Dormitory Fire at Cornell Kills Nine
An early morning blaze at a Cornell Heights dormitory in Ithaca, New York, killed nine residents including eight students and a male faculty adviser. Seventeen others were injured, with many escaping through windows as sheets hung from them. The two-story cinder block building housed 71 people, including freshmen in a six-year experimental program for doctorates and graduate students. The cause is undetermined as investigators probe basement origins. President Perkins canceled commitments and returned from Europe.
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Ithaca, N.Y
Cornell University
Towa
University
Dale Carson
Corson
Parrish
Cornell
James Perkins
Europe
Perkins
Paris
Sheriff’s Office
Cornell Heights
Cedar Rapids council faces 1122 objections to Skogman housing plan
The Cedar Rapids city council heard a petition signed by 1,122 residents opposing Skogman Construction Co.’s low cost housing project on Thirty third avenue and Edgewood road SW. Mayor Johnson urged caution, calling objections emotional and premature, while noting no code change request yet filed. If codes aren’t altered in 60 days, the model home may be removed.
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Cedar Rapids
Skogman Construction Co
Thirty-third Avenue
Edgewood Road
Bob Johnson
Johnson
National Homes, Inc
Iowa Woman Rescued From Dormitory Fire In Nevada
Mary Ellen Nelson of Nevada survived a residence hall fire, breaking a window with a flashlight and being rescued by firefighters. A graduate of Iowa State University home economics and a Cornell doctoral student, she was in good condition with smoke inhalation. Timothy McKibben, a Grinnell student in the doctoral program, escaped unharmed and reported friends among the victims.
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Nevada
Iowa
Mary Ellen Nelson
William Hangsted
Ithaca
Miss Nelson
Iowa State University
Cornell
Timothy McKibben
Grinnell
University
McKibben
William McKibben
Viet Cong Desertion Tide Reaches Record High
SAIGON AP reports a February defectors surge of 5 557 Viet Cong crossing to the allied side, nearly doubling the prior record. The defections come as ground fighting in South Vietnam slows and weather curtails U S air raids.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Tuy Hoa
Humphrey Opens Key Talks with Kiesinger
Vice-president Humphrey began a two week European mission with a first face to face meeting with West German Chancellor Kiesinger in Bonn. He arrives to mend ties and push unity in the Atlantic Alliance while Germany presses concerns over nuclear treaty provisions and the troop presence. Humphrey plans further talks and a visit to West Berlin as part of a bid to strengthen U S German relations.
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Humphrey
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Wilson
Europe
Bonn
Johnson
Kiesinger
Germany
France
Atlantic Alliance
West Berlin
Washington
West Germany
Erhard
U.S
Survivor nurse identifies Speck in nurse slayings case
Miss Corazon Amurao, survivor of eight nurse killings, leaned from the witness stand and pointed at Richard Speck, saying this is the man who knocked at her door at 11 p.m. on July 13. Speck, 25, faces eight murder charges in the Chicago Townhouse dorm slayings.
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Peoria
Corazon
Amurao
Philippines
Richard Speck
Speck
William Martini
Miss Amurao
Chicago
Martin
Gerald Getty
Marine couple's letter home amid Vietnam death toll
AP reports Cpl. Roman Villamor, 19, was killed near Quang Tri after joining the Marines to serve his country. His wife Jane Villamor, 20, reads his March 27 letter promising to return home and noting their two children and unborn baby in Detroit.
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Detroit
Marines
Jane Villamor
Cpl
Roman Villamor
Vietnam
Quang Tri
Butch
Tam
Hon
Roman
Tammy
Frank Finance Gaffe Sparks Laughs Over Government Advice
A witty jab about people mismanaging money contrasts with advice often seen from public authorities. The quip highlights absurd budgeting and public policy humor without naming individuals or events.
Cameramen Threaten to Join Strike
NEW YORK A powerful union sought authorization to strike in sympathy with AFTRA. The Motion Picture Camera men’s Union Local 644 voted to ask its president to authorize an immediate strike, which could cripple network programming. Negotiations in AFTRA’s walkout against ABC CBS and NBC continue with side developments on salaries for newsmen and announcers. NBC sources say Johnny Carson’s Tonight contract renegotiation is the likely aim behind his resignation.
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New York
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Motion Picture Cameramen’s Union
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Richard Walsh
AFTRA
IATSE
ABC
CBS
NBC
Johnny Carson
Carson
Iowa Senate kills longer truck bill in 31 to 28 vote
The Iowa Senate rejected HF212 by 31 to 28 after a prior 32 to 24 approval. Gov. Hughes opposed the measure, which would have allowed 65 foot three unit two trailer trucks on most highways and led to broader limits. An amendment to restrict trucks to one mile off interstates failed 32 to 25 before a Reppert limit was approved 35 to 24.
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Senate
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa House
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Sen
David Stanley
R-Muscatine
Stanley
Howard Reppert
Johnson asks Congress for big federal pay and postal rate hikes
President Johnson urged Congress to raise postal rates by about 1 cent and push pay increases for 2.5 million federal employees and armed forces members in a three stage plan. He proposed 4.5 percent raise effective Oct 1 with later increases in 1968 and 1969 to align federal salaries with private pay.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Post Office Department
Jane
WV Prison Escapee Nabbed After Ohio Holdup
George Hosey, 34, a West Virginia penitentiary escapee, was captured in Columbus within 30 minutes after a holdup at Scioto Savings and Loan. He and three accomplices allegedly fled a Hopemont State Hospital work detail, terrorizing a 13 member family and taking a hostage earlier.
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Columbus, Ohio
George Hosey
West Virginia
Scioto Savings and Loan Co
Columbus
Greyhound
Hosey
Hopemont State Hospital
Servicemen Round Up Beatniks at Amsterdam Station
One hundred twenty Dutch sailors and Marines stormed Amsterdam central station hall and rounded up beatniks. They gave all of them military haircuts as police watched, and fights with brass knuckles and clubs caused injuries. Sailors said the action was to stop alleged harassment of their girlfriends.
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Amsterdam
Nozem
Navy
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