Parachute Maneuver By Berets
UPI reports Green Berets in a rare combat jump into central highland jungles near a Cambodian airfield to set up a border base used by North Vietnamese for resupply. Pathfinders marked a drop zone, and Montagnard troops with advisers built the camp as fighting raged in the Mekong delta with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
UPI
Hghland
U.S
Robert Kaylor
le Rolland
Mekong
North Vietnam
China
Chuckle Women Like Money Need Busy Hands Says Copvrishi
A humorous quip cites women as similar to money requiring activity to stay engaged. The remark attributed to Copvrishi implies idle attention leads to disinterest.
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Copvrishi
Papandreou Freed From House Arrest in Greece
In Athens the military government lifted house arrest on former Premier George Papandreou and eight Center Union members. An official note said the group pledged not to engage in politics. Papandreou’s role remains unclear while his son Andreas stays jailed on treason charges. The regime warned all political actions will be crushed and hinted at broader prisoner reviews.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Papandreou
Constantine
Leros
Andreas
Greece
NATO
Cycle Car Crash Claims Life Of 43 Year Old Inwood Motorist
Benjamin Swehla, 43, of 1112 Nineteenth Ave SW, Spillville, died in a Rochester hospital from injuries suffered in a late Friday crash when a car exiting the Inwood ballroom struck his motorcycle on highway 325. Leland Panoch, 39, of rural New Hampton, drove the car. Swehla, a Cedar Rapids resident for 15 years and Colonial Baking Co. employee, is survived by his wife Hazel two children and a brother, James of Spillville. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Balik funeral home.
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Eedal
Gazelle
Benjamin Swehla
Nineteenth Ave
Rochester
Minn
Swehla
Cedar Rapids
Colonial Baking Co
Spillville
Hazel
James
Balik Funeral Home
Ely Man Dies in One Car Crash
Frank Anthony Holets 59 of route one Ely was killed when his pickup left Linn county road and overturned into a ditch about 7 40 p m Friday. He was alone and died en route to Cedar Rapids hospital after authorities investigated the crash.
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Ely
Frank Anthony Holets
Route One
Here
Holets
Linn County
Highway Patrol
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Jamaican ban blocks Carmichael and two aides
Kingston Jamaica AP reports the ministry of home affairs has banned Stokely Carmichael JULS a black power advocate from entering Jamaica. Also banned are Negro Spokesmen H Rap Brown and James Forman. No reason given. Carmichael is touring socialist countries.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Ministry of Home Affairs
Stokely Carmichael
Juls
H. Rap Brown
James Forman
Carmichael
Heavy Rainfall Pours Across East Iowa Winton Measured 1.14
Rainfall Friday night topped 1.5 inches in parts of Iowa with Oakland reporting 1.61 inches and Mt. Ayr 1.50 inches. Vinton logged 1.14 inches, Cedar Rapids 0.74, Oelwein 0.88, Independence 0.87, Elkader 0.70, Toledo 0.53, Cascade 0.50, Waterloo 0.93 and Dubuque 0.52. Weather to taper Sunday morning with lingering showers, highs 60 to 65, lows around 45 to 50.
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Iowa
Oakland
Mt.Ayr
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Independence
Elkader
Urban Action Center formed to tackle urban problems
Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced the creation of the non partisan States Urban Action Center to work with governors in analyzing and solving local urban problems. Former New York Mayor Robert Wagner chairs the center with Elmer Anderson of Minnesota as co chair and Stanley Tupper of Maine as director. The plan grew from a August meeting of eight Republican governors who urged federal action and offered 60 suggestions to curb riots. The center aims to improve crime control rehabilitation opportunities education and community participation with a team of experts to tailor state programs and share effective approaches. Governors Wagner Anderson and Rockefeller lead the effort with trustees including Richard Hughes John Love and others.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
States Urban Action Center
Robert Wagner
Elmer Anderson
Minnesota
Stanley Tupper
Maine
Wagner
Anderson
Tupper
Rockefeller
Center ‘Amajor
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Harold Hughes
Town
John Love
Crippled Man Saves Boy From Drowning Style
Polio crippled Arlan Greve, 26, used his crutches to scale a backyard gym set and free a choking boy, Dean Alexis Zerbe, in Omaha. He performed mouth to mouth and artificial respiration until help arrived. the child recovered and was released from Children’s hospital. The incident connected Greve and the Zerbes, neighbors for two weeks.
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Omaha
UPI
Omaha Children’s Hospital
Arlan Greve
Dean Alexis Zerbe
Mason Zerbe
A. Alexis Johnson
Japan
Greve
Dean
Zerbe
Greve Yard
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Zerbes
Italian Deputy seeks Sunday speech ban law
Rome AP report says Parliamentary Deputy Albertino Castelluci proposed a law to bar politicians from giving speeches on Sundays. He argued the growing number of Sunday addresses prevents rest, but he allowed other Sunday activities like church, sports events, or movies.
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Rome
Albertino Castelluci
Romney urges no tax hike without spending controls
Perry Iowa Governor Romney criticizes federal budget juggling and rising inflation in a Dallas county fund raising speech. He warns against deficit spending and supports delaying any tax increase until spending cuts are agreed by Congress. He highlights polls and praises Republican-led efforts to shelve the proposed tax rise.
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Perry
Iowa
Romney
Michigan
Dallas County
Newton
Iowa City
Congress
Romney urges priority on ghetto help over space program
In Nashville on Friday night Mitt Romney told editors and writers from over 40 states and Canada that the national priority must be poverty alleviation in ghetto areas. He proposed a "strategy for a new America" after touring slums from Newark to Watts and urged spending more on people even if it means cuts to defense and space. He argued allocating funds to Harlem could be more impactful than pursuing a manned moon mission this decade.
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Romney
Nashville
Tenn
Canada
America
Newark
Watts
Earth
Harlem
Violence Renewed in Steel Feud Across States
Fatal and damaging violence erupted during the steel strike with a truck driver killed in Michigan near Flint after rocks hit his vehicle. In Pennsylvania and Ohio, eight trucks were struck by rocks or gunfire as night riders attacked near Everett and on U S 23. Governors and national guard were mobilized while trucking firms push for a conference to settle terms.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Michigan
U.S. 23
Flint
Frederick Beck
Wayne
Ohio
Everett
Hanoverton
Clarence Helm
Canton
FBI
National Guard
Raymond Shafer
William Kusley
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Dallas kids find $114000 in cash on trip
J W Slover of Martinez California and his children found a sack of money on a Dallas drive containing 114000 in checks from the First National bank of Irving. They turned it in and received a 25 dollar reward. Slover praised honesty and joked about the temptation of large sums.
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Dallas
J. W. Slover
Martinez
Calif
Slover
First National Bank of
Irving
Bus Crash in Iran Kills Sixteen, Sparks Injuries
In Tehran an AP report states a bus with 40 passengers collided with a truck on Friday night, igniting a fire that killed sixteen people and injured several others. Authorities investigated the cause as rescue teams worked at the scene.
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Tehran
Iran
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President's Commission On Civil Disorders
Kerner
Washington
John Y.lindsay
New York City
Commission
Lands Congress
Beck
Maverick
Teamsters
Pennsylvania Turnpike
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