Yanks Pound Haiphong Oil Depot Again
AP reports U S navy units struck an oil storage depot near Haiphong amid air operations. The Haiphong action follows earlier ground actions within the city as Viet Minh forces face renewed pressure in the delta region. A separate Des Moines item notes solicitor McCarthy traveling to Washington to seek Supreme Court review on Iowa districting after a state court ruling.
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U.S. Navy
Haiphong
U.S
Des Moines
Timothy McCarthy
Washington
Cong
U.S. Supreme Court
Hanoi
Mekong Delta
McCarthy
Harold Hughes
Iowa High Court
Court splits over Iowa subdistricting ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld multimember districts in the same house but a write of the majority faced critique from critics who argued the decision clashed with U S Supreme Court precedents The Solicitor General said party advantage would shape subdistricting and the case moves to the 1967 legislature for a new plan.
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McCarthy
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North Vietnam
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U.S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Iowa Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Governors Cautious on Viet Stand
A cautious stance on the Vietnam situation follows assembly election calls with no clear expected impact. reports from US officials describe Skyhawk strikes on a fuel depot, a downed pilot, and a later fireball as air operations targeted civilian facilities amid calls for government resignation and power transfer.
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Hoang
Quynh
Ky’s Gov
Trial Hints of North Vietnam Trying U S Airmen as Pirates
Hanoi radio described the parade of American flyers through a furious crowd as a form of street tribunal. It claimed the govern ment would represent the prisoners and punish the pirates in proportion to their crimes. The report named Lt. Col. Robinson Risner and others among those paraded.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
U. S
Air Force
Gandhi Plea Seeks End to Vietnam Bombing and Geneva Talks
New Delhi AP Indira Gandhi urged an immediate halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam and called for a Geneva conference to pursue peace. The Soviets rejected Britain's peace plan but negotiations may open lines between Moscow and Washington amid mixed U S signals on prospects for talks.
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House of Commons
Citizens To Vote on Linn Health Center
Linn County voters will decide in the November 8 election on a $6 million bond to build a county home and a comprehensive health-center complex. The plan follows a Progress committee report after reviewing a Chicago consulting firm. The center would consolidate health functions and provide long term care with a 30 to 40 acre site near Cedar Rapids hospitals.
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Thursiday
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Cedar Rapids Hospitals
Cedar Rapids Serviceman Wounded in Vietnam War
Pfc. Jerry G. Thomas, 20, of Cedar Rapids, was hospitalized in Vietnam with arm injuries from a Viet Cong rifle grenade on June 25 while on patrol near the Saigon River with the 2nd Infantry. He is a 1964 Jefferson High School graduate who previously worked at Quaker Oats and has been awarded the Purple Heart.
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Jerry G. Thomas
Vietnam
Thomas
Joe Stounes
Jacolyn Drive
Saigon
Army
Second Infantry
Jefferson High School
Quaker Oats
Parathion mixup forces Argyle to evacuate town
In Argyle Minnesota residents flee after a wrong chemical, parathion, was sprayed to combat mosquitoes. An emergency hospital was set up in Warren with the town evacuated and residents seeking safety with relatives or at farms and motels. Authorities advised washing surfaces and clothing while monitoring potential delayed effects as a precaution.
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Grand Forks
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Argyle
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Dennis Rous
Pumala
Minneapolis
Rousseau
Steven
Minn
Jim Clark
Steven Fertilizer Co
Wilson to Moscow in Peace Try
Prime Minister Wilson planned a surprise trip to Moscow to push peace efforts before meeting President Johnson in Washington this month. Officials rated his chances as not high.
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Moscow
London
Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Nine officers sue to end involuntary service over Vietnam
Five military officers sue the Pentagon claiming refusals to accept resignations keep them in involuntary servitude under the 13th Amendment and violate civil rights. They seek orders for Army and Navy secretaries to accept resignations, arguing they have completed minimum tours but remain on active duty due to Vietnam. They list three Army captains and two Navy officers, stationed at Fort Dix, San Diego, Apsugi, and on a Pacific destroyer, with potential earnings losses exceeding $10,000.
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Defense Department
Army
Navy
Samuel Calello
Edward Dwyer
Eugene Fisher
Alexandria
Stanley Resor
Calello
Army Signal Corps
Fisher
Dwyer
Fort Dix
Laurence Baldauf
Paul Nitze
San Diego
Naval Air Base
Apsugi
Japan
Robert Borden
Boston
Nitze
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McNamara
Pacific
Justice Department
Vietnam
Draft calls stepped up to meet July August quotas
The defense department boosted July enlistment calls by 2 000 to 28 900 and August by 4 000 to 36 600. Selective Service was asked to produce 31 300 men in September. In Des Moines officials reported March quotas rising for July to 406 August to 497 and September to 504 with June at 245. It remained unclear if married men would be inducted to meet targets. The U S will sign the international convention eliminating racial discrimination.
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Defense Department
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Selective Service
Des Moines
Towa
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