Napalm Attack Hits U.S. Unit Near Saigon
US infantry from the 1st Division near Phu Lai suffered casualties after two Air Force jets dropped napalm and strafed the position for five minutes during a cleanup operation against Viet Cong remnants. Major Gen Depuy blamed an accidental strike about 50 yards off target amid heavy fighting that left at least 70 Viet Cong dead and U.S. losses moderate.
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Bryce
Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Phu Lai
Saigon
Cotton Growers Face $1 Per Bale Promotion Fee Debate
In Dallas a 12 hour Department of Agriculture hearing pitted Texas Farm Bureau and National Cotton Council against each other over a proposed $1 per bale promotion fee on cotton growers. The plan aims to raise $12 million to fund marketing, with testimony continuing.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas Farm Bureau
National Cotton Council of America
Department of Agriculture
C. Cortright
Rolling Ford
Miss
Cortright
Cr. Devaney
Waco
August Rains Set Records Across Texas
August rains broke drought across Texas improving crops and pastures while some areas still seek moisture. Heavy rainfall revived dryland crops in the Panhandle and far West. cotton and sorghum progress noted in Lub bock and Central Texas. Pecos River to El Paso saw bollworm stress. East Texas moisture adequate. Rio Grande Valley soils adequate to short with favorable citrus conditions.
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College Station
UPS
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas
Panhandle
Gonzales
Rio Grande Valley
Quanah to Host Spartan Garment Factory Opening
A branch of Spartan Industries will open a garment factory in the Western Drug Building in Quanah within 60 to 90 days. The two story brick building has been leased from the county and will employ 80 to 100 people, mostly women trained as sewing machine operators. Renovation is financed by the company with support from the Foundation. a labor survey response will be contacted in about six weeks. Eddie Katz of Spartan’s Sparta Tennessee home office notes additional positions may arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartan Industries
Childress
Quanah
Western Drug
Abot
Someen
Eddie Katz
Sparta
Tenn
Warmer Days in Texas After Cool Night Showers Dwindle
Texas experiences a warming trend with a cool night followed by mainly fair and warm Saturday. Light rain along the Rio Grande Valley ends, and cloudiness decreases. Morning lows range from the 50s to 60s, while Brownsville hits 99 and Dallas records 61 as temps rise nationwide. Corpus Christi reports 4.51 inches after a severe thunderstorm that briefly knocked out power.
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United Press International
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Brownsville
Alpine
Dalhart
Chile blackout leaves 325 million in three provinces
A boy touched a high voltage line while chasing a kite causing a short circuit that cut power to central Chile for about an hour. The 14 year old Daniel Vargas Marchant was hospitalized in critical condition with burns.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Daniel Vargas Marchant
Titan 3D rocket explodes during fifth test flight
A Titan 3D rocket with eight military satellites failed in flight near Cape Kennedy. The Air Force confirmed the craft destroyed itself around 10 am EDT after a loss of control, with debris falling into the Atlantic and an investigation to determine cause.
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AL Rossiter Jr
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Atlantic
Florida
Air Force
Cpt
Marc Ducote
Defense Department
World Jewish Population Tops Thirteen Million
The Israeli statistical yearbook reports 13,250,000 Jews worldwide as of 1964 end with nearly 17 percent residing in Israel.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Mass slayer Arthur Davis captured after 44 mile chase on New Jersey Turnpike
Arthur Davis suspected of killing five in New Haven earlier today was chased by state police reaching speeds up to 95 mph before being captured in Washington Township after a 44 mile pursuit. He faced arraignment as a fugitive from Connecticut, with police noting he knew some victims and had a prior minor record.
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Alan L. Cohen
United Press International
New Brunswick
N.J
UPI
Arthur Davis
New Jersey Turnpike
New Haven
Conn
Washington Township
Highstown
Davis
Newark
Passaic River
William Blacken
Connecticut
Chicago
Massachusetts
Mary McClease
Carolyn Sykes
Francyne McClease
McClease
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Troy Sykes
Leatrice McClure
Judge Reynolds Enrolls in National College Course
Justice Charles L. Reynolds of Childress joins four week session at University of Colorado Boulder as part of the National College of State Trial Judges. The college is funded in part by the Fleischmann Foundation. Classes run 8 to noon with nightly seminars 7 to p.m. The board chairman is Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. The Boulder session began August 26 following a Reno campus session.
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Boulder
Cole Judicial District
Charles L. Reynolds
Childress
National College of State Trial Judges
University of Colorado
Max C. Fleischmann Foundation
Nevada
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
University of Nevada
Reno
Terrorism Marks Start Of VC Political Bids
Viet Cong attacks mark the start of campaigning for South Vietnam elections. In Saigon, six attackers in a civilian car fired on a police station killing three officers and wounding six. A VC platoon also killed three village officials near Hue, with others wounded. Officials cite rising terror as Americans reinforce security while the campaign proceeds amid warnings of further strikes.
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William
Bill) Carpenter
Jonely End
Central Highlands
Phu Loi
U.S
Saigon
Thomas Corpora
United Press International Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
Dau Lau
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Cong
Phu Long
Free World
Wace
M. G. Grewell Funeral Today
Funeral services for Mac Garland Grewell 67 were held at the Paducah Church of Christ with Reverend Don Tarbet officiating. Burial followed in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Grewell a longtime cowboy in Dickens Cattle and King counties died Wednesday after a heart attack at Pitchfork Ranch. He was born in Hunt County and served in the Merchant Marine during World War I. Survived by sister Mabie Johnson of Pampa and Mayson and Bayne of Odessa.
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Paducah
Mac Garland Grewell
Paducah Church of
Mabie Johnson
Pampa
Mayson and Bayne
Odes$a
Apollo Flight Clears Hurdle in Test Orbit Toward Three-Man Crew
NASA reported a sub orbital Apollo test reached 700 miles high before a parachute splashdown in the Pacific. The seared cabin landed near the Hornet carrier after eight and a half hours, with engineers set for full crewed flight decision by autumn.
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Cape Kennedy
Project Apollo
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
Hornet Space Agency
Engie
Atlantic Ocean
Aeronautics and Space Adminitration
NASA
Abe
Long Beach
Calif
George E. Mueller
Marine jailed for self inflicted gunshot at court martial
George Mullenger a 26 year old Royal Marines member began a four month prison sentence after deliberately shooting his feet He told a court martial he had made 16 unsuccessful discharge applications and felt he had to do something drastic.
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Portsmouth
Englar
UPI
George Mullenger
Britain
Royal Marines
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Taylor Nursing
Wichita Falls
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