Understanding Sergeant Is Shot, Killed In Viet Nam
Napa California AP Sergeant George Birdsell, 38, died in Vietnam while serving 18 years in the Army. In a Saigon letter he described Vietnamese people as subjugated and needing guidance, urging support for U.S. presence. He sent Vietnamese clothes to his six children.
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Viet Nam
Napa
Calif
George Birdsell
Saigon
Birdsell
Japan
Big George
Teresa
George
Elsie
France
Vallerie
Rhonda
State of
Washington
Michael
Kathy
Arizona
J.C
George D. Birdsell
Widow Recalls Grief After Viet Nam Soldier's Death
Mrs. Birdsell received a telegram from Travis Air Force Base expressing deep regret that her husband Set J.C. George D. Birdsell died in Viet Nam on 16 June 1966 from a gunshot wound while stopping an escapee at a compound. The officer said a company commander would send a letter detailing his death. His intelligence work involved prisoner interrogations.
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Easter
J.C. George D. Birdsell
Viet Nam
Minor injuries from multiple Lubbock crashes reported
A Mesquite man and a Lamesa woman sustained minor injuries in separate Lubbock accidents Saturday. Travis L. Peterson 26 was treated after a collision near 35th Street and College Avenue. Virginia M. Holley 56 was treated after a forklift incident at 27th Street and Avenue L. Ronald D. Jones 16 was treated and released after a collision at 38th Street and Avenue L with Wendell Moore of Seagraves.
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Lubbock
Travis L. Peterson
Mesquite
Wanda C. Duncan
33Rd St
35Rd St
College Ave
Virginia M. Holley
Terrace Circle
Lamesa
27Th St
Ave
Roberto Davila
Ave. 8
Ronald D. Jones
Ave. T
Methodist Hospital
Wendell M. Moore
Seagraves
38Th St
Ave. L
Suspect Remains In County Jail For Matador Bank Robbery
Sammy Jim Horton, 24, of Lubbock, remains in Lubbock County Jail as an examining trial is planned likely in Matador. He is charged with unlawful bank robbery, endangering a bank official with a firearm, and holding a bank employee hostage. About $9,042 was taken and found in a satchel at his arrest near Floydada.
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Sammy Jim Horton
Lubbock
Matador
First State Bank
Lubbock County
Horton
Texas
Floydada
First State Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Howard Gwinn
Bil (Racheal) Harrison
Spy seeks divorce in London from George Blake’s wife
Former British intelligence agent George Blake who is serving a 42 year prison term for spying for Russia sought a divorce from his wife on Saturday. Blake, 43, was imprisoned in 1961. He and his wife, married in 1954, have three children.
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London
George Blake
Russia
Blake
Two Burglaries Reported At Private Clubs In Lubbock
Police investigated burglaries at the El Toro Club and two other sites in Lubbock on Saturday. Items stolen or damaged included liquor, cash, a cigarette machine, and vending machines, with several thefts and vandalisms recorded across multiple addresses. A separate robbery occurred on Avenue D, and youths were found near P F Brown Elementary School.
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Lubbock
el Toro Club
Amarillo Hwy
E. 34Th St
E. Broadway
Avenue D
James A. Blair
Ahouse
Blair
P. F. Brown
56Th St
Ave. W
Oklahoma Protest Ends in Agreement at Private Park
About 200 civil rights demonstrators in Lawton halted a protest over integrated pool access after Mayor Wayne Gilley agreed to refer the dispute to the Human Relations Committee and City Council. Clara Luper led the march from Oklahoma City. demonstrators left the park area pending talks next week.
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Lawton
Okla
Clara Luper
Oklahoma City
Wayne Gilley
Dutch tulips origin traced to Diyarbakir in Turkey
A historical note identifies the origin of Dutch tulips as Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey. The finding links the popular bulb flowers to their early Southeast Anatolian roots and clarifies their spread to Europe.
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Diyarbakir
Turkey
Braceros Still Sending Money Despite Reduced U.S. Flow
In early 1965 braceros in the United States sent back 2.3 million dollars to families in Mexico via telegraph money orders. The seasonal work program had largely ended by January 1965, with only small groups admitted on special permits since then.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Telegraph System
Pageos Slated For Launch At Vandenberg
The PAGEOS satellite balloon, a 247 pound 100 foot diameter aluminum coated sphere, is scheduled to launch no later than Thursday from Vandenberg AFB California. It will orbit at 2600 miles above Earth serving as a bright light source for cameras at 41 observation points without carrying instruments. PAGEOS stands for Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite and is part of the U S geodetic mapping program.
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Vandenberg Air Force
Base
Calif
Pageos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Polaris
U.S
ODRINEX Weight Loss Pill Guarantee Ad
An advertisement for ODRINEX promises fat loss in seven days without exercise or laxatives. The tiny tablet supposedly reduces appetite while allowing meals, with a money back guarantee and Clark Drug at 1702 Broadway handling orders.
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Clark Drug
Broadway
Tsarapkin Becomes Soviet Ambassador to West Germany
Former chief Soviet disarmament negotiator Semyon Tsarapkin was sworn in as ambassador to West Germany. In a television arrival statement he expressed hope for improved Moscow Bonn relations.
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NEW Post
Bonn
UPI
Semyon Tsarapkin
West Germany
Tsarapkin
Moscow
Tourists Canoe Underground Lake at Meramec Caverns
Tourists may paddle on an underground lake at Meramec Caverns along Route 66 in Missouri. The site offers canoe trips beneath the bluffs, giving visitors a rare view of an illuminated cave lake in a historic showplace along the highway.
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Meramec Caverns
Route 66
Missouri
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