Demonstrators Clash With Patrols On Iowa Campus
On Tuesday night Iowa City police and highway patrols confronted a well organized crowd at the University of Iowa campus. About 50 to 75 demonstrators formed barricades, while 700 to 1,000 people lurked in the area. Rocks were thrown and traffic signals torn down. 17 patrolmen were injured. six hospitalized and at least eight arrested. A blue white car with a headlight out sped toward demonstrators, causing a scramble and a girl in the crowd was injured. The clash continued into the early hours as officers moved to confine activities.
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University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Bottorn
Riverside Drive
University Men
U S Jets Blitz Red Gun Sites Near Mu Gia Pass
U S Phantom jets destroyed 13 anti aircraft guns near Mu Gia pass in North Vietnam after being fired upon while over Laos. No losses reported for U S forces. Strikes marked the most guns destroyed in a day since the November 1968 bombing halt. A Mig-21 threat over Laos prompted renewed U S air action and a separate ground clash near Khe Sanh left two U S soldiers dead.
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North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Plain of Jars
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Khe Sanh
House Votes New Tax Package and School Plan
Iowa House reversed a 92 hour session to pass HF 654 shifting school cost burdens from property taxes to higher income and sales taxes. The 52 to 39 vote sends the bill to the Senate, with a conference committee likely to settle funding. Pelton’s reconsideration move kept the bill alive after a 47 to 44 defeat.
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House
Des Moines
Iowa
Isenate
Charles Pelton
Clinton
Pelton
Winthrop Route Tops I-380 Study Gains Local Support
Iowa highway report ranks seven routes for I-380 between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. Winthrop alignment receives top rating from Cedar Rapids officials but opposed by Waterloo. Independence dogleg was favored earlier, with FHWA review ongoing. Voorhees option added later. draft discusses each route’s pros and cons.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Winthrop
Highway Commission
Independence
Joseph Coupal
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Earthquake Hits Burdur Turkey Killing At Least 65
A strong quake measuring eight on the Richter scale struck near Burdur in southwest Turkey at 8 26 a m causing extensive damage and at least 65 deaths 25 in Burdur. The quake disrupted communications and devastated Yazi and Yazi villages as rescue teams searched from air and land across Anatolia.
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Antalya
Turkey
UPI
Burdur
Ankara
Anatolia
Hearing Delayed for Davis and Fraines Leaders
Washington group leaders Rennie Davis and John Fraines face a postponed hearing from a recent Washington demonstration. The hearing is now rescheduled for May 19.
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Washington
UPI
Rennie Davis
John Fraines
Children Should Be Seen Not Heard Quote Reassessed
A wry note on changing attitudes toward childhood from past to present, reflecting how the notion that children should be quiet and observant has evolved with modern appearances and behavior. Copyright.
Gold Uncertainty Spurs Highest Price in 18 Months
European bullion markets see gold reach multi month high as Belgium’s central bank cashes in 80 million dollars of Fort Knox gold. The move raises prospect of broader European sales, threatening the dollar system tied to Roosevelt’s 1934 gold policy. U S reserves stand at 10.9 billion, down one billion from a year ago, with potential shifts looming in global finance and wartime commitments.
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London
Fort Knox
U. S
Belgium
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Lexington teen security patrol planned
Fifteen youths aged 14 to 18 organize a teen security patrol co sponsored by city and county police. They plan patrols of private parking areas county fair and residential districts starting likely in June. Members will not arrest but will aid police spotting illegal activity while wearing blue uniforms and badges. Tim Mack 16, a founder, pursued the effort for two years because he wanted such an organization.
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Lexington
Tim Mack
Johnson says Kosygin warned of action in 1967 war
Former President Johnson recalls Kosygin used the hotline during the June 1967 Arab-Israeli war to warn Moscow could take military action. He said the U S 6th Fleet moved closer to Syria as a signal, and the tense moment eased after a cease-fire.
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New York
Johnson
Kosygin
Moscow
Nasser
Egypt
United States of America
Austin
Texas
60 Minutes
U.S
Soviet Union
Dodd Seeks U N Intervention to Free Hess
Former Senator Thomas J. Dodd says he will ask U N Secretary General U Thant to intercede with the Soviet Union to free Rudolf Hess. Dodd, chief trial counselor at Nuremberg, received a plea from Hess's son and argues Hess should have been committed to a mental institution.
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Old Lyme, Conn
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
U.N
U Thant
Soviet Union
Rudolf Hess
Adolf Hitler
Dodd
Nuernberg
Hess
Four Killed When Freights Collide in Montana
GREAT FALLS Mont AP two freight trains collided killing four men and injuring two Officials said two Burlington Northern Railroad diesel engines and 11 cars derailed the crash occurred Wednesday in Montana with crews responding to the wreckage and assessing damage
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Great Falls
Mont
Burlington Northern Railroad
Laborites Make Election Gains in Local Britain Polls
Britain's opposition Labor party gained 114 new seats in local councils across England while Conservatives and allies shed 103 seats and gained 20. The wins follow Scottish momentum and do not affect parliament.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
England
Scotland
Labor
Policeman Adopts Penniless Family
Norfolk officer Richard Barrow invited a penniless Massachusetts family with three children to stay in his home after spotting them in a car. He helped them secure a job, bought tools, and received departmental praise for actions beyond duty. The family soon rented an apartment, with plans to move in May 20.
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Richard Barrow
Norfolk
Barrow
Massachusetts
Police Department
Cape Cod
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