Peace Bid By Mao to Foes Seen
Mao Tsetung appears to offer a tentative olive branch to foes as Wen Hui Pao endorses treating defectors as prodigal sons. Reports say the party central committee halted the prolonged struggle against Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao-ping supporters and urged them to return to their original organizations.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
Shanghai
Wen Hui Pao
Peking People’s Daily
Peking
Communist Party Central Committee
Liu Shao-chi
Teng Hsiao-ping
CIA to Cut Support of Private Activities
Senate watchdog hearing reveals CIA plans to withdraw financial backing from non government activities. Chairman Richard Russell cites damage to agency credibility from ties to groups like the National Student Association. Helms dodges questions as Mansfield predicts the CIA will weather the current controversy with a stronger intelligence arm.
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CIA
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Spy Agency
Richard Helms
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Russell
National Student Association
Helms
Mike Mansfield
AMC cuts prices on entry American car to boost demand
American Motors reduced the price of its lowest priced American line by about $200 to $1,850 for a two door six cylinder sedan, with the model originally at $2,075. The move follows two week factory shutdowns to clear inventory while competing with Volkswagen.
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Detroit
American Motors
AMC
U.S
Volkswagen
Burglars Take Coin Collection From Cedar Rapids Home
Kenneth W. Broxey reports thieves broke into his apartment at 611 Avenue NE Monday night and stole 864 dollars mostly coins from a metal file box. Detectives say entry was by removing the door hasp. The collection included 52 dollars in nickels 440 in dimes 220 in quarters 120 in half dollars and 32 in one and two dollar bills.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth W. Broxey
Avenue NE
Broxey
Yen to Meet Johnson at White House May Ninth
Nationalist China leader C. K. Yen will meet President Johnson at the White House on May 9. The session aims to discuss bilateral relations and regional security with the U.S. leader.
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Washington
UPI
C. K. Yen
Nationalist
China
Johnson
White House
Judge Frees Ties as New Jersey Teachers Strikes Tighten
In Woodbridge New Jersey two AFT officials were jailed and nine others fined five hundred dollars each with a thousand dollar union penalty on criminal contempt. Local 822 leaders defied an injunction after a two week strike and faced possible further action.
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Woodbridge
N.J
American Federation of Teachers
822
Alfred Passantino
Leon Gerofsky
Joseph Cascella
Charles Richards
Cascella
AFT National
Jersey City
Richards
Yanks Report Major North Vietnamese Convoy Destruction
U S pilots claim 86 trucks destroyed or damaged in a Mu Gia pass convoy attack as weather clears in southern North Vietnam. Ground actions across South Vietnam yield 266 enemy killed, with Marines contributing most of the activity.
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U.S
South Vietnam
U. S
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
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Navy
Tucson
Procrastination Quip Cited in Daily Chuckle
A light joke defines a procrastinator as someone who delays what he has already postponed today. The quip plays on time and effort with a tongue in cheek tone.
Mt Vernon Boy Dies in Farmhouse Blaze
Four year old Danny Peterson is missing and presumed dead in a fire at the Clifford Peterson farm home three miles west of Mt. Vernon. His sister Vicki, 12, was rescued and treated for injuries while five older children escaped amid near zero weather. The fire began in a rear family room fireplace and was spotted about 2:30 am by Mary Lee, 16, who woke the family. The children used a ladder to escape. Danny remained upstairs and was last seen at the top of the stairs as the others fled. The surviving siblings sought help at neighbor James Willsel’s farm and the house ruins smoldered into noon Tuesday.
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John McIvor
Clifford Peterson
Petersons
Danny
Percy Harris
Linn
MT. Vernon
Danny Peterson
Here
Mary Lee
Vicki
Shelly
Scottie
Payson
James Willsel
Confessed Slayer of Six Freed by Ruling
Jose Suarez, 22, freed after confessing to killing his wife and five children when he was not informed of rights under Miranda. New York state court dismissed charges, saying the confession could not be used. retroactive application of Miranda allowed a new trial to be considered. Prosecutors lament the ruling as undermining criminal law enforcement.
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Mark Sullivan
Newark
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Michael Kern
Jose Suarez
Kern
Suarez
Nathan Schor
Brooklyn
Aaron Koota
Ernest Miranda
Phoenix
Miranda
Maria Torres
Frank Ortiz
Puerto Rico
Senate approves $6 billion increase to debt limit
The Senate voted 54 to 23 to raise the national debt ceiling by 6 billion dollars to a permanent ceiling of 336 billion. The measure now returns to the House where a prior temporary limit boost to 336 billion passed by 15 votes.
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Washington
Iowans split on daylight saving time in polls
A Des Moines straw poll by Rep. Don Bowin shows 26 904 favored Central Standard Time and 13 270 favored Daylight Time, with final tallies expected near 50 000. A separate weekly poll by Rep. Earl Yoder finds 62 percent support DST, 36 percent oppose, and 2 percent undecided. Gov Hughes discussed DST amid petitions from Linn county.
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Des Moines
Bowin
Earl Yoder
Iowa City
Yoder
Richard Rad
Lisbon
Linn County
Harold Hughes
Iowa House Shatters Ranks On Unlimited Annual Sessions
Republicans abandon floor leaders as 54 GOP and 34 Democrats back SJR4 to authorize unlimited annual legislative sessions. The 88 votes for the amendment, 33 against, move to public ratification in the November 5, 1968 election.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Iowa
Senate
House
Rep
van Nostrand
Cape Kennedy Students Honor Apollo 1 Launch Absence
In Cocoa Beach Capeview elementary sixth graders fired two homemade rockets during a tribute to Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee. The planned launch never occurred and the group watched as rockets rose to 1800 and 2500 feet then returned safely.
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Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
America
Space Agency
Capeview
Cocoa Beach
Paul Davidson
Ralph Davidson
Cape Kennedy
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