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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
5
Leanne Hawkins writes a heartfelt Santa letter expressing love and asking for a First Step gift for her seven year old self and signing with affection to Santa.
Army Pvt. Frankie J. Belcher, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Orie Belcher of Chillicothe, is stationed with Battery B of the 43d Artillery's Missile Battalion in Louisville Nebraska. The unit serves as air defense for the Omaha area and Belcher entered the Army in April 1965 after basic at Fort Polk and service at Lackland AFB Sentry Dog School.
Low temperatures dipped to 1 degree above zero at Grand Forks North Dakota while the warmest reading reached 79 degrees at Thermal California. The report excludes Alaska and Hawaii from the tally.
An all white jury in Montgomery began weighing conspiracy charges against Coltie Wilkins Eugene Thomas and William Eaton in the Liuzzo slaying tied to the Selma to Montgomery march. The judge said proof of murder was not required only that the defendants conspired to harass march participants.
Australia House reports a colder winter boosting emigration requests to the Land Down Under. Breland notes 250 applicants, about 50 more than typical.
Paris reports that for the first time French citizens discuss the chance that President Charles de Gaulle might not win in the first round on Sunday. Polls show support dipping near 40 percent, raising the prospect of a runoff with De Gaulle likely to win then, though some aides doubt he would risk such a vote.
Air strikes against Viet Nam missile sites near Handi and Binh Chanh district in the delta produced smoke and dust obscuring damage. A Navy Skyhawk crash near a bridge 35 miles east of the capital injured no one. Senate delegation led by Mansfield arrived in Saigon for talks with Lodge and Westmoreland. In Washington, Walter Hibbard Jr. was sworn in as director of the Bureau of Mines pending Senate confirmation.
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