B 52s Hit Viet Buffer As Gallant Bombing Continues
U S B 52 bombers from Guam hit two target areas in the DMZ buffer strip as North Vietnamese infiltrators were reported in the South Air Force planes also pounded North Vietnam with a fireworks display on an ammunition depot The week long lull in ground fighting continued with no significant engagements US command tallies 1009 communists killed and 101 captured last week while American casualties rose in the period to 87 killed and 599 wounded and one missing this year totals 3041 Americans killed and 4889 since 1961 start.
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Guam
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
South Vietnam
U. S
Allnutt
Beier
Wiggs
Nutt
Independence Jail Break Thwarted In Iowa Incident
A Cedar Rapids man Charles Allnutt, 30, was jailed in Buchanan County on charges of aiding an escape from Independence jail and resisting an officer. The attempt involved a rope from a third floor cell window and hidden hacksaw blades. The escape plan was foiled by Sheriff Fred Beier and Lane Wiggs, with other inmates present during the incident.
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Ecial
Gazette Independence
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan County
Charles Allnuit
Buchanan
Fred Beier
Beier
Lane Wiggs
Allnatt
Jerry Joe Everett
Hazleton
Anthony Saperito
Delaware County
Soviet Rejects Johnson Bid for Arms Control
Moscow reported Pravda rejected Johnson's proposal for U S Soviet arms control cooperation while Vietnam War continues. The article urged U S withdrawal from Vietnam and criticized the president without detailing his plan, signaling clear Soviet disapproval of broader detente.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Johnson
Pravda
Communist Party
Vietnam
Arco
Idaho
U. S
Directors Fight House Cuts to War on Poverty Funds
Iowa anti poverty directors gathered in Clinton to oppose a House committee plan to cut federal CAP funding and shift money to Headstart. LEAP chief Les Nummela warned the 90-10 local federal to state ratio would drop to 80-20, risking 25 percent CAP cuts and possible agency closures across Iowa’s 33 districts.
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Iowa
House of Representatives
Clinton
Les Nummela
Linn Economic Action Project
LEAP
Linn County
Town Assn
CAP
Nummela
Senate
House
Towa
Agreement Reached On Curbing Wauwatosa Demonstrations
Atty Gen Bronson LaFollette said an agreement was reached to curb civil rights demonstrations in Wauwatosa after a conference with Rev James Gropps adviser to the Milwaukee Youth Conference of the NAACP. The group had picketed the home of Circuit Judge Robert Cannon for several nights.
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Milwaukee (Ap
Bronson LaFollette
Wauwatosa
LaFollette
James Gropps
Milwaukee
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert Cannon
Royals face Florida land tax sale in Sarasota
Sarasota County tax issues reach royal property as Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and other regional rulers face tax deeds. A road frontage strip deeded by local owners due to disputed charges could be sold at public auction if taxes remain unpaid, with notices sent to distant owners and court involvement ongoing.
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Sarasota
Fla
Afghanistan
Iran
Muscat
Oman
Near East
Sarasota County
Florida
Clyde Tatum
Ralph Tootle
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Iren
Said bin Taimur
Sultan
Ala Hazrat al-Mutawakil al-Allah Mohammed Zahir Shah
Sarasota Bank and Trust Co
Sarasota Circuit Court
State Department
Washington
U. S. Attorney General
Robert Zinn
Tatums
Tootles
Thant declines second term as U.N. secretary general
U Thant, 57, Burmese diplomat, turns down a second five year term as secretary general of the United Nations. He cites frustrations and lack of cooperation among members, criticizes the Vietnam war, and leaves the Security Council unfettered in its recommendation for a successor. The move signals potential East-West clash over the next U.N. leader.
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U. N
U Thant
Santiago
Chile
Thant
World Organization
Vietnam
United Nations
U. S
Soviet Union
Red China
Sweden
Dag Hammarskjold
Africa
Security Council
Communist Bloc
Troika
U.N
Red Bloc
Iowa City Manager Leikvold Resigns Amid Dispute
Carsten D. Leikvold, city manager for four years, submitted his resignation to the mayor and council effective no later than February 1, 1967. He cited a directive to fire the city engineer, W. E. Morse Jr., as the reason and defended Morse as a capable public official. The council accepted the resignation and noted ongoing discussions.
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Peenewacewe
Iowa City
Carsten D. Leikvold
Leikvold
W. E. Morse, Jr
More Resignations at Men's Reformatory Anamosa
Two more men quit posts at the Anamosa reformatory. Arlen C. Johnson 35 Springville resigned as head of reformatory industries. Howard Fisher Anamosa resigned as captain of the guards for health reasons. Johnson cited a California move for family health. Johnson began at the reformatory Dec 21 1953 as assistant business manager and became head of industries Jan 1 1959.
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Anamosa
Arlen C. Johnson
Springville
Reformatory Industries
Howard Fisher
Johnson
California
Fisher
Reformatory
Tests Prove Bad Driving Habits Are Hard To Break
Arizona State University researchers studied 181 traffic violators to test habit formation in driving. Men and women showed different error patterns. after an observer-led eight mile drive, most stopped correctly at first but returned to old habits on later stops.
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E. W. Hallor
R. Craig Rover
Hailoran
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North
NLRB
Gerald Brown
Allnuit
Charles Allnutt
Daily Record
Farm Financial
Marion
LBJ
Geneva
By Dale Kueter
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N. Y
Education and Labor Committee
Boris Boskovic Thant
Dag
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Britannia Airways
Yugoslav Civil Aeronautics Board
Pat Thorpe
Arthur Rawcliff
Pania
Margaret
Brnik
Luton
London
Istrian
Men’s Reformatory
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