12 Bodies From Ship Recovered
JUNEAU Alaska AP With 17 crewmen of the sunken Panoceanic Faith accounted for searchers scanned the North Pacific for two liferafts that might hold more survivors. Five men are known to have lived through the sinking of the American merchant ship in a storm 870 miles southwest of Kodiak Monday. At least 12 bodies have been recovered. About two dozen men are missing. The Japanese freighter Ig aharu Maru headed for Yokohama after rescuing two men. The Visand a Norwegian ship steamed toward San Pedro Calif after rescuing three men. Eight other dead were found by the Russian ship Orekhov which remained on the scene. The Pan American Steel Seafarer and the coast guard cutters Storis and Keisho Maru of Japan assisted.
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Turn-In Set for Draft Card Protests in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids could host a mass draft-card turn-in next Monday in Greene Square as part of a nationwide civil disobedience wave led by the Iowa City Draft Resistors Union. Participants from Iowa City and Ames, including Coe College students, will gather at the federal building and then hold a public speaking session in the park.
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Baylor president bans hazing after student death
Baylor University president Abner McCall bars hazing on campus after a student died during a campus service club initiation. Autopsy says 19 year old John Everett of Crosby Texas died from a concoction of laxatives and garlic he was forced to drink. Johnson County judge calls death accidental. Malaysia to establish diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union on an experimental basis, says Prime Minister Rahman.
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Test confronting controversial Subversive Activities Control Board
The Subversive Activities Control Board faces a Senate test amid debates over its existence and function. Proposals to empower without registration clash with opponents who call it a pork barrel, while Kennedy and Proxmire question reactivation and its usefulness in fighting internal communism.
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IUGN Campaign Falls Short of 914000 Goal
The Linn County United Good Neighbors campaign collected over 100000 in the last week, totaling 324478 or 35.5 percent of the 914000 goal. A year earlier 39 percent was reached. Campaign chairman Cleo Edwards urged continued pledges despite a strike at Collings Radio Co. and called for employer employee cooperation.
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Informer Still Veiled In Rights Death Case
Defense lawyers failed to uncover informant names as 18 white defendants faced trial for conspiring to violate civil rights in the 1964 slayings of Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney in Neshoba County Mississippi. FBI testimony noted an informant tipped investigators to a farm pond burial site, while photographs of the exhumed bodies were admitted over objections.
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Reds Shell Con Thien Area Sites
Long range communist artillery and mortars hit Marine positions south of the DMZ. Seven Marines died and 16 wounded in a Quang Tri area attack. Con Thien outpost and other bases were struck with 74 shells wounding 26 Marines. U S air power limited by weather. North Vietnamese press the fight in three northern provinces.
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Thieu Seeks Peace Talks and Buddhist Unity Moves
South Vietnam’s President elect Nguyen Van Thieu vowed to pursue peace negotiations and welcomed initiatives from any nation including communist states. He urged national unity for stronger war effort and outlined social reforms to fight corruption while Buddhist factions maneuver over recognition and reconciliation amid protests at the government palace.
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Low of 18 Sets Spencer Record
North western Iowa saw a record cold with Spencer hitting 18 degrees the lowest statewide. Sioux City reached 25 and Des Moines tied its all time low of 27 while Cedar Rapids warmed to 45 after a 38 overnight low. Forecasters expect mid 30s to 40s and little precipitation through Thursday. The second item reports Japanese Prime Minister Sato arriving in Canberra on an Asian tour.
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Chuckle: competitive spirit alive in rush hour motorists
Observers note the rivalry and humor of drivers in peak traffic as a lighthearted reflection of the American competitive nature during rush hour.
Ford UAW 24 Hour News Blackout Signals Possible Break
A 24 hour news blackout in Ford Motor Co. and United Auto Workers talks ends at 8 p.m. Iowa time. The move, aimed at enabling serious bargaining, follows nights of separate meetings at Ford's Glass House. The 35 day strike has idled 160,000 workers across 25 states.
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United Auto Workers
Iowa
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Cyclone Kills At Least 150 In Bay of Bengal Coast
A cyclone struck the Bay of Bengal coast 300 miles southeast of Calcutta killing at least 150 people and rendering more than 500,000 homeless, according to unofficial estimates released Wednesday.
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