Americans Avenging Casualties In Viet Cong Assault
Intelligence reports say American forces sustained light to moderate casualties in a barrage tied to the Christmas truce. Officers claim North Vietnam used the 48 hour pause to shift two regiments into a six mile buffer zone as two NVA divisions regrouped nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
Say
Hanoi
Lawyers ‘Union of
Russia
U.S
Vietnam
Viet Cong
S Liberation People’s Agency
Moscow
McNamara boosts pilot training but delays take effect
McNamara’s budget raises Army Navy and Air Force pilot training and facilities with a projected increase of up to thousands of pilots next year. Officials warn retention losses will push more tours in Asia, but production boosts won’t start until 1969 after a long lead time and high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Air Force
Southeast Asia
MccNamara
Stennis
McNamara
Defense
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Pentagon
Binh Thuan
Phanh Thiet
Saigon
Gulf of Tonkin
Bain‘bridge
Long Beach
Enterprise
Power Restored After San Antonio Blackout
A transformer fault caused a 26 minute blackout affecting about one fifth of San Antonio. Workers found the failed transformer, replaced it, and power was restored without the need for emergency actions. The outage was concentrated in the southeast part of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
UPI
Vienna pensioner clubs ease loneliness with activity and care
In Vienna more than 100 pensioner clubs offer fall and winter gatherings in heated rooms with newspapers magazines and companionship. Clubs host free services such as shopping cooking and cleaning on carefree days and hold seasonal events like openings in October Christmas and Carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nouzha I. Dimitri
Vienna
UPI
Austria
Rodriguez Couple Welcome Son at Laufettn Hospital
Mr and Mrs Pedro Rodriguez of Wilea welcomed a son weighing pounds and ounces at 1 35 p m Thursday at Laufettn Hospital. The father is employed by Sam Tidmains fertilizer dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro Rodriguez
Wilea
Laufettn
Sam Tidmains Fertilizer
Sheldon Teeter
Ave
F. Abernathy
Goodnight Hospital
Rainbo Bakery
Chris Addison
Brownfield
Methodist Hospital
John Archer Cowan
Ropesville
Thurday
West Texas Hospital
Jerry A. Reynolds
First National Bank
Aten G. Harrison
Santiago Martinez
Ave. V
Porter Clinic
Williamson Seed Co
Rodney Fralin
Wayne Goss
E. Quinn
Methodist Hosptel
Dr. Pepper-7 Up Bottling Co
Cleatus Manuel Phelan
Tanaka
Lynn County
Ant
Louis Edward Martin
Sid Lannville
Dunlap's
Marvel Kidd
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Hancock Miz. Co
Roman Ponce
Portmouth St
Lubbock Osterthic
Samuel Jackson Miz. Corp
Birth notices from Lubbock area announce dozen newborns
A series of birth announcements lists families from Abernathy Brownfield Cowan and other nearby towns. Each item notes the newborns weight and time of birth, hospital, and father’s occupation, including roles at Rainbo Bakery West Texas Advertising Co Dr Pepper-7 Up Bottling Co and Samuel Jackson Manufacturing Corp.
