North Vietnam Fires SAM At Own Fishing Fleet
North Vietnamese troops fired surface-to-air missiles at their own fishing fleet near Vinh as American aircraft pressed attacks along the Red River Valley and around Hanoi. U S planes raided Ha Gia fuel dumps near Phuc Yen Airbase while B52s pounded the DMZ and inland targets. Casualties and exact damage remained unconfirmed.
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Bryce Miller
Saigon
UPS
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Ha Gia
Air Force
Phuc Yen
Pentagon
Quant Tri
U.S. Army 1St Air Cavalry
Largest Nuclear Blast Shakes Nevada Desert Test
UPI reports the AEC triggered a one megaton thermonuclear device at Pahute Mesa causing dust, ground uplift, and a Las Vegas tremor 100 miles away. Beatty’s Exchange Club evacuated. towns warned of amplified ground motion and a historic underground test.
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Pahute Mesa
New
UPI
United States
Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Exchange Club
Beatty
Nev
AEC
Ground Zero
Novaaya Zemla
Peattyep
Goldfield
Tonapah
Alamo
Lathrop Wells
Nevada
Industrial Conference Plans Discussed for Childress Area
A meeting of the Industrial Committee chaired by Bill Sager discussed plans for a March conference to involve all towns in the Childress area. The Texas Industrial Commission staff will conduct the event and several industrial prospects were reviewed.
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Industrialommittee
Bill Sager
Childress
Texas Industrial Commission
Postmaster General predicts on time mail delivery for Christmas
Mail reaching its destination city by Saturday will be delivered before Santa arrives, says Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien. He spoke at the Christmas mail control center about rerouting to avoid bottlenecks and, barring bad weather, all mail will be on time. Eisenhower reportedly progressing well after gall bladder surgery, with home return still unclear.
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Mail ON Time Washington
UPI
Lawrence F. O’brien
Santa Claus
O’brien
Ike
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coast Guard hunts berserk captain aboard Gulf King V
The Coast Guard reports a 65 foot Gulf King V, a Texas shrimp boat, with its master acting mad has crew scrambling to other vessels. Two sister ships pursue and plan to escort Gulf King V back to Texas as Navy aircraft seek the vessel off Barbados, with the Gulf King Ice Co. not yet notified.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Barbados
Gulf King Ice Co
Corpus Christi
Tex
U.S. Navy
Puerto Rico
Trinidad
Texas Weather Fair Fog Blankets Coast and East Texas
Thick fog covered the Texas coast and parts of East Texas, reducing visibility to under a quarter mile. The U S Weather Bureau predicted the fog would lift by noon and reform tonight into Wednesday morning, with statewide fair conditions and no precipitation in the past 24 hours. Overnight lows ranged from 21 at El Paso to 57 at Galveston, while highs included 76 at Brownsville and 54 at Dallas.
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United Press International
Texas
East Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
el Paso
Galveston
Brownsville
Dallas
Reds Brush Aside US Vietnam Peace Proposal
United Nations dispatch reports the Soviet Union dismissing the U S peace bid on Vietnam as propaganda. Moscow Radio charged Washington aims to mislead world opinion and bypass Geneva accords. Thant praised the space treaty but regretted unseen barriers to peace efforts as the General Assembly nears adjournment.
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Vietnam
Bruce W. Mann
United Press International
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
South Vietnam
Moscow
United States
Thant
General Assembly
Assembly
Man Struck by Auto in Childress In Critical Condition
John H. Williams Jr. was struck by a car on U.S. 287 east of the crossroads in west Childress and is in critical condition with cerebral contusion skull fractures and other injuries. The driver Melvin Edgar Joffre Sr. of Aurora Colorado said he could not stop as Williams stepped into the path. Williams worked as a dishwasher in Childress cafes and recently came from Estelline.
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John H. Williams, Jr
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
U.S. 287
West Childress
Williams
Melvin Edgar Joffre, Sr
Aurora
Colo
Childress General Hospital
Newberry
S. Joffre
Joffre
Childress
Estelline
President Johnson Sends Christmas Greeting to Armed Forces
President Johnson and military and civilian leaders sent Christmas greetings to more than 3.3 million service members. He praised their courage and dedication and noted they safeguard the right of worship as prayers of free nations accompany them.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Armed Forces
Supper Party At Tell School House Draws Forty Attendees
The annual community supper was held Monday night in the schoolhouse with about 40 people attending. Mrs. Oscar Glover, chairman, expressed welcome and thanks to the committee. Rev. Ken Hall gave the invocation and John Browning led recreation for youths. Serving on the supper committee were Mesdames Roy Wygal, Tom Goff, Charlie Whitten, Guy Moseley, Hal Burton, A. T. Fox, and Miss Carolyn Lambert.
