Turncoat helps lead major Vietnam victories and deaths
UPI reports American troops aided by a defected Communist lieutenant and South Vietnamese Marines scored two large victories piling up 680 enemy dead. Air Force and Navy strikes hit four oil installations north of Hanoi and large Viet Cong concentrations near Tuy Hoa. American casualties fell while enemy losses rose as Buddhist headquarters in Saigon were seized amid ongoing combat near the DMZ.
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Bryce Miller
Saigon
UPI
Theer
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
U S
Robert Ibrahim
1St Corps
Quang Tri
North
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Leon Daniel
Lubbock Guilty Of Area's Worst Pollution
The Texas Water Pollution Control Board will review a Parks and Wildlife report charging Lubbock with West Texas South Plains area’s worst pollution. It cites a city dump on the North Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River and sewer drains as urgent problems.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
Lubbock
Parks and Wildlife Department
Buffalo Springs Lake
Parks and Wildlife
Brazos River
Pollution Board
Three Juveniles Arrested For Theft At Fair Park
Three youths, two aged 15 and one 17, are jailed for allegedly stealing four purses from a parked car at Fair Park Friday night. Police say the suspects also took eight or nine quarts of chocolate milk and nine gallons of ice cream from a Plains Milk truck. Purses belonged to Rita eel, Candy Howard and Sau ra Mills. Hearing set for 10 a.m. Friday before County Judge Donald Black in Juvenile Court.
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Fair Park
Plains
Rita Eel
Candy Howard
Saura Mills
Donald Black
Buddhist Headquarters In Saigon Is Captured
Government troops seized the National Buddhist headquarters in Saigon with bayonets drawn arresting 109 youths and a suspected killer. Thich Tam Chau condemned Premier Ky for actions on sacred grounds as unrest waned. Police also killed a deserter and terrorists on Saigon streets amid wage strikes by 9000 Vietnamese workers on major projects.
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Saigon
Richard H. Growald
United Press International Saigon
UPI
Thich Tam Chau
Vien Hoa Dao
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
U.S
Viet Nam
Raymond International
New York
Morrison-Knudsen International
Boise
Idaho
Brown
Ecumenical Movement Condemned by Baptist Leader
Rev. I D B D Riddick denounces the ecumenical movement as satanic and a threat to gospel truth. At the American Baptist Association convention in Houston delegates back a resolution warning it could absorb Protestantism into Roman Catholicism and declare it apostate. A second resolution urges the Supreme Court to uphold church state separation and caution on rulings that could invite state involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Riddick
American Baptist Association
Hamilton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Farmhouse Destroyed by Early Morning Fire Near Childress
A barn style farmhouse owned by Tom Preston located three miles south of Childress on US 83 was destroyed by fire at 3:15 a.m. today per the local fire department.
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Tom Preston
Childress
US 83
Tomato Rot House Marks First Year Of Greenhouse Tomato Growth
Johnny and Mrs. Hargrave report a successful first year raising tomatoes in their backyard greenhouse at 611 Avenue S NW. They grow Manapal Spartan Red-8 and Flor del varieties on 28 to 30 foot vines in a 26 by 90 foot space with winter temperatures kept around 50 to 85 degrees. About 550 plants produced one three and a half pound tomato this year, with plans for 800 plants next crop and use of CO2 to boost growth.
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Johnny Hargrave
Avenue S
Hargraves
Flordel
Florida
Childress
Permit Issued To Build New Nursing Home
A building permit for a 60 bed nursing home between 16th and 17th Streets on Avenue G NW was issued to Joe Morgan of Vernon by City Manager Louis Sally. The project for Taylor Nursing Homes of Vernon carries a $94 000 permit and an estimated total cost near $175 000 with construction to start immediately. Taylor Nursing Homes operates two Vernon facilities and locations in Wichita Falls and Alstus Oklahoma.
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16Th
17Th Streets
Avenue G
Louis Sally
Joe Morgan
Vernon
Taylor Nursing Homes
Wichita Falls
Alstus
Okla
Oroville man begins duties as associate minister in Childress
STAN HARBOUR, 23, of Oroville Calif begins his duties Sunday as associate minister song leader and youth director in the Church of Christ in Childress. Harbour attended Columbia Christian College Portland Ore and graduated 1966 from Abilene Christian College Abilene with a BA in Bible and History minor. He has worked in churches at Cisco Abilene ToHoka and Oberlin Kans while attending school. He is unmarried and resides at 201 Ave F Southeast.
