Yanks Fall Two Migs Seize Hill in Vietnam Battle
U S air force jets from Thailand bombed rail and highway targets near Hanoi and shot down two Migs. U S Marines fought for Hill 861 for four days, finding 15 enemy bodies atop the hill. U S jets hit Hanoi area rail yard and a key bridge while pilots reported heavy air clashes with 21 Migs.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Thailand
Hanoi
South Vietnam
da Nang
North Vietnam
Fight To Save Fishing Boats In Stormy Sea
The coast guard battled Saturday to save two fishing vessels battered by huge waves off Nantucket Island as winds up to fifty miles per hour churn the sea. Rescue operations continued with crews braving dangerous conditions to reach the distressed boats.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
Wickard Killed in Nantucket Truck Collision
Claude Wickard, 74, former agriculture secretary under FDR, was killed Saturday in a car truck crash three miles south of Wickard’s home area. The incident involved a six man crew and two fishing boats, with other vessels dispatched as crews were rescued or reported missing after waves sank a lobster boat Deep Water and a trawler Plymouth.
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Paremierees Delphi
Ind
Claude
R. Wickard
Agriculture
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here
Noreen
Nan- 9
Tucket
Coast Guard
U.S. 421
Indiana
Wickard
Plymouth
Nantucket
Floyd Hansen
The
Coast, Guard
Post Office Management Help Urged At Cedar Rapids Meet
NAPS regional official John A Hilderbrand urged Town post office officials to meet heavy service demands. He warned of future problems falling to management as the Cedar Rapids Town branch convention opened. A mail service test in Iowa labeled deliveries a catastrophe with half of some mail missing first day delivery. Deliberations also focused on salaries with 4.5 percent pay proposal drawing tough questions from NAPS leaders.
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Dale Kueter
National Assn. of Postal Supervisors
NAPS
John A. Hilderbrand
Kansas City
Hilderbrand
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Joseph P. Burke
Postal Systems Division
St. Louis
Iowa
Burke
Sterl
Cedar
Herb
Head
Charles T. Moss
Bureau of Operations
Washington
Morehead Talks With Teamsters Over Concrete Dispute
Morehead said representatives of his agency and the Teamsters met Friday but little progress emerged. Harry Wilford, Teamsters business agent, was unavailable for comment. Union drivers for Cedar Rapids and Marion ready-mix suppliers met Friday with no public results. It was hinted Saturday that 50 to 60 people were involved.
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Harry Wilford
Teamsters
Union Hall
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Burch Named Benton County Sheriff
Harold Burch to become Benton county sheriff effective Monday after five months as first deputy. The board approved the appointment Friday, following Sheriff Paul Berry’s resignation to join the state motor vehicle fuel tax division. Gene Calloway named first deputy with a second deputy to be named later as Agriculturists forecast shift to barley and rapeseed due to farm losses from last week’s storm.
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Gazelle Vinton
Harold Burch
Benton County
Board of Supervisors
Paul Berry
Berry
Gene Calloway
Bitter spring snows grip U.S. with cold Montana foot
A foot of snow piled up across Montana and drifted across the Rockies into the upper Great Plains. Snow threatened livestock in Utah, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Nevada and Montana. Ely Nevada saw three inches in six hours while Asheville North Carolina and Pittsburgh logged record low highs for the date.
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United Press International
U.S
Montana
Rockies
Great Plains
Utah
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nevada
Ely
Nev
Mercury
Asheville
N.C
Pittsburgh
Expo 67 opens to huge crowd in Montreal crowds surge
Max Harrelson reports Expo 67 attracted an estimated 310000 visitors on opening day, far above predictions, with optimism about the weekend. Crowds praised the fair as fabulous and magnificent, despite housing and food price complaints. Eight Vietnam demonstrators at the U.S. pavilion drew attention briefly. A power failure trapped riders in the Gyrotron ride for nearly three hours.
