Destroyers Move Into Viet Fight As Saigon battles intensify
U S navy destroyers joined ground war operations firing six missions since May 2 against Viet Cong targets in three South Vietnamese provinces. The Sommers killed 12 Viet Cong and wounded 20 with one casualty, Seaman Jimmy Stinnett killed by a gun explosion on the ship. Air strikes across North and South Vietnam yielded hundreds of tons of bombs and numerous damaged buildings and bridges as carrier aircraft supported ground actions.
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Saigon
U. S
Sommers
Jimmy Stinnett
Cartersville
Hanoi
Navy
Midway
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
South Vietnam
Frost Warning In North Iowa
Frost warnings issued for north and extreme north counties as Jack Frost is expected to visit. Temperatures dip to mid 30s north and upper 30s to lower 40s south with scattered frost likely, followed by warming into the 60s to 70s on Friday.
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Associated Press
Jack Frost
Towal
New Albia
Davenport
Weather Bureau
Princess Margaret to Visit United States for Three Weeks
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon will tour the United States for about three weeks in November. The visit includes stops in San Francisco Los Angeles Washington and New York. The trip is announced by the British embassy.
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Washington
Margaret
Queen Elizabeth JJ
U.S
Lord Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
U S Appeal Denied in Penick Sale
Three U S Circuit Court judges denied motions to stop the Reynolds Penick & Ford merger. The ruling clears the way for Reynolds to acquire Penick & Ford Ltd for 100 million dollars, with attorneys to study the opinion before comment.
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Philadelphia
AFP
U. S. Circuit Court
U. S
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Penick & Ford Ltd., Inc
Cedar Rapids
Penick & Ford
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
R. J. Reynolds Co
United States of America
Reynolds and
R. J. Reynolds
Penick & Ford Ltd
John Biggs, Jr
William F. Smith
Abraham L. Freedman
Soviet Pravda Attacks Peking On Vietnam Stance
Pravda denounces Chinese policy as hindering world communist unity over Vietnam. It argues a world war is not required to unite the socialist camp and urges Beijing to join Moscow in forging united fronts against imperialism. The piece signals Soviet anger at Peking's stance amid the Vietnam crisis.
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George Syvertsen
Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
Pravda
Lenin
Peking
Johnson to Speak at Baylor University in Waco Texas
President Johnson will fly to Texas tonight to deliver the commencement address Friday at Baylor University in Waco. He is expected to spend Memorial Day weekend at his ranch.
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Washington
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Saturday
The changeover to Daylight Saving Time occurs at 2 a.m. Saturday. Clocks should be set ahead one hour before bed Friday for those not waking at 2 a.m. If you rise Saturday morning you may think the night was short since 7:30 a.m. DST will be in effect through Labor Day September 6. The legislature voted to make DST statewide from Memorial Day May 2, but began a day earlier since Memorial Day falls on a Sunday.
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Lowal
April CPI shows biggest rise since July in living costs
Washington AP reports the consumer price index rose 0.3 percent in April, the largest April increase since 1960, led by food, clothing, transportation, and medical care. The index hit 103.3, about 10.93 for typical goods from the 1957-59 base, with a 1.4 percent yearly rise.
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Labor Department
Asst
Sidney Jaffe
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cleanup Task Shows Force of C R Storm
Hundreds of workers from Cedar Rapids and other Iowa cities battled the windstorm damage. 3,000 telephones remained out. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co forecast full restoration by nightfall except for a few isolated cases. 400 men from city departments aided in moving fallen trees and repairing lines. 205 workers including 11 tree crews and 39 line crews responded to emergencies. Restoration efforts extended from early Wednesday through late Thursday with rough estimates of damage, while utilities warned of possible delays due to weather.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Britt
Des Moines
Rock Island
Bob Johnson
Iowa ‘Electric Light and Power Co
Light Company
Shaver Road
Iman
Marion
Trent Winegar
Northwestern Bell
Winegar
Davenport
Burlington
House Okays Regents Funds for State Institutions
Iowa House approved a 117 to 1 vote a bill authorizing about 62 million dollars annually to operate the University of Iowa Iowa State College and related facilities. The measure appropriates 31.7 million for UI and facilities 21.2 million for Iowa State 6.2 million for State College 1.2 million for the state sanatorium 1 million for the School for the Deaf and 563,956 for the Braille and Light King school. The total exceeds governor’s request by 2 million and current appropriations by 12 million though falls 5 million short of the regents’ request.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
State Board
Harold Fischer
R-Wellsburg
Senate
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Ames
State College of Iowa
Iowa School For the Deaf
Iowa Braille and Light Landing School
Police and House Unit Foes Clash
Chicago police and U S marshals arrested 40 demonstrators at a House Un-American Activities hearings clash outside the old U S circuit court building. Teens and young adults, many white and Negro, stormed barricades and sang We Shall Overcome as officers dragged laydown protesters into paddy wagons.
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Chicago
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
U. S
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Versta Miller
Dorothy Hayes
America
Retired paperhanger declines British baronetcy title
Newton D Arcy Wyvill 69 a Winchester retiree says he will not pursue Debrett s claim to the Wyvill baronetcy noting lack of money and swimming ability He would consider selling the title for a price but remains uncertain about any surviving heirs and plans to enjoy retirement with his wife.
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George Wilbur Winchester
Newton D'Arcy Wyvill
Debrett’s
Britain
Wyvill
Sir Newton
Cigaret Warning Bill Advances in House Committee
Washington committee votes to require cigarette packs carry health hazard warning. It rejects extending the warning to cigarette advertising.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
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Mass
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R-N. Y
North
Iowa
Princess Margaret
Penick Sale
Lionel Kestenbaum
Justice Department
John J. Camp
Red Unity
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