Tornado Rips Through Twin Cities Suburbs Killing Ten
A string of tornadoes swept across the Minneapolis area causing at least 10 deaths and more than 300 injuries. The storms damaged hundreds of homes, destroyed farm buildings, and knocked out utilities while National Guard troops and Civil Defense volunteers aided relief efforts. The heaviest damage occurred around Lake Minnetonka and in communities like Spring Lake Park and Mounds View, with Mercy Hospital treating dozens of injured.
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Minneapolis
Karl Rolvaag
National Guard
Civil Defense
Lake Minnetonka
Spring Lake Park
Mounds View
Mound
Island Park
Navarre
Norwood
Fridley
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids
Robert van Hauser
van Hauser
Shorewood- Excelsior
Minneapolis Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
State
Wednesay
Marines Land in Viet Nam Start Airstrip at Chu Lai
Three thousand Marines and 5,000 Seabees landed on a desolate coast in South Viet Nam and began a 4,000-foot airstrip. No shots fired. Totals rise to about 45,000 U.S. personnel in country. Task force commander calls it the largest amphibious landing in the Far East since Inchon.
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Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Navy
Big da Nang
Donald Walron
Hamilton
Ohio
Far East
Inchon
Korea
da Nang-Phu Bai-Hue
Ralph Busler
York
New Air Base
Saigon
Civic Center electric system under review for cost cuts
Mayor W L Jack Howard said the City Council and Utilities Commission engineers are studying changes to the Civic Center complex electrical system to reduce project costs. Bids on the civic center, exhibition hall, and theater exceeded expectations, with electrical and steel work higher than estimates. The council may shift some street and parking work to save money, but no major plan changes are expected before re bidding. Granite Construction Co. of Houston bid 4 465 000, about 500 000 above available bond funds. the center is the final phase of the 11 million capital improvement program.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Civic Center
Howard
Utilities Commission
Exhibition Hall
Johns & Neel
D. F. Burkhalter Jr
Monroe
Lester G. High
W. I. Neel
Ed Sanford
New Orleans
Tracer, Inc
Austin
Granite Construction Co
Houston
Chuckle Children Warned About Speech By Parents
A light editorial note reminds children to think before speaking as parents often repeat what they hear, cautioning youngsters to consider consequences of careless words.
Johnson Outlines NATO Program At 20th WWII Surrender Anniversary
President Johnson delivered a six point plan for the Atlantic Alliance marking Germanys WWII surrender anniversary. He urged faster erosion of the Iron Curtain and proposed peaceful trade with eastern Europe while calling for Soviet participation to reduce tensions. He warned against renewed nationalism and urged unity among NATO allies under shared action.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
France
United States
Europe
Germany
Congress
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic
Monroe Woman Visits England During Stratford Stay
Mrs. E. F. Wayward Sr. of 1800 N. 5th St. Monroe visits England with her son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs Benard Webb. She toured the Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford on Avon to see The Merchant of Venice and made acquaintances with numerous relatives. She plans to return to Monroe around the first of June.
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E. F. Wayward Sr
N. 5Th St
Monroe
England
Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford On Avon
Birthday Shame Quietly Marked at City Hall
West Monroe water superintendent J. O. Fleming wore a long face at city hall as on Thursday his birthday passed with some city employees failing to remember the occasion.
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J. O. Fleming
West Monroe
City Hall
Sinking of Cedarville After Straits Collision
In fog near Mackinac Bridge the 588-foot Cedarville sank after collision with Topdalsfjord. Coast Guard said 26 survivors were rescued, one body recovered, seven missing. Crew from Rogers City, including captain Martin Joppich, faced a chaotic search aided by Weissenburg and Coast Guard aircraft amid heavy fog.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Mackinac
Cedarville
Coast Guard
Topdalsfjord
Michigan
Rogers City
Great Lakes
Viesel Weissenburg
William Mittag
Traverse City
R. Haaland
Deliberations Continue In Alabama Trial
In Hayneville Alabama the Ku Klux Klansman murder trial of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. paused deliberations as jurors sought a legal briefing on accomplices and degrees of homicide. Judge T Worth Thagard explained Alabama law treats principal and accomplice as equally guilty, while indicating corroboration is needed if FBI witness Rowe Jr. is an accomplice. Rowe testified he helped hold a gun as Wilkins fired at Viola Liuzzo, Detroit mother of five.
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Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
T. Worth Thagard
Clifford McMurphy
Thagard
Murphy
Alabama
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Rowe
Wilkins
Wisconsin students heckle three U S diplomats on Viet Nam war
About 500 UW Madison students booed and heckled three State Department officials detailing the war in Viet Nam. Signs denounced the war as immoral and futile. The diplomats faced questions on napalm effects and civilian casualties, with some students urging an end to the war.
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Madison, Wis
U.S. State Department
Viet Nam
University of Wisconsin
Rolfe Hillmen
Hillmen
Thomas F. Conlon
State Department
Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast With Mild Temperatures
Partly cloudy skies are forecast through Saturday with little change in temperatures. Highs reach the low to mid eighties and overnights around the upper fifties to sixties in areas including Monroe where Thursday’s high was 90 and low 60. No rain is indicated through the period.
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Monroe
Sniper terror grips Shade Gap area in Pennsylvania
In Shade Gap Pennsylvania a mysterious rifleman nicknamed The Sniper stalks the night for over a year targeting women. Residents arm themselves and fear remains high as police suspect a local or former resident as the shooter. The first attack occurred in Orbisonia on April 11 1964 and the last noted incident involved a roadblock on PA 641 near Blairs Mills.
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Shade Gap
Tuscarora Mountains
Southcentral
Pennsylvania
Wimbert Potts
Orbisonia
Viola Jackson
Ruth E. Arnold
Martha L. Yoho
Blairs Mills
Spring Run
Chief Potts
Mother's Day Origins Traced to Anna Jarvis in 1907
Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia proposed church services to honor her mother on the first anniversary of her death in 1907, a起origin credited by American Greetings Corp.
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Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
American Greetings Corp
Fire protection study set for rural Ouachita Parish
A police jury appointed committee in Ouachita Parish began a plan to cost rural fire protection outside the parish metro area. A public hearing is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse police jury room. The committee will study Ford Bacon and Davis cost analyses, contact the state treasurer and University of Virginia, and mail sample letters to rural residents to gauge opinion. In three months 23 fires were answered on both West Monroe and east Ouachita River sides.
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Jimmy Hatten
Ouachita Parish
Fred Huenefeld Jr
Citizen’s Fire
Ford, Bacon and Davis
Huenefeld
Pat Tugwell
University of Virginia
Louisiana
Insurance Rating Commission
Pgrieh
Huene
Bernon Butler
West Monroe
Drew Anderson
Monroe
Ford, Bacon and Davis Project
H. L. Haile
Ouachita
Ouachita River
Marines Die as U S Patrol Strays into Rebel Zone
Four Marines died in the Dominican fighting amid a patrol entering insurgent-held downtown Santo Domingo. Two more Marines were wounded and a death reported after transfer to the Boxer. A rebel spokesman said one insurgent died and two were wounded. Two U S reporters were slightly wounded in crossfire.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
United States
Peace Commission
The
Organization of American States
al Brut
Doug Kennedy
Miami
Herald
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Martin Joppich
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