Seating Powell Prediction Sparks House Debate
Washington AP reported Rep. Celler says the House may reverse itself and seat Adam Clayton Powell if he wins a forthcoming special election. Conyers agrees a shift is likely as officials note prior votes against seating Powell. Powell campaigns amid heavy favor, with legal action and committee findings on misuse of funds. In Karachi, a 0.5 mph gale and heavy rains caused at least 10 deaths and over 100 injuries.
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Brush Fires Rage Across Iowa Acres Burned in Multiple Counties
Strong winds fanned fires across western and southern Iowa. Decatur county reported about 400 acres of timber and grassland burned near Leon while an Audubon county fire near Fiscus was controlled by five towns. In Guthrie county large blazes damaged 70 to 100 acres near Guthrie Center and another timber fire south west of town. Farm buildings were destroyed but damage estimates were not yet available.
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Bomb plot kills and wounds many in Canton rally
Reports from Canton say 70 people were killed or wounded when a bomb aimed at a Red Chinese general exploded at a Mao rally. The general survived. Crowds panicked, with children among the casualties. A second report notes epidemics and a crackdown tone amid nationwide unrest.
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Escapee from mental hospital arrests near Sato residence
Tokyo police arrested a mental hospital escapee who slipped into Prime Minister Sato's residence before being captured. The incident highlights heightened security around the premier's official home and follows reports of the suspect's unauthorized break from confinement.
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Dog Keeps Watch as Student Drowns in Alexandria
In Cairo AP report, police found the body of engineering student Makhlouf Osman who disappeared after a beach swim in Alexandria. His dog, whose vigil began on shore and moved to a nearby rock, was also recovered aboard a police launch.
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Yanks Repel Assaults and Hit Convoys in Vietnam
UPI reports U S Marines halted a suspected North Vietnamese invasion attempt across the DMZ with a dozen communist attacks Friday and Saturday, killing 146 enemy. Marines suffered 25 dead and 14 wounded, while Da Nang area ambushes left three Marines dead and 10 wounded. A 121 truck South Vietnamese convoy on Highway 1 was ambushed, 82 trucks destroyed, and heavy Viet Cong fire damaged transport units. South Vietnamese casualties were described as heavy.
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College Students Flocking To Congress Library Too
Washington AP reports a surge of college students flocking to the Library of Congress for study during spring vacation. About 5,000 requests daily, with three quarters from students, fill two reading rooms seating 446. many come from local area or on vacation, pursuing term papers on topics from Dag Hammarskjold to Argentina agriculture.
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Iowa official foresees urban countryside transforming state
Loren Hickerson, director of community relations at the University of Iowa, spoke at the Iowa Association of Southern California spring picnic in Long Beach. He argued Iowa is becoming an urban state with future growth in agriculture, industry, and a higher speed highway network, citing Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids and Amana Refrigeration as examples of diverse urban rural balance.
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Dad Kills Sailor Son Believing Him Prowler
Phoenix AP report says 20 year old Robert Clifford, a sailor home on leave, was shot by his father who fired a rifle through a door mistaken for a prowler. The victim died at a hospital after the incident Friday night.
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Money Syllable Talk Sparks Worry at Home
A man frets over his wife who will only converse in money related syllables, turning daily chats into a quirky financial lingo. The snippet hints at humor over a domestic oddity with no further context provided.
Florida beach riot mars tourist scene with 200 booked
Fort Lauderdale police booked over 200 vacationing collegians and non students on drunkenness and disorder charges after a Friday riot on the beach. A second clash drew thousands, rocks and bottles flew, patrols moved in, and a bus was wrecked as officials warned visitors to behave.
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Urbana man missing after gas explosion in farm home
Urbana Ray Carman 20 and his wife were injured when a gas furnace blast ripped through their Urbana home early Friday. Carman, found near Center Point bridge, was hospitalized in Iowa City in a dazed condition. His wife remained in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City. Authorities ruled out furnace ignition. stains on a bedroom floor raise questions as search efforts continued after a car and two vehicles were later located.
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Amorous Elephant Gets Stuck Trying For Mate
In Los Angeles a three year old female elephant at the new zoo attempted to climb into the adjacent pen where a young male had arrived. She wedged between boulders, struggled to free herself and bellowed until keepers and guards freed her. She remained separated and love unsatisfied.
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