Cobra troops, Thai forces defeat Viet Cong near Saigon
Thai infantrymen of the Queens Cobra Regiment and South Vietnamese troops repelled Viet Cong attacks near Saigon, killing at least 128 guerrillas in the first major battle of their arrival. Westmoreland praised the Thai victory as the first round in the Christmas Eve truce period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
Cobra
Thailand
William C. Westmoreland
Royal Thailand
Queens Cobra Regiment
Westmoreland
America
Vietnam
U S. Officials Expose Kickback Scheme in Rice Shipments
UPI reports U S investigators found a Communist China tied firm paid to ship rice to South Vietnam under the pacification program. Saigon officials earned about 92 000 in kickbacks as contracts were steered to Neon Hock Co. Bangkok. The case involves Thai and South Vietnamese entities and U S funded purchases of 125 000 tons of rice in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
Saigon
Agency For International Development (Aid
Thailand
United States
Neon Hock Co
Bangkok
China
AID
Luu Meu
U.S
Ngon Hock Co
Lokee Shipping and Trading Co
Lau Ma Thanh
Coffee Break At Town Hall Meeting Tonight
Congressman Bob Price attends a Town Hall gathering at Childress High School starting at 7 p.m. A post talk coffee break will occur before a Q and A. Price travels from Paducah for an afternoon session and heads to Tulsa for a Friday breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Price
Price
Childress High School
Childress
Paducah
Tulsa
Jack Fox
The Index to Publish Early Saturday
The Sunday issue of The Index will be published early Saturday afternoon for subscribers at the usual time. There will be no Index on Monday for Christmas. The paper wishes readers happiness and safe travels during the holiday period.
Heart Transplant Pioneer Reports Patient Dies from Pneumonia
Dr. Christiaan Barnard announced Louis Washkansky died from respiratory failure due to bilateral pneumonia, not organ rejection. Autopsy findings upheld the transplant principle while noting diabetes and a leg infection increased vulnerability. A second transplant for Philip Blaiberg was deferred pending full autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
UPD
Christian Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Barnard
Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
J. Ozinsky
Ozinsky
Ozinski
Denise Darvall
Sudden buildup of Israeli forces at Suez Canal reported
British dispatches from Cairo say Israel massing troops near the Suez Canal while Jerusalem sources call it war nerves. In other news a UPI report notes a plan to ease public hostility to police by National Guard riot duties. Johnson Thieu seek to reassure on NLf talks. A Missouri town tornado kills three injures 33.
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Cairo
Israel
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Washington
UPI
National Guard
Potosi
Water Line Contract To Be Awarded In Quanah
A contract for about 9 miles of water lines will be let at 2 p.m. January 16 at the First National Bank in Quanah by the Red River Water Authority. Lines will carry water from Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority to Lazare Goodlett and connect Newlin Childress Kirkland areas. A line will extend from a well near Chillcothe to Farmers Valley and Hines Community in Wilbarger County. Funding will be borrowed from the Farmers Home Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Quanah
Red River Water Authority
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Greenbelt
Newlin
Childress
Kirkland
Lazare
Goodlett
Chillicothe
Farmers Valley
Hines
Wilbarger Couny
Johnson faces GOP backlash over jobs plan for unemployed
President Johnson proposes government job programs for hard-core unemployed, drawing swift GOP criticism as a costly WPA for the ghettos. Funeral services held in Lubbock for William C. Fortenberry a noted agricultural leader and Texas Agriculture's Man of the Year in 1958. Draft Director Hershey defends a tough antiwar policy, saying only Congress or the courts can compel a change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Lubbock
William C. Fortenberry
Fortenberry
Texas Agriculture
Progresssive Farmer Magazine
Lewis B. Hershey
Capitol Hill
Congress
Suspect Wounded in Shootout After Slaying Motorcycle Officer
In Los Angeles a man accused of killing a motorcycle officer lay in a hospital ward amid reports he sought a fatal standoff with police. Authorities said he claimed to have swallowed poison just before capture.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Arctic Front Sparks Freezing Warning Across Texas Panhandle
