Arctic cold front pushes through Texas Panhandle area
Arctic air moves into the Texas Panhandle with northerly winds and falling temperatures. Dalhart reports 25 degrees at noon, Am arilla rises above freezing for the first time in eight days, and several Kansas cities face blowing snow and subzero readings. Forecasts vary as the front extends toward the Rockies, with Friday lows seen near 5 to the low 20s in Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Panhandle
Amarilla
Garden City
Kan
Dodge City
Doon
Guymon
Okla
Cleve Ps .C
Louisville
Arkansas
Ponca City
Qua
Rocky Mountains
Amarillo
Borger
Canyon
Pampa
Northwest Texas
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Inflation Warning From President Johnson
President Johnson said the nation can ward off recessions and keep an economic miracle going in 1966 with sound wage and price decisions by labor and business. He sent an 80,000 word message to Congress along with the Council of Economic Advisers report forecasting more jobs profits and spending despite Viet Nam. The president stressed recessions are not inevitable and praised broad prosperity across industries and workers.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Viet Nam
State Tax Committee Seeks Ways to Increase Texas Revenue
A Texas tax committee backed raising revenue to meet growing public service demand. Options discussed include increasing the 2 percent sales tax and trimming exemptions, though leaders stopped short of removing exemptions on food, prescriptions or drugs or farm machinery. Gov. Connally and Rep. Atwell urged careful steps as they study the sales tax with about $280 million annual impact noted.
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Austin
Texas
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Atwell
Mescalin
John Connally
Jim McGrew
Texas Dannnuah Aanmiaa
Conference resumes as urged plan to end nuclear arms race
In Geneva the 17 nation disarmament conference reopened as President Johnson urged a seven point program to curb proliferation and seek a nonproliferation treaty. Pope Paul VI appealed directly while Viet Nam looms. Thant joined the call for a comprehensive treaty and strengthened safeguards for peaceful nuclear transfers.
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Geneva
UPI
Johnson
Paul VI
Viet Nam
U. S
South Viet Nam
Thant
United Nations
U. N
United States
Thugs Shot By Police After Bar Robbery Shootout
In PORT CHICAGO CALIF AP two of three gunmen were shot after robbing a bar and kidnapping two men. Deputies and highway patrol freed the hostages after a two mile chase. Lawson 18 and Lea 22 were treated for superficial wounds. Ward 25 jailed on related charges.
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Port Chicago
Calif
Leonard Lawson
Ivie James Lea
Contra Costa County Hospital
Martinez
Lawson
Lea
Lonnie Ward
Blue Groves
Groves
Eugene Dillinger
Explosions and Fire Wreck Four Homes in Indianapolis
Three blasts and a spreading gas fire destroyed four houses on the west side of Indianapolis. Seven people were injured, one critically. Lorinda Pearson, 62, described the shock as her face hitting the ceiling. Ora Parrish, 41, aided her and was injured saving others as a third home exploded three hours after the first. Firemen likened the second and third blasts to a double barreled shotgun boom.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lorinda Pearson
Pearson Lawn
Ora Parrish
Improper Counsel Acquittal in Amarillo Policeman Death
Felix Fesmire Jr aged 17 was acquitted of murder Wednesday by Dist. Judge Gene Elion Cox after defense objections. The case involved a death of a local Amarillo policeman. The acquittal was announced as part of the court proceedings reported by Canyon AP.
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Amarillo
Wrestling Champion Escapes From Cuba
Cuban wrestling champion Gustavo Miranda fled Castro’s regime in a small boat, aiming exile in the United States. He traveled with Senor Miguel Barrero and 36 others, landing at a Cuban refugee center after a three and a half day voyage amid ongoing airlift evacuations.
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Miami
Fla
Gustavo Miranda
Fidel Castro
Sens
Miguel Barrero
Adiragia
Young Marine Fights for Duty After Hernia Surgery
Ronald Olliges, 20, of Roselle Illinois, underwent a hernia operation to qualify for Marine Corps service and was sworn in January. He plans two years of active duty starting in March and would volunteer for Vietnam if given the choice. He criticized antiwar protests and urged support for U S efforts, saying victory in Vietnam could prevent communist expansion.
