Marines Strike Viet Cong In Heavy Tuong Peninsula Assault
Marines began an operation on the Van Tuong Peninsula 330 miles north of Saigon, landing by air and sea to confront entrenched Viet Cong units. High casualties were reported with estimates of more than 600 Viet Cong dead and about 1,200 guerrillas in the theater, while 50 prisoners were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper Scans
Bat
Chu Lai
Viet Nam
Tle
U.S
E.N. Snyder
Ocean
van Side
Calif
Tuong Peninsula
7Th Regiment
Marine Regiment
George H
Gentry Jr
Fallbrook
Calitman
Saigon
Oscar F. Peatross
Raleigh
N.C
Snyder
Dak Sut
Central Highlands
van Tuong
LA Seeks Causes and Remedies for Riots and Calm Return
Gov. Edmund G. Brown to name a special commission to study causes and solutions after the Watts riot cost 34 lives and left $200 million in property damage. President Johnson ordered federal help. 3,000 National Guard remained on duty as cleanup funds flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Watts
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr King
Dr. King
Samuel W. Yorty
William H. Parker
Yorty
Johnson
Collins
National Guard
Parker
Snyder High Band Sets 7 30 Rehearsal Ahead of Sept 10 Game
First full rehearsal of the year for Snyder High School Band scheduled for 7 30 tonight in the high school band room announced by Director Melvin Montgomery. All members urged to bring instruments as they prepare for the football game at Andrews on September 10 with next week rehearsals to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder High School
Melvin Montgomery
Andrews
Gemini Five Launch Postponed By Technical Troubles
Technical problems and a thunderstorm forced the postponement of the Gemini 5 eight day flight with astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr at Cape Kennedy. The countdown was halted at T minus 10 minutes due to radio signal dropout and a troublesome commutator, with a backup system functioning. Awaiting reschedule, the crew remained in the craft as technicians planned further checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Mission Control Center
Cape
Mercury
Gemini
Industrial Board Meets with Eastern Shirt Firm Delegation
The Scurry County Industrial Development Corporation hosted a luncheon with an Eastern shirt manufacturing company delegation led by Howard Maddox and Nick Rose from Texas Electric Service Fort Worth. They discussed area labor availability as the firm considers a Southwest plant location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County Industrial Development Corporation
Eastern
Howard Maddox
Nick Rose
Texas Electric Service
Fort Worth
Maddox
Rose
TESCO
Development Corporation
Front Brings Rain To Panhandle Area
A mild cool front moving through the Panhandle brought scattered rain with Dalhart reporting 2.40 inches by 6 am after a 1.98 inch fall earlier. Amarillo measured 0.2 inch. Additional showers were forecast for the Panhandle and parts of the Texas coast and far Southwest Texas.
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Associated Press
Panhandle
Dalhart
Amarillo
Texas
Oil Allowable Holds Steady in Texas September Ruling
The Railroad Commission kept the statewide oil allowable at 28 percent of potential for September, same as August, with a calendar day limit of 2,905,312 barrels. The order projects 2,864,660 barrels per day for next month, and a cautious approach was urged by Commissioner Byron Tunnell to prepare for winter demand. Major purchasers’ nominations include Texaco 141,000 and Humble 412,035 barrels per day, among others.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Texaco
Texas
Byron Tunnell
Gulf
Humble
Pan American
Shell
Sun
Continental
Sinclair
Standard Oil of Texas
Mobil
Atlantic
Phillips
More Registrars Posted In South
Attorney General Katzenbach said the government ordered 10 newly designated counties in the South to add federal registrars to register Negro voters under the Voting Rights Act. He cited examples of noncompliance in nine counties where examiners already operate and noted 16,492 registrations in the new counties by Wednesday close. All registrars are Civil Service employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond LE Breton
Playes Washington
Tue
Katzenbach
Fie
Alabama
Callon
Mississippi
Louisiana
Nicholas Katzen
Offibach
Justice Department
Jeffer
San Davis and Jones
Missis
Sippi
Perry and Wilcox
Ala
Bama
Quachita Parish
Regis
Civil Service
Reeves Rites Set Friday
Funeral services for B. F. Reeves 1897 01 15 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Bell a Seale Funeral Home chapel. Mr Reeves died 1 50 am today at Cogdell Hospital after a long illness. He lived in Scurry County 13 years coming from Paducah. Survived by wife Ethel Stout married Breckenridge 1922 a daughter Terry Holt Snyder a son Floyd Shallowater three sisters J P Bowman Rogers Ark Hale Stanley California Stella Bartley Casper Wyo two brothers John Hobbs N M William Rogers Ark and three grandchildren Burial in Snyder Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Cogdell Hospital
Scurry County
Paducah
Desdemona
Ethel Stout
Breckenridge
Terry Holt
Snyder
Floyd
Shallowater
J. P. Bowman
Rogers, Ark
Hale Stanley
California
Stella Bartley
Casper, Wyo
John
Hobbs N. M
William
Snyder Cemetery
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Weather readings show high temperatures in the 80s and 90s across Texas with lows in the 60s to 80s. Regional forecasts indicate partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with 20 to 40 percent chances of showers and thunderstorms in various zones from North Central to Southeast Texas. Coasts expect light to moderate winds and continued warmth into Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
South Central
WPCC Panel States Meeting In Snyder
The State Affairs Committee of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will meet September 9 in Snyder chaired by Howard Rose of Midland. About 25 persons are expected to attend the panel session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Snyder
Howard Rose
Midland
Texas Trio Battling Over Governors Veto Powers and Poverty
Texas Governor Connally and Senator Yarborough trade barbs over veto power and poverty program funding. Tower accuses Yarborough of political maneuvering as debates unfold in Austin and Washington. Articles note Los Angeles funding and federal poverty program actions amid GOP Democrat crossfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
John Connally
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
Connally
Yarborough
Office of Economic Opportunity
Los Angeles
Washington
Austin
Erty
Ac- Tower
Senate
Ington
Connall Yarborough
Ed Holmes Brown
Russell Long
D-La
Ing
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Martine Strubbe
AFS
Belgium
Producers Club
Miss Strubbe
M. L. Broman
Diane Hargrove
Renal Rosson
Sterling Taylor
Ben Brock
David Wiman
Willard Wirtz
American Merchant Marine Institute
Afl-Cio
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
American Radio Association
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Air Force
Navy
Panhandle Area
South
Bella Seale Funeral Home
B. F. Reeves
Fortieth Street
WPCC
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