Cavalry Ends Biggest Battle Of The War
U S heavy artillery, machine gunning helicopters, and cluster bombs pounded a jungle area as U S 1st Air Cavalry Division and South Vietnamese forces moved in after a two day stand. Paratroopers fought out to safety with heavy losses, while B 52 strikes and armored units targeted central highlands near Saigon.
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Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Saigon
Highway 13
Col
Ashley Guilty But No Punishment Is Given
A district court jury found Leslie Douglas Ashley guilty of murdering real estate man Fred Tones during a sex party. The panel could not agree on punishment, prompting a fresh round of deliberations after an overnight recess. The jury deliberated six and a half hours for verdict and four hours for penalty before a deadlock was declared.
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Kyle Thompson
United Press International
Gatesville, Tex
UPI
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Houston
Fred Tones
Ashley
Truman Roberts
Howard B. Franks
Ashley Ashley
Tones
Lloyd Lunsford
Dist
Byron McClelland
16 Boy Scouts Missing in Big Bend Park
A large search for 16 Hobbs New Mexico scouts missing in Big Bend National Park intensified after equipment and a canoe were found on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande south of Mariscal Canyon. DPS, Border Patrol, and Texas Rangers joined the aerial search as thunderstorms and heavy rains lashed the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boquillas, Tex
Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande
Hobbs
N. M
Castelon
Tex
Boquillas
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Mariscal Canyon
Lady Bird Johnson
Big Bend
Border Patrol
Texas Rangers
Concession Stand Break-In Reported at Drive-In Theatre
The Drive-In Theatre concession stand west of town was broken into Friday night. Police say coins from a cigarette machine, likely cigarettes and candy, were taken. The sheriff's department is investigating.
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Sheriff's Department
Actor Wallace Ford Dies at 67 in California
English born actor Wallace Ford, who played character roles in more than 150 films, died Saturday at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills California. He was 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Hills
Calif
Wallace Ford
Miss Rita Keel Crowned Miss Childress at Pageant
Miss Rita Keel named Miss Childress at a pageant last night. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Keel of Carey and plans to attend Texas Tech. First Runner-Up Barbara Clements is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Clements. Second Runner-Up Jane Ragsdale is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ragsdale.
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Rita Keel
L. V. Keel
Carey
Texas Tech
Barbara Clements
A. L. Clements
Jane Ragsdale
Jim Ragsdale
Tornadic Thunderstorm Lashes Lubbock Texas Plains
Lubbock officials estimate about 1 million dollars in structural damage from a severe storm that featured tornado funnels seen by residents though not officially classified as a tornado by the Weather Bureau. A tornado also struck a barn near Abernathy injuring two men. Hail as big as golf balls piled up and 86 mph winds unroofed buildings and knocked out power across town.
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ED Delong
United Press International
Abernathy
Jimmy Waits
Stanley Waits
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Santa Rosa Cooperative Secures $898000 REA Loan
An $898,000 REA loan was approved for the Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative in Vernon. The service area includes Tell, Cee Wee and Kirkland. The project will eliminate eight party lines, build a new dial office, modernize dial facilities, and construct 171 miles of new line, announced by Congressman Walter Rogers.
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Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative
Vernon
Santa Rosa
Tell
Cee Wee
Kirkland
Walter Rogers
Pony Express Stunt Seeks Faster Mail, Kupferman Says
Rep. Theodore Kupferman rode a pony named Chief through New York to deliver 50 newsletters from Upper Faust Side to a Midtown office to prove Pony Express could beat modern mail. He blamed Postmaster General Lawrence OBrien for politics and praised faster delivery, while City Parks Commissioner Thomas Hoving observed.
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Robert E. Sullivan
United Press International New York
UPI
Theodore Kupferman
R-N.y
Teddy Roosevelt
Pony Express
Faust Side
Kupferman
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
Robert K. Christenberry
Lawrence O'Brien
Warner Bros
O'Brien
Thomas Hoving
Central Park
Man In Hospital But Frankie Didn't Do It
Beverly Hills California UPI reports a man, Frederick E Weisman, 54, brother in law of Norton Simon, is in serious condition after a skull fracture suffered in a fracas with Frank Sinatra at the Polo Lounge Beverly Hills Hotel during Dean Martin’s birthday party. Weisman showed some improvement after brain surgery and on Saturday was semi conscious and able to recognize his doctor. Police investigation continues with no charges filed at this time and a witness supported Sinatra’s account that Weisman struck Sinatra first.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Frederick E Weisman
Norton Simon
Weisman
Sinatra
Polo Lounge
Beverly Hills Hotel
Dean Martin
Clinton Hi. Anderson
Dam Worth Seeing Work on Dam Across Salt Fork
Dr S H Townsend president of the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority calls the dam project across Salt Fork of Red River "something to see." He urges visiting the site when machinery operates daily except weekend, five miles north of Clarendon on State Highway 70.
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Salt Fork
Red River
S. H. Townsend
Townsend
Greenbelt Municipal andIndustrial Water Authority
Clarendon
Miss Diane Veale Named to Dean's List at Tech
Diane Veale daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur T Veale earned a 3.4 grade average in the spring semester at Texas Tech. She is an elementary education major and will be a senior this year at Tech.
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Diane Veale
Texas Tech
Arthur T. Veale
Tech
Gene Clements Heads to Boys State in Austin
Gene Clements departed Saturday for Boys State at the University of Texas in Austin. He represents the American Legion and is the son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Scotty Clements. Boys State will convene through June 18.
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Gene Clements
Boys’ State
University of Texas In
Austin
Gene
American Legion
Glenn
Scotty) Clements
Old Settlers Directors Meet in Childress County
The Childress County Old Settlers Association directors will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in City Hall. W. E. Helms, president, said plans for the 1966 founding observance will be discussed. He noted slow progress on Rodeo Arena at Fair Park but expects completion by July and that 1,200 people will be fed at the barbecue. registration is $1.
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Childress County
Old Settlers Association
W. E. Helms
Childress
Fair Park
Helms
Public Invited VFW Meeting This Tuesday Evening
The public is invited to a VFW meeting at 7 30 p m on Tuesday in the Veterans Building. A 100 high block of something won by Johnny Robinson.
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VFW
Ioo
Hig Bloc Ogi
Byohnny Robinson
Reagan outlines grass roots plan to win California governor
Ronald Reagan presents a party unity strategy aimed at defeating Democrat Edmund G. Brown in November. He emphasizes winning individuals rather than blocs, avoids special interest appeals, and plans talks with GOP leaders in Washington to push his statewide campaign.
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Joseph A. Stamant
United Press International Pacific
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
United Press International
Brown
California
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Pacific Ocean
Republican Party
John
Washington, D.C
Sen
George Murphy
R-Calif
Murphy
Screen Actors Guild
Washington
Surplus Commodities Distribution This Week
Surplus commodities will be distributed this Wednesday along Gear Avenue and North Applicants are asked to bring their cat for verification and pickup.
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Gear
North
Sanity Hearing For Ruby Set For Monday
Dallas reports Judge Louis Holland ordered Jack Ruby to face a sanity trial on Monday despite defense objections. Ruby, 55, was convicted in 1964 for the Oswald murder and sentenced to death amid an ongoing appeal and claims of insanity from family members.
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Dallas
UPS
Jack Ruby
Louis Holland
Ruby
Eva L. Grant
Holland
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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