Fuller base falls as Americans and Vietnamese suffer
A clash at Fuller near the DMZ left several American advisers dead or missing and more than a dozen wounded. North Vietnamese forces overwhelmed the outpost after fierce defense by South Vietnamese and allied troops. The battle prompted air strikes by B52s and a local exhibition of jewelry making at Lubbock Regional Airport.
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Bill Parsely
Lubbock
Montagnard Hill
Fuller Toftairs
Texas Tech University
Texas
Dennis K
Omer
David R. Dickerson
Preston Smith
North
Baltimore
Albert Quiocho Jr
Santee
milanaviCal
Thatcher
Fuller
Shen
Comanche
Methodist Hospital
Rodeway Inn
4Th St
Ful
Counnter
Mander
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Dickerson
Young
Ama- Reds
Dickersonville
UPI
Kenneth
Vietnam
U.S
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Robert F. Kennedy
South Vietnam
America
China
South
Eisenhower
Maple Heights
Ohio
Mitzi Gn
Wat Mitei Beda
Glassboro
N.J
Mier Kosygin
United States
Miss Beda
Vivian Rutkowski
Jon
Jessica Kut Johnson
John Sohrweide
Department of Housing and Art
Southern Kitchen
Law Development
Dallas
Sohrweide
Roy Philip
South Vietant Association
Tenia
Cookstown
Bonn
Germany
Sara Su' Jin
Sydney
Australia
Military actions across Vietnam and Cambodia surface in June fighting
North Vietnamese forces and U S Marines clash near DMZ bases while B 52s fly in for saturation bombing. Viet Cong and allied troops report casualties as skirmishes bloom in Quang Tri and Thanh Hoa provinces. Cambodian forces and U S helicopters lift wounded from Phnom Penh battlefields amid ongoing fighting near the city outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vne Dee
We Peauuren Gepurieu Sunny
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Huong Lap
U.S
Vinh Son
Vinh Giang
U.S. Navy
Thanh Hoa
Braddick
Sarge
Fuller
North
Quang Tri
U.S. 5Th Division
Quang Tri City
Phnom Penh
UHS
Harry 0. Amos Jr
Prince Norodom
Sihanouk
Multiple Birth Announcements and Local Obituaries Reported
Births include a 6 lb 9 oz baby at Highlands Hospital born 2:33 Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. David Eugene Stordale of Auburn employed by Castle Mobile Homes. Other births list parents and workplaces across West Texas with hospital times. Obituaries note Rosa Lee Woodard of Ralls and Juanita Ward of University Convalescent Home, with services pending. Community officers and meeting notices for the Lubbock Chapter of the Texas Restaurant Association and the Arnett Benson Neighborhood Council are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Eugene Stordale
Auburn
Hichland Hostal
Castle Mobile Homes, Inc
Brad C. Fletchiner
University
Modern Metals
Bir
Terey Douglas Smith
State
48Th St
West Texas
Texas
David Martinez
Ant
Laut Clinic
Porter Hospital
West Texas’ Hospital
Rosa Lee Woodard
Rt. 1
Ralls
Methodist Hospital
Carter Funeral Home
Juanita Ward
University Convalescent Home
Highland Hospital
Velma Fesal
16Th St
Sanders Funeral Home
Gene Carrell Connelly
Son
West ‘Texas Hospital
Ake
Earnest Harris
Clifford Carroll Chandler
Fordham St
Leonard Barr
Supreme Court keeps printing ban. Sun-Times cites secret Vietnam policy
Dissenting Justices Black and Brennan, Marshall and Douglas oppose the temporary press ban while the court extends Times restrictions. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Eisenhower set a 1958 covert policy to weaken Communists in Vietnam and reunify under a pro US regime, with Johnson bombing North Vietnam 1965 to 1968 despite a 1964 panel's warning.
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Vietnam
Dwight D.eisenhower
Hanoi
U.S
Chicago Sun-Times
National Security Council
Eisenhower
Central Intelligence Agency
Ho Chi Minh
Sun- I Times
South
Orrder
Sun-Times
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
A IF. Hoge
Justice Department
Southwest Lubbock annexation plans evolve with new routes
City planners weigh extending LBJ Road west to Avenue H and a link to Highway 87 to include the strip, with annexation north to absorb a new landfill east of University Avenue and Lub Dock Regional Airport east of Amarillo Highway. Public hearings follow Planning and Zoning approval. no timetable set.
