Bombers strike enemy positions in Vietnam reports
Bombers dumped thousands of pounds of explosives on Viet Cong positions while B52s reported 29 secondary explosions signaling direct hits on ammo stores. Ground sweeps destroyed fortifications, sampans, bunkers and killed 18 enemy soldiers as other actions targeted munitions plants in the Mekong Delta and surrounding areas. May include major ground actions and rising casualties as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops note 173 U.S. deaths and 788 wounded in the week.
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South Vietnam
France
I Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Saigon
U.S
A.S
Soui
Cambodia
Laos
Helicopter Crash Details Rise in May Tragedy FollowUp
Witness accounts describe a dramatic helicopter crash en route from Disneyland to Los Angeles with 214 miles east of Wednesday’s event. Investigators link May’s disaster to possible automatic control system failure threatening attitude changes and blade separation. Los Angeles Airways operates 118 daily flights and resumed service after grounding remaining craft.
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Paramount
Disneyland
Los Angeles
Kenneth Hahn
FBI
Carl Shaw
Compton
Calif
Hell-L-L
Steven Fuss
Hollywood
Fuss
Jonathan Dollar
John Sears
Pico Rivera
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
John Hilton
FAA
Los Angeles Airways
Theany
Helicopter Line
Military Man Sought For Teaching Post
A retired U S Army master sergeant is being sought by the Ector County Independent School District for a Junior ROTC instructor post. The district plans to hire one more man with broad teaching experience. no college degree needed, retirement pay differences apply.
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Eeter County
Ector Highdle
Lubbock
Abilene
Brown
Bill Holm
Korea
Vietnam
Boy Bitten by Dog Treated, Released at Local Hospital
Five year old Carl Lynn Derrick son of Chester Derrick of 3624 Bonham was treated at Medical Center Hospital Wednesday after a dog bite. He was released later. Temperatures Wednesday reached 3 degrees at Cotulla Laredo and Presidio with many Texas cities posting in the 90s.
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Carl Lynn Derrick
Chester Derrick
Bonham
Medical Center Hospital
Cotulla
Laredo
Presidio
del Rio
Alice
Sant Angelo
College Station
McAllen
Austin
Midland
San Antonio
Beaumont
Brownsville
Victoria
Wink
Ford to Speak at Odessa Luncheon Launching Alexander Campaign
U S Rep Gerald Ford Michigan House Republican Leader will keynote an Aug 26 luncheon at Inn of the Gord en West in Odessa launching W J Jack Alexander’s congressional bid Ford was 1968 Republican National Convention permanent chair and serves his third year as House minority leader Republican leader RF Duedeman announced tickets are available Alexander a former Ector County commissioner resigned to run against U S Rep O C Fisher campaign HQ set in First National Bank Building Alexander has circulated through the 21st District and will travel to San Antonio for a southern district stop
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U.S
Gerald Ford
Michigan
W. J
Jack) Alexander
Odessa
Inn of the Gorden West
RF. Duedeman
Ford
Miami Beach
Hns
House
Duedeman
University of Michigan
Alexander
Ector County
U. S
O. C. Fisher
First National Bank
San Antonio
Police Check IT Theft Cases
Police and sheriff's deputies probed numerous thefts including a watch from Mrs. Jim Higeinbotham and two rifles from Blaine Corbin. A billfold with 98 dollars, a bill of 17, and tied items from L Allegro Galleries were stolen. A pistol, shells, and time were taken from a home, plus damaged walls, a heater, and a door lock noted. Several bicycles were reported stolen from B Odom and Art McGee.
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Jim Higeinbotham
Beechwood
Blaine Corbin
iFast Vih
Jackie Cook
Headlee
Burger Chet
West County Road
Kay Bishop
Midland
L'Allegro
Weert
Shook Tire Co
East Second
Giken
Woolley Todt and Manufacturing
AGE Andrews Highveary
Flarakl Bokbag
Dumant
Fold
Willum Warren
West 46Th
Golder
South Kelly
Federal Housing Administration
B. B. Odom
West Ninth
Art McGee
North Golder
Trial Begins In Civil Suit In Odessa Court
Testimony opened in a $27,500 damage suit in 70th District Court. Gertrude Everson of Odessa claims a hubcap fell from a wall and struck her on November 1, 196, while shopping at the House of Seats. Jerry Childs represents the plaintiff. John E. Gunter defends. Jury list includes Wolf Colwell Chiff Pall Sherman Barran Brumlee Armo Bentley Thomas Watson Meeks Brown Bruno Lee Beeson and Teague.
