Thanksgiving Toll Signals Prolonged Vietnam War
A Thanksgiving report shows 240 Americans killed in one week in Vietnam, with 470 wounded and six missing, amid rising enemy casualties. Gen Westmoreland warns the conflict will be long as U S forces face heavy losses, while plans expand the Tan Son Nhut morgue to handle more remains.
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Associated Press
AIGON
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Quang Ngai
Saigon
Ia Drang
Tan Son Nhut
Withal
Fee
U. S
Thanksgiving On The South Plains Family Harvest
The Charles Jones family gathered around maize and pumpkins in a field near their farm home on Rt. 3 northwest of Lubbock to present a bountiful harvest.
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South Plains
Charles Jones
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Thanksgiving Day Observance Quiet Across South Plains
The South Plains marks Thanksgiving 1965 with subdued activity as area workers pause for family time. In Lubbock most businesses and offices shut, parking rules relaxed, and officials expect ideal weather with mid 70s and gusty winds. Union services at First Baptist featured Rev. Andrew A. Jumper urging gratitude and spiritual rebirth.
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Dave Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
South Plains
Lubbock
Union
Andrew A. Jumper
First Presbyterian Choren
Union Church
First Baptist Church
Jumper
Return of the 481st squadron brings home Viet Nam heroes
Wives and children rushed to greet the 481st fighter squadron as airmen returned from over four months of air combat in Viet Nam. Dozens of families, some with baby carriages, crossed the red carpet as the honor guard stood at attention at Cannon AFB. The scene closed with the Air Force Blue anthem, marking a Thanksgiving moment for the Clovis area.
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Tom Hough
481St
Viet Nam
Cannon Afb
Air Force
Television definition and history in a Daily News fragment
A partial passage notes television as a form of communication and hints at its virtues by removing much useless conversation. It references sections on world forces and NATO jets, then lists various pages and columns in the issue. The fragment suggests a broader feature layout rather than a completed article.
Five Dead and Dozens Hurt in Armory Gas Blast in Keene
A gas explosion at the Keene National Guard Armory during a square dance killed five and injured about 40. Hospitals report 25 and 15 admissions respectively. A collapse trapped people beneath bricks and steel girders as the roof rose.
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Keene
Iowa
National Guard
Raham Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital
John Brekeney
Marilyn Chance
Thanksgiving Day Explosion Destroys Armory
A major explosion at an armory near Keokuk Iowa injured several and destroyed sections of the building. Local residents aided by doctors from nearby states, blood donors were urged, and cranes were used to clear debris as responders searched for additional victims.
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Art Manush
Roy
Tristate
Iewa
Minois
Missouri
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Iowa
Graham Hospital
Lees Municipal Airport sets daily enplanement record
Fidward L. Colby announces a new all time daily boarding record at Lees Municipal Airport with 648 passengers enplaned on Thanksgiving Eve, surpassing prior 562 mark. Total of about 1,300 airline patrons for the terminal, most originating from Lubbock. Colby notes record weekend traffic tied to Cotton Bowl exodus to Dallas for Tech SMU clash.
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Fidward L. Colby
Wab City
Lubbock
Colby
Rusk Returns Home From Rio Conference
Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned to Washington on Wednesday night from his trip to Rio de Janeiro for the Organization of American States conference.
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Rusk
Washington
Dean Rusk
Rio de Janeiro
Organization of American State
Thanksgiving Amid Viet Nam War Shadows
The nation observes Thanksgiving under the shadow of the Vietnam War. President Johnson urges prayer for an end to violence and intolerance while Americans note casualties in Vietnam and donate blood for servicemen. A Washington march for peace draws up to twenty thousand participants as unions in New Jersey report drivers refusing to carry demonstrators.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
Johnson
LBI
White House
America
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Washington
New Jersey
Sup
American tourist Mott sentenced to 18 months in Soviet labor camp
American tourist Newcom Mott was sentenced by a Soviet court to 18 months in a labor camp for crossing into a Soviet enclave on the Norwegian border without a visa. US officials decried the ruling as harsh. Mott plans to appeal to a higher court as his parents traveled for the trial.
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Murmansk
U.S.S.R
Newcom Mott
United States
State Department
Washington
Mott
Howard Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Boriz Zolotukhin
Supreme Court of
Russian Federation
RED Court
Child Burned To Death In Parking Lot Fire
A five year old girl Linda San ohez perished when a car in a Town and Country Shopping Center lot caught fire around 5 20 p m. Her mother Juliot Sanchez was shopping nearby at the time. Fire officials found the charred body in the right rear floorboard of the 1957 Oldsmobile after extinguishing the flames.
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Linda San
Juliot Sanchez
Cornell
Sanchez
Clovis Road
Oldsmobile
Weather map page reports variable clouds and warm spells
The datum notes variable cloudiness through tonight with warm spells. Lows near 50 tonight, highs in the mid 70s today. Winds west to northwest early, then southwest 25 to 35 mph and gusty this afternoon.
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Paso
Albuqu'au
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Denver
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