Reds Denounce Nixon Proposals In Vietnam Talks
Paris AP dispatch reports Viet Cong and North Vietnam denouncing Nixon Vietnam policy as deceitful and aimed at keeping the Saigon regime. They labeled troop withdrawals and de Americanization as illusions while U S Ambassador Lodge urged serious negotiations and new instructions from Nixon as talks extended five hours.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Thi Bihn
Ha van Lau
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen
van ‘Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
Lodge
Thieu
U S Combat Deaths Drop In Vietnam War Week
U S forces report 247 Americans killed in action in the seven day period ending Saturday, down from 385. Wounded drop to 1 680 from 1 695 with 797 hospitalized. South Vietnamese losses also ease with 474 killed and 1 496 wounded. Enemy toll reaches 3 988 for the week, total U S casualties rising to 36 625 as of January 1961.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
US Puzzled by Drop In North Vietnamese Infiltration
Washington reports the state and defense departments seek to assess the consequences of a fall in North Vietnamese troop infiltration into South Vietnam. Weather and manpower drain are cited. officials see no clear sign Hanoi aims to de-escalate. They expect a possible enemy offensive later this summer.
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Washington
State and Defense Departments
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Hanoi
U.S
Rainy weather dents Iowa corn yield says extension chief
Eastern Iowa faces poor corn and tomato yields from consecutive storms while lawns thrive on wet conditions. Heavy rainfall Wednesday reached 2.89 inches with floods and road closures, Cedar River flooding, and a station wagon struck by lightning. A family of boys were saved from rising waters as crews responded. Continuous downpours and strong winds caused minor damage, with communities like Solon and Dubuque experiencing impacts and evacuations in some areas.
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Iowa
Linn
Richard Freeman
Freeman
Flo Gibson
Averly
Gibson
Waverly
Dubuque
Charles City
Ex- 2
Cedar River
Michael Hobanks
Howard County
Dennis Salis
Allen
Michael
Solon
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Surtax Vote Set for Monday in Tax Bill Debate
Washington reports House leaders plan a Monday floor vote on the income tax surcharge as the anti inflation measure faces weather related delays and shifting Republican support. Storms drenched the northwest with up to 6.5 inches of rain near Cherokee and evacuations rose as rivers flooded.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
Towans
Cherokee
Hones
Railroad Creek
Little Sioux River
Expansion of Voting Act Sought
Washington AP The Nixon administration proposed a nationwide ban on voter literacy tests and state residency requirements for presidential elections. It would empower the attorney general to deploy federal voting examiners and observers nationwide as a major expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Washington
Nixon
Attorney General
Alty
John Mitchell
Mitchell
House Judiciary
Omaha Suffers Night Of Disorder After Shooting
In Omaha a six block stretch of business districts burned or ruined after a night of looting and sniping following the fatal shooting of a 14 year old Negro girl by a white officer. Police jailed at least 20 on weapons and entry charges as fires raged with fire crews blocked by thrown objects. Mayor Leshy and Gov. Tiemann mobilized guards while off duty firefighters were recalled.
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Omaha
James Loder
Edy Lamarr
Lewis Roberti
Nebraska National Guard
Car Plunges in River as Two Girls Rescue Driver
Two Mesquakie women Ida May Potter and Cherie Johnson saved 20 year old Darrel Duhachek after his car struck a Tama bridge and sank in the Iowa river backwater. Fire and police assisted. Duhachek survived with fractures and multiple injuries after being pulled from the submerged vehicle.
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Alice Witasky
Galette Carraspantes
Tama
Darrel Duhachek
Toledo Heights
Lowa River
Ida May Potter
Seete
Cherie Johnson
Mesquakie
Duhachek
Gene Clerkin
Vinton
Tama Police Department
Tama County Sheriff's Office
Tama Fire Department
Larry Bartling
Montour
Marshalltown
Bartling
Evangelical Hospital
Talmost
Downed in Laos by Pathet Lao guerillas
Hanni's news agency reported five U S warplanes were shot down in Laos during May and June by Red Pathet Lao guerillas, signaling ongoing aerial combat in the region.
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Laos
Tokyo
Hanni
Red Pathet Lao
U.S
Warren Assesses Court Years One Man One Vote Rulings
Sacramento AP Earl Warren says the most important Supreme Court rulings of his 16 years as chief justice were those declaring one man's vote should count as much as another's. He cites reapportionment decisions over school desegregation as the era of the people’s court. He defends obscenity rulings and warns against coddling criminals. He notes civil rights cases and slow implementation, and stresses the Constitution and Bill of Rights will endure. Warren spoke in a pre retirement interview with Morrie Landsberg in Sacramento airing after his resignation.
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Sacramento
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Warren
Warren Court
People's Court
Staate
Morrie Landsberg
McClatchy Broadcasting
Landsberg
Tornado Leaves Damage Across Delaware County Farms in Iowa
A twister struck at least fourteen farms in Delaware county on Thursday morning, uprooting trees and damaging buildings from west of Ryan to east of Manchester near Colesburg. No injuries were reported as the storm path crossed Highway 20, damaging barns, hog houses, sheds, and power lines, with debris scattered and trees downed.
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Iowa
Jasper
Mina
Delaware County
Ryan
Manchester
Colesburg
Frank Klein
Robert McAleer
Cletus Hellman
Louis Riley
Mark Schlueter
Ambrose Hellman
Klein
McAleer
Hellman
Riley
Frank Funke
Highway 20
Gary Vor Talge
Ben Sheldon
L. M. Hullinger
Ray Drees
Anthony Godeken
Hullinger
Godeken
Leland Klaus
Lenny Phelps
Arnold Holthaus
Klaus
Harold Bush
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