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Stan Harbour
Oroville
Calif
Church of Christ
Childress
Harbour
Columbia Christian College
Portland
Ore
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Cisco
Tohoka
Oberlin
Kans
Ave. F
Southeast
Jaycees Sponsor Miss Compton In Beauty Contest
Miss Pat Compton has entered Miss Grain Sorghum Contest to be held July 5-6 in Dimmitt. The Jaycees announced sponsorship during today's meeting. Cherri and Anne Rapp of Estelline will be sponsored in the Jaycee Tennis Tournament in Lubbock July 9-11. Letters of appreciation were read from Judy Smith and the Chamber of Commerce. Stewart Reeves was appointed Jaycee secretary. Herbert Sanger of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, was a guest.
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Pat Compton
Dimmitt
Jaycee
Cherri
Anne Rapp
Estelline
Lubbock
Judy Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart Reeves
Herb Sanger
Milton-Freewater
Ore
Cuban Athletes asylum hoax spreads in Puerto Rico
UPI reports that claims of 12 Cuban girl athletes seeking asylum in the United States were likely a clever hoax. Immigrant officials briefly appeared to confirm processing plans before officials dismissed the story as fraudulent. The tale began with bus driver Reinaldo Feliciano, tied to a Cuban team at the Caribbean Olympics, and spread via chaotic reports in San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Whelan
United Press International
San Juan, P.R
UPI
U.S
William T. McConarty
Reinaldo Feliciano
Feliciano
San Juan
Reds Seek Independent Leftist Run For White House In 1969
The Communist Party delegates in New York planned a bold strategy to insert insanity into Vietnam policy and enter mainstream politics. Gus Hall urged a popular front with the peace and civil rights movements to defeat President Johnson and his Republican successor, signaling a push for an independent leftist candidate in 1969.
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White House
Communist Party
Gus Hall
Hall
America
Peace Movement
Johnson
Repub
4-H Garment Judging Held in Courthouse
4-H garment judging occurred Wednesday in the courthouse and the students will model their outfits again at 7 15 p.m. Monday in Fair Park Auditorium for the Annual Dress Review. Winners and awards will follow. Participants include Levene Mullins Mary Dee Meinzer Jo Carole Felton Connie Trent Pat Smith Judy Henderson Debra Trent Edonna Barber Julia Downing Vicki Mullins Paula Parr Merrie Sue Biggers Debra Hightower Sabra Biggers and guest Kay Foster of Seoul Korea. The event closes the Annual County 4-H Camp and the public is invited.
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Fair Park
Levene Mullins
Mary Dee Meinzer
Jo Carole Felton
Connie Trent
Pat Smith
Judy Henderson
Debra Trent
Edonna Barber
Julia Downing
Vicki Mullins
Paula Parr
Merrie Sue Biggers
Debra Hightower
Sabra Biggers
Kay Foster
Seoul
Korea
Weather forecast for South Texas region remains mostly clear
The upper part of the state is clear as cloud cover and fog linger in South Texas. Forecasts expect partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through Friday with scattered thunder showers in parts of the area.
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United Press International
South
Texas
Draft director urges lower standards to widen pool
Selective Service director Lewis B. Hershey urged expanding the draft pool by easing physical educational and moral requirements. He suggested studying older volunteers beyond 26 and said minor misdemeanors should not bar service, while opposing drastic changes.
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Washington
Apt
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
AL. Mendel Rivers
DSC
Armed Services
Armed Forces
Eny
Dodd Accused of Misappropriating Campaign Funds
James P. Boyd, former Dodd aide, testified before the Senate Ethics Committee that Senator Thomas J. Dodd misappropriated hundreds of thousands of campaign funds. Boyd said Dodd’s dealings with Chicago lobbyist Julius Klein and post‑campaign data raised new questions. He also claimed he stole items from Dodd’s files and handed them to columnist Jack Anderson without pay.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
James P. Boyd
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
Chicago
Julius Klein
Boyd
Jack Anderson
Charges Filed Against Mrs. N T Gilbert
Mrs. N T Gilbert of Paducah is charged in Tadia County Court with issuing a worthless check. She has not been arraigned.
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N. T. Gilbert
Paducah
Tadia
Robber Caught Minutes After Act Near Wellington
Collingsworth County Deputy Sheriff and Wellington Police halted a car carrying three robbery suspects shortly after noon on U S 88 north of Wellington. A separate report notes a robbery in Shamrock earlier today.
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Collingsworth
Wellington
U.S
Shamrock
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