Marines Battle Communists in Dual Da Nang Spots
AP dispatch reports US Marines clashing with Viet Cong near Da Nang in two locations south of the city. A battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment fought a sizeable enemy force with mortar and automatic weapons fire, while elements of the 7th Marine Regiment engaged about 60 Viet Cong in Operation Arizona. Casualties for both sides were not announced. a separate Mekong Delta battle yielded hundreds of enemy dead and wounded, with US and South Vietnamese forces inflicting heavy losses. Air strikes across North Vietnam continued and a US Phantom jet was listed as missing.
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Saigon
da Nang
5Th Marine Regiment
da Naig
7Th Marine Regiment
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
21St Division
U S and Soviet Deny Nuclear Agreement
Geneva AP reports the top U S and Soviet delegates at the 17 nation disarmament talks deny any agreement on a treaty to curb nuclear weapons spread.
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U.S
Soviet
Geneva
Young pilot arraigned on felonious theft of aircraft
Warren R. Cook age 20 of South St. Paul, a part time Fly-A-Way Corp. mechanic, was arraigned in Municipal Court on a felonious theft charge. Police say he took a single engine plane from St. Paul Downtown Airport Sunday night and caused $5,000 in damage when it crash landed after a 25 minute joyride.
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ST. Paul
Warren R. Cook
South St. Paul
Fly-A-Way Corp
Newport Youth's Body Recovered
The body of 17 year old Michael Elwood, son of Mrs. Doris Elwood of Newport, was recovered by a skin diver from 15 to 20 feet of water in Lake Phalen. He vanished with two companions Tuesday night while swimming in an unsupervised area near the beach.
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ST. Paul
Michael Elwood
Doris Elwood
Newport
Lake Phalen
Variable clouds and showers set to Friday
A forecast shows variable cloudiness through Friday with occasional showers and thunderstorms likely. Tonight could bring locally heavy storms with little temperature change. lows in the 60s and highs in the 70s. Saturday is expected to be similar with scattered showers possible and small temperature shifts.
Murphy Freight Buys Keeshin Transport
Murphy Motor Freight Lines Inc of St Paul buys Keeshin Transport Systems Inc of Chicago. Terms not disclosed. Keeshin serves about 300 communities across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio and New York. It operates 500 pieces of equipment. Murphy runs 800 units serving 600 communities in Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana and Nebraska. Sale pending Interstate Commerce Commission approval.
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Chicago
Murphy Motor Freight Lines Inc
St. Paul
Keeshin Transport Systems Inc
Keeshin
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Murphy
Minnesota
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carpenters Local to Meet in Mankato Strike
Carpenters Union Local 1464 and the contractors association will attend another bargaining session next Monday amid a three week old strike that has halted 12 Mankato area construction projects. Laborers Local 132 reports a new contract though details were not disclosed.
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Mankato, Minn
Carpenters Union Local 1464
Contractors Association
Mankato Area
House Ways and Means Proposes $22 Billion Debt Ceiling Increase
The House committee proposed a $22 billion rise in the national debt ceiling, $7 billion below the prior week’s rejected increase, with provisions for further increases later. The plan outlines immediate action followed by staged increases.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pearl Buck Receives South Korean Cultural Medal
AP reports novelist Pearl Buck was awarded the South Korean Cultural Medal by Premier Chung Il-kwon for her welfare work with Korean American children. The brief dispatch notes other regional items.
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Seoul
Pearl Buck
Chung Il-kwon
Tornadoes Hit Northwest Iowa Injuring Four Across Region
A severe weather sweep struck northwest Iowa causing four injuries and widespread damage. Akron suffered a twister that smashed a trailer home. other storms damaged KICD tower near Spencer and a motel roof at West Lake Okoboji. minor injuries reported in North Sioux City and Sioux City areas with additional damage across Marathon, Superior, Melvin, Spirit Lake and surrounding communities.
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Iowa
Akron
Sioux City
Plymouth County
Jerry Lias
Lias
St. Joseph's Hospital
South Dakota
Helen Bye
Vermillion
Warren Olson
Jefferson
Spencer
KICD
Marathon
Buena Vista
Superior
Melvin
Osceola
Rock Island
Iowa Great Lakes
West Lake Okoboji
Spirit Lake
LeMars
Albert City
Emmerson
Nebraska
Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms Harass Southern Minnesota
Severe storms and at least two tornadoes hit southern Minnesota early today, centering on Albert Lea. A twister destroyed a 1,200 square foot concrete garage owned by Albert Lea Bock Co. and damaged a house and power lines. No injuries reported. Other damage occurred in Geneva and across southern and eastern Minnesota as police and crews cleared debris and restored power. Weather officials warned possible rapid rises on the Zumbro and Whitewater rivers with potential two foot overflows later.
