Battle Updates From Khe Sanh and Hue Fronts
As many as 175 missing at Khe Sanh after a night of heavy shelling and a ground assault by North Vietnamese tanks. Survivors say eight Americans retreated into a reinforced bunker as air strikes followed. Lang Vei falls widen infiltrations. air power used to blunt the drive. U.S. Marines press through Hue while Saigon faces Viet Cong resistance in the citadel and city streets.
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Khe Sanh
U.S
Lang Vei
South Vietnam
Hue
Stif
Saigon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Hoa Lae
Hanoi
Red Capital
Reds Seek To Force Talks In Hanoi Negotiations Push
Communist diplomats in London say the North Vietnamese offensive now planned to combine with the Viet Cong drive aims to compel the United States into talks on Hanoi's terms. They describe a shift from a long war plan to a gamble on quick, costly results for Washington.
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London
UPI
United States
Hanoi
Seven Cedar Rapids Educators Attend National Principals Meeting
Seven Cedar Rapids educators from McKinley Harding Taft Wilson and Kennedy junior and high schools will join Dr. Donald Stout and Charles Beusch in Atlantic City New Jersey for the annual National Association of Secondary School Principals meeting. The event runs from Friday through next Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
National Assn
Atlantic City
Charles Kuenzi
McKinley Junior High
Irvin NeiIson
Harding Junior High
Eugene Whiteman
Taft Junior High
Edwin Hembern
Wilson Junior High
Robert Fitzsimmons
Kennedy High School
Donald Stout
Charles’ ‘Beusch
Applications for Police Officers Being Accepted
Cedar Rapids police department accepts applications for new officers. Police Chief George Matias says several new recruits are expected as the force strength is low. Open to men aged 21 to 32 with a high school education in good shape. Applications at police HQ or city hall personnel office. Tests at city hall at 7 p.m. April 1.
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George Matias
City Hall
Charges Filed Against 2 Men Following Chase
Harry A. Clark and Laton D. McGrew, both 19 and 20 respectively, were held on charges after a high speed police chase that began on First avenue and Nineteenth street east and ended in the 2200 block of Forest drive SE. Clark faces intoxication and resisting an officer charges. McGrew faces attempting to elude police and reckless driving after speeding through stop signs.
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Harry A. Clark
Fifth Avenue
Laton D. McGrew
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Forest Drive
Clark
McGrew
Deer to be shot at St Paul Arsenal grounds
Major Frederick Von Gortler said about 350 deer on the Twin Cities army ammunition plant grounds will be shot to remove a perceived danger to explosive laden trucks. He will hire six hunters to carry out the cull as soon as possible, aiming by April 1, ending a save the deer push.
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ST. Paul
Twin Cities
Frederick von Gortler
Army
Arden Hills
Man Accused of Pandering and False Information
Roger D. Gunderson aged 29 of 531 Fourteenth Street SE is jailed on pandering and giving false information charges. He allegedly attempted to coerce a woman at Easy-Wash laundromat Tuesday night, prompting her to scream and seize a pop bottle before he fled. The woman later provided police with his license number after following him.
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Roger D. Gunderson
Fourteenth Street SE
Gunderson
Officer Changes in Greek Armed Forces
Athens AP reports the Greek regime retired 20 armed forces officers and promoted 520 in a Wednesday disclosure, detailing extensive changes across ranks and units.
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Athens
Dialing for Dollars Matinee Opens With Host George Patrick
The program begins Monday at 3 30 PM on Channel 9 with George Patrick as host. It features a daily call-in format inviting viewers to participate in prize talks and audience interaction.
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Channel 9
George Patrick
Pickets Back In Coalfields in Somerset and Cambria
About 200 Solar Fuel miners picketed two pits in Somerset. Solar Fuel broke off negotiations. In nearby Cambria county, 1450 Bethlehem Steel workers walked off in sympathy. No word yet if sympathy walkouts will spread as last week when 84,000 men left work.
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Somerset
Cambria County
Bethlehem Steel
Bridge Weekend in Cedar Rapids Opens Friday
Duplicate bridge players will crowd the Roosevelt hotel this weekend for the Cedar Rapids mid winter Valentine tournament. Play begins at 2 p.m. Friday with the Men's and Women's pairs.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Didin Pionehin
Robert Water
Ralph Rohrbach
Services Friday For Mabel Zimpfer
Mabel G. Zimpfer 71 of the Walker community died suddenly at home. Born November 24 1896 in Jesup she married Homer R. Zimpfer January 28 1925. Surviving are her husband and brother Franklin Nachholz of La Porte City Iowa. Services 1 30 p m Friday at Murdoch chapel Center Point burial Quasquelon cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. The casket will not be opened after the service.
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Walker
Mabel G. Zimpfer
Jesup
Homer R. Zimpfer
Brandon
Zimpfer
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Franklin Nachholz
la Porte City
Iowa
Murdoch Chapel
Center Point
Quasquelon Cemetery
Wallace Mentions 1968 Run and States' Rights Appeal
Wallace says he would run as a Democrat in Alabama but abstain from cross party primaries elsewhere and might name a vice president later. He faults both parties for a one party system mood and urges a shift toward constitutional government with states controlling internal affairs and harsher actions against crime and treasonous acts.
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Wallace
Alabama
Barry Goldwater
U. S
Washington, D. C
Hawkeye Council Names Kenton Colorado Leader to Iowa Post
WwW. S. Kenton of Colorado Springs has been named director of programs for the Hawkeye Area Boy Scout council serving Jones Linn Benton Johnson and Washington counties. He previously held district executive roles in Colorado Kansas and Denver and earned Eagle rank. Kenton and his family will reside in Cedar Rapids.
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S. Kenton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Jones, Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson and
Washington Counties
Colorado
Kenton
Garden City
Emporia
Kan
Denver
Hawkeye Council
Cedar Rapids
Ayub Khan Improves After Pneumonia Diagnosis
Ayub Khan, president of Pakistan, has developed pneumonia but is reported to be feeling much better by Thursday, according to his physician.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Kennedy argues against Vietnam war illusion and corruption
Kennedy warns that the war cannot be won by external aid alone and condemns South Vietnamese government corruption. He notes three presidents and many officials until now labeled it their war and criticizes the shift of national effort into an American military push. He questions the legitimacy of a government losing public support yet failing to secure victory against insurgents.
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Kennedy
Vietnam
Fishermen Shun Perilous Iceland Coast
London AP reports government and trawler owners agree to keep ships away from Iceland northern coast for at least a week after three trawlers sank in three weeks with 59 sailors lost.
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London
Iceland
Welding Course for School Instructors at Area Ten
Area Ten Community college will offer a welding course for school industrial arts instructors this spring. Twelve Saturday sessions 8 a.m. to noon in the trade and industry building at 1206 Rockford Road SW begin February 17. The $20 fee covers instruction. for more information call 366-6206.
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Area Ten Community College
Area Ten Trade and Industry
Rockford Road
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Sacramento
Calif
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Hawkeye
W. S. Kenton
Ayub
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Kiecks
Oakland
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Paul Novak
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