Marines Move 700 to Da Nang Front Arizona Terrain Action
U S Marine commanders deploy a 700 man battalion near Da Nang to pursue a fresh North Vietnamese unit. Deadly fighting along the Vu Gia River leaves nine Marines dead and 64 wounded as 64 enemy troops are reported killed in two days of clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin Saigon
UPI
U.S
Arizona
da Nang
Vu Gia River
Cay Cho
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Television Violence and the American Child
A UPI report outlines how children watch three to five hours of TV daily, exposing them to about 20 000 hours of influence by adolescence. Experts differ on whether televised violence shapes real behavior, with calls for more research and discussion of TV violence as a national health issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
Spiegel
Otto N. Larsen
University of Washington
Larsen
President’s Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson
Postal Corporation Plan Dead For Now
Post Office Department faces criticism and obsolete plants but survives for now as sponsors concede abolition plans may linger two to three years. Udall says Congress may eventually back a postal corporation to solve management and equipment problems despite bipartisan doubt. O'Brien and Watson back the idea while Blount studies options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Prinipal House
Postal Corporation
Udall
Post Office Committee
Congress
Lawrence F. O’brien
Marvin Watson
O'Brien
Nixon
Winton M. Blount
Thaddeus J. Dulski
D-N.y
Cutest Kid Contest Planned by LVNA July 19
Final plans for the Cutest Kid Contest are set by the Licensed Vocational Nurses Association of Childress. The event will be July 19 at 4 p.m. in Fair Park Auditorium with three age divisions and awards for second and third place. Registration is $2 per child, open July 1–15, and LVNA members’ children are eligible. Commentators and out of town judges are named. LVNA also voter to enter a float in the Old Settlers Parade July 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Licensed
Vocational Nurses Association of Childress
Fair Park Auditorium
LVNA
Morris Higley
Don Gage
Royce Bohannon
Old Settlers
Rainfall Remains Light in Chil Dress Area
April moisture totals .59 inches at the local air field per Federal Aviation Agency records. Year to date rainfall reaches 4.36 inches with monthly totals: January .12, February 1.50, March 2.15, April .59. April daily amounts show .25 on the 11th and .31 on the 12th with several traces later in the month.
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Childress
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Field
Correction On Street Program In Childress
The street program under way in Childress now is groveling and not paying as reported in yesterday's Index.
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Childress
Arganbright Rites Today in Wheeler
Funeral services for James Norvall Arganbright 59 father of Jim Arganbright of Childress were held at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Wheeler with Rev Keith McCormick and Rev M B Smith officiating. Burial followed in Wheeler Cemetery. He died Tuesday in a Houston hospital. Survived by wife, two daughters, six sons, one brother and two sisters.
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James Norvall Arganbright
Jim Arganbright
Childress
First Baptist Church
Wheeler
Keith McCormick
M. B. Smith
Pampa
Wright-Denson Funeral Home
Arganbright
Houston
Barnes says Smith backs budget plan compromise
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes reports Gov. Preston Smith favors a two-year budget with a delayed tax date while Barnes pushes a one-year plan. Smith may veto the Tort Claims Bill by today’s deadline, a move endorsed by city groups and opposed by victims of city vehicle accidents and prosecutors.
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Barnes
Smith
Austin
UPI
Ben Barnes
Preston Smith
Lam Returns to Saigon to Discuss NLF Offer
Ambassador Pham Dang Lam, South Vietnam’s chief negotiator, flew to Saigon to report to his government after the NLF said it was ready to discuss with other parties. Lam is expected back for the conference’s 16th session, as Tho’s return from Hanoi and his moves in Paris shape the deadlocked four-way talks.
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Paris
UPI
Pham Dang Lam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Lam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
U.S
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Tho
Moscow
Vladimir Novakov
United States
South Vietnam National Liberation Front
South Vietnam Front For Liberation
Tran Buu Kiem
North Vietnam
May Day Observed Across Europe and East Germany
Czechoslovakia marked May Day with flowers and tokens at St Wenceslas statue in Prague where about 2 000 gathered. In France militants defied a ban while Britain faced wildcat strikes slowing ships and factories. Russia saw quiet tanks and East Germany showed militancy with limited action.
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William F. Wright
United Press International
Czechoslovakia
France
Russia
Britain
East Germany
Prague
Wenceslas Square
St. Wenceslas
Warmer Weather and Showers Sweep Across Texas
A Gulf low pressure system brought warmer temperatures and scattered showers across the state. Corpus Christi area saw 1.5 to 2 inches of rain with wind gusts up to 55 mph, while Riviera reported 5.5 inches and Sarita 3.5 inches causing floods and uprooted trees. Overnight temps ranged 47 to 69 as forecasts show continued warmth and showers with a 30 percent chance of more rain.
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United Press International
South Texas
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Riviera
Sarita
Uvalde
San Antonio
Sabinas
Brownsville
Beaumont
Corsicana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Alpine
McAllen
Welfare program postponed by HEW secretary Finch
HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch told Oklahoma officials the Nixon administration will delay the Johnson era plan to let welfare applicants draw benefits without prior eligibility investigations. He said a new welfare system would be launched by 1972 to reflect the Supreme Court ruling on residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McGhee Washington
UPI
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Finch
Supreme Court
LBJ
Stanford University clashes as deputies clear Encina Hall
Sheriff's deputies and faculty observers cleared 250 protesters from Encina Hall at Stanford University after they smashed glass doors and seized the building while militants still controlled two Columbia University buildings. President Kenneth Pitzer said the action was taken with reluctance and regret amid mounting damage.
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United Press International
Stanford University
Columbia University
Stanford
Calif
Kenneth Pitzer
Encina Hall
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Walter Whitehead
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Fredric Wertham
John P. Spiegel
Brardeis University
Lemberg Center For the Study of
Waltham, Mass
Bill Clynch
Wilson School
Wilson
Lamar School
Clynch
Melissa Freeman
Don Carmack
Jeffery Cagle
Sidney Cagle
Lisa Sanders
Carol June Sanders
Kaleum Hughes
Leon Hughes
Frank Eleazer Washington
Post Office Department
Bility Insurance
Texas Municipal League
TML
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Rep
Temple Dickson
Sweetwater
John Connally
By Paul Treuthardt
Ho Chi Minh
Stanford U
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