Viet Situation Improves in South Vietnam Says U.S. Spokesman
A U S military spokesman said the situation across South Vietnam has improved in recent weeks. The Mekong delta near Saigon has been quiet after a period of Viet Cong activity, with officials noting no hard core Viet Cong presence for weeks. Some reports suggest gains by North Vietnamese forces moving north to join the effort to partition the country.
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George McArthur
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Tokyo
Francois Missoffe
Vietnam
Peking
Ho Chi Minh
Fourth White Man Nabbed In Clubbing
A fourth white man was arrested Thursday and charged with assault with intent to murder in the clubbing attack on a Boston minister in Selma Alabama Tuesday night. Three men had been arrested Wednesday as federal and state authorities pursued the civil rights case.
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Selma, Ala
Boston
Birmingham
Selma
James Reed
Marie
Iman
Birthday Gift Prompt Sparks Playful Ex nnotation
Chuckle Wife opens a birthday present from her husband and jokes that the item is exactly what she needed to exchange for what she had wanted. The lighthearted remark adds a domestic, humorous moment to a birthday scene.
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Angel
Sueppel seeks speed limit cuts in Iowa proposal
Des Moines AP State Safety Commissioner William Sueppel urged lowering Iowa speed limits on primary and secondary highways. He would submit a bill to set 60 mph day and night on primary roads, 60 mph day and 50 mph night on paved secondary roads, and 50 mph day and night on unpaved secondary roads, with current limits of 70/60, 70/60, and 60/50 respectively.
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Des Moines
William Sueppel
Iowa
Sueppel
Steel Vote Probe Starting Monday
Pittsburgh AP reports field investigations into alleged irregularities in the United Steelworkers election will start Monday. Sueppel also recommended starting the probe, with continued details on page 10.
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Pittsburgh (Ap
United Steelworkers
Sueppel
Expressway Hearing Wins Public Roads Bureau Okay
The U S Bureau of Public Roads approved the Oct 21 1964 Cedar Rapids public hearing on the Cedar Valley expressway corridor. Van Snyder said federal approval confirms the project, with further approvals needed as plans develop for design right of way and planning. The next step is preliminary design submission for federal approval and ABC funds covering 50 percent of the project.
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Public Roads Bureau
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Cedar Valley Expressway
van Snyder
Iowa Highway Commission
Bureau
L. M. Clauson
High ‘Way Commission
Snyder
Bureau of Public Roads
The
Highway Commission
Clear Former Illinois Chief
CHICAGO AP William G Stratton former Republican governor of Illinois was acquitted Thursday on a charge of income tax evasion.
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Chicago
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Contempt Denied in King's Voter Drive Case
Federal Judge Frank Johnson Jr. rejected Dallas County Sheriff James Clark's bid to hold Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in contempt for leading a Selma street march. The order contends the contempt issue rests with the alleged contemner, as civil rights leaders and the Justice Department seek to bar interference with peaceful demonstrations.
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Montgomery
Dallas
James Clark
Martin Luther King, Jr
Selma
U. S
Frank Johnson, Jr
Clark
Justice Department
Civil rights sit-in at White House. hunger strike planned
A mixed group of white and Black protesters briefly collapsed on the White House floor during a civil rights sit-in. Nine demonstrators reportedly planned a hunger strike, while a larger march from Selma to Montgomery was halted by state troopers. Iowa lawmakers passed a measure raising unemployment benefits to about $52 weekly, with debate over its impact on industry.
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White ‘House
King
Selma
Johnson
Montgomery
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
James Caffery
House
Senate
Richard Brown
White House
Brown
Mr. Johnson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Commons Won't Expel Accuser In Contempt Case
In London a House of Commons committee found Laborite MP Patrick Duffy guilty of gross contempt for remarks about fellow MPs and pay scales. A written apology was accepted and no personal imputations were intended. The report notes reported demonstrations and a sit-in at the White House with protesters citing Selma action.
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London
House of Commons
House Committee
Duffy
Hawk County
Arkansas Capitol Demostrators Barred by State Police
State police dragged and carried two dozen white and Negro demonstrators from the Arkansas state capitol on Thursday breaking up a double-barreled effort to integrate the cafeteria inside the building.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
UPI
State Capitol
Iowa Senate Studying School Standards Bill
A Iowa senate education committee studied a bill to set minimum standards for all grades one through 12 in public and private schools. The measure would empower the state superintendent with guidelines approved by the state board, cover community colleges, and require adequate funding for staff to implement standards. It outlines criteria for administration staffing, certification, facilities, libraries, and graduation rules while allowing removal of nonconforming schools, with parent options to transfer to approved districts.
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Iowa
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Mekong Delta
By Jean Crafton
U.S. Marine Corps
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Nha Trang
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FBI
William ‘Hoggle
Elmer Cook
Ward
R. B. Kelly
Reed
Univer
Selma Public Safety
Wilson Baker
al Lingo
C. T. Vivian
Lingo
Baker
Vivian
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G.O.P
Dean Burch
Ray Bliss
Slash
Steel
Clauson
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Pblic
Clear
Col
Albert Lingo
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Maurice Baringer
R-Oelwein
Commons
Paul Johnston
State Department of Public Instruction
Picard Dewennee
Farm
Marion
Society
State Vieeevesansadees
Bares
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