Marine platoon ambushed near Khe Sanh in heavy fighting
North Vietnamese troops ambushed a Marine platoon about 800 yards beyond the outer wire at Khe Sanh base. A second 45 man relief platoon also suffered casualties as air strikes and artillery pounded enemy positions. Casualty totals were not released under new security rules, but were described as heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heuhge Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Khe Sanh
John T. Wheeler
Leutenant
Kne Sanh
U.S
Cong Thien
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Red River
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Dame
Variable clouds bring mild 74 degree day across region
Variable high cloudiness with continued mild temperatures today and tonight. High 74, low 40, and 74 again for Tuesday. 24 hour report shows 7 a m high 72 and low 37. Adrport records 71 and 37.
Hurley Police Investigate Pellet Gun Vandalism
Earl Etheredge announced an investigation into pellet gun damage to windows in Hurley. He notes BB and pellet guns violate town ordinances, with fines up to 300 dollars and possible 90 day imprisonment. the chief pledges prosecution of current and future violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley Police Cie
Earl Etheeredge
Investi
Etheredge
Antennavision launches public service channel WAK 6
Oscar Davis of Antennavision Silver City announces the start of a public service channel WAK on Channel 6 with programs from Silver City and Western New Mexico University. The first local program features a basketball game between Northern Arizona University Flagstaff and Western New Mexico University Silver City, to air at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on videotape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Davis
Antennavision
Silver City
Western New Mexico University
WAK
Channel 6
Weather Channel
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
Sliver City
WNMU
Eastern New Mexico University
Former Residents Die In Missouri
Vera M. Malloy of Marceline reports the death in December of Earl Linebaugh 65 a former resident here Interment was held December 29 in Marceline The Jewer also notes the death of Berethy Marie Phillipis Kitchen 44 a native of Burley Funeral was at St Bonaventure Church Marceline with burial in Masonic Cemetery She was daughter of Leo and Vera Phillips Survivors include her husband Glen two sons four grandchildren a brother Virgil Phillips of El Paso Texas and a sister Doris Davult of Brookfield Missouri
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera M. Malloy
Marceline
Daily Press
Earl Linebaugh
Berethy Marie (Phillipis) Kitchen
Burley
St. Bonaventure Catholic Church
Masonic Cemetery
Leo
Vera Phillips
Kitchen
Glen
Virgil Phillips
el Paso
Tex
Doris Davult
Brookfield, Mo
Gate Crasher Dies In New York Hospital
Stanley Berman, 41, famed for gate crashing and collecting celebrity autographs, died Sunday in a Brooklyn hospital from a blood infection. A private investigator by trade, he also drove taxis and acted in minor TV roles, with friends estimating he crashed thousands of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanley Berman
Brooklyn
Berman
Silver Consolidated School District Declares Study Day
No school tomorrow in the Silver Consolidated School District as teachers observe a professional study day. Board of Education and administration will use the day to address study problems on local and state levels, with a makeup day planned later in the year. The Silver Consolidated School Board will hold a special meeting at 3:30 p.m. to discuss projections and bonding capacity with architects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Consolidated School
Board of Education
John Gaines
Silver Consolidated School Board
Colorado River Bill In Committee Battle
Special to the Daily Press in Washington reports the House Reclamation Subcommittee marking up a billion dollar Colorado River authorization. Key figures H T Johnson and Wayne Aspinall push for 4.4 million acre feet priority for California with CAP funding and possible water exchanges. Southern California opposition and interbasin funding debates shape whether the bill advances by March or Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Reclamation
Subcommittee
House Interior Committee
H. T
Bizz) Johnson
D-Calif
Johnson
Wayne N. Aspineall
D-Corp
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Aspinall
California
Colorado
Arizona
Craig Hosmer
Calif
Hoover-Parker-Dam Dam
Colorado River
CAP
Southern Californias
F. Reinecke
R— Calif
John V. Tunney
de Calif
Southern
Caliifornia
New Mexico Governor Faces Education Funding Crisis
Governor Cargo declined to call a special session yet says a solution to the Albuquerque and Belen school funding dispute may be near. The New Mexico Education Association warns strikes could spread as 80,000 students miss classes amid talks with teachers’ unions and school boards. Green and Rodg ers briefed reporters after meetings with Cargo and NEA officials.
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Santa Feap
Payid Cargo
New Mexico Education Association
Cargo
NMEA
Carto
James Green
James Rodgers
Albuquerque Classroom Teachers Association
Allen West
Washington, D.C
National Education Association
Green
Albuquerque
Belen
Cead
Reporters testify against Reiss Tijerina band
In Santa Fe AP reporting, two newspersons testified they heard Reiss Lopez Tijerina exclaim he did not want U S District Judge Howard Bratton to hear a case over an attempted campground seizure. The hearing examined contempt of court claims tied to Bratton's publicity order.
