Presses Attack on Viet Cong Near DMZ and Key Carriers
Fighting along the DMZ erupts as Marine units exchange mortars with Communist forces below the zone. B52s hit infiltration routes near Khe Sanh while a helicopter collision near Tuy Hoa kills eight crewmen. Carriers Intrepid and Oriskany conduct strikes. Forrestal Fire disables the ship, Bon Homme Richard departs. Viet Cong strike civilians, 6 dead, 5 wounded as 16 children are held. Observers invited for elections as Thant and Do clash over Vietnam war framing.
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Monay
DMZ
Khe Sanh
United States
U.S. Army
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Hanoi
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Intrepid
Oriskany
Hai Phong
Forrestal
Bon Homme Richard
Ge Constellation
Trimanual
Senate
House of Representatives
U.N
U ‘Thant
United Nations
Tran van Do
Thant
Greensboro
N.C
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Liberation Front
Area Men among Forrestal victims identified
A lifetime Scurry County resident now in Virginia Beach was among those identified as killed in the Forrestal incident. Relatives say both Wall and Rogers died while trapped below the Forrestal flight deck. Wall, a 1963 Dimmitt High School graduate, had been the standout recruit at the U S Navy Center San Diego and funeral arrangements were pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
Hanoi-Haiphong
Scurry County
Virginia Beach
Snyder
Charlotte Batton
Colorado City
Wall
Rogers
Forrestal Flight Deck
Tech
083
U.S. Naval Center
San Diego
Dimmitt High School
Forrestal
Dennis Funeral Home
Dimmitt
John Dana Wall
G. A. Shwen
Ray Augustine Cheatelain
Tenaha
East Texas
Ramon Garza
Bellaire
Judson Arthur Wells Jr
Pampa
Robert D. Catton
Dallas
Frank C. McNellis Jr
Pasadena
Daniel Cavazos
Gregory
New High Stock Market Rally Hits 1967 High
The Dow Jones rose 8.73 to 912.97 in a rally triggered by a railroad freight rate increase. The Dow rail average climbed 2.09 to 274.03 while the AP average of 60 stocks gained 2.3 to 340.9. Rail shares Chesapeake and Ohio, Gulf Mobile and Ohio, New York Central, and Southern Pacific led gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Chesapeake and Ohio
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
New York Central
Southern Pacific
New York Stock Exchange
Educators urged to seek total community cooperation at workshop
Dr. John McFarland of the University of Texas at El Paso keynoted a summer educational leadership workshop at Coronado High School urging administrators to involve faculty, students, parents, and the wider community. About 180 to 200 West Texas administrators attended as four panel discussions followed his talk and a final evaluation session closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McFarland
Coronado High School
McFarland
University of Texas At el Paso
Coronado
Ben Brock
Snyder High School
al G. Langford
Lamesa High School
E. C. Leslie
Lubbock High
Bernice Railsback
Levelland Public Schools
WTSSC
Texas Tech
Johnson in New Vietnam War decisions near
UPI reports Clark Clifford said President Johnson will make important new Vietnam decisions and consult with allied leaders in the Pacific. Clifford and Gen Taylor delivered the message after traveling to discuss plans with Vietnam allies. Their overnight delay in New Zealand followed engine trouble on their flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
UPI
Clark Clifford
Johnson
Vietnam
Clifford
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pacific
America
Washington
White House
Seoul
Korea
Jet trainer explodes near Archer City in Texas
An Air Force 738 training jet from Sheppard Air Force Base apparently exploded late Tuesday night and crashed in a ball of flame seen 40 miles away. Officials say the craft carried one man and the wreckage was found 10 miles south of Archer City in Archer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer City
Tex
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard
Texas
Archer County
Hart City Council rejects Pioneer gas rate increase
Hart officials refused Pioneer Natural Gas Co request to raise city rates despite 2.5 percent profit claim, aligning with prior vote. Avens noted the company earns about 10 percent on area service but only 2.5 percent within the city, prompting a continued stand against the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart City
HART
City Coun
Pioneer
Ellman
Buster Aven
Thelmaking
Avalanche Journal
Hart City Council
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Avens
Juan Pena
Tueway
West
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Cotton Markets Shortage Leads Galveston Listing Review
The Agriculture Department notes a lack of actual transactions in Galveston to price middling cotton and warns removal from spot markets could affect futures settlement. It invites views until Aug 18, listing other active markets in Augusta Atlanta Charleston Greenville Montgomery Greenwood Little Rock Memphis New Orleans Dallas Houston Lubbock Phoenix Fresno.
