Viet Cong Kill 8 of 34 Pacification Team in Binh Hoa Attack
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a security team near Bien Hoa and Saigon killing at least eight of 34 government pacification workers. Four others were wounded, two missing feared kidnapped, in Binh Hoa about 15 miles from Saigon. A civilian was also wounded. The attack aimed to show Viet Cong reach in government-held areas.
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Mike Feinsilber
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Armed Revolutionary Development Team
Binh Hoa
Bien Hoa
Agency In Charge
Pacification
South Vietnam
Hong Kong
UPC
China
Washington Window: lawmakers face scrutiny over office expense funding
UPI columnist William Theis notes that even millionaires in the Senate struggle to cover office costs. He cites Sen Charles H. Percy and others facing questions about private contributions, disclosure needs, and integrity considerations. A UPI survey shows broad support for financial disclosure from lawmakers.
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William Theis Washington
UPI
United States
Charles H. Percy
Ill
GOP
Chicago
Percy
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Senate
Decoration Lighting Contest To Be Held Here In Childress
The Community Development Committee of the Chambers of Commerce sponsors a Christmas Lighting and Decoration Contest in Childress with Ross Smith as president and Kenneth Smith as chairman. Sam Carmack is co chair. Residents urged to decorate and enter. Judging Friday night December 22 with prizes 25 15 and 5. First contest in years.
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Chambers of Commrce
Ross Smith
Kenneth Smith
Sam Carmack
Childress
Ticket Issued In Accident Involving Two Cars
A 11:45 a.m. Saturday collision in the 700 block of Avenue F left both cars with heavy damage. Roscoe Cagle’s westbound vehicle stopped when rear ended by Taft Barnes, whose car slid 69 feet into Cagle’s. Barnes received a ticket for following too closely. investigation by Officer Odis Burrows and Police Chief Alvis Maddox noted the damage.
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Avenue F
Roscoe Cagle
Taft Barnes
Odis Burrows
Barnes
Cagle
Burrows
Alvis Maddox
Duke Holland Sr. hospitalized after horse kick
Duke Holland Sr. was admitted to Childress General Hospital with at least one broken rib on the lower right side after being kicked by a horse Saturday.
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Duke Holland, Sr
Childress General Hospital
Jody Dry Dies Of Heart Attack
Jody Dry 78 died Friday from a heart attack about 5 45 p m north of the depot on Commerce Street. Funeral services at 2 p m today at the Church of Christ conducted by John W Gay. Interment Carey Cemetery Newberry's directing. Survivors include two sisters Miss Mary C Dry and Mrs Gene McCain both of Childress.
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Joseph Lee
Jody” Dry
Commerce Street
Mr Dry
Childress General Hospital
Church of Christ
John W. Gay
Carey Cemetery
Newberry’s
Paul Efird
Ruben Arnold
Roy Smiley
Lloyd Luck
O. H. Watson
Raymond Conway
Temple
Childress County
Seymour
Carey
Childress
Mary C. Dry
Gene McCain
Christmas Seals Endure Year Round Says Drive Chair
Drive Chairman Mavnette Stiner urges using Christmas Seals on all letters including regular mail. She explains seals combat tuberculosis, emphysema and respiratory diseases year round, not just at Christmas. The campaign asks for replies to support ongoing health work.
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Drive
Mavnette Stiner
City Sales Tax Tests Hit 67 Texas Cities Next Week
The 1 percent city sales tax faces a statewide test after already passing in Galveston and Kilgore. Voters in about 67 cities will decide next week amid light turnout in Galveston and Kilgore. If approved, revenues would fund salaries and capital projects with the state collecting and distributing funds.
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Texas
United Press International
Galveston
Kilgore
Kilgor
Lukin
Electra
Beaumont
Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Arlington
Richardson
Irving
Lake Worth
Lewisville
Richland Hills
Grand Prairie
Haltom City
Oscar Maurv
Cardinal Spellman Dies After Stroke At 78
Francis Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York and a key figure for American Catholics, died Saturday at St. Vincent's Hospital from a stroke. Vatican leaders expressed mourning as Pope Paul VI received the news with sorrow and prepared mass for the late cardinal. The death reduces the Sacred College of Cardinals to 114 members.
