World events mix with Viet Nam war news and personnel changes
President Johnson hailed a restful weekend with aides and announced Akers as deputy to USIA Director Leonard Marks. U.S. jets struck near the Chinese border as Viet Cong attacks rose in Saigon. Russell warned costs could rise by 10 to 12 billion. Soviet correspondent Praised Viet Cong strength while predicting higher American forces.
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Viet Nam
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Beaumont
USIA
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U.S
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
South Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
Moscow
South
I. Shehedrove
Pravda
Shchedrov
Communist Party
Robert W. Akers
Sunday
United States Information Agency
Sharp
Taylor
Hanoi
United Nations
Mansfield remarks tied to Vietnam draft decision questioned
White House briefing notes show Senator Mansfield’s statement was cited in relation to President Johnson's plan to send 50 000 more troops to Vietnam and not recall reserves. Ford said he summarized Mansfield’s remarks but noted Mansfield did not mention reserves.
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Mansfield
White House
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UPI
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Rep
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Rwis
House Republican Conference
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Rowland
Robert Novak
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Novak
Laird
House
Senate
Viet Nam
Longtime Area Resident Dies in Brownfield Community
Mrs. J. W. Atkins 71, longtime Brownfield area resident, died at 10 30 p m in a local convalescent home after a four week stay in Lubbock. She was a Methodist and survivors include nine daughters and several relatives with ties to Brownfield Wolfforth Lamesa Sunnyvale and Lubbock. Services are pending at Rix Funeral Home.
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Brownfield
Atkins
Methodist Church
Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Earl Linford
45Th St
Glen Shreve
Hope Hartman
Sunnyville
Poland Indicts 34 In Blackmarketing Scandal
In Warsaw 35 individuals including the chief of the variety and cosmetic trade are indicted on embezzlement and blackmarketing charges. Edward K and retail officials allegedly paid bribes set illegal prices and sold privately obtained goods in state shops for personal profit.
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Warsaw
Poland
Warsaw Evening Express
Edward K
Desert winds scorch Sicily as heat drives crowds to beaches
A scorching sirocco from the African desert drove Sicily’s temperatures to 106 degrees. Cities emptied as residents sought relief on beaches while snow fell elsewhere in Italy and San Cane reported a temperature reading.
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Rome
Sicily
Italy
Sancane
Chile dock strike ends after 36 days in Valparaiso
A 36 day maritime strike that halted Chile's largest port in Valparaiso ended Saturday night with a government union accord. The deal provides early retirement for about 500 dock workers as officials sought to curb irregularities on the docks. Managua police add radio patrol cars to their fleet.
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Valparaiso, Chile
Valparaiso
Chile
Rush Of Fatal Crashes Claims Dozens In Several States
A series of weekend traffic crashes across British Columbia and Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois killed 38 people. Victims include siblings from Terrace, eight BC victims, five Maryland victims, and multi-person losses in Alabama and Illinois.
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B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British Columbia
William Jepherson
Earl
Carol Ann Jepherson
Miss Charlie Delays Harbour Shoal Removal
A Vancouver Island fishing village delayed a 15 ton dynamite blast to remove a shoal from Kyuquot Harbor to save Miss Charlie the town pet. Residents watched the planned $80,000 explosion from shore as boats patrolled the inlet during the weeklong standoff.
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B.C
Miss Charlie
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Four die in small plane crash near Sandusky Ohio
A single engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed into a corn field two miles southeast of Woodville in Sandusky County killing four Ohio residents aboard. Victims were David L Raymond and his wife, both about 44, of Lyndhurst, and Henry Hain and his wife, about 52, of Chardon. The aircraft departed Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Airport minutes earlier and apparently broke apart in flight. Wreckage spread across three miles. three occupants were trapped in the fuselage and one victim lay nearby.
