Missing Briton Donald Crowhurst Disappears At Sea
Air and sea search launched for Donald Crowhurst the 36 year old Briton in a solo circumnavigation race. His yacht was found abandoned 700 miles west of the Azores with sails set. Crowhurst faced food mold and water shortages and may be a missing winner contender for a 12000 prize.
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London
Donald Crowhurst
Azores
U.S. Air Force
40Th Air Rescue Squadron
Ramstein
West Germany
Crowhurst
Rodney Hallworth
Don
Hallworth
Robin Knox-Johnston
Knox-Johnston
Heyerdahl Boat Holds Way Toward New World Test
Thor Heyerdahl’s papyrus boat Ra stayed afloat in calmer seas despite a sagging stern. Shenandoah arrived from St. Croix to refuel and would rendezvous with Ra hundreds of miles off the Martinique coast as the crew worked to endure and continue their voyage testing an ancient transoceanic theory.
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Fort DE France
Martinique
UPI
Thor Heyerdahl
Shenandoah
St. Croix
Heyerdahl
New World
America
Columbus
Flood isolates Chelsea Iowa as river crests and shutoffs rise
Iowa river crested near Tama Friday forcing 121 people from Chelsea and closing Highway 63 and Highway 212 while crews battled a freight derailment scene. Downstream, a levee breach at Marengo flooded fields and the Coralville reservoir rose to 706.7. In Waterloo, a water main break left 77 000 residents under boil water orders as Cedar River neared 20 feet. Local evacuations included 23 Indian families and several elderly residents moved by boat or to shelters.
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Iowa River
Tama
Chelsea
Iowa
Marengo
Waterloo
Belle Plaine
Frank Pushetonequa, Jr
Mary Vondracek
Eddie
Hall Street
Three Boats Later All Rescued from Wapsie
Eight people were rescued from the flood swollen Wapsipinicon river near Oxford Mills Iowa Thursday evening after a woman fell from a dam bridge and was swept downstream. Rescue efforts involved multiple boats and volunteers including Wayne Stover Arnold Soutka Cliff Dirks and Wyoming firemen. Mrs Curley was hospitalized for treatment after rescue.
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Wapsie
Oxford Mills
Wapsipinicon
Lyle Curley
Jones County
Howard Leslie
Wayne Stover
Leslie
Curleys
Stover
Arnold Soutka
Soutka
Wyoming
Cliff Dirks
Dirks
Curley
Anamosa Hospital
Dubuque Hospital
Cedar River Crest Reduced to 16 Feet at Cedar Rapids
The Cedar River in Cedar Rapids is expected to crest at 16 feet on Sunday instead of 17. City officials say 16 feet, three feet over flood stage, would not cause serious problems. Crests earlier this week peaked near 20 feet in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids prepared with sandbags though no damage reported.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Waterloo
Thieu Plan Could Open Door to Peace Says Nixon
President Nixon hailed Thieu's new peace proposals as a potential path to a rapid settlement of the Vietnam War if the communists engage in serious negotiations. The statement underscored support for a political approach to ending the conflict.
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Thieu
Nixon
Washington
South Vietnam
Thieu calls for free elections with international supervision
Paris reports outline Thieu speech proposing internationally supervised elections to end the Vietnam war. He invites Viet Cong participation if they renounce violence and accept the results. Nixon backs a political settlement and notes readiness to accept outcomes via free elections. Observers doubt a breakthrough. NLF rejects foreign supervision. Military pressure continues around Tay Ninh City and An Loc amid escalation fears.
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Thieu
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Saigon
Washington
Ziegler
Viet Cong
Paris
Hanoi
U.S
NLF
South Vietnam
Third Corps
Tay Ninh City
An Loc
Apollo 11 Crew Cleared by Doctors for Moon Mission
NASA physicians declared Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins fit to fly as countdown for the Apollo 11 moon mission moved toward a Wednesday launch. The four hour exam collected baseline vital signs for in flight and postflight comparison while technicians fixed a helium pressure leak in a first stage tank.
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Cape Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Lunar
Moon
Mission Control Center
Appeals Court Frees Spock in Draft Conspiracy Case
The first U S circuit reversed convictions of Dr Benjamin Spock and three men for conspiring to counsel youths to dodge the draft. Spock and Harvard graduate student Michael Ferber were freed from further prosecution, while retrials were ordered for Rev William Sloane Coffin and Mitchell Goodman. Marcus Raskin was acquitted.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Harvard Graduate
Michael Ferber
Ferber
Goodman
Coffin
Arlington Street
Vandals Damage City Golf Course
Vandals caused about one thousand dollars in damage at Twin Pines municipal golf course on Glassroad NE damaging back nine lighting power lines wooden markers and benches. They felled trees and toppled restrooms with the incident occurring after midnight with superintendent Kenneth Delaney alerted by his dog.
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Twin Pines
Glassroad
Kenneth Delaney
Golf Course
Delaney
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Temple, Maine
Marcus Raskin
Majority
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