Viet Cong Raid Fails to Capture US Compound Near Saigon
In Hau Nghia Province near Saigon, a Viet Cong force of about 600 to 700 attacked the city of Khiem Cuong for three hours, mortars rockets and recoilless rifle fire tearing through streets. Americans and Vietnamese defenders repelled the assault, with civilians and soldiers among the casualties. Nine policemen died. four civilians killed and 16 wounded reported.
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Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
Ters
269Th
Viet Cong
Khiem Cuong
Hau Nghia
Gia Dinh
Duc
Tan Uyen
Texas Freezes Hit Statewide Snow and Travel Chaos
An Arctic freeze blankets much of Texas south of the Panhandle causing mass school closures hundreds of closures and late arrivals. Widespread chain reaction crashes occur on highways while the Weather Bureau urges staying off roads. Rio Grande Valley sees a freeze with limited citrus damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Austin
Houston
Conroe
Weslaco
Sixta Zuniga
Texac Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Doctors Perform First US Heart Transplant
A retired steelworker, Kasperak, 54, survived the first adult heart transplant in the United States at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital. The donor was Virginia Mae White, 43, who died after a brain hemorrhage. Surgeon Norman E. Shumway led a 15 member team. Kasperak awoke briefly, then slept under sedation as immune suppression drugs began to reduce rejection risk.
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Palo Alto, Calif
UPI
United States
Patrick Sullivan
Palo Alto
Calif
America
Stanford University
Mike Kasperak
Virginia Mae White
Charles White
Christiaan Barnard
South Africa
Norman E. Shumway
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
Kasperak
Shumway
Becanece Trbes
Kasnerak
Fila May Taylor Found Dead In Her Childress Home
Miss Ella May Taylor, longtime Childress resident, was found dead at her 801 Avenue R Northwest home at 2 45 pm by her sister Mary Ann Taylor. A natural death was suspected and an autopsy ordered by Justice of the Peace Paul Goodson. The body rests at Newberry's. funeral plans are incomplete. Surviving are brother Jack Taylor of Bellflower California and three sisters Vivian Porr of Lubbock Aline Howard of Leesville Louisiana and Marty Ann Taylor of Childress.
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Ella May Taylor
Childress
Avenue R Nw
Mary Ann Taylor
Paul Goodson
Newberry's
Miss Taylor
Helene, N.M
Jack Taylor
Bellflowers
Calif
Vivian Porr
Lubbock
Aline Howard
Leesville
Marty Ann Taylor
Five Area Men Forwarded For Induction
Five men from surrounding towns were forwarded for induction in the Armed Forces from Texas Local Board No 20. They are Guadalme Mendoza Seal of Quitaque Robert Wayne Grant of Paducah Douglas Wayne Turner of Silverton Bob Houston Neal of Memphis and James Wesley Farley of Turkey. Nineteen other men were sent for physical examination from Childress Cottle Hall Colingsworth and Broscoe counties.
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Texas Local Board No
Guadalme Mendoza Seal
Quitaque
Robert Wayne Grant
Paducah
Douglas Wayne Turner
Silverton
Bob Houston Neal
Memphis
James Wesley Farley
Turkey
Childress
Cottle, Hall
Colingsworth
Broscoe
Cancer Society Meets Tuesday in Ater Home
The Childress Chanter of the American Cancer Society will gather at Miss Alveen Ater’s home at 7 p.m. Tuesday. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Boiler Repaired at Wilson School
Superintendent J W Hamilton announced the Wilson School boiler crack from last week has been fixed. An insurance inspector verified the repair by expert Wilmer Rutledge and said there is no danger.
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Wilson School
Supt
J. W. Hamilton
Insurance Company
Wilmer Rutledge
Dancer
Hamilton
Personality Workshop Session Set Tonight
The second session of a personality workshop will run from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight in the courthouse. Instructor Ronald Patterson leads the program for junior high and high school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Patterson
Agricultural and Livestock Committee Meets Tonight
The Agricultural and Livestock Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 p.m. tonight in the Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mattie Heath Funeral Rites Held in Childress
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Ladell Heath longtime Childress resident were held at 2 p m at the First Methodist Church conducted by Dr Burgin Watkins. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery. Survivors include son Mr Heath of Pampa three daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Ladell Heath
Pioneer
Childress
First Methodist Church
Burgin Watkins
Newberry’s
A.M. Woods
Ebb Chesnutt
C. B. Roberts
A. B. Taff
C. Co Hton
Clyde Sherwood
Grady Dorn
Charley Kennedy
School Board to Meet Tonight at Administration Office
The School Board will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the School Administration office tonight.
