McNamara Forecasts North Viet Nam Infiltration Rise
Defense Secretary McNamara said Hanoi will send about 4 500 men monthly to the South in the coming dry season, up from 800 last year, with bombing focused on supply lines. He stressed the aim to preserve South Viet Nam and noted Viet Cong losses have risen, signaling no early troop ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Cord Dry
United Press International
Washington
UPI
Robert 5. McNamara
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Andrews Air Force Base
McNamara
Johnson
Haiphong
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Saigon
South
London
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Air Cavalry
Prospects for Gemini 7 Flight Improve
NASA reported Gemini 7 launch prospects looked good for Saturday as Frank Borman and James Lovell reviewed the flight plan for a 206 Earth-orbits voyage. Tracking stations worldwide rehearsed the two spacecraft mission while backup crews prepared Gemini 6 and chasers for later rendezvous tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Rossiter
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Borman
Ovell
Space Agency
Air Force
Lovell
Navy
Virgil Grissom
John Young
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Lions Hear Speaker on Medicare
Chester Lander administrator of Childress General Hospital outlined Medicare limitations for seniors and noted it does not cover all medical costs. He urged seniors to maintain private hospitalization policies as of the July 1 1966 start and discussed physician and hospital complications. Elmo Jones was welcomed as a new member and Wayne Degrasse of Amarillo attended as a visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Lander
Childress General Hospital
Lions Club
Lander
Warner Stevens
Elmo Jones
Wayne Degrasse
Amarillo
Texas Boys Choir Program Set at Wilbarger Auditorium
The Texas Boys Choir will be heard at 8 p.m. December 4 in Wilbarger Auditorium Vernon as the first of three Vernon Community Concert Association programs. Ivan Davis, pianist, is scheduled January 22, 1966 and Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians on March 3 in the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Boys Choir
Wilbarger
Vernon
Vernon Community Concert Association
Ivan Davis
Fred Waring
Pennsylvanians
Pifer Named Acting President of Carnegie Foundation
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching appoints Alan Pifer as acting president replacing John W. Gardner who is on leave to head Health, Education and Welfare. Pifer also serves as acting president of the Carnegie Corporation and has been a foundation vice president since November 1963.
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New York
UPI
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Alan Pifer
John W. Gardner
Pifer
Carnegie Corporation
Foundation
Wealthy Hermit Dies Liked Mud Baths on Trips
An 86 year old hermit known for mud baths and world travel was found dead in a cave near Wheeler Texas. He was worth over $60,000 with a land title worth $40,000 and a bank balance of $20,000. The deceased, Noble Chancey Myers, left letters to his sister Daisy Fuller in Oklahoma City and had a simple cave dwelling and summer shack. Graveside services were set at Arapaho Cemetery in Clinton Oklahoma.
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Wheeler, Tex
UPI
Noble Chancey Myers
Daisy Fuller
Oklahoma
Ciy
Bus Dorman
Wheeler Couny
Myers
First National Bank
Wheeler
Pampas
Argentina
Paris
Madrid
Spain
Thermopolis
Wyo
Milton Finstrwald
Mobeetie
Finsterwald
Elk Falls
Kan
Chance
Texas Panhandle
Arapaho Cemetery
Clinton
Okla
Sergeant Dowdy Transferred From Childress to Austin District
Sgt. Dan R. Dowdy, head of the Department of Public Safety Childress District for nine years, is reassigned to the Austin District office effective December 1. His replacement will report this week. Dowdy expects to stay in Childress through the week and his family will follow by semester’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Dowdy
Childress
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Wilbarcer
Hardeman
Cottle
Foard Motley
Hall
McMurry Student Earns Alpha Chi Honor
Quentin Henderson a junior at McMurry College in Abilene and son of H J Henderson of Tell has been accepted into Alpha Chi. He is from Childress High School and ranks in the top ten percent of the junior and senior classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Henderson
McMurry College
Abilene
H. J. Henderson
Tell
Alpha Chi
Henderson
Childress High School
McMurry
Isle of Man Census Counts Women Over Men
The census in the Isle of Man shows 10 345 female residents and 9 320 men reflecting a gender balance with more women than men. Officials joke about the island being misnamed as the two sexes are closely counted in the results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle OF Man
England
UPI
Texas Youth Indicted Over Jetliner Hijack Attempt
A federal grand jury in New Orleans indicted 16 year old Thomas Robinson of Brownsville Texas on three counts for attempting to hijack a commercial airliner. He was ordered to a Missouri hospital for a sanity examination after the 75 minute session. He faces piracy assault and intimidation charges related to the stewardess Nancy Taylor and pilot Captain Dean Cooper.
