LB Draft Plan Stirs Public Ire
Americans writing their congressmen oppose Johnson draft priorities to induct 19 year olds first by lottery. AP survey shows strong support for college deferments. The president’s reversal to favor the youngest draws passionate objections from mothers and others uneasy about risking youths’ lives.
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Washington
Johnson
Associated Press
Congress
L. Mendel Rivers
D.C
House Armed Services Committee
Alaskans Demand Tough Action After Soviet Trawler Seizures
Reports describe a stormy Alaska reaction to the seizure of the Soviet trawler SRTM 457 by the cutter Storis off the Shumagin Islands and a prior seizure, fueling calls for harsher penalties and broader actions against Soviet fishing. Alaska leaders urge maximum penalties, while federal officials urge long term considerations and treaty renegotiations.
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Nto Alaskad
Lowi
Shumagin Islands
Lone Cawinte
Alaska
U.S. District Court
Anchorage
Washington
E. L. Bartlett
Ernest Gruening
D-Alaska
Congress Adrift After 11 Weeks of 90th Session
As the 90th Congress enters a prolonged recess, leaders clash over progress. House and Senate figures spar over inaction versus momentum while major bills loom, Powell seating potential, and ethics probes continue.
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William Arbogast Washington
Chuckle: Happiness Not Measured by Wealth
A humorous reflection notes that happiness cannot be judged by money. It contrasts ten million and eleven million dollars, suggesting similar happiness levels despite larger sums. Copyright INTO.
Soggy Easter Weekend Forecast From AP
Yowans saw welcome spring sunshine on Friday but faced a soggy Easter weekend. Temperatures should rise into the 70s Saturday after a Friday low in the 40s with a chance of showers and a cooler Sunday. The five day outlook predicts readings a few degrees above normal.
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Weather Bureau
Students Loot Trucks During Fort Lauderdale Beach Riot
Thousands of college students in Fort Lauderdale looted three delivery trucks and tossed fruit at police. Riot squads from three departments moved in to prevent a larger riot as streets from the perimeter to the beaches were barricaded. No injuries were reported in the first half hour.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Perrondl
Fort’ ‘Lauderdale
U.S. Highway A1a
Mom's Pay Taken and Child Delivered to Loan Firm
In Nashville a mother Wanda Lee Thompson 27 delivered her daughter Daisy Ann Thompson five to Century Finance Co. after her wages were garnisheed. The note stated the child needed shoes and care and juvenile officials filed a neglect charge with a hearing to be scheduled.
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Nashville
Bill McMaster
Century Finance Co
Daisy Ann Thompson
McMaster
Wanda Lee Thompson
Four year old genius applies to Grant High School
Kim Ung yong a four year old Korean prodigy applies to Grant High School in Van Nuys California amid concerns over his size and emotional adjustment. Principal Henry Dyck questions readiness for a 3500 student campus and whether special clearance is needed.
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van Nuys
Calif
Kim Ung-yong
Grant High School
Henry Dyck
Ung-yong
Kim Soo-sun
Seoul
Grant
Joseph Feinstein
Feinstein
Look Magazine
Kim
Leatherneck unit fights at 30 to 1 odds near DMZ
UPI reports heavy fighting south of the DMZ as Marines clash with North Vietnamese forces. Sixty one communists killed near Da Nang, 130 estimated in total, amid rain and destroyed helicopters and wounded Marines flown out hours later.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Dmz
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Fifth Marines
Blind Woman Dies in Blaze in Cincinnati Apartment Building
Fire swept a 65 unit Cincinnati building on Friday. One resident, Mary Reid, 53, blind and mother of three, was killed after being trapped. Eight other residents suffered smoke effects. three firefighters were overcome. Tenant Elsa Gilford reported smelling smoke for about an hour but found no fire. Frances Reed heard an explosion.
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Cincinnati
Mary Reid
James Hassett
Elsa Gilford
Frances Reed
Educators Dead In Vietnam Plane Crash Near Da Nang
Eight U S educators and a pilot died when a small twin engine plane crashed in rainy conditions north of Da Nang while en route from Saigon to Hue. The victims include Dr James Albertson and Dr Melvin Wall among university leaders and educators from Wisconsin, Gustavus Adolphus, Bemidji State, and Illinois. The group, sponsored by AID, was studying high school education in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
U. S
James Albertson
Stevens Point
Wisconsin State University
Melvin Wall
River Falls
Howard Johnshoy
Gustavus ‘Adolphus College
St. Peter
Minn
Robert la Follette
Agency For International Development
Harvard
University of Maryland
Vietnam
AID
Lair America
Hue
Luther Graduate Bangsberg Earns Luther College Degree
Luther Graduate Bangsberg earned his bachelor’s degree from Luther College in Decorah Iowa in 1950. He later received his master of arts and doctor degrees from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Pickett studied at Iowa State University in Ames.
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Bangsberg
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Pickett
Iowa State University
Ames
One Way of Finding Gold
SENECA Calif AP The Wayne Woodward ducks escaped from their pen and started swimming in a nearby pond. Mrs Woodward tried to scare them back with rocks. She noticed one rock she did not throw and the couple who run a local mine sold the gold in the rock for seventy dollars.
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Seneca
Calif
Wayne Woodward
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