Air Force-GI clash near Laos leaves sergeant dead
A U S Army sergeant was killed and two Americans wounded in a combat operation with Vietnamese troops near the Laotian frontier about 360 miles north of Saigon. The sergeant was taken to a field hospital in Nha Trang. A large Vietnamese force air lifted by U.S. helicopters swept the area, killing three Viet Cong and seizing a communist supply depot. One helicopter was destroyed and the crew evacuated.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha Trang
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Rand Declines Post At Lather Rand Declines Post At Lather
Dr. Sidney Rand of Minneapolis declines a call to serve as president. Frank R. Miller, regents chairman, elected Dr. Rand Jones to succeed Dr. J. W. Yivisaker who resigns due to ill health this August.
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Toea
Sidney Rand
Minneapolis, Minn
Frank R.miller
Regents
Rand Jones
J. W. Yivisaker
Yivisaker
Aug
Boy David Jenkins Drowns After Fall Near Clinton Bridge
David Jenkins eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins of Clinton drowned after falling into a small stream in the north part of Clinton near a bridge. His body was recovered about fifteen minutes later.
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Clinton
David Jenkins
John Jenkins
Floyd Green 77 Retired Lorah Merchant Dies
Floyd L Green 77 of Atlantic, retired Lorah businessman, died at 1 45 pm Wednesday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a stay since April 22. Born August 24 1884 near Cumberland to Owen L and Lida Jansen Green, he married Edna A Sands February 6 1907 in Atlantic. Survived by wife two daughters a sister and four grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 pm Saturday at Meyer funeral home with Rev Roy D Strong officiating. Burial Atlantic cemetery.
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Floyd L. Green
Atlantic
Lorah
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cumberland
Owen L
Lida Jansen Green
Edna A. Sands
Joyce Lumber Company
Anderson & Son
Francis Tennam
Ogden
Utah
James Burkhart
Kirkwood
Elan Sweney
Boise
Idaho
Meyer Funeral Home
Roy D. Strong
Atlantic Cemetery
Hills Move to 909 Linn Street in White Cloud
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Hill of White Cloud Kansas relocate to 909 Linn Street He works as a truck driver for the Extra Creamery company.
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Kansas
Johnnie Hill
White Cloud
Kans
Linn Street
Extra Creamery Company
Estes Testimony Opens New Avenues in Case
Franklin Texas AP testimony from Billie Sol Estes spurs new avenues for the investigation into the death of Agriculture Department official Henry H. Marshall. Dist Atty Bryan Russ and Texas Atty Gen Will Wilson report grand jury activity, potential witnesses, and intensified probes into Estes business affairs while Marshall is investigated for murder or suicide.
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Russ
Texas
John D. Cofer
Austin
Estes
Marshall
Cofer
Here
Agriculture Department
Justice of the Peace
Billie Sol Estes
Texas Agricultural Enigma
Franklin
Tex
John Cofer
Henry H. Marshall
Local Forecast Shows Warmer Weekend With Possible Thunderstorms
The weather map indicates fair conditions in the south, partly cloudy in the north, and cooler Thursday night with lows in the 50s. Friday highs near 80. Saturday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies, warmer temperatures, and scattered thundershowers in the western portion.
Outside help eyed in Alcatraz escape and Cox murder
The San Francisco Examiner reports FBI believes three Alcatraz escapees may have had outside help as a broad search expands on Angel Island. In Des Moines, hair analysis in Ramona Cox case indicates Negroid characteristics narrowing the suspect pool among male visitors and acquaintances.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Examiner
FBI
John Anglin
Clarence
Frank Morris
Angel Island
Alcatraz
Allen Clayton
Atlanta
Morris
Olin Blackwell
Fred Wilkinson
Federal Director of Prisons
Anglin Brothers
Des Moines
Ramona Jean Cox
E. J. McCarthy
Miss Cox
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Washington
McCarthy
Labor Unions File Financial Reports in Iowa
The U S Department of Labor reported that 760 Iowa labor unions filing under the Landrum Griffin Act had net assets of 4 473 200. Eighty percent reported income under 10 000 for the year while four international unions based in Iowa recorded receipts near 1 500 000 and net assets around 1 000 000, about one fifth of total Iowa union assets.
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Kansas City, Mo
U.S Department of Labor
Iowa
Landrum-Griffin
Police officer requests half day leave on anniversary
Middletown Ohio veteran officer Delman Whitman asked a superior for leave noting their 20th wedding anniversary. He recalled that twenty years ago he received a full day off, but this time he requests only a half day.
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Middletown
Ohio
Delman Whitman
NASA Plans Two More Orbital Flights This Year
NASA associate director Dr. Robert Seamans Jr told the Senate Space Committee that two additional manned orbital missions are planned this year. The 3 orbit flights follow the examples of John Glenn Jr. and Gordon Carpenter and may extend to longer missions if safe. Other aims include moon television pictures and landing an instrument package on the moon, plus a Venus flyby using a Ranger-based spacecraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert C. Seamans Jr
NASA
Senate Space Committee
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Seamans
United States
Venus
Ranger
Two US Officers Fined for Beating Korean in Korea
Two U S Army officers, 1st Lts David W Swanson and Thomas M Wilde, were reprimanded fined 600 and suspended from command for six months after pleading guilty to unlawful detention assault and battery and giving false testimony in the Lee Il yong case. The nine member court martial laid the penalties with $100 monthly installments and subject to higher review. The incident sparked Seoul protests over U S status of forces and jurisdiction.