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Oscar Glover
Ken Hall
John Browning
Mesdames
Roy Wygal
Tom Goff
Charlie Whitten
Guy Moseley
Hal Burton
A. T. Fox
Carolyn Lambert
Soviet Court Seeks Five Year Labor Camp for Wortham
American tourist Buel Ray Wortham faced a possible five year Siberian labor camp sentence for black marketeering and theft after pleading guilty to exchanging dollars for rubles and stealing a bear statuette valued at 300. His partner Craddock M Gilmour Jr. faced a $1,111.11 fine and potential release upon payment.
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Scot B. Bruns
United Press International
Leningrad
UPI
Buel Ray Wortham
Siberian
Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Craddock M Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Alexander P. Bor
Odankov
Gilmour
Fyodor S. Rozhdestvensky
West Germany
Russia
Tody
Borodankov
Nina
Second Saturn S2 test firing set for Thursday
The second stage of the Saturn 5 moon rocket will undergo its second test firing in three weeks at the Mississippi facility before shipment to Cape Kennedy. The 82-ton S2 previously burned for six minutes 24 seconds, the longest clustered-rocket burn, and the success would lead to assembling the stage with the S4B and Apollo spacecraft for a 100 mile altitude flight.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
UPI
Cape Kennedy
Mississippi
Dec. 1
United States
Crane Services for Mrs Peninah Crane Held in Guthrie
Funeral services are set for Mrs Peninah Mae Crane lin Crane 50 of San Pablo California a former Guthrie resident. The rites will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Guthrie Community Church with Rev Robert Beck and Rev G C Laney officiating. Burial will be in Guthrie Cemetery under Paducah funeral home direction. She died December 15 in San Pablo. The body will travel from Lubbock to Paducah for burial. She is survived by her father Dale Franklin and the late Mrs Ruby Hensley Franklin of Guthrie two daughters Mrs Margaret Taylor and Mrs Aliene Hutsell and four grandchildren all of San Pablo.
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Paducah
Peninah Mae Franklin Crane
San Pablo
Calif
Guthrie
Guthrie Community Church
Robert Beck
G. C. Laney
Vo Funeral Home
Crane
Lubbock
Dale Franklin
Ruby Hensley Franklin
Margaret Taylor
Aliene Hutsell
Legion Group to Meet Tonight at Veterans Building
American Legion will hold a regular meeting at 7 30 PM today in the Veterans Building. The session covers planned activities and local veterans’ affairs.
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Legion
American Legion
Veterans’ Building
Bids For Water Meters To Be Studied
City Council decided to study bids for 500 water meters to verify compliance with specifications after bids opened. Mayor Lyons, City Manager Sally, Superintendent Hassell, and Councilman Massey will audit bids. The council also changed contract names for land at the air field and ordered dam removal and warning signs at Fair Park pond.
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C. J. Lyons
Louis Sally
Roy Hassell
Palmer Massey
J. Frank Inman
Leon Inman
Air Field
Leo Inman
J. Frank
Childress
Fair Park
Government publishes 1965 presidential documents volume set
With under five shopping days to Christmas the government released a 1290 page two volume collection of official Johnson presidency documents for 1965. It lists public messages statements news conference transcripts and White House documents priced at 12.50.
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Washington
UPI
Governent
Johnson
White House
Annual Party For Ruth Fite Is Held Today
Lions Club hosts a Ruth Fite birthday party at the Ruth Fite Deg meeting noting Christmas music by Childress Junior High students and choral readings. Roberta Rhodes led scripture and gifts to the honoree were presented by Lions Club members including President Warner. Attendees included Mrs H W Fite and others.
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Childress
Rob Kilcrease
Lions Club
Ruth Fite
Chet Lam der
Roberta Rhodes
Fite
Warner
H. W. Fite
So Fite
Darlene ‘Arner Stevens
Elmeney
Carlton
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