Soviet TU-16 Badger Crashes Near Essex During Training
A Soviet medium bomber crashed into the Norwegian Sea after a fourth low pass within about 20 yards of the USS Essex. No survivors were found. three bodies recovered. The Essex and other U.S. forces reported no interference and noted the incident occurred during anti-submarine operations off Norway.
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Washington
Norwegian Sea
Pentagon
Defense Department
Essex
Norway
U.S
Friday Crash Claims Second Cedar Rapids Youth
A late Friday crash on Cedar Rapids southeast side claims two more teen lives. Richard Dean Rose aged 16 from Ottumwa and Mark Jon Ladage aged 17 from Cedar Rapids died after the collision near Forest and Linden drives SE. Kendall Heppe 17 was treated and released.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Richard Dean Rose
Joy Rose
Twentieth Street
Earnest Rose
Ottumwa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mark Jon Ladage
Robert J. Ladage
Forest and Linden
Ladage
Arkansas
Kendall Heppe
Mercy Hospital
Forest
Heppe
Plywood City Campaign Claims Early Victory in Hunger Sit-in
The Poor People’s Campaign led by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy reports a significant victory as its plywood city enters week three. He vows intensified nonviolent action next week while pressing Agriculture Secretary Freeman on expanding surplus food programs to feed the poor.
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Washington
Ralph David Albernathy
Abernathy
Freeman
Department of Agriculture
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Religion in U S Losing Influence, Gallup Says
Gallup poll finds 67 percent believe religion is losing influence on American life, up from 14 percent 11 years earlier. Five surveys show rising belief in decline with reasons including youth disengagement, crime, materialism, and church role. Nonchurchgoers 70 percent, churchgoers 62 percent.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
George Gallup
France Suspends Assembly Rights Amid Student Riots
Paris reports say Premier Pompidou suspended the right of assembly and ordered a crackdown on rioting students while bargaining with five major labor federations to end strikes paralyzing the country. Melees injured hundreds as police faced attacks in Paris and Bordeaux.
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Paris
Pompidou
France
Lyon
de Gaulle
Bordeaux
Latin Quarter
Philippe Matherson
Electronics
Deserters Flee to Sweden From Vietnam War
Six self described deserters from U.S. forces in Vietnam were held by Swedish police at Maersta after arriving by air from the Soviet Union. They were met at the airport in the afternoon by a representative.
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Stockholm
U.S
Vietnam
Maersta
Soviet Union
Repre
Bobby Kennedy Wins Iowa Democratic Convention Delegates
U S Senator Bobby Kennedy won the Iowa state Democratic presidential convention and seven district caucuses, routing Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy. The result yields 28 delegates with 25 votes for Kennedy, amid a record turnout of over 6,000.
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Des Moines
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lon Bobby
U.S
New York
Iowa
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Chicago
Bobby
Sueppel
Humphrey
Midwest
Nebraska
Indiana
Kennedy Seerewee
Humphrey Seuene
Wind Dangles Teens Over Lake at Memphis Park
Tornado force winds and heavy rain stranded 40 to 50 teenagers in ride cars up to 60 feet high at Lakeland Fun and Recreation club near Memphis. Six hours into rescue, 30 remained trapped including 15 dangling above the lake as a car support cable slipped from a pulley.
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Memphis
Lakeland Fun and Recreation Club
Kennedy Supporter Naps as Delegates Commit to RFK in Iowa
A weary Kennedy supporter dozed on the floor of the Democratic convention while delegates backed RFK. Delegates publicly committed 25 of Iowa's 46 national convention votes to Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
Iowa
Democrats
Des Moines
Chicago
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
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Connie) Miller
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Vicki) Hoffman
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Norma) Weston
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