Radar Jeep Foils Viet Cong Ambush On Highway 1
U S Army units used jeep mounted radar to detect and disrupt a Viet Cong ambush near An Duong on Highway 1. Navy reports list 7th Fleet destroyers Shelton Higbee and Ernest G Small firing 573 rounds at Viet Cong positions in Mekong Delta and Central Viet Nam.
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Saigon
Highway 1
An Duong
Qui Nhon
Navy
7Th Fleet
Shelton
Higbee
Ernest G. Small
Mekong Delta
Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
Central Highlands
Doorman Pete Grippi Re-elected Ivy Republican Club Leader
The Ivy Republican Club on New Yorks upper East Side re-elects Peter Grippi as president for a third term. Grippi, 55, also works as a doorman at Sutton Terrace Apartments and has a long political and labor background dating to 1942. He plans to rest at Mastic Beach, Long Island, before returning to East 63rd Street.
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Pete
Peter Gripps
Ivy Republican Club
New York
Upper East Side
Peter Grippi
Grippi
Mastic Beach
Long Island
Sutton Terrace
East 63Rd Street
East River
Afl-Cio
Lubbock schools approve 97 new positions in 1966 plan
Lubbock public schools trustees approve a professional personnel plan adding 97 new jobs for 1966-67, boosting the salary budget by about 225 000 to 240 000. Nine teachers to Coronad High, eight to Lubbock High, and additions at Dunbar Alderson Hutchinson Mackenzie Evans Wilson Slaton, plus two new elementary schools Tubbs and Hunt. total staff 1 669 next year.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Public
Lubbock
Supt
Nat Williams
Tubbs
Hunt
Williams
Coronad High School
Lubbock High School
Dunbar High School
Alderson
Hutchinson
Mackenzie
Evans
Wilson
O. L. Slaton
Johnson proposes 2.3 billion program to rebuild slums
President Johnson asks Congress for a 2.3 billion demonstration cities program to overhaul slum neighborhoods in U S cities. The plan would pool housing and social efforts and may involve up to 100000 people at a time with incentives for coordinated local development and metropolitan planning tests.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Johnson Pe
Larry Miller Receives Six Year Embezzlement Sentence
Larry Miller, 37, of Lubbock, was sentenced to six years in prison after a jury found him guilty of embezzling about $6,000 from Southwest Lubbock Little League Inc. Miller, former treasurer, faced trial that began Tuesday in 137th District Court and ended with Judge James A. Ellis shortly after a jury deliberation.
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Larry Miller
Lubbock
Southwest Lubbock
Little League, Inc
137Th District Court
James A. Ellis
Miller
Court of Criminal Appeals
City Home Looted In Early Morning Break-In
A city residence suffered about 1000 dollars in valuables after a back door glass was broken to gain entry. Missing items include a diamond ring six necklaces a special five year bracelet and various valuables. Police investigate while other thefts noted include hats from a bar and a saddle stolen from Trammell stables.
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Maudeen Wharton
33Rd St
Amarillo
W. E. Hart
10Th Street
Lubbock’ Implement Co
Paul Gee
Lubbock
Taylor Knight
4Th St
Panhandle Sees 5 Below Zero Amid Deep Freeze
The Panhandle region including Amarillo endured sub zero temps with Amarillo dropping to 5 below between 1 and 2 a.m. A Weather Bureau observer cites pocket of cold air. Snow depths remained four inches in Amarillo and up to five in Childress. Forecasters predicted near freezing by Thursday.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Perryton
Mercury
Pampa
Childress
Borger
Canyon
Vicinities
Lubbock
South Plains
Panhandle
Two Escapees At Big Spring Still At Large
Two youths fled from the Big Spring State Hospital in bitter cold Tuesday night. Juan Rodriguez 15 of Brownfield and Richard Chavarria 22 of Big Spring remain missing this morning. Rodriguez had earlier been committed over a Crosby County shooting incident and was declared delinquent and mentally defective. Authorities pressed a wide search along U S Highway 87 and surrounding areas with no capture yet.
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Big Spring
State Hospital
Juan Rodriguez
Brownfield
Richard Chavarria
Rodriguez
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
Crosbyton
Rodiguez
Rodriquez
Chavarria
Big Spring Area
Securities Valued At 180000 Stolen From Rancher’s Home
Burlgars entered through an unlocked window at the Linden California home of rancher James Leonardini and took $180,000 worth of negotiable securities. Investigators said the numbers may not have been recorded and Leonardini was away at the time.
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Linden
Calif
James Leonardini
Sheriff's Office
Leonardini
Man Blamed Deaf Man after Shot at Wrong Las Vegas Home
In Las Vegas a 58 year old handyman shot at a visitor who knocked at the wrong address 222 West Wilson Avenue mistaking him for a burglar The visitor Donald Anderson traveled to the city to find his brother and reportedly left after being asked to identify himself in the doorway The incident centers on the misdirected knock and a gun discharge with no detailed injuries reported.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Donald Anderson
W. Wilson Ave
W. Bonanza
Anderson
Iona McWilliams
German Shepherd Donar Rivaled as Courageous Hero
Donar the German shepherd, dropped from the police canine corps after failing a hurdle test, is nominated for the Stillman Award after leaping at a gunman during a food shop holdup owned by Mrs. Edward Wiley. The bandit escaped with 285 dollars. no injuries occurred.
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ST. Louis
Police Department
Donar
Edward Wiley
Canine Corps
Missouri Humane Society
Stillman
Donald Anthony
Johnson outlines HUD role and 1966 city rebirth goals
President Johnson proposed a $30 million starter fund for a new rent supplement program to aid poor families. He appointed Robert C. Weaver to head HUD to mesh social and physical urban efforts while resisting broad program transfers. He urged 1966 as a year of rebirth focusing on open spaces safe streets and self-help by cities.
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Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Congress i
Firestone Kidnap Plot Ends in Shootout at Mansion
Police recount a staged kidnapping trap at the Firestone mansion aimed at Leonard Firestone. Informer George Skalla froze during the exchange and both he and Bailey were killed amid gunfire. Police had warned Firestone in advance. the plan sought a ransom between two and eight million dollars.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Leonard K. Firestone
Woolworth
Lancene
Barbara Hut
Cal Bailey
George Skalla
Bailey
Skalla
Bae
Sain
Beverly Hills
Jack Mourning
Firestone
San Francisco
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Thomas Mallee
Canine Corps Reject
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Gin
Mangare
Hidrel Laft
Clem Boverie
Clyde Owens
Chas. Aey
Loyd Pases
Alan Mere
Jolla
Dad Peel
Bill Callins
Joe Nislar
J. Ray Uichey
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Pacific
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
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Stark
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Wileys
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