Mass surrender of Viet Cong near Saigon ends major battle
A unit of 121 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops surrendered near Gia Linh three miles northeast of Saigon after three days of fighting with South Vietnamese marines. 57 of the defectors were hardline North Vietnamese. The surrender ends the last major Viet Cong presence in the Saigon area, with 50 plus casualties among the attackers.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Maj
Tasman Budd
San Diego
Calif
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Gia Linh
Supreme Court 1967 68 Term Advances Negro Rights Police Powers
The term underscored Negro rights in housing and education while granting police victories. It banned racial discrimination in housing sales and rentals and rejected broad free speech challenges to draft card burning while upholding police stops and frisks with proper orders. The court also upheld New York textbook loans, allowed union picketing in private malls, and expanded one man one vote to local governments, shaping welfare, obscenity, and capital punishment rulings.
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Supreme Court
UPI
Charlotte
G. Moulton Washington
South
Cour
Mississippi
New York
Thurgood Marshall
U.S
Johnson
Alabama
Texas
Federal
Communicaton Commission
Coaches Team Sets Practice After Little Reeve Game
Bennie Hawkins announced a practice session for the King Baseball Coaches' Team. The session will be held Wednesday in Major League Park following the Little Reeve game.
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King Baseball Coaches
Major League Park
Little Reeve
Bennie Hawkins
Liquor Bill Moves Through Texas House to Senate
The Texas House gave tentative approval to a liquor by the drink bill after a marathon debate and 76-71 vote. The measure now awaits third reading before going to the Senate, as the House also maneuvers a 133.8 million dollar fiscal 1969 appropriations bill with added tax provisions.
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Roland Lindsey Austin
UPI
House
Senate
Texas Liquor Control Board
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. R. H. Cory
Victoria
TLCB
Cory
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. A. M. Aiken
Paris
Panhandle Hot Coast Gets More Rain
Gulf Coast moisture formed thunderstorms Monday soaking Corpus Christi area with up to 4 inches, peaking at 3.5 inches near Tilden. Lightning struck oil storage tanks causing a small blaze and fumes but no damage. Tornado near Chireno caused minor damage. storms dropped up to 1.25 inches in half an hour. Rainfall totals across major cities varied with 1.58 inches in Cotulla and heavy rain elsewhere.
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United Press International
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Tilden
Gulf
Chireno
Nacogdoches
Texas
Alpine
Cotulla
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Brownsville
College Station
Lufkin
McAllen
San Angelo
Amarillo Rites For Ilma Buck
Mrs. Ilma Buck 67 of 1006 J Northwest died Monday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Funeral Wednesday at 10 in the Schooler Gordon Colonial Chapel Amarillo with Rev. Carlos McLeod officiating. Burial at Llano Cemetery. Survived by husband Sylvester four daughters two in Lubbock Fort Worth Amarillo a sister and a brother and eight grandchildren.
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Ilma Buck
J Northwest
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Lubbock
Schooler - Gordon Colonial Chanel
Amarillo
Carlos McLeod
San Jacinto Baptist Church
Llano
Colonial Nursing Home
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Calvary Baptist Church
Sylvester
Dub Grissom
Fort Worth
George Reines
Bill Jordan
Sterling Allsup
Tina Nave
Gaily Davis
Houston
Fire Destroys Home on Northwest Street
Fire department responded to a 2:50 p.m. Monday blaze at 12 09 J Northwest. A short in an Ith oning left only smoke damage. The homeowner’s identity was not determined.
Ima J. Calkins among first to use Medicare benefits
Mrs Ima J Calkins of Childress becomes one of the first Americans to receive hospital and medical services under Medicare She underwent major heart valve repair after enrolling in both parts of Medicare and praised the coverage for hospital costs and doctor bills during a 31 day hospitalization
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Ima J. Calkins
Calkins
Childress
Agriculture Program Presented to Lions Club by Agent Cure
County Agricultural Agent Lowell Cure presented an agriculture program to the Lions Club at noon. He explained a county plan covering education in agriculture and extension service work with adults and youth, plus results demonstrations and cooperation with 4H and agri business.
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Lions Club Today
Lowell Cure
Cure
Gordon Gravley
Graviey
Dick Preston
Lions International Convetion
Dallas
County City Invited To Join Nortex Regional Planning Commission
County and City were invited to join the Nortex Regional Planning Commission by Executive Director Ed Daniel and assistant Bob Mowery at a joint City Council and County Court meeting. No action was taken due to lack of quorum as four counties Wichita Clay Archer and Young headquarter in Wichita Falls.
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Childress
Childress County
Nortex Regional Planning Commission
Ed Daniel
Bob Mowery
Court
Nortex
Wichita
Clay
Archer
Young
Wichita Falls
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Daniel
Council of Governments
Regional Planning Commission
Court Decision May Cause Drop In Welfare Pay
Texas welfare chief Buron Hackney says a Supreme Court ruling ending the substitute father rule could add about 4,000 families to welfare rolls and trigger a 5 percent cut in payments. If 20,000 more children join, the average aid could fall from 135 to 115 dollars per month for about 29,000 current recipients.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Burton Hackney
Supreme Court
Hackney
Alabama
District of Columbia
Ambulance Contract Awarded to Troy Collins in Childress
Troy Collins won the bid to operate Childress ambulance service at 725 dollars per month. The county hospital district and city share costs equally at one third each, with operation starting July 1 for one year. The council also discussed bids to paint a control tower and approved state tax measures and a wholesale sales ban proposal. The 62 well pump was reset after rewiring, at about 1000 dollars. Water from the well serves Carey and the Country Club. Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority oversees the well.
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Troy Collins
Childress
Collins
Anl
Collings
FAA
Staa
Air Ield
Carey
Country Club
Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority
Two Treated For Injuries After Two-Car Wreck
Mrs. Sarah C. Trimble and daughter Sara Jean of Utah were treated for minor injuries at Childress General Hospital after a two car collision on US 287 five miles west of the city. Delbert Ray Garrett of Carey attempted a turn from the 287 detour onto Loop 328 and collided with Robert F. Trimble who was southbound on 287, causing $500 damage to the Garrett car and $1,200 to the Trimble car. Trimble is in the military service and was en route from Ogden to Alexandria, Virginia.
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Sarah C. Trimble
Sara Jean
Utah
Childress General Hospital
US 287
Delbert Ray Garrett
Carey
287
Loop 328
Robert F. Trimble
Trimble
Garrett
Bob Richardson
Ogden
Alexandria
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Marine
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Tass
Hanoi
Haiphong
Vinh
Charles Bentley
Richardmond
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Hobart
Marshall
Congress
Poor People’s Campaign
Ilma
Lions Club
Col
Roger Garrison
Lion LeRoy Garrison
Alan McNally
Memphis
Here
Charles Meisner
Planning Commission
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