Air War Intensifies as Four Jets Lost in Saigon Area
In 24 hours US air strikes against North Viet Nam reached record intensity. Four jets were lost with crews missing or rescued, while targets included fuel dumps, missile sites, roads, bridges, and a Viet Cong headquarters. Marines and Vietnamese forces report heavy enemy casualties in Operation Utah ending. Navy patrols and junk seizures accompany the push.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Son la
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
17Th Parallel
Vinh
Binh Duong Province
Quang Ngai
21St Regiment
Utah
Blizzard Collision Spares No One As Trains Crash
In Montana five miles east of Chester the Great Northern Western Star and the Empire Builder collided head on after a makeup run disrupted by North Dakota blizzards. GN official Paul F. Cruikshank led preliminary investigations with two engineers named Bernard Bunyan and Eric Walter among passengers.
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Chester
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Western Star
North Dakota
Empire Builder
Paul F. Cruikshank
Spokane
Montana
Wheat Country
Bernard L. Bunyan
Eric A. Walter
Houston Woman Hurt in Wreck Near Chester Mont
A Houston Minnesota woman, Marietta Sunsted, was among train passengers injured when two Great Northern trains collided near Chester Montana. She sustained a back strain and was admitted to a Shelby hospital. Other injured included Donald Milroy and his wife from Superior Wisconsin with contusions and sprains, and B G Smith of Owatonna Minnesota with a cut forehead and bruised leg. They received treatment at a Chester hospital.
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ST. Paul
Houston
Minn
Great Northern Railway
Chester
Mont
Marietta Sunsted
Shelby, Mont
Donald Milroy
Superior
Wis
B. G. Smith
Owatonna
Power Failure Adds To Hardships In Small Dakota Village
In Buchanan North Dakota 100 residents battled a blizzard that buried homes and caused a 24 hour power outage. Ralph Cebulan owner of the town bar and his wife sheltered their children as temperatures plummeted after the outage began at 6 40 p m Thursday.
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Buchanan
N.D
Dakota
Ralph Cebulan
Cebula
Explosion rocks Nelson Monument in Dublin ruins
An Easter uprising anniversary blast wrecked the 134 foot Nelson Monument in Dublin at 1 30 am. Police blamed the Irish Republican Army which opposes British rule and has stepped up activity. No casualties reported though blocks of stone and rubble filled OConnell Street and disrupted the morning rush.
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Dublin
Ireland
England
Irish Republican Army
IRA
O’connell Street
Lord Nelson
UPI
Legislation on direct election of school members advances
Nelson Topped Lueu proposes the change. If the council adopts it Thursday, proponents of direct election may petition for a referendum after 60 days, establishing a waiting period.
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la Crosse Common Council
Lueu
Council Judiciary Committee
James F. Shoger
6Th Ward
Shoger
Sigurd Gundersen Jr
LCEC
Gundersen
Dublin monument blast exposes 1809 funding public debate
A blast wrecked a Dublin monument commemorating Nelson’s Trafalgar victory as the city’s public subscription stirred protests. Two 17 year old girls bystanders Brenda Moore and Angela Martin described fleeing the rubble while Army bomb disposal teams checked for more explosives. Police reported a potential charge inside the column and a crowd watched through the night.
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Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Brenda Moore
Angela Martin
Brenda
Stephen Maugham
Nelson
Senate Defeats Gore Plan To Kill Two Excise Taxes
The Senate rejected 74 to 10 an amendment by Sen. Gore to erase higher auto and telephone excise taxes and instead suspend the 7 percent investment tax credit for two years. The vote followed a two hour debate as the bill funds Vietnam war needs and may be acted on later today or Wednesday.
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Joe Hall Washington
Senate Today
Johnson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Dtenn
Gore
Changes Urged In Red China Policy
Asian expert A Doak Barnett of Columbia University warned Senate Foreign Relations Committee that if Red China sees a major threat to North Vietnam it could launch a large scale direct intervention in the Vietnam war. He testified today before the committee in Washington.
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Washington
Red China
A. Doak Barnett
Columbia University
East Asian Institute
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Barnett
United States
United Nations
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Dark
Viet Nam
Fulbright
China
Peking
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Asia
Gen Don Radde of Sparta Dies at 51
Gen Don Radde 51 editor publisher of the Sparta Herald and Monroe County Publishers died in a Sparta hospital after weeks of illness. A WWII veteran and 32nd Division officer raised to brigadier general last June his career spanned local school boards to major commands in the Southwest Pacific and Berlin Crisis. He is survived by wife Mildred two children, parents, and a grandchild with services set at St John s Lutheran Church.
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Sparta
Wis
Donald P. Radde
Radde
Sparta Herald
Monroe County Publishers, Inc
Wisconsin National Guard
Sparta Board of Education
Monroe County Republicans
St. John’ S Lutheran Church
Theodore Radde
Waseca
Minn
Southwest Pacific
128Th Infantry
National Guard
Berlin
Mildred Jones
Teddy
Kenneth Hanson
Beloit
Theodore C. Radde
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. W. Winkel
Woodlawn
Robert Page
Johnson rejects De Gaulle plan over NATO as talks continue
President Johnson told De Gaulle the French proposal to reorganize NATO strikes at the alliance core and could affect Franco American ties. The United States signaled it would remove NATO military installations from France rather than place them under French command while keeping doors open for allied negotiation.
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Washington
Johnson
de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
White House
United States
France
NATO
West Germany
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Bonn
Washington Post
Chalmers M. Roberts
Post
the Post
Hoeschler Buys Fire Station No 1 for 65000 in dispute
James W. Hoeschler bought Fire Station No. 1 for 65000 from a single bid with John Elliott of the Stoddard Hotel as co bidder. Hoeschler criticized city procedures as misleading and undemocratic saying occupancy risks and high financing barriers hurt small bidders. The sale requires Common Council approval and closing set for May 5 with 61250 balance due.
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la Crosse Tribune
James W. Hoeschler
Hoeschler
Hoeschler Realty Co
John Elliott
Stoddard Hotel
Sherman Ste
Stellpflug
Standard Oil Co
5Th and
State
Elliott
Board of Public Works
5Th Avenue
Market Street
Hoeschler Realty
Gerrard Realty Co
Tilford Nelson
la Crosse Board of Realtors
Council
Asst
William Sauer
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Don Radde
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