Communists attack South Vietnamese units along three fronts
Communist forces hit South Vietnamese troops at three points on Monday, two in the Fishhook area near the Cambodian border and one on Highway 1 southeast of Phnom Penh. Officials report 54 Communist dead and at least 12 South Vietnamese fatalities with 17 wounded. Moorer inspected Phnom Penh for U.S. assessment as air power aided Cambodian efforts to relieve Phnom Penh.
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Willeford Named New GOP State Chairman in Austin
The Republican Executive Committee in Austin selected Dr George Willeford as the new state party chairman. The report notes he succeeds to lead the party as careful security and health protocols surround astronauts in preflight isolation.
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George Willeford
Austin
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Republican Executive Committee
Willeford
Sec. A
Arctic Front Nips Panhandle Then Retreats North
Weather summary notes a new Arctic front dipping into the Panhandle with highs in the 60s today and Wednesday, teens to 30s in northern areas, 20 mph winds on the South Plains, and frost risk in early morning readings. Elsewhere drizzle in East Texas, fog in the Valley, and temperatures nationally show extremes from 31 below to 85.
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Great Lakes
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California
Piniard Watery Presses Finland Inland Water Measure
The report notes Finland's inland water acreage exceeds 7.6 million acres, reaching a high mark with about ten percent of the country’s land surface covered by water.
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Finland
Town Abandons Doctor Search in London Mills Illinois
London Mills Illinois abandons its 12 year bid for a community doctor and plans to sell a 30000 dollar medical building erected by the town’s Medical Building Association. The 1960 structure offered a 1000 dollar reward for a doctor to settle locally but no one did. Residents must seek care in Galesburg Peoria or nearby towns.
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Medical Building Association
Galesburg
Peoria
Book Publishing Reaches High in Japan 1969
Tokyo UPI reports 44 000 new titles published in 1969 with 575 million volumes printed the highest since World War II. Average of five books per person in a 105 million population. Literacy near 98 percent. Limited public library system boosts sales.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Inspired Flask Used For Liqueur Tradition Traced to Antiquity
Israeli orange and chocolate Sabra liqueur is sold in a ceramic flask modeled after an ancient Palestine wine vessel from around 1000 B.C. The two handled form, dubbed the Pilgrim's Flask, echoes a prototype archaeologists found in Northern Israel about 3,500 years old.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Palestine
Israel
Philippines births rate and family size statistics reported
Manila UPI reports the Philippines with about 37 million people, ranking 15th globally, and an annual birth rate of 3.5 percent or 45.5 per thousand. Statistics suggest an average Filipino woman around age 45 has borne six or seven children.
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Manila
UPI
Philippines
Feud over Water Project Costs Between Lubbock and Amarillo
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority remains divided over how to allocate operation and maintenance costs for the Lake Meredith aqueduct. Lubbock argues for actual annual expenses and water-based pro ration, while Amarillo favors a fixed share based on original construction costs. The dispute could affect millions over 130 years. Directors discussed pollution and an audit while naming officers including Finger and Penner.
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Stiff
A. W Empie
Amarillo
Lubbock
John C. Williams
George W. Finger
Borger
Ray Peniner
Lamesa
Williams
Meredith
Man Receives Fifth Kidney After Rejections Across Years
Calland names his medical team and life outside the hospital while recounting a 1968 kidney disease descent into viral septicemia meningitis encephalitis pancreatitis bilateral pneumonia and peritonitis. Surgeons placed him on a kidney machine as a donor search continued. Rosalind Calland donated a kidney in 1969 but successive transplants all failed until a last minute donor kidney arrived with blood match only.
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Sacramento
Calland
Rosalind
Legislature Opens Amid Funding and Redistricting Debates
The 1969 Texas Legislature convenes facing major issues including funding for higher education and an automatic teacher pay raise, with concurrent debates on redistricting after the 1970 census, criminal code revisions, pollution control, insurance, regulation, and social policy reforms. The chamber sees a liberal Senate majority and a conservative House, with few new members and a Capitol rearranged for offices and refreshed decor.
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House
Senate
Capitol
Bolivian Revolt Ended Quickly
In La Paz the leftist government of President Juan Jose Torres crushed a 26 hour coup with dawn air power using P51 Mustangs. The rebels surrendered and about 50 sought asylum at the Peruvian Embassy. Torres labeled them fascists financed by foreign interests, with Brazil as a possible source. The uprising began around 2 am Sunday and collapsed by 4 am Monday.
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UPI
Juan Jose Torres
Miraflores
Torres
Brazil
Tappear
Safest Drivers? Take A Guess
In San Francisco a UPI report says the best drivers are spinsters and widows aged 30 to 64 based on an insurance company claims file. The worst driver is a single male aged 17 to 20 who owns or mainly operates the car.
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UPI
National Automobile Insurance
Icar
Sweetwater Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery
A 23 year old Texas man Donal Gene Richardson pleaded guilty in federal court to the $23000 Dealers and Growers Bank robbery in which a Oklahoma police officer was shot during the escape from jail in Eastland Texas on May 27 1969. Sentencing set for January 2 after a pre sentence investigation. The government will drop the teller endangerment charge upon adjudication. Richardson previously faced murder and Texas bank robbery charges. Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Texas
Oklahoma
Dealers and Growers Bank
Donal Gene Richardson
Charles Scott
Richardson
Sweetwater
Tex
Eastland
FBI
Automakers Oppose Lower Car Sticker Price Rule
Washington AP GM Ford and Chrysler oppose FTC plan to lower new car sticker prices arguing it removes bargaining. Auto firms say prices vary by model season and location, and buyers misled by fixed sticker. FTC hearings aim to require pricing within three percent of actual sales levels.
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Miles W. Kirkpatrick
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