Air War Escalates as Jets Lost in Vietnam Battle
U S and allied forces report record air activity against North Vietnam with 53 sorties in 24 hours. Four American jets and crews of three others missing or captured, while fuel dumps and missile sites are struck. Ground combat near Quang Ngai yields 360 Vietnamese estimated killed, with Australian reinforcements planned in May.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
17Th Parallel
Vinh
Air Force
Quang Ngai
Utah
Royal Australian Regiment
Johnson Faces De Gaulle Over NATO Reorganization
President Johnson told De Gaulle that his proposal to reorganize NATO strikes at the alliance core and could affect French American relations. The United States offered to discuss NATO issues and would move U S forces from France rather than hand them to Paris, while keeping channels open for negotiation.
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Washington
Johnson
de Gaulle
U.S
White House
France
Charles Bohlen
Paris
State Department
Rusk
George Ball
Charles Lacet
NATO
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Bonn
Deadline Set for Real and Personal Taxes in Linn County
Linn County residents face a May 16 deadline to pay real estate and personal taxes to avoid penalties. County treasurer Donald H. Cover cited a state opinion delaying penalties until after tax books arrive, with January first due date and March delinquency, plus September 31 for last half taxes.
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Linn County
Donald H. Cover
Cover
Lorne R. Worthington
Iowa
Worthington
Johnson urges cautious steps to sustain booming economy
President Johnson called for appropriate caution to maintain the five year economic expansion and keep unemployment around 3.7 percent. He ordered expanded manpower programs and on the job training to fill skilled positions while warning against inflationary bottlenecks. The report notes a 3.7 percent jobless rate in February and outlines a 1.6 million labor-force increase anticipated in 1966 with about 4,500 new jobs daily.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Spear Thrown At Patrol Boy Near Grant Wood School
An unidentified youth in a blue car threw a homemade spear at a school patrol boy near Grant Wood school on Monday afternoon. The spear missed inches away. The weapon was a knife blade lashed to a bamboo cane. The incident occurred at Buchanan drive and Memorial drive SE. The car had two youths and a light blue color with an out of state plate.
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Grant Wood
Buchanan Drive
Memorial Drive
Court Upholds Intoxication Test in Iowa Ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision upheld a license revocation for Leroy D. Gottschalk after he refused blood and urine tests following a July 1, 1964 accident in Lowden. The court ruled the implied consent proceeding is administrative and does not require prior attorney consultation.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar County
William R. Eads
Leroy D. Gottschalk
Lowden
Gottschalk
State Safety Department
Escobedo
Garefield
Red China May Intervene in Vietnam Prediction Stirs Senate Hearings
Asian expert A Doak Barnett testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warning that Beijing might intervene in Vietnam if it views North Vietnam as threatened. He urges recognizing China, seating two Chinas in the UN, and rethinking US policy to engage with Red China. He warns escalation could trigger wider conflict and calls for restraint.
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Sen
William Fulbright
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
China
Washington
Raonen
Red China
A. Doak Barnett
Columbia University
East Asian Institute
Barnett
U.N
Vietnam
Peking
Shanghai
U. S
Reds Attack U S Office In Indonesia
Thousands of anti communist Indonesians stormed Jakarta’s foreign ministry and burned cars at the U S embassy amid protests against President Sukarno. Demonstrators damaged offices and replaced the U S flag with the Indonesian flag as tensions rise after nationalist clashes.
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Kuala Brumpur
Malaysia
Foreign Ministry
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
U.S
Malaysia Radio
Isukarno
Washington
State Department
Major quake strikes eastern China center near Kaifeng
Moscow seismograph data report a strong earthquake in eastern China centered near Kaifeng about 350 miles south of Peking. The tremor measured ten on the Soviet scale, roughly 8.3 on the U.S. scale, with no casualties reported by Japanese correspondents in Peking.
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Moscow
Moscow /Seismograph station
China
Kaifeng
Peking
Soviet Union
U.S
Alaska
Senate defeats bid to repeal excise tax increases
The Senate rejected 74 to 10 a Gore proposal to restore higher auto and telephone excise taxes by ending a two year suspension of the 7 percent investment credit. Administration leaders argued to keep the credit as a tax policy pillar while critics urged reducing spending.
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Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Treasury
Fowler
Senate Finance Committee
Smathers
D-Fla
Hartke
D-Ind
Child Finds $100,000 in Bonds From Robbery
New York AP reported Donald McComiskey found a bag of $100,000 in savings bonds made out to Harry Lieberwitz of Great Neck. The bonds were stolen in a December home robbery. Donald will return the bonds and Lieberwitz notes the find is surprising.
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Donald McComiskey
Donald
McComiskey
Harry Lieberwitz
Great Neck
Lieberwitz
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