Marines Kill 162 Vietcong Near DMZ in Heavy Battle
U.S. Marines reported 162 North Vietnamese killed after a six hour engagement below the DMZ near Con Thien as another North Vietnamese assault was repelled. American aircrews then conducted 112 missions over North Vietnam and downed a MIG jet before weather cleared.
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Eugene V. Ristie
P. Saigon
UPI
U.S
South Vietnam
Leathernecks
Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Con Thien
4Th Marines
LSD Hoax Haunts Pennsylvania Legal Debate
Harrisburg investigators scramble to untangle the legal implications of a sun blindness hoax tied to LSD. Governor Shafer and Dr. Yoder faced questions as officials corroborate a sensational tale involving six Western Pennsylvania college students and a Pitt affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton W. Siglin
Harrisburg, Pa
UPI
of Pennsylvania
Norman Yoder
Philadelphia
Yoder
Raymond P. Shafer
Louis Alikakos
Philadelphi Psychiatric Center
Yodes
Washington
Pennsylvanai Colegy
Thomas W. Georges, Jr
Shafer
University of Pittsburgh
David Jf. Kurtzman
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pitt
Kurtzman
LBJ Orders Major Cutbacks Across Federal Programs
President Johnson seeks to trim $4.2 billion in highway and related programs and cut overseas staff by 10 percent. The plan includes deferring highway construction, reducing farm credit by about $50 million, and cutting rural electrification and telephone program loans. Authorities warn Congress of rapid belt tightening across government agencies.
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John Lynch
Washington
UPC
Johnson
Federal Highway Construction Fund
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Agriculture Department
Transportation
Alan 3. Boyd
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Lassen Services Set for Emil Lassen in Childress
Funeral services for Emil Lassen 85 retired railroad foreman will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Newberry Funeral Home chapel with Rev Ivan Allen officiating. Interment in Childress Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Thompson two sons Raymond Lassen and Emil Lassen Jr. seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Emil Lassen
Fort Worth & Denver
Newberry Funeral Home
Ivan Allen
New Deal Methodist Church
Lubbock
King Memorial Methodist Church
Childress Cemetery
Harold Camp
Chester Carter
Lloyd Walkup
Harold Wright
C. O Trolinder
R. Q. Meason
Lassen
Childress General Hospital
Dwight
Ill
Childress
Elizabeth Thompson
Wichita Falls
Lutheran Church
Emil Lassen Jr
Albuquerque, N.M
Rites Today in Fort Worth For Leslie Stepp
Leslie Stepp of Fort Worth former resident died Wednesday in Dallas Veterans Hospital. Funeral at 4 p.m. Riverside Church of Christ with burial in a Fort Worth cemetery. Survived by two sons Wade and Michael and a daughter Janet all of Oklahoma City. Nephews and relatives from Childress and Lakeview attend.
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Leslie Stepp
Fort Worth
Wade Stepp
Veteran's Hospital
Dallas
Riverside Church of Christ
Stepp
Wade
Michael
Janet
Oklahoma City
Hugh Stepp
Frank
Homer McMinn
Jan
Childress
J C. Stepp
Lakeview
Alberta Jones Dies Funeral to Be Sunday
Mrs Albert Day Jones 76 died at 603 10th Street Southwest at 6 30 am Funeral services set for 2 pm Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Don Conner and Jimmy Smith Burial at Childress Cemetery Newberry pallbearers include Jake Smith Roy Rogers Matt Seals Preston Shoffner Bent McDearmon and Paul Roger Efird She was born August 18 1891 near Sulphur Bluffs Texas and married H E Jones October 22 1908 Survivors include husband three daughters two sons one sister two brothers 12 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren
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Albert Day Jones
10Th Street
Southwest
Calvary Baptist Church
Don Conner
Jimmy Smith
South Side Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Jake Smith
Roy Rogers
Matt Seals
Preston Shoffner
Bent McDearmon
Paul Roger Efird
Delmer
Clarence Jones
Childress
Minnie Garner
Sulphur Springs
Texas
Claude Day
Antlers
Okla
Bud Day
Hattiesburg
Miss
Surprise Snow and Rain Sweep Texas South Plains
Moisture from rain snow sleet and drizzle persisted across the Texas South Plains with more than eight inches of snow reported in parts. Travel warnings spread from Lubbock to Pecos as several counties faced road closures and stranded travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas South Plains
Timothy
Kerr
Lampasas
San Antonio
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Garza County
Department of Public Safety
Galveston
Gasong
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Wink
Childress
Lubbock
Panhandle
DPS
Ex-American plans to photograph Cuban missile sites
Cuban exile sources accuse Everett Dennis Jackson a 27 year old ex paratrooper living in Miami of attempting to photograph Cuban missile sites after his light plane was shot down off the north coast of Cuba three weeks ago. Exiles say Jackson offered contractors $1000 to $1500 to fly him over Cuba so he could parachute into the interior. Jackson's downed plane was reported December 29 two and a half hours after departing Homestead Airport. FAA
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Matthew Keny
Miami
UPS
Cuba
Everett Dennis Jackson
Jackson
Homestead
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Mansfield Pushes European Troop Cut in Election Year
Sen. Mansfield urges a substantial withdrawal of about 200000 U.S. troops from Europe as a possible answer to the dollar problem. The plan seeks to curb overseas spending and offers an alternative to Johnson's balance of payments package. Hearings expected. action unlikely before the President’s proposals are debated.
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John A. Goldsmith
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Congress
Mansfield
Senate
Pentagon
Spen
J. William D-Ark
Senate Relations Committee
Pacifist Pleads with Enterprise Sailors to Desert Vietnam War
Japanese pacifist Makoto Oda, aboard a small boat near the USS Enterprise, urged sailors by loudspeaker to desert in protest of the Vietnam War but gained no traction. Police blocked a larger demonstration ashore in Sasebo as about 400 protesters clashed with lines and sailors visited bars and cabarets in the Sailor Town district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Daniel Sasebo
Japan
UPI
Makoto Oda
U.S
Sasebo
Oda
Stockholm
Soviet Union
Sweden
Enterprise
Trading day shortened as a market backlog grows
CAPSULE NEW YORK reports the three leading exchanges reduced trading hours by 90 minutes to clear a backlog of paperwork. UPI notes the move aims to help brokerages cope with heavy volume and operational strain.
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New York
UPI
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Wayne McDearmon
Robert E. Lee
Delbert Smith
David Adcockanaide
LBJ
Rites Today
Estelline Pta
Farrar of
Canyon
West Texas State University
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Community Center
Kirkland
Fred Ballard
Floyd Biddy
High Point
L.B. Holman
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College Station
Paris
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Mouston
Lynn County
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Blondie
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