Marines Hit By Barrage Biggest Yet Near DMZ
North Vietnamese forces fired over 1000 mortar rounds at U S Marine artillery positions near the DMZ in Dong Ha. The attack coincides with reports of heavy U S and ally casualties, including 2,332 killed and 3,440 enemy troops put out of action last week. ICC personnel fled toward Hue after a direct hit on their bunker. A Lang Vei bombing wounded villagers as 7 15 p m bad weather.
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Hue
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Or Bat
Dmz
Hill 125
North Vietnam
ICC
Canada
Poland
India
Lang Vei Ip
Quang Tri
Senate Group Okays Health Complex Bill in Iowa
A senate public health committee in Des Moines unanimously recommended approval of a bill to authorize Linn County Iowa to build a county owned health complex. The action allows levy for maintenance and seeks financing from federal funds and bonds with adjacent counties eligible to contract health services.
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Linn County
Des Moines
Theenate Public Health Committee
John Ely
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Polk
Ely
Committees of
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UCS
Federal Judge Bans Rand Cancer Vaccine
Federal Judge James Connell granted a permanent injunction against the manufacture and distribution of the Rand cancer vaccine in Cleveland, stopping all related activities. The ruling prohibits production and sale pending further actions by federal authorities.
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Rand
Cleveland
UPI
James Connell
Manchester To Write Of Kennedy Dealings
William Manchester will publish a detailed article about his clashes with Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy. Look magazine plans the piece for its April 4 issue, to go on newsstands March 21, outlining early courtesies and a long period of indifference and final clashes.
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UPI
William Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Look Magazine
Manchester
Convicted Seeks Public Hanging in Denver
Luis Monge 48 filed a district court petition asking to be hanged publicly in front of the Denver municipal building. He is sentenced to die in the Colorado penitentiary gas chamber the week of May 28 for bludgeoning his wife Leonarda 43 in 1963.
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Denver
Luis Monge
District Court
Monge
Colorado Penitentiary
Leonarda
Kennedy urges halt to bombing linked to peace talks
Senator Robert Kennedy calls for suspending North Vietnam bombing and entering talks within a week. He proposes a UN inspection team to prevent war escalation and a gradual shift to international force, with talks including the National Liberation Front.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
North Vietnam
Kennedy
New York
Kosygin
Russia
South Vietnam
U.N
U. S
Communist National Liberation Front
FBI Cleared Shaw of JFK Murder Link, Clark Says
New Orleans AP reports District Attorney Jim Garrison subpoenaed attorney Dean Andrews, who represented Lee Harvey Oswald after a 1963 street brawl. Attorney General-designate Ramsey Clark said the FBI found no connection between Clay Shaw and the November 22 1963 assassination. Shaw’s lawyer promised to prove his client’s innocence with a statement planned for Thursday.
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Jim Garrison
Kennedy
U. S
Resignate
Washington
FBI
Clay Shaw
Shaw
Garrison
Dean Andrews, Jr
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Clark
Port of New Orleans officials visit Cedar Rapids in 1964
C R Clay Shaw, detained Wednesday related to District Attorney Jim Garrison's Kennedy case, spoke to Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade bureau on the Port of New Orleans. He was joined by Al Martin, Port of New Orleans commissioner president, and Harvey Busch, Chicago office manager who once resided in Cedar Rapids.
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Clay Shaw
New Orleans
Rae Jim’ Garrison
Shaw
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Foreign Trade Bureau
al Martin
Board of Commissioners
Harvey Busch
Chicago
Busch
Chuckle Boy Mistakes Door Salesman for TV Ad
A humorous strip shows Chuckle Boy at the door encountering a brush salesman. He misreads the scene and exclaims it is a uve commercial, adding to the playful misunderstanding of a street sales visit.
Shaw arrest signals wider inquiry into assassination
Offers of aid pour in for Shaw a wealthy former director of New Orleans International Trade Mart charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Garrison says the arrest is the first of several expected from his five month old inquiry into the assassination.
