U S Raiders Hit Tay Ninh as Communists Press Drive
U S B52 bombers dropped nearly 900 tons in Tay Ninh region while Allied forces engaged in heavy fighting around Tay Ninh city. Officials reported 168 Communists killed and 19 Americans dead as battles spread from the northern plains to the Mekong Delta. civilians suffered 10 dead and 22 seriously wounded with hundreds homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Tay Ninh
Mekong
UPI
Kate
Webb
Summit Provides US SVN More Unity At Talks
The Midway summit linked Nixon and Thieu strengthens the U S South Vietnam front at the Paris talks. An official readout notes troop reductions and cautious optimism as battles kill North Vietnamese near Trang Bang while U S forces sustain minor casualties.
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SVN
Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
San Clementa
Calif
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
Nguyen
U S forces clash as 168 Communists killed in Tay Ninh
Allied spokesmen said 168 Communists were killed in Tay Ninh province in Monday battles. The largest clash saw 51 North Vietnamese troops killed by U S 25th Infantry Division units 11 miles east of the provincial capital after a Communist grenade struck a patrol column.
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1St Infantry Division
Trang Bang
Saigon
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Patman asks Nixon to curb banks over rate hike
Rep. Wright Patman urges President Nixon to act as banks across the nation lift prime lending from 7.5 to 8.5 percent. He warns higher rates will raise borrowing costs for homes and cars and push up consumer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Posner
Washington
UPI
Congressional
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Patman
Sixth Girl Found Slain in Ann Arbor
A pretty brunette in a striped coat was shot stabbed and raped before her killer left her in a cold spring rain. She is the sixth young woman slain in the University of Michigan area in two years. Authorities describe similarities with prior cases and seek identity and clues as the morgue holds the victim.
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Jane K. Denison
Ann Arbor, Mich
UPI
Washtenaw County
Douglas Harvey
University of Michigan
Detroit
Harvey
US to spend over a thousand per soldier for SVN aid
Defense officials outline a plan to spend more than 1000 dollars per soldier next year to equip the South Vietnamese army. US support forces including jets and helicopters will remain available as South Vietnamese troops take over fighting duties. The first 25000-man withdrawal will be heavily weighted toward Army and Marine units with no Air Force or Navy personnel included. The target withdrawal date is early August with review thereafter.
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Darren Garwood Washington
UPI
United States
South
Defense
Melvin R Waird
Nixon
Midway
Laird
Young Doug Musgrove Seeks Texas Junior Trap Title
Douglas Musgrove 14, son of Mr and Mrs Wade Musgrove, aims for the Texas State Junior Championship in Louisville near Dallas this Thursday through Saturday. He has won all 10 junior traps entered this year including Panhandle and Wichita titles, shot a Remington 1100 12 gauge, and recently scored 99 of 100 in Wichita Falls while winning the handicap against 67 competitors.
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Douglas Musgrove
Wade Musgrove
Texas
Louiseville
Dallas
Doug
Amarillo
Wichita
Altus
Wichita Falls
Louisville
Single Tree Gun Club
County Votes To Share In Ambulance Costs
Childress County will participate in the Childress Ambulance Service as requested by the City Council, it was voted at yesterday's Commissioners Court meeting. The bond of Charles Mashburn as an independent weigher was approved. Bills were ordered paid and reports approved.
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Childress County
Childress
Commissioners Court
Charles Mashburn
Indictments Returned by Childress County Grand Jury
The Childress County Grand Jury returned two indictments yesterday. Lester Washington Crompton faced driving while intoxicated second offense and Gerald Everett Bates was indicted for theft over $50. Both men remain jailed and may be tried this week. A divorce between Mickey Hightower and Pat Hightower was granted.
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Childress County
Lester Washington Crompton
Gerald Everett Bates
Mickey Hightower
Pat Hightower
Labor Industry Fight Wage-Price Controls
Labor groups led by the AFL-CIO and a broad bloc of industrial leaders oppose wage-price controls to curb inflation. The Nixon administration reported a growing minority of businessmen backing controls, but major labor and business leaders remain against such measures. Arch N. Booth of the Chamber of Commerce reiterates opposition.
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Frank Swoboda
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Afl-Cio
Chamber of Commerce
Arch N. Booth
Chamber
Turn
LABOR
Price increases hit Czechs as cars become unaffordable
Prague reports new price hikes effective today raising the cost of a basic car for the average wage earner to four years of work, up from two and a half. The Communist government also boosts resale taxes up to sixtyfold to curb speculation and drain inflationary pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon G. Amstutz
Prague
UPI
Hospital Bond Issue Read In Detail
Bond consultant Jack Gray read the Childress General Hospital bond issue at the board meeting to enable HUD funding. Eight hundred thousand dollars in bonds would be printed but not issued unless needed, and the hiring of an engineer for the new building was postponed to the next meeting.
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Childress General Hospital
Jack Gray
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mexia Killer Admits Second Girl's Slaying
Carlos Don Stultz confessed to the August slaying of 11 year old Kathy Jones in Grand Prairie and faces Dallas County murder charges for Karen Kubat, the Mexia High baton twirler stabbed in her home. He is also the prime suspect in Barbara Ann Bryan's October death in Dallas.
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Groesbeck
Tex
UPI
Carlos Don Stultz
Grand Prairie
C. R. Roberts
Limestone County
Stultz
Karen Lyn Kubat
Dallas
Bill Decker
Barbara Ann Bryan
Trinity River
Roberts
Dallas County
Conner Spivey
Kathy Jones
Kathy
Mexia High School
May continue income tax experiment in New Jersey
Nixon administration moves to approve a second year of a three year 4.5 million negative income tax experiment in three New Jersey cities. The decision aligns with Nixon poverty program goals and the OEO role as an incubator for new aid programs.
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Arnold B.sawislak
Washington
UPI
Nixon
New Jersey
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Disappearance of Mary Mount Stuns New Canaan Community
Police chief Henry Keller, unable to sleep, patrols New Canaan streets after 10 year old Mary K Mount vanished from Kiwanis Park on May 27. The close knit town mourns as investigators search for clues 15 days into the case while residents offer prayers and support.
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James V. Healion
New Canaan, Conn
UPI
Henry E. Keller
Mary K. Mount
Keller
Willow Brook Drive
Joseph F. Mount
New Canaan
Mary Mount
New England
Town Hall
Kiwanis Park
Mary
Billy
Lions Club program features Pat Smith and Judy Henderson
Pat Smith and Judy Henderson who sang in the 4 H district contest at Wichita Falls earlier this year presented the noon program at the Lions Club. The program was introduced by Lowell B. Cure, County Agricultural Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Smith
Judy Henderson
Wichita Falls
Lions Club Today
Lowell B. Cure
Two Teachers Hired By School Board In Childress
The Childress School System's Board of Trustees hired Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lance Kitchens for teaching positions, with Mr. Kitchens holding a B S from Tarleton State College and his wife set to graduate from Tarleton in August. Maxwell D. Green of Big Spring was contracted to perform the district’s 1968 69 end of year audit.
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Childress
Board of
Richard Lance Kitchens
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Tarleton
Herold Kitchens
White’s
Maxwell D. Green
Big Spring
W. T. McGann
Vernon
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Headquar
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An Loe
van Thieu
Thieu
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
CWH Manufacturing Company
Ture
Air Field
Ann Arbor
VFW
Veterans Building
CTK
Mexia
Fine Arts Council
Derrill Nippert
Gene Galle
Galle
Lions Club
Masonic Lodge
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