Two US sergeants charged with aiding the Viet Cong
Two American sergeants freed from captivity and critical of U.S. Vietnam policy were charged with aiding the enemy. Sgt. George E. Smith of West Virginia and Spec. 5 Claude McClure of Tennessee face charges for allegedly preparing and delivering documents to the Viet Cong. Authorities say a two week inquiry prompted the Uniform Code of Military Justice action. The men were captured near Saigon in 1963 and released at the Cambodian border in 1968.
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David S. Brunick
United Press International
Naha
Okinawa
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
George E Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Sm¢h
McClure
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Smith
Hiep Hoa U.S
Saigon
Freezing Rain and Cold Front Move Through Texas South Plains
A cold front traversed central Texas with freezing drizzle and fog in the South Plains. Temperatures ranged from 23 at Dalhart to 56 at Corpus Christi, with Alpine 71 the high across the state and no significant rainfall in major cities.
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United Press International
South Plains
Texas
Darhart
Corpus Christi
Calder
Pecos
Sherman
San Angelo
Pecos River
Alpine
Miami
Fla
Mercury
Wink
Tex
Dalhart
Holiday Weekend One Of Quietest
The Christmas holiday week ended with unusually calm conditions in Childress. Police Chief Alvis Maddox reported only one arrest, a lone guest taken for fighting, and urged continued public cooperation to keep the record through New Year’s.
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Childress
Alvis Maddox
Record Black Christmas holiday toll tops prior peak
The nation logged 721 traffic fatalities during a 76 hour Christmas weekend, surpassing the 706 mark set in 1956. Texas led states with 51 deaths and notable tragedies included a Rogue River bus crash and multiple car collisions along with a deadly Newark apartment fire.
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United Press International
South Viet Nam
Texas
California
Ohio
Louisiana
Illinois
Missouri
Michigan
Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
South Dakota
Greyhound
Rogue River
Ore
Sublette
Kan
Buffalo
Minn
Newark
N.J
National Window Down on Johnson Deficit Plans
The piece argues President Johnson faces a rising federal deficit through 1966 68 as war in Vietnam and the Great Society strain federal revenue. It notes debt growing from about 22.5 billion to 322 billion by June 30 and calls repudiation unthinkable while politics may drive spending and potential tax increases.
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Pedernales
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy-Johnson
Herbert Hoover
FDR
Treasury
White House
Harry Truman
HST
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Viet Nam
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
United States
LBJ
Pedernaies
Southeast Asia
Nam
Americans For Democratic Action
West Berlin Divided Over Killings At Checkpoint
West Berlin erupts in protest over East German guards shooting two men fleeing to freedom at the Heinrich Rheine Strasse crossing. A third companion was wounded and a girl captured as the car carrying the trio crashed near a Christmas display. one man died near the tree.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Heinrich Rheine Strasse
Bild Zeitung Today
West Berlin
Accident ticket issued after 4th Street collision
A two car crash at 9 a.m. yesterday on 4th Street and Avenue C SE involved Sharon Kathryn Clifton driving south on 4th and a parked car owned by Jessie William Baker. Clifton received a negligent driving ticket. Minor damage, no injuries reported. the sole accident over the Christmas holidays.
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4Th Street
Avenue C. SE
Sharon Kathryn Clifton
Jessie William Baker
Kennedy clan arrive for Sun Valley ski holiday
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy and her children Caroline and John Jr joined other Kennedy family members at Sun Valley Idaho for a skiing holiday.
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Jackie
Sun Valley, Idaho
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Sun Valley
Kennedy
Spartans Secure Contract for New Home Expansion
The Childress Manufacturing Company will remodel 24,000 square feet and add 29,000 square feet as Spartans Industries expands. A land purchase enables growth to 150,000 square feet in five years. Work starts January 3 with roughly 300000 dollars total and 500 employees planned after year one.
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Childress Manufacturing Company, Inc
Spartans Industries
Palmer Massey
Ford
Spartans
Comlete
Marines Battle Viet Cong Near Da Nang In Heavy Clash
UPI dispatch reports two Marine patrols near Da Nang faced entrenched Viet Cong, killing 56 enemies as three full battalions resumed operations in the region. Casualties and details from the MEKONG Delta and a later mine strike on the 1st Infantry Division were also noted with limited figures.
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Michael T. Malloy
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
U. S
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Mekong
Bing Duong
Red China Assails U S and Soviet Union Over UN Session
The Peoples Daily editorial in Peking accused the United States and the Soviet Union of collusion at the United Nations General Assembly and an anti China conference. It alleged back room talks between Gromyko and Rusk and claimed the UN is a tool of U.S. policy.
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Kim Willi
Enson United Press Internation
Tokyo
UPI
Communist
China Today
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
Peking Peoples Daily
U.N
New China News Agency
Assembly
Peoples Daily
United Nations
United
U. S
Dominican Republic
Rhodesia
China
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Viet Nam
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
United Press International
Europe
Garage Fire Damages Home of Buford Taylor
Minor damage reported to a garage at 605 Avenue Inn owned by Buford Taylor after a 7 35 p m Saturday fire call. A second call to 900 2nd Street Se at 10 30 a m Saturday found the fire already extinguished by the time the fire department arrived.
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Buford Taylor
Avenue Inn
2Nd Street Se
Amarillo Man Pleads Guilty To DWI
Charles A B White of Amarillo pled guilty in County Court after a highway patrol pickup for driving while intoxicated. He received a $125 fine, three days in jail, court costs, and a six month license suspension.
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Amarillo
Dwi
Charles
A. B. White
Highway Patrol
White
NY Times aviation writer wins 1965 safety writing award
Ned Hudson, aviation writer for the New York Times, is the 1965 Sherman Fairchild International Safety Writing Award winner. He will receive $1,000 for his outstanding and remarkable coverage of new developments in air safety across all flying fields.
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Washington
UPI
Ned Hudson
New York Times
Hudson
Texas Tops Nation in Violent Deaths During Holiday Period
The 100th violent death in Texas since UPI began its count occurred with 19 year old Robert Edward Brabham killed in a one car crash near Mesquite outside Dallas. The report notes multiple fatal incidents across the state including Ed Chetts in Donna and Gerald Rogers in Fort Worth. The DPS projects about 110 Texans will die in traffic before New Year’s weekend ends.
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United Press International
Texas
Robert Edward Brabham
Isgreen
Longview
Tex
Mesquite
Dallas
Ed Chetts
Donna
Texas Department of Public Safety
Johnson silent on Vietnam bombing lull and ceasefire
Austin United Press International reports the White House offered no information on the extent or significance of a lull in U S bombing of North Vietnam. Press Secretary Laitin said President Johnson would work on budget and planning and did not say how much time he spent on Vietnam.
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Austin, Tex
Joseph Laitin
United States
Viet Nam
Laitin
Johnson
Nam
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