Marines Capture Gia Binh Village in Tough Viet Nam Fight
AP dispatches recount how Marines from C Company 1st Battalion 26th Regiment battled into the fortified Gia Binh hamlet south of the DMZ after days of heavy resistance. Tanks and artillery pounded targets as Marines moved in, sustaining casualties and collapsing tunnels and bunkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Poos
Gia Binh
Bob Foos
Viet Nam
Earl Landagre
Bethesda
Marine Corps
Landagre
26Th Marine Regiment
US Jets Down Two MIGs In North Viet Nam
U S jet pilots claimed two MIGs shot down and three damaged in heavy air combat in MIG Alley near Hanoi. Two American planes were lost to ground fire. total U S losses rose to 370 planes. Meanwhile Marines seized Gia Binh after a tank aided assault, with 180 North Vietnamese killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Hanoi
Red Capital
WIS
U.S
North
Coral Sea
Gia Binh Tate
Demilitarized Zone
Gia Binh
Viet Nam
Saison
Huntsville
Phu Lo
1St
North Chamese
Cost Of Living Jumps In August On Food Auto Costs
The Labor Department reports August consumer prices rose by four tenths of a percent led by food up 1.3 percent and autos. The CPI hits 113.8 meaning $11.38 buys 1957 59 base items. 1967 model safety adds to auto rise. Used car prices climb 1.5 percent as dealers clear 1966 stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers this week
Partly cloudy at times today tonight and Friday with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Precipitation probability 20 percent today tonight and Friday. Highs around 86, overnight low around 55. 24 hour report shows high 87 low 52 at the airport high 88 low 55.
U.S. Offers Ceasefire Steps in Viet Nam Talks at U.N.
U.S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg told the U.N. General Assembly the United States would halt all bombing of North Viet Nam if Hanoi would curb its attacks on the South and begin a phased, supervised troop withdrawal. He urged North Viet Nam to set a timetable for its own pullout and left open a private or public reply.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Viet Nams
South
Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Mekong
United Nations
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
U.N
Dean Ruski
Andrei A. Gromyko
Max Harrelson
N.Y
United States
Hanoi
U.N. General Assembly
Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Johnson
U Thant
Thant
Southeast Asia
Dixie Governors Seek Subsidies And Step Softly
Kentucky Governor Breathitt leads a Southern Governors Conference urging renewed state responsibility within a state-federal partnership. Speakers stress obtaining federal funds for programs while warning against irrelevance as federal rules and highway safety funding loom. Governors push for proactive control by states in education and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Bill Rawlins
Kentucky Dam Village
Goverors
South
George C. Wallace
Alabama
South Carolina
Robert E. McNair
U.S. Office of
Edward T. Breathitt
Kentucky
Congress
Aubrey J. Wagner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Power Reclamation
Breathitt
Ashcraft's Father Dies In Roswell
W. O. Ashcraft of 2202 Juni per Street telephoned from Roswell to report his father H. A. Ashcraft died at noon Wednesday at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell. The deceased had visited his son in Silver City last spring and summer. Funeral services and burial will be in Roswell. no arrangements were announced.
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W. OR. Ashcraft
Juniper Street
Roswell
H. A. Ashcraft
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Silver City
Hoswell
Motor bike fire put out at Olivia Pena home
Silver City Fire Department extinguished a burning motor bike in the basement of 213 West 18th Street at 4 40 pm Wednesday. Damage estimated at 230. Six volunteers and one regular man responded. Investigation shows leaking gas as probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City
Olivia Pena
18Th St
Escapee Surrenders After Lovington Gun Battle
Ray F. Decker, 29, formerly of Lovington, surrendered to officials in Albuquerque after a Tuesday escape from the State Hospital at Las Vegas. He faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault for a July 28 roadblock gun battle with police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Ray F. Decker
Lovington
State Hospital
Las Vegas
Appeals referee Ancil Morton hears unemployment cases
Ancil Morton of Albuquerque served as appeals referee in several unemployment compensation hearings at the local U S Employment Security Commission Office. He is one of three referees appointed to travel the state and decide cases involving unemployment benefits and fraud claims. Hearings are scheduled based on claims registered at local offices.
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Ancil Morton
Albuquerque
U.S. Employment Security Commission
New Mexico
Morton
The
Security Commission
Morion
Surveyor 2 Mission Ends in Failure After Tumbling
Pasadena Calif AP Scientists unable to halt Surveyor 2 moon bound spacecraft reported the mission is completed a failure after repeated rocket firings failed to stabilize the craft. The tumbling prevented solar panels from locking on the sun and drained the battery as radio contact was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Moon
Roswell Republican selects Cavin to run for state senator
Chaves County Republicans chose S. H. Cavin of Roswell to replace resigned Joe Leonard as the Republican candidate for state senator in District 18. Cavin will face incumbent J. Penrod Toles, Democrat, in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toles
Roswell
Chaves County
S. H. Cavin
Joe Leonard
Dist
Cavin
Sen
J. Penrod Toles
Chaves
McCrary Describes Educational TV Use In Silver Schools
Silver High School principal Ollie McCrary spoke to the Silver City chamber on federal controls of educational TV and the district plans for channel 10. He described transmission options from air waves to closed circuits, potential local origins, and a new Loera Peak transmitter by an ABC affiliate to relay programs from Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ollie McCrary
McCrary
Silver High School
Silver City-Grant County
TV Educational Channel 10
Albuquerque
Tucson
Southern
California
South Carolina
Midwest
Loera Peak
Silver City
ABC
GM raises 1967 auto prices matching Ford Chrysler
General Motors followed Ford and Chrysler by boosting prices for 1967 models. The company said average increases for optional items and new features were about 56 dollars, with top bumps up to 89 dollars, noting no wage or material cost pass through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Cain
Detroit
General Motors
Ford Jana
Chrysler
Big Three
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