U S Troops Battle Out Of Big Push In Vietnam War
In the central highlands Operation Paul Revere runs 15 000 allied troops including U S Vietnamese and Koreans. A U S 1st air cavalry company of about 150 men engaged 500 North Vietnamese near Ia Drang valley, called in artillery and napalm, killing nine and capturing five. Casualties were moderate. Separate reports note five Viet Cong killed near Phuoc Vinh as a Phantom jet was shot down with both crewmen killed. The Phantom was the 120th fixed wing loss. Sunday saw near record 24 South Vietnamese built missiles over North Vietnam with seven U S planes lost, the heaviest one-day air war loss. Details withheld on missiles. Continued on page 3.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Paul Revere
U. S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Hanoi
Ia Drang
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Phuoc Vinh
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Opening Date Set for New Cedar Rapids Post Office
Cedar Rapids postal officials have received official confirmation that the new $2 million post office at Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue SE is ready. Postmaster E. R. Petro says operations will move to the building on August 22 after months of delays, with the original 1965 February completion date pushed back by construction late start.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue SE
E. R. Petro
St. Louis
Petro
Mrs Knott Faces Intent To Commit Murder Charges
Eleanor Phillips Knott, 44, is charged with two counts of assault with intent to commit murder after two weekend shootings. Police say she used a .22 caliber automatic, wounding Gertrude Brandt in Marion and her husband George Knott at a car lot. Brandt remained in fair condition. Knott was treated and released.
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Eleanor Phillips
Mirl” Knott
Knott
Avenue
Dr. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
Jack Fulton
Police Detective Bureau
Fordtown
First Avenue
George
Brandt
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
Bread price rise blamed on middlemen not farmers
Undersecretary John Schnittker told a House subcommittee that bakers and distributors contributed more to rising bread costs than wheat. He noted wheat prices rose modestly while farmer pay remained low, saying the farmer’s share of bread in 1965 was only 13 percent. He cited city price variations and urged that other factors drive retail bread costs. A National Farmers Union spokesman disputed blame on both farmers and millers.
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John Schnittker
House
Subcommittee
Schnittker
House Group
Orville Freeman
National Farmers Union
Eight Dominican Leaders Released
Santo Domingo AP report that the secretary-general and seven leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary party led by former President Juan Bosch were arrested by air force officers and released the next day with no reasons given.
Seeing Own Face on TV Shocks deaf Girl in London
A 17 year old girl identified as Katherine Simms, found wandering in London, regained hearing and speech after seeing her face on a TV news program. Police, unable to locate relatives, rely on written notes to communicate and seek relatives or friends.
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London
Scotland Yard
Katherine Simms
Katherine
Employment at All Time High in July
Washington AP reports the nation reached 76.4 million employed in July, with a 3.9 percent jobless rate. Payroll gains totaled 680,000 versus June, offset by auto industry model changes and an airlines strike. Unemployed fell to 3.2 million, down 650,000 from June.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Fear Third Slain Near Fort Worth
Two teenage cousins were found shot to death and stuffed in a car trunk near Fort Worth. A 16-year-old girl friend is missing and reportedly assaulted. Roy Green and Kenneth McDuff, aged 18 and 20, were charged in the slayings, with a manhunt continuing for Edna Sullivan.
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Fort Worth
Grady Hight
Hight
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Marlin
Texas
Rhonda Chamberlain
Sherman
Dunnam
Miss Sullivan
Chamberlain
Edna
Lon Evans
Green
McDuff
Bremond-Franklin Area
Fort Trea
Recorder Is Burned Fatal Crash In Falls City
A Braniff BAC One-11 crash near Falls City Nebraska killed 42. The cockpit voice recorder was burned beyond use while the flight data device may still yield clues. Investigators expect two weeks on site with CAB and factory teams deciphering cockpit conversations and wreckage to determine causes. Local residents recalled a night of thunder and rain as flames lit the soybean field.
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Braniff
Donald Pauly
First
Here
Ed Slattery
Civil Aeronautics Board
Wash
waSl
Vice
Slattery
Antone Schawang
Schawang
Congress Presses Airlines Strike Settlement to Avert Law
Washington AP report on House Commerce hearings as Rep. Staggers urges labor and management to settle the airline dispute to avoid legislation. Siemiller warns of political fallout and notes the bus strike, while the union resists forced back-to-work orders and argues lawmakers would curb organized labor.
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Ress
Staggers
D-W. Va
Machinists
P. L. Siemiller
House Commerce Committee
House
Senate
Western Greyhound
Wilson Bids for Rhodesian Talks
London reports Prime Minister Wilson said he will send officials to Rhodesia to seek a basis for negotiations with Ian Smith's white government, aiming to restart talks after the rebel regime's position.
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Wilson
London
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Today’s Chuckle Ignorance Defined by New Discovery
A lighthearted line suggests that ignorance ends when someone uncovers the missing fact. The quip frames knowledge as a race between the seeker and the finder, inviting a smile at the moment truth emerges.
Iowa Airman on Furlough Among Nebrask a Crash Victims
DES MOINES API says a Des Moines airman on furlough and a former Iowan were among 42 killed Saturday night in a Nebraska airliner crash. Robert Welter, 19, of Des Moines, had served nearly a year of a four year enlistment and just finished an electronics course at Keesler AFB. Gary Redington, 31, of Omaha, formerly Mason City, boarded the flight in Kansas City on a Dallas connection home to Omaha.
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Des Moines
API
Nebraska
Robert" Welter
Grace Welter
Gary Redington
Omaha
Mason City
Welter
Keesler Air Base
Biloxi
Miss
Topeka
Des Moines Dowling High School
Minneapolis
Redington
St. Joseph’s High School
Leonard Lowenberg
Dead Wife Identified Among 42 Killed in Plane Crash
The Friday night crash near Falls City Neb. killed 42 people including Cheri Lyn Jordan en route to Minneapolis to join her football player husband Jeff Jordan of the Minnesota Vikings. Also aboard were a hosiery salesman from Overland Park Kan. and a Brani ff employee and two military families returning from visits. The jet disaster claimed ten service members and halted major travel to Nebraska and Kansas City.
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Falls City
Neb
Cheri Lyn Jordan
Minneapolis
Jeff
Minnesota Vikings
Kansas City
Braniff
U.S
Nancy
Susan Chamblin
Fort Smith
Ark
Lincoln
Susan
Mary Kay
Susan Hamm
Spring Branch
Texas
Houston
Nebraska
Armed Forces
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Donald Smith
Bellevue
SAC Public Information
Drew Broadfoot
Air Force
Morgan Mills
Gonzales
Patricia Jacobson
Fargo
N.D
New Orleans
L. M. Graeber
Spring Park
Minn
Tulsa
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Falls County
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By Bill Baker
Shreveport
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Peo
Siemiller
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Overland Park
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