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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1968

Page

8

Army nerve gas test blamed for Dugway herd losses

Residents and ranchers recount sheep dying after March 13 when nerve gas drops fell over Dugway proving grounds. Hatch ranch losses exceed 2,000 head with 800 remaining, plus twenty Indians’ sheep. officials debate whether Army tests caused the deaths while investigations continue.

Russell Clarence Rasmussen Hatch Wecent Skull Valley Rhode Island Proving Grounds Hatch Ranch Ptoms Russell, Rasmussen Deigway Dugway Army Sen Frank Moss Utah Hatch Ranch Denver U.S. Public Health Service Utah Department of Agriculture U.S. Debails Ont of Agriculture Communicable Disease Center U.S Utah Agriculture CDC

Soviet Cosmonaut Death Hurts Space Program Mood

Space Center Houston reports Yuri Gagarin killed in a MIG 15 crash, a setback for the Soviet space effort after Vladimir Komarov’s fatal Soyuz 1 flight crash earlier. Meanwhile NASA awaits a second unmanned Saturn 5 test to clear crewed moon flight. If successful, a moon landing could occur next year, barring further delays.

U. S Yuri Gagarin Moscow Gagarin Japace Space Program Commission Der Nikolai Kamanin Vladimir Komarov Komarov Moon Earth National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA

Fiat Strike Turns Ugly at Fiat Works Clashes in Turin

In Turin Italian factory workers and clerks walked out for 24 hours after Fiat refused a pay raise for piece-work. Police clashed with strikers and university students. Sixteen policemen and a worker were injured as the protest spread, with Fiat saying about half of its 72,556 employees reported to work. Traffic was disrupted as strikers scattered through the city after clashes.

Turin Italy Fiat Automobile Works Fiat

Czechs Install Banished Hero As Nation's New President

Gen Ludvik Svoboda, war hero rescued from exile on a collective farm, was sworn in as Czechoslovakia's new president with Soviet backing. He won 282 votes in secret ballot, pledging loyalty to alliances while seeking careful relations with other states.

Hero Prague Ludlvik Svoboda Nikita Khrushchev Czechoslovakia Stalin United States Antonin Novotny National Assembly Moscow Czlova‘kia Svoboda Research Institute Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Ceatrir Cisar Josef Smrkovsky Alexander Dubcek Hradcany Castle CTK Belgrade Khrushchev Novotny

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