Death Confirmed of Cedar Rapids Marine Missing Since March
Cedar Rapids Marine Pfe. Herbert Aldridge, 19, listed as missing after a transport plane crash near Khe Sanh on March 6, was confirmed dead by military officials. He enlisted in March 1997 and was the son of Mrs. Kenneth Smith of Cedar Rapids and Herbert L. L. Aldridge of Spirit Lake.
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Bronx Sniper Seeks By Police After Triple Slaying
A Bronx gunman, Bobby Rogers alias Bobby Pugh, 31, is sought after he killed three men and wounded a fourth with an automatic carbine. Police, aided by state alerts, searched a five story East 13th Street tenement but he escaped as crowds gathered downstairs.
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Davenport bowling alleys accused of race discrimination
Three Davenport witnesses Carrie Stevens Janet Roberts and Mary Minnis allege managers of Suburban Lanes Bowlmore Lanes and Midway Recreation Lanes refused to reserve time for the Wetompa Bowling League because the players are Negro They claim white league members were offered times. The complaint was filed with Davenport's Human Relations Commission.
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Garrison Ties CIA to Kennedy Assassination Claims
New Orleans AP report says Jim Garrison, district attorney, has exchanged information with a European foreign intelligence agency that allegedly penetrated the Kennedy assassination operation. He claims the country’s data supports his assertion that elements of the CIA killed President Kennedy, while warning of a CIA inspired discrediting campaign.
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Security push for James Earl Ray trial in Memphis
Officials plan strict security for what may be Tennessee’s largest trial since 1925. A tape system would record voices and faces of all attendees, with accredited reporters shown photo IDs. Ray is held in London awaiting extradition appeal hearing.
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Vacationers Warned to Shun Flood Zone
London AP reports floods in Englands West Country forced mass travel disruption. Police warn holidaymakers to avoid the area as volunteers assist with emergency repairs. Seven dead as torrents swell rivers, with rising floods reported in the Midlands and crop damage along the east coast.
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Campaign summaries mix early clashes and cold war talk
The AP roundup covers Wallace facing boos in North Dartmouth as he qualifies in Minnesota, Humphrey urging renewed contact with Red China amid slim hopes, McCarthy attacking administration over feeding the poor, Nixon defending inner political change, Rockefeller campaigning in Minnesota before delegating to Baltimore and Miami. Also, Walde, a Valley Times editor, disappears in Minnesota, and a Berlin East German chemical plant explosion raises 24 dead with 83 in hospital.
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