Explosions Mark Birthday Celebration in Haiti
Two blasts hit Port au Prince during Francois Duvalier’s 60th birthday celebration and the 10th anniversary of his rule. Officials said rival insiders within the regime sparked the attacks, killing three or four and wounding about 40.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Champs de Mars
White National Palace
Luc Albert Foucard
Foucard
Rass
Max Dominique
Key West clash between servicemen and town youths erupts on street
Hundreds of servicemen and civilian youths fought on Key West streets as police, dogs, and helmeted Marines cleared the area. Ten sailors were arrested for disorderly conduct, with some charged for concealed weapons. The confrontation grew from a feud over a girl, with leaves canceled for the base’s 10,000 personnel.
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Key West
Fla. AP
Navy
Armando Perez
Key West Naval Base
Longer Truck Bill Near Final Passage
A five foot increase in truck length cleared preliminary House approval after Senate passage, lifting limit from 50 to 55 feet with 40 foot trailer limit remaining except for autos boats and livestock where 45 foot trailers apply. Govs Guy and LeVander back the joint study funding.
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Associated Press ST
Weather outlook with cool nights and warm Wednesday
Fair to partly cloudy and continued cool tonight. Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer Wednesday with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Low tonight 26 to 32. High Wednesday 48 to 55. Thursday looks cooler with rain or snow likely.
Bid to End Coppolino's Trial Fails
Naples Florida AP reports Judge Lynn Silvertooth refused to throw out key testimony from the New York Medical Examiner's office experts Milton Helpern and Charles Umberger in Dr. Carl Coppolino's first degree murder trial over his wife's 1965 death. The defense won one point by blocking hypodermic needle evidence. Dr. Coppolino, a 34 year old anesthesiologist, faces trial over alleged fatal injection of succinylcholine to facilitate remarriage. Witnesses described dangerous and painful exposure to the drug, including NYU figures Dr. Valente Mazzia and Dr. Bert La Du.
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Naples
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Lynn Silvertooth
Milton Helpern
Charles J. Umberger
New York Medical Examiner
Cappolino
Coppolino
Carmela
Valentino Mazzia
New York University
Mazzia
Bert la du
NYU
Soviet May Day Slogans Show Subtle Kremlin Shifts
Moscow dispatch notes the Soviet Communist party issued 106 May Day slogans with minor wording changes reflecting Kremlin positions on Cuba Vietnam and other issues. New emphasis calls for ending U S bombing of North Vietnam and withdrawing American troops while downplaying Cuba praise and signaling a shift away from West German nuclear and neo Nazi references.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Cuba
Vietnam
Kremlin
United States
Drv
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Fidel Castro
West Germany
Bonn
NATO
U S To De escalate Vietnam War With Assured Steps
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the SEATO Council that the United States would de escalate the Vietnam conflict whenever North Vietnam takes corresponding steps. South Vietnam offers peace talks and a mutual pull back from the demilitarized zone as clashes continue and allied forces advance in the Mekong Delta and coastal Highway 1 corridor.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Seato Council of Ministers
United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Mekong
Song Cau
White Horse Division
Tuy Hoa
Surveyor 3 set for moon dig in Sea of Storms
Surveyor 3 aims for touchdown at about 7 p.m. EST Wednesday in the Sea of Storms as it uses spindly scoops to dig into the lunar surface. The 2 283 pound craft, America’s most complex moon probe, trails 237000 miles to the Moon with a midcourse correction completed and tracking from Goldstone.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
U.S
United States
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technolo
Canopus
Control Agency
Goldstone
California
Mojave Desert
Earth
Surveyor 3
Moon
Teacher Award for R. Tenney
Roger Tenney of Owatonna Minnesota the National Teacher of the Year will receive his award from President Johnson after a postponement due to the president's Texas schedule. Tenney will lead his 81 voice Owatonna High School senior choir in a musical program for the party.