Russian Trial Opens for Four Freedom of Speech Advocates
In Moscow a Soviet court opens a trial for four defendants linked to anti Soviet activity. Alexei Dobrovolsky and Vera Lashkova admit guilt while Alex Ginzburg and Vavrumd Goanskov plead partial innocence or denial. Prosecutor says they worked with an Munich emigre group, received funds, and aided anti-Soviet operations. The case suggests CIA ties through NTS, with potential seven year sentences amid crowded courtroom conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Russia
Alexei Dobrovolsky
Soviet Union
Dobrovolsky
Empire Group
Dobrovosky
Vera Lashkova
Alex Ginzburg
Vwuri Goanskov
Gennady Tereshkov
Mimenov
Tarcehkayalen
American Central Intelligence Agency
NTS
Bowles In Cambodia For Conference
Chester Bowles arrived in Phnom Penh to hold talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk on the spillover of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. Bowles, the U S ambassador to India and President Johnson's special envoy, met cabinet ministers before a planned discussion with Sihanouk. He aimed to address US pursuit of Communists fleeing South Vietnam across the border. Sihanouk signaled limits on talks and rejected a Hanoi or NLF envoy meeting, while offering to host discussions if requested by either side.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPT
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Bowles
India
Johnson
New Delhi
Sihanouk
South Vietnam
Rowles
U. S
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Viet Conc
North Vietnam
United States
Absenteeism Up in Childress Schools Reported
Senator J. W Hamilton announced rising absenteeism in Childress schools. Overall 11.7 percent of students absent, with Friday at about eight percent. The figure near a potential epidemic level is cited at 25 percent, listing absentees Wilson 57, Junior High 58, Robert E Lee 19, and High School 64.
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Childress
Sent. J. W Hamilton
Wilson
Junior Hich
Robert FE Lee
WWI Veterans Plan Evening Meeting at Veteran's Building
World War I veterans scheduled to gather at 7 30 pm tonight at the Veteran's Building for a community meeting and remembrance event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WWI
Veteran's Building
Top Secret U S China Talks On Vietnam Peace Moves
U S and Red Chinese diplomats held a session described as top secret lasting over two hours. The talks may have offered the United States insights into Peking's stance on recent Vietnam peace moves.
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Warsaw
UPI
United States
Peking
Vietnam
Anti-American whispering campaign sparks farmer raid in Da Nang
Police raided the Da Nang farmers market and arrested about 160 peasants accused of conducting an anti American whispering campaign. An American security official warned that the area, once a hotbed of anti Saigon sentiment, is rumbling again with discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DA Nang
Vietnam
UPI
Jimmie Rodgers alleges rough treatment by off duty officer
Folk singer Jimmie Rodgers 34 says he was worked over by an off-duty police officer who stopped his car on December 1 according to the Los Angeles Times. He has had two emergency brain surgeries for a near fatal skull fracture and faces a third in about six months. A separate Miami report: Ike Macy 65, a socially prominent tennis player, was slain in a gun battle with bandits who broke into his $50 000 home and assaulted his wife.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Jimmie Rodgers
Los Angeles Times
Rodgers
Miami
Ike Macy
Surveyor 7 in line for second midcourse maneuver
Pasadena California UPI reports scientists prepare for a possible second midcourse maneuver tonight for Surveyor 7 America's 28th and last unmanned moon probe racing toward its target in the jagged lunar highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Lunar
City Council to Meet Tonight at City Hall
The City Council will hold a session at 7 30 p m tonight at City Hall to discuss local issues and public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
Nixon Faces Test as Primaries Shape 1968 Nomination
Washington Window discusses how write in votes and ballot presence affect 1968 race. McCarthy argues for 25 to 40 percent in New Hampshire on March 12 while Nixon, though unannounced, campaigns with his name on ballots. Romney remains a weak rival yet crucial in early contests.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
New Hampshire
McCarthy
New Hamphire
Henry Lodge
Barry M. Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
New Bedagen Nebraska
Romney
Forty four children receive measles vaccine at Sunday clinic
Forty four children aged one to nine who never had measles were immunized at a free measles clinic Sunday afternoon at J J Rhoads School sponsored by the Northwest Testament Club. The event was a makeup clinic for those who missed the September 10 session.
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J. J. Rhoads
Nw Testament Club
Bob Clanton
FE. 1
Bolden
Mines
C C. Starks
X. L Ellison
Willie Mae Phillips
Darlene Nickerson
Barbara Alexander
Migrant Health Service Office
JT Wastenburg
Infant son killed in auto crash near Stuttgart
The infant son of US Army couple Lance Arruda and Loretta Arruda from Moon in Hawaii died Thursday in a car accident near Stuttgart. The parents were injured, and the Army disclosed the tragedy Saturday.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Moonmat View
Hawaii
Vance Arruda
Loretta
Lance Jr
Basketball Volunteers Sought to Run Winter Program
Coordinator WL Fikman announces need for ten volunteers and players to start the winter basketball program. Two for the Shet and Leaone, four for the Power Teame, and four for the Raginners Teaone. More players are needed in the Pony League. Volunteers are needed by Saturday to begin.
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WL. Fikman
Shet
Power
Raginners Teaone
Eikman
Red River Sportsmen Club Meeting Tonight
The Red River Sportsmen Club will meet at 7 30 am tonight at West Texas Utilities.
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Red River Sportsmen
West Texas Utilities
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Mattie Heath
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Jordan River
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Tex
UPD
Harold Wilson
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