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Galveston
Department of Agriculture
Augusta
Atlanta
Charleston
Greenville
S. C
Montgomery, Ala
Greenwood, Miss
Little Rock
Memphis
New Orleans
Dallas
Houston
Lubbock
Phoenix
Ariz
Fresno, Calif
Railroads seek large rate hike. ICC to probe October hearings
The ICC will conduct a thorough investigation of railroad rate changes with hearings set for Oct. 3. Railroads will apply the interim order to higher tariffs while the review proceeds, refund promises if rates are later deemed excessive. Southern Lines push smaller increases on tobacco and grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
ICC
Commission
Southern Lines
Southern
Burton N. Behling
Association American Rairoads
Behling
Orbiter Astronaut Luna Launch From Cape Under Storm
Orbiter Aermee Chama launched from the cape after squalls cleared at 6 33 p m EDT. The 105 foot launcher rose with an orange flame and the spacecraft separated from its Agena booster 35 minutes later. A launch spokesman said the mission looked normal. It was the fifth Lamar Orbiter launch in under a year, a U S moon program record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agena
Launch Control Center
U.S
Milwaukee and Washington Hit by Curfew Breach Riots
In Milwaukee area a cordon on east Vliet Street and 27th Street saw 126 street corners manned by Guardsmen and 15 jeep patrols as roving bands prowled the curfew cleared streets. Fire alarms numbered 42 and Molotov reports sparked fires while National Guardsmen broke up a crowd of about 400 hecklers near Center and Teutonia Streets. Washington described as minor with little looting, police deployed with dogs as capital installations were alerted.
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Vliet Street
27Th
Wesern
Center
Teutonia
Washington
Sam
Milwaukee
Brink's, Inc
Wisconsin
Erie
Benny Wail
Portland
Ore
National
Providence
R.I
Palo Alto
Calif
Eugene Stewart
Philadelphia
James Tate
Johnson
Special Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Theodore A. Jones
Ilinois Department of Revenue
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lutheran Assembly Shifted To Brazil
The Fifth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation was moved from Weimar East Germany to Porto Brazil in 1970 after East Germany reversed approval. Officials cited it would serve no useful purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ont
UPN
Assembly of the
Lutheran World Federation
LWF
Weimar
East Germany
Porto
Brazil
Weather and crop prospects brighten on South Plains
The Weather Bureau tracked light moisture with heavier showers in parts of the Hub City area. Temperatures rose with El Paso at 99 degrees and other highs across Texas from Laredo to Dallas. Crop prospects improved as warm dry weather boosted cotton and grain sorghum, though midge infestations and maize dwarf mosaic virus threaten yields. Livestock remains in good condition. soil moisture is still short in southern counties.
