Viet Cong Shell Saigon Again Amid Heavy Fighting
Viet Cong shelled Saigon for a second night, firing about 20 mortar rounds into the southern sector and hitting the Fourth Precinct area. Fresh VC troops entered the capital as government forces, led by tanks, mounted a major operation in Gia Dinh and near the Independence Palace, with battles extending into western districts. US reports cited infiltrating five man VC cells and a malfunctioning rocket killed six Saigon officials, while Saigon named General Nguyen Van Minh to oversee defense.
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Viet Cong
U.S
President Thieu
Independence Palace
Gia Dinh
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
Nguyen van Minh
Third Military Corps
Mekong
Abby Moves Ashore as Abby Storm Wanes
Hurricane Abby made landfall near Florida and quickly weakened to a tropical storm. One child drowned in Key West and a man was missing at sea as the storm drifted toward the Atlantic. Civil defense opened shelters along the Gulf coast.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Flamingo
Florida Keys
National Hurricane Center
Atlantic
Cape Kennedy
April Means
Key West
Abby
Tampa
Miami
Gulf Coast
Cedar Rapids School Board Faces State Budget Review
Cedar Rapids school leaders were summoned to Des Moines to justify 1967 68 general fund growth 21 percent versus a 15 percent limit. Superintendent Arnold Salisbury calls it a learning session while noting many districts faced growth above limits. The review panel could cut state aid if justifyations fail, raising local property tax concerns.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Arnold Salisbury
Iowa
Paul F. Johnston
Salisbury
O'Donnell
Cedar Rapids Faces Elm Disease Hit Citywide
Cedar Rapids city forester Bob Gardner told the council the Dutch elm disease is clobbering local trees. He urged more crews and equipment after 959 elms were removed last year and an estimated 1 500 to be cut this year, needing about 10 000 extra man hours. The crisis could trigger a bond issue or use of the emergency fund to fund disease prevention. Continued on page 3.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Gardner
Gardner
Forestry Department
Donald Canney
Frank Bush
Conney
California Primaries Edge Kennedy McCarthy Clash On Eve
Kennedy and McCarthy traded charges as California held pivotal primary voting alongside New Jersey and South Dakota delegate contests. Reagan ran unopposed for 86 GOP convention votes while Nixon prepared for a campaign push in New York. Humphrey campaigned in Connecticut urging peaceful development and aid to poor nations.
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Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
California
New Jersey
South Dakota
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
Humphrey
Alabama
Mississippi
Montana
Richard Nixon
New York
Ronald Reagan
G.O.P
Los Angeles Times
Iowa Urges Highway Aid Reform After Interstate Build
Iowa highway chief J R Coupal urged Congress to apportion federal highway aid by a nationwide formula after the interstate system is complete. He pressed greater focus on urban roads and the Great River road in Eastern Iowa and outlined a long range plan to add 833 miles of freeway and 1 039 miles of expressway by 1990 at an estimated cost of 1 790 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
J. R. Coupal
Iowa
House of Representatives Committee On Roads
Coupal
Highway Trust Fund
Bureau of Public Roads
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Iowa Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Iowa Freeway
Israeli Arab fighting flares near Irbid on eve of war anniversary
United Nations officials say Jordan charged Israeli forces with killing 34 people in Irbid and injuring civilians as ground to ground rockets were used for the first time. Tel Aviv reports intensified shelling across the border with artillery, mortars and tanks.
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United Nations
Jordan
Irbid
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
France Draws $745 Million from IMF Amid Strike Crisis
France withdraws 745 million dollars from the International Monetary Fund as gold and foreign reserves fall amid a nationwide strike that began in mid May. Reserves dropped to 5.72 billion on May 31 as unions press for wage gains and transport workers seek to resume services.
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Paris
France
International Monetary Fund
Finance Ministry
Marcoule
Marseille
Credit Lyonnais
Johnson urges closer US Soviet ties for Vietnam peace
President Johnson, speaking at Glassboro State College on the anniversary of the Hollybush summit, urged new American Soviet cooperation to ease Vietnam conflict. He said peace would be slow and tough but less rocky if the two powers travel part way together and cooperate on global issues.
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N. J
Johnson
Alexi N. Kosygin
Vietnam
United States
Russia
Glassboro State College
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Hollybush
Difference Between Spring Breath and End of Winter
A playful note contrasts two compl iments about appearance with witty phrasing. The comparison highlights how language shifts from uplifting to bleak imagery in a single sentiment.
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UPI
le Duc Tho
Valerian Zorin
Xuan Thuy
Tho
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
R. H. Simpson
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Director Ben Trickey
Board
Ernest Pence
By Jerry Elsen
Associated Press
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New London
Conn Humphrey
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Congress
Asian Development Bank
Agency For International Development
World Fund
By Frank Cormier
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