President Johnson Heads to Hawaii for Talks With Park
President Johnson flies from Bergstrom to Honolulu for talks with South Korea's Park and U S military leaders in the Pacific. Cyrus Vance joins the party to reassure Seoul after the Pueblo incident and prepare for preliminary North Vietnam peace talks. Park urged to approve another South Korean division to Vietnam as U S forces remain leverage.
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Austin, Texas
Johnson
Honolulu
South Korea
U.S
Pacific
Bergstrom Air Base
Hawaii
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Vance
North Korea
Pueblo
Chung Hee Park
Seoul
Panmunjom
W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnam
Park
Vietnam
United States
Adm
A. S. Grant Sharp
Sharp
Camp David
John McCain
Europe
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Bundy
Sunrise Sermon Ends Cedar Rapids Teen Fight Riot
Easter morning chaos after two teens fight at Arrowhead ballroom near Blairs Ferry escalates. Deputies and police are assaulted as three officers injured. two city cars damaged and three stores’ windows broken. Rumor of mistreatment sparks crowd to Starlight Cafe.
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Starlight Cafe
Twelfth Avenue
Fifth Street
Blairs Ferry Road
Marion
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's
Thomas
Arrowhead
Linn
David Reid
Reid
Widely Assumed Humphrey Will Announce This Week
Vice President Humphrey is poised to declare his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He counts on party fund raising to build delegate strength, with support from Southern and regional leaders and governors in Louisiana, North and South Carolina.
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Humphrey
Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
John Sparkman
D-Ala
John McKeithen
Louisiana
North
South Carolina
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Robert F.kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Man’s fowl appearance linked to miniskirt flair
The line notes a humorous view that a man may not resemble a bird yet his eyes flitting between limbs after the miniskirt trend give him a fowl look. Copyright 1968.
Clean Bill of Health to Rusk
Secretary of State Rusk returns to work after doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center give him a clean bill of health.
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Rusk
Washington
UPI
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Army Considers Titanium Helmet To Aid Infantry
The army studies a lighter tougher helmet using titanium alloy to reduce weight by about one pound while maintaining protection. Edgewood tests show promise. 400 experimental helmets cost about 47000 dollars and unit price could reach 53 dollars per helmet on larger production. They may be tested in Vietnam under combat conditions.
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Washington
Edgewood Arsenal
Vietnam
Defense Department
U. S
Mand
Titanium Metals Corp. of America
Pentagon
Sisters Survive after Car Sinks in Mill Race
Two Marengo sisters Mrs. Robert Hinkle and Jean Hopker escaped a sinking car near South Amana after 10:45 p.m. Saturday. They crawled onto the roof, sat in darkness, and reached shore around 3:45 a.m. Neither could swim and one wore a wool coat before entering the water.
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Marengo
Robert Hinkle
Jean Hopker
South Amana
Mrs. Hinkle
West Branch Marine Killed in Vietnam
Marine Cpl. Richard L. Murray, 21, was killed April 10 near Da Nang by fragment wounds from an accidental shell explosion while handling mortar ammo. His mother Mrs. Floyd Deterter and stepfather live on route one in West Branch, who were informed Easter Sunday.
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West Branch
Richard L. Murray
Vietnam
Floyd Deterter
Defense Department
Murray
da Nang
Cpl
Route One
Soviet Spy Reportedly On De Gaulle's Staff
Paris reports say a Soviet spy worked on President Charles de Gaulle's personal staff. Le Canard Enchaine and British papers cite Col. Thiraud de Vossely and Anatoli Dolnytsin as sources, linking a De Gaulle aide to Soviet espionage and a Cuba data episode.
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de Gaulle
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Harold “Kim” Philby
Secret Service
Kremlin
le Canard Enchaine
Col
Thiraud de Vossely
Washington
American
Central Intelligence Agency
de Vossely
CIA
U.S
Miami
London
The
Times
the Observer
Sunday Times
Philby
Colombine
Leon Uris
Topaz
Britain
Colom
SDECE
de Vostoly
Anatoli Dolnytsin
West
Dolnytsin
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
de Vossoly
Kennedy
de Vosjoly
Secret Services
Independence Marine Martin Reidy Killed
Pfc. Martin J. Reidy, 21, of Independence was killed Wednesday in a South Vietnam ammunition dump explosion during his second Vietnam tour. Born in Independence, he graduated from St. John's High School in 1965 and joined the Marine Corps in June that year. Survived by mother Mrs. Mary Reidy, one brother Donald, three sisters Connie, Jane Ann, and Susan, all at home, and grandmother Mrs. John Monahan of Monti. Funeral services are pending at McCleery-Howe Funeral Home.
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Independence
McCleery-Howe Funneral
Martin J. Reidy
South Vietnam
Pfc
Reidy
Vietnam
St. John’s High School
Marine Corps
Mary Reidy
Donald
Connie
Jane Ann
Susan
John Monahan
Monti
North Korean Ambush Claims Two Americans
In Korea an ambush killed two Americans and two South Koreans near Panmunjom while another U.N. truck attack left two American soldiers wounded. The shots sparked a protest and a call for a formal investigation. U.S. and U.N. commanders reported multiple related incidents over Easter, including attacks near Khe Sanh and Panmunjom and new air missions over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Hill 881
U.S
Con Thien
1St Air Cavalry Division
Seoul
U.N. Command
Panmunjom
U.N
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
John Smith
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Thailand
Laos
Horseman pulls two men from turbulent Atlantic
Fernandina Beach, Fla. A rider on a horse rode into rough seas to save two fishermen, pulling William Collins and William Lee from the surf after they were dragged by an undertow. He could not locate Charles Alvin Kelley, 20, who drowned.
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Fernandina Beach
Fla
UPI
Atlantic
Florida
Charles Alvin Kelley
William Lee
Alma
William Collins
Mershon
Thomas Carter
Carter
Collins
Lee
Kelley
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Gazette
John S. Thomas
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Cedar Rapids Area
John Thomas
By Jack Bell
South
Army
Bob Horton
W. Branch
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Moscow
Beirut
Martin Reidy
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