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el Paso
Texas
Laredo
Waco
Wink
del Rio
Alice
Austin
Dallas
Mineral
Wells
Billy C. Gunter
Lubbock
South Plains
Gunter
Lubbock County
Cochran
Yoakum
Plains
Spur
Morton
Weather Bureau
Houston - Galveston
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
Beaumont - Part
Arthur
Three Texans Die in Forrestal Fire Disaster
AP reports at least three Texans were killed aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal after a disastrous fire. Four others were listed as missing and two more unofficially. Dallas relatives said Navy officials notified them of the death of Airman Robert D. Cotton of Dallas, listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forrestals
Pentagon
Dallas
Navy
Robert D. Cotton
Thai government aids rice farmers with 8 million dollars
The Thai government approves over $8 million to support rice farmers next year. About $3 million funds fertilizers insecticides and equipment to boost production while $5 million supports agricultural loans and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Fatality follows collision. bodies moved to funeral homes
A fatal wreck left front fenders of two vehicles collided as reported by an officer. Gonzales' body was taken to Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home for transfer to Carter Funeral Home in Lockney, with arrangements pending Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
Lockney
Gonzales
Franklin - Bartley Funeral Home
Carter Funeral Home
New Jersey Battleship Sights Action Near North Vietnam
The 45,000 ton battleship New Jersey, armed with 20 inch guns and 16 inch shells, was stationed 15 miles inland in North Vietnam while off the coast six miles. Commissioned in 1943, she fought in the Pacific, served as Admiral Halsey’s flagship in 1945, and later joined UN forces in Korea firing over 7,000 rounds in two hours of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
New Jersey
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Pacific
William Bull Halsey
U.S. 3Rd Fleet
United Nations
Korea
Peaceniks Face Trial For Not Obeying Order
Federal judge in Oklahoma City denies grand jury hearing for Maryann Weissman and Key Martin both 29 and 24. They face a jury trial set for Aug. 21 on charges related to entering Ft. Sill against the commanding general's order during a protest tied to Pvt. Andrew Stapp's court martial. They failed to post 10 percent of a $2,000 bond. Weissman previously led a demonstration at Stapp's first court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ft. Sill
U. S
Post
Oklahoma
Lubbock Woman Hurt In Crash
A Lubbock woman, Alice Stone Hughlett, 26, was admitted to Methodist Hospital after a car pickup collision at Elm and East 26th Streets about 8 p.m. She suffered a broken leg. Zola Foster Wiggins, 43, received minor injuries in another crash at 50th Street and Flint Avenue. Marshall Cook, 25, was treated and released for a broken nose after a one car accident on E 34th Street. Petroleum Today notes 90 percent of service stations in the end peaten are operated by local businessmen.
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Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Elm
East 26Th’ Streets
Alice Stone Hughlett
1612
Ave. C
E. 34Th Street
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Viet Cong
AIM Atul
CPI
Ajing
Yuan Thieu Hamtrash
Ma Jlet
Quang Nam
Rines
Camp Carroll
Bobby Ray Rogers
Joyce Drake
Karen, Rogers
Joan and
Connie Rogers
North
NEW High
LBJ
Victor
Paul Collins
Frank Stennis
Hobbs
Terry Allen Quimga
Auburn St
University Hospital
Texas Towh
Martin
Juan Silvas
Shakfowater
Peter Parker
Lubbork
Rt. 1
Tine
Glen Harper
Methodiat Hospital
Im‘wolvent
Paymaster Oil
Aven
Don Adams
Caln'a Coffee Co
Golden Light Coffee Div
Millard Otto Nelson
West Texas Hospital
Edith Don Young
Séth AL
Nan
Ens
U. A
Richard Wilde
Victor Begura
Lauf Clinic
Truck Service Center
Dennis J. Wheat
Carlisle
Reese Aps Hospital
Reese
Bruce K. Blakeman
Kikhert Ave
Daugher
Reese Afb Hospital
Frank BE. Donder
Reese Afb
Blatt
French
Wooda
Mth &T
Daniel Marion Townsend
Cnumhier Webbinn
Pounar Onnceg
Jay
Weal Xas Hospital
Victor Public Schools
Robert Daniels
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Jubbock Manufacturing Co
Elvin Bud Pruitt Jr
Hancock Manufacturing Co
Orbiter
Ene
Lutheran Assembly
Catherine Johnson
Birmingham
Ala
Girls Nation
Laura Renegar
American Legion Auxiliary
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