Three Dead In Parents Bus Wreck
A bus carrying parents to a state school for the mentally retarded slid off Interstate 55 near Joliet Illinois after two cars collided. Three people were killed and more than 40 injured as passengers were ejected or trapped. The driver John O Connor was among the injured. Boy Scouts aided. Lincoln state school serves 4600 mentally disabled residents.
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Joliet, Ill
Joliet
U. S. 66
St. Joseph Hospital
Silver Cross Hospital
John O’connor
Chicago
Lincoln State School
Lincoln
Joseph Albaum
Parents Association
Albaum
Truck Stalls In Snow Killing Four People
Four people died of cold after a pickup truck bogged down in deep snow near LA Plant. A 3 year old boy and his mother were among the victims found about 200 yards from the vehicle. A fifth occupant walked a half mile to a ranch with frozen feet.
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LA Plant
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Smith Is Given Probation Must Get New Draft Card
Bitter cold gripped Iowa with Arctic air pushing temperatures below zero in northern areas and near zero elsewhere. New Albin logged 17 degrees below zero after 4.5 inches of snowfall while Elkader saw 2.5 inches. Cedar Rapids stood at 20 degrees at 2 p.m. Saturday as warmer weather and light snow were forecast for Sunday.
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Associated Press
Iowa
New Albin
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
Gazette ‘Weather Instruments
Weather Bureau
Jowans
Gore and Rusk Push for Open Talks on Vietnam Policy
U S officials report Senator Gore and Senator Morse urged private talks with President Johnson amid Vietnam policy debate. Secretary Rusk invited Congress to vote again if doubt remains, citing past 1964 authorization and calling for thoughtful, peaceful policy review.
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Gore
Johnson
Washington
Sea
U. S
Stroyers
Gulf of Tonkin
Morse
Sen. Gruening
Vietnam
Alaska
D-Tenn
Congress
House
Nower
Senate
Fionally
Foster
Geneva
William Foster
Southeast Asia
WUE TV
Iself
Rusk
Hungary says many arrested over plot to overthrow government
Budapest reports a large number of arrests on charges of conspiratorial plans to overthrow the government with help from outside forces. The announcement emphasizes internal security and ongoing investigations into the alleged plot.
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Budapest
Hungary
The
Waet
Soviet Warn Wilson Against Backing U S In Vietnam
Moscow warned British Prime Minister Wilson against further support of the United States on Vietnam. Izvestia said such backing poisons British Soviet relations and urged a sober, pro Soviet stance during Wilson's three day visit. The piece framed Britain as leaning to an independent policy and demanded acceptance of pro Soviet, anti American views.
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Smith
Frances Rawson
Cedar Rapids
Sen
Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Senate
U. S
Moscow
Wilson
U.S
Izvestia
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Wilsons
Nepszabadsag
Labor
Res
NATO
Britain
Newsman's Son Among 1 Victims
SAIGON UPI Captain Bert Smith son of Merriman Smith UPI White House correspondent and six other Americans including two army nurses were killed Friday when a helicopter crashed near Saigon. The report offered vague remarks on the fate of the accused plotting to overthrow a government while imprisoned. It noted the amnesty freed 2 500 to 3 000 people and that Western influence assisted conspiratorial plans. The piece also mentions GE authorized to run Clinton Job Corps center for girls with operation by June 20 and capacity for 400 to 600 women.
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Bee
Clinton
Janton
UPI
Gentral Electric Co
Veterans Administration
W. A. Lewis
Washington
General Electric
Lewis
Four Die in Eastern Iowa Crashes and Vietnam War Update
Four killed in two Eastern Iowa crashes near Muscatine and Dyersville. In Vietnam, a helicopter crash near Qui Nhon claimed five aboard, with an army board investigating and initial reports suggesting a power line strike. Merriman Smith, Pulitzer winner, associated with the White House press corps, noted.
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Iowa
United Press International
Muscatine County
Dyersville
Can Army
Merriman Smith
White House
Kennedy
145Th Aviation Battalion
Vietnam
Five Soviet ships bound for Cuba with nuclear missiles
Former U S ambassador Spruille Braden says his Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba has information that five Soviet ships are headed for Cuba with nuclear missiles. He warned Cuban exile groups that Cuba has become a center for terrorists and saboteurs.
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Miami
U.S
Cuba
Spruille Braden
Citizens Committee For
Two Die in Car Train Crash. One Child Injured
Lowell Michael Tisor 22 of Columbus Junction and John Luther Astrup 24 of Hills Minnesota were killed in a car train collision. Linda Kay Wellington 16 of Columbus Junction was injured and reported in fair condition at University Hospitals in Town City.
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Lowell Michael Tisor
Columbus Junction
John Luther Astrup
Hills
Minn
University Hospitals
Town City
Linda Kay Wellington
Soviets Emphasize Consumer Goods in Five Year Plan
The Soviet central committee approved a 1966 to 1970 economic plan prioritizing consumer goods while continuing heavy industry and military spending. Premier Kosygin reported the plan to 5,000 delegates, with Brezhnev contributing. Details remain vague as the party congress opens March 29.
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Henry Bradsher
Moscow
Central Committee of
The
Soviet Communist Party
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Vietnam
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