Vietnam War Shadows and Domestic Tensions Rise
Summary of Friday events includes five U S Navy planes shot down near Hanoi power plant, Senate approving 75 million anti poverty funds to curb urban rioting, two U S doctors crossing Atlantic for the 40th DEBATE anniversary as Dodd censure fight delays, Senate critics denouncing Johnson Vietnam policy while backers call it a tactical move, and Egyptian troops seizing UN posts on Israel frontier with UN flag lowered.
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Pioneer Round-up opens in Plainview today
A Hale County Agriculture Center reception kicks off the 39th Pioneer Round-up at 10 a.m. in Plainview. About 600 West Texas State University students are expected to receive degrees at Sunday's convocation.
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Luncheon Speech Arms With Mediterranean Soviet Threat
The American Club in Rome featured Fleet Admiral William S. Martin of the Sixth Fleet who warned of a Soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean. He cited extensive surveillance by Soviet forces and a growing professional threat to the Sixth Fleet, a detail spread by wire services worldwide.
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Luncheon program shows civil defense need at YWCA
Francis Stuppi of Santa Fe led a 11 speaker Transportation Week seminar at the YWCA with slides and maps, ending at 1 45 pm. The event warned that in a nuclear attack near Amarillo more trained personnel and tested disaster relief equipment would be mobilized than previously thought.
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Senators Boost Antipoverty Funds to Fight Riots
The Senate approved a 75 million dollar increase in antipoverty funds to create jobs and fund work and recreation projects in slum areas. President Johnson said the money would go immediately to affected cities including San Francisco New York Chicago Baltimore and others as part of a 2.26 billion supplemental measure. The bill moves to the House for action on the extra 75 million and 143 million in other items.
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Yanks Bomb Hanoi Power Plant Amid Air War
U S Navy pilots bombed a Hanoi thermal electric power plant 1.1 miles from the city center as Communist gunners shot down five planes. Navy planes also damaged several MIGs while Thunderchiefs hit the plant and other targets near Haiphong. Marines and Vietnamese troops pushed into the DMZ's southern area, reporting 226 NVA casualties as supplies and massed forces were found in the buffer zone.
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TENSION MOUNTS IN MIDDLE EAST MOSLEMS PREPARE FOR HOLY WAR
In Beirut and Cairo tensions rise over a potential Arab Israeli war as moslems heed calls for jihad. Egypt pressures UN to withdraw UNEF, Syria and Egypt mobilize forces, and Israel braces for possible cross border action. Thant to brief Security Council. Gaza and Sinai posts seized.
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Reaction Mixed on DMZ Act
Washington AP President Johnson faces split Senate over ground action in the Vietnam demilitarized zone as 5500 Marines and South Vietnamese troops move into the DMZ to counter North Vietnamese forces. Sen Fulbright warns the action widens and escalates the war while supporters call it a tactical decision. Senate Democratic Leader.
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A Teens Jailed Here In 62 Grocery Theft
Potter County agencies and city police denied responsibility for a 12-year-old girl held in city jail after a Friday theft of 62 dollars in groceries from Robertson's Market. The group included three teen brothers and a 17-year-old mother. the oldest youth faced a 3,000 dollar bond. Several were charged with burglary or concealing stolen goods while the infant's mother was released to welfare officials.
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Connally passes sweeping code revision in criminal procedure
The Legislature sent to Gov. Connally a broad Code of Criminal Procedure revision after a House 141 to 0 vote and Senate concurrence. The measure, praised by law enforcement, also includes a county by county expansion of alcohol service hours and tightens limits on oral confessions while retaining many 1965 code features.
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Yank Doctors Off on Lindy Flight to Paris
Two American doctors, Dr. Francis Xavier Sommer and Dr. John Rieger, launched from Kennedy Airport in a Beechcraft Bonanza circling toward Paris to mark Lindberghs 40th anniversary. They shifted departure a day due to thundershowers, aiming for a 20 hour 43 minute crossing in a smaller craft than Lindberghs Spirit of St Louis.
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