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New York
UPI
Francis Cardinal Spellman
America
Vietnam
Antarctic
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican City
Paul VI
Spellman
U.S
Holy Father
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Chamber of Commerce Committees Named by Ross Smith
President Ross Smith names committee chairmen and members for the Chamber of Commerce. Committees include Agricultural and Livestock with Compton Ellis Helmers Tru man Kidwell Dr. Bob Jones Sim Vaughn Carroll Seal Kenneth Ellis Bill Bradley Jim Ross Fay Eatherly George Weatherbee Leonard King Jr Claude Andrews John Liles Derrill Nippert and Ambassador's Club with Dalton Martin Buddy Cordell Albert Bird Fay Eatherly Louise Bowers Mamie Green.
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Compton
Ellis Helmers
Truman Kidwell
Bob Jones
Sim Vaughn
Charles Jones
Carroll Seal
Kenneth Ellis
Bill Bradley
Jim Ross
Fay Eatherly
George Weatherbee
Leonard King, Jr
Claude Andrews
John Liles
Derrill Nippert
Ambassador's Club
Dalton Martin
Buddy Cordell
Albert Bird
Louise
Bill Sager
S. H Townsend
Richard Bird
J. C Randel
Glenn Buckley
Alva Wheeler
Sam Miller
Sam Carmack
Walter Lockhoof
Gene Keys
Phillip Madeley
A Yarbrough
Tom Bailiff
Jim Moody
W. E. Helms
James Bartlett
Gene Frisbie
Buford Austin
Jerry Dugan
Bill Coopwood
Jimmy Harman
Joe Shirley
J. B. Holland
Charles Mashburn
Gordon Graviey
Jim Tompson
Alex Saied
Ralph Vallone
Tom Lemen
Lois Stiner
Joe Gruetzner
Earl Preston
Don Johnston
Louis Keller
1825 Register To Vote In 1968 Elections
A total of 1825 have registered to vote in the 1968 elections, announced Saturday by the Tax Assessor-Collector's office. This is ahead of last year, and all persons are now required to register regardless of age. Previously those over 60 were not required to pay poll taxes. The office reported most registrants are over 60.
40 and 8 Sets Christmas Party at Veterans Building
The annual Christmas Party of the 40 and 8 will be held at 8 p.m. Monday at the Veterans Building. All members and wives are invited to attend. There will be gifts for all ladies and bingo will be played. Guy Jones is general chairman of the event. The dinner will be catered.
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Guy Jones
Residuers Approve City Zoning Plan in Council Vote
The City Council approved zoning throughout the city with 123 for and 12 against in a vote tied to the Master Plan. The paper notes a poll question about chamber hiring a manager and invites chamber members to respond, with results to be published next Sunday.
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Childress
Chamber of Commerce
Nxt
Earthquake Shakes Amami Oshima No Injuries Reported
A quake struck Amami Oshima in southern Japan with a magnitude of 4 on the Japanese scale. The Seismological Observatory in Kagoshima said there were no injuries or damage reported.
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Kagoshima
Japan
Amami Oshima
Seismological Observatory
McCarthy Says Johnson War Uproots Nation’s Hope
Senator Eugene McCarthy launched his White House bid by charging the Johnson administration with waging an immoral war and fostering fear and despair. In a prepared speech to the Conference of Concerned Democrats in Chicago he invoked Stevenson and Kennedy as inspirations. He avoided naming Johnson and outlined plans for early primary battles.
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Leonard J. Fisher
Chicago
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
Minnesota
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Allard Lowenstein
New York
McCarthy
Jerry Mill
California
Lowenstein
Pgh
Kennedy
United States
America
Quake Toll Rises Across Yugoslavia Albania Frontier
Earthquakes across the Yugoslav Albanian frontier kill 20 and injure 204 as Debar reopens stores after damage. Passport office arson in Frankfurt blamed on anti-Communist exiles amid broader postwar tensions. Tornadoes sweep Mississippi and a Pacific gale hits the Northwest with widespread rain nationwide.
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Belgrade
UPI
Debar
Mississippi
Corn Belt
Appalachians
South Vietnam May Invade Cambodia If Sanctioned
President Nguyen Van Thieu warned Saturday that South Vietnamese troops would invade Cambodia if necessary to pursue Communists using the country as sanctuary. He said the right to pursue across the border is affirmed after reporting a Cambodian border encampment seen near UPI.
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Cambodia
Dalat
Thieu
South Vietnam
UPT
Nguyen van Thieu
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Vietnam
UPI
Ray Herndon
Cam
Cambo
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Washington
By William Theis
Jody Dry
Francis Spellman
Santa Claus
Rhonda
Pam Leach
Pam
Ronnie Leach
Io Santa
Smith
LBJ
Frankfurt
UPD
State Department
Moscow
Soviet Union
Aleutian Islands
London
Britain
Ray Gunter
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Saturay
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