Viet Cong to observe three day cease fire in honor of Ho Chi Minh
The Viet Cong radio said a three day cease fire in South Vietnam will observe after the death of President Ho Chi Minh. U.S. commanders reported ground fighting with Communist forces inside Cambodia after a U.S. helicopter was downed near the frontier. Fifteen Americans were killed in South Vietnam on crashes of an AC47 Spooky aircraft on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Saigon
UPI
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Cambodia
U.S. Command
Daniel Southerland
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Cambodian gunship crash amid Green Beret action in Kien Tuong
Communiques describe a helicopter forced to land on Cambodian soil near Saigon during a mission in Kien Tuong Province. Five crew and mercenaries escaped the flames. one mercenary died. Two Communist soldiers were killed, others wounded, and a Chinese AK47 rifle captured. Two more Americans died in a separate AC47 gunship incident reported Tuesday.
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Cambodia
Green Berets
Kien Tuong
Saigon
Ask Smaller Tax Cuts For Middle Class
The Nixon administration urged the Senate Finance Committee to reduce the House tax cuts for individuals by 2.33 billion dollars and to add a 1.6 billion dollar annual cut in corporate taxes. Treasury officials argued the House bill risks inflation in the 1970s and urged revisions to the tax package.
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Mike Feinsilber
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
House
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Asst
Edwin S. Cohen
Senate Finance Committee
Medicare Claims Explained Here By SS Office
Mrs Helen Ridgen social security manager in Vernon explains that many in the Chi dress area assume they must file their own Medicare claims for doctor bill reimbursement. She notes this causes delays due to lack of forms and knowledge. The local Social Security office can aid filing Part B claims for Medicare.
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Chidress
Helen Rigdon
Vernon
Scout Leaders Roundup Tonight at Wilson School
All Scoutmasters Cubmasters and assistants along with Den Mothers and committee members are summoned for the fall roundup at 7 30 p m tonight in the Wilson School cafeteria George Miller district scout executive from Vernon will attend
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Childress
Wilson School
George Miller
Vernon
Grand Jury List Announced for District Court
The grand jury for district court at 10 a.m. Monday has been announced. Jurors include Mrs. Emmett Arrington Arlie Key Glenn Buckley Sherrill Creamer Irby Teague Billy E Leonard Jack Garrison A E Eddington Claude D Andrews Sam West B P Henderson and Mrs C E Sledge.
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Emmett Arrington
Arlie Key
Glenn Buckley
Sherrill Creamer
Irby Teague
Billy E. Leonard
Jack Garrison
A. E. Edrington
Claude D. Andrews
Sam West
B. P. Henderson
C. E. Sledge
Soothsayer Joins Search For Dr. Pike
Diane Pike, wife of Dr. James A. Pike, says he is alive in the Judean Desert. Israeli police and Bedouin searchers, amid 100 degree heat, focus on the Dead Sea area after the car they used became stuck Monday. She hired a Haifa soothsayer as authorities seek leads in the desert west of the Dead Sea.
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Peter D. Lynch
Bethlehem
Jordan
UPI
James A. Pike
Episcopal
California
Judean Desert
Pike
Diane Pike
Dead Sea
Haifa
Jerusalem
Peace Rally Overwhelms Palo Alto Officials
Palo Alto officials ordered a full report after a Labor Day peace protest at El Camino Ballpark degenerated into a large outdoor party attended by up to 10 000 people. Police noted sexual activity on the lawn, injuries to two girls, plus wine beer and marijuana.
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Palo Alto
Calif
UPI
Kirke Comstock
Comstock
Free People’s Free Music Co
el Camino Ballpark
Stanford
Ice Capades Delayed Opening in Amarillo Coliseum
Ice Capades postpones its Amarillo Civic Center Coliseum debut by one night due to a Chicago rail shipment delay for props and costumes. The Saturday matinee is scheduled for 2 pm with evening shows at 8 30 pm and 6 pm on Sunday. advance tickets may be exchanged at the box office or ordered from the Coliseum box office.