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Washington
Roger Tenney
Owatonna
Montreal Brink's Robbery Sparks $400000 Heist
Four armed robbers fled with 400000 from Brink's guards after collecting funds at Simpson's Montreal Ltd department store on Monday. President Johnson neared the end of a rest period at his Texas ranch with a possible return to Washington by Wednesday. Avco Lycoming workers resumed shifts under a federal judge's order amid Vietnam war helicopter engine production concerns.
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Montreal
Simpson’s Montreal Ltd
San Antonia
Tex
Johnson
Texas
White House
Washington
Stratford, Conn
Avco
Lycoming Division
Nixon sees no spread of Vietnam war to Southeast Asia
Nixon said no expansion of the conflict to Thailand Malaysia or Singapore due to mounting resistance to the Communists and claimed Red China lacks the capacity for a major U S escalation. Osservatore Romano asserts no changes to Catholic birth control policy and notes Pope Paul VI encyclical unchanged on contraception.
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Singapore
Richard M. Nixon
Thailand
Malaysia
Nixon
Red China
United States
Vatican City
Vatican
1 Osservatore Romano
Paul
L’osservatore
Keosauqua Sees Tornado Toll Rise
Keosauqua Iowa reports two dead and four seriously injured after Sunday tornado damaged 200 families in Van Buren County. Red Cross lists 15 houses destroyed 32 major damage 105 minor. six small businesses and several mobile homes destroyed. farm buildings damaged. Victims include Helen Scull 56 and son Charles 22. Delbert Scull 59 Kate Arnold 61 J C Storey 59 and wife Mary 58.
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Keosauqua
Iowa
van Buren County
The
Red Cross
Lebanon
Stockport
Helen Scull
Charles D. Scull
Delbert Scull
Kate Arnold
J.C. Storey
Mary
Dust Storm Blows 250 Million Tons Of Iowa Topsoil Away
Northerly winds gusting over 70 mph lifted an estimated 50 million tons of rich soil from 10 million acres across north central and northwestern Iowa. If spread evenly, this soil would cover 1,000 acre farms to a six inch depth. Power lines were downed and trees blown over in scattered locations while Des Moines Ottumwa and Spencer reported high gusts.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Frank Mendell
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Mendell
Wind Forces Iowa Commerce Building Closure
Gusts up to 50 miles per hour forced the Iowa Executive Council to close the Iowa Commerce building in Des Moines. After windows were blown out and the structure condemned by the state fire marshal, officials said the premises remained too hazardous for occupancy.
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Des Moines
Iowa Executive Council
Iowa Commerce
Adenauer weaker after a quiet night in Rhoendorf
Former German chancellor Konrad Adenauer grew weaker after a quiet night at his home in Rhoendorf. Reports say his condition declined gradually with medical staff keeping him under observation.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Rhoendorf
Record 606 Bills Steal Show in Monday Session
In St Paul the Minnesota Legislature saw a record 606 new bills introduced on Monday as both chambers spent the day reading titles. The House had 267 new measures and the Senate 339, with no floor action. A constitutional amendment to elect governor and lieutenant governor as a team from 1970 drew approval in committee, while a bill to tighten voting time off was advanced by the labor committee.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota House
Souris
Rainy
Senate
North Dakota
Minnesota
William L. Guy
Harold LeVander
House
Elections Committee
House Labor Management Committee
R. W. Johnson
Ford Motor Co
Swift and Armour Meat Packing
David Roe
Aflcio
Fred Cina
Lloyd Duxbury
Mitchell County Farmer Killed in One Car Crash
Wilber Henry Urbatsch aged 52, a southwest Osage area farmer, died from a fractured skull after a one car crash two miles south of Osage on a county road. Survived by wife Pearl, sons Gene and James, mother Lydia Fluhrer, brother Bert Fluhrer, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Champion Funeral Home Osage.
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Iowa
Mitchell County
Wilber Henry Urbatsch
Here
Urbatsch
Osage
Pearl
Gene
LaCresenta
Calif
James
Lydia Fluhrer
Grafton
Bert Fluhrer
Manly
Champion Funeral Home
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