Hanoi Moslem U.S. Air Attacks Spark Viet Cong Retaliation
Communists claim the second major U.S. air strike on Hanoi in as many days with eight American planes shot down. Viet Cong guerrillas attack Chu Lai outpost and fuel dump at Tam Ky as Hanoi vows revenge while U.S. forces push near Pleiku and clash with reports of civilian casualties in South Vietnam.
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Bryce Miller
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Saigon
Chu Lai
Tam Ky
Pleiku
Nhan Dan
South Vietnam
U.S. Artilery
Tay Ninh
Hue
Tass
van Dien
Moyers Quits LBJ Staff to Lead Newsday Publisher Role
Bill Moyers resigns as President Johnson’s press secretary to become publisher and chief operating officer of Newsday. George Christian will replace him, with Moyers leaving February 1. Moyers cites family obligations and will remain a White House adviser until his departure.
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Christian
Moyers
Johnson
Newsday
Newsmen
Jake Jacobsen
Jacobsen
White House
Austin
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
George E. Reedy
New York Daily News
Walt W. Rostow
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Lodge
James
James Moyers
Bill Moyers
Carolers to Perform Thursday Night in Childress
Childress High School Carolers will perform around downtown Childress Thursday evening from 7 to 9 pm. Ralph Vallone chair of the Retail Activities committee announced the event as stores plan late hours and Norman Hemphill said the band will join the singing with Santa Claus visiting throughout the town.
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Carolere
Childress
Ralph Vallone
Vallone
Norman Hemphill
Santa Claus
Dutch trawler Raymond IV sinks off Scotland
The Dutch trawler Raymond IV capsized and sank off Scotland’s western coast on Tuesday. All 14 crew members were rescued. NASA says three Surveyor moon landing craft will be eliminated from current budget planning due to economic pressure. The Surveyor program had previously sent back photographs indicating lunar surface could support spacecraft.
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Glasgow
Scotland
UPI
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Gallatin to be honored with 14 cent stamp in Gallatin
Swiss immigrant Albert Gallatin longtime U S secretary of the treasury will be honored with a new 14 cent stamp on January 30 First day ceremonies set for Gallatin Missouri the town named for him He was appointed by President Jefferson in 1801 and served until 1814 making him the longest serving treasury secretary in U S history
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Gallatin
Washington
UPI
Allbert Gallatin
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Post Office Department
Treasury
Thomas Jefferson
Jane Madison
Homer McMinn Wins Trip To Nassau
Homer McMinn of Hicks Implement wins a trip for two to Nassau Bahamas. The winner earned the trip through tractor sales. Mr and Mrs McMinn travel by car to Dallas today, attend a Dallas banquet, then depart by jet for Nassau and return after a week.
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Homer McMinn
Hicks Implement
Nassau
Bahamas
McMinn
Dallas
Tell Community Club Covered Dish Christmas Supper
Tell Community Club hosts a covered dish Christmas supper at 6 p.m. December 19 in the schoolhouse. The public is invited.
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TFL
Tell Community Club
Fruit Cake Order Deadline Reminders
Patrons must place fruit cake orders by December 15 with the Band Boosters. All boosters should submit orders to Mrs. Owen Henry.
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Owen Henry
Cold Front Heads Toward West Texas Weather, Temperatures Plunge
United Press International reports another freezing morning across West Texas with readings as low as 14 degrees in Junction and 19 in Rio Grande City. A warming trend and warmer highs—Presidio and Brownsville at 62—are forecast with a new front arriving Thursday.
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West Texas
United Press International
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Rio Grande City
San Manuel
Garciaville
Schuster Farms
Billie Cellum
la Casita Farms
U.S. Weather Bureau
Junction
Galveston
el Paso
Darhart
Lubbock
Austin
Presidio
Midland
Hand Mangled When Caught in Cotton Stripper
Cee Wee John Paul Rains was hospitalized in Paducah after a cotton stripper injuries at the W. R. Henderson farm near Paducah. His left hand was caught in the machine while Henderson was away. Rains burned his arm broke a tooth and cut his lips during about 45 minutes alone before Henderson returned. He managed to shut off the machinery with his foot.
