Near DMZ fighting in Vietnam marks first sizeable clash in months
Saigon reports 10 North Vietnamese and 3 marines dead in a battle south of the DMZ near Gio Linh. About seven marines wounded as North Vietnamese mortars and cannons sparked the clash. A second engagement near Phu Tien left 24 enemy soldiers dead with no Vietnamese casualties reported. U.S. raids in Laos and Cambodia continue, with one Phantom jet downed last Friday and 11 U.S. aircraft losses since December 10.
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Saigon
Phu Tien
Trang Bang
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Air Force
North Vietnam
Blaze Destroys Andrews Furniture Store After Early Morning Fire
A downtown Andrews fire gutted Garrison Furniture Co. in a blaze spotted by police at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. High winds and subfreezing temps hampered efforts as flames engulfed the interior, with damage estimated in the tens of thousands. Dick Garrison owned the business.
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Dick Garrison
Andrews
Innocent Plea Entered In Battery Theft Charges
Lorenzo Montoya aged 24 of 1508 E 13th St pleaded innocent to two more battery theft charges Tuesday in Judge Edwin H Boedeker's County Court at Law No 7.
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Lorenzo Montoya
E. 13Th St
Edwin HH. Boedeker
County Court-at-Law
Boedeker
Montoya
Municipal Coliseum
Wee Ee
Ani Bes Phonlin
Wisepan
Merida
Dana. Ly, Sparks
22Nd St
Joe CC. MckKinley
Amarillo
Retaliation Threatened Over Warplane Sales to Israel
Egyptian government spokesmen condemned U S support for Israel and urged reconsideration of the decision to resume Phantom jet deliveries. They warned Arabs may retaliate against U S economic interests in the Middle East, calling the move biased and irresponsible.
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Caltech
Cairo
Tahsin Pashie
United States
Middle East
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Bashir
Mycyptian
United Nations
Tech Student Dodge Rites Set Today in Amarillo
The report notes a Cairo stance criticizing a U.S. decision to provide Israel with Phantom F-4 fighters, arguing it inflates regional danger and supports occupation. Egypt asserts it will reclaim Arab rights and push for liberation amid U.S. arms shipments allegations. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad is meeting on the strategy.
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America
Israel
Eegypt
Fayptian Hitch Command
United States
High Command
Middle East
Mahmoud Riad
U.S
Births and legal notices mix in fragmented Amarillo column
Numerous birth announcements from families in Lubbock and Amarillo mix with police reports on a theft probe and court actions. The item notes several newborns with weights and times, plus DWI cases and a vehicle collision near Walsenburg, Colorado involving Texas Tech students.
Teacher's Case Due Hearing
Former Odessa College instructor Hubert Sindermann seeks 475000 in damages and reinstatement after his 1968 69 contract nonrenewal. A 1969 district court favored the college, but a 1970 circuit reversal left the case ongoing as the Supreme Court contemplates hearing dates.
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Odissa
U.S. Supreme Court
Odessa College
Hubert Sindermman
Sindermmian
U.S
Ernest Guinn
el Paso
Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Guinn
Sinderman
Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Firemen Subdue Stubborn Fire In Snowbound Town
In Asspermont firefighters battled a stubborn blaze for about six hours in 10 degree weather. Pat's Beauty Shop west of the Stonewall County Courthouse and the Queen Theater were destroyed or heavily damaged as winds drove the fire. Jayton Hamlin Rotan and Rule crews assisted. a water heater malfunction is suspected.
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Aspermont
Vin Pat
Stonewall County
Queen Theater
Willis Services Slated Today
Willis 39 died Monday in Lea General Hospital Hobbs. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Taylor Memorial Baptist with Rev. Jim Harvey officiating. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Survived by wife Beatrice two daughters La Don Cheryl parents Fred and (Mrs.) Willis siblings Wayman Willard Durward and Mary Whitefield.
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David Lee Dodge
Texas Tech, University
Walsenburg
Colo
First Christian Church
John Bridwell
Llano
Boxwell Bros
Dixige
Huerfano County Hospital
James Cunningham
Michael Gray
Julie Glover
Cunningham
Gray
Tech
Miss Glover
University of Texas At Austin
Dodge
Continental Trailways
Crested Butte
D. C. Dodge Jr
Stanley
Steve
Albuquerque
Judy Synek J
Dina Deupree
Amarilla
Hobbs
Donald W. Willis
Taylor Memorial - Baptist
Jim Harvey
Memory Gardens
Roberts Funeral Home
Willis
Lea General Hospital
New Mexico Electric Co
Beatrice
la Don
Cheryl
Fred Willis
Seagraves
Wayman
Arlington
Willard
Hurst
Durward
Plains
Mary Whitefield
Seminole
Ranks Changed For Three Men In Odessa Police
Odessa Police Chief Jack Tomlin announced changes in three officer ranks to improve department efficiency. Capt M L Buhn moves to sergeant, Sgt J M Hallman becomes traffic division captain, and Sgt Grady Whiteside is reduced to patrolman in the identification division. Patrolman T T Tyree resigned. Donald Lynn Hardin, 21, was hired as his replacement. Starting salary for an Odessa patrolman is 60 a month.
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Odessa
Jack Tomlin
Tomlin
M. L. Buhn
J. M. Hallman
Grady Whiteside
T. Tl. Tyree
Donald Lynn Hardin
Plane Crash Survivor Found Alive in Peruvian Jungle
Juliane Koepcke, 17, the sole girl survivor among 92 aboard an Electra turboprop, was located after 11 days in the Peruvian jungle near the Pachitea River. She was brought to Tournavista by colonists on a self built raft and described surviving on limited food including a Christmas cake.
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Lima
Miss Cobb
Bogota
Lombia
Lubbock
Juliane Koepcke
Tournavista
Summer Linguistic Institute
U.S
Pulcallpa
Air Ministry
Pachitea
Pachitea River
Pucullpa
Summer Linguistics Institute
Koepcke
Institute
Pucallpa
Jerrie Cobb
Miami
Fla
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