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Uncle Sam
Ronald Olliges
Marine Corps
Merrill W. Plaskow II
Patek E
Rereefe Roselle
Ill
Viet Nam
Marines
Quiges
United States
Olliges
Marines suffer heavy casualties in Vietnam clash
U.S. Marine unit moving to set an ambush near Chu Lai faced a Viet Cong force several times larger and sustained heavy casualties. Allied actions today and Wednesday killed at least 121 Viet Cong and captured 309 suspects. South Korean troops killed 35 Viet Cong near Bong Son as U.S. forces conducted sweeps along the coast. Two Marines were found dead after a patrol at Da Nang, and another three Viet Cong were reported dead southeast of Da Nang in a separate ambush.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Chui Lai
Bong Son
U.S. 1St Cavalry
da Nan
Living Cost Up Sharply in December
Prices rose by four tenths of one percent in December marking the largest December gain since 1950. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes 1965 as the fastest rising year in seven years with food costs driving the climb and the index hitting a new high at 111. The report precedes Johnson’s economic message to Congress as inflation concerns loom if Viet Nam war escalation continues.
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Washington
Arthur Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Labor Department
Four Train Cars Derail After Wreck Near Wortham
A Southern Pacific freight train struck a dump truck at Wortham 22 miles south of Corsicana at about 5 am. Four rail cars derailed and three Ennis crewmen were trapped in a locomotive. two hurt, not seriously. The truck driver William Procter was hospitalized in Fairfield. Engineer W T Smith escaped from the cab after 30 minutes.
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Corsicana
Southern Pacific
Wortham
Here
William Procter
Fairfield
Ennis
L. D. Wilson
H. L. Roberts
W. T. Smith
Army chow fuels a soldier's unlikely weight loss tale
Merrill W. Plaskow II, who dropped from 322 to 185 pounds to join the Army, battles the discipline of Army meals while pursuing journalism studies at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The 19 year old aims to work in Army radio and television and maybe acting.
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George Zucker
Indianapolis
Ind
Merrill W. Plaskow II
Plaskow
Philadelphia
Defense Department
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Army
Have to Show Them Woman Not Bitter After Mate Killed
Mount Holly journalist reports a widow expresses grief after Staff Sgt. Cox, 35, killed in Vietnam. She notes the burden on younger soldiers to endure losses and the lack of closure as the war continues in Viet Nam. The story references her ongoing sorrow and resilience.
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Viet Nam
Cox
Police Grill Men With Cowboy Hats In New Orleans
In downtown New Orleans police questioned men wearing cowboy hats after a clerk was robbed of $100 Wednesday. A second suspect description included a man in a 10- Balloon hat.
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New Orleans
Harold Foster
Arlington Burial Blocked for Communist Leader Thompson
The Defense Department announced that Robert G. Thompson, a former World War II veteran and convicted communist, will not be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Thompson, who jumped bail after a 1949 conviction for conspiring to advocate overthrow of the government, was sentenced to additional years and reportedly died recently. Arlington burial had been planned for January 31 but faced protests from veterans and others.
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Washington (Ap
Nicholas Katzenbach
Defense Department
Thompson
Robert G. Thomps
Conlson
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Pentagon
New Guinea
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Four Charged In Gun Thefts Across Tucson Area
Police arrested Keen 17 and Gary Horton 16 both of Dallas along with Edward Cullen Jr and Michael Prime 22 of Tucson for stealing a large arsenal. Officers recovered more than a dozen rifles and handguns and a substantial amount of ammunition valued at nearly two thousand dollars.
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Tucson
Ariz
Keen
Gary Horton
Dallas
Edward Cullen ,Jr
Michael Prime
Ingamarpor
Frys
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Mount Holly
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