Air Attack Heaviest In Three Weeks Near Vietnam
US war planes conducted the heaviest raids in three weeks over North Vietnam with a smart bomb hitting a railroad tunnel near the Chinese border. American B-52 bombers returned to North Vietnam for the first time in almost two months, while South Vietnam saw continued combat actions around Trang Bang and Quang Tri as raids intensified and the Saigon Phnom Penh highway remained closed.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Trang Bang
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Hue
Quang Tri
Hanoi
Air Force
House Approves Anti-Busing Bill in Education Measure
The House approved a sweeping education bill with a landmark anti desegregation provision. It halts court deseg orders for 18 months pending appeals and creates federal funding for colleges up to 1 billion dollars annually. A new student aid program would allocate 1400 dollars per four year student minus parental contribution. Vote was 218 to 180.
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Washington
House
Congress
Nixon
Evidence foes slow as blockade bites Hanoi forces
Washington officials say signs point to reduced North Vietnamese firepower in South Vietnam a month after Nixon ordered a halt on outside military supplies. Artillery shells into An Loc fell from weekly highs to under 300, and surface to air missiles dropped sharply. Analysts caution no proof of causation, noting port mining and rail bombing may pinch supplies and slow a Hue offensive while North Vietnamese commanders conserve ammunition.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Defense Department
South Vietnam
An Loc
Pentagon
U.S
China
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
Russia
Hanoi
Fatal hijack of Czech airliner ends in gunfire
A Czechoslovak pilot was killed when a UU-707 twin engine airliner on a Prague to Marienbad flight was hijacked Thursday to West Germany. Two passengers were wounded by gunfire on landing at Latsch airstrip. The two hijackers fled then were captured as investigators report the co pilot guided the plane to safety.
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Weiden
Germany
West Germany
Latsch
Marienbad
Prague
Suit Could Delay Mt Vernon Road Widening For 30 Days
A civil suit filed by Dobn and Shirley Wolfe seeks to block bids on Mt Vernon road SE widening for 30 days to allow compliance with planning commission review. The case claims funds may be diverted to the next fiscal year if delays occur, risking $319,089.68 in city and taxpayer costs. The hearing set for Wednesday will decide on a temporary injunction to stop bid lettings.
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Mt. ‘Vernon Road SE
Dobn
Shirley Wolfe
Mt. Vernon Road SE
Lim District Court
City Planning Commission
Dick Ransom
the Gazette
T.o.p.lcs
C.o.p.lcs. Furds
Mir. Vernon
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Road
Eleven GIs Killed and Contractor Link Probed
Eleven Americans were killed in action last week with 20 wounded and non hostile deaths. South Vietnamese casualties rose, while U S. totals reached 45 776 killed in action 303 006 wounded and 10 191 dead from non hostile causes. In Ames Iowa the highway commission will disqualify Kehe Construction Co. of Waverly due to a state legislator interest in contracts. Rep Lovett Kehe and Welden Brothers, Inc were named in bidding discussions amid an attorney general opinion on conflict of interest.
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Saigon
Tau
CS. Command
U. S
Dale Ructer
AMES
Tawa Highway Commission
Mo Tonger
Commission
Kehe Construction Co
Waverly
Lovettt
Kehe
Highway Commission
Rep
Keith Davis
Welden Brothers, Inc
Iowa Falls
Davis
Welden
Richard Welden
Welden Brothers
House Trans
Appropriations
Mm Transportation
The
Robert W. Goodwin
Iowa
Convention Plans Laid By Wallace
AP report states Gov. George Wallace aims to bargain for presidency at the Democratic national convention after a 1960s assassination attempt left him partly paralyzed. Wallace’s strategist Charles Snider predicts Wallace will participate in the election and push for platform concessions, while weighing a potential stance on a Democratic ticket led by Sen. George McGovern. Humphrey shifts stance after California primary. continues to oppose McGovern.
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MIAML
George
Wallace
Charles Snider
Snider
Alabama
Weenenday
Gov. Wallace
George ‘McGovern
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
McGovern
California
Muskie
John O. Pastore
D-R.1
Pastore
John V. Tunney
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Wallace McGovern
Rumphrey
Humphrey
Lightning Sparks Iowa City Blaze
An early morning fire in Iowa City started when lightning struck a sail pipe on the roof of Mrs. Wendell Johnson’s house. The blaze spread from a pantry to the kitchen. three fire trucks fought the flames for over 12 hours, narrowly preventing spread to adjoining rooms.
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Laws News
Iowa City
Wendell Johnson
Johnson House
McGovern And Muskie Weigh Possible Meeting On Support
Washington reports Sen George McGovern said he planned to meet with Sen Ed Muskie to discuss Muskie possibly backing McGovern for the Democratic presidential nomination. Muskie, once viewed as a frontrunner, said a withdrawal was not being considered and a meeting was possible.
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Washington
UPI
George McGovern
Thurslay
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
McGovern
Maine
Sen. Muskie
Miami Beach
McGavert
George C. Wallace
Pye
Gov. Wallace
Wallace
U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Inacjon
Hanoi
Mat
Kirkwood College teacher dies in Minnesota crash
Allyn L. Sievila, 33, English teacher at Kirkwood Community College since 1968, was fatally injured in a one-vehicle crash near Crosby Minnesota. She suffered a broken neck and back after her car rolled over on Highway 1 20. Survived by husband John, parents Arnold and ( Mrs. Gaese), Fergus Falls, and a brother in Germany. Born Fergus Falls, she graduated Gustavus Adolphus College and earned a master’s from Kansas University. Services likely Saturday in Fergus Falls. body taken to Crosby funeral home.
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Cedar Rapids News
Allyn L. Sievila
Kirkwood Community College
Grosby
Minn
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Sievila
Crosby
Eboul
John
Sixth Street
Arnold Gaese
Fergus Falls
Mint
Germany
Gustavus Adolphus, College
St. Peter
Kansas University
Braham
Kansas U
Kirkwood
Parents pay for six weeks camp to craft ashtray
Parents spend about 1000 for a six week Chuckle Sumavee camp where children learn to make a 25 cent ashtray under supervision at Compriahy.
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Cedar Rapids
Clell Brewer
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Johnson County Sheriff's
Kirkwood College
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