Tornadoes Kill Two Across Midwest States
Violent storms along a cold front blamed multiple tornadoes in Illinois Indiana and Iowa. Polo Illinois and Barnard Indiana reported fatalities while Newton County Indiana suffered a countywide power outage and high school damage.
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Weather Summary Highlights Cooler Conditions with Mixed Precipitation
A spring-like spell ends with cloudy cooler air tonight and overnight lows in the lower 30s. Rain or sleet, tomorrow’s highs in the mid-40s, yesterday’s high reached 75 and overnight low 36. Rainfall totaled 1.12 inches.
More Planes Added To U S Striking Force
The U S expands air power as a Kansas based F105 squadron heads to Southeast Asia amid broader deployments. Officials note ongoing U S air and naval support while Defense Secretary Laird briefs reporters on war progress. North Vietnam commits over 30 000 troops with most divisions deployed outside the north.
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Reds Open 4th Front as Vietcong Press South
North Vietnamese troops seized Loc Ninh 75 miles north of Saigon and opened a fourth front with more than a dozen attacks in the Mekong Delta. U S air power pounded North and South Vietnam and Laos with over 600 strikes. 2 Navy figh ters and a rescue helicopter were shot down, six Americans missing. Casualties heavy. North Vietnamese divisions crossed from Cambodia into South Vietnam, threatening Saigon though not seen as imminent. Four carriers now on station in the Gulf of Tonkin, with heavy raids planned on the North for two to three weeks unless Hanoi halts.
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Fleeing Driver Crashes Through Crowd On Bourbon Street
Police identified the dead man as Benjamin Parrish, 33, of Lufkin Texas, with his wife and another person in critical condition. A fleeing driver, speeds estimated 40 to 70 mph, smashed barricades, struck a crowd on Bourbon Street and fled on foot. A 16-year-old, Bruce Michael Smith of New Orleans, was arrested for murder and related charges. Detectives pursued from the French Quarter but broken by the injured victims on the pavement.
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Elevated Train Cars Drop From Tracks Injuring Dozens
In Chicago two CTA cars plunged about 30 feet during a heavy rain, injuring around 30 people and trapping passengers in the wreckage. A second car dangled from the line as firefighters evacuated victims and the line paused for about an hour and a half. Authorities sought cause and full line restoration by the morning rush.
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LBJ Treated In Charlottesville Cardiac Unit After Chest Pains
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was admitted to the University of Virginia Hospital cardiac unit with chest pains. Dr. Richard Crampton said Johnson, 63, is comfortable and stable while tests proceed. unclear if a heart attack occurred. A rescue squad ferried him from the Robb home to the hospital around 5:30 a.m. He planned to travel to Washington for a wedding after his visit to Charlottesville. The Robbs are his daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and her husband Charles Robb, UVA Law student.
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Ohio 17-Year-Olds Barred From May Primary Votes
A three-judge U S District Court panel in Cincinnati ruled that Ohio teens who are 17 and will not be 18 by May 2 cannot vote in the May primary. The suit, filed by John Gauntt Jr Harry Rosenbluth and Sarah Prince all Ohio League of Women Voters members, sought to extend primary voting rights to 17-year-olds. About 2516 teens who would be 18 by November were registered but barred from the primary.
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