Big New Battle Appears Building South Of DMZ
Heavy ground fighting and severe Communist shelling continue near the demilitarized zone south of Hanoi and Da Nang. Marines report 12 dead and 92 wounded as a major allied effort to drive NVA regulars from Leatherneck Square intensifies. Air battles yield several MIGs downed. U.S. losses rise to 179 planes over the conflict. A Vietnamese battalion compound near Saigon falls to Viet Cong, with three American defenders killed and nine wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Manthur
Saigon
SS. Marines
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Marine
North Viet
Namese
Quang Tri Province
Gio Linh
Con Thien
Vietnam
Edward Hutchinson
Merritt Island
Fla
Hutchinson
South Vietnam
da Nang
China
da Nang Air Base
Fair And Warmer Report With Mixed Temperatures
Weather bulletin notes warmer spell across today and Tuesday with highs near 16 and 24, tonight's low around 42. 7 am reading shows a high of 75 and a low near 4, with airport figures indicating high 72 and low SM.
Alton Cook To Speak At Luncheon
The Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce schedules a Wednesday noon luncheon at the Drifter Inn meeting room. Alton Cook Social Security administrator from Las Cruces will discuss Medicare aspects while Betty Biggs resigns as chamber manager effective May 30. Applications for the manager post are reviewed at a 7 am Tuesday board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City-Grant County
Hurley Boy Found After Night Search
Nearly 50 local law enforcement officers and volunteers searched Hurley area for a missing boy from 6 or 7 p.m. Sunday until 6:30 a.m. Found hiding in a cardboard box under a tree near a caboose in the Hurley railroad yards. Discovered by Bill Privet Jr and Billy Mims, credited to six Junior Patrolmen in training.
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Grant County
Bill Privet
Bill, Jr
Billy Mims
New Mexico Mounted Patrol
Privet
Mims
Reds Pressure Britain Over Hong Kong Demands
Hong Kong tensions flare as China pressures Britain to meet all Chinese workers and residents demands amid anti-British protests. Communist newspapers pledge resistance while the colony remains mostly quiet. 389 arrested, 118 injured, one youth died amid clashes sparked by a factory workers strike over artificial flower production.
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Forbes Edwards
Hong Kong
China
Britain
D. C. Hopson
Macao
Pe Ting
London
Ta Kung Pao
Wen Wei Pao
Kowloon
Communist
New China News Agency
Hopson
Radio
Peking
United States
Vietnam
Price Rises in Store This Summer
The Agriculture Department forecast a 2 to 3 percent rise in grocery prices by summer for American households, offsetting a small first quarter decline. Food expenditures are projected to reach about 94.6 billion this year, with meat prices and dairy initially affected. Family budgets would see higher costs as farm prices and consumer incomes shift, while items like eggs, poultry, and dairy may rise later.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Local AAA opens new office in Reinity region
Doug Ward, newly arrived area consultant for the AAA, announces the Triple A office in this Reinity is now open to serve members. Located at 1909 1/2 Little Walnut Road, Ward previously led AAA operations in Albuquerque as chief accountant for New Mexico. The office will feature travel information, tour books, auto financing applications, and member materials. Members and prospective members are invited to visit.
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Doug Ward
AAA
Little Walnut’ Road
Ward
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Tree House Fire Kills Youngsters in North Carolina
In Lenoir two boys aged 12 and 13 died after a tree house fire. A third boy, 13, was hospitalized in critical condition. Firemen said a bucket fire in the tree house near Satur day night caused the structure to ignite and the occupants to fall about 20 feet to the ground. Roy Ingram, 13, died at the scene, while Alan Darrel Guy, 12, died at a hospital hours later.
