Da Nang Airbase Hit by Viet Cong Mortar Attack
Viet Cong mortars struck Da Nang airbase and Seabee area in a 15 minute raid. One American air policeman was killed and several wounded as fuel trucks and storage areas were damaged. U.S. forces reported no aircraft losses and responded with helicopters and air strikes as the 30 day truce ended.
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da Nang East
South Vietnam
Seabee
1St Army Corps
Marble Mountain
9Th Marine Regiment
Church Men In Iowa Seek Amish Education Dispute Solution
Gov. Harold Hughes met for 50 minutes with two church representatives to discuss the Amish schooling dispute in Oelwein. The visitors, Rev. Dean M. Kelley and W. Melvin Adams, declined photos and said the situation looks hopeful. Adams is from Washington and Kelley from New York.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Oelwein
Dean M. Kelley
Department of Religious Liberties
National Council of Churches of Christ
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Melvin Adams
Adams
Washington
Mr. Kelley
New York
Hughes
Iowa Council of Churches
Mother and three children slain in Baltimore home
A young mother and her three children were found beaten and slashed to death in their top floor three story rowhouse. A hunting knife lay nearby as police sought the children's father, a 47 year old hotel worker who was not at home.
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Baltimore
Death of U S Official in Brussels
Charles Schank a 55 year old senior U S Atomic Energy Commission representative in Brussels died Sunday from a heart ailment.
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Brussels
Charles Schank
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Bobby Baker pleads innocent to nine counts in tax case
Bobby Baker former secretary to Senate Democrats pleads innocent to a nine count indictment alleging tax evasion conspiracy theft transportation of stolen money and fraud. Bail set at 5000 and trial scheduled for October 17 with motions due by June 27. Clifford Jones also pled innocent in the same court with trial set for May 23.
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Associated Press
Baker
Bobby Baker
Edward Bennett Williams
U.S
Washington
Senate
Senate Democrats
U.S. District Court
Mathew McGuire
Boris Kostelanetz
New York
McGuire
Asst
William Bittman
Williams
Nevada
Clifford Jones
Iowans Helicopter Team Earns Viet Cong Respect
Warrant Officer Aaron J. Schultz of Castalia, Iowa, served with the Razorbacks, a two-helicopter unit of the 120th Aviation Company, that rushed to aid government defenders near Can Gio. The Viet Cong reportedly called the team number one shots after the engagement.
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Saigon
VPS
Castalia
Iowa
Can Gio
120Th Aviation
145Th Aviation
UTT
Aaron J. Schultz
Supreme Court to review Puerto Rican voting rights case
The court agreed to examine the constitutionality of a 1965 voting rights act provision affecting many Spanish speaking Puerto Ricans in New York City. Lower courts split on the provision's validity, with later arguments to be heard this term.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New York City
Los
Des Moines Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run On East Grand
Kitty E. Larson aged 58, a Des Moines state employee in the car dispatcher's office, was struck and killed on East Grand Avenue near the Statehouse. Police said the hit-run driver did not stop and several motorists drove around her body before Theodore M. Shaeffer pulled over to assist.
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Des Moines
Kitty E. Larson
Theodore M.shaeffer
Larson
East Grand Avenue
Statehouse
Communists Shell Pakse Area Camp Wounding Four
Communist shells hit a royal Lao army engineer camp two miles from Pakse, Laos, near the former prime minister's house on the road to Paksong. Four troopers were wounded in the six shells fired Saturday night, marking the first time the post closer to Pakse was attacked.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pakse
Forecasters Warn Iowa Cold Week Ahead
The Weather Bureau warned of an abnormally cold week with Iowa temperatures averaging 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Overnight lows reached 10 below in the northeast and 5 above in the southwest, with little snow expected and highs generally in the single digits to teens.
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Weather Bureau
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Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Air India Plane Crashes Into Mont Blanc Killing 117
An Air India Boeing 707 en route from India to New York crashed into Mont Blanc near Chamonix. The French police reported no survivors among 117 aboard. The wreck occurred near the Vallet refuge as the jet was nearing Geneva for landing.
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New York
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Geneva
K. L. Rao
Homi J. Bhabha
Atomic Energy Commission
J. T
Joe) D’souza
Pope Paul VI
Rome
Bombay
Vallet Refuge
Constellation
Vallot
Beirut
Lebanon
Paris
London
Atom smasher project postponed amid budget review
In a brief note the budget message says the 200 billion volt proton accelerator project is delayed until a site is chosen. The $375 million effort, wooed by Iowa and others, is paused as Vietnam war costs loom and the AEC continues site surveys at North Liberty and Sunbury.
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Washington
UPS
Iowa
Johnson
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
North Liberty
Sunbury
Autopsy details prompt questions in Mott death case
The autopsy on Newcomb Mott reportedly shows slashes to the throat wrist and abdomen with post mortem bruises, suggesting homicide. His father received notice via consular officer William Shinn Jr. after meetings with Soviet officials, while Mott had been held as an American tourist in Moscow.
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Sheffield
Mass
Newcomb Mott
Howard Mott
William T. Shinn Jr
U.S
Moscow
Mott
Associated Press
Air Force
James R. Bissell
Shinn
McNamara finds no evidence of China Mig squadrons in Vietnam
Defense Secretary McNamara said there is no evidence that a squadron of Red Chinese Mig aircraft has moved into North Vietnam. Officials note Mig 21 sightings over North Vietnam may involve planes based in China, with occasional refueling there.
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Washington
McNamara
North Vietnam
China
Senate
New York Times
Hanoi
Earle Wheeler
Robert McClosky
State Department
Break German Smuggle Ring Exposed
Justice authorities in Saarbruecken say a German ring smuggled Czechoslovak weapons to Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and may have supplied Congolese rebels. Police dismantled the network and are pursuing charges against suspected organizers and participants.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Iraq
Slum Days Numbered in Chicago Drive for Reform
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and SCLC leader James Bevel direct a Chicago slum relief plan from War ren Avenue Congregational Church. Bevel says northern efforts are harder, aiming at housing schooling and employment through demonstrations and boycotts against landlords lenders and merchants. The CCCO joins local groups in organizing meetings as March 1 targets are set.
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Chicago
Warren Avenue Congregational Church
Martin Luther King
James Bevel
Direct Action Committee
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLS
Bevel
Itta
Bena
Miss
Johnson asks $112.8 billion budget with war costs
President Johnson sent to Congress a record $112.8 billion budget hoping for early approval of a $4.8 billion tax boost. He warned inflation risks from Vietnam buildup and a 7 percent growth pace while seeking funds for defense, space, education, and Great Society programs.
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Johnson
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Vietnam
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