Allies Put Down Viet Cong Drive
Allied troops killed nearly 300 communist soldiers in several battles while repelling a major offensive near Tay Ninh and across the Mekong Delta. American and South Vietnamese forces suffered 27 dead and 165 wounded as U.S. troops pressed up from Saigon toward border areas and along the central highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
U.S
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
9Th Division
UPS
Alvin B. Webb Jr
Humphrey Backers Claiming Nomination On First Ballot
Humphrey aides say 1,400 pledged votes solid for first ballot victory at the Democratic Convention. McCarthy faces about 600 votes as 1,912 are needed. O'Brien calls the count "hard" and realistic. Delegates remain locked on seating fights and Vietnam platform disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Backers
Walter R. Mears
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lawrence O'Brien
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert McCandless
A. Washington
O’brien
O'Brien
Houston 10th Amarilloan Receives Transplant
Texas Heart Institute surgeons completed their 10th heart transplant and the second in 48 hours, placing a heart in five year old Maria Giannaris and then in Carl Van Bates a 50 year old Amarillo shoe salesman. The donor, Mrs Gasper Geaecone Jr 37, died shortly before surgery. Bates is in satisfactory condition. Dr Denton A Cooley led the team noting the procedures advance transplant study and growth factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas Heart Institute
Carl van Bates
Amarillo
Tex
Gasper RB. Geaecone Jr
St. Luke Episcopal Hospital
Bates
Geaecone
Denton A. Cooley
Maria Giannaris
Mercury Soars Across Texas Amid Sparse Rainfall
The Associated Press reports August heat continues with rain scarce across Texas. Monday showers were light near Lubbock and along the Gulf Coast, while many areas stayed dry. Highs near 90 inland with mid 60s nights. Cotulla hit 100, Alpine cooled to 81. Measurable rainfall stayed minimal at 0.02 inch in Galveston. Jade forecast expects shower activity to rise over South Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Lubbock
Cone
Middle
Upper
Gulf Coast
South Plains
Cotulla
Alpine
Traffic Mishaps Send Four To Local Hospitals
Four persons were treated at Tathbock hospitals Monday after four separate accidents. Clarence L. Debord, 48, of 63th St, in satisfactory condition at West Texas Hospital. Mrs. Bob Manley, 22, of Ave S, injured at 19th St and Ave A, in satisfactory condition at Methodist Hospital. Kendall Warner Kendall, 24, of Labh St, treated at Methodist and released after a car motorcycle crash at Ave Q and 22nd St. Marian Golden, 29, of 2604 tard St, treated in a physician's office after a motorcycle and a car collided at 19th St and Ave T. Marian works for the City of Lubbock and is a Tech student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tathbock
50Th St
Ave. Q
Clarence L. Debord
Titt 63Th St
West Texas Hospital
Bob Manley
Ave. S
19Th St
Ave. A
Methodist Hospital
Avenue T
Mariun
City of
Lubbock
Miss McFarland Rites In Snyder
Miss Mery McFarland age 87 a resident of Scurry County for more than sixty years died Sunday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. She was born in Fennin County and is survived by sisters Mrs Geldie Winter and Miss Clare McFarland of Snyder. Services will be at Bolger Funeral Home Chapel today with Pastor John English officiating. Burial will be in Dunn Cemetery.
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Snyder U Special
Mery McFarland
Scurry County
Cogdel Memorial Hospital
Miss McFarland
Fennin County
Geldie Winter
Clare McFarland
Snyder
Dopar
Bolger Funeral Home
Tur
John English
First Methodist Church
Dunn Cemetery
Birth announcements list multiple local families in Lubbock area
A long passage documents numerous birth notices from Lubbock area families. It lists names such as Ronnie Mack Schroeder and Caring Alonzo, with births at University Hospital and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Each entry notes baby weight, time, hospital, and the father’s occupation, including roles at Montgomery Ward Co, Baker Co, Postal Service, and Missoun Beet Packers, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Mack Schroeder
46Th St
Pam
Mro
Caring Alonzo
N Avenue S
Worshine
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Critical State Described For General’s Condition
Doctors described the general as extremely critical with an unstable heartbeat in a 7 year old patient. A pacer failed to stabilize the rhythm and electric shocks were used to halt spasms. Mrs Eisenhower remained calm as the family faced the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Mamie Eisenhower
California
Agi Wa
President seeks honorable peace without unilateral concessions
President Johnson signals no move without credible sign of serious Soviet deescalation and peace steps, urging diplomacy with a wary stance as Hum prey and McCarthy clash over Vietnam policy. He frames talks as a political era of debate while aiming for an honorable peace in Southeast Asia. Lincoln aide William Seward noted with a personal link to Alaska history.
