Bundy asserts 25000 American forces in Thailand
Assistant Secretary Bundy says about 25 000 U S military personnel are in Thailand mostly in the Air Force and that there is no secret about American commitment to the region. He notes the force size is widely reported and under discussion in Congress while Pentagon and hearings debate continue.
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Washington
William P. Bundy
Air Force
Thailand
Congress
Bundy
Pentagon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
America
NBC Radiotelevision
T B Rasco Dies Here
Funeral for Thomas Bunyan Rasco 50 of 3500 Irving was held at First Baptist Church Groesbeck led by Rev. M D Rexrode with burial at Fortenberry Cemetery. He died Saturday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a 10 day illness. He was born in Thornton April 21 1916 and worked for Service Pipe Line Co. Surviving wife Mary and son Alan plus two grandchildren and several relatives.
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Thomas Bunyan Rasco
Irving
First Baptist Church
Groesbeck
M. D. Rexrode
Dallas
Odis Carruth
Stephenville
Jack H. Smith
Fortenberry
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Snyder
Mr. Rasco
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Thornton
Rasco
Service Pipe Line Co
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Mary Coffee
Mary Rasco
Alan Rasco
Shirley Gibson
Odessa
Debbie Rasco
Gertrude Beater
Clara Cox
Madie Clemmer
Kingsville
Homer
Rawls
Ralph
Hutchins
Johnson Tours Labor Citadel on Labor Day
President Johnson launched a campaign swing in Michigan urging labor restraint on wage demands while pledging a 1967 push to repeal Taft-Hartley 14B. He spoke in Detroit to AFL CIO members and in Battle Creek at Kellogg sanitarium’s centennial event. The trip also touched on rising medical costs and inflation as he travels to Ohio cities.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Johnson
Michigan
Detroit
Citadel
United Auto Workers Union
Will Keith Kellogg
Cobo Hall
Ifor Sen
Patrick V. McNamara
D-Mich
Democratic Party
Dayton
Lancaster
Ohio
AFL Cio
Labor
Open Housing March Clashes in Cicero Endures Violent Guard Toll
National Guardsmen and police used bayonet tipped rifles and nightsticks to separate 192 marchers mostly Negroes from white hecklers in Cicero. Six whites were bayoneted, none seriously injured as CORE led the protest after King Jr. postponed a similar march. About 2,300 Guardsmen with orders to shoot to kill escorted roughly 700 officers and marchers.
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National Guardsmen
Cicero
Chicago
West Side
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson
Watson Rites Wednesday At Hermleigh
Funeral service for Jack O. Watson 49 a former Scurry County resident who died in California will be held at 3 30 p m Wednesday at Central Baptist Church in Hermleigh Burial will be in Hermleigh Cemetery under direction of Bell Seale Funeral Home Surviving are his wife two sons mother two brothers three sisters and several in laws Friends will serve lunch at noon Wednesday at Helmleigh Community Center nearby lineups listed for pallbearers and speakers but no further details provided
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Jack O. Watson
Scurry County
California
Central Baptist
Hermleigh Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Mr. Watson
Jack Jr
Joan
D. E. Watson
Hermleigh
Foster Watson
Bob Watson
Houston
A. A. Carroll
Little Rock
Ark
H. H
Heavy Texas Rain Deluge Splashes Across State
Downpours of up to five inches drenched areas from the Red River to the Rio Grande as a tornado funnel and a waterspout were sighted along the Texas coast. Towns reported heavy totals with Port Lavaca receiving 0.91 inch in an hour and Las Cruces, New Mexico, hit by torrential rain washing cars from streets.
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Red River
Rio Grande
Texas
U.S. Highway 54
Newman
Las Cruces
N.M
el Paso
Arthur City
Paris
Hagansport
Deport
Texarkana Dam
Maud
Sulphur Springs
Pine Springs
Naples
Port Lavaca
Weather sketch of Texas temperatures and showers
Readings show highs from 84 to 100 across Texas regions with lows 52 to 80. Tonight through Tuesday, skies mostly fair or partly cloudy with showers in South Central Southeast and Southwest Texas and scattered showers west of Pecos.
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West
Texas
Snyder
Pecos
Chinese Vessel Sunk and Air War Escalates Across Vietnam
Red China charged that U S planes sank a small Chinese vessel and damaged another in the Gulf of Tonkin, while U S pilots faced losses over North Vietnam. In South Vietnam allied forces staged a three day operation against a Communist 600 man unit in the Mekong Delta as 5 500 Korean troops arrived at Nha Trang to bolster the coalition.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Red
China
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Peking
7Th Fleet
Navy
Gulf
Haiphong
Washington
Pentagon
Radio Peking
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Mekong
Cen
da Nang
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Greta the seventh tropical storm may threaten hurricane force
Greta, the season's seventh tropical storm, was likely to grow into hurricane intensity as forecasters tracked her path over warm South Atlantic waters. Project Stormfairy scientists planned a daytime decision on seeding Greta with silver iodide to alter her destructive potential.
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Miami
Fla
Greta
Gretta
South Atlantic
Project Stormfairy
Record Toll Prompts Safety Warning On Holiday Roads
A string of holiday crashes pushed the 78 hour Labor Day toll toward a record with 495 deaths so far. Michigan, Florida, and Colorado incidents killed multiple teens and families, as safety officials warned the pace could reach 630 if trends continue.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Michigan
Florida
Colorado
Norwalk
Ohio Turnpike
U.S. 12
Coldwater
U.S. 19
Clearwater
Fla
Safety Council
Jacksonville
Wag ‘Ner
S.C
The
Ambulance Franchise Applications Sought by City Officials
City hall opens applications for an ambulance service franchise by noon Tuesday. A joint city county committee including George Patterson Bill Herring Thane Mebane Marshall Erwin and Rayburn Burgess studies options as funeral homes end ambulance service this month. The panel aims to present recommendations to the council tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Patterson
Patterson
Bill Herring
Thane Mebane
Marshall Erwin
Rayburn Burgess
Wilson Warns of Global Dangers and Wage Freeze
Prime Minister Harold Wilson warned that a single misstep in world finance could trigger a 1930s style low mood. He appealed to Trades Union Congress delegates to back the Labour government's wage price dividend freeze amid rising unemployment and global economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
England
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Trades Union Congress
Petain
Labor Movement
Labor Party
Labor Day Observance Amid Records and Tensions
Washington marks Labor Day with parades and speeches while unemployment sits at a July-August record. George Meany defends strikes as democratic rights as talk of anti strike legislation grows after airlines walkout. President Johnson and VP Humphrey urge prosperity for all and equal share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York City
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
W. Willard Wirtz
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T. B. Rasco
LBJ
Labor Citadel
By Frankcormier
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Watson
Tral Coast
Nha Trang
South
Ibou
Dong Tra
Weathermen
Grizzly Record
United States
West Germany
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
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