Agnew Tours Vietnam Bases and Plans Next Stop Taipei
Vice President Agnew met with South Vietnamese President Thieu at the presidential palace then flew to a U.S.-Vietnam base near Saigon. He will stay overnight in Saigon at an undisclosed location and continue his Asian itinerary to Taipei Formosa. At Fire Base Kien he told troops the American public backs them one hundred percent and Proud of their work.
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Agnew
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Nixon
Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Kien
Public sentiment on jobs in America noted in editorial
A brief editorial cautions readers not to trust certain publications and asserts that it misrepresents the American people’s view of the job performance by Americans. The piece emphasizes a broader national mood beyond sensational headlines.
Mudslide blocks Rose Bowl freeway link in Los Angeles
A massive mudslide on the Golden State Freeway halted Northern California traffic headed to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl and Rose Parade. A highway patrolman detected the slide and ordered a stop, averting injuries or trapped vehicles.
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Los Angeles
Golden State
California
Pasadena
Year Of Day New Decade Welcomed In Global New Year Festivities
A bevy of youngsters danced in Trafalgar Square as London welcomed the new decade in frigid waters. In Rio de Janeiro thousands gathered on Copacabana Beach for offerings to lemanja. In New York a balloon rose over Central Park for a city celebration with fireworks and music while Times Square saw over 100,000 brave the cold to watch the Allied Chemical Tower ball drop. Guy Lombardo received New Year wishes from President Nixon as he performed at the Waldorf Astoria with songs including Auld Lang Syne and Aquarius for a $60.50 per person party.Edited for clarity and focus on the events and people involved.
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Trafalgar Square
Rio de Janeiro
Copacabana Beach
Lemanja
New York
Central Park
Times Square
Allied Chemical
Guy Lombardo
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Lombardo
Waldorf-Astoria
Council to Write Next Farm To Market Chapter
The City Council will consider the Farm To Market Road plan north and east of Childress at the January 12 meeting. County Commissioners approved right of way and pole removal for the Gate City REA segment costing 2000 to 2500 dollars, with no right of way purchase estimate given.
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Childress
Ross Road
Louis Sally
Commissioners Court
Gate City Rea
U.S. 83
U.S. 287
Combat Back At Saigon After 24 Hour New Year Cease Fire
Allied forces resumed combat in Vietnam after a 24 hour New Year cease fire. U S war dead topped 40 000 after five American deaths in the pause. Vice President Agnew arrived in Saigon for talks with President Thieu and a troop visit. Official Dec 21 27 casualty tally showed 86 Americans killed, up from two weeks earlier.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U. S
Spiro T. Agnew
Nguyen van Thieu
Allied cease fire continues amid heavy fighting in Vietnam
The fighting spiked as the allied cease fire ran for 72 hours with 65 enemy incidents in 18 hours. U S casualties tally 72 enemy troops and five Americans killed, 10 wounded. South Vietnamese losses include 11 soldiers and seven civilians dead and 53 soldiers plus four civilians wounded. An Americal Division group faced a 20 round mortar barrage and a 20 minute rifle and machine gun volley that killed five Americans and wounded three.
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Americal Division
196Th
da Nang
U. S
U. S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
Wintry Chill Keeps Texas Cold Across The State
The article notes persistent freezing temperatures across Texas with dawn readings from 6 degrees at Marfa to 31 at Dallas and Victoria. Ice and snow have largely faded, roads are reported dry, and cloudiness increases in West and North Texas as a new front moves south. Brownsville reports 49 degrees as a notable outlier.
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Associated Press
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Marfa
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Perryton
Dalhart
Lubbock
Wink
Alpine
Wichita Falls
Childress
Lufkin
Midland
Big Spring
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
el Paso
Fort Worth
Tyler
College Station
Longview
W A Carrick Dies Rites Set In Childress Note
William Andy Carrick 87 died Wednesday night in a local nursing home. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Friday at Newberry Chapel with George Lyles and Rev. Charles Gates officiating. Burial Childress Cemetery with Masons graveside rites. Surviving: five sons Cecil, W O, E M, B L, R 8. a daughter Mrs R V Richardson. 12 grandchildren. three great grandchildren. Born March 4 1882 Murfreesboro Tennessee. Lived in Childress County since 1908. Retired farmer. Member Tell Methodist Church and Mason Lodge 695.