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B.C
John Sencin
Melvin Jenner
Clifford Critchlow
Critchlow
Marie
Ozzie Legace
Maryland
Glen Burnie
Jesse Broadway Jr
Alma Coleman
Marlene Stewart
U.S. 301
Bowling Green
John C. Clyburn
Eva Crump Jamison
Concord
N.C
Annie Bell Barnes
Lexington Park
Sandusky, Ohio
UPI
Woodville
Sandusky County
David L. Raymond
Lyndhurst
Henry Hain
Chardon
Fremont Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Raymond
Italy's Summer Vacation Rush Begins Across Nation
Italy's peak vacation period kicks off as residents start time off this weekend with many planning trips to begin Aug. 1. The tradition centers on August holidays and popular travel to coastal towns and destinations.
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Rome
Italy
Armchair Pilots Stage Landing Contest With Historic Planes
Large crowd watches an old plane contest featuring a Rose Parakeet owned by Darwyn Pogue and an American Eaglet owned by Jack Bailey. Judges measure touchdown from the stripe with two attempts per pilot while champions include Bill Teaff, Bill Gaddis, and Hulan Bass. Planes from Brownfield, Levelland, Muleshoe, Plainview, and Littlefield attend.
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Darwyn Pogue
Jack Bailey
Bill Teaff
Bill Gaddis
Hulan Bass
Teaff
Gaddis
Bass
Brownfield
Levelland
Muleshoe
Plainview
Littlefield
Tom Craig
City investigates double disappearance and killings near Austin
An investigation by a force of investigators including Tex Rangers and county deputies focuses on two areas near Austin where two university students Shirley and Susan disappeared. The bodies were found in a sparsely settled area and later in an apartment district. Police found fingerprint evidence on a car but lack solid leads. Funeral services for Shirley Rigsby and Susan Stark are planned in Dallas.
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Texas
Rangers
Herbert
Sparsley
Austin
Sheriff's Deputies
Texas Rangers
Shirley
Martha Blount
Susan
Howver
Dallas
Miss Rigsby
Lover’s Lane Methodist Church
Former Texas Solon Lanham Dies at 85
Fritz Lanham, a Fort Worth congressman for about 28 years and son of ex governor S. W. T. Lanham, died Saturday night at Holy Cross Hospital. Funeral services were planned for Tuesday at the Weatherford Methodist Church. Lanham attended Weatherford College, Vanderbilt, and the University of Texas and was the first editor of Alcalde.
British Students Begin 6 Week Good Will Caravan
London AP reports five bus loads of 206 students depart for a six week overland tour to New Delhi. The group includes 136 boys and 70 girls under Lt. Col. Lionel Gregory former Gurkha commander who organized the trip to foster international goodwill.
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London
New
Lionel Gregory
Ruling Polish Party Boosts Its Strength
In Warsaw the United Workers Communist party added 100000 candidate members in the first half of 1965, reaching 1725000 members. About 40 percent of new members are under 25 and more than a quarter are women, PAP reported.
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Warsaw
Poland
United Workers Communist Party
PAP
Births in West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital
Mr and Mrs Claud D Hudson announce the birth of a son at West Texas Hospital weighing pounds at 5 43 p m Saturday. The father works as a cook at Hillcrest Country Club. Mr and Mrs Neal Jones announce a son born at 1922 62nd St weighing pounds at 8 34 p m Saturday. The father is a policeman in Lubbock.
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David Lucero
Terrace
West Texas Hospital
Hillcrest Country Club
Claud D. Hudson. Whitharral
Methodist Hospital
Farmers Co-Op
Neal Jones
Roll-On Heating System Debuts For Homes
Electric radiant heating system rolls onto ceilings like wallpaper. Sandwich construction uses two vinyl layers with nylon net wired core. Each room gains individual thermostat control for heating.
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New York
UPI
Electrical World
McGraw-Hill
United States Plans 50,000 Man Viet Nam Buildup Meeting
Gen. Wheeler arrives at Pearl Harbor for a one day session with Gen Westmoreland and Adm. Sharp to implement Johnsons announced troop increase from 75 000 to 125 000. Taylor accompanies Westmoreland on the trip returning to Washington while noting Saigons cheer and Hanoi s dismay.
