Gl s Reds Battle to Standstill
In War Zone C, U S troops from the First Infantry Division battled a Viet Cong regiment five miles from the Cambodian frontier. The clash left American casualties uncertain with 28 enemy dead and 50 to 60 likely killed, while air power under Col Robin Olds struck North Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen steel plant.
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Saigon
USS
70Th
Palace Guard
U.S
Air Force
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Olds
Vietnam
Defiance Voiced by Lurleen on Schools
Governor Lurleen Wallace confronted U S authorities Thursday night with threatened defiance of a new school integration order. She urged a cheering legislature to issue a cease and desist ultimatum to a three judge federal court which ordered public schools in Alabama to desegregate by September.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
U.S
Alabama
House
Wallace
Andrew Jackson
Supreme Court
Leland Childs
Birmingham
George Wallace
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Wallace presses to seize school control over bus order
Mrs. Wallace urged the legislature to empower her to take over state schools, pledging to resist federal court orders and consider funding more state police to protect children. She praised defiance of the court, while Gov. Hughes questioned the bill’s timing and scope.
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Wallace
House
Senate
Des Moines
Ernest Stone
Harold Hughes
Witty fashion quip from Conran on dress fit
The designer Conran quips that a dress should hug the figure enough to reveal a woman inside while remaining loose enough to convey she is a lady.
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Conran
Iowa Senate approves bill to unify state courts
The Iowa senate voted 38 to 16 to eliminate minor courts and create a unified state court system. The measure ends mayoral, police, superior and justice of the peace courts while preserving existing municipal courts and sets up district court commissioners.
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Spedal
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
Cedar Rapids builders urge review of building codes
The Home Builders Association of Cedar Rapids calls for a city council review of all building requirements. They cite seven costly codes as excessive and raise that Cedar Rapids ranks high in building costs. They reference older standards like lead drum traps and seven-inch concrete streets as examples.
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Coder Wasidt
Home Builders Assn
Cedar Rapids
Skogman Construction Co
Skogman House
First Avenue
Paint-throwing erupts as Humphrey attends Rome opera
Vice-president Hubert Humphrey faced a tightened police guard in Rome after opponents hurled yellow paint at him before Verdi's Ernani performance. Eight arrested including Gianni Bazzan. David Blum held without bond. A smoke bomb and a North Vietnamese flag followed, as protesters scattered Italian leaflets urging peace.
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Humphrey
Rome Opera House
Ernani
Angelo Carlucci
Gianni Bazzan
David Blum
Los Angeles
New York
Hanoi
Bazzan
Fiiday
Enga
Vietnam
Colosseum
Bonn
Opera House
U.S
Frederick Reinhardt
NFO Urges Cow Sales Amid Milk Holdout
The National Farmers Organization plans 60 assembly points in 25 states to sell dairy cows for slaughter to sustain a milk price rally. President Oren Lee Staley says most members will sell one or two cows, not the entire herd, while the group defies a federal restraining order. Some areas report the holdout weakening as members in New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and Indiana receive guidance to stop picketing and resume shipping milk.
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NFO
New Jersey Nfc
Hackettstown
N. J
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Henry Douma
Montgomery
Wayne
Indiana
Massive Truck Halt Threat as Industry Confronts Teamsters
Washington AP reports trucking industry negotiators warned of an immediate nationwide halt affecting about 65 percent of operations if the Teamsters pursue a selective strike. M M Gordon of Trucking Employers Inc says 1 500 major firms with over 200 000 employees could stop work, while the union plans a nationwide vote on a selective strike against a few large firms.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
M. M. Gordon
Trucking Employers, Inc
Rail Walkout Delayed by Court Order
A federal court in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order halting a nationwide walkout by the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Judge Richard B. Austin scheduled a hearing for April 7 on an injunction against the strike, which critics say would affect 65 percent of U.S. railroads. Clyde Lane defended the union while noting the logistical challenges of calling off a strike within hours. The dispute centers on health and welfare benefits tied to wage agreements.
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Chicago
Richard B. Austin
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad Co
Clyde Lane
Jrc&b
Austin
Lane
Free Rides Begin as Cedar Rapids Resumes Buses
Cedar Rapids marks the return of bus service after a nine month halt with free rides on the first day. The Regional Transit Authority plans regular service by Monday with 15 older buses on weekdays from 6 am to 6 pm and limited evenings on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Cedar Rapids
Regional Transit Authority
RTA
Cedar Rapids City Lines
Wagner
Malinovsky dies as Soviet defense chief at 68
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, age 68, Soviet defense minister since 1957, died in Moscow after a cancer illness. Known for tough Red Square speeches and leading military modernization, his last public appearance was the Nov. 7 parade. First Deputy Andrei Grechko filled in recently.
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Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Moscow Radio
Lenin
Red Square
U.S
Vietnam
Malinovsky
Defense
Andrei Grechko
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