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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
5
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Washington columnist Dick West satirizes Christmas songs by weaving football imagery into holiday verses. The piece mocks seasonal tunes adapted to football culture and riffs on players, coaches, and game terms to lampoon Christmas football fandom.
Washington considers six-nation discussions with South Vietnam forces, informal talks with the National Liberation Front, a Christmastime troop visit, and assembling evidence for a January State of the Union push. These moves aim to bolster U S policy in Southeast Asia and morale at home and abroad.
The discussion shows the chairman and Mr. Bundy debating the timing of contingency plans prior to August 1964 and the Tonkin Gulf actions. Bundy states one draft existed in his office and that planning assumed possible drastic turns, with questions about whether others knew of the drafts.
After attending Harold Holt memorial services in Melbourne the President traveled to Darwin where security teams and 100 foot towers guarded the refueling site. Officials indicated a Bangkok stop en route to Rome with Rome speculation on a Papal audience as the Pope urged an end to bombing and renewed negotiation for peace in Vietnam.
Israel claims France has held up a promised 50 Mirage jet fighters as De Gaulle seeks closer Arab ties. U.S. officials say Israel exaggerates Soviet artillery and airpower gains for Egypt and Syria since the June war. Israel maintains Russia fully supplied newer aircraft than Israel can currently purchase.
United Press International reports two boxing results. In Portland Maine Jimmy McDermott from Holyoke Massachusetts defeated Larry Carney of Lowell Massachusetts by stoppage in the first round. In Tokyo Paul Fuji from Japan stopped Sado Takagi of Japan in the second round.
The speaker argues U S policy in Southeast Asia centers on containing communism and outlines three Vietnam options Withdraw, continue current policy, or invade North Vietnam He links inflation to the dollar and debt urges responsible federal government action He defends Social Security and education funding and criticizes overemphasis on student demonstrations urging voters to check voting records before choosing a candidate Dr Jack Fox introduces the speaker.
Adcock named Seattle club manager for the 1968 Pacific Coast League season. He previously managed the Cleveland Indians last year. Adcock replaces Chuck Tanner, who moves to El Paso in the Texas League on a temporary basis.
Two judges who signed the death warrant of Charles I escaped to the American colonies and were hidden in Connecticut after Charles II restored the throne. The event links to early colonial refuge for regicides and shifts in loyalties following the English Civil War.
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