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Newberry Chapel
George Lyles
Fort Worth
Childress Cemetery
Mr. Carrick
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Childress County
Fannin County
Tell
Tell Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Cecil
Childress
W. O
el Paso
E. M
Borger
B. L
Cee Wee
R. 8
Stinnett
R. V. Richardson
Pasadena
Tex
4-H Club To Name Officers
The Community 4-H Club will elect officers and choose a club name at 7 30 p m Monday in the assembly room of the court house A brief entertaining program is planned All county 4-H members and prospective new members are invited Any child in Ch ildress public schools aged nine to nineteen is eligible to join
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Court House
Childress
Native Of Childress Dies In California
Anna Bell Andrews 60, born May 24 1909 in Childress, died Wednesday at her Bell California home. Funeral Saturday in Bell. She was the former Anna Bell Simpson and married Dollis Andrews in Childress. She resided with him here in the dairy business until the mid 1940s and was a Methodist. Survivors include brothers John Simpson of Childress Fred Simpson of Bell sisters Marie Court of Childress Grace Moore of Amarillo and her husband of the home.
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Anna Bell Andrews
Childress
Bell
Calif
Rainfall in County Falls Sporadically Below Average This Year
December moisture varied with traces and small totals while annual rainfall for 1969 stood at 18.95 inches, below the Texas Almanac average of 21.81. Official records from Childress Air Field, FAA, show a peak of 27.23 inches in 1962 and a recent low of 14.79, with many years logged since 1891.
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Texas Almanac
Childress Air Field
Federal Aviation Agency
Childress
Car and Two Trucks In Chain-Reaction Crash
Rowden Cordell’s car suffered rear damage when an eastbound truck tractor hit it at the slick intersection of Avenue F and Commerce Street about 9 30 a.m. A second truck then struck the first, pushing it into Cordell’s vehicle. Damage was heavy to the Cordell car but light to the trucks.
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Rowden Cordell
Avenue F
Commerce Street
Cordell
Proxmire Warns of Poseidon Overruns Near 11 Billion
Sen. William Proxmire reports Navy cost overruns totaling 10.7 billion, plus a disputed 2.6 billion added to the Poseidon missile program. He chairs a House Senate subcommittee on economy that will study the overruns early next year. Rear Adm. Levering Smith contests part of the figure and supports the probe. Poseidon converts 31 of 41 Polaris subs to launch multiple warhead missiles.
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Washington
William Proxmire
U. S
Wisconsin Democrat
House
Senate
Proxmire
Navy
Adm
Levering Smith
Poseidon
France Expels Three Officials Over Gunboat Affair
Paris suspended two generals and ordered departure of Adm. Mordechai Limon, head of Israel’s arms mission in Europe, after five French built gunboats reached Haifa. The action followed a four hour meeting as Pompidou downplayed any arms embargo change and Israel faced no apology.
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Paris
Haifa
Adm
Mordechai Limon
Europe
Limon
Exodus
Israel
Louis Bonte
Frances
Bernard Cazelles
Defense Ministry
Hamon
Cherbourg
Pompidou
United States
Social Security Outreach Visit in Childress County
Vernon Social Security Office Representative Jack L. Ashcraft will be at the Childress Courthouse at 10 am Monday to take applications and answer questions. All residents seeking benefits are invited. no charges apply. Bring last year’s earnings data or tax forms and estimate current year earnings to ensure timely benefits.
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Jack L. Ashcraft
Vernon
Judge Haggerty Steps Down After Vice Raid Arrest
In New Orleans Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. resigns on indefinite leave after being charged with soliciting and transporting women for prostitution amid a Dec 17 vice raid. He was the first of 14 arrested and faces formal charges in court. Ante burial services announced for William Andy Carrick at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Haggerty
State Criminal District Court
Long Holiday Death Watch Is Underway
Tabulations of Texas violent death show four traffic fatalities and three homicides in the four day New Year period. Police report two shootings in Houston with no charges filed, naming Javan Brown and William A Johnson and a third fatal shooting under investigation. Leroy M’s killer remains sought as authorities extend the search.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Javan Brown
Houston
William A. Johnson
Jason
Leroy M
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