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Max Harrelson
Montreal
J. Goldschmidt
Brussels
Belgium
China shuns U S drugs amid epidemic row
Tokyo AP reports Communist China rejected a John son administration plan to permit American drug sales to combat epidemics on the mainland. The Peking People s Daily ran a piece accusing the U S of spreading rumors to strain China s ties with its neighbors.
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Tokyo
China
Peking People’s Daily
U.S
Iowans Get Extra Day on Income Tax
Des Moines reports an extra filing day for Iowa income tax returns as April 30 falls on a Sunday. Tax reports are due by midnight Monday, mirroring a similar extension granted by the federal government earlier this month.
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Des Moines
Lawmakers Sue Seek Pay Halt in Idaho Court
Four Republican Idaho state senators filed suit to halt out-of-session pay, arguing a $3.50 per day salary is unconstitutional when the legislature is not in session. The Legislature approved the out-of-session pay this year while lawmakers receive $39 per day during sessions.
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Boise
Idaho
Ida
President Gives SST Go Ahead for Supersonic Planes
President Johnson announced a start on two prototype SSTs capable of 1800 mph with a government share of 199 million dollars. Boeing will build airframes, General Electric will supply four engines per plane. Target is flight by mid 1970 and commercial service by late 1974 for 300 to 350 passengers, speeds possibly near 2000 mph.
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Washington
Ab)i
Johnson
Congress
Boeing Co
Seattle
General Electric
Saboteurs Fail To Dam up Israel Water Supply Network
Saboteurs attempted to blow up Israel's main water supply pipes on Friday but failed. The incident, reported by UPI, underscores ongoing security risks to critical infrastructure in the region.
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Tal Aviv
UPI
Israel
Set Them Ahead One Hour for Daylight Saving Time
Cedar Rapids notices daylight saving time begins at 2 a m on Sunday and continues until the last Sunday in October under federal law. Home clocks should be set forward one hour tonight to comply.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lawyers for Clay Press Their Fight
Cassius Clay's lawyers filed a new suit in U S district court challenging the government's right to punish the former heavyweight champion for draft refusal. They seek exemption due to his vocation as a Black Muslim minister and contend the selective service system is unconstitutional for lacking proportional Negro representation on boards. Clay refused induction Friday and the government prepared criminal action with possible penalties up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine.
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Allen. Hannay
Clay
Houston
Tuskegee
Ala
Hayden Covington
New York
Quinnin Hodges
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Morton Susman
Covington
Susman
Allah
Burglars Rips Open Two Safes At Coca Cola Plant
Cedar Rapids detectives said two safes were forced open at the Coca Cola Bottling Co. in Cedar Rapids Friday night, with $3,209.43 stolen. The break appears connected to recent Nesbitt Bottling and Lumber Supply Co. burglaries and earlier Coca Cola break-ins. Safes were opened with wheels, heavy tools, and no clues left behind. The larger safe held petty cash and operating funds, the smaller one contained driver receipts. Entry was gained by forcing a walk-in door and the scene suggested a professional job.
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Coca- Cola Bottling Co
Cedar Rapids
Nesbitt Bottling Co
Coca-Cola
Airman Killed Two Hours After Wife Delivers Twins
Hobart Indiana Lt. Clifford Barnett 28 was killed in a Vietnam plane crash on Thursday about two hours after his wife gave birth to twin boys, according to his parents.
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Hobart
Ind
Air Force
Clifford Barnett
Skipper Fines Himself To Keep Waistline in Check
Aboard USS Collett Cmdr John Kearney of Oakland California fines himself for indulgence at meals to curb weight gain during the Vietnam era patrol. A box labeled the pleasure chest with a coin slot tracks penalties from butter portion costs to dessert charges as a humorous self discipline scheme.
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Skipper
Collett
North Vietnam
Himeelf
Cmdr
John Kearney
Oakland
Calif
Bus Crash in Nagaoka Kills Four, Injures Dozens
In Nagaoka Japan a sightseeing bus collided with a truck on Saturday killing four people and seriously injuring 25 others. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene as witnesses described the crash and authorities investigated the cause.
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Nagaoka
Japan
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