Thieu rejects VC coalition offer in South Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thieu dismissed the Viet Cong proposal for a coalition government even without communist ministers. He called the idea a communist front and vowed to oppose it, saying no coalition could be a patriots' government and that he would resist by force if needed.
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Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
Paris
Kiem
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Thieu
Legislators Receive Telegrams Opposing Truck Fee Hike
In Des Moines Black Hawk county's five state representatives and Sen Charlene Conklin received over 100 telegrams urging them to defeat Rep Lipsky's amendment to raise truck license fees by about 13 million dollars annually. The message urged opposing bill 714. Teamsters and Waterloo trucking firms are suspected backers.
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Des Moines
Black Hawk County
Lipsky
Iowa
Rep
Charlene Conklin
Conklin
House
Senate
Teamsters Union
Waterloo
GOP
Jack Warren
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Iowa Highway Commission
Oelwein Woman Injured in Gravel Road Rollover
Dianne Gibson, 19, of Oelwein, was listed in fairly good condition at a hospital Friday after the car she drove rolled over on a gravel road near Sumner at about 2 a.m. The accident occurred early Friday and involved injuries to the driver.
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Oelwein
Dianne Gibson
Sumner
Ky Predicts Paris Progress At Deadlocked Vietnam Talks
South Vietnamese Vice-president Ky, in Paris for peace talks, said on Friday that things will begin happening soon at the deadlocked conference. He added it is inevitable an agreement will be reached and noted a period of saturation before departing for Bangkok. He spoke after meetings with President Nixon and other U S officials in Washington.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Bangkok
Nixon
U.S
Washington
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Cedar Rapids Girl Traumatically Attacked in Bever Park
An 11 year old Cedar Rapids girl was grabbed hit and silenced by a man in his 30s with dark hair and glasses at Bever Park. She and friends had set up a tent earlier and returned home for lunch before the assault. He led her to a secluded area and mistreated her according to police.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Complete Action On VD Proposal Goes to Governor
Iowa lawmakers finished action on a toned-down venereal disease bill. The senate approved it 53 to 3 and sent it to the governor. The final version requires physicians to inform the family if a treated child’s disease could be passed to family members.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
House
Senate
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication details and pricing
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its establishment by The Gazette Co. in Cedar Rapids Iowa with daily and Sunday editions. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail including night and Sunday editions and various annual costs, noting limited mail areas and AP republication rights.
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The
Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Former Viet Official To U S for Treatment
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan the former national police director plans to travel to the United States for treatment of leg and stomach wounds from the May 1968 offensive. Loan is known worldwide for a widely shown image of him shooting a Viet Cong during the Tet attack in Saigon.
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Saigon
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
National Police
U.S
Loan
Nixon directs agencies to release information to press and Congress
President Nixon ordered all government agencies to disclose as much information as possible to the press and to provide congressionally requested data without prior approval. Rep John Moss released a copy of the memorandum and explanatory letter showing the directive.
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Congress
Nixon
John Moss
Calif
House Foreign Operations and Government Information
Soviet Union launches new communications satellite
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched a new communications satellite Friday, according to Tass.
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Moscow
Soviet ‘Union
Tass
Bentley Dies Wounded In Congress in 1954
Alvin Bentley, 50, former Michigan congressman and one of five wounded when Puerto Rican gunfire hit the house floor in 1954, died Thursday. Bentley, a Republican, served in the U S House from 1952 to 1960.
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Tucson
Alvin Bentley
Michigan
Bentley
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