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Minnesota
Albert Lea
Albert Lea Bock Co
Owatonna Concrete Products Co
Geneva
Minn
Freeborn
Minneapolis
Washington County
Highway Department
Kent
Hollandale
Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
Metropolitan Airport
Whitewater
U N Assembly Likely to Convene for Soviet Demand
United Nations diplomats expect an emergency session of the General Assembly to debate a Soviet call for Israel's withdrawal from territories seized in fighting last week. The Security Council failed to approve a Soviet resolution demanding Israel pull back to prewar lines, with Kosygin likely to attend.
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U.N
United. Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
U Thant
Security Council
Soviet Union
United States
Assembly
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Council For
Middle East
Council
Goldberg
Washington
State Department
Bulgaria
India
Mali
Argentina
Brazil
Ethiopia
United Nations
Dodd Claims He Could Have Doubled Travel Expenses
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd said there were 80 plus trips for possible double billing, contradicting the Senate ethics committee which proposed censure for seven double billings from 1961 to 1965. He also faced charges over $116,083 in political funds used personally, as debate continued and he insisted he did not cheat the government.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Connecticut
Dodd
Rochester Man and Duluth Girl Die in Separate Crashes
Minnesota teenagers die in separate crashes raising 1967 highway toll to 336. Robert O. McKinney, 49, of Rochester, killed at a U.S. 52 intersection with an auto driven by Larry Zielsdorf, 16, of Zumbrota. Barbara Neumiller, 10, Duluth, dies after bicycle collision with Roger Collet's car near her home. Joyce Grunig, 15, Windom, dies in Missouri hospital from injuries after a crash that also killed her mother Luella Grunig, 36. Lawrence Grunig, 44, father, hospitalized. Gary Grunig, 5, uninjured.
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Rochester
Duluth
Minesota
Windom
Harrisonville
Robert O. McKinney
Larry E. Zielsdorf
Zumbrota
McKinney
Zielsdorf
Barbara Neumiller
Air Force
Clarence Neumiller
Roger Collet
St. Norbert
Joyce Grunig
Luella Grunig
Lawrence
Gary
Mrs. Kennedy and Children Start Ireland Vacation
Mrs. John F. Kennedy along with Caroline and John Jr arrive in Shannon to begin a vacation in Ireland. An Irish guide shows them sights from a large glass‑window bus as crowds gather along the countryside. Foreign Minister Frank Aiken notes the welcome as the party tours ancestral lands.
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Shannon
Ireland
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
John
Frank Aiken
Man on Motorcycle Hurt in Collision
John Leachman aged 41 of 500 15th Ave NW sustained a leg injury when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Carolyn Elward on Austin Rt. 1 at the 4th St and 10th Ave NW intersection at 12 25 p m. He was treated at St Olaf Hospital. Leachman’s bike suffered 75 dollars damage while Elward’s car had 100 dollars damage.
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John Leachman
15Th Ave. NW
Carolyn Elward
Austin Rt. 1
4Th St
10Th Ave. NW
Leachman
St. Olaf Hospital
Elward
Sioux City Fire Destroys Millwork Firm
A Tuesday night blaze at Gray Millwork Co. plant in Sioux City Iowa may exceed 250000 dollars in damage. Five fire companies fought the flames as the millwork firm was destroyed.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Gray Millwork Co
Draft draft bill seen near passage this week in Congress
The Senate approved a compromise draft measure to defer most undergraduates and place 19 year olds lower in line for induction. If enacted, the four year policy would start July 1 and affect local draft boards nationwide.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Senate
House
Cincinnati Rioting Eases With One White Youth Shot
Racial rioting narrowed in Cincinnati as National Guardsmen and police patrolled Negro areas. A 15 year old white youth, James Shirk, was shot in the back from a speeding car reportedly carrying Negro youths. Police held 70 arrests by early today for three nights of violence totaling over 270.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
James Shirk
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Brown
National Guard
Henry Sandman
147Th Infantry Regiment
Avondale
Evanston
Walnut Hills
City to upgrade emergency siren system after false alert
Civil Defense director James Weber said plans to update the tornado warning siren network are under preparation after many residents failed to hear the morning alert. He noted complaints and urged those who missed the warning to inform their aldermen as plans proceed to City Council.
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James Weber
Civil Defense
Weber
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House Group
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Malaysia
Russia
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THE
Associated Press
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Hebron
Amman
Minnesota Highway Department
Rael
Nigeria
Cairo Radio
Kuwait
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Minnesota State Fire Dept
Alsn
Donald Simmons
Fairmont
Edward Engstrom
Alexandria
Homer Baineville
Grand Rapids
Earl
Scotty) Blowers
Austin
Girllie
Sioux City Blaze
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