Ambush by Viet Cong Regiment Broken by U S Infantry
120 Viet Cong bodies counted by nightfall as the 1st Infantry Division repelled an ambush 15 miles from the Cambodian border on Highway 13. Forward air controllers put Viet Cong dead at up to 200. U S losses described as light. The battle began with mortars and recoilless rifles.
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AM Loc
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Big Red One
Highway 13
Siagon
U.S
Atso
Cemetery cleanup and fundraising campaign planned
A Bettes cemetery workday is set for Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon to clear tall grass and weeds. Committee members urge those with interred loved ones to attend with wine, a rake, and a mower to restore the cemetery and kick off a funding drive to hire a caretaker.
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Bettes Cemetery
Paris Campaign Chairman Likely To Decline Tower Appeal
Jim Noble Thompson of Paris, Lamar County campaign chairman for Waggoner Carr, says he will probably refuse the invitation mailed to him asking for a $100 contribution to U. S. Senator John Tower’s re election campaign.
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Jim ~Noble Thompson
Paris
U. S
John Tower
Thompson
Lamar County
Tower
Waggoner Carr
Suspect Held On Bond In Texas Theft Case
W E Dunham a former Trenton resident now of Wichita Kansas was in Fannin county jail on 1500 bond for indictment of theft over 50 dollars. He was arrested near Dalhart while en route to California after warrants tied to cattle theft in Texas and holds from Tyler and Sherman offices were requested.
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W. E. Dunham
Trenton
Wichita
Kans
Fannin County
Dunham
Grand Jury
6Th District Court
Dunlhart
Dalhart
T. M. Roach
A. M. Harrison
France and Russia urge end to foreign intervention in Viet Nam
De Gaulle and Soviet leaders call for halt to outside involvement in Viet Nam and return to the 1954 Geneva Far Eastern peace framework. They warn the war endangers peace and promise continued consultation, in a 2000 word joint declaration signed by De Gaulle and Podgorny.
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Moscow
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Geneva
de Gaulle
Russia
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Red Army
Bonham Hospitals Ready to Begin Medicare Participation
Bonham's three hospitals M S, Risser and Allen Memorial are approved to join Medicare when it takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Hospital officials said current inpatients may become eligible, and Sherman district Social Security manager Gus Jones noted all area hospitals were approved for Medicare participation.
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Bonham
M&s
Risser and
Allen Memorial
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Gus Jones
Sherman District Office of Social Security
Sherman
HSW
Showers Expected In Friday Bonham Forecast
Bonham temperatures stay warm through Friday with a new chance of Friday afternoon showers per the U S Weather Bureau. Wednesday’s high reached 95 in Bonham with overnight lows in the low 70s amid a hazy North Texas sky. A high pressure system lingers over the state while El Paso records showers in a drier region.
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Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
North Texas
el Paso
Firemen Answer Three Alarms
The Bonham fire department completed one cycle of three fires. They were called to a roadside grass fire on Wednesday night the Ec terpike, responded to a car fire on South 4th Wednesday noon, and had earlier been summoned to the Clyde Crittenden pasture for a grass fire.
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Bonham
Ecterpike
South 4Th
Clyde Crittenden
U S Troops in Viet Nam July Count Reveals Forces
A Saigon spokesman said 273,000 U S servicemen were in Viet Nam as of June 26 broken down into Army 164,000 Navy and Coast Guard 17,000 Marines 54,000 and Air Force 38,000. North Vietnamese Viet Cong strength in the south was about 270,000 and allied forces total 30,000 including South Koreans Australians and New Zealanders.
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Saigon
API
A_ USS
U.S
Viet Nam
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Air Force
South Viet Nam
France Withdraws Nuclear Warheads as NATO Exit Progresses
Paris reports the United States is removing nuclear warheads from French rockets after Charles de Gaulle quits NATO military command. The two key system ends, warheads revert to US control, and French forces at Evreux begin withdrawal toward Mildenhall. Gen Jean Crepin steps down as Allied commander in Central Europe.
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Paris
UPI
United States
France
Charles de Gaoulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Foreign Office
U.S
Charles FE. Bohien
West Germany
Jean Crepin
Central
Europe
Crepin
Alliance
Germany
Johann Adolf von Kielmansegg
Untambleau
Jas
Charles de Gaulle
Ikurope
Evreux
Mildenhall
England
Johnson vows continued heavy air raids on North Viet Nam
President Johnson warned in Omaha that U S air strikes on North Viet Nam would continue, imposing a growing burden on those who wage war against freedom. He spoke beside the Missouri River during a farm belt tour, stressing U S resolve until an honorable peace is achieved.
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Omaha
Neh
UPI
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Missouri River
India
Asia
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nebraska
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson City
Tex
White House
Humphrey Attends Balaguer Inauguration In Dominican Republic
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey flies to Santo Domingo to represent the United States at President Joaquin Balaguer's Friday inauguration. Security is tight with U S Secret Service and Dominican police coordinating. The 82nd Airborne paratroopers who anchored the inter American peace force will parade, as withdrawal plans proceed. Balaguer succeeds Hector Garcia Godoy, provisional president after last year’s revolt.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dominican Republic
United States
Joaquin Balaguer
Humphrey
Santo Domingo
U.S
U.S. Secret Service
Five Texans Die In Oklahoma Traffic Collision
Kilgore dentist Dr. Robert R. Gwartney and his wife Sue plus daughters Melanie 18 Cuelen 10 and Robert 12 died in a two car crash near Big Cedar Oklahoma at U S 259 and State Highway 63. One child injured seriously and a Purcell Oklahoma man was taken to a Fort Smith Arkansas hospital. The family was on vacation.
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Big Cedar
Okla
UPI
Kilgore
Tex
Robert R. Gwartney
Sue
Melanie
Culeen
Robert
Purcell
Ouachita National Forest
Americans Smoke More Cigarettes Record year in consumption and output
Washington reports Americans smoked a record 534 billion cigarettes in the fiscal year ending today. Consumption rose about 2 billion from 1964 65, aided by shipments to servicemen overseas. Production also rose to 563 billion, with a 600 million gain, while exports fell about 1 billion.
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Washington
API
Agriculture Department
Department
U. S
Oil Facilities Blasted Near Hanoi As War Intensifies
U.S. jets bombed three petroleum storage areas and a radar center near Hanoi. Heavy fighting North of Saigon involved the 1st Infantry Division with 2,000 to 2,500 Viet Cong. about 200 Communists were killed there and 202 near Hue. Weekly casualties reached 893 with 131 dead.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Amain
Saipan-Haiphong
United States
Red China
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Bach Gian
Pitts
Lions Tour VA Center Nursing Unit in Bonham
Bonham Lions club members toured the 38 bed nursing care unit at the VA Center Thursday noon. Harold Burnine narrated the colored slides shown by Buster Thornton.
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Bonham Lions Club
VA Center
Harold Burnine
Buster Thornton
Glen Dodson Finds Early Cotton Bloom for 1966 Season
Glen Dodson reports the first cotton bloom of 1966 from a D. O. Newell farm field. The bloom appeared on a crop planted April 2 by Dodson.
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Glen Dodson
Dodson
D. O. Newell
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