Johnson Reviews Viet Nam Policy With Taylor at White House
President Johnson met with Maxwell D. Taylor for a thorough review of U.S. strategy in Viet Nam. The Oval Office session extended beyond two hours as top advisers joined the talks. No dramatic announcements were promised, but the meeting signaled major policy review and strategy considerations.
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Johnson
Taylor
Washington
UPI
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Saigon
Nma
White House
Oval
Dean
Rusk
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam type war predicted for Congo area
Rebels in the Congo appear set for a Viet Nam style guerilla war against government troops and white mercenaries. Rebels control a vast area and hold more than 100 white hostages as threats. About 100 hostages were evacuated from Dingila to safety as Stanleyville’s status remained uncertain.
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Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Dingila
Stanleyville
Soviet Mars Shoot May Be Off Course
Moscow reports an entry in the Mars race but admits a power shortfall in the Zond-2 station. Tass notes the probe launched after Earth orbit and aims to test prolonged spaceflight conditions. Mariner-4 has a two day head start and July TV pictures are expected from Mars.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Mars
Tass
Marners
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Tom Higley Leases Studio In Clarendon
Tom Higley and family moved to Clarendon yesterday where he has leased a photographic studio. He plans to continue TV work while running the studio. For three years he served as Editor and Assistant Publisher of The Index and was active in civic affairs as Scoutmaster of Troop 63. Allen Lacy is named new Scoutmaster for Troop 63.
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Tom Higleys
Clarendon
Index
Childress Jaycees
Allen Lacy
Legion and Auxiliary to Meet Tonight at Veterans Building
Regular meetings of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held at 7 30 tonight at Veterans Building Commander Jake Lawson and Auxiliary President Pat Prosser urge all members to attend and take part in the session
Mexico’s new president inherits an economy in boom
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz assumes the presidency as Mexico enjoys a rapid growth phase driven by industrialization and strong peso support. The outgoing Lopez Mateos administration remains marked by agrarian reform goals and a surge in credit, bonds, and factory expansion across industries including autos and steel.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Eddie Nunnelley among West Texas State Who’s Who nominees
Childress senior Eddie Nunnelley is named among 36 West Texas State juniors and seniors selected for Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges for 1964-65. He is an accounting major, member of Alpha Chi and Alpha Kappa Psi, and recipient of the 1964 Intermediate Accounting Award.
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Canyon
Eddie Nunnelley
Childress
West Texas State Universty
West Texas State
Nunnelley
C. T. Nunnelley
Alpha Chi
Alpha Kappa Psi
Churchill and Wife Toast His Birthday
London reports Sir Winston Churchill and his wife Lady Clementine, 79, celebrating his birthday with a candlelit toast at home. The couple, married over 55 years, received global tributes including a formal proclamation from the United States declaring Sir Winston Churchill Day.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
Clementine
Winston
Sir Winston
Queen Elizabeth
President Johnson
Sir Winston Churchill
United States
Pope Paul
Germany
Austria
Mariner 4 Stays On Course For Mars Flyby
Mariner 4 continues toward Mars with a mid course refinement planned this week via JPL radio signals. The maneuver aims to reduce a 150000 mile miss to about 8000 miles for possible first close up Mars photos and data on radiation dust and atmosphere while canals remain a hypothetical curiosity.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPD
Mariner 4
Canopus
Mars
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Mariner-4
Red Planet
Martian
Soviet Union
Sorghum Alums Burn on W J Sharp Farm
Firemen fought a blaze that destroyed about 15 acres of sorghum on the W. J. Sharp farm around 1 30 p m Monday. The flames charred the field and prompted rapid response from local firefighters. No injuries reported as crews contained the fire and prevented spread to nearby land.
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W. J. Sharp
Two More US Aircraft Shot Down by Viet Cong Guerrillas
In the Iron Triangle area 30 miles northeast of Saigon communist guerrillas downed two U S military aircraft. First a Skyraider fighter bomber piloted by 1st Lt Kemp P Roedema from Garfield New Jersey who parachuted to safety while his Vietnamese copilot is listed as missing. The second craft was a turbojet helicopter with both crew members evacuated by American helicopters.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPS
Iron Triangle
Kemp P. Roedema
Garfield
N.J
Dreams of Time Travel Spur National Discussion
The article notes that about ten percent of adults experience brief futures through premonitions and cites a Lincoln dream as famed. Dr. Louisa Rhine collects such cases, with her husband J B Rhine advancing ESP research at Duke University and publishing a book on these experiences.
