Man in Fair Condition After Crash Into Train East of Lansing
John Lutgen of Waterloo Iowa is listed in fair condition and held for observation after a car struck the locomotive of a Chicago Great Western freight train 22 miles east of Lansing around 10 45 a m He was driving from Brownsdale toward Lansing the car a 1963 model was a total loss Lutgen suffered lacerations and left the vehicle before aid arrived The train originated in Hayfield and was en route to Austin with eight cars a switch engine and four crewmen This is the second crossing accident in less than a year with a prior fatality noted at the crossing
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John Lutgen
Waterloo
Iowa
Lansing
Mower County
Lutgen
Brownsdale
Chicago Great Western Railway
Austin
Extra
Margaret Kay Fitzgerald
Great Western
Hayfield
Geo. A. Hormel Co
Victor R. Hervey
Chatfield
Minn
U S Builds Up Forces in Saigon Crisis
U S and South Vietnamese forces gird for possible North Vietnamese attack as air traffic halts and troops mobilize near the Gulf of Tonkin. Casualties reported as bombers crash near Bien Hoa and U S personnel bolster defenses ahead of potential hostilities.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U. S
Bien Hoa
Gulf of Tonkin
Ba Ring
Ba Xuyen
Morse Opposes Resolution in Senate Committee Backing U.S. Policy
Two top Senate committees approved a resolution backing President Johnson's actions in Southeast Asia with bipartisan support. Secretary Rusk McNamara and General Wheeler testified behind closed doors that Gulf of Tonkin attacks are part of a Communist drive to dominate the region. Senator Morse, D Ore., opposed, calling the move a predated declaration of war in Asia.
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Johnson
Southeast Asia
Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Dean Rusk
Congress
Wayne Morse
Dore
Foreign Relations Committee
Asia
Rusk
Robert S. McNama
Earle C. Wheler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
South Viet Nam
Laos
McNamara
Wheeler
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Morse
White House
Stevenson
United States
U.N
Washington wary Red China may confine attack to propaganda
US officials gauge risk as Peking signals response to Johnson air strikes. Secretary Rusk calls the situation explosive while McNamara reports heavy damage to North Viet Nam’s patrol boat fleet and an oil depot. Red China denounces US actions and warns of grave consequences even as the crisis eases in the Gulf of Tonkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
United States
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
North Viet Nam
Red China
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Peking
New China News Agency
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Council
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin area center of world concern
The Gulf of Tonkin and North Viet Nam coast are the focus of global attention after U S destroyer attacks and U S Navy air strikes against PT boats and bases. The map shows Hainan Island and coastlines of China and Vietnam with Da Hang in South Vietnam about 90 miles south of the border.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
Gulf
China
Hainan Island
da Hang
Viet Nam
Rain Arrives in Parts of Minnesota Cooling Soon
Rain dampened southern and central Minnesota as a cool front moved southeastward. Oliva, Montevideo and Appleton reported near 1.5 inches. Aberdeen and Watertown SD over 1 inch. Temperatures in northern Minnesota and North Dakota may drop to the upper 40s tonight and Friday. The Twin Cities saw an early-season heat streak with 26 days at 90 or above this year.
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Minnesota
Olivia
Montevideo
Appleton
Aberdeen
Watertown
S.D
North Dakota
Twin Cities
Iowa
Rolvang Board Unanimous for Taconite Plan
ST. PAUL AP The governor's business advisory commission, a 15 member panel from across Minnesota, has unanimously endorsed the taconite amendment. Chairman C. G. Rein of St. Paul announced the vote and its implications.
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Rolvang Board
ST. Paul
Governor’s Business Advisory Commission
C. G. Rein
Traffic Deaths State Today and Year Ago
A compact report lists traffic deaths in Iowa: today 471 fatalities versus 424 a year ago. The nationwide figure shows Iowa with 450 deaths today and 386 a year ago.
