Viet Cong Battalion Annihilated in Central Viet Nam
AP reports U S command claims annihilation of a reinforced Viet Cong and North Vietnamese battalion in two days of heavy fighting near Bong Son 10 miles north and 280 miles northeast of Saigon during Operation Davy Crockett. Total enemy dead 416 with 40 captured and 515 suspects. Prime Minister Ky vows to stay in power for a year amid regional unrest.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Bong Son
Davy Crockett
South China Sea
1St Cavalry
Reconnais
Nguyen Cao Ky
South
US Air Force
Bac Giang
Hanoi
China
Air
1St Infantry Division
Lift Curb On Buying Of Pork
The Defense Department reversed a prior order and will increase pork purchases after prices fell. Secretary McNamara and Secretary Freeman issued the joint statement noting a previous 50 percent cut over six months had been directed, now canceled due to lower pork prices. The timing of the resumed purchases was not specified.
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Washington
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Orville L. Freeman
Continental
United States
Armed Services
Pentagon
Powell raps labor heads over picket bill clash
In a fiery news conference Adam Clayton Powell assails AFL CIO leaders led by George J. Meany as senile and puerile while defending opposition to a picket bill. Separately Sen. Dodd sues Pearson and Anderson for 5 million over misconduct charges and a Waterloo priest and Army chaplain missing in Vietnam is reported. Glenn E Fear of Tipton named president elect of Iowa personnel group.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Afl-Cio
Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
George J. Meany
Executive Council
Thomas Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
U.S. District Court
Dodd
Connecticut
Democrat
Tipton
Iowa Guidance Group
Des Moines
Glenn E. Fear of Tipton
Iowa Personnel and Guidance Association
Iowa Democrats Set 3178 Delegates At Des Moines Convention
Grass roots county meetings across Iowa selected 3178 delegates for the Democratic state convention in Des Moines on June 11 and adopted varied resolutions. Viet Nam policy drew emphasis with Scott County seeking continued efforts to curb Communist expansion, while others urged bingo legalization, repeal of right to work, a state minimum wage, and time standard changes aligning Iowa with federal daylight time.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Scott County
Davenport
Johnson
Southeast
Asia
Ventions
Linn County
Burlington
Adams County
Weather Summary for Iowa Region Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy to night with scattered thunder storms. No significant temperature change. Sunday sees scattered thundershowers in the east, clearing and turning colder in the west. Lows tonight 45 to 50 northeast and 55 southwest. High Friday at Muscatine 77 with a night low around 52. River stages 10.4 feet.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Davenport Riders Die In Double Motorcycle Crashs
Two motorcycle crashes in Davenport within five minutes killed three men. Richard Lee Haskins 25 died at a Davenport hospital after two cycles collided. Gerald Wayne Grewe 25 died later. Robert Eugene Lamb 35 died after hitting a car driven by Norma Dunn 55. passenger Jeanne F. Johnson 38 was in serious condition.
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Davenport
Richard ‘Lee Haskins
Gerald Wayne Grewe
Robert Eugene Lamb
Norma Dunn
Lamb
Jeanne F. Johnson
Schmidhauser Reveals 1965 Income Details
Rep. John R. Schmidhauser of Iowa discloses his income for 1965 at $9,765 outside earnings plus his $30,000 congressional salary. He notes outside income in 1964 was $8,204.
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Washington
John R. Schmidhauser
Iowa
Schmidhauser
Gemini 9 set for MayCape Kennedy launch by NASA crew
Astronauts Thomas P Stafford as command pilot and Eugene A Cernan as pilot will head the Gemini 9 mission a three day flight aiming to rendezvous and dock with an Agenda spacecraft in Earth orbit. The launch is scheduled from Cape Kennedy on May 17.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Agenda
Cape Kennedy
NASA
AP Phototax
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