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Louisa Rhine
J.B Rhine
Duke University
Senate rules panel ponders German beauty in Baker case
The Senate Rules Committee held a lengthy closed session to discuss the alleged role of Ellen Rometsch in the Bobby Baker affair and planned hearings. Committee counsel Lennox McLendon sought FBI and Justice records to probe the case as lawmakers prepared guidelines for testimony and witness handling.
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Baker
Washington
UPI
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Inams
Senate
Democrat Party
Iives
Ellen Rometsch
West Germany
Lennox P. McLendon
Mor Day
FBI
Justice Department
October rainfall totals 1.63 inches in region
The region recorded 1.63 inches of rainfall in October, with only 0.38 inch at the FAA air field station. The yearly totals show January 4.7, February 2.24, March 6.1, April 7, May 2, June 3.08, July 0.3, August 0.82, and September 0.28 inches.
Regional Marching Clip Shown at Band Rosters Meeting
A film from the Regional Marching contest will be shown at the regular Band Rosters meeting at 7 30 p m in the band hall.
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Roosters
Record Cold Wave Dips Into Dixie Gulf Coast
A United Press International report says a record cold wave reached the Dixie and Gulf Coast regions with temperatures dropping to 32 in Tampa 29 in New Orleans 16 in Nashville 15 in Raleigh and 7 in Columbus. A Coast Guard cutter towed a disabled fishing vessel off Martha's Vineyard and a 65 foot schooner off One May New Jersey as high seas battered the coast. Farther south a Miami bound freighter rescued eight men from a sinking Honduras vessel off Cuba while a deadly stove fire killed five children near Versailles Indiana and Michigan saw about 20 inches of snow with five deaths in accidents plus five more near Sandy Lake Pennsylvania.
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United Press International
Dixie
Atlantic Coast
Middle West
Gulf Coast
Tampa
Fla
New Orleans
Nashville
Raleigh
N.C
Columbus
Ohio
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
N.J
Cuba
Versailles
Indiana
Michigan
Sandy Lake
Rockies
California
Problems of Legislature Lions Program
State senator Andy Rogers addressed the Lions Club on legislative challenges for the next session. He cited water, redistricting, education, and taxes as major issues, with taxes the largest problem in years.
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Lions Club
Andy Rogers
Rogers
Sam Miller
Ruth Fife
Hal Hiller
Roger
Norman Brints
Vernon
Hoover and King to Meet in Washington Interview
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover will meet with Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Washington this afternoon at 1 30 p m CST at FBI headquarters. King announced the request for the conference Monday night in Stamford Conn and said the meeting was set.
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New York
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
King
Stamford
Conn
Hoover
Income Tax Training at CHS Highlights National Program
Childress High School joins 1700 Texas schools in teaching students tax return basics. Principal Terrell says 150 CHS students will receive instruction in February as part of a program that aims to teach voluntary compliance and proper record keeping. Internal Revenue Service materials support the course across 235,000 Texas students this year.
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Childress High School
Texas
H. G. Terrell
Internal Revenue Service
Truman Kidwell
Frank Wallin
J. D. Russell Ellis Campbell, Jr
Internal Revenue
Childress High
Terrell
Warm Weather Is Coming Across Texas
The first widespread hard freeze swept across North Texas from the Panhandle to the Arkansas border with 30s and 23 degrees in places. The Weather Bureau forecast a warming trend through Wednesday as southerly winds pick up, though a new cold front was expected to move into the Panhandle by Wednesday afternoon.
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United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Texarkana
McAllen
Sulphur Springs
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Waco
Swindling Charges Filed Against Two Texas Residents
Charges of issuing worthless checks were filed in county attorney’s office against Johnny P. Jackson of Quanah and Mrs. Carolyn Patterson of Childress. Neither has been apprehended, according to the report.
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Johnny P. Jackson
Quanah
Carolyn Patterson
Childress
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