Flood Crest Passes Sioux City as Water Recedes
Big Sioux river crest reached 11.7 feet over flood stage at Sioux City and fell to 10.5 feet by midmorning. Described as still dangerous, dikes remained under high pressure while Estherville and Humboldt faced high crests on the Des Moines. Flood warnings extended to Minnesota and the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers forecast crests near St. Paul.
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Big Sioux
Missouri River
Weather Bureau
S.D
Des Moines
Estherville
Central Avenue Bridge
West Fork
Minnesota
Humboldt
Iowa
Jackson
Minn
Reading
Sioux Falls
Mississippi
St. Paul
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Ted Kennedy Tour Split Over Alaska Poverty Issue
Senator Edward Kennedy pressed on in Alaska with portions of his subcommittee breaking away over tour purpose. Sen. Saxbe Bellmon and Murphy left citing a publicity stunt, while Stevens and Pollock stayed. The tour aims to spotlight native living conditions and poverty in Alaska.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Arctic Village
Massachusetts Democrat
William Saxbe
Washington
Henry Bellmon
R-Okla
George Murphy
R-Calif
Bellmon
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Senate
Subcommittee
Saxbe
Ohio Republican
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Stevens
Adrian Parmeter
Bellman
Murphy
Tyonek
Cook Inlet
White House
Iowa Prison Guard Stabbed to Death at Fort Madison
Correctional officer Samuel Reed of Niolta Illinois was stabbed to death on duty at the Fort Madison state penitentiary shortly after 8 am. Inmate Edward Clark, 31, is being questioned as investigators recover a makeshift knife. Reed would have turned 48 the following day. Reed’s death is under investigation by Lee County authorities and the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Clark has prior sentences for robbery and second degree murder.
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Fort Madison
State Penitentiary
L. V. Brewer
Samuel Reed
Niolta
Ill
Reed
Lee County Attorney’s Office
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lee County
Michael Phelan
Edward Clark
Phelan
Clark
Polk County
Richard Rilea
Harvard Protest Vote Shows Three Day Strike Plan
About 1,200 Harvard students voted to strike for three days to protest police tactics used to end a campus sit-in. Some professors canceled Friday classes as sit-ins and campus protests spread to other colleges including Stanford and Dartmouth. Police injuries numbered 39 students and 7 officers, with 197 arrests reported.
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Harvard University
Harvard
Memorial Church
Cambridge
Mass
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Students For A Democratic Society
Stanford
Calif
Stanford University
Applied Electronics Laboratory
Cedar Rapids Home Show to Highlight 17th Annual Event
The Sunday Cedar Rapids Gazette announces a 44 page building special and Home Show at Hawkeye Downs from April 17 to 20. Sponsors are the Home Builders Assn of Cedar Rapids and the All Iowa fair. Exhibitors distribute budget tickets for half price. Regular admission is 50 cents for adults with under 12 free. Three outstanding booths to be recognized opening night and plaques awarded. Prizes include 1500 in gift certificates and four one week Minnesota vacations.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Home Builders Assn. of
Minnesota
Long Panmunjom Standoff Sets Record for Silent Meeting
At Panmunjom Korea Maj Gen James Knapp and Maj Gen Ri Choon Sun sat 11 hours 35 minutes in near total silence. Ri ended the session and walked away as the talks collapsed amid renewed border tensions and calls for de escalation measures.
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Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
James Knapp
United Nations Command
Ri Choon-Sun
North Korea
Gen. Ri
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Knapp
U.N
U S Senators Visit Prague Seek Freedom for Czechoslovakia
Fourteen U S congressmen led by Sen John Sparkman arrived in Prague from Vienna hoping for greater freedom for Czechoslovaks. Thurmond and Yarbrough recalled 1945 Prague visits while Sparkman framed the trip as a friendly, non inquiry visit.
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Prague
UPI
U.S
Czechoslovakia
John Sparkman
Dala
U.S. Air Force
Vienna
People of America
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S
Ralph Yarbrough
Texas
Pilsen
Thurmond
Sparkman
59 Job Corps Centers Will Be Closed Down
AP report outlines plans to close 59 Job Corps centers including major men and women sites. List also mentions 28 cities under consideration for new urban residential manpower centers to absorb displaced students. Police clash with anti conscription protesters in Sydney. 140 arrested.
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Washington
Cleveland
Parks
Calif
Kilmer
N.J
Clinton
Iowa
Poland Spring
Maine
Marquette
Mich
St. Louis
Omaha
Moses Lake
Wash
Huntington
W. Va
Sydney
Australia
UPI
45 Attacks Break Lull In Shelling
Viet Cong renewed heavy shelling across South Vietnam with rockets and mortars hitting more than 45 towns and bases. The fiercest strikes struck Tay Ninh and Vinh Long, killing at least 21 and wounding 200 with many missing. US helicopters lost rose to 2,520 total.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Tay Ninh
Vinh Long
Mekong
U.S. Command
Chuckle Now Seeding Spring Playboy? No, Just Catalog Gawk
A lighthearted line urges readers to browse spring seed catalogs to imagine how giant vegetable plants might have looked if they had ever grown. The note adds a playful copyright reminder.
Zap The Lauderdale of The North Hoax Or Hope?
Zap mayor Norman Fuchs frets over a Spectrum spoof about North Dakota town Zap inviting Midwest students for May 19. The NDSU article calls Zap a hospitality haven with a Zapburger menu and juke box tunes. Officials fear rowdy visitors but deny inviting anyone.
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Zap
N.D
Norman Fuchs
North Dakota State University
Fargo
Fort Lauderdale
Northwest
NDSU
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Spectrum
Knife River
Midwest
Lauderdale
Miami
Zap Cafe
Benny
Swinging Benny
Tizzy and
Jolly Huntsmen
Don Homuth
Homuth
Fuchs
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