Two U S Planes Down Navy Destroyer Hit Near Saigon
Air losses reported as two American planes were downed and a Navy destroyer sustained a hole above the waterline from coastal gunfire. The Skyraider pilot was rescued while a Marine Skyhawk went down and is listed missing. Heavy fighting centered in the central highlands and near the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Stoddard
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Hanoi
Thanh
Shaw ordered to stand trial in Kennedy conspiracy case
Wealthy retired business executive Clay Shaw was ordered to stand trial on a murder conspiracy charge. A three judge panel found sufficient evidence after a four day preliminary hearing led by Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison. Shaw remains free on a $10,000 bond as he faces further criminal court action.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Kennedy
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Criminal District Court
Garrison
Shaw
Perry R. Russo
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Oswald
Bernard Bagert
Bogart
Criminal Court
International Trade Mart
U.S
Powell Delays Return From Exile In Bahamas
Adam Clayton Powell cancels plans to return to New York on Sunday and remains in voluntary exile on Bimini at least until April 4 court hearings. A criminal contempt warrant awaits Powell in Harlem, but leaders fear possible violence if he is arrested. Harlem figures react with mixed judgments as Powell weighs safety and politics.
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Bimini
Bahamas
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Powell
Washington
House
Harlem
Hulan Jack
Manhattan
Dan Watts
Liberator
Adam
A. Kendall Smith
Harlem Citizens For Community Action
Gross Letter in Proct to Justice Dept on Powell
About one third of House members urged the Justice Department to act on findings by the Powell inquiry committee. The March 14 letter, signed by about 150 representatives led by Gross Lennon Hall, asks Attorney General Ramsey Clark to act on reports alleging Powell misuse of public funds and falsified vouchers.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Justice Department
Adam Clayton Powell
Ramsey Clark
House Select Committee
Powell
Rep
Celler
D-N
Gross
Iowa
Lennon
D-N.c
Hall
R-Mo
Hiawatha Population Surges 60 Percent in Census
Unofficial results from a special census show Hiawatha, Cedar Rapids suburb, up about 60 percent since 1960. Dale E. Tupper of the U.S. Census Bureau cites a preliminary 2,116 residents with an official release due around March 31. The 1960 count was 1,336, boosting eligibility for larger road use and liquor tax funds.
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Hiawatha
Dale E. Tupper
U.S. Census Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Johnson Plans Virgin Islands Vacation
Mrs. Lyndon Johnson will vacation in the Virgin Islands while the President attends a Vietnam conference at Guam.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Virgin Islands
Vietnam
Guam
Deer Guest in California Swimming Pool
In San Bernardino, Arnold Lavick's backyard pool hosted a large deer that swam, exited to shake off, and dove back in before the humane society arrived. The buck then left the pool area and wandered back toward the foothills.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Arnold Lavick
Lavick
Humane Society
Iowa House subcommittee urges killing of school bus bill
Des Moines reports the Iowa House Schools Committee subcommittee plans to indefinitely postpone the controversial bill allowing private school pupils to ride public school buses on existing routes. Representatives Strothman Waugh and Hullinger spearhead the study group and reportedly voted to halt the measure.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa Daily Press Assn
House
Senate
Ihouse Schools
Charles Strothman
New London Republican
Jewell Waugh
Whiting Republican
Wand Arlo Hullinger
Leon Democrat
Romania Leaders Return After Secret Talks With Soviets
Independent Romania leaders flew home after a 31 hour visit for secret talks with Soviet leaders on European communist unity and other topics.
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Moscow
Romania
Girl Survives 9 Hour Rescue From 128 Foot Well
Theresa Fregia, 2, was rescued after eight hours and 55 minutes in a 128 foot well in Wotan Texas. Firefighters drilled a parallel shaft as a Houston crew aided with oxygen and rope rescues. She suffered minor abrasions and was taken to a Beaumont hospital in good condition.
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Theresa Fregia
VOTAW
Texas
Ransom Bill
Houston
Beaumont
Darlene Wolf
Bill
Theresa
Opal Allemange
Danny Brock
Harris County
Herace
Patsy
Glenn
Porpoises Guard Couple Adrift From Sharks in Sea Ordeal
A couple from Satellite Beach Florida told how 15 miles offshore a 17 foot boat drifted five days after a motor failure. A school of porpoises formed a protective circle around them and their dog Barri, repeatedly driving away sharks until they reached shore near Cape Canaveral. The Rambos Mr and Mrs Frederick Rambo aged 41 and 33 described sleeping fitfully and signaling in vain while waiting for rescue. Barri the schnauzer shared their raw fish meals as the porpoises kept watch each night.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Frederick Rambo
Satellite Beach
Barri
Here
Rambo
Cape Canaveral Harbor
Mrs. Rambo
Dines
Oarsmen abandon 3200 mile row to England
Gloucester Massachusetts AP reports a retired truck driver and his 21 year old son began a 3200 mile journey by 16 foot dory toward England. After 15 miles and 6 hours they returned to Gloucester harbor, citing being overloaded and taking on water.
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Gloucester
Mass
England
Lewis Mills
Lewis, Jr
Coast Guard
Gloucester Harbor
Mills
UAW Trades Back Reuther Pullout Threat
Skilled tradesmen from 372 local UAW unions endorsed Walter Reuther's threat to withdraw 1.4 million members from the AFL CIO. The resolution, adopted at the close of the 12th international skilled trades conference, calls for a general convention in April to empower the international executive board to leave the federation if deemed necessary.
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Atlantic City
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Afl‘cio
Chuckle Sports Preview on Football and Baseball Decline
A light sports note laments football and baseball fading from view to fill time between TV commercials. The piece hints at entertainment value and industry timing without hard data or dates.
New Federalism Aims To Send $60 Billion To States
President Johnson told 44 governors at the White House conference that a new kind of federalism could yield as much as 60 billion dollars in annual state aid by 1972. He contrasted past aid of 30 million in 1920 with expected 15 billion this year, urging closer White House state communications and delegation of local problem handling to states.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
America
White House
State House
Epidemics Reported in China Mainland By News Agency
Nationalist China's news agency reported outbreaks of meningitis and encephalitis on the Chinese mainland on Saturday referring to public health concerns in Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
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