Navy Officers Say Destroyers Bear Collision Duty
Washington reports veteran U S naval officers say destroyers bear primary responsibility to avoid collisions with escort carriers during station changes. They note a destroyer must avoid crossing a carrier’s bow and take a wide course to new position, while not prejudging an investigation into the Cedar River incident. The Australian carrier Melbourne collided with the U S destroyer Frank E Evans, sinking its bow and costing 74 sailors.
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Washington
U.S
Melbourne
Frank E. Evans
Evans
Thursday Was Unusual House Sells for 25 Dollars
Disjointed reports recount a naval collision as the US destroyer Evans was torn in two. Australian statements blame misdirection while the US Navy pursues a joint inquiry, survivors describe swift destruction, and most crew members are aboard the Kearsarge en route to Sabine Bay with two wounded and one body recovered.
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U.S. Navy
Oval
Pearl Harbor
Navy
T Evans
Tis
South Vietnam
Kearsarges
Brezhnev Calls For Unity At World Communist Summit
Moscow delegates from 71 Communist parties gathered for a nine year first world summit. Brezhnev urged unity in the fight against imperialism while noting blocs and tensions with China and Romania amid absences and boycotts. The conference opened under staged pomp with some leaders refusing full participation.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid Brezhnev
St. Georgé's
Italy
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Nicolae
Ceausescu
Cedar Rapids house sells for 25 dollars at auction
The Cedar Rapids Town highway commission held a public auction for 11 parcels as part of freeway right of way plans. Thola Inc of Marion bid 25 dollars for the 213 Third Street house, leaving seven Third Street NW, three on A Avenue NW, and one on Fourth Avenue SW slated for demolition or relocation.
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Aeagine
Town Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Thola, Inc
Marion
Third ‘Street
Plang
Cedar Valley
Third Street NW
Fourth Avenue
George Cejka Dies in Ohio Turnpike Crash
George Cejka aged 76 of 3105 venue NE was killed in a traffic crash on the Ohio Turnpike north of Fremont. His wife Harriet, 66, sustained a fractured arm and other injuries after the car veered and collided with an Illinois driver LaFayette Ahern 72 who was passing.
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George Cejka
Fremont
Cejka
Harriet
Jejka
Illinois
LaFayette Ahern
Cejke
Mémorial Hospital
Warren Getting Freedom Award
New York AP Retiring Chief Justice Warren has been chosen to receive this year’s Freedom Award by Freedom House. The board voted to honor him after the 1954 school desegregation decision, though he avoided accepting awards while on the bench.
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New York
Warren
Freedom House
Freedom House Board of Trustees
Johnson to lead Viet veterans unit and administration
Johnson will head a unit for Viet veterans and oversee the administration. He would replace Beach and conduct business at a villa on the grounds of the Newporter Inn resort. Nixon was involved in continued discussions.
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Garette
Ruane Croex
Nixon
Donald E. Johnson
West Branch
United Air Lines
Municipal Airport i
Cedar Rapids
California
Johnson
Veterans Administration of the United States
Rockefeller Told by Chile To Stay Out
SANTIAGO Chile AP Nixon administration signals calling off tour after two clashes between police and a protest group. Chilean government informs Rockefeller it is best to stay away pending talks with Foreign Minister Valdes in Washington. Rockefeller to Brazil next, while Uruguay reports student clashes and debate over his visit.
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Rockefeller
Chile
Santiago
Rixon
Eduardo Frei
Foreign Ministry
Gabriel Valdes
Washin
Rockefelier
Lwitter
Latin America
New York
Frei
U.S
Nixon
Bis
San Clemente
Calif
Midway Island
White House
Ronald Zie
Bier
Brazil
Uruguay
Montevideo
Dragon Fly Spacecraft Twin Mission Launch
The Dragon Fly spacecraft, built by TRW, launches atop a Thor-Agena booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base to begin twin missions. One aims to study cosmic rays and the other carries a suite of 25 experiments with antennas and booms up to 80 feet, orbiting 245 to 680 miles high. The craft could be repurposed to aid fisheries, crop disease detection, tidal wave and forest fire forecasting, and locating mineral deposits.
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Vandenberg
Calif
TRW, Inc
Earth
Poles
Doons Ang
TRW
Eric Burnett
Lodge shows flexibility on troop exits in Paris talks
UPI reports the United States offered North Vietnam a flexible withdrawal formula while insisting no settlement can be reached without U S approval. Hanoi pressed for unconditional U S and allied troop pulls, with Lodge stating no rigid timetable and emphasis on results, including withdrawal of North Vietnamese and allied forces from South Vietnam.
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Paris
UPI
U. S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Henry Cabot
Lodge
America
Rogers Sees Possible Early Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
Secretary of State Rogers indicated there could be some early withdrawals from Vietnam though he declined to predict timing. He cited rapid training of South Vietnamese troops to replace U.S. units and said the U.S. would not press Saigon. He avoided commenting on a Nixon Thieu Midway Island announcement and stressed Vietnam must have free choice in its future. He warned against deteriorating Latin American relations and noted talks with Dobrynin on arms control and Sisco on the Middle East remained encouraging. He also called Okinawa talks with Japan a pleasant review and anticipated a mutually acceptable agreement after lengthy negotiations.
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Washington
UPI
Rogers
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Nixon
Thien
Midway Island
Thieu
Latin America
Gov. Rockefeller
Midway
Dobrynin
Joseph Sisco
Mid-East
Aichi
Okinawa
Japan
Lodge
South Vietnam
Todge
Paris
U S Recon Plane Shot Down Over North Vietnam
An unarmed U S reconnaissance plane was shot down over North Vietnam on Thursday. Two escort fighter-bombers attacked enemy anti-aircraft positions in the first such strike in six months. The two crewmen of the RFAC squadron bailed out over the Gulf of Tonkin after steering their crippled aircraft there.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
US. Command
North
Air Force
RFAC
Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Ho
Vietnam
Repose
Throne
Seren Vider Sore Denham Dang Lam
Dir
U S Toll Toll Bailey Bombers and Negotiations Report
The U S command reported 261 Americans killed in action and 1 810 wounded last week amid North Vietnamese air actions and recon flights. Negotiations stalled as Hanoi urged U S pullout while Lodge sought common ground on a political settlement. In Saigon police heightened security after terrorist blasts and a U S serviceman was wounded by a mine in the central market.
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Baigon
U.S. Command
Midway Island
Thieu
Nixon
U. S
Israel Renames Currency to Shekel Amid Budget Shuffle
AP reports Israel's parliament approved changing the currency unit name from the lira to shekel. In Washington, the Pentagon announced two U.S. destroyers will begin four days of operations in the Black Sea near Russia on June 18. The ships Perry and Norris will participate in the routing exercise.
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Shekel
Lira Jerusalem
Israel
Washington
Thellita
Pentagon
Black
Russia
Perry
Norris
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