United Press International reports two cold fronts hitting Texas. An arctic front chills the Panhandle with a forecast hard freeze and subfreezing temps, while a Pacific front lowers readings in Dallas and across the state. Thunderstorms and scattered snow were noted in the Panhandle with rain totals reported in several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Dallas
Gulf of Mexico
Panhandle
Dalhart
Twisters
College Station
Victoria
Childress
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Lubbock
Men Trapped in Tehachapi Cave-In On California Water Project
A roof collapse deep in the Tehachapi Mountains trapped 12 to 18 workers on the California water project. Crews relayed that the men were safe with air water and light and received food through a 6 inch pipe as rescue teams began shoring and digging a 4 by 6 foot tunnel around the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Laurence Gorman
Calif
UPI
California
Paul Varello
Varello
Tehachapi Mountains
Los Angeles
Department of Water Resources
McCarthy Seeks Equal TV Time Over Kennedy Link
Sen Eugene J. McCarthy disturbed by Johnson using his peace campaign to boost Kennedy and asks CBS NBC and ABC for free time to respond. Campaign manager seeks equal time under fairness doctrine after Johnson termed the Kennedy McCarthy movement a maneouvering effort. Networks had not yet decided on the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Minnesota Democrat
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Refusal to Deliver Mail to American POWs
The Pentagon reports North Vietnam again refused to deliver Christmas packages to U S prisoners of war. 231 packages were returned with notes from Hanoi stating Refused by the postal service of Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Postal Service of
Vietnam
Defense Department
U.S
Christmas Cross Lights Spark National Debate
In Austin the federal building illuminated in a cross sparked a protest by law professor Roy Mersky who argues it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. Officials then re lit the display as a Christmas tree and faced a Christian counterprotest as the cross reappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Whitehead
United Press International
Ay Austin
Tex
Federal Building
Roy M. Mersky
University To Texas
United States
Allies Endorse LBJ Policy In Vietnam
President Johnson wins support from allied leaders for South Vietnam policy before attending Australian Prime Minister Holt’s funeral. He meets McEwen Holyoake and Park Chung-hee, pledging unwavering aid while awaiting Friday Melbourne rites. He then departs for an unspecified destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Canberra
Johnson
Vietnam
Harold Holt
Rusalia
Holt
John McEwen
Lord Casey
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
Park Chung-hee
Melbourne
Johnson - Park
McEwen
Australia
Holyoake
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Philippines
Ferdinand E. Marcos
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Urge Citizens To Attend Town Hall Meeting
Jaycees urge all interested citizens in Childress and nearby areas to attend a 7 p.m. town hall at the high school auditorium tonight. Congressman Bob Price will speak at the noon meeting today. Coy Kindricks reported on the Christmas party last Saturday. Jaycees wives sell cookbooks to raise funds for a Jaycees Wives Organization. One guest at today’s meeting was Jimmy Ticer.
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Jaycees
Childress
Bob Price
Coy Kindricks
Desgerts
Jaycees Wives
Jimmy Ticer
Bridge Collapse Probe Ordered After Silver Bridge Disaster
President Johnson ordered a national bridge survey and an official investigation into the Ohio River Silver Bridge collapse. Divers and 15 volunteer boats recovered three more bodies bringing known dead to 32, as crews work around the clock with cranes, dredges, and Amphibious ducks to clear the wreckage.
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Albert Auvil
Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPD
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Johnson
Hilda Byus
Point Plesant
Kimberly Lynn
Thomas H. Lee
Gallipolis
Ohio
William Burns
New Orleans
National Guardsmen
William Falck
Army Corps of Engineers
Kis Ag Sai
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Red China
John W. Gay
Childress Church of Christ
San Jacinto
APD
National Liberation Front Nlf
Viet Cong
Greece
Constantine
Red River
The
Farmers Home Administration
Arctic
Upper Panhandle
Childress Area
FAA
Kennedy
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