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Johnson
Hanoi
Freedom For
Southeast Asia
Democratic Convention
Platform Committee
Vietnam Phaink
Private Plane Crash Kills Six In Oklahoma
Six people including five executives of a Commerce clothing manufacturer died when their light plane crashed near Anamf Oklahoma early Monday. Authorities identified the victims and said weather and mechanical issues were being investigated as possible causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamf
Okla
Capi
Commerce Clothing Manufacturing Company
Delegation Challenge Splits Texas Democratic Seats In 1964
The Texas Democratic delegation fight centers on reconstituting the 104 vote group to give challengers 50 votes or ousting the Connally slate in favor of Yarborough. Regular leaders insist elected delegates remain valid and unaffiliated substitutes lack lawful claim, stressing disenfranchisement of voters who followed legal party processes. Separately a fatal Miami crash claims six, including firm executives from Crane Missouri and Miami, with FAA notes of a possible vertigo and a power dive into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
National Party
Ibe
Connally
Yarborough
National Democratic Party
Texas
Democratic Party
War policy debate tests Vietnam bombing halt view
The article reports on U S senators and aides debating a potential bombing pause in North Vietnam. Muskie argues the decision should rest with President Johnson, not a political convention, while Hilsman pushes unilateral restraint. McCarthy seeks an interim coalition government including the NLF, which Muskie rejects.
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Humphrey
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Miinesota
Vietnam
McCarthy
Chicago
Hilsman
Edmunds. Muskie
Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
North Vietnam
Johnson
Muskie
Thhrough Muskie
North ‘Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
Burglary Attempt Ended as Witnesses Spot White Car
A man trying to break in the rear door alerted bystander Irving Nunn who watched from 40 yards away in his car and tried to read the white car’s license with binoculars. Stanger suggested Muncy confronted burglars who had found a gun and were after cash in a filing cabinet. a gun was fired as he fled, with the weapon still missing. Police await store manager Walter Chambliss’s return to confirm losses. two cash registers were untouched but a narcotics drawer was left unlatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Nunn
Stagner
Muncy
Walter Chambliss
Upward Bound program trains low income students for college
Fifty students began the Upward Bound program at Tech, with 44 headed to college this fall mainly at Texas Tech. Staff size 14, led by Director David Jordan, touts improved communications and health, while students praise renewed study habits and broader outlooks.
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West Texas State University
Tech
Texas Tech
Armed Services
David Jordan
New York
Jordan
Ben Zermeno
Zermeno
Colleen Walter
Upward Bound
Eddie Love
Eddie
Ventura
Calif
Bobby Thomas
Lamar Tech
Mary Helen Bustamantes
Lubbock
South Plains
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Red
United Steelworkers Union
Washington
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Joseph P. Whelton
New Hampshire
Hughes
Amarilloan
McFarland
Ronnie Wayne Cate
JTL
3Rd St
Oat University Hospital
The
Baker Co
Russell Tay Graham
Piard Place
Firiday
Lubbock Ostenpattie T Hospital
Lubbock County
Joseph (Janes
Rio
William Cameron & Company
Wilam E. Davis
Air
Santos Zavala
Ted Joel Mantiniqueg
Brownfield Drive
Apt
Highland Hospital
Raul A. Gutrteg
Basier
Missoun Beet Packers
Jerry Albright
Stopan Turth
At & Am
Methodist
Hahheprade Thagturs
Opo
Tleyam
George Seti
Gunaves
Spom
Enya al
White Swan Tosttutanal Bonds Co
Juan Beparva
Groonehost
Laitlinge
Afri Daeda
Laos
Santas
Ave
Wens H
Ars James Culiepper
Abernathy
Ing & Pounds
Mroo
Rudy Blake
Stun Beth
Ty Agnee
Liubhew Roofing
Mero
Slelecto Givares
Hasior
Mfomdas
Yunbs Machine and Supply Inc
Mes Peck Groharm
Voon
Weishing Ioyentids
Ihe Critical
Wiliam Seward
Lincoln
Alaska Purchase
Auburn
Hale Boces
Louisiana
Democratic Platform Committee
Charles Davis
Davis
Oklahoma
Phine
Miami
Crane, Mo
Charles Letcher
Federal Aviation Administration
Bob McGaw
MeGaw
Glenn Serry Manufacturing Co
Ronnie Teacue
Charles Cooper
Kenneth Fields
Edmund Yankowski
Charles’ Hayes
G-B Manufacturing
Crane
Glenn-Berry
Rusk
Peggy
A. C. Verner
John Jackson
Peggy Kincannon
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