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Avenue H
82Nd Street
University Avenue
Lub- Dock
Amarillo Highway
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bertram
Lubbock
Bob Woolsey
Indiana Drive
Indiana Avenue
Slide Road
Lth
Indiana
Quaker Avenue
74Th Street
Woolsey
Memphis Avenue
Loop 289
Frankford Avenue
Senate halts Cuba to Miami refugee airlift
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to stop the Cuba to Miami airlift that has ferried over 256,000 refugees from Castro Cuba. Chairman Ellender warned the measure could curb aid to Havana and reduce new arrivals, steering refugees to pursue standard immigration routes.
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Washington
Ellender
State Department
Eastern Air Lines
Fredel Castro
Verdadero Airport
Miami
Nixon Advocates Active Aging Policy in Indiana Visit
President Nixon urged a national attitude shift toward the elderly during a Vernon stop for the 1971 legislative program. He linked higher Social Security benefits with earnings limits, praised his mother’s dedication, and urged citizens to stay engaged. He also toured Indianapolis projects and spoke at Purdue University events before flying to Chicago.
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Nixon
Vernon
Hannah Milhous Nixon
California
Jennings County
Indianapolis
Chicago
Frederick L. Hovde
Purdue University
Weir Cook
Air Force
Midwest
Pilot N/A as small plane crashes after chase over town
A military turboprop pursued a Cessna circling the town for an hour unable to reach 11 000 feet. The Cessna reportedly dropped to 2 000 feet, went into a slow spin and crashed as Fox prepared for a return flight home after a written pilot's exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
George Murphy Luncheon Speech Covers Nixon Vietnam and Shifts
George Murphy argues Nixon should wind down Vietnam under the Nixon doctrine and criticizes McCloskey and others for opposition. He asserts Russia’s disillusionment with the war, praises Israel’s arms aid, and calls for stronger U.S. science and industry policy while condemning ping pong diplomacy and foreign competition.
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Russia
Red China
China
Southeast Asia
Murphy
U.S
Israel
Walt Rostew
Kennedy
Johnson
Korea
Vietnam
Medina's My Lai case reduced to non capital court martial
A military judge refused to drop murder charges against Cant Ernest J. Medina but re classified the My Lai case from capital to non capital. The move allows depositions in Vietnam and sets July 26 for trial start with potential life sentence instead of death if convicted.
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Bob Miller
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPL
Ernest J. Medina
My Lai
Medina
Vietnam
Kenneth A. Howard
Urgus
William Eckhardt
Howard
Albert O. Connor
3Th Army
Calley
Army
Armed Force F
Weather and Court Delays Dominate Northwest Texas News
Northwest Texas forecast shows highs in the 90s for today and Saturday with overnight lows upper 60s. Storms and humidity rise as scattered thundershowers impact the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountains, while heavy winds and rain lash Wisconsin and Minnesota. In Rochester a district court delays 43 jury trials due to heat and power outages prompting postponements into late September.
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Lubbock
Texas
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Rochester
Minn
Mitchel B. Johns
Johns
Pacific
Oregon
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John Basden
Clovis
Methodist
Uspran
Ancel Velasquez
Star Route 61
Balis
Laut Clinie-Porter Los Dita
Alfred Gorman
10Th St
Laut
The
Texas Restaurant Association
Noah Cromer
Mth St
Gyron White
Sith St
Herman F. Miller
45Th St
Lou Tryhert
5Th St
Arnett Benson
Rogers Community Center
Community Action Board
Thurgood Marshall
Times
U.S. Circuit Court
New York City
Ronald Lee Speer
301Asherman Av
Andrew Sidney Duran
Thaou
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Pedro Ramon
S. E. Stanford
National Insurance Co
Cuba
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Morrii J
Florida
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
U. Weather Bureau
Lunbock
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Dalhart
Wichita Falls
Austin
Beaumont
San Angelos
Midland
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Houston
Galveston San Antonio
Aredo
Corpus Christi
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Abilene
Brownsville
el Paso
Us Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Birmingham
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma
City of Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Ars
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
D.C
Needles
Calif
Winslow
Arizona
Reno
Nevada
Evanston
Wyoming
George Murphy
TOS
Agnew
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
McCloskey
Screen Actors’ Guild
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