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Lenoir
N.C
Roy Ingram
Alan Darrel Guy
Gary Groes
Funeral Services Held May 9 For IB. N. Milligan
Funeral services for Beney Nicholas Milligan 82 of Apache Creek were at Reserve Baptist Church May 9 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Horton Irvin officiating. Milligan died after a long illness at Deming Memorial Hospital. Wheeler Mortuary handled arrangements. Pallbearers and ushers named. Born January 5 1866 in Reserve he married Grace Elizabeth Shimmons in January 1910. They lived in Apache Creek. Survivors include four sons Albert L Thomas W and Robert B and Adrian F ten grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Beney Nicholas Milligan
Apache Creek
Reserve Baptist Church
Horton Irvin
Milligan
Deming Memorial Hospital
Wheeler
Deming
Pall
Preston Porter
Ross
Long
Buster Alexander
Clifford Lane
Robert Freich
Robert Moore
Bill Lane
John Hampton
Rendon Celebrates 105th Birthday in Grantsville
Grantsville Utah AP Juanita C Rendon observed her 105th birthday Saturday with cake ice cream and conversation. Born in Costilla New Mexico she has never been seriously ill and lived independently of social security. Many of her 269 direct descendants attended the celebration.
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Grantsville
Utah
Juanita C. Rendon
Road Construction Set Near Deming, Workers Needed
The New Mexico State Highway Department seeks temporary workers for Deming area projects. Positions include flagman axman rodman and weighman with pay from 1.59 to 2.42 dollars per hour. Requires high school math and science, U.S. citizen, and New Mexico residency. Details at district offices and state offices in Santa Fe.
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New Mexico State Highway Department
Deming
Flagman
Axman
Rodman
Weighman
United States
New Mexico
Employment Security Commission
State Highway Department
P.O
Santa Fe
State Personnel
South Capitol
LBJ Team Faces Tough Weeks In Congress
President Johnsons top allies in Congress face two tough weeks as House action centers on aid for education rent subsidies and the model cities program. The $1 billion bill funds about 20 independent agencies with limited increases to the presidents requests and pits administration plans against GOP efforts for tighter funding and a states rights alternative. The education bill seeks $3.4 billion for schools with desegregation ties, while Republicans push a lump sum plan. House leaders aim to block further cuts and win enough votes to pass their preferred approach.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Federal
Office of Education
Lost HanNI bal boys search enters fifth day
Three missing Hannibal boys Billy Hoag 11 Joey Hoag 13 and Craig Dowell 14 have prompted a fifth day of extensive searching in Missouri. Volunteers scan caves in Wannibal hills and examine Mississippi River bluffs under Willian Karras of the Spellogical Society of America who believes they may be underground or possibly on the surface awaiting contact.
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Lowell McAirgan
Hannibal
Billy Hoag
Joey Hoag
Craig Dowell
Wannibal Hills
Mississippi River
Willian Karras
White Post
Karras
Spellogical Society of America
Hoag Brothers
Mike Hoag
Joey
Billy
Mrs. Hoag
Hoags
Fire closes state forests as Carson blaze burns 250 acres
Crack firefighting crews fought to contain a Carson National Forest fire that scorched about 250 acres east of Taos before snow aided containment. Gov. Cargo ordered all state owned forests closed until danger eases. Fire likely man caused. arson reward applies. investigation ongoing.
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Taos
Carson National Forest
David F. Cargo
Cargo
New Mexico Wildlife and Conservation Association
Don Seaman
Carson Forest
Weather Bureau
Forest Service
Seaman
Legal Battle Over Speck New Trial Looms In Chicago
The jury found Richard Speck guilty and recommended death for the eight nurses murders. Public Defender Gerald Getty seeks a new trial before Judge Herbert C. Paschen, arguing trial errors and possible bias. If denied, sentencing could occur this month, with up to eight consecutive life terms as a possible outcome.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Chicago
U. S. Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Speck
Gerald Getty
Herbert C. Paschen
Cook County
Martin
Paschen
Open Door Ruins Orbiter 4 Negs
Pasadena scientists report Lunar Orbiter 4 opened its thermal door to avoid camera problems. Sunlight leaked inside, fogging several frames. Controllers maneuvered the craft to face away from the sun and plan rephotography over the same lunar areas on subsequent passes.
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Pasadena
Calif
Americ
Apollo test set for lunar module engine near Las Cruces
The third in a series of structural tests of the engine that will power two Apollo astronauts to the moon is scheduled today at the NASA facility east of Las Cruces. Earlier tests last week, firing the lunar excursion module descent engine in a static stand, were reported as apparent successes by Space Agency spokesmen.
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Las Cruces
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
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