Vietcong Losses Mount as Da Nang Attacks Repulsed
UPI reports Communist assaults near Da Nang fail to breach defenses as casualties rise. U.S. and allied forces record heavy Communist losses across central and southern Vietnam, with Vietnam war tolls mounting weekly and both sides suffering substantial deaths. The battle in the Que Son valley sees North Vietnamese forces repelled by U.S. troops and helicopter-supported units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cheatham
Saigon
UPI
da Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Que Son
Leslie
Ross
Gis
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Que Son Valley
Rigid Attitudes Changing US Bombings Drive Hanoi Talks
Reports from Saigon indicate North Vietnam may open peace talks with the United States if bombing and other acts of war halt. Hanoi signaled readiness through envoy Pham Binh, with Jakarta mediation sought but not pursued. Statements from Paris London and Washington show unclear demands and timing for possible negotiations.
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Cantel Southerland Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
United States
Indonesia
Pham Binh
Jakarta
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Washington
Paris
London
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Wiong
George Gorse
France
de Caulle
Gorse
Charles de Gaulle
Noth Nguyen
Trinh
Maurice Couve de Marvie
Foreign Office
Trah
Southeast Asia
British Foreign Office
George Brown
San Francisco
Fano
Taris
Bernard Redmont
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Redmont
United Nations
Thant
New York
Vientiane
Moscow
Indochina
Soviet Union
Britain
Cambodia
Laos
Ellis Helmers Moves to Sierra Blanca Post
Ellis Helmers accepts an extension agent position for Helspeth County and will relocate to Sierra Blanca on January 16. He notes the county’s 14 000 land sections, 6 000 in farming, and strong cattle ranching. Helmers, a 1963 Texas A&M graduate, and his wife and son Cody plan to depart Childress after a rewarding assignment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Helmers
Helspeth Conty
Ciues
Janary
Sierra Blanca
Helspeth
Conty
el Paso Conty
Texas
Helmers
Bevers Wildcat Drilling Below 6 825 Feet
The Pan American Petroleum Corporation No. 1 Coda Bevers, southeast of Childress, is drilling below 6 825 feet. The wildcat aims to 8 109 feet or test the Ellenberger formation. No oil was found in the Can on Reef at about 4 700 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Coda Bevers
Childress
Ellenberger
Canon Reef
Greenbelt Medical Society Migrant Health Program Grants Funds
The Greenbelt Medical Society migr ant health program received a 29992 grant from the Public Health Service. Funds will operate in Childress and Hall counties for 12 months with Harper Knight and two part time nurses based at the courthouse and a sanitarian in Memphis. A nurse is needed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbelt Medical Society
Public Health Service Division
Community Health Service
Bob Price
Childress
Hall
Harper Knight
Memphis
Jaycees Set Banquet and Meetings
Meeting dates were announced by Chil dress Jaycees. The Bosses Banquet is planned for January 27 in the Veterans building. A Jaycees and wives meeting follows on January 19 at 7 30 p m in the West Texas Utilities building. Directors meet next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the WTA building. The day’s program featured a film Inside Texas Legislature presented by guests Charlie Johnston and Kenneth West CHS coaches.
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Childress Jaycees
Veterans
Jaycees
West Texas Utilities
Jayceey
P.m
WTA
Texas
Charlie Johnston
Kenneth West
CHS
One Braham quintuplet dies in Brisbane
In Brisbane Australia one of the four day old Braham quintuplets died today from an undisclosed cause. The surviving four infants a boy and three girls remained in hospital incubators. Mother Mary Patricia Braham 36 and father Roger 34 a lawyer expressed grief and sought privacy.
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Brisbane
Astralia
UPI
Braham
Mary Patricia Braham
Roger
Geoffrey Branch
Royal Brisbane Womens Hospital
Geoffrey
McLendon Enters Texas Governor Race in Democratic Primary
Gordon McLendon, Dallas broadcasting executive, filed for the May Democratic primary joining Lt. Gov. Preston Smith who said he was getting lonesome. The entry follows Sen. Ralph Yarborough’s expected decision and signals a potentially crowded race with Don Yarborough as a possible addition. McLendon pledges a campaign focused on crime education tax housing employment and transportation and plans to organize in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle Thompson Austin
UPI
Preston Smith
Dalas
Gordon McLendon
Democratic
Smith
Texas
Liberal Democrat
Ning
Connaly
Senate
Yarborough
U.S. Senate
Don Yarborough
Houston
Ralph Yarborough
McLendon
Hiss
Ada Hensley Funeral Rites Are Pending
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada B. Hensley 82 will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church Chanel conducted by Rev. Joe S. Allen. She died at 1 10 p.m. yesterday at Childress General Hospital. Survivors include four grandchildren and two granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada B. Hensley
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
California
Santa Rosa Roundup Set for June in Vernon
Keith Perry announced the Santa Rosa Roundup will be held again at Vernon from June 12 to 15. Local directors include Sam Privitt W T Ross Ernst Davis J C Randel and Morris Higley with last year’s directors uncertain on this year’s show.
