Viet Cong Ambush Battles Oil Tanker Near Saigon
Viet Cong forces attacked an oil barge Paloma near Saigon causing fires and wounded crew as a tanker and convoy vessels faced gunfire from mangrove positions. Seven US Navy aircraft and a US LST supported rescue efforts while reports listed missing aircrews and multiple casualties among Vietnamese police and government workers.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
South
7Th Fleet
Ranger
Qui Nhon
1St Cavalry
Saigon
Shell Oil Co
Nha Be
Viet Nam
LST
Seven Klansmen Charged With Contempt of Congress
Federal grand jury indicts seven Ku Klux Klan members including Imperial Wizard Robert M Shelton on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to provide records subpoened by the House Committee on Un American Activities. Indictments name regional leaders from Alabama North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Virginia and others. Arraignment to follow none in custody. maximum penalty is 12 months in jail and $1000 fine.
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Eral Grand Jury
Ku Klux Klan
Robert M. Shelton
Congress
Sever
House
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
United Klans of America
James R. Jones
North Carolina
Robert E. Scoggin
South Carolina
Calvin FP. Craig
Georgia
Marshall E. Kornegay
Virginia
George F. Dorsett
Robert Hudgins
Weather sketch with clouds, showers and chill turn
Variable cloudiness brings a few light showers and a drop in temperatures. Tonight will be colder with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Friday will be partly cloudy and brisk with northerly winds. Wednesday's high was 58 with a night low around 45 and noon at 52. River stage 8.6 feet and trace rainfall reported.
Uprising in Mizo Hills prompts army action in Assam
Indian army troops move by truck and helicopter into the remote Mizo Hills to quell a tribal uprising. Home Minister Nanda told Parliament the situation is extremely serious as three defectors who fled by landing craft after a mutiny are central to the crisis.
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New Delhi
India
Assam
Nanda
Matsu
May File Charges Arrest Three at Ames With Burglary Tools
Three men including Albert Charles Wessling were held for questioning today after officers found burglary tools in their car near Ames. Wessling, 7? and associates Draper, Arioso carried about 1200 dollars and pry bars, with Wessling tied to a 1963 Grinnell police killing through his son Gary Lee Wessling.
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Ames
Albert Charles Wessling
Wessling
Robert Draper
Herbert Arioso
Sioux City
Des Moines
Gary Lee Wessling
Iowa State Penitentiary
Grinnell
Ralph Ogan
Ogan
Dubuque
Draper
Arioso
Albert Wessling
Iowa Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Webster City
Les Moines
McNamara Foresees Peak Viet Nam Enem y Buildup This Year
Secretary McNamara told Senators that enemy troop buildup in Viet Nam is expected to reach its height by year end. He defended the administration’s policy and announced a new 20,000-man increase in U S fighting forces while warning against war with China. He projected up to 155 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese battalions by end of 1966 and called for increased allied forces to counter the buildup.
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U. S. Navy
Department of Defense
Washington
South Viet Nam
Robert S. ‘McNamara
Viet Nam
China
McNamara
United States
U.S
Red
North Viet Nam
Blizzard Strikes Minnesota With Wide School Closures
A March blizzard hit northern Minnesota with 20 to 50 mph winds and heavy snow. Brainerd Detroit Lakes Bemidji and Crookston reports six to eight inches, while Duluth sees over five inches and gusts to 56 mph. Roads urged for emergency trips only. many schools closed within 50 miles of Brainerd.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Dakotas
Weather Bureau
Brainerd
Detroit Lakes
Bemidji
Crookston
Duluth
Minnesota Highway Department
Elk River
Iowa Misses Rough Weather As Storm Hits Dakotas
The Associated Press reports Iowa faced mostly cloudy skies with mild temperatures while a major storm pounded the Dakotas and northern Minnesota with heavy snow and blizzard conditions. Forecasters said colder temperatures and light precipitation would arrive, but Iowa would avoid the worst conditions.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Dakotas
Minnesota
Towa
Clinton Attorney Warns Bill Threatens Iowa Economy
Washington AP Iowa attorney L L Jurgemeyer told a House subcommittee that H R 11798 would worsen Iowa's economy by altering corporate income tax rules. He cited Iowa's unique sales destination tax and urged scrapping the bill, backed by 124 regional groups and state associations. The testimony warned of a possible vast socio economic setback in Iowa.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
Clinton
L. L. Jurgemeyer
House
Jurgemeyer
Industrial de
Towa
Jawa Taxpayers Association
Iawa Manufacturers Association
House, Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Military Service Benefits Measure Signed by LBJ
President Johnson signed the Cold War GI bill in a White House ceremony, noting unanimous congressional approval. The program creates lifelong education, housing loan, and limited medical benefits for veterans with 180+ days of service since Jan 31, 1955, with costs estimated at 350 million first year and rising to 500 million by year five.
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Johnson
White House
Congress
Manent
Two More Iowans Killed in Viet Nam War
Two Iowans die in the Viet Nam conflict as of recent reports. Air Force Captain Marshall M. Holt, 32, of Des Moines, and Marine Private First Class James B. Laird, 21, of Davenport, were confirmed dead by military authorities. Holt was killed in an air crash in South Vietnam about six weeks after deployment, serving with the Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Marshall M. Holt
Des Moines
Marine
James B. Laird
Davenport
Holt
South Viet Nam
Army
1St Air Cavalry
Open River proposal advances to subcommittee hearing
A House public works subcommittee will hear arguments on keeping the Mississippi River navigable year round as far north as Dubuque. A Davenport ice jam prompted a probe into river conditions, while Rep. Schmidhauser’s plan to extend navigation to Dubuque faces required congressional action for a 12 month channel.
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Washington
House
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Public Works
Davenport
John Schmidhauser
Iowa
Keokuk
Schmidhauser
Ite
H. G. Woodbury
Corps of Engineers
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Justice Department
Wuppertal
Germany
University of Iowa Symphony
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Mason City
Shell Rock
Cedar
Hunt
Reformatory
Rochester, Minn
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Buffalo Center
Everett A. Johnson
Kodah
Minn
Rochester State Hospital
Ames High
Ames High School
Jowal
Commerce Department
LA Porte City
James Artis
Randy Lee Norwood
Mt. Auburn
Here
Arlington
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Bassett II
Arlington National Cemetery
Muscatine Journal
Senate
Asia
U. S
Bill
David R. Scott
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
NASA
AP Photofox
LBJ
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