Peking Silent on Seventh Nuclear Test Report
Associated Press reports from Tokyo say China did not acknowledge its seventh nuclear test sounded Christmas Eve blast in Lop Nor area. AEC stood by its statement placing the test at about 20 kilotons, similar to the first Hiroshima device. Japanese officials noted detectable fallout but ruled danger minimal.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Peking
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
China
Radio Peking
Lop Nor
Central Asia
Mao Tse-tung
AEC
Hiroshima
Japan
Tadao Kusmie
Washington
Kusumi
Mao
Today in History highlights for December 26, 1967
Key events include Washington crossing Hessians at Trenton in 1776 and Lee praising Washington in 1799. Also noted are the 1805 Peace of Pressburg, 1941 Manila opened as an open city, Churchill speech to Congress, 1943 Scharnhorst sinking, and 1944 Soviet Budapest encirclement.
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Associated Press
George Washington
Trenton
N. J
Col
Henry Light Horse
Harry Lee
Pressburg
Napoleon
Austria
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
Manila
Winston Churchill
U. S. Congress
Scharnhorst
Norway
Budapest
Hungary
Weather roundup for Northwest and Southeast Texas
Readings show highs from 33 to 60 degrees and lows from 18 to 40 across regions. Northwest Texas expects partly cloudy conditions with light snow possible in extreme north late tonight or Wednesday morning. North Central and Northeast Texas see clear to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with highs 45 to 55. Southeast Texas remains clear to partly cloudy and cool tonight with increasing clouds and warmer conditions Wednesday. highs 56 to 64.
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Snyder
Texas
Supplies Moved During Truce in North Vietnam War
Flight and naval crews resumed heavy air strikes on Communist convoys after the Christmas truce ended. U S forces destroyed or damaged about 100 trucks and spotted more than 300 others along major supply routes from Thanh Hoa to Vinh. Marine losses included a helicopter and a reconnaissance aircraft crash with fatalities.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnamese
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Readings Lay Across State Texans Face Cold Dawn
Cold high pressure blanketed Texas with readings from 17 degrees at Texarkana to the 20s in West Texas and 49 on the coast. The Weather Bureau noted light snow possible in the Panhandle and light rain elsewhere, but no significant moisture expected.
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Texas
Texarkana
Brownsville
Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Alpine
Lubbock
Abilene
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Childress
Lunar Module Launch Set for January Flight
NASA officials set January 17 as the launch target for the unmanned Lunar Module Apollo 5. The 62 hour Earth orbital test aims to verify readiness of the Lunar Module and engines before manned Moon operations.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Apollo
Earth
Banks Hike CD Rates in Snyder and West Texas Banks
Snyder National Bank and West Texas State Bank announced a rate hike effective January 1 1968 raising 12 month certificates of deposit from 4 4 to 5 percent. Short term CDs under 12 months remain unchanged. Paris Christmas weekend toll rises with at least 120 dead and 800 injured on French highways.
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Snyder Banks
Snyder National Bank
West Texas State Bank
Paris
Rose Service In Oklahoma for Emmitt C. Rose
Funeral rites will be held in Mangum Oklahoma for Emmitt C. Rose 62 who died Sunday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital He was a plumbing contractor living at 122 Milburn since 1962 a native of Griggs County Oklahoma Surviving wife four daughters Kathrine Kelly Liberal Kansas Peggy Hughes Sidney Nebraska Jacqueline Leffler Clear Lake Oaks California Lillian Wright Potter Nebraska three sons James B Rose Bill Rose Mangum Ja kie Rose Clear Lake Oaks a sister Lillian Stowe Mangum Bell Seale Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements
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Mary Jane Everts
England
America
Hillcrest Lodge
Cambridge
David Everts
Tarzan
John W. Everts
Snyder
Alice Lockard
Gainesville
Texanna Finley
Wilson
Okla
G. W. Frost
Mangum
Emmitt C. Rose
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Rose
Milburn
Griggs County
Quintella Rose
Kathrine Kelly
Liberal
Kan
Peggy Hughes
Sidney, Nebr
Four Injured In Holiday Traffic Mishaps
Four people sustained injuries in motor vehicle incidents during the holiday period. Willis Sanders and Florentino Escobedo suffered leg fractures in a motorcycle collision on Twenty-fifth Street near Avenue H. Mrs Rosalie Mitchell and her son Jerry Derrick were hurt when their 1962 Oldsmobile left a curve on U S 84, while two Mitchell daughters escaped injury.
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James
Rosalie) Mitchell
Lubbock
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Snyder Ambulance Service
Willis Dean Sanders
Twentieth Street
Florentino Escobedo
Thirty First Street
Twenty - Fifth Street
Avenue H
Jerry Derrick
Clairemont Road
Escobedo
Sanders
Mitchel
Mitchell
Glen Roberts
Sanders and
Kirt Reed
D’wayne Jernigan
Fred. L. Dil
Government Study Aims to Save Millions, Proxmire Says
Sen. William Proxmire, chair of a joint committee, says investigations by the Senate House Economic Committee and GAO will save millions. He cites contractors using government equipment for private gain and notes Pentagon action to curb Truth in Negotiations Act abuses and improve inventory records for defense property.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Joint Congressional Committee
Proxmire
Pentagon
GAO
Running gun battle erupts in Plainview after jail breakout
Five escapees from Terry County jail in Brownfield flee in a hunter’s car to Plainview. Charles Cleve Brooks Jr., 38, was recaptured after midnight. four others remain at large. Police seized a stolen car near the crime scene as officers from multiple agencies chased the fugitives across the city.
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Plainview
Tex
Terry County
Brownfield
Hale County
Charles Cleve Brooks Jr
State Weights and Measures Division
Brooks
Lubbock
Court House
Christmas holiday traffic deaths fail to beat 1965 record
The three day Christmas period 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday logged 666 highway fatalities, below the 1965 three day high of 720 but above last year’s 584. National Safety Council officials noted broad public indifference to traffic safety despite a prior peak debate in Congress.
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National Safety Council
Congress
the Safety Council
Chicago
Associated Press
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Rose Service
Oklahoma
Defense Department
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