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Camp Howze
Korea
David W. Swanson
Galesburg
Ill
Thomas M. Wilde
Wordsworth
Swanson
Wilde
Lee Il-yong
Lee
Seoul
Taegu
South Korea
United States
Woman Dies In Car Crash In Canton Illinois
A Burling ton Town woman, 74, died from injuries after a Wednesday night crash near Canton Illinois. Five Burlington residents were injured including two women 54 and 58 and 70 year old Anna Ruggles. driver James Larsen 56 was in fair condition. Truck driver Eugene Thompson of St Louis was uninjured. Illinois state police say Larsen wagon failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the truck as the group returned from Farmington Illinois.
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Canton
Ill
Burlington
Henrietta Hasson
Dorothy Larsen
Jeanette Schelen
Anna Ruggles
James Larsen
Eugene Thompson
St. Louis
Illinois
Farmington
Extra dividend for marriage license applicants in East Greenbush
In East Greenbush New York couples applying for marriage licenses receive a gift box valued at about two dollars. Town Clerk Virginia Ochs provides samples of snaps cosmetics aspirin and other household items donated by manufacturers.
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East Greenbush
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Virginia Ochs
Wall Street Wizard Flies To Brazil
Edward M. Gilbert admitted unauthorized withdrawals of about 2 million from his company E L Bruce. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro on a Varig flight and entered Brazil with a 30 day visa. US officials reported no contact with him as an extradition risk. The 38 year old former president had withdrawn 1.953 million between May 28 and June 4. Manhattan DA Hogan investigates. The firm says audits are underway and that it remains financially sound with a 750000 dollar surety bond.
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New York
Wall Street
Edward M. Gilbert
Brazil
Gilbert
Varig Airlines
Rio de Janeiro
Seducion
Rio
International Police Agency
U.S
Idlewild
E. L. Bruce Co
Hogan
Manhattan
Atty. Frank
E. L. Bruce
Bruce
Dakota to Meet Erbe Over Big Sioux Flood Plan
South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud will meet Iowa Governor Norman Erbe in Akron on June 25 to discuss the proposed 51 mile Big Sioux River flood control project. The project, supported by Gubbrud and opposed by Erbe, would straighten the river at an estimated cost of 7 million dollars and concerns regional wildlife habitat.
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South Dakota
Gubbrud
Gov
Erbe
Lee Berner
Union bans live music with pre recorded performances
Pittsburgh AP report says the American Federation of Musicians forbids members from performing live when pre recorded music is used. The ban, adopted at the AFL-CIO federation convention, includes exceptions by local unions and extends to not recording music intended to accompany live performances.
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Pittsburgh
American Federation of Musicians
Afl-Cio
Guerrilla Veteran Voickmann Honors WWII Victory Anniversary
Manila AP reports Russell W. Voickmann marked the anniversary of his notable World War II guerrilla victory with veterans on Northern Luzon Island. The event recalled his long wartime service and the guerrilla campaigns in the region.
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Manila
Russell W. Voickmann
Luzon
Long-Standing Iowa 4-H Officers Elected At Joint Convention
Richard Shuler of Brooks and Nancy Fredrichsen of Walnut, both 17, were elected state presidents of Iowa 4-H Clubs at a joint convention ending Friday after three days of discussions. Other officers include Boys vice president Larry Nepps and historian John Riebeling. Girls vice president Susanne Zobrist and historian Linda Kiouda. The event aims to explore career paths in agriculture and sciences and develop leadership and citizenship.
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AMES
Richard Shuler
Brooks
Nancy Fredrichsen
Walnut
Iowa
Larry J. Nepps
Estherville
Neilan J. Hanson
Dows
John Riebeling
Rock Rapids
Susanne L. Zobrist
Adel
Helen A. Holt
Grand Junction
Linda K. Kiouda
Cedar Rapids
Girls Describe Lurid Working Conditions in Nightclubs
Corinne Suzette Stein a platinum blonde showgirl from Pittsburgh testified before senators about forced prostitution in Calumet City Illinois night clubs and similar abuse in a Miami Florida venue She said her AFL-CIO union the American Guild of Variety Artists ignored her appeals for protection for eight or nine years.
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Washington
Senators
Calumet City
Ill
Miami
Fla
Corinne Suzette Stein
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio American Guild of Variety Artists
Youngster Struck by Car in Fontanelle
Michael Stoll five year old visitor from Springfield Missouri suffered head cuts and possible skull fracture after running into the path of a car driven by Ira G Jacobs eighty eight Fontanelle Iowa. The accident occurred about 340 pm Wednesday in the business district in front of the town square on Iowa 92. He is a patient at Adair county hospital Greenfield.
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Fontanelle
Michael Stoll
Springfield
Adair County
Greenfield
Iowa Highway Patrol
Ira G. Jacobs
Iowa 92
Stop Sign Violations Lead to Small Fines in Greenfield
Mayor's Court dealt with Donald Smith of Greenfield fined $10 and costs for a stop sign violation and Wilbur Eblen of 519 Walnut Street paid $5 and costs for driving through a stop sign.
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Mayor's Court
Donald Smith
Greenfield
Wilbur Eblen
Walnut Street
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Rand
Lather
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Floyd Green
Wilson
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Sondra van Wert
Hampton
Julie Roberson
Elma
Carol Hahn
Moville
Sharon Harris
Alden
Flight Engineers International Association
Ron Brown
Afl-Cio Union
Brown
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Jesse Freidin
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