Saigon Mine Attack Lives Upheaval In Bloodlit Streets
Viet Cong mine on a bicycle detonated in central Saigon as U S troops sprayed the area with fire. Five killed including a Vietnamese policeman and a child, 29 to 32 wounded. Eight Americans and over twenty Vietnamese civilians injured. U S officials blamed Viet Cong. M P fire followed the blast. B 52s and air forces conducted raids against Viet Cong targets along the Cambodian border.
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Latin Marshall Plan Urged by Bobby Kennedy
Senator Kennedy urged a Latin American Marshall plan to keep U S money ahead of revolution in the region. He proposed greatly increased aid comparable to the postwar Europe effort, stressing non intervention and full American backing for peaceful change.
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Voter Turnout for Cedar Rapids Area Ten Board Race
In Cedar Rapids the first election for Area Ten Vocational school board members drew 367 votes by 1 pm across 35 precincts. East side voters faced three candidates for two posts with 246 ballots. west side voters had five candidates for one post with 121 ballots. Polls stay open until 7 pm amid 48,941 registered voters.
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Dirksen Falls At Walter Reed Hip Fracture Delays Pivotal Vietnam Briefing
Senate veteran Everett Dirksen fractures a hip after a nighttime bed exit at Walter Reed. He faces weeks of recovery and crutches, while Secretary Rusk struggles to explain Ky’s Vietnam timetable amid election disputes and incomplete transcripts.
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Mao Ends Six Month Seclusion Meets Albanian Delegation
Mao Zedong, age 72, reappeared publicly in Beijing with Albanian Premier Mehmet Shehu leading a delegation. The meeting, reported by New China, followed months of speculation about his health and marked his first official appearance since November. Defense Minister Lin Piao also surfaced publicly, after a year without a public appearance.
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Reversal Sends Dow Higher After Monday Drop
New York stocks rallied on Tuesday with the Dow Jones average up 6.51 at 893.31 after a 12 point intraday rise. In heavy trading, 6.03 million shares traded in the first three hours, about 250 thousand more than Monday’s pace, erasing Monday’s 16.03 point plunge—the steepest since Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. Blue chips gained about a dollar, with higher flyers advancing up to five dollars.
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Romney for State Role On Safety
Former Michigan governor George Romney urged a strong federal state partnership on auto safety while warning against too rapid federal overreach. He pressed Congress to amend traffic safety bills and proposed a four to eight month review by an interstate advisory council before broad enforcement. The UAW backed federal standards with flexibility for design, and industry leaders noted safety talks could affect sales.
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President Johnson Returns to Washington From Texas
President Johnson returned to Washington from Texas as Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge prepared to present views on South Vietnam unrest and the military effort’s progress.
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Total Idled by Strikes Is Highest Since 1953
The labor department reports 406 000 workers were idled by strikes in the first quarter of 1966, the largest January-March total since 1953. Preliminary figures show about 3.2 million man-days of working time lost across 755 strikes, amounting to roughly 0.1 percent of total U.S. working time.
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Chrysler Cuts June Production at Varying Plants
Chrysler announced a production cutback for June with Newark Delaware and Los Angeles car plants suspending for four days starting May 31. Other Chrysler auto and truck plants will run five days weekly, with 136000 cars scheduled to roll off assembly lines, ahead of June 1965 by over 1500 units.
Record low Cedar Rapids area tames early gardeners update
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa faced record low temperatures on Tuesday with overnight lows reaching 26 at the Cedar Rapids Municipal airport, shattering the May 10 1924 low. New Albin Decorah Fayette Oelwein Dubuque Atlantic Mason City Elkader Waukon Burlington and Des Moines posted new records as frost damaged blooming Jonathan apples and peas while cherry and plum trees largely escaped. Rain and warmer weather were forecast for Wednesday.
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Today's Chuckle The Real Trouble With Money
A brief humor note about money and its one time use limits. The quip implies money cannot be spent again in the same form after use. No other details or people are provided.
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