DFL Fires Shot of Likely Ammo for 1968 Campaign
In Minneapolis the DFL asserts the Republican sales tax as the pivotal issue for Minnesota elections. George Farr accuses GOP leaders of dodging responsibility for tax reform while predicting the GOP will claim credit when advantageous. A separate Edina meeting notes strong support for LeVander’s 1966 platform amid legislative gains.
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Egyptians Cheer as War Broadcasts Reach Cairo
Crowds in Cairo celebrate and dance after news of war with Israel. Antiaircraft fire and reports of Israeli attacks fill the air while some seek shelter. Citizens echo defiant chants and a shop manager expresses resolve to end Israel. Broadcasts mix martial music with military announcements.
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Air Raids on Arab Airports
In a new Middle East outbreak, Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt Jordan and Syria fight on multiple fronts. Israeli strikes hit Cairo Amman and Damascus airfields while Sinai Gaza clashes widen. UN and major powers call for ceasefire.
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Marines Batter Red Regiment Near Da Nang After Two Days
U S Marines crushed a Communist regiment about 25 miles southwest of Da Nang, killing about 570 enemy troops while suffering 73 dead and 139 wounded. The fight ended after two days of heavy combat as the unit reportedly withdrew northward.
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George McArthur
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Two One Car Crashes Kill Three In Minnesota
Three men died in single car crashes in southern Minnesota over the weekend. Thomas Lee and Michael Brewster, both from Tracy, were killed on U.S. 14 near Tracy as Lee’s car rolled over. Austin Hutchison of Plainview died after his car hit a bridge abutment on Minnesota 63 near Rochester.
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Weather outlook with clearing skies and mild temps
Cloudiness recedes to the southeast tonight as temperatures fall to 55 to 58. A high near 72 to 75 is expected tomorrow with little change on Wednesday and no rain in sight.
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Power Failure Hits East Coast Broad Outage
An AP report notes a giant blackout cutting electricity from New Jersey to Delaware including Newark and Philadelphia figures in the East Coast cities affected. Demonstrators set fire to the British Embassy in Tunis and damaged the U S Information Agency building. Athens saw 10 inches of rain triggering severe floods washing away homes and infrastructure. Pravda alleges US defense claims false about bombing in a North Vietnamese harbor.
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Hubert Humphrey predicts depressions end by 2000
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told a Brookings audience Sunday that depressions would be eliminated by 2000 and that over the 33 years the United States and a transformed Soviet Union could become cooperating partners.
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High Court Rules Against Officers in Warrant Case
The Supreme Court barred prosecutions of homeowners who refused inspectors without a warrant. Justice White said searches of private property without consent are unreasonable except in defined warrant cases. The decision was 6 to 3.
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Supreme Court
Byron R White
Keith to Advise U.S. Delegation to UN Development Program
Former Minnesota Lt. Gov. A M Keith will serve as adviser to the U S delegation to UN Development Program sessions in Geneva. He is the only nonbureaucratic member of the eight man U S delegation. About 60 special fund projects totaling nearly 2 million dollars are under consideration through June 23.
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Tragic Bald Eagle Lake outing claims Sutton family
Samuel Sutton Jr. and daughter Rhonda, both drowned when their boat capsized on Bald Eagle Lake near White Bear Lake. Nanetta Sutton and infant Charlot survived after clinging to a small island. bystanders helped resuscitate the baby and Eugene Sutton, three, while Rhonda was pronounced dead.
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Rochester Teamsters Local rejects firm contract offer
Rochester area Teamsters Local 874 members on strike rejected the latest offer from five contracting firms in an overwhelming vote. The proposed three year pact would raise pay by 20, 15, and 15 cents, while drivers seek 35 cents more annually. Old wage was 3.26 an hour. picket lines began and projects including a municipal airport runway and a new Sheraton hotel faced work stoppages.
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Rochester, Minn
Teamsters Local 874
Rochester Sand and Gravel
Doyle Corner Construction
Riverside, Sand and Gravel
Cooper Excavating
Ken Herold Blacktop, Inc
Breakin Suspect Wounded in Chase
Des Moines man Robert Witter, 32, was shot by police after a break in at the Harding Tap tavern. He was treated for a wound, arraigned on breaking and entering, and ordered held on a 5,000 bond after officers pursued him, firing over a dozen shots as the suspect fled and was finally captured when his getaway car rammed a patrol car.
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6th Fleet Planes Near War Zone
The Defense Department says all 6th Fleet warplanes are hundreds of miles from the Arab Israeli conflict area and denies reports of flights to Israeli air fields. Aircraft carriers America and Saratoga were last seen near Crete as tensions rise in the eastern Mediterranean. A Marine battalion and an amphibious squadron of six ships are afloat nearby.
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Former Austin Residents in Embattled Middle East
Austin families report relatives in Israel amid hostilities. Barbara Usem, 20, married to Samuel Moiber, lives on a kibbutz near Tel Aviv with no children and plans to stay. Jay Gildner of the U.S. Information Service works at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv with wife Beverly and sons Page and twins Hunt and Gray. in case of danger dependents were to be moved to Rome. Authorities ask readers to share information on other relatives in the war zone.
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