Demonstrations mark May Day with Viet Nam peace calls
May Day protests worldwide urged peace in Viet Nam. In Moscow the parade featured Soviet leaders denouncing the U S war while Mao’s absence and a lengthy Peking rally spoke of U S defeats and failed peace talks. 7000 South Vietnamese demonstrated outside the U S Embassy in Saigon.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
Moscow
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
U. S
Saigon
Red Square
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
United States
Pre-mier Chou En-lat
Primaries in Six States Open in 1966 Drama
Associated Press report outlines Tuesday primaries in Alabama Florida Indiana New Mexico Ohio and Oklahoma with Gov George C Wallace’s absence shaping Alabama race as his wife Lurleen seeks Democratic governor nomination. Governorships contested in all but Indiana while Senate nominations appear in Alabama and Oklahoma. DOJ plans 81 federal offices to handle voter intimidation complaints amid renewed voting rights activity. Estimated 23 million African Americans registered across 11 Southern states, about half of those eligible. Alabama shows rising black registration to roughly one quarter of eligible voters.
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Associated Press
George C. Wallace
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Lurleen
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Indiana
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
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Justice Department
Louis Martin
Democratic National Committee
Eightface Conspiracy Indictments In Mexico City
Eight persons including three Argentines were indicted for conspiracy to establish a Communist regime in Mexico. The attorney general charged they sought to infiltrate the National University student strike to build a base for overthrowing the government.
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Mexico City
Mexico
The
National University
Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to Nineteen
A flood sweep across Texas raises the death toll to 19 as rivers such as the Trinity crest at 41.5 feet in Dallas while the Nueces and Frio watersheds flood. Weather fears extend to Dallas Fort Worth and surrounding regions with renewed rain and rising rivers.
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New Jersey
Carolinas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Nueces
Frio
Dallas-Fort Worth
Trinity
Dallas
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Weather Fair Brings Modest Temps Through Tuesday
The weather fair continues with little nighttime temperature change into Tuesday. Lows reach the upper 30s with Tuesday highs in the middle 60s. Sunday highs around 55 and nights near 33. Noon today 54. River stage currently 11 feet.
Workmen Clear Wreckage From C&NW Derailment Near Worway
News briefs report ongoing efforts to clear track wreckage from a Sunday derailment of 22 freight cars near Worway Iowa with no injuries. Other items note Jaycees elect Bob Krane president in Sioux City and plan another convention in Davenport.
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Iowa
Chicago and North Western
Jaycees
Sioux City
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bob Krane
Des Moines
Davenport
Weather outlook for state towns stays fair and warmer
Temperatures expected to drop into the 30s tonight but rise to the 40s with fair skies for the next few days. Through Friday highs may be 3 to 6 degrees above normal with scattered showers bringing under half an inch of rain on Thursday and Saturday.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Viet Nam War Updates From Saigon Lull In Ground Fighting
U S Navy fighters and A-4 Skyhawks bombed a North Vietnamese missile site near Vinh using Bullpup missiles and general bombs. Both sides reported aircraft losses with pilots rescued. In South Viet Nam, Viet Cong areas near the Cambodian border were hit while a May Day protest in Saigon drew anti-American Catholic demonstrators and violence including a grenade attack on a pro-Western union leader’s home.
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U.S. Command
U. S. Navy
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Viet Nam
Guam
Hancock
Terroist
To Than Tuyen
Battle over spending widens in Congress this week
Washington AP reports a new round in the spending battle between President Johnson and Democrats in Congress focuses on education and health appropriations. The House is set to back an extra 232.8 million for school districts amid a 489 million increase over Johnson's request, with votes on the 10.56 billion bill due Wednesday. The Rev Charles Sloca in Fairfield refuses to pay town taxes claiming legal issues.
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Appropriations Committee
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Health Institutes
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Tax Commission
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New Sweden Methodist Church
Sloca
No Need Seen For Tax Boost
Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor told the U S Chamber of Commerce at its 54th annual meeting that he sees no need for an anti inflationary tax increase now and that current economic signs do not warrant alarm or complacency.
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John T. Connor
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber
Iowa CDA Chief Pushes Shelters for Fallout Safety
Des Moines AP report notes Ray Stiles of the Iowa Civil Defense Administration urges shelters to protect the population in an atomic attack. He cites targets, 75 percent survival, and 1.2 million spaces located with 1.6 million more to find. Clayton County salt mine and Des Moines capitol complex are major shelter sites.
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Iowa
Ray Stiles
Iowa Civil Defense Administration
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Towa
Clayton County
Allamakee
Fayette
Capitol Complex
Civil Defense
Colombia selects Sen. Lleras Restrepo president Sunda
Sen. Carlos Lleras Restrepo, a 58 year old Liberal, won the Colombia Sunda presidency by a large margin. He is expected to push for improved U S trade ties and address Colombia’s serious economic problems with a focus on economic relations.
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Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Colombia Sunda
Lleras
United States
Colombia
Lodge Has Long Talk With Pope
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI held a private 4 minute meeting with Henry Cabot Lodge U S ambassador to Saigon in the papal apartment They spoke in French with no interpreters present The audience was unusually long reflecting its importance Lodge arrived in Rome en route to Washington for talks The discussion followed a 45 minute audience with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko on peace problems last week
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Paul VI
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Saigon
Lodge
Rome
Washington
Pope Paul
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Viet Nam
Parachutist Fights For Life In Hennepin Hospital
Parachutist Nick Piantanida, 33, from Brick Town New Jersey, fell from 57 000 feet Sunday and was placed in a hyperbaric chamber at Hennepin County General Hospital in Minneapolis to treat suspected brain damage after three minutes without sufficient oxygen. Doctors say the balloon system may have failed with oxygen loss occurring around 40 000 feet. flight surgeon Dr Leonard Thompson notes extensive oxygen available there. Ed Yost of Raven Industries reports no fault found in Piantanida's pressure suit or mask, suggesting a possible inadvertent uncoupling of the oxygen line.
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Mimn
Nick Piantanida
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Hennepin County General Hospital
Leonard Thompson
Piantanida
Ed Yost
Raven Industries
Yost
Iowa Praised For Action On Fluoride
DES MOINES AP The president elect of the American Dental Association praised Iowa today for supplying fluoride to about a large share of the state's urban population. Dr William A Garrett of Atlanta noted Iowa ranks sixth among states in urban residents drinking fluoridated water and cited studies showing cavity reduction among children. He endorsed Johnsons national children's dental care plan and said the profession aims to work with federal agencies on a nationwide program. The Iowa Dental Association meeting runs from Monday to Wednesday.
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Harold Hughes
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Burlington
United Association of Journeymen Apprentices
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American Dental Association
Iowa
William A. Garrett
Atlanta, Ga
Iowa Dental Association
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Atlanta
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