Yanks Win Battle for Batangan Peninsula in 24 Day Campaign
UPI reports American forces crushed the Batangan peninsula stronghold 320 miles northeast of Saigon. 200 communists killed, 491 captured, 32 defected as 1,500 U.S. troops pursued holdouts in tunnels built by Japanese. U.S. losses: 46 killed, 204 wounded. two U.S. helicopters shot down. Allied units across South Vietnam prepared for Tet attacks per Viet Cong documents.
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Tear Gas Bomb Triggers Panic at Iowa Memorial Union
In Iowa City, about 800 people fled as a tear gas bomb exploded in the University of Iowa Memorial Union main lounge just before a Student Power symposium session. No arrests had been made. a new student group claimed responsibility.
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Ray Cool to Dirty Word Legislation at Iowa symposium
Gov. Robert Ray criticized filthy language at a University of Iowa Student Power Symposium where eight Republican legislators viewed a taped session. The blast at the union followed anonymous threats and tear gas. details emerged as police investigated the incident and campus reactions intensified.
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Prosecution Links Shaw Oswald in Clinton Louisiana Testimony
In New Orleans a witness identified Clay Shaw in Clinton Louisiana in late August or September 1963 as Oswald stood in line to register and Shaw sat at the wheel of a Cadillac. The witness Dunn pointed Shaw out in court and also identified Oswald from a photo, tying Shaw and Oswald to the Kennedy case in a key moment of the trial.
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Nixon recalls boyhood scouting wish as funds blocked
President Nixon disclosed he once wanted to join the Boy Scouts but his parents could not afford it. A delegation of 15 Scouts visited the White House to start National Boy Scout Week and presented Nixon an honorary membership card and a fishing rod for a Florida trip, with his joked reply about learning to fish.
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Nixon
White House
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Tax Reform Emerges as High Priority for Nixon Era
Treasury spokesman Kennedy says making taxes fairer for all Americans will be a high priority in the new administration. No specifics are given as the study of tax reform continues, with focus on distribution of burdens and potential use of tax credits to address proposals.
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No Valuation Hike in C R For a Year
Cedar Rapids is to be included in Judge Gibson Holliday’s Jan 8 ruling blocking increases in property valuations in 48 counties, with Linn County and Davenport and Muscatine also spared. Holliday cites Cedar Rapids own assessment system but allows inclusion due to equitable presentation. 120 abstracts for taxation will be filed across 99 counties and 21 cities with assessment machinery.
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Cedar Rapids
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Muscatine
William Forst
Iowa
Slight Easing Noted In Mid-East Tension
The Middle East situation eased slightly as Iraq reduced threats against Jews and Nixon entered preliminary Big Four talks. Cairo reported Iraqi arrests of alleged spies but denied Jewish victims, while Israeli officials welcomed potential assurances from the U S and Britain to discourage Soviet and French settlement attempts.
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Noontime Holdup in Linn Town
Three men robbed the Ely branch of the First Trust and Savings bank of Cedar Rapids at noon taking about 650 dollars. A 1959 white Pontiac fled east from Linn County with authorities pursuing. three men in another car were later detained for concealed weapon charges near Norway. Bank staff described a masked intruder and a second man holding a weapon wrapped in cloth.
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France vetoes Britain's Middle East talks in bid for Common Market unity
France again blocks Britain's plan to hold a London meeting with six Common Market members. Jean de Lipkowski says Paris will not accept the invitation. Britain, a Western European Union member, seeks a unified European stance amid Nixon and Johnson administration hopes for a single European voice.
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Man who found Iron Age gold collars to be rewarded
The British Museum announced a $108000 reward for the finder of five early Iron Age gold collars unearthed last October in London. The payment recognizes the finder’s role in preserving cultural heritage and aiding research.
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