Catholics To Merge Schools in Archdiocese Plan
The Archdiocese of Dubuque announced a sweeping reorganization closing 29 attendance centers and forming 17 area systems with 80 elementary and 20 high schools next fall. Nine hundred ninety nine? No. 366 students would lose Catholic schooling, a fraction of total enrollment.
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Uque
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
James J. Byrne
Cedar Rapids
Immaculate Conception High School
Charles City
Marian High School
Stacyville
St. John’s School
Clarion
Russell Bleich
Archdiocese
Air Attacks Foil VC Supply Run in Mekong Delta
U S helicopter gunships and fighters destroyed 114 sampans and damaged 50 near the Cambodian border over the weekend, hindering Viet Cong supply lines. Additional strikes near Sa Dec and Khe Sanh report light casualties, with renewed warnings of replenishment after the lunar new year offensive.
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Saigon
Mekong
U. S
Sa Dec
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Reorganization Affects Cedar Rapids Catholic Schools
The 11 Catholic schools in Cedar Rapids and Marion will lose four teaching nuns in 1968 69, with limited immediate impact from the archdiocese plan. Fairfax and Norway St Michael’s see grade shifts and program cuts. four Cedar Rapids schools will replace nuns with lay teachers.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Archdiocese of Dubuque
St. Patrick’s of Fairfax
St. Michael’s of Norway
Fairfax
St. Patrick’s
Norway St. Michael’s
Immaculate Conception
St. Matthew’s
St. Wenceslaus
Johnson presses labor for backing during election year
President Johnson addressed the AFL-CIO building and construction trades conference urging labor support for pending laws on worker safety, truth in lending, and education opportunities. He framed progress since 1964 as foundations not to be torn down amid partisan politics while stressing Vietnam commitments.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Vietnam
van Ee Ath
Berlin
Korea
U.S
America
Craft
French Gold Markets in New Pressure on Price
Speculators led by President de Gaulle push Paris gold prices higher for a third week. Prices rise from 38.95 to 39.40 per ounce as demand for ingots and bars increases. Swiss measures ban silver coin export and melting amid a streetside rush for quick profits.
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Paris
UPI
de Gaulle
International Monetary System
Bern
Chuckle Man Becomes A Strange Creature In Riddling Tale
A humorous note describes Chuckle Man as a strange animal who sleeps only when tired and rises only when not tired creating a playful paradox. Copyright information appears at the end.
Explosion Rocks U.S. Embassy in Madrid Back Yard
An explosion rocked the back courtyard of the U.S. Embassy in downtown Madrid, damaging a window but injuring no one. The blast, likely from a small bomb, occurred Monday and is being investigated.
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Madrid
UPI
United States
Bus Plunge on Turkish Coast Kills Fourteen
A bus toppled from a coastal highway near Giresun into the Black Sea killing fourteen people and injuring forty others, many seriously, as rescue teams searched the waters Sunday night.
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Istanbul
Turkey
UPI
Gireson
Black Sea
Flag Rises No More Over Iwo Jima Mount Suribachi
United States spokesman in Tokyo reports the Stars and Stripes no longer flies atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima as a small group of Honolulu marines quietly replaced the flag with a bronze replica. The site remains scarred by war with extensive bunkers and debris still visible.
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Iwo
Tokyo
Mount Suribachi
Iwo Jima
U.S
Suribachi
Joe Rosenthal
Honolulu
Pacific
Ashai Shimbun
Fleet
Chester Nimitz
Searchers Find 12 Bodies After Irish Sea Airliner Crash
In FISHGUARD Wales AP reports 12 bodies recovered and wreckage found eight miles off Rosslare Point after an Aer Lingus Viscount flight from Cork to London plunged into the Irish Sea with 61 aboard. Early pilot message cited spinning descent as crews scoured the coast for survivors.
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Fishguard
Wales
Irish Sea
Rosslare Point
Wexford
Ireland
Kilmore
Dunmore
Rosslare
Hardy
Aer Lingus
Gordon Black
Cork
London
Panama Faces Dual Presidents as National Guard Moves
National guard troops raided the National Union headquarters after the Panamanian assembly swore in a new president, arresting opposition leader Hildegrande Nicosia amid a bid by Arnulfo Arias to rally civil resistance. The guard faced a court opinion as it suspended Robles for alleged unconstitutional actions.
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Panama
National Guard
Marco Robles
National Assembly
Robles
Arnulfo Arias
Assembly
Supreme Court
National Union
Hildegrande Nicosia
Nicosia
Record Lows Sweep Florida Stateswide
Cold north winds pushed Florida to widespread record lows on Monday with Pensacola snow, Tallahassee tying 28 degrees, Jacksonville at 36, and Tampa also at 36. Miami airport fell to 52, topping 53 from 1947.
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Miami
Florida
Pensacola
Mercury
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami International
Town Seeks to Ignore Daylight Saving Time in Oregon
Malheur county residents oppose the federal clock change and seek to stay on Standard time arguing sun driven schedules. They note 25 000 residents across 10 000 square miles in southeastern Oregon and question enforcement of the nationwide daylight saving mandate.
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Vale
Ore
Malheur County
Oregon
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