Improvements Set On Italian Railroads
Rome Italy plans self supporting railways and major upgrades to Milan Naples and Bologna Bari lines. Buses will replace passenger trains on about 1367 miles of minor lines. Railroads hope to boost tourist traffic as only about 20 percent of foreign visitors now travel by train in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
UPI
Italy
Milan-Naples
Bologna
Bari
Council of Ministers
Ceremony Planned Next Week For Water Into City Reservoir
Officials say an informal ceremony is planned when water begins to fill the city reservoir connected to the 322 mile aqueduct. Tests run five cfs through the line as inspectors check for cracks debris and controls. Crane notes the project is ahead of schedule with water ready by New Year’s Day and costs trimmed to 84 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Canadian River
Crane
Levelland
Brownfield
Amarillo
Hall
Borger
Lake Meredith
Sanford Dam
Lake “Holding
Suzy Dewey’s Dream Trip Cut Short by Fever
Six year-old Suzy Dewey of Grand Rapids Michigan canceled a Marineland visit due to fever and soreness while in Los Angeles for a dream trip. The leukemia patient had toured Disneyland and Universal Studios with an anonymous benefactor funding the Southern California trip. The Deweys were to depart today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Suzy Dewey
Grand Rapids
Mich
Marineland
Suzy
Marineland Oceanarium
Disneyland
Anaheim
Universal Studios
Deweys
Origin of Moon and Ocean Formation by Volcanic Activity
The article explains that intense volcanic activity released gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen to form Earth's primitive atmosphere and oceans. It notes tidal forces then circularized the Moon’s orbit at about 240,000 miles from Earth and that the Moon continues to drift outward at roughly one inch per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Singer
Earth
MIT Professor: Earth Can Endure With Technological Progress
Dr. C. Stark Draper of MIT says humanity can survive and feed itself if technology advances, arguing against doomsday predictions. He compares Earth to a space ship needing a closed cycle to recycle waste into food. He urges balance of technology, economy, and military power to deter conflict and avoid mutual destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Feuerstein
ST. Louis
UPD
Earth
C. Stark Draper
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massacchusetts Institute of Technology
Smithereens
Draper
Stark
Louisiana
International Academy of Astronautics
U.S
Soviet Union
Train Derailment Kills Six in Western Poland
A passenger train derailed near Rzepin in western Poland injuring about 20. Reports from the Polish Press Agency confirm six fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Rzepin
Record Snow and Flooding Slam Northeastern States
Severe weather left motorists stranded across Connecticut and New York as heavy snow and floods produced fatalities. States from New York to Vermont reported deaths and power outages while winds up to 95 miles an hour lashed Massachusetts and Cape Cod.
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Los Angeles
New Hatel
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Block Island
R.I
Eastport
Weather Bureau
Hartford
Connecticut
New York
New York State
Wisconsin
Ohio
Minnesota
Indiana
South Dakota
Missouri
Burlington
Marquette
Mich
Boston
Harwich Port
Cape Cod
Chatham
Mass
Fort Wayne
Ind
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Queens
Michigan
Bay County
Lafayette
Avement
Helena
Mont
Butte
Haguechuped
Albuquerque
Clayton
N.M
Dixie
Poles Receive U S Plan to Cancel Debt Payments
U S Ambassador Gronouski proposed canceling several million dollars in Polish debt payments by funding mutually beneficial projects in Poland. The plan covers hospitals nursing institutes and English tape studios with total funding near 12 million dollars, aiming to ease Poland’s 450 million dollar debt through 2004. The Polish government offered no immediate reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
U.S
John A. Gronouski
Poland
United States
Johnson
East Europe
Gronouski
Krakow
Union Seeks Dirksen Entry Into Entertainer Union
New York AP report says Senator Everett Dirksen has been urged to join the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. An application and a 100 enrollment fee plus 15 dues were sent, with Dirksen indicating he would join. AFTRA requires membership after a single TV performance, and notes Dirksen’s NBC Tonight appearance and another taping. no comment from Dirksen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Everett Dirksen
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Dirksen
AFTRA
Safety Latch Failure Fatal In Accident
A Dallas man Clyde Gay 27 died after a pistol safety failed while he demonstrated the mechanism. Gay reportedly aimed the .22 caliber automatic at his head and pulled the trigger Wednesday night, dying about 11 hours later at Parkland Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Clyde Gay
Ather Harlin Marchbanks
Gay
Parkland Hospital
Truhill Cleared of Brazilian Smuggle Charge
Richardson Texas native Joseph Truhill says a Brazilian appeals court cleared him and two other Americans in a mining venture smuggling case. Also freed are Joseph McCutchen and Sam Sexton Jr. Ralph Dial remains jailed in Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Richardson
Brazil
Joseph Truhill
Eugenio Roberto Fischer
Brasilia
Fischer
Truhill
Joseph McCutchen
Sam Sexton Jr
Sexton
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Secretary McNamara
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Ageea
Salvaon
Jerry Jordan
Methodist Hospitel
West Texas Advertising Co
City
Thomas M. Spencer Jr
Pasadena
Tex
South Plains College
Bee County
Beeville
J. Chess Lovern
Mark
Lindy Lu
Clifford Payne
Payne Home
First Methodist Church
Lovern
MIT
By Gil Fox
Gordon
Pussycat
Jozef Winiewicz
Witold Trampczynski
Washington
Union
Texan
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