Lawmakers Seek Formal Review of Vietnam Policy
52 House members from both parties call for a formal constitutional check on Vietnam era policy. The group asks Congress to decide if further action is desirable in respect to Southeast Asia while diplomats discuss peace efforts and possible new initiatives.
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Washington
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U.S
House
Southeast Asia
Arthur Goldberg
U.N
Red China
Vietnam
State Department
White House
Clark
D-Pa
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
North Vietnam Warning to Flee as Bombing Surges
U S and South Vietnamese spokesmen said North Vietnamese peasants near the DMZ were urged to flee to save themselves from a rain of death as B 52 raids and naval artillery escalate. Leaflets dropped over Ben Quang urged defections. refugees were told to surrender to government outposts below the DMZ. The note followed heavy shelling at Con Thien where Marines faced mounting casualties amid continued aerial bombardment.
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UPS
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S
Con Thien
Ben Quang
North Vietnam
Everal Miles
Remilitarized Zone
Zane
Chinese Reds Fire on U.S. Planes Near Haiphong
An on scene report says crewmen aboard Red Chinese ships fired repeatedly at U.S. planes off Haiphong this summer. Some shots went wild, damaging nearby vessels. The account also mentions unloading delays backlogs of war materiel and hunger in North Vietnam.
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R-Ii
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Senate
Famagusta
Cyprus
Haiphong Harbor
Haiphong
U.S
Saigon
Lee
North
Findley Notes Unease Over Tonkin Resolution Support
Findley says Congress shows great uneasiness, many members having backed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution approved August 7, 1964. The measure authorized the President to take all necessary steps, including armed force, to repel attacks and prevent further aggression.
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Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Drowning of 250 Feared After River Launch Capsize
Karachi reports say about 250 people are missing and feared drowned after a river motor launch capsized. Unconfirmed reports on Monday cite the disaster and ongoing search efforts.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Today's Chuckle If ignorance is bliss
Joke column ponderingly asks if not knowing things makes people happier and jokes about blissful ignorance. A light quip notes that happiness can come from not overthinking, with playful punchline about knowing less and smiling more.
Reverend Delivers Sermon After Daughter's Death
Union South Carolina AP report: Rev. Frank Sellers faced tragedy 19 minutes before sermon as his daughter Sharon 21 was killed in a Chester SC auto crash. Sharon, a Methodist college student from Fayetteville NC, was en route to hear him speak. The other driver, Gregory Barkman of Taylors SC, escaped serious injury while en route to teach at Faith Baptist Church.
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Chester
Faith Baptist Church
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S.C
Campus Life at Iowa University Dorm Life Explored
The Gazette presents a two part series by Phyllis Fleming examining student dormitory life at the University of Iowa. The piece surveys student goals in academics and future careers while noting campus life details as the first installment. The second group of articles will run Tuesday.
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University of Iowa
Phyllis Fleming
Gazette
No Easing in N.Y. School Strike Seen
New York AP reports negotiations resumed as public schools opened for a third week of makeshift classes with only a fraction of the 1.1 million pupils attending. UFT spokesman calls the strike “as strong as ever” while supervisors and volunteers staff classes. Talks aim at reducing to writing a verbal agreement after five days of bargaining as each side accuses the other of reneging. Superintendent Donovan says schools are open for all pupils and urges teachers to ignore union president Shanker’s instruction to stay out pending contract ratification. Shanker hopes talks wrap by Monday but notes no return to full classes before Wednesday.
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New York
United Federation of Teachers
Bernard Donovan
Albert Shanker
Shanker
Controller and Pilot Both Blamed in Skydiver Deaths
UPI reports National Transportation Safety Board chairman Joseph O'Connell testified that both an air traffic controller and the jump plane pilot were to blame for the Lake Erie skydiver deaths. The controller followed a wrong radar target while the pilot, unable to see ground due to thick clouds, did not call off the jump. He argued against tighter federal skydiving controls, noting parachute fatalities average about 20 annually.
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UPI
Lake Erie
Joseph O’connell
National Transportation Safety Board
Senate
O'Connell
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Cond
O’connell
FAA
Missing in Lake Storm Rise to 34
Coast guardsmen and sheriff deputies expanded the list of missing to 34 as Lake Michigan storm wrecked a Coho salmon fleet near Frankfort. About 1,000 boats were caught in 25 foot waves Saturday, with 75 0 sport fishermen still at sea or returning home.
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Mich
UPI
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Michigan
Coast Guard
Ralph MacMullan
Great Lakes
The
Conservation Department
Shioli
Lake
Toledo Man and Two Others Die in Highway 63 Crash
Special to The Gazette reports three killed in a two car collision on highway 63 four miles south of the Black Hawk county line about 9 a.m. Monday. Lester Boerm 21 of route 2 Toledo a UNI student was alone in his northbound car. The other car carried Roy Dahms 57 of rural Gladbrook and Gilman Dahms 51 of Azusa California. Roy Dahms wife Avis 55 and Margaret Dahms 62 of Azusa were hospitalized in Waterloo in fair condition. The highway patrolman identified Roy Dahms as likely the eastbound car driver.
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Gazette Traer
Black Hawk
Lester Boerm
Toledo
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Highway Patrol
Roy Dahms
Gladbrook
Gilman Dahms
Azusa
Calif
Waterloo
Avis
Margaret Dahms
James Smith
Saved After 10-Week Sea Ordeal Near Cape Cod
64-year-old Chicago machinist Nels Nelson recounts a 10 week Atlantic voyage aboard the Savanna after storms disabled his two mast yacht. He rescued his Beagle Sheba and endured scarce water and food, with Coast Guard help off Newfoundland and later Cape Cod. Nelson plans Florida repair and may solo to Sweden next year if he finds a companion.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Sheba
Nels Nelson
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Newfoundland
New Bedford
Nelson
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Great Lakes
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Sweden
Malmo
Stockholm
Coast Guard
Roof-Deep Flood Hits Fine Homes in Harlingen
Harlingen Texas reports record flood along the Arroyo Colorado driven by Beulah rains. Rio Grande may post its greatest flood on record. 5,000 residents evacuated as crews race to build sandbag dikes and plug storm sewers. Helicopter evacuations by coast guard aided by Sunday night dam breach near Mercedes.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
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Lozano
Weather Bureau
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Chicago Exhibition Hall Roof Caves In
A section roof over the International Amphitheater exhibition hall caved in Monday causing no immediate injuries. The hall, adjacent to the auditorium that has hosted many national political conventions, was being prepared for the Marine Trades Exhibit opening Thursday for four days.
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