Rifle Match Champ Leads 156th QM Command in San Antonio
The 8th Corps Army Reserve big bore matches at Camp Bullis San Antonio were won by the 156th Quartermaster Command under Wallace Wilson of Roswell with a team score of 1396 out of 1500. Wilson led individuals with 239 pins including 21 V's. Seven teams competed and New Mexico plus West Texas units noted as strongest.
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8Th Corps
Army
San Antonio
Tex
Camp Bullis
156Th Quartermaster Command
Wallace Wilson
Roswell
New Mexico
West Texas
Army Reserve
House passes 12.2 billion Vietnam war aid bill
The House sent to President Johnson a 12.2 billion emergency funding bill through June 30 to finance the Vietnam War. In Sweden quintuplets were born to Mrs. Fredrik Lars Jansson but three died. four girls and a boy survive. A violent explosion injures a tanker crewman off Torrey Canyon and halts salvage. Florida Cabinet delays vote on governor Kirk war on crime plan with private detectives.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Vietnam
Vasteras
Sweden
Fredrik Lars Jansson
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Secret Service would have flagged Oswald with new info system
Rep. Tom Steed said a high speed computerized information system in 1963 would have alerted authorities to Lee Harvey Oswald as a threat to President Kennedy. He noted Oswald's Dallas presence and position overlooking the motorcade route. The Secret Service declined to comment.
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Washington
Secret Service
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Tom Steed
Oklahoma Democrat
Oswald
Dallas
Kennedy
Steed
House
Oklahoma Kicks Off New Ruidoso Racing Board Presidency
A. B Green of Purcell Oklahoma elected president of the Ruidoso Racing Association at a delayed stockholders meeting at Ruidoso Downs. Stan Snedigar re-elected director. new board includes John Augustine Joe Skeen and Billie Hensley. Track opens May 27 for 49 racing days ending Labor Day with the All American Futurity as centerpiece.
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Stan Snedigar
Ruidoso Downs
John Augustine
Las Cruces
New Mexico Racing Commission
Joe Skeen
Picacho
Billie Hensley
Phoenix
Ariz
Snedigar
Gene Hensley
Hensley
W. C. Kruger
Santa Fe
T. A. Spencer
Robert Scribner
Ruidoso
B. M. Keohane
Roswell
Green
Green Pastures
Purcell
Go Man Go
Top Deck
Depth Bars
Red Assaults Near Cambodia Show Fierce Battle Losses
A 2,500 strong Communist regiment attacked American lines near Tay Ninh in zone C. U S forces, including infantry and air support, repelled the assault with 423 Communist dead reported. U S losses were 30 dead, 109 wounded and three missing as pursuit continued toward Cambodia.
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U.S
Cambodia
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Junction City
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
New Mexico Legislature Concludes 1967 Session
The 1967 session ended after a one day special session called by Governor David F Cargo. A liquor bill was not included in his call and a general legislative highlights rundown is published in later pages.
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University of New Mexico
Estelle Irene Lehman
UNM
New Mexico
David F. Cargo
Johnson says no military decisions were made in Guam talks
President Johnson stated after two days of talks in Guam that no military decisions emerged. He said the discussions were instructive and constructive but did not yield decisive actions. Thieu and Ky returned to Saigon with Thieu noting a peace invitation to Hanoi, not yet answered.
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Guam
Johnson
Vietnam
Pacific
Honolulu
Washington
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi
White House
George Christian
Navy Officers Club
Johnson Peace Bid To Ho Is Disclosed
President Johnson proposed direct talks with Ho Chi Minh delivered in Moscow on February 8. He offered to halt bombing and freeze troop levels in the south if North Vietnam stopped infiltration. Ho Chi Minh rejected the offer on February 15, insisting on an unconditional end to bombing before talks.
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Washington
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
United States
North Vietnam
South
South Vietnam
State Department
U.S
Burma
Farmers Feed Milk to Hogs Strife Probed
Farmers fed milk to hogs and spilled it as the FBI checked into reports of violence linked to the National Farmers Organization milk withholding action. Investigations focus on Wisconsin with some related dairy disruptions across several states.
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Chicago
FBI
National Farmers Organization
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Wisconsin
Burnett
Polk
Waukesha
Walworth
Pennsylvania
Idaho
New York
NFO
Columbus
Ind
Caro
Mich
Elroy Cooper Dairy
Elroy
Wis
Monroe, Mich
Twiggy and Yvonne D Angers Parade In New York Variety Show
In New York for personal appearances Twiggy real name Leslie Hornby 17-year-old fashion model commissions a 42 piece clothing collection aimed at American teenagers. Yvonne dAngers 22 topples in with a 44 21 36 figure and defends showing her body while fighting deportation after arriving from Iran to the United States in 1955 she faces questions over a 1961 marriage under false pretenses to stay in the country.
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George Esper
NEW York
Twiggy
London
Yvonne d’Angers
Miss d’Angers
Leslie Hornby
Yvonne
d’Angers
America
Iran
Washington
California
United States
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AL Stubbs
Wilson
Fine Little Publication
John Pettit
CAAA
Roswell Daily Record
Roswell Little Theatre Group
Walt Wiggins
Morris Smilowitz
S. Heights
Colorado College Choir
Robin Lostetter
Earl Lostetter
Mississippi Ave
Albuquerque
Arizona
Robin
Helen Dixon
Dayton
Ohio
Mrs. Dixon
Lestetter
James Kinney
Valley View School
Clayton Meairs
Roswell High School
Meairs
NEW Mexico Military Institute
Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the
PMC Colleges
Chester
PMC
Pennsylvania Military College
Henry
Hank) Garrett
Henry O. Garrett
Fulkerson
Sam Bays
WAFB
Col. Bays
15Th Air Force
March Afb
Calif
Kbim-Tv
Lands End
England
Royal Navy
Oklahoman Heads Racing Association
A. B Green
Purcell, Okla
Ruidoso Racing Assn
A. B. Green
George McArthur
Hastings
Ia Drang Valley
Zone C
Legislature
LBJ
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Robert J. McCloskey
Official
Vietnam News Agency
VNA
Katie Heuerman
Mac
Katie
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