Clifford Selected as Defense Secretary Amid McNamara Farewell
Clifford, Fort Scott Kansas native and former Truman adviser, named by Johnson to head the Defense Department succeeding McNamara. He vows nonpolitical service, plans to sever law firm ties, and aims to maintain objective defense policy during tenure.
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Fierce Fights Persist In DMZ Vicinity
In South Vietnam heavy clashes continued near the DMZ for a second day. U.S. Marines battled near Gio Linh. 3 Marines were killed and 25 wounded. South Vietnamese forces faced a Viet Cong assault in Dinh Tuong Province with 14 government troops killed and 60 wounded. Pleiku and Cu Chi came under rocket and mortar fire, wounding 14 Americans.
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Demilitarized Zone
U.S
South Vietnam
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Mekong Delta
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Cu Chi
Gio Linh
2Nd Corps
Nixon urges preventive diplomacy in Texas swing
Former Vice President Richard Nixon called for a policy of preventive diplomacy during a Texas appearance, urging the United States to help curb aggression abroad without war. He criticized the Johnson and Kennedy eras’ diplomacy and domestic economic policy, warning that a prolonged Vietnam war could worsen the nation’s troubles.
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Holdup From Page One
In a chaotic incident described as a 15 minute gun battle, officers swarmed the area and fired into a building as a trooper faces a deadly confrontation. The fragment references Kansas and Cedar area mentions, with an 88 year old Henry figure noted.
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Ocean Sprinter Hampered by Atlantic Gale in Transatlantic Ordeal
The 239foot freighter Ocean Sprinter, sailing from Summerside PEI to Rotterdam, battled a brutal gale and ice, sending an SOS at 4 25 am Wednesday. Captain A Solleveild and three crewmen delayed departure. Absecon rescued after 200 miles under darkness and worsening seas.
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Summerside
Prince Edward
Isand
Canadian Coast Guard
Port Arthur Crash Kills Two Persons
A head on collision on the north side of Port Arthur Friday night killed two people and injured a third. D Bottoms 21 of Silsbee and Rebecca Guy 18 of Port Arthur died in the crash. Kay May 18 of Port Arthur was reported in critical condition at a Beaumont hospital.
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Beaumont
Kay May
Texan Democratic gubernatorial race grows with candidates
Ed Clark the former ambassador to Australia and Don Yarborough of Houston among those weighing runs. Locke, tied to Connally allies, emerges as a potential candidate, while Carr Charis Cam Carr vows a progressive conservative platform and anti crime focus.
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Houston
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Floresville
U.S
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Texas
Hong Kong
Austin
Local Families Welcome Newborns in West Texas Hospitals
Several area couples report the births of children at West Texas Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Names and details include Rene Ridjas with a son weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce at 6 30 a m, and other families from Lubbock and surrounding areas welcoming sons and daughters with weights ranging from about 1 to 9 pounds. Fathers’ occupations span door company worker, farmer, insurance agent, bank teller, route salesman, and student at Texas Tech.
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Piace
Weldon Matvey Sandusky
West Tesna Hospital
Texas Tech
Beidle Alan Stapleton
West Texas Hospital
Texas Life Insurance Co
Joe Wilbornummers
Lubbock National Bank
Lubbock Plan Pivots on Effluent Use for Power Plant
City officials seek study from Southwestern and Texas Tech on using treated sewage effluent for a 470 acre farm tract and potential irrigation and industrial use. Mayor Rogers backs the project as economic diversification with a long range council review. An option on 320 acres near V-8 Ranch advances a generating plant expected to produce up to 1 million kilowatts, with bids in October and groundbreaking planned for 1969.
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Dub) Rogers Jr
South‘western
Pogaltly
School of Engineering
Texas Tech
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Brummal
Southwestern
Aana Sun
Willye Va
Storm disrupts Lubbock area traffic and rescues many
Storm damage and heavy rain cause stranded pupils and buses in Cresbyton Southland and Ralls. Traffic on Caprock roads remains risky with lingering drizzle and snow in Lamesa Gail Spur Brownfield Dickens Levelland and Toledo. No fatalities reported while disaster loans in San Antonio aid homeowners and businesses.
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Weather Bureau
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Borden County
South Plains
U. S
Bexar County
Blair Reeves
Bexar ‘County
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Small Business Administration
SBA
U. S&s
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
Milton Rogers
Heart transplant patient in extremely critical condition
Mike Kasperak the U S heart transplant patient at Palo Alto Stanford Medical Center remains in extremely critical condition after a second major operation in 24 hours. Surgeons removed his spleen repaired a stomach ulcer and treated internal bleeding while doctors warn infection could influence his course. His heart function remains normal but the situation is dire with multiple surgeries in the last five days and his wife Ferne at the hospital.
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Calif
UPI
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U.S
Kasperak
Palo Alto- Stanford Medical Center
Ferne
Stanford University
Apollo Moon Ship May Still Launch Monday
UPI reports NASA reversed course and kept the Apollo lunar module Saturn I rocket on possible Monday launch amid delays from a power failure in the countdown rehearsal. Officials were to clarify the situation and set a definite date.
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Space Agency
Nuclear Test at Hot Creek Valley Reports Contained Radiation
The Atomic Energy Commission said initial radiation readings around the shot point showed containment beneath the surface after the test in Hot Creek Valley Nevada. Officials evacuated a 12 mile radius, noted no building damage near Hot Creek Ranch, and observed a minor rolling motion 23 miles away. A separate Yucca Flat test involved a lower yield device buried underground.
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