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Santa Rosa
Vernon
Keith Perry
Loaal
Sam Privitt
W. T. Ross
Ernst Davis
J. C. Randel
Morris Higley
Asian Flu Outbreak Spreads Across Nation
The Asian flu clouds schools and hospitals nationwide with closures and restricted visitors. Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York report high absenteeism and outbreaks. In St. Charles Parish teachers fall ill. Oklahoma City schools see 30 percent absenteeism. Allegheny County Pa. reports 10 to 15 percent absent. Missouri hospitals ban visitors. Pittsburgh and Marion Illinois facilities limit visitors to immediate family or one per day.
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Atlanta
APS
Louisiana
Missouri
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
St. Charles Parish
Upstate
John Lyong
Albany County Health Commission
Mary Jones
Oklahoma City
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Pinellas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lebanon
Samar
Aurora
Marion
Ill.) Memorial Hospital
Rumor: Reynolds Considered for Amarillo Federal Judgeship
District Judge Charles Reynolds of Childress denies knowledge of Amarillo’s reported compromise appointment to the federal bench. The vacant Amarillo seat attracts talk of Graham Purcell as a potential nominee, with Dallas County voting shifts and local politics intertwined. Purcell may affect district balance. Reynolds agrees he might accept if offered. Purcell planned to speak Friday at 7 p.m. in the High Auditorium.
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Charles Reynolds
Childress
Amarillo
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Graham B. Purcell
Wichita Falls
Purcell
Dallas County
Texas
Frank Crowley
Reynolds
Panhandleton
Yarborough
Childress County
Graham Purcell
High Auditorium
Personality Workshop Series Opens Tonight for Youth
The first of three personality workshops for junior high and high school ages runs 7 to 8 pm at the courthouse tonight. Ronald Patterson of A C Nielsen Market Research will teach Know Yourself with junior leader Mary Dee Meinzer and adult leaders Mary Scott Ellis Helmers and Lewis Meinzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Patterson
Chicago
Mary Dee Meinzer
Mary Scott
Ellis Helmers
Lewis Meinzer
Patterson
A. C. Nielson Market Research Company of Chicago
University of Texas At
McCarthy Shifts Strategy to Campaign in New Hampshire
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy moves to enter the New Hampshire primary on March 12 as a write‑in against President Johnson. He acknowledges a tough race amid rising hawk sentiment and had downplayed the primary’s significance before this decision.
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Patrick J. Slovan
Washington
UPT
Egene J. McCarthy
Johnson
New Hampshire
White House
Minnesota Democrat Today
New Hampshie
McCarthy
New Hamphire
U.S
Vietnam
Perry Stroud Rites Friday
Funeral services for Perry C. Stroud retired farmer will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev. O M Butler and Rev. R H Knight officiating and Dr Burgin tom pastor. Burial will be in Tell Cemetery with Masonic rites. Pallbearers include Ross Smith Bill Sager Alton Bruce John Forbis Carroll Seal and Bill Leonard. He died Wednesday at his home 1006 Avenue Northwest. He came to Tell in 1920 from Vernon and later moved to Childress after retirement. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 695 First Methodist Church and Khiva Shrine Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry C. Stroud
First Methodist Church
O. M. Butler
White Deer
R. H Knight
Burgin
Tom
First Method
Masonic Lodge
The
Tell
Newberry’s
Co-owner Genevieve Haley of Childress Lumber Deceased
Genevieve Haley 63, co owner of Childress Lumber Company, died Tuesday morning. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Friday at Carroll Funeral Home in Chicago Illinois. Haley was a resident of Chicago.
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Carrol Funeral Home
Chicago
Genevieve Haley
Childress Lumber Company
Haley
Ill
Measles Clinic Sunday At Rhoads School
A free measles clinic for children ages one to nine will be held Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at J. J. Rhoads school. It serves as a make up clinic for those who missed the September 10 session, with vaccination urged for those not yet immunized.
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J. J. Rhoads School
J. J. Westenbrg
Snday
Westenberg
Clapton
New Testament Clb
E. L. Bolden
Try To Stop Spread Of Spinal Meningitis
In Amarillo nurses checked close relatives and friends of persons with spinal meningitis to prevent a wider outbreak. One death, Donna Kay Smith, and a mother with the disease, Mary Smith, prompted doctors to assign normal precautions and hospital care.
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Amarillo
UPS
Donna Kay Smith
Mary Smith
G. Mason Kahn
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Ban Me Thuot
South Vietnam
Darlac
An Khe
Ba Xuyen
Mekong
Ada Hensley
Perry Stroud
Rhoads
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