Viet Cong Battle Near Tan Hiep Leaves Heavy U S Losses
After a 20 hour engagement near Tan Hiep in the Mekong delta, U S and Vietnamese forces report 3 Americans killed and 10 wounded in 24 hours. Helicopters were downed and the body of a 21 year old gunner found on a damaged craft amid many casualties as Viet Cong strength was estimated at about 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett Tan Wiep
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Ap Bac
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Saigon
Tan Hiep
Pentagon
Mekong
Jadotville Falls to U N Forces Opening Katanga Advance
U N troops captured Jadotville in Katanga, advancing toward Kolwezi as Indian Irish and Ethiopian units secured the mining town with light resistance. Reports conflict on occupancy with diplomatic cautions amid ongoing talks on Union Miniere earnings and central government control.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Katanga
Jadotville
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
Elisabethville
Lufira
Tshombe
United Nations
Congo
Union Miniere
Prem Chand
Kamina
Kilubi
Kamina-Kabongo
Lufira River
Salisbury
Rhodesia
New York
Andre van Roey
Bank of
Brussels
Snyder banks post record year end deposits and loans
Snyder National Bank and West Texas State Bank report all time highs in deposits and loans as of December 28 1962. Combined Snyder banks total deposits reach 26 million with loans above 12 million, reflecting statewide gains amid nationwide banking calls for year end data.
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Snyder
U. S. Comptroller of Currency
State Banking Commission
Associated Press
Texas
U.S
Edinburg
McAllen
Orange County
Longview
Treasury
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Snyder National Bank
West Texas State Bank
Scholastic Count Begins Census in Snyder District
The Snyder Independent School District launches its annual scholastic census to be completed by the end of January. Parents are urged to cooperate as enrollment targets children six on or before Sept 1 1963 and under 18 on that date. Census figures affect state funds and per capita apportionment. Mrs C L Callaway leads the official enumeration with eight canvassers involved.
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Snyder Independent School District
Snyder
C. L. Callaway
Weather summary for Texas regions
Weather report shows overall cloudy to partly cloudy conditions across Texas regions. Temperatures range from lows in the 20s to highs around 70 in the south central region with scattered light rain possible in the west north and northeast areas today tonight and Friday. Winds stay light under 15 knots in coastal zones.
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Snyder
Texas
Jess
Body Of 15th Blast Victim Is Recovered
Rescue crews recovered two more bodies at the Home Packing Co plant in Terre Haute Indiana raising the death toll from Wednesday’s blast to 15. Dozens were injured and investigators weighed gas explosion as a possible cause while ammonia fumes hampered the search and rescue efforts.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Home Packing Co
Gerald Fagg
West Terre Haute
Donald Melcho
Norman Fesler
Justine
St. Anthony Hospital
Progress Report in Dock Strike Talks Near Settlement
A federal official reports substantial progress in negotiations to settle the Atlantic and Gulf coast dock strike. James Healy, Harvard professor, will serve as a fact finder on welfare and pension terms as unions and employers discuss benefits. Labor Secretary Wirtz plans to rejoin negotiations, with 60 000 workers out and ships moving passengers to New York.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
James Healy
Harvard University
James J. Reynolds
Labor
Healy
Reynolds
Afl-Cio International
New York Shipping Association
Moratorium on Spending Could Aid Tax Cut Says Byrnes
Rep John W. Byrnes urged President Kennedy to announce a moratorium on all new federal programs not tied to emergencies. He argued it could open room in Congress for a sizable tax revision while warning against expanding education spending and noting deficits must be kept low.
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Solon
Washington
Kennedy
House
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Byrnes
Congress
GOP
Fog Blankets East Texas Across the State
A blinding fog covered almost all of East Texas on Thursday with visibility near zero from Texarkana and Longview to Houston. Light rain was forecast to enter Southwest Texas and move northwest, while temperatures remained warm and cloudiness spread from West Texas to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
Texarkana
Longview
Houston
Texas
Weather Bureau
Arizona
New Mexico
Telstar Reaches Life, Plans Europe TV Link
Telstar satellite comes back online after radiation damage and will attempt a live television broadcast to Europe Friday. Bell Labs engineers report transmitters and receivers responding to ground signals and a test pattern showed promise before the New York news conference.
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Washington
Telstar Communications
Europe
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York City
North America
Telstar
Siberian Peasants Stage Embassy Protest for Asylum
About 22 Siberian residents from Chernogorsk forced entry into the US Embassy in Moscow seeking asylum from alleged religious persecution. After four hours of protest they were escorted away by a Soviet bus, with Israel as a hoped destination.
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George Syvertsen
Moscow
Chernogorsk
Persecutin
Soviet Union
Israel
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Richard T. Davies
Foreign Ministry
Davies
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U. N
T'shombe
Delta
John Connally
Tex
Crawford Martin
Hillsboro
Bill Cobb
Howard Rose
Midland
Scott Sayers
Connally
By Robin P. Mannock
Waco
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Denison and
Sherman
Orange ‘County
Bryan College Station
Gainesville
Henry Akers
West
Fagg
John J. Callahan
St. Mary of-the-Woods
East
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