U.S. Bombing Resumes Around Hanoi As War Expands
In clear weather U S war planes hit the Ha Gia fuel storage area 14.5 miles north of Hanoi marking the first strike there since last week. U S forces also reported 92 strike missions in the south and losses of 490 planes over North Vietnam, with 144 planes lost in action in the South. Viet Cong rounds and mortar attacks continued nationwide including a deadly strike near Saigon. B 52s hit staging areas near the DMZ in Quang Tri.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Red River Valley
Ha Gia
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Province
Nine Killed In Crashes Toll Reaches 901
The 1966 Iowa traffic toll rose to 901, the highest in state history, with Vernon Latham Jr. among the latest victims in Davenport. Weekend crashes killed eight others including Isabelle Murphy in Des Moines, Donald Rustman near George, Ronald Sadler near Dysart, and Robert Shady near Farmersburg. Services for Sadler and Shady set for Wednesday.
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Davenport
Isabelle Murphy
Knoxville
Des Moines
Donald Lee Rustman
George
Lyon County
Ronald Sadler
Jesup
Benton County
Dysart
Young Sadler
Joseph Sadler
Immaculate Conception Church
Gilbertville
O'Keefe
Towne Funeral
Watterloo
Robert Frederick Shady
Farmersburg
Postville
Luana
Trial of Speck Moved to Peoria Illinois
The Richard Speck murder trial was ordered to be moved from Chicago to Peoria Illinois. The case concerns eight student nurses killed in Chicago last July.
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Peoria
Chicago
UPI
Richard Franklin Speck
Ill
Soviet Leaders Send Congratulatory Message to Viet Cong
Soviet leaders issued a goodwill message to the Viet Cong on its sixth anniversary. They expressed support for the Vietnamese communists and called for the full withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam. The statement also demanded an end to U S air raids on North Vietnam.
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Moscow
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Chuckle Women Then and Now Note Copyright
A brief humorous remark contrasts past and present perceptions noting that women were once called girls. The line is attributed as a copyright note or caption.
Service Man Mark L English Killed in Vietnam
Cedar Rapids soldier Mark L English 20 was killed in action in Vietnam on a Saturday after being wounded by a grenade on December 4. He died in a field hospital after returning to duty despite earlier injuries and had earned the Purple Heart. His wife Karen survives.
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Ray Adney
Cedar Rapids
Ethel
Kathryn
Dennis Svoboda
Mark L. English
Vietnam
Leo English
Center
English
Karen
Hagerty to Speak at Annual Chamber Dinner
James C. Hagerty, former White House press secretary and ABC executive, will headline the Chamber of Commerce dinner on January 11 at the Roosevelt hotel. The meeting includes administrative changes with the gavel passing from J. F. Hladky Jr. to Harold Wendorf. Hagerty, a Plattsburgh native and Columbia graduate, has led ABC news since 1961 after serving as Dewey press secretary and NY Times correspondent.
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James Hagerty
Chamber
Joseph F. Hladky, Jr
Harold Wendorf
Roosevelt Hotel
Hagerty
ABC
News
Plattsburgh
M.Y
Columbia University
Columbia
New York Times
the Times
Times
Albany
N.Y
New York State
Dewey
Eisenhower
Bronxville
Cedar Rapids Post Office Hours This Week
Cedar Rapids main post office and the First Street station will stay open until 4 30 p m daily this week. Windows will operate Saturday from 6 30 a m to noon. The post office closes Christmas Day and December 26.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Federal Building
Ruby press for lie detector test to prove no conspiracy
Jack Ruby, dying of cancer, maintains there was no conspiracy in Oswald killing and seeks any scientific test to prove he acted alone. His brother Earl and Chicago lawyer Elmer Gertz describe Ruby’s wish as his final plea to clear his name and end claims of a coverup.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Ruby
Jack
Oswald
Earl
Detroit
Earl Ruby
Elmer Gertz
Chicago
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Gertz
Officer Tippit
Warren
J. D. Tippit
Oak Cliff
Police and Courts
Kennedy Book Settlement Talks Reported Out Of Court
Efforts to settle the dispute over the book The Death of a President outside court continue as Harper & Row and Look magazine pursue a resolution. Manchester defends his conduct and maintains serialization and publication plans despite Mrs. Kennedy’s objections.
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Kennedy
New York
API
William Manchester
John Kennedy
Harper & Row, Publishers Inc
Look Magazine
Simon Rifkind
Look
Look Magazine Sunday
Manchester
House To Quiz Mrs Powell on Staff Position
Congressional investigators subpoenaed Mrs. Powell wife of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell to answer charges she performs no official duties for $20 578 as a member of her husband's staff The inquiry is part of close hearings into irregularities tied to Powell's education and labor committee chairmanship and office operations The subcommittee will question her on alleged violations of a rule requiring staff to work in the home state or in Washington D C Mrs Powell resides in Puerto Rico as Rep Wayne Hays led newsmen before issuing subpoenas to the first of 17 staff members summoned
Gas truck crash in Indianapolis kills four in rush hour
A gasoline tanker overturned during rush hour in Indianapolis releasing flames over vehicles. Four people died and three were hospitalized. the truck driver escaped in flames but collapsed on a church lawn near St. Andrew's. Police evacuated a nearby area as gasoline spilled into sewers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Thirty-eighth
William Torchia
St. Andrew's
Torchia
John Foran
Orvel Hulley
Sharon Roach
St. Andrew's School
Hulley
Foran
Wallace Scheffee
United States asks U N to start Vietnam cease fire steps
The United States urged U Thant to take necessary steps to arrange a Vietnam cease fire in talks with UN Secretary General. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg handed the request in a 20 minute private meeting and pledged full U S cooperation in any cease-fire effort.
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United Nations
U. S
U. N
U Thant
Viettnam
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg
Bus Driver Quits After IRS Seizes Pay for Eight Children
Muscatine school bus driver Raymond Haley says the IRS took $156.15 from his monthly check for 1964 Social Security arrears, leaving $124. officials gave a $100 advance after he pledged to repay in 30 days. He says the district was not warned and he quit his route after feeling threatened with dismissal.
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Muscatine
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Raymond Haley
TRS
Haley
Muscatine Community
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James C. Hagerty
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Robert Kennedy
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