Record U.S. Casualties Hit New War High in Vietnam
UPI reports last week the United States endured 2,650 casualties including 337 killed and 2,282 wounded with 31 missing as fighting on the DMZ and central highlands surged. Communists suffered 2,464 killed. South Vietnamese losses 241 fatalities and 50 for Free World forces.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Posiions
Highlands
UPS
Thomas Corporal
U.S. Army
Fourth Infantry Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Recommend Anawalt for Postmaster
The Linn county Democratic Central committee voted to back Walter C. Anawalt for Cedar Rapids postmaster despite the chairman’s counsel for broader candidate consideration. Anawalt, 58, has served as acting postmaster since March 18 and as assistant postmaster for nearly 19 years.
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Linn County
Democratic Central Committee
John Culver
Walter C. Anawalt
Cedar Rapids
John Reilly
Anawalt
Twentieth Street SE
E. R. Petro
Culver
the Gazette
Blakesburg
Iowa
Post Office Department
Washington, D.C
Navy
Monterey
Calif
Central Committee
Bernard Mullinley
Marion
Toddville
Crops in East Deast Suffer Snow and Cold Blast
A crop killing storm hit the East on Thursday driving records to new lows and bringing snow sleet hail and rain. Massachusetts tobacco losses reached about 1 million with poles nets and labor replacement costs also estimated at 1 million. Record lows were set as far south as Miami Beach and conditions disrupted events including a New Hampshire college baseball game.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Miami Beach
New Hampshire
New York City
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Richmond
Tallahassee
Fla
Linn LEAP program praised but questioned in Cedar Rapids poll
A national survey by Yankelovich for the Office of Economic Opportunity questions LEAP for aiding the poor in Cedar Rapids. OEO officials praise progress while noting possible flaws in research methods and data interpretation. The report highlights LEAP's role since its 1965 launch in focusing attention on local poverty.
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Linn County
Ien
Daniel Yankelovich
Hinc
Linn Economic Action Project
LEAP
Cedar Rapids
Yankelovich
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
United Community Service
UCS
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Kansas City
Glenn Davis
Davis
Johnson meets Pearson on Middle East crisis in Canada
President Johnson flies to Ottawa for a hastily arranged session with Prime Minister Lester Pearson at Pearson's summer residence following Expo 67. The talks focus on the Middle East as Rostow Watson and George Christian accompany the president.
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Harrington Lake
Ont
Johnson
Canada
Lester Pearson
Middle East
Montreal
Pearson
Mid-East
Vietnam
Quebec
White House
Walt Rostow
Marvin Watson
George Christian
Razor Strop Proposed to Curb Juvenile Vandalism in Iowa
Linn county legislator Rep Cecil Reed calls for reintroducing the razor strop to replace child psychologists and counselors as a handling measure for juvenile vandalism. HF304 would make parents liable up to 500 dollars per act, up to 1500 dollars total per juvenile case, as the Iowa House passes the bill 101 to 9 amid debate.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
Linn County
Reed
Cecil Reed
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rep
John Mowry
Marshalltown
U.S
Ramsey Clark
Crime Commission
United States
House
Walter McNamara
Doderer
Glenn
Hullinger
Johnston
Maloney
O'Malley
Palmer
Tapscott
Bjornsen to Build 400 Apartment Units in Cedar Rapids
Bjornsen Construction Co will start a $4.8 million project in Cedar Rapids this spring to build 376 two bedroom apartments in two two story developments. Each site includes recreation buildings, swimming pools, garages for 30 percent of units, and rents around 150 dollars monthly including utilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Bjornsen Construction Co
Southwest
Larry Bjornsen
Northeast
Johnson Calls For Campaign Reform In Elections
President Johnson urged sweeping election campaign reforms to disclose contributions and expenses, proposed a $5,000 contribution limit, public funding for presidential campaigns, and criminal penalties for violations in a 1967 Election Reform Act. He outlined the plan in a message to Congress titled The Political Process in America.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Civil Service Bill Advances to Governor
Iowa senate accepted house amendments to a Civil Service bill by a 49-2 vote and sent it back to the house for transmission to the governor. The measure creates a merit system for hiring, firing, promoting and demoting most state employees with exams for those under two years on the job and a three-member part-time commission to set policy and appoint a full-time director.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Parsons College Faculty Demands Firing of President Roberts
Fairfield UpI report says Parsons College faculty approved a 101 to 58 vote calling on the board of trustees to fire president Millard Roberts and any administrators sharing responsibility for the college crisis. The vote urged interim administrators by June and cites loss of accreditation and involvement in the NCA appeal.
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Roberts
Parsons
Robochet
Midwest College
Parsons College
NCA
U.S. Adds Dependents to Exit Orders in Gaza Clash Crisis
The United States orders more than 500 dependents of diplomats in Egypt and Israel to leave within 48 hours as clashes are reported near the Gaza Strip. Cairo says Israeli patrols and Palestine liberation army troops clashed with no casualties. U Thant ends peace mission and heads to New York as Cairo and Moscow seek de-escalation.
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Middle East
Palestine Liberation Army
Egypt
Israel
Cairo
Moscow
U.N
United Arab Republic
Gulf of Aqaba
Red Sea
U.S
U.A.R
Gaza Strip
Gaza
U. N
Hussein
Jordan
London
Kremlin
Washington
U Thant
New York
Security Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Thant
Nasser
Aqaba
Today's Chuckle
A quip notes that surgery seems brief for the patient yet years to describe it, a joking reflection on medical procedures and time.
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