Losses Mount as U S and Viet Cong Engage Across Vietnam
U S and 15 government troops killed as Quyet Thang operation raises toll to 2 046. U S losses total 76 killed and 631 wounded. Airstrikes hit Phuc Yen and Cat Bi airfields near Hanoi and Haiphong, with raids on Hanoi Haiphong barracks and rail yards. Navy pilots claim convoy hits in the southern panhandle, while Marines strike a missile site near Khe Sanh. The F111A mission remains missing with two crew. B52s pound A Shau Valley near Hue amid fears of a North Vietnamese offensive. 99 Viet Cong killed in three skirmishes. U S losses 2 dead, 38 wounded.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Phuc Yen
Hanoi
Cat Bi
Haiphong
Hanoi-Haiphong
Red China
Ticonderoga
Panhandle
Enterprise
Demilitarized Zone
Khe Sanh
Washington
Laos
Thailand
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Navy
South Vietnam
Thhe A Shau
Hue
U.S. Air Force
Route 1
North
Saigon
Ap Long Mac
Missing flier from page one recalls Graham's 1964 A&M honors
The item notes a 1967 missing person notice for a man born in Greensburg Kansas who moved to Lubbock in September and later transferred to Thailand. It states his family followed Defense Department guidance and mentions his Texas A&M background including ROTC, honor council, and a business degree before his Thailand assignment and prior Nellis Air Force Base posting.
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Lubbock
Greensburg
Kan
Graham
Defense Department
Texas A&m
A&m
Thailand
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
City approves bond sale funding Lubbock street program
City bonds totaling 3 840 000 will finance part of a 7 722 288 capital improvements plan with bids opened for a multi-year project. Major streets get first priority as repairs follow severe winter damage.
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Lubbock
Sam Wahl
Blackwell
Wahl
University Avenue
34Th
S0th
Wah
Chemical Bank
Australian visitor receives warm Lubbock welcome
Arthur Cowan of Sydney and his wife arrived at Lubbock Municipal Airport to a red carpet greeting and honorary citizenship from Mayor Rogers. The visit highlights ICASALS ties with Texas Tech and a plans to discuss arid land research. The couple, touring the U S after NAB events, will stay through Saturday and attend a Tech Union reception. Cowan notes immigration context in Australia and compares climates.
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Lubbock
Arthur Cowan
Sydney
Australia
Cowan
W. D. Rogers Jr
Australian Broadcasting Association
Rogers
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
United States
States
Stork Club
New York
Dub
Australian Public Advisory Council On Immigration
America
California
New South Wales
King Ranch
Texas
Queensland
Cowans
Texas Tech
Icasals
West Texas
Tech Union
Chicago
Washington D. C
Ottawa
Berlin
Moscow
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Manila
Caprock Amateur Radio Society grows as ham classes thrive
The Caprock Amateur Radio Society in Lubbock has expanded from nine to 35 members in nine months. Beginners learn Morse code and radio theory in weekly classes at 4701 Frankfort Ave, while members build skills on authentic rigs and explore licenses from novice to extra.
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James Williams
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Caprock Amateur Radio Society
CARS
Frankfort Ave
Impressed ROTC Cadets Tour Tinker AFB Oklahoma
Tech ROTC cadets toured the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area at Tinker Air Force Base the region’s largest industry. They saw OCAMA's mile long building housing the world’s largest aircraft maintenance line and 24 computers including two IBM 7080s.
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Oklahoma
Air Force
Lackland
San Antonio
Tech
Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area
OCAMA
OCOMA
Tinker
Vietnam
Thailand
University of Mac
USAF
937Th
Central United States Military Communications Region
Air Force Weather Relay Center
Robert Dyer
Maj
Stephen von Phul
Tech Air Force Rotc
Empty House Fire Destroys Home of McCullough Family
A vacant house at 3602 Zenith, owned by K. G. McCullough, was gutted by fire about 10 p.m. Thursday. Firemen found the rear bedroom spared, cause undetermined, as Mrs. McCullough woke to a visitor alerting her to the blaze. Firefighters quenched the flames. a few pieces of stored furniture were destroyed.
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K. G. McCullough
Rites Saturday For Mrs Rocha
Mrs Evarista Rocha aged 71 of Idalou died at Methodist Hospital early Wednesday. She had lived in the Lubbock area six years. Funeral services set for noon Saturday at St Patrick s Catholic Church with burial in Idalou Cemetery. Survivors include six sons Joe Mike Thomas Juan Rosario Leon and one daughter Annetta Garcia plus 27 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Evarista Rocha
Idalou
Methodist
Leon
San Marcos
Annetta Garcia
Rt. 1
U.S. Ambassador Thopson Heads to Washington for Talks
United States Ambassador Llewellyn E Thompson travels from Moscow to Washington for routine consultations with President Johnson on the strained U.S. Soviet relations.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Washington
Johnson
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Quyet Thangaweer
City Council
Saul Man Wchamehibe
New York Trust Co
4Th Street
Avenue A
Clayton Roberts
Kenneth Bowlin
City of
James H. Granberry
Roberts
Mackenzie State Park
Bowlin
26Th Street
Quirt Avenue
Carter ‘Chapel Methodist Episcopal ‘Church
Coronado
Syrian Marbut
Frontier Stamps, Inc
Canton
Boston
Jim Hall
Frontier
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Lubbock Power & Light Co
Westinghouse
A. J. C. Byrum C. .Lee
Reese Air Force Base
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
13Th St
Jardin de Ninos
N. Ave. U
St. Christopher’ S School
Ray J. Diekemper
Lou Ann
Lowell Johnson
City Council Health Board
Max Stettner
Jubbock
Ave. C
George Baker
Baker
West Germany
Hama
Federal Communications
Commission
Othe Fcc
Cambodia
Dutch New Guinea
Indonesia
United State
Flamis
Loreas
North Texas Net
Caprock Amateur Radio Societys
P.O
Larbhock
ROTC
Asia
Southeast Asia
Robert Long
Methodist Hospital
Anagent
Firemen's
Clemente Montez
Amberat
Lauf Clinic
Santim Cuevas
Tauf Clinic
Mather Foe
James Harvest
Weber
Apt. B
Laut Cline
Watson Institutional Foods, Inc
Melabbock
Marcis Castaneda
Truredata
Laut Clinic
David Derothers
Ptant Clinic
Education Corp
Johnny Berry
Manuel Duran
Abernatty
High Plaine Drilling Co
Maronel Levi Modisett
Neagraves
Wear Texan Hospital
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Jeanette Bednarz
W. J. Bednarz
Slaton
South Plains Electric Cooperative
Sherlyn Estep
Miss Estep
Alton Estep
Lorenzo
Mrs. Rocha
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