Hopes for Rights Vote Dealt Blow
Washington AP reports that southern opponents blocked further voting on jury trial amendments to the civil rights bill. Senator Russell indicated a Tuesday meeting could reassess chances as debate nears the 10th week. Humprey remains confident the Mansfield Dirksen plan will pass.
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D-Ga
Dixie Bloc
Sen
Morton
R-Ky
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Mansfield
D-Mont
Dirksen
R-Nl
G.O.P
Humphrey
Dminn
Fallout Shelters for 79 Million Expected
Washington reports civil defense officials anticipate marking and stocking fallout shelters by year end to shelter up to 79 million people in the event of a nuclear attack.
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Washington
Chuckle Definition Brat as Neighbor's Child Behavior
A light definitional joke explains a brat as a child who behaves like your own but belongs to a neighbor. The quip highlights playful wordplay on possession and proximity for a quick humor beat.
Cedar Rapids Opens First Avenue Bridge After Yearlong Rehab
Cedar Rapids celebrates the reopening of the First Avenue bridge with Mayor Bob Johnson praising residents for their patience. Four city youths cut the ribbon as officials from the City Council and engineering firms attended. Traffic surged onto the new $834,000 span, while the Second Avenue bridge prep for an 18 month rehabilitation began.
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Robert Johnson
Roberta Hunt
Elmwood Drive
Linda Erger
Third Street
Mary Walters
Hillcrest Drive
Tracy Miller
Thirty-third Street
Frank Bush
W. W. Stolba
Johnson
Bob Johnson
Second Avenue Bridge
John Walters
Robert Hunt
Vernon Pickerill
Kenneth Erger
Dick Jensen
Ned Ashton
Iowa City
Des Moines Bridge Co
Chamber of Commerce
Washington High School
Jefferson Band
Second Avenue
Rusk pressures Greece Turkey on Cyprus terms
Secretary of State Rusk urged Greece and Turkey to reach quick terms on Cyprus at The Hague, signaling U.S. push for a prompt settlement and regional stability.
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Cyprus
the Hague
Greece
Turkey
Novelist Marguerite Marshall Found Dead in Meadow
Police suspect natural causes led to the death of New York author Marguerite Mooers Marshall 77 whose body was found in a meadow near her Laurentian chalet Le Roc after a week long search. A police dog guided investigators to the scene about 20 miles north of Quebec City.
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Que
New ‘York
Marguerite ‘Mooers Marshall
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Quebec City
Edna Reasons
Eddie Ray Reasons
Pamela
Patty
Reasons
Sally Gohman
E. D. Paris
Paris
Miss Gohman
Suspect in Saigon dies attempting escape from police
Nguyen Van Troi, a communist agent tied to plans against Defense Secretary McNamara, leapt from a second floor window at Saigon police headquarters. He landed on a Jeep, broke a leg, and was hospitalized. Police say he acted to die by his own action, possibly to escape as Viet Cong plans to blow the bridge were uncovered.
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Defense
McNamara
Nguyen van Troi
Troi
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Soviets say Chinese hold stagnant view of Marxism
Pravda in a second policy statement accuses China of plucking quotations from Marx Engels and Lenin and treating Marxism as unchangeable doctrine. It criticizes Beijing for a rigid approach while urging unity of all communist parties and noting China lacks developed industry democracy legality and rights for individuals.
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Lenin
Peking
Khrushchev
Marx
Voter Registration Opens at Wright School Tonight
Prospective voters may register tonight until 8 at Wright school and Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. at Washington high school. Address changes should be mailed to City Clerk at City Hall. Registration deadline for the June primary election is May 22.
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Washington High School
City Hall
Five Slayings Shocks Boise as Suspect Drowns
In Boise Idaho police investigated five murders including three children and two adults with a note reading Ive hurt them long enough found near the bodies. Raymond A Reasons is wanted for questioning after a patrol chase ended with a car plunging into a canal and a man presumed drowned.
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Boise, Idaho
Boise
Raymond A
Iis
Paris
Rex Mehl
Mehl
Transport Falls Short of Runway
A U S military C 135 transport crashed while landing at Clark Air Base near Manila during a rain squall. Seventy three of 83 aboard were killed and two others perished in a taxi cab incident. The wreckage spread across the base as investigators reviewed weather and cause, with 10 crew members among the dead.
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Clark Air Force Base
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Air Force
South Vietnam
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Military Air Transport Service
Cuba
German Talks Done McNamara to Saigon
Defense Secretary McNamara completed talks in West Germany and headed to Saigon after three days of discussions with Kai-Uwe Von Hassel. A Travis plane transporting military personnel crashed earlier, with no wives or children aboard. some passengers disembarked in Honolulu and others remained on board.
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Honolulu
Defense Sec
Manila
Rotary McNamara
Saigon
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Archie comic strip debuts in The Gazette
Archie Narration notes Archie the teen humor strip by Bob Montana debuts on page 22 aimed at teens but broad appeal. Montana, who lives on a New Hampshire farm, draws Archie with his girlfriend Veronica and pals Betty and Jughead along with Mom and Pop and Miss Grundy making occasional appearances.
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Gazette
Bob Montana
New Hampshire
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Pop
Miss Grundy
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Jughead
Balloonist Claims 7 World Marks in High Altitude Flight
Tracy Barnes, 25, ex paratrooper, reached 37,000 feet in a 3 by 4 foot plastic gondola attached to a hydrogen balloon. He says he set seven world altitude records and plans to challenge a French record next. Verification by barograph and FAA-like authorities is pending.
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Tracy Barnes
Barnes
Mondovi
Wis
Long Lake
Minn
Orono
Russia
Boris Nevernov
I. J. Burzinski
Poland
Don Piccard
Sioux Falls
S. D
National Aeronautics Assn
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