relief column nears Duc Co siege as hills siege ends?
Vietnamese relief force supported by armor and air power closed to Duc Co after a three day drive through the central highlands. The column split into two sections and moved to clear roads while air strikes sought to disperse Communist forces threatening 13 American advisers and over 1,000 Vietnamese trapped at the besieged camp.
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Michael T. Malloy
United Press International
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Duc Co
Eiku
U.S. airlift ferries troops as Pleiku battle continues
An emergency airlift moved U S troops to Pleiku as heavy fighting raged nearby. By early reports more than 250 Viet Cong were counted on the battlefield by U S advisers, while government losses were described as moderate in the prolonged clashes.
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Pleiku
U.S
Assistant City Manager Gets 5000 Raise in Johnson City
Johnson City Tennessee reports that Assistant City Manager Jack Strickland received a 5000 dollar yearly raise, raising his pay above the city’s top boss while City Manager David Burkhalter’s own salary remains at 9600 due to voter action. Burkhalter approves the assistant's 16000 annual rate, with no cap on Strickland’s wages.
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U. S
United Press International
Johnson City
Voters Decide on Final Question for Junior College Bond
Lea County voters in Lovington Tatum Hobbs and Eunice will decide August 17 on a 3 million dollar bond to fund the New Mexico Junior College. If approved the bond covers academic science administration library student center fine arts vocational tech business gym auditorium maintenance and site work with phased selling and tax impacts outlined by the college board.
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Lea County
New Mexico
Tatum
Russia Ready To Sign New Disarmament Pacts At Geneva
Soviet diplomat Semyon Tsarapkin said Moscow would sign a comprehensive nuclear test ban immediately if the United States accepts no on site inspections, and a nuclear nonproliferation pact if NATO plans for a US nuclear force are dropped. He added Vietnam settlement not a required condition and urged US troop removal from Southeast Asia.
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John Callcqtt
United Press International
Geneva
UPH
Russia
Viet Nam
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
United States
Soviet Union
NATO
Geneva Foreign Press Association
Moscow
Three Charged In Lovington Arrests By Police and Sheriffs
Three men were arrested in Lovington by city police and county sheriff officers. Alfred Benjamin Priest, 29, faced defrauding an innkeeper, pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Drayton Was son, and received 30 days in jail plus restitution. Alvin Eli Green, 42, of Demmitt, Texas, was charged with reckless driving and fined 25 dollars. Lonnie Alvin Smith, 36, of 906 West Taylor, was charged with a worthless check. bond set at 100 dollars.
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Lovington
Alfred Benjamin Priest
Priest
Justice of the Peace
Drayton Wasson
Alvin Eli Green
Demmitt,Xas
Green
Lonnie Alvin Smith
West Taylor
Dirksen Seeks Second Amendment Bypass via States
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen aims to revamp his constitutional amendment to overturn the one man one vote rule for state legislatures. He plans a Senate floor bid aided by hearings from Sen Birch Bayh Jr. and hopes to press the measure despite past failure. The article also notes Viet Nam briefings, Johnson’s urban aid proposal, and housing department plans.
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Judiciary
Dirksen
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U. S
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Air Force probes Titan I silo blast in Arkansas
In SEARCY Arkansas Air Force investigators in full gear entered the Titan I missile silo to determine the cause of a deadly blast that killed 53 men. President Johnson directed rapid aid to families and ordered a review of 33 silos while two workers survived.
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Ark
UPI
Presi
Gent Johnson
Air Force
Eugene Zuckert
Arkansas
Zuckert
John L McClellan
D.ark
Titan
Johnson
Temperatures Hit 89 at 2 P.M and 62 at 5 A.M
Readings show a daytime high of 89 degrees at 2 PM and a nighttime low of 62 degrees at 5 AM. Local record-keeping notes clear weather with warm afternoon conditions and cooler early morning air.
Beauty Queen Kirelow Wins American Beauty Queen Title
Gail Karen Kirelow of Ohio aged 21 won the American Beauty Queen title at the 14th International Beauty Pageant in Long Beach California. Judith Kay Smith of Albuquerque New Mexico reached the semi finals as one of 15 finalists while Kirelow advances to compete for Miss International Beauty Friday at Municipal Auditorium.
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Long Beach
Calif
Gail Karen Kirelow
Ohio
New Mexico
Judith Kay Smith
Albuquerque
Krielow
Municipal Auditorium
Weather Sunrise Community Forecast Brief
Afternoon or early night thundershowers with brief dusty winds. Otherwise fair through Thursday. Temperature ranges: Santa Fe 36 to 86, Farmington 62 to 92, Gallup 56 to 86, Grants 56 to 88, Socorro 66 to 96, Deming 68 to 98, Las Cruces 70 to 98, Carlsbad 72 to 98, Artesia 72 to 98, Hobbs 68 to 94, Clovis 66 to 92, Tucumcari 68 to 94, Las Vegas 34 to 84, Ruidoso 48 to 78.
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Farmington
Gallup
Grants
Socorro
Truth Or Consequences
Deming
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Carlsbad
Artesig
Hobbs
Lon
Centaur Performs Near-Perfect Mock lunar Test
Atlas Centaur rocket launches a dummy Surveyor payload to simulate a Moon mission. The 112-foot booster lifted at 10:31 a.m. EDT, with Centaur engines delivering a 63 hour flight toward a paper Moon mockup. The test aims to validate the upper stage’s lunar transfer capability for a November or December Surveyor launch.
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AL Rossiter JR
United Press International
Cape Kennedy
America
Centaur
Earth
Moon
Junk Car Eradication Proposed by Senator Douglas
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois urged federal legislation to remove junked cars cluttering American scenes. He proposed funding the program with a one percent levy to support eradication efforts.
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United Press International Washington
UPI
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Victim May Have Been Eye Witness
A man found dead east of Gallup may have been an eye witness to the Texas Highway Patrolman shooting near Vernon last month. Albuquerque investigators sought identification but failed, considering FBI fingerprint tests. Billy Jo Reed, 35, of Decatur Texas, was arrested and later released after giving a statement, with signs of beatings supporting his account.
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Albuquerque
APD
Gallup
Texas
Vernon
FBI Crime Laboratory
Washington, At
McKinley County
Billy Jo Reed
Decatur
Tex
Reed
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