Vietnamese Flame Thrower Raid Posts at Da Nang Outpost
A force of about 100 North Vietnamese attacked a U.S. artillery base 40 miles south of Da Nang, overpowering defenses before being pushed back in hand to hand fighting. The assault left 11 U.S. dead and 32 wounded, with 27 North Vietnamese bodies found inside the camp. S Sgt. William Cruse earned a Silver Star for valor after directing defense despite injuries.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
da Nang
Tam Ky
William Cruse
Live Oak
Fla
Charles M. Gettys
John Borelli
Lawrence
Mass
James Kaholo
Honolulu
Frank Ware
San Francisco
Teens Assist At Satellite Day Care School
Volunteers at Satellite Day Care School plan summer help with morning and afternoon shifts. Teenagers listed by day include Debra Trent Myra Wakefield Genie Allen Carol Mills Joyce Shelton Erin Teague Jill Hazelwood Debbie Carter Mrs Chester Albritton Claudia Park Linda Carmack Susan Shelton Mary Joyce Edrington Cindy Moates Toni Simmons Alana Green Lynna Hawkins Kathryn Dodgen Melba Curtis Nancy Campbell Mrs Chester Albritton Debbie Carter Abigail Buchanan Jenny Bradford Debra Trent Myra Wakefield Toni Simmons Debbie Wilhite Melissa Lindsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Trent
Myra Wakefield
Genie Allen
Carol Mills
Joyce Shelton
Erin Teague
Jill Hazelwood
Debbie Carter
Chester Albritton
Claudia Park
Linda Carmack
Susan Shelton
Mary Joyce Edrington
Cindy Moates
Toni Simmons
Alana Green
Lynna Hawkins
Kathryn Dodgen
Melba Curtis
Nancy Campbell
Abigail Buchanan
Jenny Bradford
Debbie Wilhite
Melissa Lindsay
Charles Christy
Christy
Hazelwood
Childress Center
Inside Look At Mafia Released To Public
Justice Department released 13 volumes of wire tapped Mafia dialogues detailing racketeering and invasion of legitimate business. Conversations at The Bar Mountainside New Jersey show calls for clean killings and bribing officials amid Cosa Nostra indictments. No damage reported from a Farmers Co op gin trash fire caused by truck exhaust ignition.
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Richard Stern
Newark
UPI
Justice Department
Cosa Nostra
FBI
Mountainside
N.J
Angelo
the Gyp
Decarlo
Farmers Co-op
New Plan Aims to End Farm Support Headaches
A UPI report describes a long range plan to buy 20 year crop easements on 353000 marginal farms covering 73500000 acres. Sponsors say it could save the government 20 billion over a decade and raise 1975 net farm income above 1967 levels while phasing out direct payments and production controls.
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U.S. Pat
Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Estelline Rites Today For Mrs H S Parnell
Funeral services for Mrs. H S Parnell 91 of Lubbock are set for 2 p m today at Estelline Church of Christ with Lynn Wolf officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Memphis. Mrs Parnell died Monday in a Lubbock nursing home. She was born in Berry County Illinois and moved to Hall County in 1906 then to Lubbock five years ago. She belonged to the Church of Christ and the Rebekah Lodge. Survivors include sons James of Lubbock John and Joe of Vista California Jack of Paducah and Gordon of Borger. daughters Ruthie Stewart of Gilmer Ruby Hansen of Thousand Oaks Calif Sadie Morrow and Jewel Hanson of Van Nuys Calif and Clara Corley of Dallas. 27 grandchildren 63 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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H. S. Parnell
Lubbock
Hall County
Estelline Church of Christ
Lynn Wolf
Fairview
Memphis
Parnell
Berry County
Ill
Church of
Tornado Strikes Plainview Injuring 18. 200 Homes Damaged
A tornado hit Plainview Texas injuring 18 people and damaging about 200 homes. DPS reports no serious injuries as windows, roofs, and a shopping center suffered destruction. Driving debris caused many injuries. heavy rain and hail also occurred in the South Plains outbreak.