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Cee Wee
John Paul Rains
Paducah
W. R. Henderson
Henderson
Rains
Shoplifters Cost U S Stores Billions Each Year
A UPI report outlines how shops lose billions yearly to theft with women preferring dresses and lingerie and experts noting a wide range of concealing tactics. It describes professional thieves in suburbs, the role of store detectives, and common defense methods like mirrors and surveillance.
County Farmers Back Cotton Issues In 1967 Vote
County farmers in Childress County approved marketing quotas for cotton by a 521 to 53 margin. Gene Frisbie, supervisor of the local ASCS office, announced that voters in divisions A through E also backed the cotton research and promotion act.
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Childress County
Gene Frisbie
ASCS
Frisbie
Riding Club Christmas Ride Set Saturday
The Childress Riding Club annual Christmas ride will begin at 6 29 pm Saturday at the Community Building followed by a covered dish supper at 7 38 pm. Riders on horseback will follow a Christmas float with song leaders Mrs Houston Wrinkle and Franklin Smotherman, carolers, a Christmas tree and Santa visiting city convalescent homes.
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Childress Riding Club
Houston Wrinkle
Franklin Smotherman
Riding Club
Texas Briefs Elected Mayor in Harlingen
George Young 55, a businessman, won the Harlingen mayoral race defeating Merrill Russell Jr. 1336 to 1017. Incumbent Sam Lozano and new city commissioner Dick Steeno also won re or new seats.
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Harlingen, Tex
UPI
George Young
Young
Merrill Russell Jr
Sam Lozano
Dick Steeno
McDowell Named Superintendent Candidate at Richmond School
Dr. Floyd E. McDowell, designated superintendent of the new Richmond State School, is one of two nominees for vice president of the American Association on Mental Deficiency. He works in the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as construction continues on the school. A second item notes a federal grant of 2.64 million dollars to UT for the Lyndon B. Johnson Institute of Public Service, approved by HEW.
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Austin
UPI
Floyd E. McDowell
Richmond State School
American Association On
McDowell
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Ffdfral
Lyndon B. Johnson Institute of Public Service
University of Texas
Ralph W.yarborough
D-Tex
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Johnson City Seeks Water Dam on Pedernales River
The Texas Water Rights Commission will hear January 12 an application from Johnson City to permit damming the Pedernales River to augment its municipal water supply. The proposed dam would be one mile northwest of Johnson City and about 15 miles downstream from President Johnsons LBJ Ranch.
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Austin
UPI
The
Texas Water Rights Commission
Johnson City
Pedernaies River
President Johnson
LBJ
Taylor to Speak in Lubbock Tonight
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and U S ambassador to Vietnam was slated to speak at Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. The Rt. Rev. James A. Pike formerly of California was to join as a resident staff member.
Drug Treatment Starts Tonight On Jack Ruby
Doctors plan to start chemotherapy tonight for Jack Ruby the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Prognosis remains uncertain with cancer spreading to both lungs and chest lining making a second Oswald trial in Wichita Falls uncertain while no surgery or radiation is feasible.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Eugene Frenkel
Southwestern Medical School
Frenkel
Jack Barnett
Bill Decker
Oswald
Kennedy
Barnett
Wichita Falls
Tex
Dallas Morning News Today
Henry Wade
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Rotary Club reviews Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
W S Hughes reviews the cartoon book Happiness Is A Warm Puppy at the Rotary Club meeting. Bill Sager introduces the program as Joe Wilson of Abilene attends as a visiting Rotarian and Bee Sehorn serves as Student Guest with other visitors named.
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Rotary Club
W. S. Hughes
Bill Sager
Joe Wilson
Abilene
Bee Sehorn
Charles Longview
Boone Reuben Boner
Abi
Larry
Black power rises in United Nations and Rhodesia sanctions
The article argues black power gains in global forums, with U S influence shaping Rhodesia sanctions. It notes U N Security Council measures banning certain exports, excluding oil, and warns of potential conflict if oil embargoes threaten British trade with South Africa, casting Johnson administration decisions as pivotal.
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United States
U.S
Johnson Administration
Rhodesia
Great Britain
British Empire
U.N. Security Council
Republic of South Africa
Britain
South Africa
Johnson
United Nations Great Britain
States
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