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New Orleans
UPI
Texas
Thomas Robinson
Brownsville
Tex
Federal Hospital
Springfield
Robinson
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nancy Taylor
Dean Cooper
U.S. Dist
Herbert Christenberry
Crime Rate Jumps 5 Percent in First Nine Months
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports national crime rose 5 percent through the first three quarters of 1965 compared with 1964. Violent crime up across murder rape robbery and aggravated assault with suburbs showing the sharpest gains. Robberies and rapes led increases while auto thefts declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Klansmen Planned To Kill Own Member Says Klansmen Planned To Kill Own Member
FBI informer Gary Rowe testified in federal court that he met with high ranking Ku Klux Klan officials in Jacksonville to plot the assassination of a Klansman who exposed secret order information. The testimony linked three Klansmen to the slaying of Viola Liuzzo and related events in Montgomery and Selma during March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Felder
United Press International
Montgomery
Ala
FBI
Ku Klux Kla
Jacksonville
Fla
Gary Thomas Rowe
Rowe Rowe
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Wiliam Featon
Eugene Thomas
Lowe
Viola Liuzzo
Rowe
Liuzzo
Detroit
Thomas
Neal Shanahan
Birmingham
Selma
U.S. Atty
John Doar
Wilkins
Shanahan
Art Hanes
Johnson aims to curb wages prices and interest through restraint
President Johnson seeks to avoid economic controls in the Viet Nam war era and urges voluntary restraint to limit wages prices and interest rates. He may push wage price guideposts in congressional messages and consider a conservative Fed appointment while Ackley reports auto price moves and tax cut effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
UPT
Johnson
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
CC. Canby Balderston
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Auto Indusy
Ackely
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truett Ball Jr Improves After Thanksgiving Crash
Amarillo resident Truett Ball Jr. remains in St. Anthony's Hospital room 404 after a Thanksgiving Day car crash near Lake Meredith. Doctors report his spinal discs are damaged, with a concussion and severe bruises. his mother Mrs. Katharine Ball says he may leave for home to recuperate later this week.
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Truett Ball, Jr
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ball
Lake Meridith
S. Hughes
Katherine Ball
John Stages Dies and Funeral Planned for Wednesday
John Stages 72 a retired carpenter died at 8 p m Sunday in Ardmore Oklahoma while seeking medical care His funeral is scheduled for 2 p m Wednesday at Estelline First Baptist Church with Rev Royce Denton officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery Memphis Spicer Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his widow four daughters one son 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren plus numerous brothers from several states
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John Stages
Fstelline First Baptist
Royce Denton
Fairview
Memphis
Spicer
Staggs
Parker County
Texas
Virginia Ellen Stephenson
Estelline
Eugene Scott
Otto Stephenson
Fort Collins
Colo
Darling
R. B. Brown
Anton
L. L. Staggs
Spearman
Clinton
Harvey
Clifornia
Fred
Big Spring
George
Colorado Springs
Joe
Shamrock
Bill
Sayre
Okla
Cary
Phoenix
Freezing Weather Grips Texas With Widespread Freeze
United Press International reports an autumn freeze across Southeast Texas and parts of the north with towns like San Antonio at 30 degrees the note of the coldest since March. Fort Worth Texarkana 32 degrees Dalhart 19 Amarillo Lubbock 27 Wichita Falls Alpine 28 El Paso 35. Rainfall minimal Houston Beaumont Galveston Brownsville 0.01. Forecaster expects daytime warmth but chilly nights with clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastexas
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Alpine
el Paso
West Texas
Houston
Beaumont
Galveston
Brownsville
Cost of Living Rises Sharply in October
The Labor Department reports October CPI at 110.4, up two points from September, placing costs 1.8 percent higher than a year ago. Arnold Chase notes the yearly rise is substantial but not inflationary, with forecasts for a possible small November uptick from higher auto, clothing, and food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Johnson
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
L A Rogers Dies Monday in Iowa
L A Rogers nephew of N D Rogers and cousin of Andy Rogers of Childress died at 6 pm Monday in Des Moines Iowa from a heart attack at about 60. Funeral services are at 1 pm Thursday in Fort Worth, his former home. Survivors include brother Truett Rogers and sister Mrs Fae Driskell, both of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Rogers
N. D. Rogers
Andy Rogers
Childress
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Truett Rogers
Fae Driskell
Lindsay Victory Won't Signal Liberal Shift say Association
The Free Society Association led by Denison Kitchel said Rep. John Lindsay's New York mayoralty victory is superficial and has little national significance. He noted the history of American politics shows no real link between local voting and national issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay
Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Free Society Association
Rep
John
New York
Association
Denison Kitchel
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