demilitarized Zone
Services For Former Resident To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Virgie Raley of Whitewright, formerly of Childress, will be at 2 30 p m Thursday in Whitewright. Surviving relatives include six brothers Bill Dawson of Childress Jack Dawson of Weaver John Dawson of Hereford Pete Dawson of Alvin Frank Dawson of Borger and Jim Dawson of Bishop California. No other details were available at press time.
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Virgie Raley
Whitewright
Childress
Bill Dawson
Jack Dawson
Weaver
John Dawson
Hereford
Pete Dawson
Alvin
Frank Dawson
Borger
Jim Dawson
Bishop
Calif
Nixon in Iran Arrives Amid Massive Tehran Welcome
President Nixon arrived in Tehran to a thunderous welcome as 250000 to 400000 residents lined the streets. He began five hours of talks with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on Gulf security and Iran's role, amid heavy security and regional tensions.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Tehran
Nixon
Iran
Mehrabad
Farah
Keir
Indian Ocean
Persian Gulf
United States
Soviet Union
U. S
India
Iraq
Moscow
Gulf
Kiev
Alexander Lyushko
Ukraine
Air Force One
Soviet
Lyashko
Vladimir Scherbitnsky
Ukrainian Communist Party
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
CourtAffirms Texas Welfare Method Dispute Over Cuts
Supreme Court approves Texas and 18 states method to limit welfare aid with outside income in a 5 to 4 ruling. Dissenters say cuts violate federal law while the court upholds no discrimination against blacks and chicanes. Separate 6 to 3 ruling rejects broader cuts for dependent children versus the blind and aged. Justice Rehnquist writes for the majority. Justice Douglas dissents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Nixon Administration
Byron R. White
William O. Douglas
Congress
Wheat Harvest Half Over in County With 37 Loads Shipped
Harvest progress shows about 37 car loads of wheat shipped. Kirkland Elevator moved 32 cars and Agri Services shipped five. Average yield on the western side ranged from ten to fifteen bushels.
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Kirkland Elevator
Agri- Services
Rites Today for Jewel Cunningham Former Resident
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today in Vallejo California for Jewel Cunningham formerly of Childress. She died Friday night in Vallejo. Surviving family includes a daughter and two sons of Vallejo, two sisters Ed Westdyke of Anna Texas and Grace Edwards of Vallejo, and six brothers Ray Doyle A L and Jimmy Mooney of Childress Johnny Mooney of Amarillo and Jess Mooney of Tatum New Mexico. Several Mooney relatives camped in Vallejo for the funeral.
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Jewel Cunningham
Vallejo
Calif
Childress
Cunningham
Ed Westdyke
Anna, Tex
Grace Edwards
Ray Mooney
Doyle Mooney
A. L. Mooney
Jimmy Mooney
Johnny Mooney
Amarillo
Jess Mooney
Tatum
N. M. Ray
Doyle
A. L
Four Die In Plane Crash At Fort Worth Airport
Delta Airlines DC-9 training flight crashes at Greater Southwest airport killing three pilots and one FAA inspector. Victims’ names were not released immediately. The craft hit tail first and burst into flames around 7 a.m., with only those aboard perishing.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Federal Aviation Agency
Delta Airlines
Greater Southwest
Tarrant County
Feliks Gonzdz
FAA
Department of Public Safety
Urges Workers To Lobby Congress
AFL CIO head Jerry Wurf urged 1,500 delegates at the convention to shift lobbying from states to Congress to secure a national labor law for state county and municipal employees. He warned that state laws hinder unions and even jail leaders for striking while noting rapid growth in public employee membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Congress
Jerry Wurf
Afl-Cio American Federation of
Wurf
Bremer pleads innocent in Wallace shooting case
Arthur H. Bremer, 21, Milwaukee man, pleaded innocent in Prince Georges County Circuit Court to state charges tied to the May 15 Laurel rally shooting that wounded Gov. George C. Wallace, Capt. E. C. Dothard, Nicholas Zarvos, and Dora Thompson. Wallace is hospitalized in Silver Spring as his condition improves.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Arthur H. Bremer
George C. Wallace
Bremer
Baltimore County
Prince Georges County
Milwaukee
Wallace
Alabama
E. C. Dothard
Secret Service
Nicholas Zarvos
Dora Thompson
Laurel
Silver Spring
Rites Today For Mother Of Mrs Hargrove