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Shaw
New Orleans
International Trade Mart
Garrison
Edward
Black Bag drama reshapes Oregon State persuasion class
In Corvallis Oregon the Black Bag student in speech 113 drew large media crowds after students invited press to a class. After a flashlight lit session and public scrutiny the class confronted questions about persuasion and personal privacy as most students walked out.
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Oregon State University
Charles Goetzinger
Hytowitz
Dr. Goetzinger
Powell ousted from House payroll over seating fight
The House voted to strike Adam Clayton Powell from the payroll as the chamber rejected a harsher punishment. Powell’s fate may face a federal challenge as his Harlem seat is declared vacant and a special election scheduled, with Powell likely to win again despite the ouster.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
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McCormack
New York State
Harlem
Powell
Earl Harper 71 Dies Was Iowa Union Director
Earl E. Harper 71 longtime director of the University of Iowa school of fine arts and the Iowa Memorial Union died suddenly in St. Petersburg Florida where he wintered. He founded the summer fine arts festival and was director emeritus of the union. He earlier led Evansville College and Simpson College as president. He was an ordained Methodist minister active in national commissions and hymnody work. He is survived by wife Clara Lieber two sons a daughter and grandchildren. Body returned to Beckman Butherus funeral home.
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Earl E. Harper
University of Iowa School of Fine Arts
Iowa Memorial Union
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harper
Union
The
University
Evansville College
Indiana
Simpson College
Indianola
Methodist Church
Hymn Society of America
Nebraska Wesleyan
Boston University
Clara Lieber
Hugh
Medford Lake
N.J
Craig
Des Moines
Wash
Robert Reeves
Dayton
Ohio
Beckman-Butherus
Adam Powell’s Long-Running Election Clout Cited
Supporters say Adam Clayton Powell can be reelected easily after decades of strong wins. From 1952 to last year he consistently carried 65 to 75 percent, including 74 percent in 1952 and 74 percent when he did not campaign in New York City due to arrest risk.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
New York City
Powell Censure Vote Attracts Packed Galleries
Celler predicted a quick court action if Powell loses. Arch Moore argued Powell’s constituents would support him strongly despite the proceedings. Powell’s absent lawyers attended the debate and issued a brief statement from his office as the outcome neared.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Celler
Rep
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Powell
Compromise on Remap Hinted in Des Moines Talks
In Des Moines observers expect a near agreement on temporary and permanent reapportionment. Republicans would revive the 1965 plan permitting subdistricts in exchange for Democrats dropping a 189 member cap until 1970 while Democrats would back single member districts by 1968. An announcement and signatures were anticipated Friday morning.
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Des Moines
Allis-Chalmers Chooses Cedar Rapids Site
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing & Co. announced a multi million dollar plant for southwest Cedar Rapids. The new facility, planned after board action in Milwaukee, will manufacture construction machinery on a several hundred acre site west of the Highway 30-218 junction near the Wa conia Sorghum Co. mill. It will be the firm’s second Cedar Rapids operation.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing &Co
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Waconia Sorghum Co
Cedar Rapids Welcomes Allis Chalmers Plant Bid
Cedar Rapids Mayor Bob Johnson and Chamber of Commerce President Harold Wendorf praised the selection of Cedar Rapids as the site for a new multi-million dollar Allis Chalmers plant. In a telegram they pledged full cooperation and congratulated the company on its faith in Cedar Rapids and Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Wendorf
Allis-Chalmers
Allis- Chalmers
Iowa
New Cedar Rapids Plant to Employ 650, Expand Rubber-Fired Vehicle Range
Henry T. Madden, general plant manager, says the new 300,000 square foot facility will employ several hundred more at First Avenue SE. Construction starts this summer with completion in 1968, creating a separate operation for wheeled vehicles not produced at Cedar Rapids. Existing plant remains fully staffed.
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First Avenue SE
Henry T. Madden
Allis-Chailmers
P. H. Alspach
Madden
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Were 2 Quizzed Because of Mrs. Johnson's Plans
Secret service took two men to police headquarters and then to the federal courthouse for hours of questioning in Nashville. Paul Doster said no charges would be filed and the men were cooperating voluntarily with no custody.
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Nashville
Doster
U.S. Dist
Gilbert Merritt
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