Backers of 14 B Force Slowdown
In Washington the push to end states right to ban the union shop slows Senate business as backers aim to block Mansfield’s plan to bring the Taft-Hartley 14B repeal bill to debate. A lengthy journal reading stalls the Morning Hour tactic and Dirksen directs a quorum call.
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Washington
Senate
Journal
Johnson
Mansfield
Mont
Sen
Ervin
D-N.c
Dirksen
Ill
U S Peace Bid Reported by Cairo Sources
Cairo sources say the United States proposed a new peace overture to Hanoi and offered to suspend air raids on North Vietnam until Hanoi responds, with details reported Tuesday.
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Cairo
United States
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Requiem by Young Gl Read at Rite for Him
In Saigon a chaplain leads a simple funeral service for Pfc. Richard Tucker 18 of Lafayette Ga who died near Trung Lap from a mine. The requiem also honors Lt. Col. George Eyster Sgt. Joseph Correll and Pfc. Andrew Henry all slain in the same operation.
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Young Gl
Rite
Saigon
Pfc
Richard Tucker
Lafayette
Trung Lap
George Eyster
Cocoa
Fla
28Th Regiment
First Division
U. S. Army
Joseph Correll
Hamburg
Pic
Andrew Henry
Natchez, Miss
Archie Roberts
Lai Khe
Indo-China
Tucker
Vietnam
Fumes Sickened 39 Children at Madonna Church Mass
In Pittsburgh area, carbon monoxide from a clogged chimney at Madonna of Jerusalem church sickened 39 children and 3 nuns during a children's mass. Altar boys, 12, and other parishioners aided to the street as ambulances ferried victims to hospitals. all released except Sister Mary Emmaline for observation.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Mary Emmaline
Madonna of Jerusalem
Sharpsburg
Gregory Salerno
Joseph Verardi
Bers
Man Drives Car Up St Peters Steps in Vatican Incident
A Florence man Gio vanni Ponponi, 37, drove a car up the steps of St. Peter's Basilica but stalled before entering the basilica. He was injured, hospitalized, and placed under mental examination. The incident followed a separate Iowa jury duty session where 12 Linn county citizens were summoned for the trial of Louis L. Sanders, with a hung jury on a gun charge.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica
Giovanni Ponponi
Florence
Linn’ County
Justice of the Peace
Vince Hart
Marion
Louis L. Sanders
Palo
Sanders
Justice Hart
Justice of the Peace Hall
Marion Township
Hart
Justice Hatt
Iowa
Wayne Breeden
Gary Bright
Gordon Oppimer
Cedar Rapids
Draftee Ban Sought for Vietnam War Combat Service
Sen. Gruening introduces legislation to prohibit involuntary draftee assignments to Vietnam unless volunteers or Congress later approves. He cites a White House remark by President Johnson and proposes three amendments to require voluntary service or congressional authorization for Southeast Asia duty.
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Washington
Sen
Gruening
D-Alas
South Vietnam
Senate
Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Congress
Southeast Asia
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Ashton
U.S
UPI
Dent Johnson
Constance Baker Motley
Maning
Alhattan
Will Study Excavation of Cedar River Channel
Iowa City council hears a study of excavating the Cedar River channel from the avenue dam to the Rock Island railroad bridge south of Cedar Rapids as an alternative to a $17 million flood protection project proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Ned L. Ashton will conduct the study and report costs in four to six weeks. The 1962 Corps plan favored 12-foot sea walls in the central business district.
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Cedar River
Theavenue Dam
Rock Island Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Army Corps of Engineers
Ned L. Ashton
Iowa City
Corps of Engineers
Central Business
Senate cool to four year term plan for House members
AP survey shows 88 of 100 senators questioned oppose a constitutional amendment for four year House terms in presidential election years. While some Democrats and Republicans favor staggered elections or changes, most would not commit to Johnsons proposal, leaving passage with a two thirds Senate and three fourths state ratification unlikely.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Associated Press
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Miller
Bayh
D-Ind
Dirksen
R-Ill
Ashton
Cedar Rapids
F Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Pean
Sen
Long
D-La
Metcalf
D-Mont
Clark
D-Pa
Aiken
R-Vt
Ervin
D-N.c
Tragedy in Fog and Rain Strikes Vietnam Flight
A US Air Force C-123 transport carrying 46 Americans and a cargo of mortar shells crashed in dense fog near An Khe. All aboard were killed. The crash followed takeoff from An Khe, with 300 feet ceiling and heavy rain hindering the search. The unit was part of the First Air Cavalry division en route to general offensives after the Lunar New Year truce.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
An Khe
315Th Air Commando Group
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
U.S
U.S. First Air Cavalry Division
Highlands
Nha Trang
U.S. Marine Corps
Hong Kong
First Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
Hughes Meets Amish Leaders On Buchanan County School Issue
Gov. Harold Hughes met with Old Order Amish leaders and a National Council of Churches official in Des Moines for 75 minutes. Officials described the talks as aimed at clarifying communications and seeking a possible solution to the local school problem, but no details were released.
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Donald Finley
DES Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
National Council of Churches
Buchanan County
Hughes
NCC
Kelley
W. Melvin Adams
Department of Religious Liberty
Seventh Day Adventist Church
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