U.S. Forces Prepare Offensive Near Dong Xoai Viet Nam News
More than 500 U. S. Army paratroopers were deployed 20 miles south of Dong Xoai to defend Phuoc Vinh Air Base and await orders for action in the Dong Xoai battle. Viet Cong forces pressed toward the airfield as Gen. Westmoreland signaled continued offensive potential and heavy fighting drew casualties on both sides.
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Avatenche—Journal News Services
AIGON
Dong Xoai
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Viet Nam
U. S
Dong Xuai
Saigon
Viet Nam
da Nang
Phuoc Vinh
Sun
Ellis Williamson
173Rd Airborne
William C. Westmoreland
Hale Center plans homecoming as crowds expected
Lubbock area sites for five project housing centers announced with Hale Center preparing July 3 festivities for about 10 000 attendees. Other items mention FHA workshop attendance statewide and a gunfire exchange in the Dominican Republic.
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Lubbock
Hale Center
Chicago Welcomes Gemini Aboard with Giant Parade
Two million cheering residents greet James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II as they ride through Chicago. The crowd size surpasses all prior city welcomes and underscores national unity after the Gemini mission. The astronauts praise teamwork and cooperation during the space flight.
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Edward White
James McDivitt
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Financial District
Hubert Humphrey
Associated Pi
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Richard Crowd
White
McDivitt
United States
Secowds
Storms Roar Across Texas With Heat and Lightning
Thunderstorms disturbed northeast Texas as a Gulf storm center brought heavy rain and gusty winds from Louisiana to Florida. Presidio hit 110 degrees the hottest in the nation, while others ranged from 82 in Dalhart to 105 in Laredo. A violent storm dumped two inches on Henderson, and a 120 mile wide band faced severe weather alerts before clearing.
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Avalanche-Journal News
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Florida
Kansas
New England
Presidio
Laredo
Cotulla
San Angelo
Wink
Panhandle
Dalhart
Lubbock
Henderson
A. E. McGee
Wichita Falls
Dallas-Fort Worth
Paris
Garland
Rio Grande
Falcom Dam
Broad Based Decline as Markets Slip to 1965 Lows
A broad stock selloff drives the Dow down 12.99 to 868.71 at a 1965 low while rails, utilities and the S P 500 hit fresh lows. Volume runs 5.9 million shares with 1,368 issues traded, 193 setting new 1965 lows and only 4 reaching new highs. Prominent losers include General Motors, UnifiEd Aircraft, Union Carbide, Du Pont, IBM, Polaroid, Iberox, Eastern Air Lines and Schering.
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United Press International
Dow-Jones
Standard & Poor
General Motors
Unified Aircraft
Union Carbide
du Pont
International Business Machines
Polaroid
Iberox
Eastern Air Lines
Schering
Two Deaf Smith Men Die in Homemade Rail-Tie Raft Mishap
Special to the Avalanche Journal reports that near Hereford a homemade raft of railroad ties capsized in a dry weather lake 18 miles northwest. Two men, Tom Carter 21 and Vernon White 22, drowned. Roger Owen 17 swam to shore. Rescue teams from Hereford Friona and Canyon recovered both bodies. Carter left a wife Joan and a daughter, while White was the son of Mr and Mrs J R White.
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Avalanche Journal
Ereford
Here
Smith County
Tom Carter
Vernon White
Hereford
Roger Owen
Carter
Jake
Rex Lee
Bob Owen
Lowell R. Sharp
White
Giliiland Funeral Home
Friona
Canyon
Owen
Joan
J. R. White
Army awards $4.23 million comms contract to Collins Radio
The Army disclosed that Collins Radio Co. of Dallas won a $4,229,666 contract for communications equipment, announced through the office of Senator Ralph Yarborough.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Collins Radio Co
Dallas
Maloney’s No Hitter Fades In Eleventh In Mets Loss
Cincinnati pitcher Maloney carried a no hit bid through ten innings before an eleventh inning homer by New York Mets ended the game 1 to 0. He tied a National League strikeout record with 18 strikouts in the effort.
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IM Maloney
Cincinnati
New York
Mets
Maloney
Nevada officers honored for capture of killer in Lorenzo banquet
Mineral County Sheriff H R Eddy and Deputy Lawrence Giordano received $1 750 checks each at a Lorenzo school cafeteria banquet for the capture of Edward O Neil in Hawthorne on Nov 24 1964. The event honored victim Roland Westerman and announced a future athletic field and park in his name.
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Orenzo
Robertson, Acuff
Lorenzo
Nevada
South Plains
Roland Westerman
Mineral County
H. R Eddy
Lawrence Giordano
Lorenzo Schools
Besse Westerman
W. C. Cherry
Gordon Harmon
Bruce Parks
Eddy
Giordano
Edward Thomas
O'Neil
Hawthorne
Gunnison
Colo
Leon Keene
Acuff, Robertson
H. R. Eddy
Nev
Roland Weaterman
Today's Prayer Our Heavenly Father for strength and forgiveness
Lena Mc Callon of Lubbock writes a prayer asking for strength to bear trials wisdom to understand the Bible guidance to pray for the lost and grace to forgive those who bear false witness against us in Thy Holy Name
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Lena McCallon
Lubbock
Senate Halts Two Year Foreign Aid Plan Amid Debate
The Senate narrowly approved a two year foreign aid bill worth about 3.24 billion yearly ending the program in its present form in 1967. Morse failed to reduce the total. a planning commission would oversee a revamped program for July 1 1967. The measure moves to a House Senate conference for final differences and includes 89 million for South Vietnam Laos and Thailand. Fulbright adds a Latin America military aid role through the OAS.
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Ashington
Senate
House-Senate
Morse
Sen
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Esheamure
Planning Commission
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Agriculture
Fullbright
South Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
Sen. J. Sw. Fulbright
D-Ark
Organization of American States
Latin America
Fulbright
Sea
Kaltenborn Veteran radio commentator dies at 86
H V Kaltenborn died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York at age 86 from heart failure. He left school at 14 to build a long career as a news analyst and was famed for live reports from the Munich crisis. Born July 9, 1878 in Milwaukee, he never used scripts and later supported Rockefeller’s bid for New York governor.
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Associated Press
York
H. V.kaltenborn
Roosevelt Hospital
Kaltenborn
Rolf
New York
Palm Beach
Fla
Edward R. ‘Murrow
Hitler
Mussolini
Chiang i‘Kai-shek
Pope Prus Xu
Munich
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Spain
Milwaukee
Baron Rudolph van Kaltenborn
Merrill
Wis
U S Provides 12 Million Aid for East Pakistan Cyclone Victims
U S officials announced a grant of 12 million dollars for cyclone victims in East Pakistan. Finance Minister Mohammad Sholab said aid would support relief efforts in the disaster zone.
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Rawalpindi, Pakistan
U.S
East Pakistan
Mohammad Sholab
Weather Map for Lubbock and Vicinity
Clear to partly cloudy today and Wednesday with a high in the low 90s and a low around 60s. Light to moderate southerly winds. Maximum 93, minimum around 60s, humidity near 78 percent at midnight.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
el Dallas - Rennel
Denver
Balla
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