China Might Join War If Hanoi Destroyed
Washington officials said Red China would likely enter the Viet Nam conflict if Hanoi were destroyed. The United States limits air strikes to military targets and believes China understands this policy. Soviet aid to Hanoi remains substantial, while both Moscow and Peking show hostility and rift widening.
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Hanoi
Washington
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Viet Nam
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Khrushchev
Russia
Red China
Moscow-Peking
Moscow
Convention Luncheon Advances Regional Gathering
At a noon luncheon president George Gilkerson will review the past year and the convention will close with remarks from the newly elected president. Thursday night delegates registered, were served dinner and entertained by the Slumtown Symfunny from Lamesa.
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George Gilkerson
Lamesa
Man Killed by Burlington Freight Train Near Childress
Pete Marius Petersen, 65, a homeless blacksmith, was struck by a Burlington freight train about 10:10 p.m. Wednesday a quarter mile east of Childress. Engineer F E Bowlen said he could not stop in time. Petersen died as a result of the impact. His body lies at Newberry Funeral Home as relatives are sought. Petersen had claimed a wife and son were killed in 1927 and said he had no immediate family. He was reportedly born in Norway.
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Burlington
Here
John Whitfield
E. F. Bowlen
Oklahoma
Newberry Funeral Home
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Tie
Nor Way
Eisenhower
Chrysler Posts Record Worldwide Auto Sales in First Half 1966
Chrysler reports a six month worldwide vehicle total of 1,122,458, up six percent from the prior year’s period. New company high sales reached 2.869 billion, surpassing 1965. U.S. car sales eased 1.1 percent to 568,084 as Ford and GM declined. Lynn A. Townsend notes favorable long term demand.
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U.S
Ford
Lynn A. Townsend
Childress Man Dies In Wreck
A 65 year old Childress laborer died in a one car rollover eight miles southwest of Childress at 6 20 p m Thursday. David Woolridge was driving west on FM 17 when the crash occurred. Peace Justice J Paul Goodson pronounced him dead at the scene and said the victim appeared to have suffered a heart attack before losing control. The car ran off the road struck an embankment and overturned.
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Childress
Johns Whitfield
David Woolfridge
J. Paul Goodson
Woolridge
Whitfield
Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow Celebrate Second Wedding Party
Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow left his parents home after a second wedding party described as the perfect ending. About 100 people gathered outside the elder Sinatras' home as Sinatra sang inside, with Nancy Sinatra and others in attendance. He plans to return to London to work on a new film.
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Joe F. Lewis
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Miss Farrow
Las Vegas
London
Leading Lady Tackinson to Star in And Baby Makes Five
Angie Tackinson will play the lead role in And Baby Makes Five on a television segment for the Bob Hope Theater program.
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UPI
Angie Tackinson
Baby
Rule the Waves Sydney to Build Warships
The Sydney government announces plans to construct several warships as part of a national defense expansion. Officials say the program aims to strengthen naval capacity and regional security while supporting local industry.
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Sydney
Australia
Coinage Panel to Handle Half Dollar Redesign
Half Dollars should be turned over to the Joint Commission on Coinage created by last year's law that changed the system. The commission may meet late this year or early next year. Treasury officials doubt silver content drives shortages as old and new coins circulate together. Silver would need to rise to 1.38 per ounce for old coins to match face value. The Treasury is authorized to hold silver at 1.29 per ounce.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Congress
Formula for Collision
A topless model Julie Shaw, 21, from London, leaped from hedges onto a main road near Tunbridge Wells causing a three-vehicle crash and a car into a field. Police and motorists noted slight damage and the incident involved a leopard-girl photo shoot.
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England
Julie Shaw
London
Tax package debated with standby credit controls and revenue estimates
U S congressmen Ullman and Duncan push a tax package including standby instalment credit controls. Estimates project $1 billion revenue from suspending the investment credit, while corporate income tax would rise by $3 billion and the excess profits tax by $1 billion. Duncan attaches a letter to Johnson noting a projected decline in Oregon construction and wood products sales.
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Dore
Ullman
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Supon Us
Mortgage Money Losses Pointed
Rep Wright Patman said high interest rates dried up home mortgage money in his northeast Texas district. A letter from W T Murphy president of the Paris and Lamar County Home Builders Association quoted local savings and loan associations losing over a million dollars to 5 12 per cent bank CDs, reducing funds for new home loans.
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UPI
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D-Tex
Texas
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Paris and
Lamar County Home Builders Association
Paris
Tex
Eisenhower Back in Walter Reed for Routine Check
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is back at Walter Reed Army Hospital for routine follow up studies on arthritis and heart condition. An Army doctor said there is no emergency and noted no major change in his general condition since a prior hospital stay.
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Washington
Dwight D. Elsen
Hower
Walter
Reed Army Hospital
An. Army
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Army
Government liquidates Cuban life insurance held by abroad
The Cuban government announced it is liquidating all life insurance policies held by Cubans in American and Cuban insurance companies that were nationalized. The National Insurance will pay off policy holders and some previously nationalized or escaped companies are being abolished or consolidated.
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Havana
Recognition Bill Goes To Senate
The Armed Services Committee sent to the Senate a bill to award gold star lapel buttons to next of kin of military personnel killed in Viet Nam and other operations since June 30, 1958. Emblems would match World War I and II designs, with awards also for Berlin, Lebanon, Quemoy and Matsu, Taiwan Straits, Congo, Laos, Dominican Republic and Cuba.
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Viet Nam
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Armed Services Committee
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U.S
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Quemoy and
Matsu
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Congo
Laos
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