American Forces Fight Back as Viet Cong Press Camp
Viet Cong renewed the siege at an American Special Forces camp near Pleiku in the central highlands. U S Rangers and advisers relieved the camp by helicopter, discovering nearly 100 VC bodies. some attackers burned by napalm. Fresh attacks hit two government posts in Quang Tri area as Reinforcements arrived. Miss Rodeo Texas Carolyn Seay, Corpus Christi, won. Cathy Crowe and Nancy Brooks named runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central Highlands
U.S
Grip Joosena
Plei Me
Pleiku
Saigon
Jow
Quang Tri Province
Oautpost
Robert F. Hopper
Winterhaven
Fla
Texas
Carolynn Seay
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Cathy Crowe
Houston
Nancy Brooks
Dickinson
Nervous armed robber rails Amarillo store of $20000
A 5-6, 125 pound man held up a downtown Amarillo department store Thursday night after 9 p.m. He forced manager Eugene Adelson and cashier Mrs. Pat Stack to the cage and fled with about $20,000. Police set roadblocks as they investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marillo
Panhandle
Eugene Adelson
Pat Stack
Adelson
Kennedy seeks committee sendback on Morrissey judge nomination
Senator Edward M. Kennedy asked the Senate to return Francis X. Morrissey’s nomination to the Judiciary Committee, signaling the end of the nomination for this session. Dirksen warned objections could block carrying it over, leaving possible January resubmission or a recess appointment.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Francis X. Morrissey
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Morrissey
Dirksen
Johnson
U.S. District Court
Massachusetts
Boston
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Skip Row Cotton Planting Defended by Congress
UPI report says Senate House conference committee reiterates calls to keep existing skip row cultivation rules for cotton. The Agriculture Department has considered limiting the practice by charging empty rows to a farm's allotment, a plan still under review. In Argentina, anti Yankee chants greeted a visiting U S Marine band, who faced rotten eggs but continued playing as police dispersed the crowd.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Senate
Appropriations
Department
Cordoba
Argentina
U.S. Marine Corps
Barry Goldwater Dub at Reese AFB Today
Page one list notes Barry Goldwater will speak to a graduating class at Reese Air Force Base. Also mentions a mass of brief items including a 15 girl intrusion into a Lubbock junior high, zoning variances, and Kennedy marker plans. Highlights include a comet picture and a mass killer suspect found in English moorland.
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Barry Goldwater
Reese Afb
Lubbock Junior High School
Harvest festivals mark bumper crops in West Texas towns
Three Plains communities celebrate harvest as combines reap a half billion dollars in grain sorghum and cotton. Plainview hosts the Hi Plains Cotton Festival at the Hale County Exhibition Center amid big crowds. Shallowater holds Lions Club Harvest Festival. Brownfield showcases a Chamber festival.
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South Plains
Brownfield
Plainview
Shallowater
Brownfield Chamber of Commerce
Earl Jones
Jeff
Charles Paul
Reha Law
Brownfield High
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Arvest
Plains
West Texas
New Mexico
Lions Club
Hale County Agricultural Exhibition Center
Johnson Returns From Bethesda After Surgery Recovery
President Johnson left Bethesda Naval Hospital two weeks after bladder surgery and headed back to the White House with his wife. He thanked wounded Marines and sailors in Viet Nam who applauded his departure, and said he could not sum up the pride he felt for the men who never look back. He planned recuperation at his Texas ranch near Johnson City.
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Merriman Smith Weers
UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Johnson City
Texas Ranch
Johnson Leaves Hospital After Brief Stay
The Presidential party including surgeon Dr. George Hallenbeck departed the hospital at 1 05 p m EDT and reached the White House at 12 54 p m Johnson regained strength as servicemen shouted prayers and thanked God for healing in a wartime era ward 40 messages and prayers from soldiers amid the Vietnam conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hallenbeck
White House
Johnson
Sea Johnson
Marie McDonald dies at 42 in California
Marie McDonald known for dramatic public life died at her Hidden Hills home after being found by her husband Don Taylor. An autopsy is pending toxicol ogy and microscopic studies to determine exact cause. homicide detectives note overdose possibilities but say the death may not be suicide.
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Ollywood - Marie
Kenneth C. Chapman
Geon
James Hamilton
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Division
Hamilton
Frost Lingers as Texas Faces Early Season Chill
Oldest air of the season lingers in Texas with near freezing temperatures in the Panhandle South Plains. Dimmitt reports 36 degrees as others dip to mid 30s, while Lubbock tops 67 after sun breaks. Frost threat eyed for dawn beyond Lub bock area with clear skies across most of the state.
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Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Rocky Mountain
San Angelo
Lubbock
Dimmitt
Friona
Littlefield
Plainview
Olton
Hereford
Silverton
Tulsa
Morton
Levelland
Laredo
Corpus Christi
LeMay Says U S Doing Too Little In Air War
General LeMay claims the United States is underusing air power in Vietnam and could target North Vietnam to pressure Hanoi. He spoke after receiving the Collier Trophy and criticized current war plans while noting Goldwater's prior suggestions.
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LeMay
U.S
Charles W. Corddry
ASN
Phi- Gene Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Ameren
Viet Nam
Doose
Hanoi
Johnson
Hubert O. Humphrey
National Aeronautics Asso
Danch
Strategic Air Command
United States
Viet Nan
Air Force Reserve
Barry M. Goldwater
Weather Map Page Four Forecast
Fair to day and tonight with a little warmer temperatures. High in the low seventies and low tonight in the forties. Light mostly northerly winds. Outlook for Saturday fair and a bit warmer.
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Solons
Amarillo
Order
Ku Klux Klan
James R. Jones
Klan Grand Dragon
North Carolina
House Committee On Un-American Activities
New Bern
N.C
Rend Jones
Raymond Mills
Jones
Mills
Edwin E. Willis
D.la
Donald T. Appell
North
Willis
Appell
Pepsi Cola Co
Sea Klan
Avalai
FYO
Nche
Journal
Lubbock, Area
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Dallas-Fort Worth
Afl-Cio
See. C
Ikeya-Seki
Comic Dictionary
Plainview Festival
High Plains
Palm Springs
Calif
Marines
Pear
Marie McDonald
xeReer
SeeMay
Pal City
Phil Annene
Kit Paso
Sir Albuquerque
Amarin
Orla, City
Dallas Brost Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
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