No Letup in Rio Grande Flood Fury
Harlingen Texas endures relentless Rio Grande flood waters after Beulah driven deluge batters lower valley. More than 200 homes inundated, damage topping 1 billion as 44 dead regionwide and tens of thousands homeless across two nations. Evacuations continue with sandbagging and guards nearby as river remains near crest.
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Harlingen
Beulah
Texas-Mexican Gulf Coast
Texas
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Red Cross
Camargo
Matamoros
Arroyo Colorado
Madero
International Boundary and Water Commission
National Guard
Texas Tuberculosis Hospital
Arroyo
Joe Tucker
Boundary Commission
Mysterious Poisoning Fatal to 11 Children in Ti Juana
Eleven children died in Ti Juana amid an apparent poisoning outbreak near the San Diego border. More than 200 people hospitalized as dairy operators and milk supplies are questioned. Authorities found milk in stomachs but wait for chemical analysis. some speculate a chemical poison rather than infection.
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Tijuana
Mexico
San Diego
Hector Valdivia
Valdivia
Askew
Restudy Raises Edgewood Road Bridge Cost Share
Cedar Rapids will pay 60.3 percent of the Edgewood road bridge project and Linn county 39.7 percent under a revised plan. total cost climbs from 1.5 million to 2.18 million due to new safety standards higher construction and engineering costs and an added overflow structure near Ellis park.
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Linn County
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Bill Harrington
Harrington
Ellis Park
City crews remove junipers after Cannon dispute
Salem officials cut 28 young junipers at the 12th and Cannon Streets intersection following complaints about vision. The trees removed were on the south side and belonged to Robert Cannon, a city councilman.
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Salem, Ore
12Th
Cannon Streets
Robert Cannon
Child Discovered Under Wreckage After Truck Crash
In Cresco an accident involving a panel truck and a milk truck left Sally Hurst two years old trapped under the overturned vehicle. Her sister Peggy three and mother Mrs Ralph Hurst Jr were hospitalized. Sally survived but unconscious. Driver Virgil Samek of Protivin faces a stop sign violation charge.
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Sally
Peggy
Ralph Hurst Jr
Cresco
New Storm Threatens Fishing Grounds Off Lake Michigan
FRANKFORT Mich UPI A fresh storm moved toward Lake Michigan Coho grounds as at least seven men died in the weekend squall. The coast guard urged fishermen to return home while authorities search about 20 missing from Saturday. Lt Ward Lewis warned of a looming front and criticized the failure to heed warnings as boats capized. The coast guard said it cannot force boats back.
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Frankfort
Mich
Lewis
Coast Guard
West Berlin Mayor Quits Amid Uproar Over Policy
West Berlin Mayor Heinrich Albertz resigned under fire from all sides after less than a year in office. He followed Willy Brandt as city leader and faced protests from externist students over shop closing times and visits by the Shah of Iran and Vice-president Humphrey.
Leaflet Drop Slated for North Vietnam Misfires in Saigon Plan
A U.S. military miscue released outdated propaganda leaflets on a village north of the DMZ after B 52 strikes. The leaflets claimed defections and urged rally to South Vietnam, but the numbers and target were misdated and not meant for North Vietnamese civilians.
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South Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Information
North Vietnam
Britain calls for immediate peace talks on Vietnam
British Foreign Secretary George Brown urged immediate peace talks at the United Nations, urging a Geneva framework for settlement and accusing Hanoi of rejecting negotiation. He criticized lack of progress and pressed for a rapid reopening of the Suez Canal and a UN role in the Middle East. He also condemned violence against diplomats in Peking and maintained China should have a UN seat.
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Gromyko
New York
Vietnam
Geneva
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Glassboro
N. J
United Nations
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Ior
Hanoi
General Assembly
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U.S
Soviet Union
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Brown and Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
U Thant
North Vietnam
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Red Seas
U.N
United Nations Organization
Red Guard
Peking
China
Frost Expected After Spring Rain In Iowa
Heavy rains moved through Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning as a strong cold front brought a rapid temperature drop from 72 to 58. Forecasters warned of a major frost across northern Iowa and central plains with overnight lows in the 30s, followed by cooler but fair weather on Wednesday.
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Iowa News
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Great Plains
Northern Plains
Central Rockies
Central Plains
Minnesota
Five U S Planes Shot Down Over North Vietnam
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports five U S planes downed in North Vietnam on Tuesday, three over Haiphong, as Con Thien losses climb with 63 Americans killed this month. U S bombers drop 600000 pounds of explosives on gun pits while skirmishes flare along the northern frontier.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Con Thien
Reds
South Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Cam Pha
Man Rescued From Tree After 58 Days in Philippines
Filipino farmer Quirino Berja, 48, was plucked by a Marcos ordered helicopter from a 60 foot palm tree after 58 days aloft to avoid killers of his son Salvador, 29. He resisted at first but was evacuated to an airbase for a checkup. Relatives kept him stocked with supplies. two suspects in the son's death were later released on bond.
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Salvador
Berta
Marines Hold Con Thien Under Heavy Fire
In Vietnam near Con Thien U.S. Marines endured the heaviest Communist bombardment since Dien Bien Phu. They answered with ten shells for every one fired, as more than 1,000 shells struck the outpost. Two Marines were killed and 202 wounded with enemy losses believed high.
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Saigon
U.S
Con Thien
Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
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