Tornado Toll Rises Across Missouri Iowa and Illinois
Tornadoes in Missouri Iowa and Illinois kill at least six and injure hundreds as warm springlike air clashes with a cold front. Casualties include a Missouri teen and a Chicago officer. widespread damage and power outages plague Kansas City St Louis and areas near Orrick and Davenport.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Midwest
Chicago
Downstate
Kansas City
St. Louis
Orrick, Mo
Fort Madison
Orrick
U. S. 61
Davenport
Wyandotte County
Kansas
Buckner
Sibley
Excelsior Springs
Osage
Downing
City of
Des Moines
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dakotas
Channel Yields Russian Mine Near Saigon Harbor
The U.S. Navy displayed a 1,000-pound contact mine found in the Long Tau River shipping channel south of Saigon. Navy officials said it was likely made by the Russians, with other mines previously detonated remotely or by vessel timing devices. Captain Paul Gray commented on uncertainties about where the mine was assembled.
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B.M. Carpenter
Orrick
Orrick High School
Nha BE
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Saigon
Long Tau
Navy
Paul Gray
St. John
Kan
Vietnam
Rung Sat
Gray
Frank Talarico
Red Bark
N.J
Talarico
Mao Forces In Minority Allegations Surface
The Liberation Army Daily admits Mao Zedong forces are in the minority and calls for military help to unite the army against Maoist opposition. Reports from Peking claim Maoist victories in Shansi while anti Maolist groups seize barracks and government offices in Changsha. A naval officer describes disarming a large mine in the Rung Sat region near Saigon.
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Tokyo
Lin Piao
Mao Tsetung
Lin
Liberation Army
Mao
Army
Peking People's Daily
Shansi
Peking
Taiyuan
Wall
Communist Party
Changsha
Hunan
Liberation Army Daily
Liu Shao-Chi
Protest Over Manhattan Towaway Plan Grows
Protests against the mid Manhattan towaway program intensify led by handicapped individuals and doctors. Mayor Lindsay offers police taxi service. more than 160 disabled drivers use it, while some critics call the policy inhumane.
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Ray Kohn
NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Daniel Fields
Bernard Robins
Philip Guba
Garden City
Long Island
Arthur Palmer Jr
34Th
66Th Streets
Hudson Rivers
New York County Medical Society
John A. Lawler
Manhattan
Congress weighs Johnson war funding request for Vietnam
President Johnson asks Congress for 12.3 billion dollars to finance the Vietnam War. McNamara will brief Senate and Defense Appropriations panels while House Appropriations handles the bill. Miller Mahon pledges speedy action, with Republicans urging careful spending review. Col. Jonas warns against haste. Young estimates total costs may reach 200 billion.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Congress
Senate Armed Services and Defense Appropriations Committees
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
Dtex
Mahon
Charles R. Jonas
North Carolina
Jonas
Stern voluntary cuts in Kennedy book serialization
Hamburg Germany Stern magazine announced it would voluntarily cut 122 lines from its 7911 line German serialization of William Manchester's The Death of a President. The edits remove passages tied to Mrs Kennedy's personal concerns and responses to Kennedy family objections.
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Hamburg
Germany
Stern
John F. Kennedy
William Manchester
Kennedy
Manchester
Robert F. Kennedy
Look
Henri Nannen
Nannen
Mrs. Kennedy
Postal Rate Hike Sparks Congressional Debate
Congress weighs President Johnsons plan to raise first class letters to 6 cents and air mail to 9 cents with 20 to 30 percent increases in other classes. Critics demand justification for costs and improved service before backing any rise. Republicans and Democrats clash over broad rate changes and the impact on magazines second and third class mail.
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Washington
Johnson
Congressional
H. R. Gross
Iowa
GOP
House Post Office Committee
Arnold Olsen
D-Mont
Gor
Olsen
Sen
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Senate
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Faye Elliott
Barber
Byron Swyter
Mike Clarkson
Norma Clarkson
Dianne Schlegel
Crewe Coeur
Jeri Allison Cannady
Minneapolis
Lin Admits
McNamara
Senate Appropriations Committee
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Young
Amusements Bridge
Avigeod
Post Office Committee
Monroney
Robert J. Corbett
Pennsylvania
House
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