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Plainview
United Press International
Texas
South Plains
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Stortford
Stenvig Wins Minneapolis Mayor Election on Law and Order
Police detective and independent candidate Charles Stenvig defeats Republican Alderman Dan Cohen by about two to one. Stenvig vows to restore order in a city with limited racial trouble, stating he will not let the voters down and aims to fulfill his campaign pledge.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Charles Stenvig
Stenvig
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dan Cohen
Nixon
Harold le Vander
Gerard Hegstrom
Democratic Farmer Labor
Cohen
4 H Horse Club Member Only Playday Friday
A member only playday for the Childress County 4 H Horse Club will be at 7 30 p m Friday in Old Settlers Arena. Ralph Howe Seymour rancher an AQHA approved judge will oversee events in western pleasure reining pole bending and barrel racing.
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Old Settlers
Childress County
Lowell B. Cure
Ralph Howe
Seymour Rancher
American Quarter Horse Association
Cambodia to Re establish US Diplomatic Ties
Cambodia announced it would re establish diplomatic relations with the United States by exchanging charge d affaires and would sever ties with West Germany while declining Bonn aid. Prince Sihanouk, who recently allied with East Germany, said the move comes after U S recognition of Cambodia's borders was not met.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Cambodia
United States
Vietnam
West Germany
Bonn
Norodom Sihanouk
East Germany
Washington
U.S
U.S. State Department
Sihanouk
Saigon
Service Stations Branching Out in New Lines
W L Dub Eikman told the Rotary Club at noon that service stations are expanding beyond fuel and repair as competition from non service outlets grows. He cites radiator service as a current specialty. Perfect attendance pens were awarded to Dr. Grover Fox for 37 years and Dr. Jack Fox for 11 years. Attendees included Clyde Drake of Wellington Lucien Shaw of Los Angeles with guests James Richardson Wellington Ken W Fink Elmo Knightstep of Lubbock J D Comer Wellington Heavell Scales and Keith Dishman.
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W. L
Dub
Wellington
Ken W. Fink
Elmo Knightstep
Lubbock
J. D. Comer
Heavell Scales
Keith Dishman
Viet Cong Provisional Government Declared in South Vietnam
The Viet Cong announces a provisional revolutionary government in South Vietnam and claims allied authority to represent the people at the Paris talks. Thieu denounces the move as a Hanoi propaganda stunt while Algeria recognizes the new regime.
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Paris
UPS
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Saigon
George Libera
UPI
South
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Provisional Government
Hanoi
Tran Buu Kiem
Thieu
Viet Cong Radio Today
Nguyen Thi Binh
Governor Fears Late Bills Deemed Illegal
Gov. Preston Smith questioned the constitutionality of 37 bills delivered seven days after adjournment. He said they were not signed in the presence of Lt. Gov. Barnes and Speaker Mutscher, and may require the attorney general’s opinion. He warned of potential constitutional issues and cited a 20 day review period.
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Austin
UPI
Preston Smith
Smith
Ben Barnes
Gus F. Mutscher
Wheat crop nearing completion in Kirkland and Childress
The Kirkland area wheat crop is about 95 percent complete while Childress is around 75 to 80 percent. Buyers have purchased over 312 cars at four spots, two in Kirkland and two in Childress. The 1969 crop per acre is running slightly ahead of 1968.
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Kirkland
Childress
Reds Claim Soviet Forces Invaded Sinkiang Province
Communist China accused Soviet troops crossing the northwestern border near Lop Nor and the Dzungarian Basin during a nighttime engagement that continued into the next day. Peking Radio reported dozens of Russian soldiers were involved in the incursion.
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Sinkiang Province
Hong Kong
UPI
China
Peking Radio
Lop Nor
Dzungarian
Teenagers Ignite Fatal Parkersburg Family Blaze
Susan Bailey, 15, and her 13-year-old brother Roger allegedly set a fire that killed 12 Baileys in a tarpaper house rented for 65 dollars a month. Police say they used gasoline to ignite the blaze, which devastated the family two weeks before the funeral.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Susan Bailey
Parkersburg Cemetery
Baileys
Susan
Roger
Wood County
Detroit Officer Cleared in 1967 Algiers Motel Killing
A white jury acquitted Detroit police officer Ronald W. August of first degree murder in the July 26 1967 shotgun slaying of Auburey Pollard 19 at the Algiers Motel Manor Annex during the 1967 Detroit riots. Police and National Guard had swept the building searching for snipers and left the bodies of Pollard Temple 18 and Cooper 17.
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Detroit
Mason
Mich
UPI
Algiers Motel
Marvelous
Ronald W. August
Auburey Pollard
Manor Annex
National Guard
Pollard
Fred Temple
Carl Cooper
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Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Galloway Calhoun
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