South Vietnamese Troops Trap Viet Cong Battalion South of DMZ
Elite Vietnamese battalions using M16 rifles trapped a Viet Cong battalion south of the DMZ killing about 203 of them in eight hours. The rest fled toward Cu Lay and met U.S. Marines near Quang Tri as air power and artillery supported the pursuit. Vietnamese casualties totaled 15 killed and 35 wounded.
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Eugene V. Risher
1St Infantry Division
United States
Bamboo Stand
My Thuy
Dmz
Quangi
416Th
Vietnamese War News Compiles 1967 Toll and Raids
About 75 miles northeast of Saigon 15 Americans were wounded as guerrillas attacked border positions with tear gas mortars machine guns and rifles. U S planes flew 150 missions in massive raids over North Vietnam while weather limited operations near Haiphong and Hanoi. General Westmoreland said Communist deaths reached about 80000 in 1967 and warned no letup in Hanoi’s war effort amid anticipated supply movements.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
Haiphong
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Mutual Broadcasting System
Snow Falls Across Texas as Panhandle Reports Deep Snow
A Texas front brings light to moderate snowfall from the Panhandle to North Texas with several inches in Amarillo Pampa Dalhart and Dallas seeing snow and ice. Widespread travel hazards warned by the Texas Highway Department as temperatures dip below freezing.
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United Press
United States
Texas
Panhandle
Texas Highway Department
Weather Bureau
South Plains
Dalhart
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Pampa
Amarillo
Red River
Bonham
Dallas
Sherman
Beaumont- Port Arthur
Houston
Palacios
McLendon Signals Run For Texas Governor In 1968
Gordon B. McLendon, Dallas businessman and broadcaster, said he is about 90 percent sure he will seek the Texas governorship. He plans a news conference next Wednesday and may announce then. McLendon has extensive holdings in real estate and media and once led the Liberty Broadcasting System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Gordon B. McLendon
Texas
McLendon
KLIF
U. S. Senate
Dallas Morning News
Yarborough
Jan. G. McLendon
Connally
Johnson
John Hill
Waggoner Carr
John Tower
Eugene Locke
U.S
South Vietnam
Liberty Broadcasting System
Romney Tour Over Says Reds Are Winning Nonconventional War
Gov. George Romney ended a Christmas visit to Vietnam criticizing the war’s nonconventional fronts. He saw pacification efforts in the Mekong Delta and witnessed jets strafing a position. Romney urged more South Vietnamese responsibility, cautioned on body counts, and said political progress lagged.
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Daniel Southerland
Saigon
UPS
George Romney
Michigan
Today
Vietnam
U.S
Romney
Mekong
Jakarta
Indonesia
Candor
Wallace to Enter Presidential Race in California Primary
George C. Wallace appears set to join California's June 4 presidential primary as the American Independent party nears the required 66 958 registrants by January 2. Peace and Freedom seeks 22 000 more registrations to qualify its slate. Local registrars report strong Wallace support in Los Angeles County and Wallace vows to run if major parties fail to adopt favorable platforms.
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Sacramento
Galif
Alabama
George C. Wallace
California
American Independent Party
H.P. Sullivan
Wallace
Sullivan
Secretary of State
Peace and Freedom Party
Jack Weinberg
Los Angeles
Blican
Peace 4Edom
Slower Voter Registration in Childress County
Voter registration in Childress County slowed with only 2 186 registered as of this morning. All residents over 21 who wish to vote next year must register, and there is no charge. Registration is at the Tax Assessor-Collector's office.
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Childress
Lawmakers Seek Feasibility Study on Missouri River Water Diversion
Senators John Tower and Bob Price of Texas introduced a bill calling for an Army Corps of Engineers study of diverting Missouri River water from Nebraska to West Texas. The plan envisions a 940 mile canal lifting water 2800 feet to supply 10.2 million acre feet annually for irrigation across Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma and Texas by 1989, with a project cost estimated at 3 to 3.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
API
John Tower
R-Tex
Bob Price
Congress
Missouri
Nebraska
West Texas
Army Corps of Engineers
Texas Panhandle
Ft. Randall
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
R. W Beck
Great Plains
Tower
Missouri River
Rotary contest winners named at Chil Dress High
In the Voice of Democracy contest at Chil Dress High School, Larry Knight won first, Orinda Eikman second, and Jack Smith third with Joe Shirley in charge. The Christmas party will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Childress with guests Monty Smith, Kenneth Fink, Sid Holland, and Jim Hamm.
