Four Torpedo Boats Sunk By U S Planes Near North Vietnam
U S Navy bombers sank four of six torpedo boats near the Thanh Hoa river mouth as fighting raged in South Vietnam. Meanwhile clashes across the country left about 300 enemy dead and seven Americans wounded or killed as voters prepared for the new 137 member house election.
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Saigon
Thanh Hoa River
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
House of Representatives
Tonkin Gulf
Cmdr
Wilmer Cook
Annapolis
Mitchell Watson
Portland
Ore
Governors reject Vietnam resolution at annual meeting
UPI reports that 26 governors favored considering a resolution backing President Johnson's Vietnam policy while 18 opposed. The Democrats needed 31 votes to suspend rules, falling five short, blocking any formal endorsement at the floating national governors conference.
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UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
Texas
Connally
Reagan
California
Fridday
Virgin Islands
Son Receives 10-Day Sentence For Revoked License Driving
In Florida a city judge sentenced his 19 year old son to 10 days in city jail for driving a motor vehicle with a revoked license. John Saltsman began serving the term Friday night. The license was revoked April 5 after a reckless driving conviction. The judge said he acted to clear the matter before John reports for Navy duty November 5.
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PE Iuhg, Fla
UPI
Municipa Court
George Saltsman
John Saltsman
Florida
John
Navy
Saitsyman
Smith Visits South Africa Amid Rhodesian Rebellion Signs
Rhodesian Prime Minister Tan Smith arrived in Pretoria for talks with South African Prime Minister Balthazar Vorster as signals grow that a turning point may be near in Rhodesia's rebellion against Britain.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Tan Smith
Balthazar Vorster
Britain
Jury duty joy turns to tragedy in Tulsa
In Tulsa a 70 year old Langley grocer Mark Dorsey wished to serve on a federal jury. After the judge offered excusal for distance he volunteered as standby but died of an apparent heart attack in a courthouse restroom. A secretary recalled his excitement at the prospect of serving.
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Tulsa
Mark Dorsey
U.S
Allen Barrow
Langley, Okla
Dorsey
Jim Corbin
Leawood
Pat
Duke
Jim
Heath rails at Wilson to rally Conservatives at Brighton
Opposition leader Edward Heath charged Prime Minister Harold Wilson and the Laborites with failing the British people. He urged Conservative support for private enterprise and individual freedom, winding up a four day convention amid cautious applause and doubts about his leadership.
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Brighton
England
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Laborites
Heath
Ford in Tentative Accord With UAW
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract agreement that could raise the average worker’s wages by 43 to 59 cents an hour, with up to 95 cents for some skilled tradesmen over a three year term. Details remained unsettled but not expected to alter the total price tag. a 31 hour bargaining session ended without final confirmation.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ford
Sixteen candidates named for Cedar Rapids primary races
The Cedar Rapids primary on Tuesday features four mayoral candidates with two to be nominated, eleven safety commissioner contenders with two nominations, and seven municipal judge hopefuls of which six advance. Winners and unopposed contenders proceed to the November 7 election. Sunday Gazette will publish biographical sketches and photos of the candidates.
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Cedar Rapids
Barnyard a Mystery to City Folk
Patricia Stevens a Kansas City student visits the American Royal Livestock Show and learns about pigs sheep horses and cattle. A rancher explains pig runts and sows, Jim Corbin defends the whip, and a novice misidentifies bulls and cows in humorous contrast.
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Don Reeder
Kansas City
Patricia Stevens
St. Teresa’s Academy
Pat
Soviet Designer Details Venus 4 Probe Problems
The chief designer of Venus 4 says the 2438 pound craft overheated near Venus and had communications gaps. He notes lessons for future unmanned probes, including handling high Venus temperatures and deeper radio contact during descent.
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Venus
Moscow
Ihe
Defense Ministry
Krasnaya Zvezda
Red Star
Doctors Worried Over Papal Pace
Vatican reports say Pope Paul II, aged 70, is exhausted from a busy pace since the Vatican bishops synod began and doctors urge rest ahead of a proposed prostate operation next month. The concern follows a long Mass at St Peter's for 2,500 lay attendees.
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Vatican City
Paul
Vatican Bishops Synod
St. Peter’s
Peace march fills Lincoln Memorial in Washington
Thousands of anti war demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial massing for a march on the Pentagon. Police reported four arrests as leaders urged a new phase of activism with estimates reaching about 100000 in attendance. Dr Benjamin Spock blamed President Johnson for the war while David Dellinger led the rally.
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Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Pentagon
U.S. Defense Department
Washington
National Capital Park
Memorial
Memorial Grounds
David Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Dellinger
Benjamin Spock
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
South Vietnam
North
Spock
Johnson
Two Die in Highways 218 Crash Near North Liberty
An Iowa City man and a 17 year old Gary youth died in a two car crash on highway 218 two miles north of North Liberty at about 9 45 p m Friday. The Iowa patrol said the southbound Goche car was on the wrong side of the road. The Indiana car was driven by the victim's father Edulis L Flud 46. He and his wife Phyllis 41 were seriously injured and listed at University hospitals Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Gary
Ind
North Liberty
Iowa Highway Patrol
Gocie
South English Farmer Killed in PTO Entanglement
Earl C. Warth 25 died Friday when his clothing tangled in a power take-off on Steve Humphry farm south of here. He had been employed three weeks and previously worked in Keota. Survived by wife Alice infant son and parents Mr and Mrs Walter Worth of Fort Madison. Body at Powell funeral home. Waterloo AP Gaylord Swallow 23 of Waterloo died Saturday when his motorcycle struck a utility pole on Eighteenth Street during a curve attempt.
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Earl C.warth
Steve Humphry
Here
Warth
Keota
Alice
Walter Worth
Fort Madison
Powell Funeral Home
Waterloo (Ap
Gaylord Swallow
Waterloo
Eighteenth Street
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Yorkshire
Joe Baker
Lindsay
Okla
Joe
Southdown
Cnttle
Sheila
Ron Lambert
McAlester
Oklo
Lambert
Nate
Veg Eee
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Josephin
Eder
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Ipe
Clyde Jenkins
Donald William Goche
Miami Drive
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