B52 Strike Precedes Large Viet Cong Offensive
U S and Vietnamese forces reported a major Viet Cong assault by the 1st Army Corps following a B52 raid in Ba Long Valley near Da Nang. Eleven hundred Marines arrived at Chu Lai, bringing total Marines in the area to about 29,000 as combat continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald I. Deutsch
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
1St Army Corps
Chu Lai
Frederick Karch
Big
da Nang Air Base
Hue-Phu Bai
Ba Long Valley
da Nang
D Zone
Federal Aid Sought to Quell Los Angeles Riots
President Johnson urged federal help as Los Angeles struggles with four days of riot violence. Guardsmen swept the Negro district, 17 killed, hundreds injured, 600+ arrested, and $100 million in fire losses reported. Mayor Yorty asked for disaster declaration. National Guard strength rose to 10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
National
Samuel W. Yorty
Johnson
California National Guard
49T Armored Division
San Francisco
Fresno
National Guard
Riot Flares In Chicago As Night Of Violence Ends
Police report the worst racial outbreak in a dozen years under control after a seven hour clash on Pulaski Road. More than 150 officers and FBI observed. 18 officers and 47 civilians injured. 105 arrested. Leaflets blamed authorities. rioters fired missiles from rooftops as gangs looted stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side
FBI
Daley
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Congo
Pulaski Road
Garfield Park District
Oil exploration activity in Fisher Nolan and surrounding counties
In Fisher and adjacent counties, multiple wildcat wells show varying stages of testing and production. No. 1 U. S. Gypsum in Fisher County reports 38.2 gravity oil and oil cut drilling mud at 3824-42 feet with a 3,926 foot string. Swastika prospects test via perforations. No. 1 J D County in Fisher County abandoned at 4062 feet. Other rigs in Nolan and Scurry counties pursue Cisco and Tannehill targets with depths around 4,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Norsworthy Jr
Dallas
U. S
Kemp
Scurry
Nolan
Stonewall
States Gas Producing Co
Abilene
Longbotham
Snyder
H&tc
J. J. Travis
James K. Anderson
Midland
Jordan
Blackwell
Nolan County
Cisco
Roark & Hooker
Stonewall County
H&tc Survey
Carlile
Springer
Ht&e
U.S. Gypsum
Eugene M. Goltz
Richard Fletcher
J. D County
Fisher County
Rotan
R. L. Force
B. R. Kemp
Odom Horizon
Roby
Paul DeClera
Rollins
Austin
Sur
Terry (Canyon
Sharon Ridge
Toni
Say
Sue Bowden
Canyon
TWC
LCRA
Tzeg
Ney Can Trading & Producing Corp
Var
Break Looms In Delay Of Permit For New Reservoir
Signs point to possible break in the log jam delaying a Texas Water Commission permit for moving the Colorado River Municipal Water District dam site downstream to Robert Lee. LCRA and CRMWD discuss alternatives as hearings and filings continue amid protests and district efforts to satisfy lower end users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Robert Lee Ward
Austin
Texas Water Commission
Texaco Inc
P. L. Fuller
Keily-Snyder
Cisco
Snyder
Scurry County
H&tc Sur- Colorado River Authority
LCRA
C. R. Marks
O. H. Ivie
CRMWD
West Texas
Mitchell County
Commission
H. A. Beckwith
Eagle Pass
Bill Berger
Hondo
Joe Carter
Sherman
O. F. Dent
Littlefield
County Treasurer Refuses Payment After Fraud Claim
In St Joseph Missouri Kenneth T Boyle counted a cash check for a man who said funds were to pay a bad check in the prosecutor's office. Boyle then returned the money to the drawer after the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Kenneth T. Boyle
Boyle
Mrs Myrtle Cassie Morgan Rites Planned at Bethel Baptist
Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Sunday August 15 at Bethel Baptist Church for Myrtle Cassie Morgan 52 who died Friday night after a heart attack. Burial at Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction. She is survived by husband John A. Morgan a daughter Nancy Morgan of Abilene two sons Richard Morgan of Oregon N M and Buster Morgan of Snyder three sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Baptist Church
Myrtle Cassie Morgan
Morgan
Avenue R
Dorsey Street
R. Virgil Mott
Bethel Baptist
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger Funeral Home
John A. Morgan
Nancy Morgan
Abilene
Richard Morgan
Oregon
N. M
Buster Morgan
Snyder
W. V. Flippen
Muriel Edwards
Mary Walker
Cheyenne
Okla
H. P. Brown
Lubbock
J. D. Brown
Clyde
Weather snapshot for Texas with varied showers and temperatures
The forecast covers North Central and Northeast Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Highs range from 64 Friday to 80s Sunday in places like Cooter and Northwest regions, with scattered showers over 20 percent of the area and coastal Southeast winds 8 to 18 knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Cooter
Southwest
Registration Scheduled In Schools in Snyder System
In Tylertown Mississippi AP report references about 300 chickens on Jeff Johnson’s farm wearing red plastic glasses to keep them from pecking each other. Registration in Snyder School System targets elementary and junior high pupils who have not pre registered with sessions on August 17 and 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tylertown
Miss
Jeff
Snyder
Jeff Johnson
Snyder Junior High
Congo and United States Move Toward Break in Ties
The United States and Congo Republic Brazzaville announce mutual closures of embassies signaling near-total diplomatic rupture. Washington cites harassment of U.S. officials and orders embassy staff to relocate to New York for UN work as Congo replies with a note from charge d affaires Andre Loufoua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endre Marton
Washington
United States
Congo Republic-Brazzaville
U.S
Diaffaires
Andre Loufoua
the Congo
State Department
New York
Congo-Brazzaville
United Nations
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7Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
Okinawa
Boxer
First Cavalry Division
Air Mobile
Mayport Naval Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Ee Oe
Johnson City
Tex
Edmund G. Brown
White House Press Center
Tillerman
Albert Raby
Birmingham
Ala
Raby
South Side
Richard J. Daley
Cicero
Adlai E. Stevenson
Michael McGovern
Edmund J. Rooney
Chicago Daily News
Michael Roster
United Press International
Snyder Area Oil
Ivie
Mrs. Morgan
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