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Santa FE
Reiss Lopez Tierina
U.S
Howard Bratton
Tijerina
Tijering
Jerry Noll
Hratton
Herrera
Charles Driscoll
Driscoll
Ewing T. Kerr
Cheyenne
Wyo
New Mexico
Selves
Echo Amphitheater
Bratton
Cargo Signs Tax Boost
The pin boosting the tax on cigarettes from 12 cents per pack has been signed by Gov. Daegia PS Cargo. The increased cigarette tax rate becomes effective July. The governor also signed a measure authorizing a count. Sales tax to be used to support indigent hospital patients, Car. g0's office said today.
House panel halts Colorado River feasibility study without state consent
The Reclamation subcommittee tentatively banned any feasibility study of Colorado River augmentation works without affected states’ consent. The move accompanies an amendment to a 1.3 billion dollar bill backing the Central Arizona Project and five Colorado projects. The panel also eyed weather modification desalination and import options to boost river supply. It adjourned till Tuesday after addressing a provision about Mexico’s 15 million acre foot annual commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Reclamation
Colorado River
Wayne N. Aspinall
D-Colo
Colorado
Central Arizona
Secretary of Interior
Coloorado River
Mexico
Death ruled as Roberts dies by own action
Los Alamos medical examiner Dr Michael Stewart ruled that Thomas R F Roberts president of the UNM regents and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory physicist died by his own action He was found dead Saturday with a plastic bag over his head and helium gas inside the bag Roberts 44 had been in ill health and served on the UNM regents since 1961 He is survived by his wife two daughters and a son Memorial services are set for First Methodist Church in Los Alamos Tuesday at 2 pm Funeral arrangements pending
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LOS Alamos
APL
Michael Stewart
Thomas RF. Roberts
University of New Mexico Regents
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Sylvester Nemec
Roberts
Carol
Delbert M. Jones
David Cargo
Board of Regents
Clendennen Rites Held for Roy E Clendennen in Silver City
Funeral service for Roy E. Clendennen of Cliff was held at 2 p.m. in the Curtis Mortuary chapel in Silver City with Marvin Fell of the Church of Christ of Cliff officiating. Burial followed at Memory Lane Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim Wood John Dinwiddie Ray Freeman Carl Rive Walter Lee and Bill Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Clendennen
Cliff
Priday
Curtis Mortuary
Silver City
Marvin Fell
Church of Christ of Cliff
Memory Lane Cemetery
Jim Wood
John Dinwiddie
Ray Freeman
Carl]Rive
Walter Lee
Bill Key
Manuel Garcia Central Resident Dies at 55
Manuel C. Garcia 55, longtime Central resident for 46 years with the Pedro Herreras, died Sunday afternoon at Hillcrest General Hospital in Silver City. A retired laborer for Kennecott Copper in Santa Rita, he was a native of Durango, Mexico. No survivors listed. Funeral arrangements are with Curtis Mortuary.
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Manuel C. Garcia
Pedro Herrera
Central
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver City
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Santa Rita
Durango
Mexico
Curtis Mortuary
Copper Pegged For Defense
Washington reports the Commerce Department will keep its order requiring copper refiners to reserve all output for defense use. The move, prompted by copper strikes and a longshoremen boycott, followed orders to halt civilian deliveries. Officials noted conflicting reports on shipments and unloading at docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Commerce
Poisoned Dogs Reported in Grant County
Grant County Deputy Sheriff George Barela says several reports of animal poisonings have surfaced, mainly around Pinos Altos and Little Walnut Road. He warns children not to touch any outside food and notes poison takes three to six hours to kill an average dog as investigators seek those responsible. Call the sheriff's office with information, kept confidential if desired. Many victims were fenced or tied at home when poison was placed within reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant County
George Barela
Sheriff's Department
Pinos Altos
Little Walnut Road
Barela
Morrison Former Resident Dies in El Paso
Clarence Lewis Morrison 72 a former long time resident here died Saturday in El Paso Texas where he had lived five years He was a member of Asbury Church in El Paso Funeral arrangements are pending Survivors include his widow Doris Morrison of El Paso two sons two daughters 16 grandchildren one great grandson a brother Carl of Miami Oklahoma and an uncle Charles of Kansas
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Clarence Lewis Morrison
Alice
Frank) McCauley
el Paso
Tex
Morrison
Asbury Church
Doris Morrison
Carl
Miami
Okta
Charles
Kansas
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