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Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
Wheeler
Pearl Habor
Washington
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Grant Sharp Jr
Pacific
Westmoreland
Saigon
Sharp
U.S
Defense Department
Taylor
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Honolulu
Indonesia and U S relations strained after embassy talks
Indonesian saboteurs blamed for a time bomb found at the U S consulate gate in Singapore. Police said the bicycle-pack device, booby trapped with eight slabs of TNT, was placed near the entrance minutes before detonation. Ellsworth Bunker had discussed a hopeful but still tense bilateral relationship.
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Indonesia
Ellsworth Bunker
Bunker
Singapore
U.S
Sunsday
Lubbock Trailer Club Plans Rendezvous and Dog Demonstration
The Lubbock trailer club hosts a rendezvous with prizes including the farthest distance traveled award and a police dog demonstration by local officers. Rose notes the group aims to learn from each other and enjoy economical travel, with several yearly functions and growing membership of retirees and travelers. Trailers at Mackenzie site provide electricity and water. members look forward to seeing country and sharing clean fun.
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Mackenzie Park
Road Runners Club of
Harold Glascock
San Antonio
Kenneth Philips
Temple
Travel Club
Las Vegas
N.M
The
Travel Trailer Clubs of America
Rose
Lubbock Club
Mackenzie Site
Polish seaman seeks asylum in Britain from defection
A 35 year old Polish seaman Michael Sidoryk defected from the trawler Skawa at North Shields and sought political asylum in Britain. He hid in a Cardiff house after being escorted 300 miles by Mrs Peggy Cardle who alerted police after the vessel sailed.
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Wales
UPI
Britain
Michael Sidoryk
Skawa
North Shields
Northumberland
Home Office
Peggy Cardle
Terresa
Sidoryk
Pope Warns Conflicts Could Spread Worldwide
Pope Paul VI warned from Castel Gandolfo that open and bloody conflicts threaten the world as the international situation remains troubling. He noted fears of escalation but praised efforts by men of good will to pursue peace.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul VI
Congress mulls Supreme Court pick and big pay bills
Congress actions loom as the Judiciary Committee weighs a chief adviser to replace Arthur Goldberg on the Supreme Court. Meanwhile the Armed Services Committee could advance a $1 billion pay rise for 2.6 million military personnel, and the Labor Committee may back a $1.9 billion antipoverty authorization for year two. Threats to adjournment hover over immigration reform and omnibus spending amid Vietnam uncertainty.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed and Uniformed Services
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White House
Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Labor Committee
House
Viet Nam
Sea Sick Sea Lion Nabbed After Atlantic Drift
A 2-year-old California sea lion, distressed by swimming, leapt aboard a barge 10 miles off the Atlantic coast and was later taken to the Coney Island Aquarium. Aquarium director Dr. Paul L. Montreuil said such sea lions do not occur in the Atlantic and suggested the animal was transported east as a pet or zoo inmate.
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New York
Coney Island Aquarium
California
Atlantic
Paul L. Montreuil
Aquarium
Giant Brush Fires Rage on in France
Fires fanned by strong winds swept toward four villages on the Riviera as 400 firefighters and soldiers battled a 3 mile front. Tourists fled campsites between Marseille and Nice while Corsica reported about 50 000 acres burned by arson suspected blazes. More than 1 000 men fought the fires threatening beaches and vacation areas.
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Marseille
France
Nice
Corsica
Britain wins top Locarno feature prize for Four in the Morning
Britain received the festival's highest honor at Locarno with the golden trophy for the best full length feature awarded to Four in the Morning produced by West One Film Producers Ltd and directed by Anthony Bimmanis. The cast includes Ann Lynch June Orman Rodway Brian Phelan and Joe.
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Switzerland
Britain
Conture
West One Film Producers Ltd
Anthony Bimmanis
Ann Lynch
June Orman
Rodway
Brian Phelan
Joe
Ferry Boat Collides With Tug Sinking Kills Seventeen
A ferry boat carrying 57 people collided with a tug near Osaka and sank. Seventeen fatalities are reported with rescue and recovery operations ongoing. Aboard the ferry were aes eo units and other passengers. Tehran reports a new hotel site is being surveyed in Iran.
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Osaka
Japan
Tehran
Iran
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