Green Berets repulse Viet Cong attack near Saigon
Green Beret troopers backed by U S planes repelled a Viet Cong assault on a Special Forces camp about 49 miles west of Saigon. U S and South Vietnamese casualties were light. Air strikes followed with B 52s from Guam targeting Viet Cong concentrations and bases in several provinces.
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Green Beret
Saigon
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Guam
da Nang
Kien Phong
Thua Thien
U.S. Navy
Vinh
British Navy intercepts Greek tanker linked to Rhodesia oil flow
A Royal Navy boarding party halted the 11,200 ton Manuela 150 miles southeast of Beira to stop oil delivery to Rhodesia's white supremacist government. The ship was turned away toward Durban after Greece approved the action while a second tanker Joanna V remained anchored at Beira. Portuguese warships patrolled the harbor mouth as the Beira dispute drew UN and regional reactions.
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Ondon
United Nations Authority
Britain
Royal Navy
High Seas
Rhos Ia
Athens
Rhodesia
UN Security Council
Seton
Beira
Durban
South Africa
Thousands of grape pickers march to Sacramento in strike
A 300 mile protest by grape pickers ends in Sacramento with thousands marching to demand better pay and conditions. Organizers call for sustained action while authorities monitor the rally and potential talks.
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Sacramento
Firemen Adapt To Modern Age Changes In Lubbock
Old brass pole near extinction signals a shift as Lubbock with 180 firefighters moves toward new methods and civil defense duties. Asst. Fire Chief Richard Davis notes rapid advances in synthetic materials and evolving tactics, including radiological monitoring gear and a centralized alarm system at Central Fire Station.
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Ken Estes
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Quirt Avenue
Slide Road
Richard Davis
Fire Department
Buck
Price
6Th Street
Avenue K
Burglars Loot Drug Store and Doctor Office on College
Burglars ransacked a doctor's office and Dale Miller Drug at 5001 College near 50th Saturday night, stealing about 234 dollars. Investigators noted a broken north window at the doctor's office and damage to the drug store front glass, with entry believed from the doctor's office.
Titov Sees Moon Towns and Space Installations Soon
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov predicts in Construction Magazine that moons towns, space stations and ships will be assembled in space and on the lunar surface as part of a future space expansion. He offers no exact timeline. The piece marks the fifth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Col
Titov
Construction Maga+zine
Yuri Gagarin
Moscont
Soviet Union
Cal
Gagarin
Vance
Tornadoes and High Winds Hit North Central Texas
Violent storms brought two tornadoes west of Jacksboro and near Olney with hail golf ball sized in places. Winds up to 80 mph knocked down power lines and toppled buildings from Gainesville to Sherman Denison, while Lubbock tied a high of 91 degrees. No major damage reported in Jack County, but Olney saw downed lines and a barn roof ripped off near Henrietta.
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Tae
Texas
Jacksboro
Jack County
Lake Cooper
Olney
Archer
Lubbock
Gainesville
Fort Wortho
Ardmore
Okla
Cooke County Fairgrounds
Shermane Denison
North
Star
Denison
Lake ‘Texoma
Wichita Falls
Civil Defense
Rangers
Clarence Klein
Personal Campaign Persuasion: LBJ Inflation Jawbone
Lyndon B. Johnson applies a persistent anti inflation effort using public persuasion and pressure. The piece recounts Johnson's approach to dialogue with leaders and officials, illustrating his method with a hypothetical corporate chat and a visual metaphor of a rising water level.
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Sterling F. Greashington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Prayer Invocation Reflects Faith and Forgiveness Message
A devotional line thankful for God’s nearness and the cleansing power of Jesus blood to make sinners white as snow, emphasizing forgiveness and mercy.
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Jesus
Easter Rites Draw Crowds Across South Plains Parks
On Easter Sunday hundreds attended sunrise services in at least seven locales including the 7th annual Lutheran Laymen's League event at Golden Horseshoe Drive In. Emmanuel Lutheran Church pastor Rev William Remmert spoke to crowds, with choirs from Redeemer Lutheran. Park attendance topped 43 000 with about one third adults.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Lutheran Laymen’s League
Golden Horseshoe Drive-In
South College Avenue
William Remmert
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Littlefield
Resdeemer Lutheran Church
Mackenzie Park
Deadly U.S Navy Patrol Plane and Private Beechcraft Crash
Eleven crew members of the Navy patrol plane from Moffett Field are listed as missing after a Pacific crash near Guadalupe Island during a training exercise. In Arizona a Beechcraft twin engine plane crash near Nogales killed 12 Tucson residents returning from Easter in Mexico, including the plane owner Hank Donald and his family, plus a geologist and a county planner. Debris and fatalities are confirmed as rescue teams search the area.
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Pacific
San Diego
Nogales
Ariz
Tucson
Mexico
Mulege
Baja California
James H
Hank) Donald
Tucson Aircraft Company
Hida
Robert
James
Lynn
Tucson Attornney
Robert F. Miller
Mary
Hanratty
Francis
Florence Hanratty
Hughes Aircraft
Navy
G. E. Hill
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Bradshaw
Swenson
Moffett [Field
San Francisco
Cali
Here
Guadalupe Island
Coast Guard
Hill
Moffett Field
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de Nang
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Masontown
Evelyn Waugh
Dom Francisco de Allmaida
Bacheco Bereira
Totchlancrk
Lub- Hockites
Sec. A
Bec. A
Mumphrey
Washington
Ohio
Jerrie Mack
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Bec. B
Seotlos
Becton
J. A. Griffis
8Th St
Griffis
LBJ
Witel
Mize
Law Teipe
Mtv
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