Congo Claims Win In Angriff In Congo War
Congolese authorities declare control restored over Bukavu and parts of Kisangani from white mercenaries said recruited by an international faction. Mobutu seeks extradition for treason while the U N considers a mercenary ban. European mercenaries and Katangan soldiers reportedly aided the assault on Bukavu, with Belgian Major Schramm leading fighters.
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Kisangani
Kinshasa
Stanleyville
Kivu
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U. N. Security Council
Theodore Idzumbuir
Mobutu
Washington
State Department
U. S
Rwanda
Saio
Schramm
Eustache Kakudji
5Th Congolese Army Group
State To Drop Manslaughter Against Cobb
Linn County Attorney William Faches said the state will dismiss the manslaughter charge against Forrest Cobb after a jury acquitted him of leaving the scene of an accident in the Nov. 10 hit and run that killed Nelson Larson, 83. Faches plans an appeal on two pre trial rulings by Judge William R. Eads and argued turning over state records to the defense threatens justice.
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William Faches
Forrest Cobb
Linn County
Cobb
Twentieth Street
Nelson Larson
Marion
East Post Road
Faches
Iowa Supreme Court
William R. Eads
the Gazette
War seen progressing slowly in Vietnam but long, costly
General Westmoreland told Defense Secretary McNamara in Saigon the war is not a stalemate and is being won slowly but steadily though it will be long and costly. The meeting behind High Noon room walls involved diplomats and military leaders with talk of possible troop increases above 466,000 and plans to push past 500,000.
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Liam Westmoreland
Defense
McNamara
U.S
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Tno
Ellsworth
Mich
Saigon
Bunker
U.S. Army Vietnam
Tang Son Nhut
Nicholas Katzenbach
Paul Warnecke
Defense Department
Gen
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs Ofstaff
South Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Robert McNamara
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
Keota toddler dies in car window accident
Rusty Gene Gordon age 1 year 11 months died after a fractured neck while crawling from a partially opened car window. Parents David and (Mrs.) Gordon were nearby in rural Keota. brother Lee and grandparents Glenn Gordon Clifford Conklin family ties listed. Services set Saturday at 4 p.m. at Keota Federated church with Powell Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Rusty Gene Gordon
David Gordon
Washington
Keota
Lee
Glenn Gordon
Clifford Conklin
Todays Chuckle Mother Advises Child to Pretend It's Mud
A finicky child prompts a witty response from a mother who says to treat the scene as mud. The short quip captures domestic humor with a playful nudge about imagination and patience.
Life as a Khrushchev exile described in Parade feature
The Cedar Rapids Gazette previews a Parade Magazine article detailing Nikita Khrushchev's life as a pensioned ex leader. It notes state paid staff and 550 rubles monthly, but finds him low in spirits, lonely, and largely isolated in confinement. The piece includes rare photographs from his compound.
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Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev
Parade Magazine
Cedar Rapids
Play Supervisor Strangled in Outer Banks Drama Case
MANTEO N C A medical examiner says Brenda Joyce Holland a makeup supervisor for The Lost Colony outdoor drama was strangled and dumped from a bridge after a five day search found her body in two feet of water ten miles from where she was last seen She disappeared Saturday after leaving with singer Danny Barber and her wallet and purse were later found dumped from a speeding car
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Manteo
N.C
Brenda Joyce Holland
Outer Banks
Albemarle
Miss Holland
H. H. Karnitschnig
Danny Barber
Barber
Fother
General in 6 Missing After B-52 Collision
SAIGON APs report the commander of SACs Third Air Division on Guam Major Gen William Crumm and five others are missing after a mid air collision of two B 52s en route to a target in South Vietnam. Four were rescued and three from Crumbs aircraft are missing. The crash occurred 65 miles southeast of Saigon amid heavy fighting along the DMZ as U S and North Vietnamese forces exchange artillery and air attacks.
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Aps
Strategic Air’ S Command
Guam
William: .Crumm
Crumm
Iowa
Air Force
Navy
South China Sea
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Philippines
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Oregon
Footh
UPI
Alvin
Cen Webb
Marine
Trai Highlands Company
Chief John Big Tree Dies at 102 Year Old Iroquois Figure
Syracuse AP reports Chief John Big Tree an Iroquois and one of three models for Indian head nickels died on Thursday. He claimed to be 102.
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Syracuse
N.Y
John Big Tree
Jonas Y. Yoder Dies in Kalona Auto Crash
Jonas Y. Yoder 83 of Kalona founder of Yoder Feeds Inc died Thursday evening in a two car crash at a Kalona intersection. He stopped at a stop sign and pulled into Highway 1 as John G. Singer of Washington approached. Yoder’s car was hit broadside. Singer and his passenger Bob Melcher escaped serious injury. Yoder born November 14 1883 in Arthur Illinois married Amelia Yoder January 28 1909 near Kalona and lived there. survived by son Lester D. Yoder and four grandchildren. Services Sunday 2:30 pm at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church burial Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. The body is at Salsoder Funeral Home.
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Kalona
Jonas Y. Yoder
Yoder Feeds, Inc
Yoder
Highway 11
John G. Singer
Washington
Singer
Bob Melcher
Jonas Yoder
Arthur
Ill
Amelia Yoder
Lester D .Yoder
Lower Deer Creek
Cedar Rapids Woman Drowns in Dubuque Motel Pool
Mrs. Caro Bowers, 31, of Cedar Rapids, was found dead in about nine feet of water at the Holiday Inn pool in Dubuque. Police said no foul play suspected after an autopsy was performed. she was vacationing with Mary Yates.
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Gazelle
Sniper Kills University Professor and Wife in Vancouver Patch
In Vancouver's Point Grey, a upstairs sniper killed Dr. David Webster and his wife Marele as they tended a strawberry patch. Two bystanders were wounded as the shooter fired at least eight rounds from three weapons in about 20 minutes. Arthur Towell, 35, is charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder after police found more than 10 rifles in his home, though the submachine guns were not used.
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Vancouver
Point Grey
Arthur John Towell
Towell
David Webster
Webster
Marele
University of British Columbia
Arnold Webster
Websters
Patti Barriss
Helda Baxter
Better Brush Up on Calendar in Soviet Absentee Case
MOSCOW AP Soviet officials claimed Y A Levit missed work three days in a row and tried to fire him The dates Feb 29 30 31 were impossible since 1969 had no leap day Levit a school library worker won his case in a central Asian village court after he showed a calendar The officials faced laughter as their absenteeism evidence backfired.
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Moscow
Y. A. Levit
Levit
Iowa Amish School Law Exemption Aims To End Battle
Iowa moves to exempt Amish from state school rules after a marathon 175 day session. The measure allows groups established a decade ago to avoid requirements for two years with annual renewal, contingent on exams. If granted, about 65 children in Hazleton area Amish schools would be taught in German and English by young women of the order.
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Oelwein
Iowa
State Board of Public Instruction
Hazleton
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