Viet Fight Is Slowed By Typhoon
Saigon AP reports that Typhoon Carla curtailed US air operations against North Vietnam for a second day. Center winds dropped to 29 mph over the Gulf of Tonkin, washing out strikes from three Gulf carriers. Friday’s operations were mostly by air force and marine aircraft from Thailand or South Vietnam, with 77 attack missions including a target near Hanoi. Ground actions in South Vietnam saw light American casualties and continued allied pressure near Con Thien as B 52 bombers harassed suspected enemy concentrations in and around the DMZ. Navy ships targeted southern North Vietnam, while Marine outposts reported light enemy fire.
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Hon Me
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Seventh Fleet
Believe Ford Talks Nearing A Settlement
In Detroit AP report, Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers near a historic labor contract after nearly 24 hours of marathon bargaining. A source anticipated a settlement announcement after dawn, with ratification meetings likely Sunday and a full end to the strike possibly still out of reach. Local plant agreements remain largely unsettled.
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Ford Motor Co
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Steam Cars Promising, Nader Says
Auto critic Ralph Nader said steam driven cars offer more immediate pollution control promise than electric cars. At a news conference in Des Moines he predicted more talk about steam engines in six months, arguing steam cars burn many fuels and can travel long distances at turnpike speeds. He noted they cost little or no more to build than conventional cars.
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Chad
Harvard Law School
Nader
Cedar Rapids Teen Dies in One-Car Crash
A Cedar Rapids 16 year old girl Bonnie Bezdek died after a car rolled over on River road two miles east of the city Thursday night at 11 15. Four other teens were injured and admitted to Mercy and St Luke s hospitals. Names include Bryan Reilly 17 Robert Hathaway Jr 16 and Tom Richardson 16. Mike Fuehrer 15 was treated and released for injuries. Reilly and Hathaway were in fair condition Friday morning. details from ongoing page 3.
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Third Street
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Kesler Road
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D Avenue
Mercy Hospital
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Jacelyn Drive
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Hathaway
Eisenhower to Leave Hospital Friday for Home
Former President Eisenhower aged 77 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center will depart the hospital on Friday after recovering from a prostate ailment. Hospital officials announced the expected discharge date.
Antiwar Demonstrations Ramp Up Across Nation
Antiwar demonstrators step up actions from Brooklyn to Oakland as police brace for clashes at the Pentagon and induction center. In Brooklyn a campus melee left dozens injured and arrests as city officials review police conduct. Chancellor Sewell wins faculty confidence as protests expand nationwide with thousands of participants and spread to university campuses.
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Oakland Armed Forces Induction Center
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William Sewell
University of Wisconsin
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Flatbush
Human Rights Commission
U S Population To Reach 200 Million Nov 20
Washington census officials project the United States will hit 200 million people at about 11 a.m. on November 20 marking a milestone shared only by China India and the Soviet Union. The bureau notes westward migration has shifted the center of population toward the Midwest and South. The 200 million ceremony will occur in the commerce department lobby beside the census clock which records births deaths and migrations.
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India
Soviet Union
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Cedar Rapids candidates air views on air pollution and courts
A sparse Cedar Rapids crowd heard seven candidates debate mayoral and judicial issues. Judith Ahrens urged stronger air pollution controls, while incumbent Judge Loren Hullinger pressed enforcements of the city ordinance and noted court-file concerns. Debates touched on bus costs, juvenile court handling, and staffing, with primary elections looming before the November vote.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Hullinger
Supreme Court
Don't Break Up Teachers Group Gast Warns At ISEA Meet
Des Moines. At the 113th Iowa state convention of the Town State Education Association Elmer Gast Keokuk superintendent and ISEA president urged educators to resist splitting the union into separate groups for teachers administrators and specialists He warned such a move would weaken education and reduce influence on legislation Emphasizing unity he noted progress and cautioned against abandoning an all inclusive ISEA Even as negotiations drive some changes he urged sticking together continued on page 3 column 7
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Assahere
Elmer Gast
Keokuk
ISEA
Gast
Iowa
Seven Convicted in Slaying in Mississippi Case
An all white federal court jury in Meridian Mississippi convicted seven white Mississippians on conspiracy charges tied to the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia. The trials spotlight Sam Holloway Bowers Jr KKK leader and Neshoba County Deputy Cecil Price.
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Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
U.S
Harold Cox
Justice Department
Sam Holloway Bowers, Jr
Philadelphia
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Laurel
Miss. Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Alton Wayne Roberts
Jimmy Arledge
Billy Wayne Posey
Philadelphia, Miss
Jimmy Snowden
Horace Doyle Barnette
Cullen
Sheriff Rainey
Olen Burrage
Herman Tucker
Travis Maryn Barnette
James Harris
Frank Herndon
Bernard Akin
Richard Willis
Meridian-Philadelphia
Ethel “Hop” Barnette
Neshoba
Edgar Ray Killen
Jerry McGrew Sharpe
Deep South
Cox
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