Weekly U.S. combat deaths top 40 in seven days amid Vietnam war
The U S command reports 48 American battle deaths in the past week the highest toll in four weeks with many linked to three May shellings of bases. Wounded total 226, nonhostile deaths 16. overall war toll rises to 45 201 killed and 299 663 wounded since Jan 1 1961. Also notes helicopter downings and Cambodian actions tied to a broader regional drive.
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Ray Names 3 to Board of Regents
Gov. Robert Ray announced six appointments to state posts on Thursday including three to the state board of regents. The appointees, subject to senate confirmation, include Mrs. Robert M. Callison of Oskaloosa, 50, a Democrat, and other nominees to the regents overseeing Iowa universities and state schools.
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Gaielew
Hid in Field Five Days Escapes East Germans
An East German man hid in a field near Bad Harzburg for five days to avoid guards and helicopters before at last crossing into West Germany. Border police said he hid starting May 29 as alarms sounded during a border crossing attempt and was pursued with dogs and air patrols.
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Germany
UPI
Bad Harzburg
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Chuckle Show Spotlight Shows a Name With Young Children
A playful note hints at a home where every pack of cards counts out, and a name connected to young children appears. The clue sits between 37 and 51, with a copyright remark framing the tease.
Concorde Tores Notables Fall Short of Mach 2
Paris AP Senator Barry Goldwater U S Transportation secretary John Volpe and five airline presidents rode the Concorde but its afterburners balked not reaching Mach 2. Henry Ziegler of Aerospatiale expressed disappointment as executives from Pan American Eastern Lufthansa BOAC Air France observed a 1 hour 41 minute test flight around Brittany. The jet peaked just under Mach 1.3 at 3800 feet. Goldwater remained impressed despite the miss.
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John’ Valpe
Henry Ziegler
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Pan American World Airways
Eastern
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BOAC
Air France
Goldwater
Five Presumed Dead in U S Air Force Tanker Crash
A U S air force tanker with a crew of five crashed and burned near a hamlet in Guadalajara province. All five crew members are presumed dead.
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Madrid
UPI
Guadalajara
Hanoi hints refusal to accept prisoners
Paris AP dispatch reports North Vietnam signaling possible rejection of 570 sick and wounded prisoners for repatriation from South Vietnam. Only 13 are said to be permitted home amid U S Saigon pressure and alleged repression cited by Viet Cong and protest figures.
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Hughes Warns Nixon Acknowledges Drug Epidemic Among Veterans
Senator Harold Hughes says the Nixon administration has been sleeping through the heroin addiction wave among returning Vietnam veterans. He chairs a subcommittee planning hearings with Sen. Cranston to study lack of treatment for addicted and discharged veterans and cites an "endemic disease" level of the problem.
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Berlin Pact Progress Reported at NATO Ministers Meet
Lisbon dispatch reports foreign ministers progress on the Berlin issue and a European security conference. They hope talks with Communist powers will begin after a full Berlin agreement is signed. The remarks came during NATO ministers council sessions in Portugal.
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Iowa Senate Hears Tax Plan For School Aid And Revenue
A conference committee advanced a tax and school funding package that would raise income tax rates retroactively to 1971 and increase corporation taxes while rejecting a sales tax hike. The plan aims to boost direct school aid to about 186 million in 1971 72 and 222 million in 1972 74, funded by state and local property taxes and new revenue, with details to be finalized in a report for final votes.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
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Towa
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Austerity Budget Sets Regents for 1971 7 Biennium
A house backed austerity funding for the state regents with 2007 million for the three universities, 19 million below the regents request. Legislator Hansen warned enrollment growth gaps could force Iowa State University Iowa and Northern Iowa to turn away graduates of two year colleges seeking degrees. The measure bans undergraduate fee increases for the next biennium.
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DES Moines
State Board of Regents
Willard Hansen
Cedar Falls
Hansen
Iowa
Iowa State
Towa
Senate Backs Nixon Action Corps Plan
The Senate approved Nixon's plan to merge six volunteer programs into a new Action Corps led by Joseph Blatchford. The 54 to 28 vote clears the measure for July 1 implementation, with House counterparts having already passed a veto-proof path last week. Senator Harrison Williams criticized the plan as stifling idealism while Senator Charles Percy defended its focus on public service.
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Nixon
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Action Corps
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Hoffa Ends Run for Teamsters Presidency in Parole Move
President candidate James R Hoffa withdraws from re election while endorsing Frank Fitzsimmons The Teamsters board backs Fitzsimmons as Hoffa serves a 13 year federal sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud Hoffa hopes parole may alter his fate and retain influence in union affairs through Fitzsimmons leadership
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Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Frank Filesimmons
Hoffa
Pilusimmons
Miami Beach
Teamsters
Jimmy
Fitzsimmons
Frend
Detroit
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Teamster
Mollywood
Fla
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Edward Partin
Partin
Teachsters
Multi Fatality Crash Reported Near Cedar Rapids Iowa
An accident three miles east of Cedar Rapids on Highway 20 left three or more fatalities. Iowa Highway Patrol spokesmen provided no further details at press time.
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Highway 20
Iowa Highway Patrol
Soviet General Leonid Novikov Dies at 95 in Moscow
Maj. Gen. Leonid Novikov, a former czarist colonel who joined the Soviet army and served over four decades, has died in Moscow at age 95.
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Leonid Novikov
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