Combined Force Attacks Viet Cong By Robert Tuckman
A joint force of 1 800 American Marines and South Vietnamese troops launched an amphibious and helicopter assault near Quang Ngai. The three pronged coastal sweep faced little resistance, with the operation described as mixed battalions rather than a pure Marine show.
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Quang Ngai
U.S
Quang Ngai Province
Quang Ngai City
1Sta Cavalry
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Armed Bandit Robs Station Des Moines
A man armed with what appeared to be a sawed off shotgun robbed a Des Moines service station attendant of about 200 dollars early today. Robbery victim Robert Johnson said the bandit forced him to open the cash drawer and to retreat to a back room before fleeing.
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Des Moines
Robert Johnson
Tama Packing Co seeks more funds for Tama plant
Tama Packing Co directors authorized extra borrowing to finish the Tama packing plant with new manager Howard Randolph estimating about 1 million dollars needed. Work will resume only after renegotiation of construction contracts amid prior stock sales and a recent board restructuring that dropped a lawsuit threatening receivership.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama Packing Co
Tama
Howard Randolph
Tama Pack
Out at Last William Toll Says Thermometer Found
William A Toll of Philadelphia shows a four inch rectal thermometer removed from his abdominal cavity after routine X rays revealed it during hospital surgery for a harmless condition. Doctors say the glass instrument likely lay inert for about twenty years without Toll’s knowledge, and he had no discomfort during his high school football and track years. Mrs Catherine Rush holds the X ray image. AP Wirephoto.
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William A. Toll
Philadelphia
Catherine Rush
Tollok
Tragic Deaths from Old Refrigerator in Iowa Farm
Three Benson children aged 5, 4, and 2 suffocated after playing in an unused shed refrigerator on a farm near Stoux City Iowa. Relatives say the three oldest siblings were nearby with their father while the mother worked. Authorities described the incident as a tragic accident in the shed.
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Iowa
Stoux City
Dewayne Benson
Cindy Elaine
Dwight Evan
Jerald
Wood County
Connie Marie
Benson
Dennis
Darrell
Randy
Chris
Iowa Youth Slugs Patrolman With Six-Pack Beer
Police hunted Saturday for a youth who slugged state highway patrolman Gary Haskins with a six-pack of beer when asked for proof of age. The officer required 17 stitches for head wounds after the Friday night incident in downtown Boone as the youth carried beer to a car with a companion. The assailant, who fled when his father tried to take him to the station, fled home Saturday morning.
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Boone
Gary Haskins
Ames
Haskins
Squad Cars Rescue Busload Kids For Movie Trip
In Chicago, police vans and squad cars ferried 30 Zion pupils and several teachers after a school bus tire blew en route to a theater. The children, excited by the sirens and radio chatter, rode in police vehicles to see The Sound of Music.
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Chicago
Zion
Memorial Day Weekend Forecast Shows Mild, Pleasant Weather
The weather outlook remains mild and pleasant through Memorial Day weekend. At 11 AM today the temperature is 72 degrees.
Rusk vows U S troops to stay in Germany
Secretary of State Dean Rusk ruled out major U S troop withdrawals from Germany. He said European allies are assured the forces will remain as long as needed. Rusk urged NATO nations to finalize plans on moving NATO headquarters and bases from France and said East West relations would be discussed at a Brussels NATO Council meeting on June 6.
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Dean Rusk
U.S
Germany
Rusk
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North Atlantic Treaty’ Organization
NATO
France
Memorial Day Closure of Muscatine Journal
The Muscatine Journal will not be published Monday May 30 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. The newspaper remains closed for the holiday.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Sun
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