No. 1 Pilot In Vietnam Shot Down
Major James Kasler, longtime leading U S fighter ace, was shot down in the Red River valley 70 miles northwest of Hanoi after 80 combat missions. His parachute landing led to rescue attempts that failed, and he was listed as missing.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
James Kasler
North Vietnam
Red River Valley
Hanoi
U.S
Easter
Kasler
Korea
Robinson Risner
Air Force
Thailand
Yen Bai
Heated debate as Cedar Rapids rezoning approved on first reading
City council approved on first reading the rezoning of land at Mt. Vernon road and Thirty-sixth street SE from residential to neighborhood business. Opponents argued the plan harms housing values and promotes strip zoning, while supporters defended the need to rework the zoning plan.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Thirty-sixth Street
Bob Johnson
Planning Commission
Lynch
Cedar Rapids
John P. Barthel
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
U.S. Air Strike Hits Vietnamese Village Killing Civilians
Communist guerrillas fired on a U S spotter plane in the Me Kong delta triggering a U S retaliatory air raid that killed 15 civilians and wounded 182. Two Viet Cong platoons were in Chau Nhiem near Truong Than when the villagers were attacked.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Mekong Delta
Chau Nhiem
Truong Than
Tersef
Tass
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
Ed Phillips
Can Tho
Segregationist Victor Johnson Wins Arkansas Democratic Nomination
Jim Johnson, a segregationist and longtime critic of the federal government, won the Arkansas Democratic gubernatorial nomination in a runoff, defeating Frank Holt as the campaign focused on federal-state relations and desegregation. Republican Winthrop Rockefeller loomed as November challenger. Johnson led in unofficial precinct results with 198 494 votes to Holt 179 981, while David Pryor won the Fourth District congressional nomination in a runoff against Richard Arnold.
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Little Rock
Jim Johnson
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Alabama
George Wallace
Frank Holt
Johnson
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Holt
David Pryor
Camden
Congress
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Pryor
Arnold
Lynn Lowe
Oren Harris
Lowe
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Washington
Vietnam
Win Rockefeller
Virginia
Bread price rise blamed on grain speculators
Rep. Fine asserts the grain speculator middleman drives higher bread costs and urges doubling the Commodity Exchange Authority budget to 2 investigate trading practices on commodity markets. He introduced a bill to fund such investigations amid findings that speculators were present.
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Washington
Rep
Fine
R-N.y
House Agriculture
Commodity Exchange Authority
Vietnam By Bob Horton Signals Big Vietnam War Odds
Washington reports suggest a Christmas escalation may push U S commitments toward 470000 troops in Southeast Asia, a peak level last seen in 1953. Current U S strength tied to Vietnam is about 375000, with 290000 in country and 60000 offshore plus 25000 at bases and supply facilities across Guam Thailand the Philippines and Okinawa. Reports persist and are not firm.
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Southeast Asia
U.S
Guam
Thailand
Philippines
Okinawa
Growing toward New Korea Denial on Vietnam troop scale
Washington debates a possible US buildup in Vietnam with targets around 400 000 at year end and even 500 000 to 600 000 discussed by senators and officials. President Johnson says more manpower will be requested and Gen Westmoreland will receive what he requires. Former VP Nixon hints half a million may be needed to win.
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Vietnam
Johnson
Westmoreland
William Westmoreland
U.S
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Associated
Stennis
Pentagon
Nixon
Saigon
GE To Talk on One-Union Basis
GE agreed to begin contract talks with the International Union of Electrical Workers on a one union basis. Philip Moore, GE chief labor negotiator, said discussions could start next Monday if no other union representatives attend. He offered a delay for a court ruling on multi union bargaining.
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New York
General Electric
International Union of Electrical Workers
Philip Moore
Moore
TUE
Curtin
Joseph Ramsey
Arrests in Cedar Rapids six youths in connected breakins
Cedar Rapids police report six juveniles implicated in a wave of 17 breakins, eight car thefts, and an aggravated assault robbery. One arrest made. two officers describe a ring of hoodlums active all summer, with victims including a 50 year old man beaten and robbed. Multiple businesses and service stations tied to the incidents are listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Juvenile Bureau
Lester Woodward
Strikers Approval is Doubted in Arbitration Bid
Washington AP report details grounding airlines and striking mechanics backing arbitration to end the tieup. IAM president P L Siemiller doubts union members will vote for arbitration, while carrier negotiator William Curtin backs the idea in principle. Senate backed bill could order back to work up to 180 days if talks fail.
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Washington
International Association of Machinists
P. L. Siemiller
Congress
Dominick
Rex Colp
Siemiller
William Curtin
Acton
Rep. Staggers
D-W. Va
Senate
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