Sonics Set First Home Game as 140-Game Schedule Kicks Off
The May 15 turnpike stadium opener in Dallas Fort Worth marks the start of a long summer schedule with the Sonics playing the Spurs at home on April 17. Also noted are a new probabil forecasting feature, a Palo Duro display of 28 historic documents, a $5 000 appropriation for a Hall County gaging station, and remarks by Tom McFarland at Spearman banquet.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Turnpike Stadium
Sonics
Spurs
Palo Duro High School
United States
59Th Legislature
Prairie Dog Town
Red River
Hall County
Waggoner Carr
_rr War in Congress and time zone lines in West Texas
In late Congress sessions debate rages over HR 8282 to liberalize unemployment compensation raising UC taxes for small business and extending benefits to 52 weeks. A separate note honors West Texas time zone boundary law stemming from Judge Marvin Jones helping keep El Paso in the same zone as Texas.
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West Texas
Marvin Jones
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panhandle
Deep West Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Big Bend Country
el Paso
Vietnamese troops repulse guerrilla attack near Saigon
Rest of World reports Vietnamese forces and American advisers repelled an assault by about 200 guerrillas on a special forces camp and militia post southwest of Saigon. The article notes McNamara stating 4,500 soldiers infiltrate the south monthly and mentions returning U.S. prisoners praising captors yet predicting harassment on homecoming.
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Saigon
That Bright Little Publication from Fannin Chatter
Paige Miller of Fannin Chatter notes a female heavy staff with only boys listed in sports. The piece mentions a traffic exchange in Albuquerque and a TV personality daughter described as video of her father with audio of her mother.
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Paige Miller
Fannin Chatter
Sooner Solon Denies Bribe Before Grand Jury
House Speaker J. D. McCarty denied a $20,000 payoff claim tied to a gambling bill from four years earlier. He told reporters the charges are a fabrication as he faced a Oklahoma County grand jury, with testimony from pilot Muriel Jack Woosley and others.
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Oklahoma City
J. D. McCarty
Oklahoma County
McCarty
Muriel Jack Woosley
Woosley
Tennessee
Whit Pate
Forrest Castle
State Crime Bureau
Pate
Castle
Sale Too Successful And Costly
A New York discount firm opened at 9 30 a m with 500 customers waving coupons for a 19 inch portable TV priced at 8 98. The ad typo claimed 88 98 and 50 sets sold before police helped clear the store and doors were locked for a reopening.
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New York
48Th Street
Refugee Airlift Begins in Historic Cuban Exodus
The UPI report notes the largest refugee airlift starts in Miami with about 90 Cubans aboard a chartered plane under a US government program. The plan targets 3 000 to 4 000 arrivals monthly, potentially 48 000 yearly, with priority to those with relatives in the United States.
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Miami
UPI
United States
Onder
Fidel Castro
Varadero Beach
Havana
Cuba
Castro
Commercial Medical Complex Planned on 20 Acre Site
A 20 acre tract on U S 66 near Amarillo is opened for a multi million dollar commercial complex serving the Amarillo Medical Center. Clay Wisdom announces plans to invest over 5 million with a pancake house first to operate as Leflar’s Pancake House.
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Usiness
U. S. 66
Amarillo Medical Center
Wisdom
Wolflin
Waitlin
Aid for Zambia Runs Into Snag
London AP report says an hour before an scheduled announcement Prime Minister Harold Wilson delayed plans to send token military aid to Zambia. President Kenneth Kaunda's advisers objected to some conditions, casting doubt on Britain’s offer to provide a token force for Zambia on Rhodesia’s northern frontier.
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London
Harold Wilson
Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
Wilson
Rhodesia
Special Forces Rout Eds 104 Viet Cong Killed In Five Hour Battle
UPI report: Communist attack on a U.S. special forces camp near Cai Cai ends in a five hour rout with 104 Viet Cong killed. A second ambush near An Khe leaves outcome uncertain as contact with a government unit is lost. US claims 148 planes downed in North Vietnam and 65 in the South since entry. Military action includes B52s bombarding Michelin plantation area.
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Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
An Khe
US S
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Cai Cai
McNamara reports Hanoi to steeply boost Viet Nam infiltrations
Defense Secretary McNamara said Hanoi plans to send about 4,500 North Vietnamese troops monthly to South Vietnam during the forthcoming dry season, up from 800 last year, as U S bombing increases to curb infiltrations. He spoke after a 36 hour Viet Nam visit and briefed President Johnson by phone. The plan signals a substantial escalation in the war effort and a shift to attack infiltrations and supply lines.
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Washington
South
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Andrews Air Force Base
Viet Nam
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John T. McNaughton
UPI
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Hanoi
Johnson
Texas
LBJ
Dean Rusk
North
Viet Cong
Russians Seek Asylum in Alaska Two Return Home
Two Russians sought U.S. asylum in Alaska last August. One recanted and was sent to the Russian Embassy for return home. Peter Kalitenko, 34, remains in the United States as his asylum request is evaluated by officials.
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State Department
Alaska
United States
Washington
U.S
America
Peter Kalitenko
Carr Defends Poll Tax In Texas Court
Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr goes to court to defend Texas poll tax against the federal government. The case could affect voting rights and political balance, with a Jan. 31 payment deadline and no live witnesses planned. The suit claims the tax disproportionately burdens Negroes. Carr plans to argue the law is impartial, while the DOJ argues it raises unequal burdens on African Americans.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Waggoner Carr
Texas
Carr
Justice Department
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