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Chicago
Amarillo
Civic Center Coliseum
P. O. Box
Texas Senate approves dirty movie tax plan to fund state budget
The Texas Senate sent to the House a 357 million tax bill adding a one dollar per ticket tax on films rated for adults only. The bill names the Bureau of Labor Statistics as censor and spurs debate over governor involvement and constitutional concerns.
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Texas
Austin
UPI
Texas Senate
House
Senate
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Preston Smith
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tax Debate Goes On May End In Committee
The Texas House delayed voting on a Senate tax proposal and asked for corrections, warning parts of the 357 million bill could be invalid. Lt. Gov. Barnes questioned the move as stalling to gain votes, while the House pressed for recall of the bill.
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Roland Lindsey Austin
UPI
House
Senate
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Former Resident Willis A. Vann Dies in Fort Worth
Information confirms the death of Willis A. Vann formerly of Childress and Fort Worth. He died August 25 with services August 27 in Fort Worth and burial at Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Velma Bailey a daughter and a grandson. He lived in Childress 1926 27 and worked for Hanna Brothers.
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Willis A. Vann
Fort Worth
Velma Bailey
Belvis Bailey
Childress
Vann
Greenwood Cemetery
Hanna Brothers
7Th St., Fort Worth
Marvin N. Bigby
Michael N. Bigby
Schaeffer Elected Vice President Of Childress Jaycees
Russell Schaeffer was elected vice-president of the Childress Jaycees, replacing Jim Heath who resigned. The local and Texas Jaycees plan a campaign to preserve prayer in spaceflight. Mrs Madelyn Murray O Hair leads a letter campaign urging NASA to censure Apollo 11 astronauts from reading the Bible.
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Russell Schaeffer
Childress Jaycees
Jim Heath
Jaycees
Texas Jaycees
Madelyn Murray O’ Hair
Athiest
NASA
O’hair
Annulment sought in El Paso after abduction claim
Sue Fischer Wilson plans to file for an annulment in El Paso alleging abduction and forced remarriage by her former husband. Attorney Lee A. Cagra said papers will be filed today and served on former SMU co captain Jerry Wilson of Berger. San Antonio transit will not force bus drivers back before a contract is reached.
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EL Paso
UPI
Sue Fischer Wilson
Mexico
Lee A. Cagra
Wilson
SMU
Jerry Wilson
Berger
San Antonio, Tex
San Antonio
Nixon summons cabinet as White House stays silent on Ho
President Nixon convenes full Cabinet at the California White House to discuss inflation and a likely large cutback in federally funded construction starts. The meeting features top advisers including Melvin Laird and William Rogers as Ho Chi Minh's death looms.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Do Springs
Colo
Spiro T. Agnew
California White House
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
William P. Rogers
Rites Held for Grandfather of Harold Cheek
Harold Cheek served as pallbearer at the funeral of his grandfather M. P. Barnfield in Vernon. Services were at 2:30 p.m. at Henderson Fields Funeral Home Chapel with Elder J. A. Neatherlin officiating and burial in Bell Cemetery. Barnfield, 87, was a retired farmer who died Tuesday morning. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Harold Cheek
Henderson Fields Funeral Home
Vernon
Bell Cemetery
J. A. Neatherlin
M. P. Barnfield
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Kien Tuong Province
American Legion Auxiliary
Cox-Farr Unit
Frank Buster
Frank L. Decker
Decker
Buster
18Th District Auxiliary
John Deavers
Memphis
Clayton Mann
Wichita Falls
Sam Williams
Friona
Medicare
Dr. Pike
Vietnam
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Moscow
Peking
First National Bank
Main Street
Bank
Greenbelt Industries
Thaten Brothers Construction Company
A. R. Schawitz
Galveston
Gov. Smith
Schwartz
Chet Brooks
Houston
Parks and Wildlife Department
Brooks
Schaeffer
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