Funeral services are held for Mrs Bessie Revis 80 mother of Mrs H H Hargrove of Childress Woodward Okla with burial in Duncan Oklahoma. She died Friday in a Woodward nursing home after residing in a Childress nursing home for two years. Survivors include daughters Mrs Hargrove of Childress Mrs Harlon Hale of Woodward a son J H Revis of Mulberry Florida five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Bessie Revis
H. H. Hargrove
Childress
Woodward
Okla
Duncan, Oklo
Revis
Hargrove
Harlon Hale
J. H. Revis
Mulberry, Fla
Buckingham Palace to honor Duke with Trooping of the Color tribute
London officials announce the Trooping of the Color for the queen's official birthday will proceed despite mourning for the Duke of Windsor. Queen Elizabeth II orders a last salute by Household troops, with guards in special formation, drums, and a minute of silence timed by Big Ben.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth II
Duchess of Windsor
Engineers Say Dam Was Doomed From Start
Army Corps of Engineers bluntly blamed Dam No 3 on Buffalo Creek for collapsing last February. The report cites failure to build safely and blames the Buffalo Mining Co Bureau of Mines West Virginia state and Buffalo Coal Co. It prompted Senate hearings with officials, law enforcement, National Guard and survivors to testify. A second Corps study surveys similar constriction waste piles in West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Corps of Engineers
West Virginia
Senate
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Buffalo Coal Co
Corps
Bureau
National Guard
Buffalo Mining Co
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Valley
Saunders
Lorado
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Rises to 563
The Associated Press reports 563 traffic deaths nationwide over the Memorial Day weekend. The National Safety Council predicted 530 to 630 fatalities from Friday evening to Monday midnight, with 1971s three day total at 553 and the high for a three day holiday toll at 597 in 1969.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Prospects of TV debate in Texas lieutenant governor race
State Sen Wayne Connally urged major TV outlets to give one hour of free air time for a debate with Bill Hobby ahead of the June 3 runoff. Hobby welcomed statewide TV discussion and noted a prior Dallas debate while anticipating another Dallas appearance and press club airing.
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Associated Press
U. S
Wayne Connally
Bill Hobby
Houston
Connally
Texas
Hobby
KTRH
Dallas
Press Club of
Absentee Voting Ends Today in Local Runoff Election
Last day for absentee voting in the June 3 runoff and mail ballot requests. County Clerk reports 28 Democratic absentee ballots received, no Republican ballots. One voting box in Childress at the Courthouse west end with Roy Swain as election judge.
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Childress
Roy Swain
Moderate Rains Over The County
Heavy dew covered the county after rains on Monday with numerous rainfall reports from residents and stations. Observers noted scattered showers and thunderstorms continuing today with some locations recording measurable totals before conditions eased.
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Fred Ballard
Donald Monson
Cee Wee
L. B. Holman
Rivercamp
F. E. Biddy
High Point
Fred West
Union Flat
A. B. Clements
Kirkland
Aubrey Testerman
Tell
F. B. Hutchins
Lonie
B. P. Henderson
Community Center
L. V. Keel
the Lakes
Childress ISD seeks staff and honors girls at Rebel Tea
Childress Independent School District seeks a transportation supervisor custodians and bus drivers. United Daughters of the Confederacy honors scholarship winners at 3 p.m. Saturday during the Rebel Tea at Mrs C V Johnsons home in observance of Jefferson Davis birthday. Winners include Dawna Carmack Jane Hickman Karen Leonard Connie Hogue from Childress and Jana Mullin from Turkey. Friends of the Library sell books and baked goods Saturday at the Young Homemakers Flea Market in the vacant building north of The Index. Candy Stripers meeting moved from 2 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the hospital per Mrs Jack Fox.
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Childress Independent School District
Avenue D
Third St
United Daughters of the Confederacy
FOL
Friends of the Library
Jack Fox
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Rosemary Yager
Chillicothe, Ohio
Weldon W. Teague
Armed Forces
Bob McCombs
J. C. Campsey
Maurice Farris
Jerry Don Henderson
Roy Rapavi
John Hope
Rusty Wood
Billy Cates
William Rehnquist
UDC
Candy Stripers
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