Dirksen backs near border bombing over China stance
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen and former President Eisenhower defend Johnson’s decision to bomb targets within 10 miles of the Chinese border. They say the raids hit legitimate military targets and should continue, while Mansfield Cooper and Percy warn of risks of expanding the war and China involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
North Vietnam
Red China
Eisenhower
Europe
Dirksen
White House
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Walter Reed Army Hospital
China
Mansfield
Cooper
Percy
Sign-Up Scheduled for DE and ICT at Snyder High School
Juniors at Snyder High School are urged to contact Wallace Combest or Claude Donaldson about the distributive education and industrial cooperative training programs for the 1967 68 school year. The programs offer on the job training with local firms, give high school credits, and help workers or college bound students gain early practical skills. Classes for 1967 68 are half full with two weeks left to enroll.
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Snyder High School
SHS
Wallace Combest
Claude Donaldson
Combest
Donaldson
Boy sells boa after trading fish for pet three months later
Three months after trading $10 and two tropical fish for a boa constrictor, 15 year old Joseph Zeugim decides to sell the snake for $10 and no fish. He explains he does not like feeding it live mice.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Zeugim
Joseph
Light Showers Move Through Texas With Cooler Lows
Light rains touched portions of Texas with showers and possible thundershowers. Dalhart reported .19 inch and an additional .05, while Plainview saw .08 inch and a 55 degree low. Temperatures elsewhere ranged from the upper 60s to mid 70s as a Gulf belt brought activity toward the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dalhart
Texas-New Mexico Line
Plainview
Mercury
Red River Valley
Wichita Falls
Archer City
Mineral Wells
Jacksboro
Bowie
Gainesville
Childress
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Houston
Beaumont
New Orleans
Lubbock
Texarkana
Victoria
Waco
Presidio
Alpine
Panhandle
West Texas
Tax Increase Faces Fight on 10 Percent Surcharge
House Ways and Means members challenged administration on the 10 per cent income tax surcharge proposed by President Johnson. Treasury Secretary Fowler Budget Director Schultze and Council chair Ackley faced questions as lawmakers urged a clear case to voters. Rep Ullman said bipartisan doubts persist about benefits vs taxes. Republicans to press for details on required budget cuts if the surcharge passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Lebreton Washington
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
James A. Burke
D-Mass
House Poised To Pass Civil Rights Protection Bill
The House moves toward enacting a civil rights measure linked to antiriot provisions. It would impose federal penalties for interfering with voting, public accommodations, education, services, employment, jury service, and federally aided programs. Maximums range from fines and a year in prison to life for death.
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Washington
House
Senate
Basil Whitener
D-N.c
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Freeman urges Utah farmers to unite for market power
In Salt Lake City AP Freeman says farmers should form strong unions to gain bargaining power in a likely bumper crop year. He warns against dumping and urges growers to market wheat wisely while lawmakers seek to protect farmers from low prices.
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Salt Lake City
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Utah
the Mar
Calvin
Rampton
Reconnaissance Plane Lost To Red Guns Near China Border
US Command reports a North Vietnamese shootdown of a Navy RN Vigilante reconnaissance plane near the China border. The two crewmen are listed missing as extensive Allied air assaults target Hanoi Haiphong areas and DMZ sectors with B52s and fighter-bombers.
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Saigon
Red China
RASC
Lang Son
Demilitarized Zone
Con Kien
Dong Ha
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
South Vietnam
U.S
Portland
Weather snapshot for Texas across regions this week
The report outlines temperatures and conditions across Texas regions. North Central and Northeast Texas see clear to partly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers today and Wednesday as temperatures rise to the 90s. Coastal and Southeast sections expect showers inland and on the coast with highs near 90 to 98 and variable overnight lows.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Oil Embargo Seen Ineffectual as Ban Circumvented
Western oil firms are said to sidestep the Arab oil ban, limiting its impact. Sources report embargoed shipments reach Britain through third party deals, while Iran Venezuela and the US bolster supply. The ban aimed at Britain and the United States follows June war actions by Saudi Arabia Kuwait Algeria Egypt Qatar Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Britain
United States
West Germany
Middle East
Iran
Venezuela
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Algeria
Egypt
Qatar
Bahrein
Abu Dhabi
Vietnam Candidate Charges Harassment By Military
Tran Van Huong, the leading civilian presidential hopeful in South Vietnam, accused soldiers of voting twice by holding cards for both base and home districts. He said regime intimidation targeted his campaign and warned reform was needed. Huong vowed to press on and continue the campaign for the Sept. 3 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Kramer
Saigon
Tran van Huong
South Vietnam
Huong
Thieu
Two Injured In Collision Here Today
Two young men from Quanah received minor injuries in a two vehicle collision at Avenue E and the East Highway at 7 53 a m. Roger Fellers and Roy Hall both 22 were taken to Cogdell Memorial Hospital by Snyder Ambulance Service. Fellers had a lacerated scalp and Hall lacerations on ear and arm. Lee 21 also of Quanah had minor bruises not admitted. Other vehicle driver Mrs Ben Weemes Lenoir was uninjured. Police Officer Kurt Reed investigated the crash.
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Roger Fellers
Roy Hall
Quanah
Avenue E
East Highway
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder Ambulance Service
Charles Lynn Lee
Fellers
Hall
Lee
Ben
Erma) Weemes Lenoir
Snyder
Kurt Reed
Norn
Twenty - Fifth Street
Avenue R
Sheron Wyvonne Gray
Ira
Dewitt Roach
Hill
Roach
H. E. Woolsey
Newark riots damage tally tops nine million
Newark official P Bernard Nortman, head of the Office of Economic Development, said in a TV interview that about 9.7 million dollars in damage was incurred during the riots last month in Newark.
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Newark
N.J
P. Bernard Nortman
Office of Economic Development
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Warsaw
Congress
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Stroy
Dmz
Con Thien
Navy AG
Na Phuc
Vietnam
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