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Tral
70Th District Court
Gertrude Everson
Odessa
House of Seat
Jerry Childs
John E. Gunter
Wolf, Colwell
Chiff ,Pall
Sherman Ot
Barran
C. L. Brumlee
Armo Bentley
Thomas Watson
James Meeks
Beverly OF. Brown
Carmen Bruno
J. V. Lee
Charles Beeson
Mrs. . A. Teague
Oil Worker Hurt In Field Mishap
Roger Smith of 1402 West County Road was treated Wednesday at Media Center Hospital for a fractured orbital bone after an oil field mishap. He received emergency care and was released.
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Alhd Ouessan
Roger Smith
Media Center Hospital
Smith
West County Road
Tech Plans Research Facility At Kermit
Texas Tech biology professor R L Packard announces a field station to be built in the old FAA buildings at Winkler County Airport near Kermit. The project aims to house laboratories for plant and animal research and serves as a teaching and research base for students and faculty, with funding hopes for future buildings. Studies include pack rats as disease reservoirs to explore flea transmission of plague in semi arid West Texas and neighboring New Mexico.
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Kermit
Texas
Tech
R. L. Packard
Federal Aviation Agency
Winkler County
West
Chester Rowell
FAA
Conversn
Don W. Tinkle
University of Michigan
Kermit Chambers of Commerce
Packard
International Center For
J Kermit
New Mexico
Third Youth Is Arrested For Windsor residence burglary
A third youth, 17 year old Alford Eugene Piper of Marlin, was charged Wednesday in connection with the weekend burglary of Mrs. Charles Wiles’s residence at 3006 Windsor in Northeast Odessa. Piper is held on 3000 bond. two other suspects and a 14 year old are also held on related charges as authorities probe multiple thefts and burglaries.
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Odessa
Alford Eugene Piper
Marlin
City
Charles Wiles
Windsor
Justice of the Peace
J. A
Liu
Wiles
Ector County
Death notices from Odessan to Iraan residents
Deaths include Mace R Greer 51 former Odessan who died in Chickasha Alabama after a heart attack Funeral services set for Mobile Alabama with burial pending Survivors include wife Ruby son Mace R Greer Jr brothers Earl James Otto sister Sadie and one grandchild Royal Albert McKee 83 Iraan resident died in Shannon Memorial Hospital Burial at Restland Church service details given Survivors include daughter M E Parker two sisters and two brothers
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Mace R. Greer
Mace R. Greer Jr
Mobile
Alabama
Earl B. Greer
James F. Greer
Fairlane
Otto Greer
Shreveport
Sadie Jackson
West 26Th
Royal Albert McKee Iraan
Royal Albert McKee
Restland
Robert Massie
McKee
Shannon Memorial Hospital
Caldwell
Ohio
Irnant
Christaal
M. E. Parker
Findley
Walter Woodford
Grover Smith
Delbert McKee
Cambridge
G. McKee
New Mexico
State Sportsman Dies Wednesday
Fort Worth oil man and sportsman F Kirk Johnson 40 died Wednesday in a New Orleans hospital after a short illness. An Abilene native he headed Murro Oil and Royalty Co and served as director of two foreign car agencies. He hunted in Africa and led an expedition into the Himalayas. He was a director of the Fort Worth Zoological Society. Survivors include his mother a sister Mrs William G Mitsch Jr and children Debbie F Kirk III and Demar Johnson of Midland. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Fort Worth
F. Kirk Johnson
New Orleans
Abilene
Johnson
Murro Oil and Royalty Co
Africa
Himalayas
Veterans of World War I Social at Hi Spot Youth Center
Barracks No 1867 hosts a social and dinner at the Hi Spot Youth Center located at 10th and MacArthur starting at 6 30 P M with a World War I veterans group participation and community gathering.
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10Th and
MacArthur
Paris Talks Break on North Vietnam Bombing Stand
U S and North Vietnam exchange hard line at the 17th Paris session. Harriman cites Defense Department casualty figures while Thuy accuses U S of prolonging war. Western diplomats doubt progress and expect domestic pressure in Washington to push a bombing halt.
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Sisting
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Harriman
Thuy
Defense Department
U.S. Information Agency
South Vietnam
Defense
State Departments
U.S
Saigon
Pace
State Department
Washington
Pentagon
USTA
Pickup Fire Call Mix of Real and False Alarms
Firemen responded to two calls on Wednesday. A pickup owned by Arden Anderson at 810 South Adams backfired and ignited causing damage to paint and wiring at 416 South Dixie. The second call near US 80 one mile west of Penwell was a false oil field fire alarm.
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Arden Anderson
South Adams
South Dixie
Penwell
US 80
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