Bomb threat closes Muscatine Community College briefly
A telephoned bomb threat forced a closure of Muscatine Community College shortly after 8 am. Police and officers searched the Colorado Street building but found no device. About 600 students were evacuated to Town and Country bowling center in the rain. Dean James Loper and school superintendent A. A. Johnson were out of town. Mayor B. S. Kelly Burns scheduled a 10:30 am council meeting to consider making bomb threats a misdemeanor.
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Muscatine Community College
Glenn Axel
Myrtle D. Hecht
Dean James Loper
Axel
Loper
A. A. Johnson
B. S.kelly Burns
Copters Rescue 59 More at Camp
U S Marine helicopters braved Communist fire to rescue 59 more survivors from the Ashan Special Forces camp on the Laos frontier. Five rescued were crewmen from five choppers shot down during a 39 hour battle that ended with a North Vietnamese regiment overrunning the garrison. The rescued airmen included the squadron commander who was seen running for a bunker with a machine gun.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Fhve
Rise In Iowa loan costs after New York rate hike
Iowa bankers foresee higher borrowing costs in the wake of New York banks boosting prime rates to 5 1/2 percent. Iowa-Des Moines National Bank president Calvin W. Aurand said the move came without notice and could lead to higher rates on consumer loans. state banking superintendent John Chrystal said he was not surprised.
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DES Moines
Iowa
New York
Calvin W. Aurand
Iowa-Des Moines National Bank
Aurand
John Chrystal
Grinnell College to install new dean of women
Mrs. Alice A. Lowe will become dean of women at Grinnell College replacing Miss Jean M. Slocum who resigned after three years. Lowe currently serves as dean of women at Central Washington State College Ellensburg Washington. A department head update follows in Grinnell.
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Grinnell
Alice A. Lowe
Grinnell College
Central Washington State College
Ellensburg
Wash
Jean M. ‘Slocum
Red Port Not Subject To Attacks
Washington officials ruled out mining or bombing the Haiphong port in North Viet Nam to avoid widening conflict with Red China. About 200 congressional staff aides were briefed at the State Department. Defense Department action not recommended now, with possible target changes if militarily necessary. General Maxwell D. Taylor has urged Haiphong harbor mining in public talks.
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Haiphong
Viet Nam
Red China
Defense Department
Halphong
Maxwell D. Taylor
Haiphong Harbor
Southeast Asia Emergency Fund Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee approved 13.1957 billion in emergency funds largely for military and economic operations in Southeast Asia. Most money funds Viet Nam efforts, with $1.8 billion for military hardware and aircraft production. The panel plans quick passage after foreign policy debate while facing a parliamentary obstacle over unAUTHORIZED foreign aid funds.
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House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate
House
Viet Nam
Sage
Dominican Republic
Laos
Thailand
United States
Congress
Three Are Guilty In Slaying Malcolm X
After a long trial a New York Supreme Court jury found George Carter foreman verdict read at 12 20 a m convicting three men of first degree murder in the Malcolm X assassination The confessed killer Talmadge Hayer admitted taking part but claimed Butler and Johnson had nothing to do with it Sentencing set for April 14 to impose mandatory life terms
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Supreme Court
Malcolm X
George Carter
Talmadge Hayer
Hayer
Paterson
Thomas Hogan
Norman
Butler
Thomas
Johnson
Brons
Malcolm
Charles Marks
W Rmen
Plane With 7 on Board In Crash Near Kirksville
An AP report from Kirksville says a twin engine plane with seven aboard crashed about 15 miles north of the city. The FAA noted the pilot said both engines failed at 16 000 feet. Authorities were at the scene. no fate of those aboard had been reported. The crash occurred on the Ernest Carr farm six miles northeast of Greenwich, Missouri, with ambulances dispatched.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Here
FAA
Highway Patrol
Macon
Ernest Carr
Greencastle
Indonesia Crisis Brews as Sukarno Holds Emergency Talks
Pro army backed students attack Chinese offices in Jakarta injuring at least 25 as violence spreads. Sukarno meets with eight political leaders amid rumors of big changes and imminent army involvement to shape Indonesia's future.
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Gaid
Singapore
Peking
Subandrie
Sat
Sukarno
Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia
Radio Jakarta
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Weather outlook with clouds showers and mild temperatures
Mostly cloudy and mild with occasional showers and thunder. Tonight lows in the 40s. Saturday partly cloudy and locally cooler with highs in the 50s. High Thursday around 52 with overnight 45. Rain from 7 am with river stage about 9.2 feet.
Food Demonstrations Erupt Rioters Shot In Calcutta Suburb
Police and rioting mobs clashed for a second day in Calcutta suburbs. At least seven rioters were shot and wounded amid clashes that followed a leftist general strike over food shortages. The violence, tied to protests against rice and kerosene shortfalls, left multiple dead and disrupted rail and bus traffic as Indian army units opened fire earlier in the week. West Bengal Chief Minister F C Sen blamed the Communists for the unrest.
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New Delhi
India
Calcutta
West Bengal
F.C. Sen
Sen
Salvation Army Lassie Bar- ks Payroll Bandits
London AP report says Maj. Marion Dunn of the Salvation Army charged payroll robbers after a bank payroll of 4200. She and a group of housewives blocked the robbers, one was felled by a truck driver, another captured by police. two victims were hospitalized. The major later returned to her prayer meeting.
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London
Maj
Marion Dunn
Salvation Army
Bow Street
Dock
Push Action On Johnson Tax Measure
Washington AP reports President Johnson won assured passage of a 6 billion tax program as House and Senate leaders seek quick completion of a compromise. Conferees dropped most Senate changes that would cut the net yield, adding a 300,000 broadened Social Security coverage. The final bill restores excise taxes on cars and phone calls and speeds tax collection with a revised withholding plan to take effect in May.
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Senate
House
Johnson
White House
Dent Johnson
Treasury
Pastor's Horse Killed During Bicentennial Ride
Rev William W Richardson, 46, of Macksburg Iowa, riding to Baltimore for the bicentennial of American Methodism, had his horse Traveler I killed after it was struck by a truck on US 66 near Dwight. He was unhurt and will obtain a replacement horse from Conesville Town and resume his journey after a Kan kskee stop.
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Macksburg
Baltimore
Traveler I
U.S. 66
Dwight
Richardson
Conesville
Kankskee
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