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State
Iowa
Gas Station Attendant Shot and Robbed Near Minneapolis
A gas station attendant, Richard Gingerich, 22, was robbed and shot to death Wednesday night at Palmer's Big Discount Station on U.S. 169 in Eden Prairie. About $200 was taken. Investigators seek the killer as police halted several suspect vehicles and a cartridge was found near the body.
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Minneapolis
Eden Prairie
Hennepin County
Richard Gingerich
Palmer’s Big Discount
U.S. 169
Harold Hardy
Hardy
Gingerich
Sheriff's Office
Metropolitan Police
Spectacular Tank Fire Rages at Botzien Oil Co
A blast sparked a major blaze at Botzien Oil Co in Iowa Falls, spreading from one tank to two others. Firefighters evacuated a four block area as a black smoke plume rose high, with officials fearing one or two people may be trapped.
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Iowa
Iowa Falls
Minn
Botzien Oil Co
Farmers Co-op
Actor Cedric Hardwicke Dies at 71 in New York
English born actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke died early today at age 71 in New York. Separately in Minneapolis traders began moving grain by rail to clear space for new stock as grain handlers strike halts elevator operations and boat shipments in the region.
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New York
Cedric Hardwicke
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Dakotas
Duluth Superior
Gov Rolvaag Urges Livestock Feed From Commodity Stocks
Governor Karl Rolvaag asked Secretary Orville Freeman to release livestock feed and forage from Commodity Credit stocks for farmers in four southeastern Minnesota counties Wabasha Fillmore Olmsted and Winona describing the drought ravaged area as desperate and needing urgent relief.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Karl Rolvaag
Wabasha
Fillmore
Olmsted
Winona
Eagles elect Burns president at international convention
Harry E. Burns of St. Cloud Minnesota was elected by acclamation as president of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at its international convention. The 65 year old lawyer and former vice president succeeds Herschel H. McWilliams of Kansas City Kansas, who will become board chairman.
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Denver
Harry E. Burns
St. Cloud
Minn
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
Herschel H. McWilliams
Kansas City
Kan
U.N. May Invite North and South Vietnam to Session
The United Nations Security Council could invite both Vietnam governments to speak on North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. ships. Council President Sivert A. Nielsen planned to reconvene after consultations. Morozov proposed inviting North Vietnam. Stevenson urged including South Vietnam as well.
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U.N. Security Council
Viet Nam
United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Nielsen
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
North Vietnam
Morozov
Congo Troops Fight to Regain Stanleyville Hold
Congolese army troops fight rebel forces on the outskirts of Stanleyville after the city fell to rebels. Reports say Stanleyville garisson troops remain near the airport as the airport tower went off air. Rebels are financed and advised by Chinese Communist diplomats in Brazzaville and Bujumbura. US Consul Michael Hoyt and four Americans in Stanleyville are reported alive and well.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Stanleyville
Congo
Popular Liberation Army
Brazzaville
Bujumbura
U.S
Michael Hoyt
Chicago
Hoyt
Californians MIA Navy pilots from Viet Cong attack
Pentagon lists two California Navy pilots as missing after their planes were shot down during the North Viet Nam attack. Lt. (jg) Richard C. Sather aged 26 and Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez Jr. aged 26 may be the pilots captured by the North Vietnamese. Families hold to hope as weather outlook notes fair and cooler days ahead.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
Richard C. Sather
Navy
Everett Alvarez Jr
Sather
Patricia Kriner
West Covina
Calif
Everett Alvarez Sr
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Secretary of Defense
Gen
Earle Wheeler
Ernest Vaccaro
Harry Kelly
CBS
NBC
Penh
Chae
Vinh
Thuy
O Quang
Thailand
Cambodia
Prasom
Weipheng
Gull
Tankin
Quang Fri
Hainan
Nam
Chine Sea
Miles
Center OF Crisis
North
Platon D. Morozov
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