Gls Kill 143 Viet Cong in Two Battles
American infantrymen and helicopter gunships killed 143 Viet Cong in two battles Wednesday near Phu Cat base. In Washington a summit conference between Johnson and Kosygin appeared likely Friday as Rusk and Gromyko held talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Risher
Saigon
UPI
New York
Johnson
Kosygin
Phu Cat
Rusk
Gromyko
Los Angeles
U.N
Washington
Johnson-Kosygin
Kossygin
Middle East
Vietnam
Vietnam War Toll and Belfast U.S. Losses Reported
U.S. weekly casualties total 143 killed 953 wounded and 16 missing or captured with admits of major battles. The 25th Infantry and First Cavalry divisions report high communist losses while Alpha Company suffers a devastating waterborne assault near Saigon. Pilots fly 1133 missions Wednesday as forces move to disrupt Viet Cong bases on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Communist
China
Robert Patterson
Akron
Ohio
John Firse
Cleveland
Alpha
Lawrence II Sentenced to Ninety Years in Iowa Penitentiary
Richard P. Lawrence, 37, convicted of second degree murder in the December 20 slaying of Clark Kaiser, received a 9 year term at Fort Madison. Judge William R. Eads noted the case could have been first degree murder with life. defense plans to appeal while arguing a public access issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Ropids
Richard P. Lawrence
Clark Kaiser
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
William R. Eads
Lawrence
Dora Thomassen
Deputy serhousek Finds two rescued girls after chase
Deputy William Serhousek halted Carter after a lead from three teens and found two terrified but unharmed 11 year old girls in a trunk. One girl said her mother was killed by the driver, identifying him as the suspect. The other girl added the driver had also killed a man and his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ser“pousek
Serhousek
Serbousek
Senate rejects Tower move to soften Dodd reprimand
Washington UPI The senate voted 87 to 9 to prevent weakening its stance against Sen. Dodd. Sen. Tower had proposed substituting a reprimand for censure, a step between the ethics committee stance and stronger action. Dodd did not vote and his family left the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Long
D-La
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
Senate
Sen. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Serbousek
Carter
Congress
Texas Man Is Nabbed in C R
Joseph Bob Carter alias Hubert McCellan was arraigned in Vinton on first degree murder charges for the slayings of Gladys Schwab and Leland Skoog and his son Garith. The case links a Cedar Rapids arrest, Tama and Benton County deaths, and a car tied to Garith Skoog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
William Serbousek
Fairfax
Serbousek
Joseph Robert Carter
Dallas
Texas
Hubert McCellan
Belle Plaine
Carter
Vinton
Joseph Bob Carter
Gladys Schwab
Leland Skoog
Elberon Farmer
Garith
Cedar Rapids
Vinton County
Justice of the Peace
Fay Hite
Schwab
Braksiek
Elberon
Braksiek Farm
Beaumont
McCellan
Leavenworth
Kan
Skoog
Tama County
Freight-Hopping Cat Reaches Missouri on Freight Car
A gray and white hobo cat ridden west coast freights was found in a West Plains Frisco car. Discovered in a locked freight car left California, the cat was bathed and fed by Mrs. J. E. Hard who seeks a permanent home for the traveling cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Plains
Pacific Coast
California
J. E. Hard
Tiger Lady strikes again in Saigon killings
In Saigon's Cholon district a raven haired assassin wounded an American sergeant and fled on a scooter. Police suspect a Viet Cong team as multiple U S personnel have been killed or wounded by the Tiger Lady in a month. Authorities fear coordinated terror and note a US captain, a civilian contractor, and his Vietnamese companion among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
API
Air Force
House Subcommittee Backs Federal Riot Travel Crime
A House subcommittee approved a measure to make traveling between states to incite riots a federal crime. Cambodia said it would accept a permanent Viet Cong diplomatic representative, official sources reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Be Patches To Congressmen Be Patches To Congressmen
Members of Congress received black eye patches like Gen Moshe Dayan wore along with cards reading Win in Vietnam The patches were made in Japan An unknown donor sent the envelopes from Santa Ana California Some recipients view the gifts as pressuring the United States to intensify the Vietnam War
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Vietnam
Japan
Santa Ana
Calif
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Stewart Hensley
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. First Air Cavalry
Mekong Delta
Moscow
Austin
Luci Nugent
Patrick Lyndor Nugent
Los Aneles
Gromyke
U. N
Bong Son
Laos
Lawrence II
Robert Nelson
Nelson
Robert Fassler
Eads
Ater
By George Kruse
the Gazette
Pine Jon
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Julie Braksiek
Christine
Joseph Carter
C.R
Dale Kueter
Phyllis Fleming
Julie
Richard Braksiek
Garith Skoog
Mr. Skoog
Gary
Benton County
Keith Mossman
M. H. Bordwick
Jack Milroy
Hite
William Serboussek
Lonce
Tama
Ralph Weitzell
Iowa River
Joe McBride
Forest Schafer
Wayne Martin
Traer
Don Latham
Sheridan
Wyo
Today's Index
BS Daily Record
Marion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!