Johnson seeks $1.2 billion to conserve natural resources
President Johnson asks Congress for a $1.2 billion program to protect water and air, curb land depredation, expand parks, and fund pollution controls. The plan targets oil cleanup liability, waste treatment, and landmark preservation including the Potomac River and several wilderness areas, with a 1969 budget boost to clean-air powers.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Potomac River
Maryland
Virginia
California—Desolation Wilderness
el Dorado National Forest
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
San Rafael
San Gabriel
Colorado
Arizona
Mt. Baldy
Pine Mountain
Sycamore Canyon
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Florida
20 Killed in Bus and Car Crash Near Baker California
A Greyhound bus and a car collide on Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert killing 20. The bus with 32 passengers toppled in the median and caught fire while 12 were injured including driver Kenneth Burkhardt. The auto driver is believed killed. survivors were taken to hospitals.
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Baker
Calif
Greyhound
Interstate 15
Mojave Desert
Jim Almer
Kenneth Burkhardt
California Highway Patrol
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Highway Patrol
Elton Lee
Baker Grade
King given life term for killing policeman
Albert Le a Minn King received life imprisonment after a Freeborn County jury convicted him of first degree murder in the Aug. 6 killing of Rochester Patrolman Floyd Haley. The 21 year old showed little emotion as the verdict was read. His mother and a great aunt cried, and he was taken to the county jail after sentencing.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Robert F. King
Freeborn County
Rochester
Floyd Haley
King
Richard J. King
4Th Ave
Alfred Thompson
Austin
Freeborn
Tyes
O. Russell Olson
Olmsted
John Gowan
D. P. Mattson
Gowan
Gold Trading Fever Grips Europe Markets Hints U S Price Defense
European gold trading sent the pound and dollar lower amid speculation that President Johnson cannot defend the $35 per ounce gold price. London fixing showed heavy sales as gold shares rose, while Paris Zurich and Frankfurt reported pressure on currencies.
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London
U.S
Johnson
Paris
Zurich
Frankfurt
France
West Germany
Organization For Economic Cooperation
Savage fighting reported near Dong Ha and Khe Sanh
U S Command said heavy air strikes hit North Vietnam as Marines and South Vietnamese troops battled 500 Communists for seven hours near Dong Ha. Casualties reached 15 Marines killed and 124 wounded, with 138 enemy killed and 123 South Vietnamese deaths. A new northern command structure was announced with Lt Gen Cushman in overall charge.
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George Esper Saigon
US. Command Today
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
Dmz
U. S
Cua Viet River
Communist Stronghold On the Coastal Marshlands. Troops of the 3Rd and 4Th Marine
Ing
Khe Sanh
Robert Ohman
Marine Fortress
Ohman
Hue
William C. Westmoreland
Robert E. Cushman
Westmoreland
Army
William B. Rosson
Des Moines
Iowa
Rockefeller Nixon May Tangle in Oregon Primary
Oregon may host a Republican presidential primary clash between Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon. Rockefeller wavered on entering Oregon, needing two weeks to decide amid 30 000 gathered signatures. The Oregon primary is May 28 with a draft demand and affidavit requirements noted.
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Rocky
Nixon
Oregon
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Pri
RFK and Fulbright Trigger New Debate on War Role
Senators Kennedy and Fulbright push Congress to have a say before any major Vietnam buildup. Fulbright labels Gulf of Tonkin resolution flawed while Kennedy cites corruption in South Vietnam and calls U S policy immoral and intolerable. Mansfield urges full consultation before any sizable troop increase beyond 525,000.
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Fulbright
Congress
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Kennedy
New York Democrat
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
John T. McAlister Jr
Princeton University
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas
Beaumont
Tex
Hayfield District 2 Championship Tickets Sold Out
All District 2 tickets are sold for tonight's Hayfield versus Austin game at Albert Lea's Southwest gym. No sales at Albert Lea. tickets were exhausted in Austin and Hayfield.
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Austin
Hayfield
Albert Lea
Southwest Gym
Kent Files Charges Over Renting Bias
ST. PAUL AP State Human Rights Commissioner Frank C. Kent filed a complaint against the owner of a Duluth apartment building alleging the owner refused to rent to Negroes.
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ST. Paul
Frank C. Kent
Duluth
Teachers Council Names Roger Plunkett to Panel
The Austin Teachers Council on Thursday named Attorney Roger Plunkett as their representative on the adjustment panel. The Austin School Board was informed of the appointment this morning. Once the Board designates its representative, both sides will meet to select a third member and begin work on an agreeable settlement. Vern Nordaune, council chairman, announced.
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Austin Teachers Council
Roger Plunkett
Austin School Board
Vern Nordaune
Teachers Council
Sixteen Salt Miners Found Dead After Mine Fire
In Calumet Louisiana sixteen of twenty one trapped salt miners died after a fire raged 1200 feet underground for more than two days. Remaining five miners status is unknown.
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Calumet
State Road Toll Now 139
Two fatalities raise Minnesota 1968 road toll to 139, up from 98 a year earlier. Francis J. Van Buren, 56, of LeCenter, died when his car hit a gravel truck driven by Victor Schroer, 39, of LeCenter, on Hwy 112 west of LeCenter. Michael Dean, 18, Wayzata, died when his motorcycle struck a car driven by Rosemary Michels, 21, of St Louis Park, on Hwy 101 in Hennepin County.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Francis J. van Buren
LeCenter
Victor Schroer
Schroer
Hwy
Michael Dean
Wayzata
Minn
Suit Filed to Recover Assets From Local Grocery Firm
A suit filed in Minnehaha County Circuit Court seeks recovery of assets belonging to former Yankton banker James Lloyd. Defendants include Richard Bielski, Sioux Falls and Rochester attorney and former SD legislator, Donald Thompson of Red Wing, and Libido Corp owner of Foodland and Super Valu stores. Next hearing set for Monday.
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Sioux Falls, S.D
Yankton, N.D
Minnehaha
Richard Bielski
Sioux Falls
Rochester
Minn
South Dakota
Donald Thompson
Red Wing
Libido Corp
Foodland
Libido
Thompson
Lloyd
South Dakota Senate
Stacyville Legion Donates New Flag to Nursing Home
Stacyville Iowa Hale Penney Fuller Post No 569 of the American Legion donated a new flag to the Stacyville Community Nursing Home. Previous contributions by the Post included flags to local schools in Stacyville and Meyer Iowa.
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Stacyville
Iowa
Hale Penney Fuller Post
The
American Legion of
Post
Meyer
Hoskins' Summer Statement Raised Trial Drama
In the first degree murder trial of David Hoskins, authorities introduced his summer confession about shooting his wife and starting a farmhouse fire that killed the couple's four children. Investigator Leslie Loch testified Hoskins was questioned on August 18 and mentioned an affair with Esther Beckman. He described firing after seeing his wife asleep with their newborn, and denied the affair influenced the killings.
Court Denies Physician's Claim on Illegal Indictment
Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Dr. Herman V. Dilliard's bid to quash his narcotics indictment, ruling the Hennepin County grand jury system not constitutionally unsound or biased enough to affect the case. The court noted only four of 125 panel members were Black and 37 percent were corporate officers, with unskilled laborers absent, but found no proven systematic exclusion.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court Today
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Herman V._ Dilliard
Dr. Dilliard
High Court
District Court
Oscar R. Knutson
Tulberg Named Civil Defense Shelter Chief in Seven County Area
Gordon Tulberg, former mayor of Mound, is appointed by Gov. Harold LeVander to lead civil defense shelter planning across seven counties in St Paul and surrounding region.
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Tulberg
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