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Childress High School
Rotary Club
Larry Knight
Orinda Eikman
Jack Smith
Joe Shirley
Hotel Childress
Monty Smith
Memphis
Kenneth Fink
Santa Monica
Calif
Sid Holland
Newark
Jim Hamm
Sidney Fox Dies in Lockney Funeral Today
Sidney Thomas Fox, a %-year old brother of Grover Fox of Childress, died at 9 a.m. in Lockney Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow with burial in Lockney. Fox moved with his parents to the Tell Community in 1905 and farmed there before relocating to Lockney about 20 years ago.
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Sidney Thomas Fox
Grover Fox
Childress
Lockney Hospital
Fox
Tell
Lockney
Mattress Fire Causes Smoke Damage at Southeast Residence
A mattress fire at 409 B Southeast caused slight smoke damage at 3:55 a.m. today. The owner of the residence is Jack Preston. The fire department spokesman said the cause is unknown.
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Jack Preston
Purcell to Visit Four Towns for Public Forum
Congressman Graham Purcell of the 13th District will meet in Quanah Crowell Paducah and Childress on January 5 for a public forum. The event follows Childress County joining the 13th District with times still being finalized and details to be announced this weekend.
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Graham Purcell
Childress
Childress County
13Th
Purcell
Four Winds Industrial Foundation, Inc
Quanah
Crowell
Paducah
Bill Neel
The
Four Winds
Ross Smith
Betty Denny Killed in Vernon Auto Crash
Two people died in a head on collision on U.S. 287 near Vernon at 10 45 am. Betty Denny 91 of Childress and Mae Greening 68 of Crowell were killed instantly. Injured were Judy 15 Sandra 13 and Olive Anderson Denny 60 all of Childress.
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Olive Anderson Denny
Vernon
Childress
U.S. 287
Department of Public Safety
Betty Denny
Mae Greening
Crowell
Judy
Sandra
Olive Denny
Greening
Denny
Newberry’s
Woman receives historic kidney transplant at Bellevue Hospital
A 20 year old girl Sylvia Szlak was reported splendid five days after Bellvue kidney transplant from an unrelated donor a 45 year old woman who died of a stroke. Separate Cleveland case reports two 39 year old recipients Mrs Kienard Err and Lee County Iowa receiving kidneys from 12 year old Richard Stives fatally injured in a sledding accident near Conneaut Ohio. Medical reports credit tissue typing for unusually compatible donors reducing rejection risk and improving transplant outcomes.
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New York
UPI
Bellevue Hospital
Sylvia Szlak
Szlak
Cleveland
Ohio
Kienard Err
Charles
Lee County
Iowa
Richard Stives
West Springfield
Conneut
New York University Medical Center
Texas Sees Record Holiday Death Toll Near New Year
United Press International reports Texas ended the Christmas weekend with 67 deaths, 53 on roads. Officials estimate 45 more traffic deaths expected during the New Year period, with eight homicides, two fire deaths and four other violent fatalities already recorded. Texas led national tallies through the four day weekend.
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United Press International
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Johnson asserts Oswald did not pull trigger in assassination
Reports from New Orleans and Washington note statements by President Johnson and officials. Dist Atty Jim Garrison and J. Edgar Hoover are discussed regarding the Kennedy family and the investigation into Kennedy's predecessor's death.
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New Orleans
UPI
Johnson
Lee Oswald
Suspect Woman Poisoned Three Family Members
In Cordele Georgia authorities started exhumations of three Gibbs family members after Mrs Janie Lou Gibbs already faced murder charges in the arsenic death of her son Ronnie Neighbors describe her as kind and devout while officials seek the graves of Charles Gibbs Marvin 13 and Melvin 16 all suspected victims of arsenic poisoning with hospital records citing varied causes.
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Christian
Jack Dowdy
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Gibbs
Charles Clayton Gibbs
Marvin
Melvin
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