Slow Drop By Sippi Ice Grows in Mississippi Flood Scene
Davenport and Rock Island face a 10 mile ice jam as river levels ease slowly and fear rises of another surge. U S engineers report reduced flow from cold weather and warn more ice may join the Enchanted Island gorge blocking the channel. Red Cross shelters care for 75 evacuees with hotel housing for 12 others. Officials race to complete a 1700 foot flood wall as guardsmen sandbag and volunteers rally.
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Davenport
Rock Island
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Enchanted Island
U.S. ' Corps of Engineers
Red Cross
Illinois
Garden Addition
National
Korea Set To Send More Troops Amid Vietnam War News
U S officials report Britain downgrades navy leadership as Admiral Luce resigns in protest. In Vietnam, thousands of U S and South Vietnamese troops push into Viet Cong areas around Bong Son and near Saigon with B 52 bombing support and a mastiff operation underway. Marcos signals desire to dispatch engineers. Indira Gandhi declines to back U S policy.
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Saigon
U.S. First Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Etec
London
Britain
Juay
U. S
Ieee
Royal Nation
Navy
Korea
David Luce
First Sea Lord
Vietnam
Manila
Philippines
Humphrey
Seoul
Democratic Republic Party
National Assembly
Ham
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
House For Representatives
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
U.S
India
Coast Guard
Cac Lo
Malacanang Palace
South Korea
Apollo Launch Outlook Darkened by Weather
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports a gloomy forecast with scattered showers marginal winds and overcast skies delaying the scheduled Saturn 1 B rocket and Apollo moonship launch. In addition, the president discussed Viet Nam representation, leaving the question of free elections unsettled.
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Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Taylor Narrowing LBJ Kennedy Gap
Washington AP reports top aides debate South Vietnam policy as Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy weigh free elections versus a coalition. Kennedy urges free elections while warning of a bloody outcome if communists gain power, and Taylor favors a cautious approach with conditional talks.
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Aulis. Kennedy
New York
South Vietnam
Kennedy
Taylor
Washington
Eral
Maxwell Taylor
Johnson
Hej
Toiple
Oe Taylor
Ken
Sen
Robert
D-N.y
U.S
China
Saigon
Tay
Gov Hughes Seeks Temporary Amish Schools Fix
Iowa Gov. Harold Hughes announces a tentative temporary solution to the Buchanan county Amish school dispute. Two rural Amish schools would be leased to the Oelwein district, with teachers paid from private funds, and $15,000 from the Danforth Foundation to cover costs.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
Buchanan County
Oelwein
Danforth Foundation of
St. Louis
Hughes
Qelwein
Brilliant Young Space Scientist Ends Life in Bath
Donald Williams 34, chief scientist at Hughes Aircraft satellite lab, shot himself in the head in his apartment bath. A 1965 top ten outstanding young men selection member, he left a note bequeathing all possessions to his wife, amid psychiatric treatment and a missed appointment with his psychiatrist. He helped develop Syncom and Early Bird satellites with pulsating jets to position spinning satellites.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Williams
Three Elderly Women Die in Long Beach Flu Outbreak
Los Angeles AP reports three elderly women aged 91, 71 and 70 in Long Beach died from illnesses linked to a spreading influenza epidemic. The toll in California rises to seven with many schools closed and business slowed.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
J. D. Litwack
Contra Costa
Santa Clara
Alaimeda
Bakersfield
Wilson appeal for Vietnam peace rebuffed by Kosygin
MOSCOW AP Prime Minister Wilson urged unconditional peace talks on Vietnam to Soviet cadets. Premier Kosygin rejected the appeal, insisting on implementing the 1954 Geneva accords and the four points from North Vietnam and the South Vietnam National Liberation Front. Wilson and Kosygin spoke after initial talks at a luncheon with the Soviet leadership.
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Moscow
Minster Wilson
Vietnam
Asia
Kosygin
Wilson
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Democratic Republic of
North
South Vietnam
Liberation Front
Soviet Communist Party
Viet
Nam
Texans Believe They Found Lost San Saba Gold Mine
Five Texans claim to have located the legendary San Saba mine site 90 miles northwest of Austin. They report ore samples assayed at 467.60 per ton by Colorado Assaying Co. of Denver and plan a March shipment to test profitability.
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San Saba, Texas
San Saba
Austin
Colorado Assaying Co
Denver
Lampasas
Lemons, Jr
Colorado
Chuckle On Moral Choices Pokes Fun At Decision Aversion
A light joke notes that most people know right from wrong, yet some simply avoid making decisions. The quip plays on hesitation and personal bias in everyday judgment.
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Luce
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Denis Hea
Sheren Omy
Navy Board
Aden
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Pannow
Middle East
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Yuu Yuu
Via
AEC
West Germany
Ince
Polaris
Oy Adm
Waryl Begg
Uni
Atthe Navy
Therantie Alliance
Janie Petween Vini
Narallal
Juan Piwea Cane
New York Herald Tribune
Hanoi
Hughes Y Donald Finley
Legislative Action
Department of Public Instruction
Cedar Pigs RL
Ted
Aling
Southwest Side
Fish
Esther M. Novotny
Nineteenth Avenue
Kenneth Anderson
The
Bureau For Fire Prevention
Borhood
Anderson
Marion
Orville
R. R. McCoy
Aaron Cummins
T. S. Lemons
Bend
Cummins
Mother Nature
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