Midwest Tornado Toll Tops Two Hundred Forty Eight Dead
The Midwest still counts the dead from Palm Sunday tornadoes with 248 victims and thousands injured across six states. Indiana reports 141 deaths as crews search debris. looting is reported in Marion with $70,000 taken. Flood threats rise in Minnesota and Wisconsin as Mississippi River levels threaten communities.
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Palm Sunday
Red Cross
Indiana
Woody L. Caton
Elkhart County
Ind
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Marion
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
North Carolina House Approves Power Settlement Bill
The House approved a power settlement bill 100 to 17 with final action delayed to Wednesday. An amendment allowing municipalities to pick power providers for annexed areas failed on a voice vote. Senate actions included blue warning lights for law enforcement. another bill to shield clergy communications was killed in committee.
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Raleigh
Co-Op
R. D. McMillan Jr
Robeson
Senate
Judiciary II Committee
Raymond Williams
State Highway Patrol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Julian Allsbrook
Poll Tax Ban Opposed in Debate on Voting Rights Bill
Senate Republicans back a new escape clause in Johnson's voting rights bill while Dirksen argues banning state poll taxes invites constitutional challenges. House Judiciary subcommittee endorses a strong voting rights package as debate looms after Easter. poll taxes outlawed federally by the 24th Amendment but state applicability disputed.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Emanuel Celler
D- N.Y
Dirksen
Illinois
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
American aid official Grainger killed by Viet Cong
Joseph W. Grainger 39 of Sumter South Carolina an Air Force veteran and U S aid mission official in Phu Yen Province was captured Aug 8 and killed Jan 12 after a seven day escape eyewitnesses reported his death The United States condemned the murder as a violation of international law and the Geneva convention He previously worked at Shaw AFB and Sumter Daily Item public information office Grainger is survived by his wife and children and was praised by colleagues for his quiet studious nature The same day North Viet Nam saw Thanh Yen bridge bombed destroying it with Air Force support and fierce anti aircraft fire reported no American planes were lost
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Tokyo
Radio Today
Ho Chi Minh
National Assembly
Hanoi
Johnson
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Joseph W. Grainger
Sumter
S.C
Mary F. Grainger
West Hartford
Grainger
Shaw Afb
Hubert Osteen Jr
Sumter Daily Item
Second Air Division
Osteen
Air Force
Thanh Yen
8. C
Daily Item
Public Information
U S Concerned Upturn In Guerrilla Activity Expected
Washington reports an upturn in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese guerrilla activity. Officials say the Communists show no sign of willingness to restrain attacks or seek a settlement and will not use a sanctuary to base operations. The Johnson administration commits to Southeast Asia and rejects a withdrawal under pressure.
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United States
Johnson
Viet Nam
National Liberation Front
Nntion
Commu
Nists
U.S
Soviet Union
Peking
Hanoi
Patrick Gordon Walker
Britain
Harold Wilson
Iaw
Gordon Walker
Cochairman
Geneva
United Nations
U Thant
Southeast Asia
China
South Viet Nam
Merchants Bet On Record Easter Sales Despite Weather
Despite bad weather dampening Easter buying in many areas merchants remain confident cash registers will ring up record sales. The late Easter favored shopping mood and an uptick was seen at Macy's in New York with an expected 3 to 4 percent March and April gain, while Gimbels also anticipated a wonderful Easter business. Some retailers cited IRS withholding and tax payments as dampeners. others blamed miserable weather for weak demand.
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Mattinacabes
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Ne’s
Boston
Associated Press
Philadelphia
David Yunich
Macy's
Bernard Zients
Gimbel’s
Sao
Atlanta
Eed Brocka
Get To Work On Time You May Be Too Anxious
In San Francisco an AP report highlights chronic anxiety as a condition where productive individuals feel above average yet suffer emotional and social strain. Dr Herman A Dickel of the University of Oregon Medical School explains anxious patients are physically sound but driven, tense, and reliant on continual testing and urgency.
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San Francisco
Herman A. Dickel
University of Oregon Medical School
American Academy of General Practice
Dickel
Dr. Dickel
Record Flood Threat in Minnesota as Rivers Rise
Warmer weather endangered further ice melt as Minnesota faced record Mississippi crests in St Paul and Minneapolis. Nine dead in the week of floods, with missing parents and child near Greenbush. Crow River and western counties join disaster area list as evacuation continues. Governor expands designated disaster counties to 44.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Merlin Pierson
Gwen
Greenbush
Mississippi
Crow River
Twin Cities
Karl Rolvaag
Blue Lights For Police Favored In North Carolina
The Senate Judiciary II Committee approved a bill allowing police in North Carolina to use blue warning lights on cars. Maj. Raymond Williams cited faster access in emergencies and said blue lights would be used if others are excluded. The measure costs about 3 to change the lens and is permissive only.
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Raleigh
Senate
Judiciary II Committee
North Carolina
Raymond Williams
State Highway Patrol
Williams
W. A. Forbes
Pitt
Forbes
Steel snarl feared as union presidency vote looms
Washington officials fear a delay in steel industry decisions as a bid for a new union presidency election may disrupt the sector. The dispute centers on whether the union election timetable could push back critical industry deadlines and policy actions.
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Washington
Indus
Union
Lodge Named For Mission To Far East
President Johnson assigns Henry Cabot Lodge to lead a six nation tour of the Far East as his personal representative. Lodge will visit Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Formosa, Japan and Korea to discuss the Vietnam situation and gather allied views. The trip length and aides are not yet determined.
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Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Far East
Lodge
South Viet Nam
United Nations
Viet Nam
White House
George E. Reedy
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Reedy
Ladge
Russian Stargazers Back Up After Space Life Hype
Soviet radio astronomers led by the Sternberg Institute in Moscow distanced themselves from Tass quotes claiming signals from outer space prove intelligent life. Prof. Shklovsky called such origins premature and urged thorough, cautious analysis amid global skepticism from Lovell Hoyle and others.
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Moscow
Outer Space
Sternberg Institute of Astronomy
Tass
Josef S. Shklovsky
Radio Astronomy
Shklovsky
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank
Fred Hoyle
Cambridge University
Nikolai Kardashev
Astronomical _ Insti
Grainger Remembered as Avid Historian By Sumter Editor
Hubert Osteen Jr. recalls Joseph W. Grainger, an avowed historian and public information officer in Saigon with the Second Air Division. Grainger, a civilian Shaw Air Force Base employee from Sumter, was killed by the Viet Cong in Vietnam.
Wartime historian in Vietnam recalls lessons and ties to South
Joe Grainger, a civilian historian, traveled to Vietnam in 1962 to study war lessons and aid the Vietnamese. The narrator, Hubert Osteen Jr., joined him on temporary duty, arriving in October with the division's information office. Grainger once served at Shaw Air Force Base, a detail the author recalls from their shared experiences.
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Sumter
S. C
Joe Grainger
Viet Nam
Grainger
Korea
Shaw Air Force Base
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