Viet Cong Attack Presses Vietnam Border Outpost
Viet Cong launched new heavy assaults on a U S Special Forces camp near the Laotian border. Green berets and Montagnard allies held the fortress on the second day as radio contact fluctuated and reports described heavy fighting and a destroyed wall.
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Associated Press
Aigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Kenneth Lacey
Special Forces
da. Nang
Laos
Ashan
U.S. Marine and Air Center
da, Nang
Hue
Battle area report on Ashan camp holds out under Red attack
In a tense front line update AP reports U S Special Forces and Vietnamese troops at an isolated Ashan camp resisting an all out Red onslaught despite heavy enemy pressure and bombardment.
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Arrow
Ashan
U. S
Slaton Native Killed in Viet Nam Ambush
Willie Joe Bramlet 28 a Slaton native and Brownfield resident was killed in a Viet Nam Army convoy ambush. His death telegram from the Defense Department cited a throat wound as the cause with full military services planned and an honor guard from Fort Sill. Bramlet enlisted in 1957 served five months in Viet Nam with the 13th Artillery Division.
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Rownfield
Willie “ Joe Bramlet
Slaton
Brownfield
Viet Nam
Bramlet
E. E. Bramlet
U.S. Defense Dept
Army
13Th Artillery Division
Elmer
U.s.marine Corps
Mary Bramiet
Bossier City
Staton
Bramiet
Stat
Terry County
Gomez and
Fort Sill
Okla
Lawton
Germany
Poosepatuck Tribe Seeks Federal Aid After 220 Years
The Poosepatuck Indians of Moriches Bay Long Island, after centuries of poverty and self reliance, plan to seek federal aid. Their 57 acre reservation remains community property, complicating bank mortgages and funding for repairs.
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Associated Press
Mast. N.Y
Long Island
Moriches Bay
Senate approves war tax bill cutting revenue to a billion
The Senate passed President Johnson’s Viet Nam war tax bill by 79 to 9, trimming more than a billion dollars of potential revenue. It heads to conference with the House as officials aim to restore the original 6 billion dollar scope.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Johnson
Senate
House
Day of Decision on May Tax Increases Hinted by Senate
The article notes May timing for LBJ to decide on further tax increases. The Senate approved 45 to 40 a proposal to add 1.8 million people to Social Security, costing about 760 million dollars yearly. An amendment by Hartke to wipe out the local residential telephone tax was defeated 46 to 42, then adjusted to keep the 3 percent levy. Johnson’s plan would keep residential service at 3 percent while restoring long distance and business service to 10 percent. House conference expected to modify both Social Security and residential telephone taxes.
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LBJ
Senate
Vance Hartke
Ind
Hartke
Johnson
France to pull all troops from NATO by 1969
De Gaulle announces France will exit NATO integrated command and regain sovereignty by 1969 while keeping the treaty spirit. About 26 000 U.S. troops in France must submit to French authority or leave. Talks with allies possible. no formal renunciation until 1969.
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Associated Press
Aris
Johnson
France
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
United States
NATO
Harland Cleveland
NATO Council
Council
Cleveland
Canada
West Germany
London
A bomb search operation details revealed in Spain
After seven weeks the operation details of the A bomb search are finally revealed in Spain. The report outlines the sequence of events, the authorities involved, and the implications for the ongoing investigation. The story highlights cross border cooperation and security concerns in postwar context.
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Spain
Beatles Plan U S Tour in Late Summer 1964
The Beatles announce a United States tour for late August and early September. They will play in 14 cities, with stops in New York Chicago and San Francisco among others in the arrangement reported by UPI.
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London
UPI
United States
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Gemini 8 Mock Launch Signals Final Prep for Arm strong Scott
NASA reports a successful mock countdown for the Gemini 8 mission as Armstrong and Scott prepare for a three day orbital rendezvous. A 24 minute hold tested systems while Agena target satellite cleared for flight, with final Titan 2 and Atlas-Agena tests under way before next Tuesday’s launch window.
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Ape Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Ibu
Space Agency
Armstrong
Air Force
Maj
Scott
Gemini
County observes 75th birthday of Lubbock County
The 75th anniversary of Lubbock County will be observed today with a 9:30 a.m. gathering of the county commissioners, officials, the mayor and city council, and descendants at West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus. A large birthday cake will be served as the ceremony marks the founding era. The museum exhibit contrasts life in the 1890s with 1966 Lubbock, showing business, industry, religion, home life, education and agriculture.
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Lubbock
Susan Logan
Tech
Art Gallery of West Texas
Lubbock County
West Texas Museum
Texas Tech
Joa Ranch
Crosby County
G. W. Shannon
J. D. Caldwell
F. E. Wheelock
L. JD. Hunt
van Sanders
William M. Lay
Will F. Hendrix
George Wolffarth
California's Baldwin Dies In Washington
Rep. John F. Baldwin, a 50 year old Republican from California, died of cancer at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington after six weeks of treatment. His wife was by his bedside. he remained mentally alert until the end following previous tumor surgery a year earlier.
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Wasitington
UPD
John F. Baldwin
R-Calif
Baldwin
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington
Red China Reviews Foreign Policy After Setbacks Abroad
Washington officials said Red China appears to conduct a broad foreign policy review following a sequence of recent international setbacks. The report notes shifts in diplomacy and potential recalibration of Beijing’s regional approach on multiple fronts.
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Red China Foreign Policy Review Seen
Washington—State Department
Red China
Peking recalls ambassadors as Formosa issue dominates talks
State Department briefing notes Peking’s ambassadorial redeployments and Chen Yi’s brief appearances while officials weigh China’s policy shift. The discussion centers on Formosa and American relations with Red China amid Fulbright hearings and past Asian and African rebuffs.
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Peking
Chen Yi
State Department
United States
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Pekine
Red China
Indonesia
Shows Signs of Recovery City Boy In Semi-Conscious 'Nightmare'
Ronald Keith Deaver, a nearly 12 year old from a Texas town, slipped into a coma and then a semi conscious state after a spontaneous brain hemorrhage with no prior symptoms. Doctors hope he may be able to go home next week as he recovers, after three weeks in intensive care and continued observation. His mother recalls the shock as the event unfolded.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Paul Deaver
Ronald Keith
Ronnie) Deaver
Ronnie
State Dept Explains Viet Nam Defoliation Drive
The State Department said about 20 000 acres of South Vietnamese crops were destroyed by herbicides to deny food to the Viet Cong. The figure excludes jungle and brush treated to remove cover for guerrillas. Officials could not estimate total defoliated land. The program aims to deprive the enemy of cover along roads, canals, and base areas used for ambushes and supply routes. See CONG CROPS Page 18.
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State Department
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Department
South
Weather Map Page 11 B Lubbock and Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy today through Friday with highs near 80 and lows around 50. Southerly winds 25 to 35 mph. City temps show 79 to 82 highs, 57 to 60 lows across the area with varyingpm readings. Sunrise 7 05 am sunset 6 51 pm. humidity highs around 0 percent and low around 27 percent.
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Lam. Vise
Tpm Co
Pam
BE & Pam
Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerque
Denver
W. Falig
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